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Jim Raffensperger

@jimraff.bsky.social

No relation to Brad Find little sparks of joy to spite the horrors.

created October 8, 2024

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Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

SCOTUS overturning in 5, 4, 3, …

3/9/2025, 2:37:32 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Lina Khan?

3/9/2025, 12:48:16 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jen Rubin (@jenrubin.bsky.social) reposted

This is how you do it folks: gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...

2/9/2025, 10:42:57 PM | 716 211 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Happy day to celebrate you!

2/9/2025, 10:32:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Labrat 🔬🧫 🦠 🧬 🐕‍🦺 🐾 🌲 🌴 🤗 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@labmuttz.bsky.social) reposted

Happiest of birthdays to our intrepid, sassy nature queen, @deirdreassenza.bsky.social

2/9/2025, 6:41:22 PM | 19 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.

2/9/2025, 8:30:17 PM | 10598 3330 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Melania finely got sick of him and is throwing him out!?!

1/9/2025, 9:32:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

India provides a lot of cheap labor for American corporations.

1/9/2025, 2:29:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Just sayin.

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1/9/2025, 1:44:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

The difference between a plumber and a physicist is how they pronounce unionized.

1/9/2025, 12:55:59 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

It has to be a good death. Like Quint in Jaws, or Kane in Alien, or the nazi in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

31/8/2025, 9:17:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

My kid pronounced bishop as bis-hop. Union and onion were pronounced the same, as in the con-fa-dercy fought the onion.

31/8/2025, 2:32:17 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755.bsky.social) reposted

For those asking, my American Revolution lecture course is free online here: oyc.yale.edu/history/hist...

31/8/2025, 2:00:05 AM | 710 221 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice!

30/8/2025, 1:19:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

SCOTUS overturning in 5, 4, 3, …

30/8/2025, 12:47:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Fun stuff. Thank you for sharing.

28/8/2025, 9:39:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Given that SCOTUS allowed him on the ballot after J6 and some states declaring him an insurrectionist and ineligible, SCOTUS will give him a pass again.

28/8/2025, 8:48:37 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

How hard is to say “denied, leave”?

28/8/2025, 2:42:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

I was in Egypt around 1997. Kids selling trinkets would run up and ask English? Then try to sell whatever it was. One of the guys in our group would say Español, they would immediately switch to selling in Spanish.

27/8/2025, 11:37:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social)

Now is a good time to remember that LGBTQ people are among the most targeted by violence. Allies, these organizations are on the front lines. Please support them.

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27/8/2025, 11:01:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Not in denial. Complicit.

27/8/2025, 5:44:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

I was a life long liberal democrat. But with the Nobel committee’s failure to award Donald Trump a Nobel Peace Prize after stopping 9 wars, I have no choice but to vote for Donald Trump a fourth time.

27/8/2025, 5:40:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

$450million down the drain.

27/8/2025, 5:15:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Isn’t that his mug shot?

27/8/2025, 3:53:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Going to an ICE recruiting event?

27/8/2025, 1:28:28 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

SCOTUS overturning in 5, 4, 3, …

26/8/2025, 7:43:02 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Is “camera” a euphemism for “journalist”?

26/8/2025, 5:50:55 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

How about “illegal move”?

26/8/2025, 5:41:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Bail reform is more about not keeping impoverished petty criminals locked up for years while awaiting trial. It is more about jail reform.

26/8/2025, 3:47:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

We must keep decorum as we descend onto fascism and chaos.

26/8/2025, 2:01:32 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

New test case for SCOTUS.

26/8/2025, 12:44:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Third way telling democrats what language not to use. Screw them.

24/8/2025, 8:32:12 PM | 11 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mirko Ilic (@mirkoilic.bsky.social) reposted

On September 11th, the exhibition of my work “Time after Time after Time” will open at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMSU) in Rijeka, Croatia. If you are in the area, I hope to see you there at the opening. More here: shorturl.at/mfCLe #MMSU #Rijeka #modernart #contemporaryart

22/8/2025, 12:52:26 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

There are a lot of good folk songs.

