dratcl767

dratcl767

@dratcl.bsky.social

Married 41 years with an amazing family. Retired after 28 years of USAF service as a fighter pilot and combat veteran. Flew 33 years for American Airlines, International Captain. Went from Republican to Independent to Democrat with 67 rotations around Sol.

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"A day after the Brazilian police asked him to hand over his passports because he was being investigated in a money-laundering case." Bolsonaro is being investigated over links to a Brazilian lawyer who is accused of laundering more than $1 billion through a vast fraud scheme. Trump's kinda guy.

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In Brazil, Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes issues an order: Flávio Bolsonaro, who just lost the presidential election to the incumbent Lula, stands charged with money laundering. He must surrender his passports and may not leave the country as the case is prepared for trial.

oglobo.globo.comFlávio é intimado pela PF para entregar passaporte por determinação de MoraesEm vídeo, senador diz que medida se baseou em declaração de Eduardo Bolsonaro, que defendeu o irmão deixar o país em caso de derrota; entrevista foi dada antes do resultado

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A grifter brazenly celebrating his ill-gotten gains with his co-conspirators in front of his victims...🤬 #VoteBlue for accountability!

Steven Beschloss@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social

“We’re making a fricking fortune,” Trump said. Who’s the we? “We” is he…the Trump family…billionaire cronies profiting off of the corruption and crime…oil execs who gave him millions. This is the “we” who Trump cares about—always has, always will. www.americaamerica.news/p/showing-tr...

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MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

🚨 NEWS: A federal judge has ruled that the Trump DOJ ILLEGALLY fired prosecutor Maurene Comey, ordering retroactive reinstatement and backpay. The judge ripped the DOJ’s defense as bordering on “frivolous” and rejected its sweeping claims of executive power.

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I don’t get it. If the tariffs are great for America and are bringing back manufacturing and are one of Trump’s signature policies, why won’t the Republicans who refused to overturn them even mention them?

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JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

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We used to live in a world where we didn’t really think about state supreme courts in other states. But now, they’re incredibly important, and nowhere more so than when it comes to the role they play in handling election challenges. joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...

joycevance.substack.comFive Questions with Douglas Keith, Deputy Director of the Judicial Program at the Brennan CenterWhy State Supreme Court Races matter

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Vance says he's "disgusted" with the Ohio race. To be clear, he's not "disgusted" Ramaswamy is siding with a woman who let her husband rape her 12-year-old daughter and pushing a lie so bad even National Review called him out. No, no. He's "disgusted" that some Republicans objected to the ad.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

WOW -- Vance *defends* Vivek's reprehensible ad 👇 Q: Ramaswamy's campaign put out a controversial ad featuring his opponent's mother. Some Republicans are backing away. Do you think it was appropriate? JD VANCE: Well, I'll be honest. Whether the ad was appropriate or not is not really my concern.

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"Almost none of his net worth is held in cash. Nearly all of it is **unrealized equity** in companies he still runs, and he draws no salary. His wealth is not money he extracted and stored. It is the market’s estimate of promises he hasn’t yet kept." fortune.com/2026/06/23/e...

fortune.comElon Musk's trillion dollars aren't real — and that's the point | FortuneHe draws no salary, can't sell his shares without collapsing their value, and his net worth depends on bets that haven't paid off yet.

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🇺🇸‼️ Hillary Clinton: Trump is a willing Putin puppet to help Putin. Putin's not going to stop with Ukraine. I guess Trump has this idea that he wants to divide the world. He gets the Western Hemisphere, Putin gets Russia and Europe, and Xi Jinping gets the rest of the world.

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🇺🇸👀 Hillary Clinton: I continue to believe that Putin has things on Trump. I continue to believe that he is holding photos, videos, whatever it might be. When we finally see all the Epstein files, I think even the people who supported Trump are going to be shocked by what it shows about Trump.

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Trump to Kaitlan Collins: “You don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re a dummy. You’re a low-IQ person, you’re a dummy, and you work for CNN.”

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NEW: A ProPublica data analysis shows that delays resulting from USPS’ cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots mailed in rural areas. Counties that voted for Trump in 2024 have been most affected.

propublica.orgBallot Rejections Soared in Rural Counties After USPS Reduced Mail ServiceA ProPublica data analysis shows that delays resulting from the agency’s cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots mailed in rural areas. Counties that voted for Trump in 2024 have...

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MUST READ: Neil Bush, brother of one President Bush and son of another President Bush, explains why he voted for James Talarico. In part: “My vote was motivated by two things: deep concern about Ken Paxton's record and genuine admiration for the character and principles I see in James Talarico.”

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A despicable ad from Vivek Ramaswamy who is a despicable person. Desperate Republicans have run some horrible, dishonest ads to distract from their failures in office, but maybe none worse than this one.

And these are missiles already paid for by the EU!

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

Telegraph: The White House has blocked the transfer of Patriot missiles to Ukraine, US officials have said. The transfer of interceptor missiles from countries friendly to Ukraine requires the approval of Pete Hegseth. I’ve been screaming about it for years - you use/sell/donate US tech on US terms

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Trump Asked CISA To Hack Voting Machines Trump asked the federal agency responsible for defending elections to secretly hack a Voting Machine, then hand the findings to the White House. CISA, the body created to protect voting systems from foreign attacks. www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-appoin...

ibtimes.co.ukTrump Officials Asked Election Security Agency to Secretly Obtain and Hack a Voting Machine, Report FindsProPublica reports that DHS appointees asked CISA to secretly buy and hack a voting machine for the White House. Staff objected, and the plan was abandoned.

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Donald Trump even called them idiots to their faces. “I can say the stupidest things and you’d clap.” And they fucking clapped.

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Dear Trailer Park Republicans, you won't ever get invited to the new ballroom at the White House; however Putin and his Oligarchs will be able to visit the ballroom anytime they want.

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Those who don’t vote can’t blame anything on those who do vote. This boomer is sick and tired of young people who don’t vote blaming my generation for the evil and hate in this country. If you don’t like it, get off your backsides and vote out #GOPCowards.

Jesse Huseth for TN97@jessefortn97.bsky.social

While voting overall in District 97 is way up, voting amongst younger folks isn’t. It’s time to get to the polls.

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Robert Garcia In Huntington Beach: American patriotism is not screaming and yelling “America First.” American patriotism is that you love your country so much that you actually want to help the people in your country.

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OSSOFF: And yesterday in Dalton, Trump said he would rename Hormuz the Trump Strait. See, the draft dodging president tells jokes while 21 Americans are dead and hundreds wounded.