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@mantahunk.bsky.social
Wood carver. Wooden gear clock maker. History buff. Science nerd. 76-year-old social liberal from the '60s. Trying to find island of sanity in what is left of US. Squeezing what's left out of life. "You never miss the water 'till the well run dry."
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It was great talking to @milestaylor.bsky.social for my Substack happy hour this past weekend about his new documentary! Our democracy is NOT for sale. Watch and share (widely!) this documentary before you vote: CORRUPTIONLAND.org
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I'm waiting for Dementia Donald to claim National Security to build his narcissistic vanity golf course in WDC. This photo shows what Trump did after the judge demanded Trump notify them before they cut down more than 10 trees IN OUR PUBLIC GOLF COURSE, THAT WE OWN. I count more than 10.
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And we want to do it again. As soon as the midterms are over, we're going to crank up the war again, depleting our munitions with no strategy, no endgame, no results, more dead American soldiers and sailors. As Porno Mikey said, "we're going to just keep doing the same things we've been doing."
No one with even a 3rd grade level of combat leadership experience, geopolitical knowledge, historical understanding of the Middle East, cultural or religious context, geographical knowledge, or international relations underestimated Iran.
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Donald Trump Jrโs Mongolian hunting trip highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a tycoon with a criminal record who has close ties to Putinโs personal security service. Intelligence experts say such connections are ripe for manipulation. ft.trib.al/p0LBRYI
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The nomenclature for radical Israeli Jews who are engaged in murder and mayhem against Palestinians must reflect the real, horrifying conditions . The benign use of โsettlerโ soft-pedals the depravity of those trying to drive Palestinians from the region in an effort to ethnically cleanse territory.
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Scott Jennings is still trying for Press Secretary. Pathetic. "Miraculous."
And if you broke the phone, no big deal. You couldn't own a phone. You just rented it by the month from Ma Bell.
I ran a switchboard... I could just unplug you ๐คญ๐คฃ๐
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Again, people paying attention already knew this, and his cult members will never believe it no matter how much evidence is produced.
Evidence "shows that Trump lied about kicking Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club," according to a new report from the House Judiciary Dem staff. The report also reveals for the first time Beatrice Keul's account of allegedly having been raped by Trump. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
Heard this before. The East Wing is gone.
Evidently the esteemed, knowledgeable, educated RFK Jr has never heard of the cradle of civilization. Either that or 8 years of heroin addiction wiped it out.
RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."
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Hatred is as addictive as meth, and, like meth, it destroys the minds of those who consume it. MAGA has been mainlining an all-you-can-hate buffet of Trump-curated grievances for over 10yrs; itโs an addiction theyโll take with them to the grave.
It's still surreal to watch women drive by with their kids in the car and give a thumbs down to the RULE OF LAW. They gave thumbs down to NO WAR yesterday A few days ago they gave thumbs down to CORRUPTION. Make it make sense. They'll give up everything for permission to hate.
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I said from the very beginning, to the presents. NORMALIZATION is our enemy. He's not only normalized rape, it's celebrated. He's gone as far as to normalize serial child rape. It happens for one reason. We don't stand up to it and say enough. We don't stand up to it and hold him accountable.
We're kind of to the point where almost nothing we learn about Trump is shocking in any way.
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A. A. R. P. does not stand for proposition that litigants may appeal a request for an injunction whenever the district court fails to rule within fifteen hours of filing. ..As we now explain, the United States has not treated this case with anywhere near the exigency of detainees in A. A. R. P.
BREAKING: The 9th Circuit rules 2-1 to dismiss DOJ's effort to force California to remove 20,000 purported noncitizens from the voter rolls based on data CA officials view as faulty. Majority: Bennett (Trump) Sanchez (Biden) Minority: Bumatay (Trump) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Same with all his other corruption scandals. It's exhausting to even try to keep up, and it often seems like much of the media isn't even trying.
Not that long ago, three major lower-court rulings against the executive branch on three unrelated topics wouldโve been a busy *month,* and outlets wouldโve rushed to write up such a run of adverse rulings. Now, it doesnโt feel unusual when we get three on the same *day.* Itโs all โฆ exhausting.
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Who was that sad lady on the right?
๐จBREAKING: A federal appeals court rejected DOJ's extraordinary request to bypass the district court in its effort to bar California from counting the ballots of around 20,000 people the Trump administration alleges are โlikelyโ noncitizens. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Americans, it's your turn to do the same with the Trump backed candidates in the US.
Flรกvio Bolsonaro has been banned from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender his passports following his presidential election defeat, amid investigations into suspected influence-peddling, money laundering and other alleged financial irregularities.
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If he wins by double digits and helps bring in 4 PA House seats h'e going to get a whole lot of attention
๐จ Gov. Josh Shapiro rips into JD Vance in a new interview. โThe only smart thing it seems like [Trump] did was not endorsing Vance. That guy is just a profoundly and PATHETICALLY WEAK human being who wants to preach morality every day.โ
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Oh, thank god Natalie Harp is on it because she seems totally normal and smart.
A newly filed court document reveals extensive communications between Kennedy Center management and President Trumpโs advisers, including presidential aide Natalie Harp, around pivotal court rulings and board votes over the institutionโs future.
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