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Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 5h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 3d

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Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 1d

Silver, the common man's precious metal, is reaching all-time high price as the value of the US dollar plummets under the Trump-Bessent regime. Meanwhile Trump finalized a $20 BILLION taxpayer funded bailout for the failing Argentinian Milei govt.

Silver price $53.32 an all time high as the value of the US Dollar plummets.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 2d

This can’t be good. 🤨

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Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 1d

Ballistic civil war is not the answer! Trumpism is an attempt to dissolve the sinews of moral and legal restraint that make civilization decent.

Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 1d

Trumpism is an attempt to make the world a playground for the rich and ruthless, so it seeks to dissolve the sinews of moral and legal restraint that make civilization decent. David Brooks

Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 1d

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... Trumpism can be seen as a multipronged effort to amputate the higher elements of the human spirit—learning, compassion, science, the pursuit of justice—and supplant those virtues with greed, retribution, ego, appetite. David Brooks

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

www.theatlantic.com

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tOad @toadscroak.bsky.social · 1d

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Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 2d

@kairyssdal.bsky.social Wind Harvest’s mission is to accelerate the use of turbulent mid-level winds to generate clean energy, lower electricity costs, protect wildlife, and build a thriving company with a globally respected brand. windharvest.com

Vertical Axis wind turbines can be deployed in the understory of existing wind farms to double or triple the energy that feeds the grid.

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we-theworkingclass.bsky.social @we-theworkingclass.bsky.social · 3d

Another BIG LIE of the Republican Party. That government in America is bloated and must be cut.

In truth, American government is the smallest amongst all the developed nations of the world as a % of GDP

A robust government is essential to be a civilized nation. It protects our rights and welfare!

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Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 2d

Silver, the common man's gold, is also spiking to historic high levels. What does this mean in terms of the value of the dollar?

Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 3d

Filters are non-biodegradable. Cigarette filters have no health benefits to smokers; they just make it easier to get people addicted and keep them addicted. Filters are purely a marketing tool for the tobacco industry. United Nations consider banning filters world-wide.

Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 3d

Santa Cruz County’s First-in-the-World Cigarette Filter Ban Passed. Supervisors of Santa Cruz County, California finalized its approval of a ban on the sale of filtered cigarettes and cigars. Cigarette filters are the world’s leading source of trash and the leading source of plastic pollution.

Picking up hundreds of cigarette butts a week.

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Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 6d

Make Argentina Great Again! Trump promised ‘America First,’ but he’s putting himself and his billionaire buddies first and sticking Americans with the bill. Milei's extreme austerity and privatization measures plunged his country into chaos and triggered the bailout from Bessent & Trump.

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Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 7d

Trump will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade.. Even after Trump's dubious victory in 2024, oil and gas interests have continued to pour dark money into his political operation.

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Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 7d

Trump will not approve solar or wind power projects, even as electricity demand is outpacing the supply in some parts of the U.S..but has taken steps to withdraw from international climate agreements and rollback regulations, while moving to increase fossil fuel production on federal lands.

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Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 7d

Even after Trump's dubious victory in 2024, oil and gas interests have continued to pour dark money into his political operation.

Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 7d

Trump will not approve solar or wind power projects, even as electricity demand is outpacing the supply in some parts of the U.S..but has taken steps to withdraw from international climate agreements and rollback regulations, while moving to increase fossil fuel production on federal lands.

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Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 10d

Trump's Plan
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Trump's Plan

To invoke the Insurrection Act

open.substack.com

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Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 10d

Is the rising price of silver a measure of current and pending inflation? And is the push toward crypto an attack on the US dollar?

Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 10d

Notice the "police" uniform the thug is wearing. If you are dumb enough to think these are professional law enforcement personnel you are an outdated version of a USA citizen.

Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 13d

The deep aquifers of the Great Central Valley are replenished by upslope precipitation, not valley floodMAR. Calif's SGMA chief wants to focus on increased supply (recharge) before considering meaningful, politically challenging demand reduction: moratorium on new wells and restricting pumping

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Jim Brobeck @localworld.bsky.social · 13d

This leads readers to believe that "using floodwater to recharge aquifers" is different then dams and aquifer overdraft. Calif's SGMA supports an "all of the above" strategy that includes floodMAR to attempt recharge of deep pressurized aquifers that contain fossil water: a false promise.