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Twitter refugee. Vietnam vet, Army, patriot, left of liberal. The Platinum Rule is the only law needed. ❤️ is the answer to every question. INTJ. MN native. No DM unless we’re friends, DM after follow = block. No bio, no follow. 🇺🇦 #BlueCrew #Resist

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gene @genej101.bsky.social · Nov 10

The essence of Donald Trump. This is his moral core. It isn't pretty. He's even worse now than he was then. He lives for getting even, especially when he's the one who should apologize. Trump: During a 1992 interview with Charlie Rose, Donald Trump loyalty.
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Trump: 'I love getting even with people'

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gene @genej101.bsky.social · 19h

Those fools lost me in 2016 and will never get me back, as far as I can tell we have no Fourth Estate any longer. All sold out to avoid Trump suing them or messing with their broadcast licenses, print reporters are far better but not many see their work and they also spent a lot of time on gaffes.

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 22h

I can’t get over a media that spent years dwelling on gaffes telling us which Presidential crimes aren’t a big deal

gene @genej101.bsky.social · 23h

He’s even more deeply psychotic than Trump. He’s Trump’s Heinrich Himmler.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 23h

I’m pretty sure Stephen Miller would steal a lifejacket from a toddler.

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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 1d

ICE stormed our neighborhood today. And violated court orders by deploying tear gas.

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Lakeview Street Tear-Gassed By Agents Amid North Side Immigration Surge: 'It Hit Home'

Friday's detentions and standoff marked the most high-profile federal activity in Lakeview and Lincoln Park yet, leaving some neighbors shaken.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : “They’re talking about getting rid of the Voting Rights Act — that may likely happen in months… they’re rewriting history… ANTI-WOKE IS ANTI-BLACK… we’re not doing enough. We’re not calling this out.”

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23h

It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.

A tweet from BrooklynDad_Defiant! says: “No words. If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research... I have nothing left to say to you.” The image shows an illustration of a bald child in a hospital gown, holding an IV pole and looking into an opulent golden ballroom filled with formally dressed adults.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.

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gene @genej101.bsky.social · 23h

Not surprising, there is a lot of real news, but this is NOT a real news station. It is a 24/7 series of talk shows and lies. Miller is puny and weak and that has nothing to do with his size. AOC was right, she’ll always be right.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It’s been over 2 weeks since AOC said Stephen Miller was weak and puny. Fox is still talking about it.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Worst. President. EVER.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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gene @genej101.bsky.social · 23h

Good question. I have to think that there are at least some already in the ICE ranks, maybe a lot.

Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 1d

At what point when you’re paying troops with your own private money do they not just become mercenaries

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Canuk22_Elbows_up! @canuk22.bsky.social · 1d

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.

Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.

These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.

This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.

Every American should reject it.

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gene @genej101.bsky.social · 1d

It'll stick until we get a Congress and POTUS not a moronic republican majority. This guy's name is NOT going to stick to anything but the books written historically about the worst president we've ever had. One day his name will be synonymous with evil, not on buildings anywhere.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

the Dear Leader dance parties are gonna rock

gene @genej101.bsky.social · 1d

Showed up to cause trouble, found none and brags about that as some kind of win. The only savaged here was you, lady.

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gene @genej101.bsky.social · 1d

An ambitious idea, but I love it.

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gene @genej101.bsky.social · 1d

Very interesting and provocative article. I'm in the same boat apart from "...I used to vote for 'em, now and then...", I didn't do that though the rest is pure truth. He references the last Civil War, that's not an accident. It's possible again. I blame Trump. www.alternet.org/i-hate-the-g...

I blame Barack Obama for this

Up until inside the past decade or so, I always fancied myself a fairly affable guy. Growing up in New Jersey and working in newspapers as an adult demanded a certain degree of tolerance and a wicked ...

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gene @genej101.bsky.social · 1d

Today would be a great day to RELEASE THE EPSTEIN files. www.alternet.org/trump-coveru...

This repulsive Trump coverup may end sooner than he's counting on

When Emmett Till’s mother lifted the veil from her son’s mutilated body in 1955, she forced America to face itself. She knew that if the nation could see what had been done to her child, it could no l...

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gene @genej101.bsky.social · 1d

I honestly never thought he was. Nor his gross brand of “humor” funny.

gene @genej101.bsky.social · 1d

And sounds a hell of a lot more like Ronnie. His years were bad and ushered in worse. But this worse is on the idiot president of today, trump.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

gene @genej101.bsky.social · 1d

Proper, principled response these days. I am a veteran but I'm not the kind of man who would join this nation's military at this point in history, not a fascist, not a thug, not a "kill them all" fool either. I enlisted in 1968, wouldn't in 2025.

TiggsCupcake @tiggsisacupcake.bsky.social · 2d

gene @genej101.bsky.social · 1d

Sloppy moron that he is, one can't expect him to have actual knowledge. When I was a kid, and I'm a lot older than he is, St. Jude and Danny Thomas were on the air all the time about their children's hospital, Marlo carries it on. Rob is an idiot, but that's always been clear. Can't act either.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

When idiot Ron Schneider was born in 1963, the infant mortality rate was 29/1,000. It is now close to 5/1,000. So, no, children were NOT healthier when he was a kid. And he was, clearly, dropped on his head.

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gene @genej101.bsky.social · 1d

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GrampaBill56 🇺🇸 @grampabill56.bsky.social · 2d

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gene @genej101.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know how anyone, except fascists, couldn't be impressed by this bit of sleight of hand, though the pic IS perfect and the two men have a lot in common.
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Time Photo Secretly Subverts Trump Cover With Nazi Reference

The president might have thought Time was flattering him this time. But it was definitely not.

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gene @genej101.bsky.social · 2d

Really? Only to influence YOUR corrupt and traitorous SCOTUS. As if that were possible for anyone not a rich Republican. I have zero faith in them. Where’s the fake ad, how you know it is because, well, you lie. Tariffs have never worked and they’re not working now other than as a huge tax on us.

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

New market manipulation scheme just dropped