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@skybluebye.bsky.social

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I try to begin my days with hope and end them with gratitude; Goodlettsville, TN boy happy in Baltimore; Retired; DD-214; Yellow Dog Democrat; Ike was POTUS when I was born; #Jerry #Emmylou #Bluegrass; https://stuffctwfound.com/ انشاء الله, بكرة, ماعليش

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ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · Jun 8

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ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 6h

Do you think any Medal of Freedom recipients will fuss about Kirk or return their medals?

Trump honors Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would be his 32nd birthday

President Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was fatally shot last month while speaking at Utah Valley University.

ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 6h

California engineer wins pumpkin contest with 2,346-pound gourd

A California engineer and gardening enthusiast has won the top prize at a pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

“.. Tuesday brought a major and highly symbolic rebuke. Fox News, the very same network .. which employed Hegseth .. rejected his attempts to control media coverage of the Defense Department he now leads.”

@cnn.com
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

Call Nobel.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 9h

TRUMP: DISARMING HAMAS WOULD HAPPEN QUICKLY AND PERHAPS VIOLENTLY

ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 6h

Every patriotic American must now purchase three gallons of soybean cooking oil per month.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

Uh-oh, it’s the dreaded EHA: an “Economically Hostile Act”.

ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 6h

How Crypto Became a Trump Trade (Digging the Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway video at the end!)

How Crypto Became a Trump Trade

It’s primarily a vehicle for crony capitalism now

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ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks, Merlin . . . getting ready for Saturday!!

ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 12h

"The Meaning of Social Security" mural in the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building.

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ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 12h

October 13, 2025

Last Tuesday, President Donald J.

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ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 12h

LOL

Pentagon Pete Fires ‘Fat’ Soldiers as War on Weight Rages

Some Texas National Guard members were sent home from Illinois for not making the cut.

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ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 12h

I would not negotiate with someone who tells a lie as obviously a lie as this one: "Standing alone at the Capitol on the 13th day of the shutdown, the speaker said he was unaware of the details of the thousands of federal workers being fired by the Trump administration."

Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history.

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ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 12h

Walt Whitman: Dismiss Whatever Insults Your Own Soul

“Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.”

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ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 12h

"The current « antifa » scare is an attempt at generating a panic, by people who do panic for a living and who have, unfortunately, succeeded before, at great cost to the rest of us. The price of an « antifa » panic is likely more than we can bear."

The Truth about Panics

One is being generated right now

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ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 12h

No Kings Day- October 18th

No Kings Day- October 18th

Suggestions for posters

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ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 13h

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone. -Dwight D. Eisenhower, US general and 34th president (14 Oct 1890-1969)

ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 13h

ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 13h

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States, was born today in 1890.

ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 13h

The solution is single payer health insurance: Thousands of Maryland seniors notified of the end of their Medicare Advantage plans

Thousands of Maryland seniors notified of the end of their Medicare Advantage plans - Maryland Matters

Thousands of Maryland seniors are learning this month that their supplemental Medicare plans won't be available in 2026, part of a continuing retrenchment of coverage that is sparking frustration, fea...

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ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 13h

That didn't take long.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

(ABC) - The Israel Defense Forces said its troops opened fire on Palestinians, killing five, after they allegedly violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement.

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Israel-Gaza live updates: 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza City for alleged ceasefire violation, IDF says

Israel on Tuesday identified two of the people whose remains were returned.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

“.. a US rescue package ‘won’t sound so nice for Argentines who’ve lived through many bailouts and the consequences’ – but could at least keep the economy steady through election day.”

@bloomberg.com
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

$JPM

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 15h

JPMORGAN EXEC SAYS WE HAVE A LOT OF ASSETS OUT THERE ENTERING BUBBLE TERRITORY

ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 13h

It's obvious that the oligarchs running our country have never, ever shopped in a typical Walmart.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

* Walmart Partners With OpenAI to Create AI-First Shopping Experiences

* Partnership With OpenAI Will Start With Allowing Customers, Members to Soon Shop Walmart Through ChatGPT Using Instant Checkout

(via DJ) $WMT

ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 13h

Words to the wise:

The Lesson of 1929

Debt is the almost singular through line behind every major financial crisis.

www.theatlantic.com

ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 14h

@cnbc.com needs to reign Joe Kernan in and stop him from before Squawk Box becomes totally unwatchable. Maybe they can find someone who was educated in this century.