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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 16h

DO it.

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 18h

This is huge, and my only concern is why isn't it on every fucking front page and newscast in the country?

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
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Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 1d

The good news is that if you own a rare copy of “Heavy Rotation” by Rex Michaels, you now have a collector’s item!

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I Hate Making Mistakes

But I know better than not to fix them…even if it takes a year (or longer) to do so.

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 5d

Good luck, but...can't make it (and not just because you're 2000+ miles away). Got an authors festival of my own!

Schedule for the Scappoose Public Library Authors Festival.

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 6d

I know where I’ll be (all day) tomorrow…

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What Happens When I Get an Idea and Then Follow Through On It?

We’re gonna find out Saturday.

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 7d

Shit is fucked up and bullshit, part 5,493

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 7d

FASCISM!

The local police arrested him for daring to criticize dear leader.

And this isn't a threat, not even close. He posted a quote from Trump. That's it.

Post a meme - arrested for inciting violence

Storm the Capitol on Jan. 6 - actual violence, pardons for all
www.wsmv.com/2025/09/22/f...

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 8d

HELL YESSSS! GET TO WORK!

There has to be a minority member that has that power in an emergency please tell me!?

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 8d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 9d

#Writing is hard. Writing nowadays is hell.

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Fiction vs. Non-Fiction

Writing is hard. Writing fiction in these dystopian times is harder.

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 12d

Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 13d

That's "I lean (right)" Cannon to you, buddy.

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 13d

Oh, I get those, too. Always fun to find new scams (not really, hate those MFers).

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 13d

It's not that dirty, but it IS hilarious.

Maggie Reed @mermaidmamamaggie.bsky.social · 13d

Mike Johnson is full of SECRETS…

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 13d

🏆🏆🏆

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14d

Meiselas: I think this is a serious oversight issue. $17 trillion is apparently missing right now, and we’re in a government shutdown. Trump keeps saying he’s got $17 trillion. Where did it go?

Garcia: If there is $17 trillion somewhere, the government doesn’t know about it.

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 14d

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 15d

@wyden.senate.gov @jeff-merkley.bsky.social

MAKE SOME NOISE, BOYS!

Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 16d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 15d

Subtle.

JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 16d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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Joe Ura @joeura.bsky.social · 15d

This should be a bigger deal.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15d

Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in a Democrat who won in a landslide.

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 16d

We have met the enemy, and...you know the rest.

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https://open.substack.com/pub/mikeexinger/p/trump-calls-for-waron-us?r=4ypx1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Liz E. G. @totoinkansas.bsky.social · 16d

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Trump: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?'

Why is this quote not all over the national media? Because it raises questions about his mental competence.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16d

Just a reminder that the Commander-in-Chief of the Louisiana National Guard, who can call them out all by himself if they were actually needed, is … Governor Landry.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry: "Tonight, we're sending the Department of War a request to send the National Guard, asking them to deploy the National Guard here in Louisiana into our cities like New Orleans and Baton Rogue and others."

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 17d

Not so obscure for me to be humming the refrain as I read this.

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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 17d

IYKYK.

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 17d

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