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Looking for the positives to get through a long four years. Florida snowbird/Married/ISU Cyclone fan/Pickleball/Golf #ExGop No DMs or I will unfollow
Anyone else with fb remember all the MAGA accounts posting about feeling a shift coming after Charlie Kirk was violently killed? I’d like to ask them if they still feel all good things coming together. Such a delusional cult.
So the woman who accused Trump and Epstein of having sexually abusing her when she was a teenager was credible enough to be interviewed four times by the feds AND to get a settlement from Epstein.!
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5mo agoAnother hush money payment.
ICE just got caught in another lie. ICE cut over 40% of its training program, slashed half of all firearms instruction, and eliminated ALL evaluation of agents’ grasp of skills specific to immigration enforcement and deportation operations.
ICE training was slashed, records show, corroborating whistleblower claims
Previously unreported records also offer new details about what was cut from ICE’s basic training program. Concerns about the quality of ICE agents’ training have mounted for months.
washingtonpost.com
It’s amazing how these people have no morals or beliefs of any kind, and just will say anything that works, at any moment, to grasp some power.
Home of the Brave@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 5mo agoTulsi Gabbard released a fundraising video in 2019 titled "Trump's Path To War With Iran" "We've gotta stop Donald Trump from starting a war with Iran."
One of my colleagues wrote about this over 30 years ago, noting that Congress was all about "blame avoidance" in foreign policy, which basically made the president a king
Social Distancing Cat@socialdistantcat.bsky.social · 5mo agoCongress doesn't want responsibility. They want to sit around and make stock trades. The American people haven't ever punished them for it.
… Because Trump has pulled resources from Ukraine and the “negotiation“ is how he’s going to feed that democracy to Putin. Sure, if you’re handing a puppy over to a crocodile, the puppy is going to bark.
Paramount is going to destroy the independence of CNN...like David Ellison did to CBS and Jeff Bezos did to the Washington Post and billionaire Soon-Shiong did to the L.A. Times. We will effectively have Trump-run media, all desperate to appease him. @mcuban.bsky.social, Help! Please buy MS NOW!
Appalling: ICE and CBP contracted for $144 million in weaponry and accessories in Trump's first year, per data obtained by Sen Adam Schiff. For ICE it's a fourfold increase, much of it for military-style weapons. A heavily armed secret police force. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2069...
Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All
In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end well—or anytime soon.
newrepublic.com
However bad your life is right now, take comfort that the lives of the Congressional Republicans who are not only forced to listen to Trump ramble but who also have to muster the energy to stand and clap are, at the moment, much worse.
"The woman who directly named Trump in her abuse allegation claimed that around 1983, when she was around 13 yrs old, Epstein introduced her to Trump who subsequently forced her head down to his exposed penis which she subsequently bit. In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out."
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse@whitehouse.senate.gov · 5mo ago“The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds.” www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
Some of the comments here explain why Democrats stink at actually winning elections. Mamdani won in NYC. NYC and Texas are not the same. And supporting a white candidate over a Black one does not equate to racism. There's a lot of actual racism; stop trivializing it with baseless allegations.
Michael J. Stern@michaeljstern.bsky.social · 6mo agoLove Jasmine Crockett, but very unlikely she can win the general election and that's what matters. James Talarico stands a real chance of winning the general -- and he's terrific too. All of this "I have to vote my conscience" is what got us Trump to begin with. Vote for the Dem who can win.
For anyone who is new here ... The thing that upsets Trump the most is not tariffs. The thing that upsets him the most is that someone told him "No." The entire world is at risk because not enough people in his whole life have been willing to tell him "No."
As Joe Biden would say, this is a BFD
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6mo agoWOW… TRUMP TARIFFS STRUCK DOWN BY SCOTUS…
I know my feed on X got almost no interactions once Elon changed the algorithms. I would not buy a blue check to be more visible. Screw that.
Forbes@forbes.com · 6mo agoThe effect was caused by a switch from a chronological to an algorithmic feed
Since I’m comparing being on Blue Sky to X this week, please remind me your greatest reason/s for leaving and what you like about being on here. Thanks
On day 3 of giving this a true chance over X, I’m finding it all positive except… Why isn’t there a chat group option? I’m not alone in feeling it’s a major downside here. Is it too hard to change the feature?
@kginiowa.bsky.social · 6mo agoDay two of here vs X. Quickly gaining new mutual followers is far superior! I felt invisible on X. The downside: I have group of friends there in a chat group discussing sports, fun pics, and game scores such as: Connections Puzzle #982 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟪🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 This offers nothing. 😟
New in PN: CBS obeys in advance "A routine TV hit which would have been quickly forgotten became a national story about government censorship and a Democratic candidate being silenced by Trump’s henchmen. In a tough primary, you couldn’t buy better exposure. Nice work, FCC Chair Brendan Carr."
CBS obeys in advance
And turns a Texas Democrat into a First Amendment martyr.
publicnotice.co
I’m tempted to buy one of these but then I feel like a hypocrite. I thought the Let’s Go Brandon shirts were so immature. I just know I’d laugh if someone admired it. 😅
I see this as pathetic. What do you want to bet that the same MAGAs who ordered Trump phones are thrilled by this?!
Day two of here vs X. Quickly gaining new mutual followers is far superior! I felt invisible on X. The downside: I have group of friends there in a chat group discussing sports, fun pics, and game scores such as: Connections Puzzle #982 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟪🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 This offers nothing. 😟