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Kj

@riseup0717.bsky.social

Character matters. Integrity matters. Ethics matter. All humans matter. Be kind. A left of center voter with a desire to uphold the values enshrined in the constitution

created January 17, 2025

211 followers 153 following 1,173 posts

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Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Absolutely no one should cover his statement. The only thing coming out of the WH is propaganda.

2/9/2025, 1:55:41 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Really starting to get a “where’s Waldo” vibe

1/9/2025, 5:39:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sandieglo (@sandieglo.bsky.social) reposted

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1/9/2025, 4:06:38 PM | 37 19 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Isn’t a pocket recession functionally equivalent to a line item veto? Which has been ruled unconstitutional by the USSC.

1/9/2025, 4:49:35 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

WTF? Why are we doing this ? Did I miss congressional action declaring war?

31/8/2025, 1:33:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted

Welch: As someone who lives in a red state, let me just tell you what MAGA supermajorities get you. We're 50th in education. The worst in the whole country for women to live. We're poorer, worst health care. And if you look at the bottom ten states, they are all MAGA supermajorities.

30/8/2025, 2:47:27 AM | 7626 2442 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

Not their precious guns!

30/8/2025, 2:00:01 AM | 1965 243 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

lol. Perfect comment

30/8/2025, 1:47:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

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29/8/2025, 10:47:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Which is why get out the vote efforts will be so important.

28/8/2025, 11:58:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

And to think they had to give up their jobs and families for this.

26/8/2025, 11:52:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

He is almost as orange as Trump.

26/8/2025, 11:50:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shooti (@bambooshooti.bsky.social) reposted

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1970: As many as 20,000 women protest in the Women’s Strike for Equality in New York City, with more throughout the U.S. The event was held on the 50th anniversary of the certification of the 19th Amendment, giving women the constitutional right to vote. /1

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Women's Suffrage in the U.S., record numbers of women march along 5th Avenue in New York City on Aug. 26, 1970. Photo credit: Fred W. McDarrah / Getty Images.
26/8/2025, 8:44:31 PM | 494 172 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Including get out the vote efforts!!!!

26/8/2025, 11:01:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

And yet she still has that creepy fake smile on her face

26/8/2025, 11:00:58 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

They will be asking whether they had Hillary or Harris signs in their yards/windows

26/8/2025, 9:12:08 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

No. The neighbors upon learning a neighbor was a psycho always say “he seemed like such a nice guy”.

26/8/2025, 9:11:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

This is so stupid. I know many people from California have moved to TX, AZ and FL they are and always will be Democrats. This article is pure speculation. And should be labeled opinion.

26/8/2025, 8:36:13 PM | 13 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

I wonder if they had permission to use ?

26/8/2025, 5:04:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

And yet millions of people will believe him.

26/8/2025, 5:03:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Gerrymandering in red states is why current GOP representatives don’t care whether their constituents are hurt by things like the BBB

26/8/2025, 4:13:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social)

I’m not an influencer. I’m not fishing for followers. I’m just a woman who had lived a lot and is worried about the future of our country. In 1995, I applied to law school with the express intent to do my part to make the world a better place for my daughter. I am ashamed to admit I have failed.

26/8/2025, 2:23:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

We should do a mass flag burning. Hundred’s of thousand of people descending on the Washington Monument

26/8/2025, 12:41:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

It won’t help if Dems do it and GOP doesn’t. It’s like redistricting commissions

25/8/2025, 6:49:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

To be fair, it’s the voters - not just Democrats- that could fuck this up.

25/8/2025, 4:32:57 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s like he has no clue that it is protected speech. Geesh.

25/8/2025, 4:28:55 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

From time to time I come across a personal story about life in Trump’s America that’s so powerful that I want to share it with you. This is an op-ed titled "My Family Lives in the Shadow of the American Dream." I encourage you to read it. robertreich.substack.com/p/life-in-th...

25/8/2025, 3:26:00 PM | 806 300 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

TRUMP: “A lot of people are saying maybe we’d like a dictator.” He’s saying it. Are you listening? 🇺🇸

25/8/2025, 3:26:39 PM | 4234 2056 | View on Bluesky | view

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24/8/2025, 4:22:34 PM | 13 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

In the many years I have known and supported you, I could not be more proud. Thank you.

