Pct. Committeeperson for Nameoki 5. He/Him/His ⚾ Cards 🏒 Blues ⚽ Arsenal, STL City SC 🏈 Steelers, Battlehawks 🏀 🏈 Mizzou/Illini 🇺🇸 USA https://linktr.ee/jgibsondemhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muwe3ndmy222Sen. John Fetterman (“D”-PA) does not care about his Senate responsibilities at all, per an explosive WSJ article. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/9/4/800093905/congress/john-fetterman-is-totally-checked-out/07 Sep 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwe3ndmy222https://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muwdgoibvk22MAGA media influencers invented a manufactured panic about the 2020 US Census count to falsely assert that the Democrats netted extra seats in Congress in “error.” https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-baseless-right-wing-social-media-panic-led-to-dramatic-changes-at-the-census-bureau07 Sep 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwdgoibvk22https://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muwcyb2zmk22This is very disturbing: far-right extremist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) won the most votes in the in Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt) state election, but fell short of a majority. The real question is whether they are allowed to form government in that state. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/06/saxony-anhalt-germany-afd-exit-poll-ulrich-siegmund07 Sep 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwcyb2zmk22https://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muv5t6wlt224Victory! Judge Indira Talwani halts Donald Trump’s reckless USPS executive order for vote-by-mail ballots. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/in-major-win-for-voters-judge-blocks-trumps-mail-voting-restrictions-for-midterms/06 Sep 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muv5t6wlt224https://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muujtbfmmc2hArsenal come back to win 2-1 over Chelsea thanks to Havertz and Ødegaard. They are 3/3 and 9/9 to start the PL season. #ARSCHE #COYG06 Sep 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muujtbfmmc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muufkok2vc2xArsenal and Chelsea tied 1-1 at the half. #ARSCHE #COYG06 Sep 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muufkok2vc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muuem4jtfk2xHavertz levelled it 1-1. #ARSCHE06 Sep 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuem4jtfk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muudknzzu22lSucks Chelsea is leading 1-nil. #ARSCHE #COYG06 Sep 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muudknzzu22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3mutzxupx6s22Matt Gertz wrote in MS NOW the details of Maria Bartiromo’s acrimonious departure from the Murdoch orbit, in which she was fired from her Fox “News” and Fox “Business” jobs. https://www.ms.now/opinion/maria-bartiromo-fox-business-news-trump06 Sep 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutzxupx6s22https://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3mutzssalck22Great column by Jess Piper on religion and authoritarianism. https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/letters-to-god06 Sep 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutzssalck22https://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3mutzdt6zfs22My latest on Substack: Dolly Parton and the legacy she left for America. https://jgibsondem.substack.com/p/dolly-parton-left-an-indelible-legacy-on-music-and-america06 Sep 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutzdt6zfs22https://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muti6s3gvk22Sean Duffy and Stephen Miller disgrace America every time either of these fools open their sewers. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-government-trump-mistrust_l_6a98352de4b087cf7f00b24906 Sep 2026 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muti6s3gvk22https://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3mut6jex7522aCITY win 3-1 over the Whitecaps, keep their unbeaten run intact.. #ALLFORCITY06 Sep 2026 04:41 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3mut6jex7522ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3murpqegdrs2aI see that Iowa Democratic Gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand has gone to the Amy Acton playbook on trans girls in girls’ sports. https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/iowa-dem-candidate-rob-sand-girls05 Sep 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3murpqegdrs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3murp7cjul22aOn Thursday, all Republicans except two and 33 Democrats voted to pass HR4795 voted for a dangerous anti-free speech bill that would bar federal funding for universities that boycott or divest from Israeli companies and illegally-erected settlements in the occupied West Bank. @commondreams.org https://www.commondreams.org/news/college-israel-boycott-bill05 Sep 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3murp7cjul22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3murotfsx2k2a21 states are suing the Trump Regime’s anti-trans rule barring Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender-affirming care for those under 18 (Medicaid) and under 19 (CHIP). https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/21-states-sue-federal-government05 Sep 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3murotfsx2k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muqlvgvw6c2wI just voted for @mmfa.bsky.social, @erininthemorning.com, @aoc.bsky.social, and @jbpritzker.bsky.social in the 38 Most Influential Bluesky Posters of 2026. You get ten votes too. Cast yours: bsky38.com https://bsky38.com05 Sep 2026 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqlvgvw6c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muqleqeg722vSony Pictures Television fires Jim Thornton from his Wheel of Fortune announcer job that he held since 2011 over allegations of visiting a pedophilia chat room while on an American Airlines plane ride https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/wheel-of-fortune-announcer-jim-thornton-fired-sony-1236852104/05 Sep 2026 03:53 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqleqeg722vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muqkkdk6ik2vSCOTUS denies bid from right-wing voter suppression group Americans for Citizen Voting Michigan to force the placement of a proof of citizenship vote referendum on the ballot. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/supreme-court-denies-right-wing-groups-bid-to-force-michigan-proof-of-citizenship-measure-on-november-ballot/05 Sep 2026 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqkkdk6ik2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muqjtq4y3c2vThe Trump Regime is concocting a dangerous and eliminationist narrative about “extreme transgender ideologies.” https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/nonbinary-gender-extremism05 Sep 2026 03:26 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqjtq4y3c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muqjo643cc2vWhat a big blast by Iván Herrera! Cards up 7-6. #STLvsCOL #STLCards05 Sep 2026 03:23 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqjo643cc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muqew3oz5k2vMaryland Supreme Court greenlights an amendment permitting the redrawing of Congressional maps to take effect in 2028 if approved at the ballot box. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/maryland-supreme-court-upholds-democrats-redistricting-plan/05 Sep 2026 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqew3oz5k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muqeln6ed22vDonald Trump’s belligerent antagonism towards Canada and annexation threats helped wreck the Conservatives’ standing in Canada, allowing the Liberals to retain the PM post with a Mark Carney win https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-mark-carney05 Sep 2026 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqeln6ed22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3muqee7m2v22vThe GOP’s data center kickbacks ploy has been exposed. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/9/3/800093453/news/democrats-expose-gop-data-center-kickbacks/05 Sep 2026 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqee7m2v22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgibsondem.bsky.social/post/3mupkobhxy22vShameful nonsense from the Trump Regime’s Dept. of Injustice: the DOJ sues Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools over its trans-inclusive policy protecting trans students from forced outing policies on the baseless accusation that the school district is “secretly transitioning students.” https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/doj-sues-kansas-transgender-students04 Sep 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:gnyutv2y7adfi2vucluzy673/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupkobhxy22v