Chris Bledsoe

Chris Bledsoe

@tcbledsoe.bsky.social

Democracy lover apparently swimming upstream against a tide of felon-, rapist-, traitor-, fascist-loving voters. News & politics junkie. Former farmer, former politician, X refugee. I swear; a lot. Blues lover. Huge fan of HCW. Slava Ukraini! ♏✊🏿🏳️‍🌈ally.

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Shocking news that the Nobel Committee does not award Peace Prize to an orange toddler who commits war crimes and murders people in international waters.

Every day, the news out of this White House and Hegseth convinces me that, to them, The Terminator was an inspirational blueprint for the future they seem hellbent on bringing down on us. No boundaries on AI and autonomous drones. What could go wrong?

How steeply have we fallen as a leader of the free world when our highest court ignores the rights of individuals in favor of the despotic desires of a dictator who has trampled the rights of immigrants and citizens alike. Have we reached the bottom yet?

nytimes.comSupreme Court Allows Trump Administration’s Third-Country Deportations, for Now (Gift Article)The court also announced it would hear arguments in December on the legality of the Trump administration policy to swiftly deport immigrants to countries not their own.

The ineptitude, if not outright corruption, throughout this administration from the Executive down to the USPS is damn scary. This is the inherent danger when a corrupt criminal is serving as the titular head of government who appoints cronies in every branch and agency. #ImpeachNow

nytimes.comMore Mail Ballots Are Arriving Late This Year, and They’re Getting Tossed (Gift Article)State officials say they worry about the Postal Service’s ability to deliver votes this fall. They are urging voters to mail their ballots early or use drop boxes so their votes count.

As I noted earlier, this interference by trump will have the opposite effect on beef farmers: it cuts the bottom out of the market demand for beef so why would farmers invest in rebuilding their herds?

It's just astounding to me. trump has spent billions on a needless war with Iran - with no end in sight. And, to date, has spent just shy of $4 billion pointlessly because of his and the GOP's anti-green ideology. Constant waste and an absent Congress with the GOP just kissing his ass.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social

Trump administration will pay German energy firm RWE $1.22 billion to abandon plans to build wind farms off the coasts of New York, California and Louisiana. Including this project, the government has so far spent roughly $3.9 billion to get companies to terminate 12 offshore wind leases

How about that? Mr. "No More Wars," FIFA Peace Prize Recipient is a war criminal (as if we didn't already know this). Just more evidence that FOTUS must be impeached, immediately. #8647

Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social

We’ve been saying this for a while now many of the people being targeted are just fishermen. Evidence now supports that the United States has killed individuals who were not involved in drug trafficking during its “counternarcotics interdiction operations” in the Caribbean and Pacific.

What a big baby. And, of course, he thinks each entire state is a single entity that voted against him (yes, he's an idiot), rather than seeing the tens of millions of republicans living in those states who will suffer because of his vindictive actions. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

nytimes.comTrump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for HimFederal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

This right here: straight up crime. Market manipulation & insider trading by the one person who has more influence on the markets than anyone. The worst part? trump knows this & knows Congress will do absolutely nothing to stop him. This MoFo needs to be impeached. Now. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/02/t...

cnbc.comTrump bought Apple, Nvidia and other tech giants before tariff reversal fueled reboundThe day before President Donald Trump walked back his tariff policy turned out to be one of his busiest days of 2025 for stock buying.

Mark my word: come January 21, 2029, no one will be able to find this ring.

PBS News@pbsnews.org

All told, 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies encrust the watch-sized gold ring presented this week to Bill White, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, to give to U.S. President Donald Trump. https://to.pbs.org/44batiO

Mike Johnson sent the House home, once again illustrating that this is the least-effective Congress in history. I love to see the infighting in the GOP, who are all a bunch of assholes, but the American people are once again footing the bill for incompetent reps who can't govern worth shit.

Call me crazy, but I sense a pattern here. Break something (Iran deal, reflecting pool, etc.), *claim* to have fixed it (even when it isn't), take credit for being the only one that could fix it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

CNN shows a side by side of J.D. Vance taking credit for what Obama already had in place — an Iran deal Trump ripped up before killing a lot of people and wasting a lot of money (at Israel’s request) H/T @acyn.bsky.social

Hegseth: "We are restoring freedom to our troops" who no longer need to have flu and other vaccines. Also, Pentagon: "All trainees at the base are now being required to get the flu shot in order to stem the spread of the virus." This admin is full of f'ing fools. www.dailymail.com/health/artic...

dailymail.comDozens sickened, one dead on military base after vaccine rule scrappedTrainees at the Texas base are now being required to get vaccinated, according to reports.