24/8/2025, 2:01:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

We shall not be moved We shall overcome The popular wobbly If i had a hammer The preacher and the slave

24/8/2025, 1:57:38 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social) reposted

Gaza City is under intense bombardment from Israel:

Anas Al-Sharif @AnasAlSharif0 Israeli strikes and ongoing demolitions are shaking Gaza City tonight, with explosions like earthquakes pounding the ground and wiping entire residential blocks off the map.
23/8/2025, 10:51:11 PM | 66 49 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Justin Gerdes (@justingerdes.bsky.social) reposted

The Department of the Interior just issued a stop work order for Ørsted's 704MW, 80%-complete Revolution Wind offshore wind project: cleanpower.org/news/acp-sta... via @americancleanpower.bsky.social 🔌💡

22/8/2025, 11:26:28 PM | 26 16 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

But enough.

22/8/2025, 4:59:59 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755.bsky.social) reposted

I recorded this brief statement last night because people aren’t seeing what’s happening right in front of their eyes. It’s not normal. Name it.

22/8/2025, 4:55:10 PM | 106 37 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

SCOTUS sides with Trump.

22/8/2025, 4:44:19 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David M. Perry (@lollardfish.bsky.social) reposted

I wrote about American concentration camps. www.startribune.com/trump-admini...

22/8/2025, 11:31:58 AM | 166 70 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David M. Perry (@lollardfish.bsky.social) reposted

“Someday, I hope, we’re going to have a reckoning over the horrors of this moment, but I don’t think we can do it without a clearer understanding of how this fits into U.S. history. There’s a tendency to say, “This isn’t who we are,” and I get the impulse, but history is never that simple.”

22/8/2025, 11:39:50 AM | 1216 472 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

If mortgage fraud is reason to fired her, I look forward to the calls for Trump to resign.

22/8/2025, 1:51:54 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Might be a net plus for MAGA.

22/8/2025, 1:49:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Went to GOP donors.

22/8/2025, 1:47:54 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) reposted

BREAKING NEWS: Federal judge in Miami orders Alligator Alcatraz, the concentration camp in the middle of the Everglades, to be dismantled within 60 days and blocks any new detainees from being brought into the facility. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

22/8/2025, 1:43:15 AM | 5831 1634 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Good!

22/8/2025, 1:46:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

I am hoping there are law suits against Texas, but I am not confident they will hold.

21/8/2025, 2:00:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Acvording to the article Russia bombed a Boeing factory a while ago. So glad Trump is protecting American interests. 🙄

21/8/2025, 1:30:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

It is not a new phase. Israel has been targeting journalists for years.

21/8/2025, 11:19:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Shadow docket.

21/8/2025, 2:12:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

SCOTUS overturning in 5, 4, 3, …

21/8/2025, 2:02:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

He looks out for Russia’s interest by supporting Trump, and Trump’s destruction of democracy.

20/8/2025, 11:39:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Let the lawsuits begin.

20/8/2025, 11:37:39 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

I am kinda older middle aged, can I get in on this?

20/8/2025, 8:07:03 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

If mortgage fraud or bank fraud are disqualifying, I look forward to Trump’s resignation. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

20/8/2025, 5:00:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Just a reminder of why Trump hates Leticia James, and why Trump likes accusing his political enemies of bank or mortgage fraud. apnews.com/article/dona...

20/8/2025, 4:53:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Private militia now being formed.

20/8/2025, 1:40:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755.bsky.social) reposted

It’s a display of power and a blatant threat. No one should include ”crime” in discussing what’s going on. That’s their take. Their story. Their lie. Don’t use their frame.

20/8/2025, 1:11:38 AM | 232 71 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Did he mix up two smart, hard working, black texas democratic women? Jasmine Crocket, and Nicole Collier?

19/8/2025, 11:15:30 PM | 14 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

That escalated quickly.

19/8/2025, 11:09:56 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

When I think Fatboy Slim, I think of this one. youtu.be/XQ7z57qrZU8?...

19/8/2025, 9:30:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Looks like a guy that over estimates the size of bodily parts.

19/8/2025, 6:41:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

“And this one was from when I hit my 18th hole in one to win my 132nd Bedminster championship.”

19/8/2025, 6:39:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

So Fukushima radiation? 🤪

19/8/2025, 6:14:32 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

This is Matt. Matt is butt hurt that he got called out on sexist comments and is now attacking the people calling him out. Don’t be like Matt.

