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Mark DuStaphton

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Mechanical engineer ... liberal because I am trained in leveraging LOGIC and FACTS. Just north of Charlotte, NC 🚫Crypto 🚫Marketing 🚫Investments

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Very sweet, but somebody is feeding these creatures MUCH too much. That’s not excusable. This shortens their lives and drastically affects their health and comfort.

Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · 14h

Power to the people!!

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Not all weapons are created to harm people. Some are only useful to keep monsters from harming others

Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · 7d

What does anyone expect from a university in Alabama?

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Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · 14d

It’s 1984 and the Thought Police are HERE NOW, only 41 years later than predicted. WATCH THIS to protect yourself as well as possible. Be afraid, but don’t be paranoid … FIGHT BACK.
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ja.m.esk on Instagram: "SPREAD THE WORD: Trump’s ICE is now equipped with PHONE HACKING TECHNOLOGY, courtesy of Israel. This means no one is safe anymore. …"

SPREAD THE WORD: Trump’s ICE is now equipped with PHONE HACKING TECHNOLOGY, courtesy of Israel. This means no one is safe anymore. ICE has become one massive cr!minal organization.View all 1,106 comments

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Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · 16d

Trump installed a Russian actor who has literally said that the US apparatus that keeps tabs on Russia should be controlled by Putin. And in his appointed capacity that is EXACTLY what this man has accomplished.

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Trump official who shut down counter-disinformation agency has Kremlin ties, Telegraph reports

A Trump State Department official who shut down a U.S. counter-disinformation office has Kremlin ties, the Telegraph reported on June 3. The official, Darren Beattie, is married to the niece of a form...

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Rachel Maddow is on tonight at 9:00. She is on only one night a week on MSNBC, but EVERYONE should watch her. If you are apathetic about the topics which she discusses then YOU are part of the problem and YOU are contributing to fascism.

Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · 27d

0.5°C ?! Where are you? Yellow Knife (northern Canada)? Tierra del Fuego (southern Chile)? Siberia? 🤣

Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · 28d

Here’s just how classy these Charlie Kirk mourners are. Typical … trash begets trash.

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On brand 👌

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Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · Sep 18

Good morning and an awesome day to anyone who will comment, “Fuck ALL these fascists”.

Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · Aug 17

NATO and EU leaders have apparently FINALLY gotten the message that they cannot afford to leave Trump to his own devices (and predilections) or the advice of the “best people” he appoints.

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European leaders to join Zelenskyy in Washington after Trump's shift toward Putin — NBC News

European leaders announced Sunday that they would join Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington as they seek to navigate America's new approach to ending the war.

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Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · Aug 12

Screw this b___tch

Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · Jul 1

My baby girl loves me. 💕

Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · Jun 28

These are the fucking “patriots” that the Fox News fools so admire.
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Federal agents blast way into California home of woman and small children

Security footage shows agents setting off explosive device and shattering window of family home in Huntington Park

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Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · Jun 21

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Yup

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Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · Jun 19

I’d like to believe this, but unfortunately it’s a bit of hyperbole … at least in terms of employees revolting. There apparently have been some resignations from outrage, but it doesn’t seem to be widespread. It should be, though.

Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · Jun 16

A little good news.

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Judge deems Trump's cuts to National Institutes of Health illegal

The federal judge said the NIH violated federal law by arbitrarily canceling more than $1 billion in research grants because of their perceived connection to DEI initiatives.

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Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · Jun 16

Blatent fascism, now.

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‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’ rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans — Guardian US

Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status

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Mark DuStaphton @dustaphton.bsky.social · Jun 6

Unh, oh! You mean DOGE and Trump directly dismissing many thousands of Federal employees might have been a mistake? Gosh, who would have guessed?

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Trump administration races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people — The Washington Post

Across the government, the administration is rehiring federal workers who were forced out or encouraged to resign.

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