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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.
Glad to see that the US is once again providing a safe haven for persecuted people seeking asylum. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/w...
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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.
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A grifter brazenly celebrating his ill-gotten gains with his co-conspirators in front of his victims...🤬 #VoteBlue for accountability!
“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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America must reverse Trump’s moral squalor www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #democracy #elections #midterms #authoritarianism #WhiteNationalism #ChristianNationalism #Blues
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Brazilians re-elect Lula by over 4 million votes and reject Trump's right-wing candidate www.reuters.com/live/brazil-... #democracy #elections #Brazil #Blues
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Putin Is Meddling in the Midterms to Help Trump by Spreading False Sex Abuse Claims www.motherjones.com/politics/202... #democracy #elections #midterms #Blues #DOOR
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Trump administration has pushed off 13% of Americans enrolled in food stamps
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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...
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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...
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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.
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...
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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.
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Another Russian asset exposed... Exclusive | Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine - WSJ share.google/HhbLuujPzB5T...
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And these are missiles already paid for by the EU!
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...
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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.
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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