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Jim Nicholas

@jrnbs.bsky.social

Blue in California. Life Long Democrat. 🏳️‍🌈#LGBTQ Ally 🏳️‍🌈. 🚫MAGA.

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Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h ago

Tommy Tuberville promises as governor of Alabama to build a 30' wall around the state to keep out Yankees... and people with darker skin color. Alabama currently lands in the range of 47-50 among US states in literacy, healthcare, maternal health... bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h ago

Tuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."

Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.gov · 11h ago

It’s been 166 days since SCOTUS struck down Trump’s illegal tariff taxes & big corporations are getting their refunds. $2.2 BILLION for Apple, $600 MILLION for Amazon, $300 million for Nike.   When are American families going to see the $1,700 they're owed? Return the money, NOW.

Corporate America got billions of dollars in tariff refunds. Where’s your cut? | CNN Business

Apple got an estimated $2.2 billion tariff refund last quarter. Amazon got $600 million. Nike got $300 million. But American consumers who paid higher prices as President Donald Trump’s tariffs filter...

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Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 3d ago

James Talarico on Texas officially banning THC: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst."

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 4d ago

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced Friday that she has restored voting rights for 66,085 people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to vote due to past felony convictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Virginia Gov. Spanberger has restored voting rights for 66,000 people with past felony convictions

The volume presents a dramatic reversal of prior Gov. Glenn Youngkin's tenure, when he restored less than 10,000 voter's rights during his entire four-year term.

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Jim Nicholas@jrnbs.bsky.social · 6d ago

GOP Senate Candidate Ends Press Conference After Dodging Questions About Son-in-Law’s White Nationalist Posts www.mediaite.com/media/news/g...

GOP Senate Candidate Ends Press Conference After Dodging Questions About Son-in-Law’s White Nationalist Posts

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA), the Georgia Senate hopeful, refused to answer questions from reporters about his son-in-law's slew of white nationalist and antisemitic posts on Thursday, instead choosing to...

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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · last wk.

The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns.

Jim Nicholas@jrnbs.bsky.social · last wk.

Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct www.propublica.org/article/just...

Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct

ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.

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