24/8/2025, 5:30:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

I guess the truth will be evident if they choose to take up arms against citizens. Talk is cheap. I imagine many are facing a moral dilemma. Although. I Don’t think there is any room for debate on this issue

24/8/2025, 5:29:11 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe what we should do is normalize talking about patriarchy instead of not talking about it at all.

22/8/2025, 7:52:25 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Hard to challenge something if you cannot name it.

22/8/2025, 7:50:08 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

There is a book. “Internment.” It was written just a few years ago. It is eerily predictive. samiraahmed.com/book/internm...

22/8/2025, 7:45:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Sounds like the moochers in Atlas Shrugged. The holy grail of conservatism.

22/8/2025, 7:43:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

And they call us the snowflakes. SMH.

22/8/2025, 7:07:54 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

I doubt we can rely in the accuracy of any document released by this regime

22/8/2025, 7:06:09 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Patriarchy? Seriously? It impacts every single day of a woman’s life. I will continue to challenge it and have taught my daughter to do so as well.

22/8/2025, 2:59:17 PM | 137 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

WDS- Woke Derangement Syndrome.

22/8/2025, 2:04:33 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe they will forget about rigging the mid terms.

22/8/2025, 1:58:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

And the GOP will blame Dems for not preventing or mitigating the pain. And everyone (MSM) will say Dems didn’t do enough.

21/8/2025, 9:27:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

I just love how everyone’s assumes those seats will go GOP. Is it not possible enough Dems turn out or enough non MAGA vote that districts stay blue ?

21/8/2025, 9:25:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Cannot leave the ok great Union. Prohibited (at least for CA).

21/8/2025, 9:23:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Redistricting is not the only way to pick up seats. It’s a trap. Spend time volunteering to take Dems to polls, voter registration drives and canvassing for your local Dem rep or candidate.

21/8/2025, 9:20:31 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

What about his bone spurs?

21/8/2025, 7:24:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

The best thing about this regime is they are not actually competent to undertake this in a timely manner

21/8/2025, 7:12:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

So many angry white men. Must be so difficult to feel yourself being marginalized and stripped of power. Instead of competing, they want to destroy the competition. No. White men and women. Sad

21/8/2025, 3:54:07 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Guess I’ll have to take a road trip to TX to help people get to their polling places.

21/8/2025, 12:34:25 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

How fitting the entrance to the United States will be painted the color of death.

20/8/2025, 4:45:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Do as I say, not as I do.

20/8/2025, 4:31:40 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Registration doesn’t matter. Texas has more registered Dems than GOP and is solid red. These stupid stats are not an accurate means of forecasting how someone would vote. Voting matters- not whether you are registered Dem or GOP

20/8/2025, 4:22:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted

I stand with Texas Representative Nicole Collier. This 12-year-old kid is spitting knowledge 💥

19/8/2025, 8:15:37 PM | 1684 660 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Here is something to give you hope bsky.app/profile/meid...

19/8/2025, 9:32:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Agree 💯. I just recently posted something similar.

19/8/2025, 9:26:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Time to start hiding all the history documents and artifacts in safe places beyond reach of government - and before government scrubs the internet.

19/8/2025, 7:52:18 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Will there be a news conference discussing CA Republicans lawsuit ?

19/8/2025, 5:59:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Well she got part of that right.

19/8/2025, 5:57:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Progress = fear

19/8/2025, 5:55:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sandieglo (@sandieglo.bsky.social) reposted

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19/8/2025, 4:36:29 PM | 28 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

I remember a quote from first year law class/ probably from a case I no longer recall “it is better that 10 guilty men go free than for 1 innocent man to be wrongfully imprisoned”. Blackstone’s Ratio. Pretty sure DOJ does not agree.

19/8/2025, 5:24:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

His press staff deserve a gigantic raise!

19/8/2025, 5:17:55 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

All those who attended meeting should be the first ones called to testify before a Dem led Congress. And if the GOP had any sense of patriotism, before this Congress.

18/8/2025, 3:39:34 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rod Dagnan (@rod-dagnan.bsky.social) reposted

43 cities in the states sending troops to Washington, D.C., have higher rates of violent crime than the capital does.