19/8/2025, 1:26:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Offal office.

19/8/2025, 11:35:31 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

I thought they were his golf trophies.

19/8/2025, 11:34:20 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

This is 117 follower Matt. Matt likes to tone police strong smart women during a fascist takeover of the country. Don’t be like Matt.

19/8/2025, 2:57:08 AM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Given the fascist takeover of the US and this is what you post? Read the room. Wrong message, wrong day.

19/8/2025, 2:39:18 AM | 13 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

The 730 foot Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 530 feet of water. Most likely the bow hit the bottom while the stern was out of the water.

19/8/2025, 1:23:38 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Only if Mike Pence does the right thing.

18/8/2025, 11:21:18 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social)

I will not touch my eyes. I will not touch my eyes. I will not touch my eyes. Uh oh. I have to pee.

Several hot peppers in the process if being diced for pico de gallo.
18/8/2025, 9:42:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social)

I will not touch my eyes. I will not touch my eyes. I will not touch my eyes. Uh oh. I have to pee.

Several hot peppers in the process if being diced for pico de gallo.
18/8/2025, 9:39:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Waldman (@kagrox.bsky.social) reposted

And now, Ed Martin is lurking about outside James' house in his pervert trenchcoat. NO, REALLY. THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING. [bsky.app/profile/kagr...](bsky.app/profile/lore...)

18/8/2025, 3:25:42 PM | 42 29 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Too bad they gutted NIH and killed research funding. Seems Trump’s legacy is killing a cure for cancer.

18/8/2025, 12:32:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Newsome will have a field day with these.

18/8/2025, 1:44:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Talia Lavin (@swordsjew.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

the new sword fund is here: paypal.me/talialavin

18/8/2025, 1:36:33 AM | 61 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Holbein (@johnholbein1.bsky.social) reposted

Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.

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18/8/2025, 12:17:16 AM | 1447 628 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joshua B. Hoe (@joshuabhoe.bsky.social) reposted

🧵(Thread) Crime, Centrism, and the Democratic Party Part 1: Answering SE Cupp This thread is about answering the most prominent talking points about crime being a "loser" for the Democratic party in the face of Trump's federalization of Washington, DC Let's start with SE Cupp's take 1/

Screenshot of SE Cupp's article header about the Democratic response to the Trump takeover of DC
17/8/2025, 9:28:15 PM | 122 61 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

If your oldest is anything like you, she will be great.

17/8/2025, 7:28:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

I thought it was going to be a return to the WPA.

17/8/2025, 3:33:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

James. www.poetry.com/poem/269/the...

17/8/2025, 1:41:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Is there a (guest) link to the article?

16/8/2025, 9:56:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh hell no. Rahm is a non-starter even for, or especially for Chicagoans.

16/8/2025, 9:53:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

I read that as “training on how to Make a sandwich”.

16/8/2025, 7:16:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

And that ripping good yarn featured Geoff Chaucer. 😂

16/8/2025, 5:41:04 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

They fucking used a fucking PUBLIC printer? WTF!

16/8/2025, 2:16:37 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

“Oh look, egg prices are down to $8 a dozen, down from Biden’s huge inflation prices of $6 a dozen.”

14/8/2025, 8:19:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

A salt with a deli weapon.

14/8/2025, 6:44:26 PM | 12 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

“The victims of my crime are just trying to make me look bad”. Ok then.

14/8/2025, 5:49:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Fixed: President Trump lied about crime in Washington, D.C., during a news conference on Monday.

14/8/2025, 12:28:33 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Bork was the instigator of Nixon’s midnight massacre.

13/8/2025, 7:36:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

9 millimeter tacks. Gas light orchestra Blue clam religious group. Men on break

13/8/2025, 4:14:37 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

KC and the kinda overcast band.

13/8/2025, 1:56:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Boston Market.

13/8/2025, 1:48:49 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social)

Nothing says celebrate declaring our Nation’s independence and the American Revolution like (checks notes) a UFC cage match at the White House.

13/8/2025, 1:33:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Name the top 20 most violent cities in the US.

13/8/2025, 12:06:25 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Ok Straights.

13/8/2025, 2:58:08 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Raffensperger (@jimraff.bsky.social) reply parent

Sticks.

13/8/2025, 2:56:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view