Jeff Ryder
@jeffryder.bsky.social
Born and raised in the Seattle area; love everything nature and outdoors; domestic and international traveler; voracious reader; married over 36 years. #BlueCrew #Homegrown
El-Sayed on Rogers: "What he's missing is that politics has changed since 2000 when he got in office. Now, it's not enough to just get $70m & run 30 second ads. You actually have to stand for something, & this is a guy who doesn't want to explain why he's backing Trump on the most ridiculous war..."
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“The Reflecting Pool mess is different from other Trump obsessions because it reveals just how immune to evidence and logic his beliefs have become, even when a trusted lieutenant wheels an entire box of supporting evidence into the Oval Office.”
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 9h agoTrump’s outburst over the Reflecting Pool is a sign of dangerous dysfunction in the Oval Office, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/OMivBxpl
Those arrested need to start filing some big lawsuits. ground.news/article/what...
Lawyers in Reflecting Pool case say Justice Department knew case was flawed
The Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case against a former Olympian charged with intentionally damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was flawed, and that he bore...
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El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250
"Miller, on the other hand, says he’s determined to stay in the race. And the only people who could perhaps change his mind—House Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump—seem determined not to force the issue...Miller will run and lose." www.thebulwark.com/p/its-still-...
It’s Still a Blue Wave
The fundamentals still apply after Tuesday night’s primaries. And they look good for Democrats.
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As predicted, Susan Collins comes out against Blanche. Don’t make too much of it. The R leadership okayed it b/c they have a vote to lose and b/c Collins in a tight race in Maine, in which Ds have won last several presidential elections. But they can’t lose another. All eyes on Cassidy and Murkowski
Trump is furious after federal prosecutors dropped the Reflecting Pool vandalism charges, admitting the damage was caused by a flawed installation—not the people he publicly blamed. The DOJ has now dropped charges against three additional people accused in similar cases. Trump is furious!
A new Senate investigation says JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America processed massive sums tied to Jeffrey Epstein despite glaring red flags. Powerful institutions helped keep his operation running and every one of them must be held accountable. Follow the money, release everything.
Please send your grocery and fuel bills to: President Donald J. Trump The White House Washington, DC 20500
Home of the Brave@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 2d agoDon’t suffer from high prices in silence. Call 1-866-2PRICEY.
Bay Area friends: would you consider opening your home to these two cuddly cats? A friend found them behind a gas station. Their sibling, a black cat, got adopted, but it appears no one likes orange cats. They are being kept in a bathroom for the time being and need a home.
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4w agoA friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?
"Whatever God does.." ABRAHAMICS IS A BLOOD CULT THAT BREAKS PEOPLE'S MINDS AND MAKES THEM BELIEVE OUTRAGEOUS SHIT. WE'RE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. YOUR UNVERIFIABLE GOD ALLOWS CHILDREN TO GET RAPED. FUCK YOUR GOD. TIME TO PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS, BELIEVERS. youtube.com/shorts/y0QY7...
This is diabolically insane.
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We had the pleasure of spending the last six days in beautiful NYC. It’s my first time since living here in 1983. We will definitely be back. Such a wonderful place. Everyone we met was so kind and happy.
Schiff: "The president is entitled to his own views about me or anybody else. He is not entitled, however, to use the DOJ to go after his political opponents. The day we say that's ok and the day we confirm an AG who says that's ok is the day the rule of law becomes merely an unenforceable idea."
"The Army has used up 'virtually all' of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, raising concerns about the military's readiness for future conflicts"
EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about th...
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🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."
Whitehouse on Blanche: "Today is a sad and embarrassing day"
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"Every interview is a master class in how to lose the headline you wanted, and earn the headline you deserve." johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/a-busy-wee...
A Busy Weekend, for Unserious Men, Unfit for Office
We grew up with the GOP screaming about character. I have a few follow-up questions about their party’s hiring practices.
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The proposition that the president of the United States is an adjudicated rapist isn't an argument. It is a fact.
Sen. Rand Paul: "This was a war of choice, and it wouldn't have been my choice ... they've militarized the strait. The strait has never been militarized ... I think that really we, by any objective viewing, are worse off now than we were before the war"
ICC CHIEF PROSECUTOR: “Oppose Israel and we will go after your family — You have been warned. Rubio, McConnell sent me a letter… what’s liberating is accepting mortality.”
BREAKING: The newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary announced that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary.
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
Thus ends the saga of Drunken Judge Jeanine, fired for unsuccessfully prosecuting innocent Americans over the Deflecting Pool.
The gaslighting is off the charts with this one. Every word is a lie. His actual approval rating is the second worst in modern presidential history, behind only Nixon’s 24% just before he resigned.