18/8/2025, 1:58:36 PM | 378 119 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

He should show up wearing a Beatles inspired t-shirt with a Peace sign in it !

18/8/2025, 3:31:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s a power play. Trump got schooled by Putin so he’s waving his dick around to find one smaller than his.

18/8/2025, 3:30:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

No matter what Dems do to fight this regime, people complain, criticize and still blame them for not doing enough or not being effective. So tired of it.

18/8/2025, 3:17:16 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

That level of hate is learned. Shame on them and those who taught them

18/8/2025, 3:15:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

A vote of no confidence in Trump is what it is.

18/8/2025, 2:06:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted

📌 San Diego #musicfestival. Featuring chants and raging against the dying of the light. ✊🏼

16/8/2025, 11:34:38 PM | 4006 1506 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

MAGA crying because Gavin is pretty much Hollywood stereotype for President where the orange menace is well, the uncle you can’t stand to have at dinner.

17/8/2025, 5:05:55 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

So much for adhering to the oath of office.

17/8/2025, 5:01:56 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

There are more of us than of them.

16/8/2025, 7:38:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump was played like a cheap violin

16/8/2025, 5:12:08 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m sorry. But there is no possible way Biden is directly responsible. Indirectly? Maybe. As are others. But to be directly responsible would mean he took action with the intent to commit genocide and that never happened. Words matter. Don’t let your outrage, justifiable, undermine your validity

16/8/2025, 5:11:27 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Game point match. I love my Governor!

16/8/2025, 5:04:42 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

You left Dems for what? The GOP? Expecting perfect alignment is why Dems cannot hold a large enough coalition to win. There has to be some compromise for the greater good. If one issue is enough to vote against the Dems, the. You never really believed in the Dems values in the first place.

16/8/2025, 3:03:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

No. We’re talking about our government and ability to self govern and not winning marks the end of civil society as we know it.

16/8/2025, 3:01:24 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted

The REAL STORY is STILL THIS: AND WE MUST KEEP IT THAT WAY.

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15/8/2025, 11:00:18 PM | 11902 4905 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump is such a narcissist that he would see this as a compliment (Newsom copying his tweet style)

15/8/2025, 11:05:21 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Because he and his buddies are corporate hacks and will lose favor with their donors if they even tacitly support

15/8/2025, 5:07:43 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Dems need to be saving these stunts for use as campaign ads

15/8/2025, 2:01:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Well then I expect to receive all the contributions I’ve made in the last 45 years, with interest, so that I can invest my money how I want.

14/8/2025, 4:32:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Well it would require spending authorization from Congress so maybe it will never happen

14/8/2025, 4:07:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

I think this photo may be a fake. But the underlying message is true.

14/8/2025, 4:04:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

That rendering of him makes him appear more normal than he is. And much younger.

14/8/2025, 4:02:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

How embarrassing. 😳 cannot believe these people are supposed to represent the best of the U.S.

14/8/2025, 1:47:59 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Pretty sure Supreme Court has ruled in this issue and fining or jailing for being homeless or mentally ill is not permitted

12/8/2025, 6:12:26 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

I wish we could break California in half.

12/8/2025, 12:45:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

When was the last time it “swung?” I’ve not seen it

11/8/2025, 11:04:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

All Red states. Who would have guessed?

11/8/2025, 11:02:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

I remember getting Coney Dogs growing up in MI. Haven’t found anything that replicates it here in So Cal

10/8/2025, 2:11:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Good thing those reports will live in forever thanks to the internet and other countries

9/8/2025, 8:32:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted

Front Page of the Day: He will not be deterred. #ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files

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Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

What a twat

9/8/2025, 6:16:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Profile picture Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) reposted

we can sneak around town / hunting working folks down / I hear they got a great benefit plan join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...

8/8/2025, 3:04:43 AM | 6458 2487 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Except if they die in office and the GOP governor is able to name the replacement

8/8/2025, 8:05:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

U.C.L.A. isn’t even a legal entity. It is governed by the UC Regents. I seriously doubt the State of California is going to hand over more money to the Feds.

8/8/2025, 6:54:51 PM | 11 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kj (@riseup0717.bsky.social) reply parent

Here’s a thought. Don’t like it, don’t go. I’m sure you won’t be missed

8/8/2025, 1:20:04 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view