RetCOindependent

RetCOindependent

@retfcindm.bsky.social

Retired independent, happily married. Golden rule guy, every one of us deserves equitable treatment. Just be a decent human being, it’s not difficult. FDT.

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RetCOindependent
@retfcindm.bsky.social

Repeat this, often. It’s why things feel effed up outside of the Dotard MAGAt’s idiocy.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

RetCOindependent
@retfcindm.bsky.social

The comments almost write themselves anymore.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Senile Satan, Con Junior and Fredo announced their phone in June, promising delivery in August to commemorate a decade since Satan came down the escalator. Not one phone has been delivered and good luck getting a refund. They took 590,000 deposits totaling $59 million.

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Jon Cooper
@joncooper-us.bsky.social

Immigration accountability advocates today unveiled a sweeping new online “Wiki” built on the ICE List project, promising a central, searchable record tying individual immigration agents to raids, vehicles, local police partners, and the legal machinery behind U.S. immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.comNEWS: ICE List Launches Wiki to Expose Enforcement NetworkThe Europe-based volunteer-built database links raids, agents, vehicles, and legal structures, aiming to break the cycle of official secrecy.
RetCOindependent
@retfcindm.bsky.social

Another way to say this is it’s crap.

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social

NOTE: (1/3) This handshake deal is for a Continuing Resolution (CR) that would extend government funding only through 1/30/26, with a "minibus" of three full-year appropriations bills that would fund specific programs/agencies, including SNAP benefits, through 9/30/26.

RetCOindependent
@retfcindm.bsky.social

Truth…though I don’t think you have to go that far back. Hell, in 2014 you’d have wondered WTAF?

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social

There was a time when 90% of Americans would have understood how deranged in every conceivable way a post like this is I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public

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Seth Abramson
@sethabramson.bsky.social

There was a time when 90% of Americans would have understood how deranged in every conceivable way a post like this is I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public

RetCOindependent
@retfcindm.bsky.social

Still Maybe the biggest “duh” ever

CNN@cnn.com

The man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in the early days of the Trump administration’s law enforcement surge in Washington, DC, earlier this summer has been found not guilty of assault. https://cnn.it/47KdxUe

RetCOindependent
@retfcindm.bsky.social

Maybe the biggest “duh” ever

The Associated Press@apnews.com

BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.

bit.lyMan who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault chargeA former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.

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Mississippi Free Press
@mississippifreepress.org

Johnny DuPree flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district while running on expanding Medicaid, eliminating the grocery tax and adopting a “Mississippi Earned Income Tax Credit.”

buff.lyDemocrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Pine BeltJohnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
RetCOindependent
@retfcindm.bsky.social

You can’t fully describe MAGAt stupid to anyone. To fully comprehend the level of idiocy involved, it has to be demonstrated. Folks, exhibit I:

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

LEAVITT: It's absolutely true that there's fraud in California's elections Q: What's the evidence of that? LEAVITT: It's just a fact

RetCOindependent
@retfcindm.bsky.social

Got to tell ya…if I was a Never Trump republican, I’d be PISSED

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Popok: The blue states and cities effectively brought the cases. The red states are suffering, and their AGs are sitting on the sidelines. There’s no red state that brought a case. Think about that: not one red state attorney general brought a case to help prevent starvation and suffering. None.

RetCOindependent
@retfcindm.bsky.social

This…

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

RetCOindependent
@retfcindm.bsky.social

Is it that difficult to roll tape in the moment to take away THAT argument and force him to come up with another?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue? MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos

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@retfcindm.bsky.social

I do wonder how many if the 77 million that voted FOR Trump are completely unreachable - they’ve been reprogrammed to ignore any principled thought. www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...

cleveland.comThose who believe in the MAGA promise - is this what you voted for? Eric FosterI understand that political choices are complicated. They can be made for one or many reasons. Still, it is difficult for me to consider the opposing view regarding President Donald Trump's actions in...