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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 18h

Welcome!

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 18h

It's waiting for you

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 18h

When there is no data - but you don't need me to explain this Please do so to others

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 18h

#MePolitics

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 20h

Update from the empty halls of Congress:

The Speaker has still not sworn in Rep. Grijalva.
The House doors remain locked.
The Epstein files are still sealed.
The Republican health care crisis is still weighing on millions of Americans.

Speaker Johnson needs to do his job so WE can do ours!

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 18h

I'm actually not capable of speaking like Bryan does, but I completely support his message (even though I'm an atheist)

And - I really can't talk like this
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

🔥 COUNTRY SINGER @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social : "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and laugh when families are torn apart — and think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they’re brown or speaking Spanish.”

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 18h

Bryan, all I want to say is thank you

I am an atheist, and I have been calling out the same people that you do in this video

I am happy to support you People are people, and we are to love them warts and all Pretty sure that is the message of Jesus

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 19h

And of course there is this www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.

www.whitehouse.gov

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 19h

Well then no prize for you! LOL

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 19h

And looking at the photos of these dudes, there is NO WAY that any of them are #incel

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 19h

Just read it www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 19h

Reminds me of when Philip Johnson claimed that his design for the UHouston School of Architecture building wasn't a ripoff of Ledoux's design cuz the Greek temple on his building was square not round

Philip Johnson's UHouston's School of Architecture building

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 19h

Who commissioned this? And my guess is that this is a literal or close copy of an existing triumphal arch Prize to the first person to prove it Well, small prize LOL

Trump posts rendering of proposed arch for Memorial Circle in Virginia

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 20h

Who is paying for all this? Where is the Architect of the Capitol?https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/10/11/trump-teases-apparently-huge-triumphal-arch-across-from-lincoln-memorial/ @pingree.house.gov

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 20h

They're not even trying to hide the grift now

Trump hawking son Eric's book from Air Force 1

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 20h

Show the part of Trump‘s cease fire deal the forces Israel to stop building and expanding settlements in the West Bank

Oh that’s right - it’s not a fucking peace deal

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

Majority Forward (via Spineless Senators) is running ads urging voters to contact Susan Collins office The website offer no information about the group www.spinelesssenators.com #MeSen #MePolitics

Spineless Senators - Stop selling out our health care

Republican senators are being pressured to vote for another billionaire tax break, paid for by cutting Medicaid and making health care more expensive.

www.spinelesssenators.com

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

"only she can defeat Collins"

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

The comments to this piece should be of interest www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Can Maine's governor topple Susan Collins?

Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills officially launched her campaign to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins on Tuesday, with a video highlighting her opposition to President Donald Trump, who she ...

www.dailykos.com

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

This important thread from Sen Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

We're gonna have to agree to disagree The end

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

For 20-somethings Mills could be their great-grandmother There are younger #MeSen candidates - how great would it be for Mills to mentor them? #MePolitics

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

There's no doubt that national Dems have promised Mills millions of dollars convinced that one she can defeat Collins. It's amazing to me that they can't read the room - that younger voters are tired of more of the same policies and reluctance to really challenge MAGA/Trump

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, actually he did He placed it on the ground It led to rule changes youtu.be/wq2ohfX_AzI?...

Lions VS Bears Calvin Johnson Touchdown Robbed!

YouTube video by Marlin yo

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

Truth

Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 2d

Graham Platner again going super viral for making a point that the Dem base (seemingly) desperately wants to hear...but that for whatever reason few Dems currently wielding power are actually willing to say.

(The reaction in the room is also telling.) #MEpolitics

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

Federal statute requires a mid-decade census but specifically states it can NOT be used for redistricting