Old and In the Way

Old and In the Way

@oldmartinpicker.bsky.social

Guitar crank, cynic, liberal with open eyes. Sadly aware that little turns out as hoped, usually willing to accept the good rather than chase the perfect. Keep an eye out over your shoulder.

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Old and In the Way
@oldmartinpicker.bsky.social

Born and raised there. Left long ago, never going back. What a pack of idiots.

tmel1219.bsky.social@tmel1219.bsky.social

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory Texas republicans have found another way to invade our privacy & humiliate women They’ve put forth a bill that would force wastewater treatment plants to test for abortion medication & hormones found in birth control. Why isn’t Viagra included if it’s about clean water?

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@oldmartinpicker.bsky.social

3. So, these ideas have been floating around among some Evangelicals for decades. Now, these people are close to the center of an increasingly dictatorial presidency. Donald Trump is nothing like a Christian of any sort, but these malevolent fanatics see him as a classic “useful idiot”.

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@oldmartinpicker.bsky.social

2. According to her, the Founding Fathers made a terrible mistake and displeased God when they failed to state that the new Nation should adopt a national religion – her religion. Further, they should have made it the mission of the USA to spread her religion across the globe.

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@oldmartinpicker.bsky.social

1. Let me relate my first encounter with Christian Nationalism. Back in the late 1980s, I was driving home late at night after a hunting trip in far northern Wisconsin. Cruising the radio dial, I came upon a lecture by a woman who claimed that the United States Constitution was all wrong.

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@oldmartinpicker.bsky.social

T-Rump loves that "enemy of the state" stuff. Wonder where he got that phrase? More projection from the Idiot Traitor in Chief.

TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛@tommasinaresist.bsky.social

Another Monday. Thousands more Americans fired from their jobs, critical agencies are disabled & now the collapse of the global economy. We have guardrails to stop a rogue president. Yet GOP lawmakers refuse to act. Why are they impotent? Are they also foreign agents? #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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@oldmartinpicker.bsky.social

Even though Missouri was one of those regions that was split during the secession crisis, modern Missouri is culturally a part of the Old South. The Confederacy is winning the war that never really ended.

Jess Piper@piperformissouri.bsky.social

Missouri has been running the pilot for Project 2025 for a couple of decades. With a GOP Supermajority, over 30% of our schools are on a four-day week. We fund vouchers for private religious schools. Our starting teachers are 50th in the nation for pay and they pay for their own supplies.

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@oldmartinpicker.bsky.social

This guy HAS NO LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE. He has a law degree, but he has never faced the situations that a field agent has to deal with as a matter of course. Proof positive that Trump doesn't care a whit about the security of this country.

Fred Wellman@fpwellman.bsky.social

This guy is so deeply corrupt. newrepublic.com/post/192150/...

newrepublic.comKash Patel Wants to Work From Home for FBI. But Who Does He Live With?The new FBI director says he plans to WFH and run things remotely from Las Vegas. But why won’t he answer about who else lives in his house?

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Hank Green
@hankgreen.bsky.social

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

standupforscience2025.orgSTAND UP FOR SCIENCEMarch 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.
Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Katie Phang
@katiephang.bsky.social

NEW: “Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.” newrepublic.com/post/192059/...

newrepublic.comRFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine DevelopmentsRobert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.

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Tina Smith
@smith.senate.gov

The next time you hear Republicans mention tax cuts, ask yourself: For who? Because unless you’re in the top 5%, it’s probably not you.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

Old and In the Way
@oldmartinpicker.bsky.social

These are the people who will rob Trump voters blind, along with the rest of us. How long will it take them to wake up?

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social

1. Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old member of DOGE launched an image-sharing website in 2021 that featured custom “shitposting” URLs that redirected to content hosted on his site. URLs that redirected to Coristine’s site referenced the sale of child sexual abuse material, racial slurs, and rape.

muskwatch.comDOGE Teen Ran Image-Sharing Site Linked to URLs Referencing Pedophilia and the KKKThe site launched by Edward Coristine in 2021 promised to protect the privacy of its users, stating, “All your images are encrypted. We do not log IP addresses, device agents or anything else.”