Profile banner
Profile picture

jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social

@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social

Retired economist. Continuing environmental activist. Everything Democratic

created November 13, 2024

2,289 followers 150 following 403 posts

view profile on Bluesky

Posts

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

If we will never be a Socialist [sic] or Communist [sic] Country [sic], then why are you giving billions of dollars to farmers to make up for losses from your stupid tariffs (SOCIALISM) and having the US government own part of Intel (COMMUNISM)?

image
31/8/2025, 11:21:05 PM | 6508 2029 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social)

Exactly.

1/9/2025, 5:49:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

How about putting warning labels on Tesla vehicles that stop without warning & people cannot escape, Teslas that crash and kill people, etc.?

1/9/2025, 5:36:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

What? Such a liar or she's in insane

1/9/2025, 12:52:42 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

You are correct. Remember tho saying a home will be your principal residence means you will not rent it out. That means you are not an "investor owner" that pays a higher interest rate. People do have homes they live in part of the year and both are their residence.

30/8/2025, 10:01:48 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Wouldn't we all agree if the Epstein files, videos, etc. showed Democratic elites raping children, drinking babies' blood, those would have been released already? What's the holdup?

30/8/2025, 5:49:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

But Biden walking slowly like an old man was daily report in media. Why not daily report on the orange one?

30/8/2025, 5:40:16 AM | 20 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

I came here to ask that. Thanks

28/8/2025, 3:26:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

You fixed it!

28/8/2025, 3:23:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social)

We must do something about both guns and unstable people. Heartache and trauma are worse than political fights.

28/8/2025, 3:20:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Know what a MAGAt's big gun collection makes him? A target. As soon as rebellion starts his fellow MAGA will invade his house and take all those weapons.

28/8/2025, 3:12:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Not having covid vaccines for children means teachers will get covid from students. Kennedy is going to limit vaccines for under 65 not just for kids so teachers will die.

28/8/2025, 3:08:42 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Howdy fabricated evidence. He is so dishonest I don't know why anyone needs him on anything.

28/8/2025, 2:16:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

I hate him. You don't give up your country when invaded.

28/8/2025, 2:15:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Rittenhouse is poor. He cannot do favors for Trump or other Republicans.

26/8/2025, 10:41:53 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Shreveport could use help protecting its people from shootings and robberies. Tho I live in Texas our local tv comes from there. I quit watching local news because I couldn't sleep after seeing mayhem every night.

19/8/2025, 1:45:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

I remember 2008 presidential primary. Obama won on expanding healthcare coverage for more people. He didn't have to enact it before he was elected. He kept his promise & got it done by 2010. Mamdani is running on what New Yorkers want. He has to get elected so he can work to get as much as he can .

16/8/2025, 12:26:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social)

Alaskans showed Putin they support Ukraine

15/8/2025, 8:40:41 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Public Citizen (@publiccitizen.bsky.social) reposted

Trump will federalize D.C. police, deploy the National Guard, & send the FBI after homeless people to combat a made-up crisis in D.C. But on Jan. 6th when violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol he couldn't be bothered to call the National Guard. Make it make sense.

image
11/8/2025, 3:35:58 PM | 446 180 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social)

Remember the farmworkers who bring your Holiday food and so much more.

9/8/2025, 4:36:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump is creating Putin's dream of making USA a third world country with no strong allies and breaking it into pieces

3/8/2025, 5:27:50 PM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes I meant NOT.

2/8/2025, 3:20:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Protected class in civil rights public accomodations does not include rich white attorney.

1/8/2025, 6:30:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

I am glad victims and families are retelling public about their abusers. But I fear MAGA will not care they are looking for accusations against Hillary Clinton and other Democrats were not involved.

1/8/2025, 4:03:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Bernie Sanders wrote a bill to tax corporations like Walmart the amount of public benefits like food stamps & Medicaid that are paid to their employees.

1/8/2025, 1:39:42 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Biden did stop Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Why do you think Harris would?

31/7/2025, 7:39:47 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

That is not accurate. The one girl mentioned was 16 or 17, legal working age in most states including Florida. No one provided evidence or alleged that illegal activity was happening in the spa at Maralago. I hate Trump but creating lies does not help the public discourse on the Epstein files. .

31/7/2025, 5:19:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Surely Maxwell is smart enough to stay silent if she values her life.

22/7/2025, 5:31:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

I pay monthly donation to Arkansas PBS and get Passport. It's great to watch PBS shows like Nova and Ken Burns when I want to. I am so sorry you did know about it. There is so much available on PBS that I do not need or want a steaming service.

19/7/2025, 5:07:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social)

Thank you farm workers.

17/7/2025, 1:30:23 AM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

If Democrats push and push to get the Epstein files. Republicans lied for months, had witnessed who lied, and manufactured evidence about Benghazi. Dems, don't stop.

13/7/2025, 7:33:45 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

No it is not. It is a skill that can be learned. Women are much better learners than men .

13/7/2025, 4:20:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Why do you have no sense of direction? Can you study up on how to read maps or directories in a mall? Can you drive around the mall & determine the direction each side faces? When you are inside you can always refer to the direction those stores face so you can re-orient yourself as you move around.

