Jon Pelican
@jonpelican.bsky.social
Choose passion over indifference and apathy, compassion over cruelty, love over all. Life and the lives of others are gifts. Pronouns: Not Trump / Not Republicans / Not Billiionaires or Wanna-be Billionaires.
Shocker: "Vance’s plea for “another chance”, however, has not produced the desired effect." The most charmless, accomplishment-free man imaginable wants "another chance" for the Republican death squad. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Vance wants voters to ‘give us another chance’. But he is cornered | Sidney Blumenthal
The vice-president’s recent remarks seek to maintain a posture of strength while they inadvertently expose political realities
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TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. https://whenweallvote.org/
Who's really paying the price for those killer Amazon Prime Day deals?
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Two Canadian Scientists Develop an Inhaled Vaccine Mist That Delivers Immunity Directly to the Lungs, Right Where Viruses Enter Two scientists, Fiona Smaill and Zhou Xing, developed AeroVax, an inhaled vaccine mist designed to reach the lungs in just 2 minutes.
Went to the coast yesterday and caught these beauties flying by. #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #BlueSkies #ECK
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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I'm not running to bow to a corporation. I'm not running to raise your utility rates or help them do it. I'm not running so that your premium goes up and everybody looks the other way. I'm running to fight for you.
Trump keeps saying that a 1929-style Great Depression is likely during the second half of his term. Quite the midterm message.
Trump: "We've gonna shove it up their ass ... They are a bunch of dumb son of a bitches" Remember when presidents had dignity? Here's a lowlight supercut from Trump's rally tonight in Ohio:
The GOP, screwing Americans is what they do best….
This is actually a good story by the New York Times' Peter Baker. But as usual, the editors ran it through their Euphemism Desk so the headline talks about Trump "moving ethical lines" instead of saying flat-out that the president is deeply corrupt and is putting your money in his pocket.
How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits (Gift Article)
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.
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And if you live in Texas and recently registered, you might not be. Check today. #BlueWaveIn30Days Get it handled. Then help somebody else do the same. IWillVote.com
ICE just spent $16.7 million arming agents with shock gloves—wearable devices that deliver a painful electric shock. Human rights organizations like Amnesty International say the gloves “could be readily misused for torture.” Mother Jones' @hurwitz.bsky.social investigates: https://bit.ly/472ZbhV
The botched execution of Christa Pike supports what Rev. Jeff Hood, spiritual advisor to the condemned, told our colleagues at @revealnews.org last year: This country's use of capital punishment shows that we, as a society, "have moved in a more violent direction."
Executions are rising in the US. This reverend witnesses them.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” death row spiritual adviser Jeff Hood talks about how his longtime activism for racial justice led him inside America’s execution chambers for the final moments of…
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A CNN report hurt Jared's feelings, but numerous outlets, including @motherjones.com, have detailed his vast global conflicts of interest.
Does Jared Kushner know what a conflict of interest is?
In Israel and elsewhere, the line between his diplomacy and quest for wealth is fuzzy at best.
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The Republican crime syndicate. They own all three pillars of 🇺🇸 federal government.
Mark Zuckerberg tells investors that his AI push is a huge success. But when it files its taxes, Meta tells the IRS its giant data centers are an experiment that might fail. Why? Because calling them an experiment lets Meta claim a tax credit meant for real research.
Message posted around 1:42 a.m.: “free p***y upstairs” Afterwards, someone wrote: “Like you can walk in and whip it out.” Later, while the woman was still in the house someone asked: “Shop still open?” To which someone replied: “Yea.” Trump feels bad for the rapists. We all know why….
"Botched" in quotes. "Tennessee’s prison chief is under fire for the failed execution of Christa Pike, which lawyers say was the fifth “botched” execution under his leadership across two states since 2022." Two might be a coincidence. Five? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Prison chief in Christa Pike case oversaw five ‘botched’ executions, lawyers say
Frank Strada facing mounting questions after Pike survives injection with lethal drugs in Tennessee
theguardian.com
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the Kansas Court of Appeals Friday denied Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again
The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within the following three days, including in the upcoming November elections.
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A lot of people think voting by mail means “I’ll just drop it in the mail when I’m ready.” Not necessarily. Postal delays, collection times, postmarks, and state deadlines can all determine whether your ballot gets counted. Know the rules. Don’t leave your vote to the last minute.
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
Oriana González@oriana.bsky.social · 4d agoSCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
Another point is, if the $7+ trillion congress has stolen from SS and Medicare surplus deductions was invested in 10 year treasuries (currently paying 5.26%), it would be generating $400+ billion per year. That's obfuscated as "Intragovernmental Holdings" here fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/deb...
Debt to the Penny | U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data
Total outstanding debt of the U.S. government reported daily. Includes a breakout of intragovernmental holdings (federal debt held by U.S. government) and debt held by the public (federal debt held by...
fiscaldata.treasury.gov
Now Republicans are defending and denying Richard Nixon's well-documented crimes. How long before they're going on camera to defend Manson, Dahmer, Oswald, Hitler, Pol Pot, with the "fake" claims?
Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 5d agoThey’re all completely insane. Vote every single one of them out. Republican Rep. Moore on Watergate: "Richard Nixon was absolutely couped out of office and was framed. All of this was fake."
We must bring all of them down, hard and decisively.
Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5d agoSubverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