Anyone going to be in DC next Tuesday with some time to grab lunch? I'm on chauffeur duty to transport the missus and I'll have time to kill after taking 5 minutes to check the $14M reflecting pool.

What I would like to know is: how the FUCK is this legal? Where is Congress?

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

According to a new Reuters report, Trump and his sons have added over $2.3B to their family fortune from their main crypto ventures — while handing their investors $2.3B in losses. The grifter-in-chief's crypto corruption knows no bounds.

The AP reports "U.S. Central Command said in a social media post that U.S. forces intercepted “unprovoked Iranian attacks” and responded with self-defense strikes." Pro tip: if you start a war and continue acts of war in blockading a nation's ships, you forfeit the right to call these "unprovoked."

Max Boot@maxboot.bsky.social

When war becomes an “excursion,” military attacks are just a “love tap” and a “ceasefire” is still in effect while fighting is going on. Orwellian!

Kinzinger is a Republican who refuses to kiss the ring. He's a man of principle & he speaks the facts here in this video. He knows the game trump is trying to play & he understands the importance of stopping trump & the GOP from stealing the mid-term elections. Polls open for 3 more hours: vote YES.

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com

If you live in Virginia, tomorrow you have a huge opportunity to make it clear to the GOP that if they want to win, it won’t be by changing the rules and redrawing maps. At least, not without a fight. Vote YES on the redistricting vote, and push back!

I'm reading John C. Maxwell's excellent book, "The Self-Aware Leader" and found this passage; in the margin, I jotted down "DJT." It's obvious, isn't it? The country is going to hell because no one has the courage to even suggest minor corrections to the stupidest POTUS for fear of... what?

Reckless fucking asshole. Is it any wonder he drives us and the rest of the world nuts? Going from "nuclear weapon control" to regime change without even the most basic consideration of what that means. He acts like a tyrannical egomaniac.

NPR@npr.org

Israel and the U.S. have launched strikes against Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran and air raid sirens sounding across Israel. n.pr/4bfWbl2

“Judge Cannon’s courage and judicial resolve on these important due process issues should be recognized and taught in law school classrooms across America.” - Trump’s lawyer Kendra Wharton. Oh, trust me, it will be, as a great example of judicial malpractice.. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

politico.comJudge Cannon permanently blocks release of Jack Smith reportThe Trump-appointed judge said releasing the classified docs report now would “contravene basic notions of fairness and justice.”

I see the "Board of Peace" is wasting no time and getting right down to serious business.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

TRUMP JUST NOW: "It's always nice to be young and handsome. Doesn't mean we have to like you. I don't like young handsome men. Women… it's a like. Men, I don't have any interest. Good. That's right. That's right."

Yes, this is right and appropriate. There is no place for this rotten fascist in American government. But this is low-hanging-fruit damage control. The rot is much deeper and Noem must go. Homan as well. Then we can talk about Miller and trump.

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Watching this video, I'm not ashamed to say I'm crying. It's particularly depressing knowing after learning how selfless and amazing Alex Pretti was. As someone said, if an ICE agent had been injured on that scene, Alex would have been the first to render aid.

Meta Resistance@metaresistance.bsky.social

Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔

I'm angry and I'm calling my Senators and Representatives, including my bootlicking trump sycophant House Rep. This is America and for 250 years, despite mistakes and shameful incidents, I was still proud of this country, what we've accomplished and what our future held.

I'm pissed & angry. I was pissed & angry after Renee Good was murdered, now they've murdered another innocent bystander, an observer, a nurse. When will this stop? I have called my Senators & I will keep pushing them, & my Representatives, to defund & destroy ICE, the DHS, & impeach Noem & Trump.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Federal agents in Minneapolis wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground and secured the handgun he was carrying moments before shooting him multiple times, according to a Washington Post analysis of video footage. Read more: https://wapo.st/4qGOx8M

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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.