13/7/2025, 4:19:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Norm is a liar

13/7/2025, 4:11:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

I learned the hard way the algorithm (at least FB/Meta) will just get you involved with more of the haters. Block. Report the really vile.

13/7/2025, 3:54:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Fossil fuel burning has changed the atmosphere. Believe the science on the cause of larger storms not some minor chem actions.

13/7/2025, 1:51:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump also stated he lost friends killed in 9/11 but he attended NO funerals.

13/7/2025, 2:58:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

So pretty

13/7/2025, 2:55:15 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Mortgage holders require flood insurance on properties in flood plain. No mortgage no flood insurance required. FEMA does not require flood insurance it administers the program for those who need/want to buy flood insurance. Local govts like counties administer flood plain regulation not FEMA.

13/7/2025, 2:39:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Tell me how someone got strawberries to grow like that! They creep with shoots along the ground. They do not climb trellis!

13/7/2025, 1:56:47 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

I remember the state attorneys stating they used party to draw the lines, and that the voting rights act allowed using partisan identity because it was NOT race. Thank you @marcelias.bsky.social. Go get them!

13/7/2025, 1:40:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Surely the corner could find if the cause of death was injuries from hanging. How could the examiner determine if it was suicide or an act of another person?

13/7/2025, 12:45:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Local officials wanted someone to give them money for a warning system. They have had over 20 years to implement a system but will not spend local money especially as they viewed the warnings are needed for "outsiders" not residents. When they had federal funds they could have used, they did not.

11/7/2025, 3:33:06 PM | 8 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

I hate Ted Cruz but this was put into budget for future years. It is false to say Cruz cut current funding for flood warning this year and try to link that to Texas flash flood July 4.

11/7/2025, 3:23:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Rshm Emanuel covered up for almost one year video of Chicago police shooting kid. He should never show his face in public again. Shame on Democrats who have anything to do with him.

10/7/2025, 10:32:12 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

They vote red. The only meat processing plant raided in Nebraska was the smallest and the Republican congressman voted against Trump on one of two things.

10/7/2025, 8:56:03 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Correct. And the river authority wrote a report after 1987 flood, which happened in daylight, saying deaths would be much greater if s flood happened at night like this year.

9/7/2025, 4:35:39 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Cruz has already figured out he cannot be president so he will not run again.

2/7/2025, 4:22:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

That is Cruz claim but it is false. He has no other documentation to prove US citizenship. There is no law making him a citizen thru his mother. He has no naturalization papers. As a naturalized citizens he would not be eligible for presidency. As a foreign born person he could be deported by ICE.

2/7/2025, 4:20:39 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes! And SNAP, too. I remember 2012 Republican voters told Mitt Romney govt programs for extra help Democrats passed in the Great Recession helped them & of course they took the money but they still believed govt should not have those programs.

30/6/2025, 5:58:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

I fear you are correct. How about that Republican legislator who had trouble getting care for an ectopic pregnancy due to her state's abortion ban and blamed Democrats?

30/6/2025, 2:58:18 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Many safety net cuts will not occur until after 2026 so voters will not hold them against Republicans.

30/6/2025, 1:59:29 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

National Cathedral - Space stained glass window with Moon rock.

27/6/2025, 2:02:49 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

I grew up with farmers co-op stores in Oklahoma. Co-ops are widespread in Canada. Like credit unions they are member owned and do not pay profits to non-members. Good idea for NYC to have nonprofit groceries.

26/6/2025, 5:21:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Who would put out a press release on that? Media need the work done for them.

23/6/2025, 5:07:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Why say "not who we are" instead of "un-American?' You think MAGA, indeed most people understand what "not who we are" means?

20/6/2025, 7:18:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Not hard to replace the arrested immigrants. Raise the pay and attract citizens workers.

20/6/2025, 4:01:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social) reposted

if you don’t know the history of Dodger Stadium you can’t fully understand what unfolded today. thanks @chrislhayes.bsky.social for the opportunity to share it.

20/6/2025, 1:05:38 AM | 13988 3537 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

So it is in no way mental illness it is religious bigotry. Lock him up for life.

20/6/2025, 3:41:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

The solution is fix the immigration system so agricultural workers enter legally & have work permission. I picked peaches 60 years ago helping relatives with small orchards. Also baled hay, drove wheat trucks, detasseled corn, toted watermelons. All us cousins went to college & got indoor jobs.

20/6/2025, 3:38:51 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

ICE in athletic shoes? Surely these are imposters.

15/6/2025, 9:54:45 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

MSNBC had special coverage of No Kings all day and across the nation.

15/6/2025, 9:48:52 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Retired DAC here. I am sure the Army did what it was told. No competence at the Pentagon, DOD, or WH to direct the outcome desired.

15/6/2025, 9:45:44 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

We would often have picnics and bring our families the day of June 14. Ball in the evening.

15/6/2025, 9:39:03 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Anyway to confirm these are authentic and not just fake items posted by opponents? I hate Trump but someone like media reporter ought to be able to confirm.

13/6/2025, 6:29:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Good point

9/6/2025, 6:34:39 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social)

No need for national guard in Paramount, Los Angeles County.

