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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 7h

California needs to bring in independent international poll watchers.

Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 7h

The Dept. of Justice wants to monitor the California election for the Prop 50 vote. WARNING: They are going to say it was rigged in order to call into question every Democrat elected in California. They will use it as an excuse to deny their elections. We need to be in front of this.

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 7h

The WORST part of the Nightmare on Chicago Street costume contest is realizing how old Richard Koz (Svengooli) actually is... I was introduced to him when I moved to Naperville for college and watched the Koz Zone in the lounge. If he is old... that makes me... old.

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calirn.bsky.social @calirn.bsky.social · 11h

No, I think we're in a post Congressional US.
Mike Johnson dissolved it.

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 10h

They already chose one. They want America to burn.

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 12h

Just watched The Wicker Trees which I think failed to understand the complexity and nuance of The Wicker Man.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

When you can be accused of a crime by this regimes Gestapo without proof, it’s shows to what extent they’ve weakened the rule of law

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 13h

Police state

Tin Foil Awards @tinfoilawards.bsky.social · 1d

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 13h

Anyone else feel like they've invested with Maddoff when Trump tells us he's collected so much money from tariffs but for some reason we never see the actual accounting? How much money is being stolen from our treasury by Trump and his thieving administration?

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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 13h

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 13h

The one aspect of "new RPG design" that sort of makes me miss old style RPGs is the lack of complex tables. Everything has gotten so simplified (which is good for gameplay) but I sort of miss complex tables (a la Torg where the dice rolls translate into a number which gets compared to a table).

Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 13h

They aren't. They bet all their chips on a Trump autocracy.

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 13h

This also means they are actively choosing to make people go hungry by not funding SNAP benefits.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14h

Breaking News: Timothy Mellon, a banking heir, is said to be the anonymous donor who gave $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during the shutdown.

Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune

Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump.

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 13h

Just remember genetics has more to do with whether you get a cavity than anything.

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 13h

And most likely riddled with Russian and Chinese listening devices.

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 13h

Every time I watch The Wicker Man (the Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward version) I am left with one critical question: Did it work? Did the sacrifice bring back the crops? I want a follow-up, fifty years later. How as the isle devolved (or evolved?)

Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 14h

The Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom as depicted and described is too big for the purpose it is supposed to have. Like twice as big as it needs to be. I think this is one giant boondoggle.

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 1d

Because the Republicans shattered the norms in destroying the country, we can shatter the norms in rebuilding it.

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so tired of his whining. It is weird a President is this thin skinned and volatile.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like an important detail

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 1d

Many families are going to have a hard time over the next couple of months. Please consider donating to your local food banks. www.chicagosfoodbank.org foodforgreaterelgin.org

Food Depository in Chicago | Greater Chicago Food Depository

Hunger affects communities throughout Chicago and Cook County and we’re working to put an end to it. Get help or take action to support our efforts.

www.chicagosfoodbank.org

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Feed the Shutdown! Volunteer your time, money, or donate food to your local food bank or community based organizations. Taking care of our neighbors is essential.
💪🏼We Show Up!

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Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think unrealized gains should be taxed.

However, getting a loan against unrealized gains should count as a realization of those gains. Borrow $10 million against the $1 billion company you founded? Great job! That is $10 million you earned and should be taxed on

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 1d

For every dollar of SNAP benefits Trump prevents from being spent, he is reducing the GDP by $1.50.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”

“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”

~Center for Budget and Policy

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Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 1d

ICE = paramilitary goon squad
Trump is turning America into a police state.

Let's start using the right language.

Sean @seandfrancis.bsky.social · 1d

The reports on the terrorist attack... what? Oh, Trump did this? His legacy will be about adding to the stain on this country instead of improving the country.

Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 1d

No words.

shocking aerial view of White House before and after east wing demolition.