8/6/2025, 4:51:53 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

I wish. But that ghoul is a hero to white bigots thru out the land. They mainly live in nearly all white areas and hate the rest of us in multicultural, multiracial USA.n

8/6/2025, 4:34:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you Scott for telling us

7/6/2025, 1:50:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

I am glad you were interested. DNC never gave a penny to Sanders. What is to this point of this discussion is HRC (I voted for her) was a neoliberal who supported offshoring jobs and we still have not turned the Democratic party around on that

6/6/2025, 8:45:44 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Fine. How many college degrees do you have? I have three.

6/6/2025, 8:43:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes the Clintons for example figured out how to raise money by obeying rich donors to counter Republican advantage with more rich friends. Bernie showed how to raise money from small donors but not enough Democrats want to rely on regular folks so they don't embrace the New Deal and go all out

6/6/2025, 5:38:08 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Those voters will still not vote for Democrats and they will support Trump again even if they lose Medicaid.

6/6/2025, 1:00:47 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Relying on StarLink threatens national security. Musk has shown he can and will cancel service with one switch as he did for Ukraine. Redundancy, backups, multiple sources are crucial for defense systems.

6/6/2025, 12:58:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

BS Texas allows in state tuition to all resident students in Texas so our undocumented students are treated the same as everyone else. It's not a benefit denied to others so it is not unequal treatment. This is not a matter of law it is bigotry by current Republican office holders.

5/6/2025, 2:01:52 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Great taste. No nutrition. Empty calories. Eat real food instead

30/5/2025, 8:01:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

For sure this shutin will watch the video feed from the Pope event in Chicago.

30/5/2025, 7:51:31 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Chicago has bicycles all over that can be rented and dropped off at your destination.

30/5/2025, 3:36:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks to Rachel Maddow I know about Ron Varo

30/5/2025, 3:11:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Of course not. Read the constitution. The oath prescribed for the president does NOT have the word "god" in it. John Adams, 2nd president, used a law book not a Bible for his inauguration. Where did you go to school? Why don't you know these things?

30/5/2025, 1:12:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Who is going to stop AI from lying? Lists of books that don't exist. Cites of court decisions made up. Champions Nazism when told to.

29/5/2025, 3:40:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

People in Louisiana suffering spread of new strain of covid need treatment - and vaccine for those yet to be affected - not old conspiracy imaginations.

29/5/2025, 1:25:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Out and out corruption no doubt about it

29/5/2025, 12:45:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

So where is the apology from Chicago Sun Times and who got fired for telling some employee to do this?

26/5/2025, 4:49:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

City pays the police.DOJ pays us Marshalls that is why Marshalls will obey DOJ not judges.

26/5/2025, 1:17:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Founding fathers gave us electoral college so only s good and moral man could be elected president. That stopped working decades ago.

25/5/2025, 5:16:43 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

So the only federal judges who might be safe are in blue states with Democratic governors who might act to protect federal courts? We might end up losing the conservative judges in the 5th circuit, for example?

25/5/2025, 5:03:25 AM | 1 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

How will the courts pay them?

25/5/2025, 4:47:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes but violent clash with volunteers or whoever to protect judges/enforce their orders will give excuse for trump to declare martial law against us all. Our democracy depends on having a moral person as president and we do not.

25/5/2025, 4:46:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

I was going to say that. Thx.

25/5/2025, 4:43:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted

“Six years ago, I found myself face to face with a white farmer preparing for the government to take his land. This did not happen in South Africa. It was in South Texas, and it was because of Trump…” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...

22/5/2025, 2:13:50 AM | 8672 3007 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

I have been to Three Mile Island. The radiation poisoning spread farther and impacted thousands of people all of which was hidden from the public. The industry has been waiting for a corrupt government to allow it to threaten of us again..

24/5/2025, 5:12:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

USDA cut the programs that let schools buy from local farmers. Also the program that paid local farmers to get produce to food banks. When the produce was due in my town the lines to get it started at dawn.

24/5/2025, 2:42:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Low wage jobs and low income number one cause of illness and all other misery.

22/5/2025, 5:42:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

And Obama and his attorney general did not prosecute one bankster. The crooks got to keep the money and the houses they stole from middle class.

22/5/2025, 3:18:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

Many poor people don't vote. They don't have a stable address so can't register. They work two or more jobs and don't have time to keep up with news or info on where and how to vote. Rich and the well off vote and donate to politicians. We have to increase democracy.

22/5/2025, 3:15:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

More revenue would help fix many problems. The increased debt is from the $trillions in Trump tax cuts. Reverse those cuts and revenue will increase plus the economy will expand.

19/5/2025, 4:08:04 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social) reply parent

This did not end well when Texas forced a Fort Worth hospital to do this to a brain dead 9 weeks pregnant woman. The smell in her room grew strong enough to sicken healthcare workers and in caring for her someone had to endure the horror of her fingers breaking off.

16/5/2025, 2:14:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social)

It is obvious.

16/5/2025, 2:09:51 PM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social (@jdforprogressnetx.bsky.social)

Hypocrisy is Republican

16/5/2025, 2:09:13 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view