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AltEgo PhD

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Location: Beyond the Thunderdome and in a pineapple under the sea. My opinions are mine alone and not my employer’s. Academic freedom is non-negotiable. Proud taker of Tylenol. #TrumpShutdown #25thamendmentNOW

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AltEgo PhD @altegophd.bsky.social · 5d

Same reason they did not bite the apple when back in the 1990s the Office of Nuclear Waste Negotiator wanted to build temporary nuclear waste holding facilities in America. Turns out the wealthy also don’t want incinerators in their neighborhoods. They don’t live where the rest of us do.

a group of men sitting around a table with the words " eat the rich " written on it

ALT: a group of men sitting around a table with the words " eat the rich " written on it

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AltEgo PhD @altegophd.bsky.social · 4h

I have this image of Melania and Donald stuffing their bags with towels and complimentary shampoo and soap when they travel. They probably stole antiques from Buckingham Palace. “Hey, Melania - stuff this beeyooteeefulll sterling fork under your giant hat!”

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 7h

He would rather shut down our government than have you see the truth. It's not complicated.

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AltEgo PhD @altegophd.bsky.social · 7h

They would if the could, Luca. Freaking us out is the end goal.

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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 16h

Release the trumpstein files!

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AltEgo PhD @altegophd.bsky.social · 7h

Or send 20 billion to Argentina in exchange for their worthless pesos so they can scoop up the American soybean market and sell their soybeans to China. Who now realize they have an alternative to the Trump tariffs. Are we winning yet? America first?

AltEgo PhD @altegophd.bsky.social · 8h

This is right up there with LA having to declare a state of emergency and the federal government is responsible for the emergency. JFC. Can things get crazier than the Trump admin warning about the Trump admin?

They are going to force prisoners and detainees to pick crops, I bet.

AltEgo PhD @altegophd.bsky.social · 8h

Read that first sentence. This is how insane things are. Trump admin is warning us about Trump admin.

leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 16h

No duh!

The trump administration quietly issued a dire warning about the president’s immigration crackdown, admitting that it risks food shortages and that American workers will not step up to fill labor needs.

Trump's own Labor Department quietly admits his immigration crackdown risks 'supply shock-induced food shortages' and higher prices | Fortune

The Labor Department's filing also admitted that Americans are not willing to replace undocumented farmworkers.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 15h

“Dozens of prominent artists and cultural organizations will participate in a series of artistic demonstrations to protest what authoritarian overreach by the Trump administration.

The protests, known as Fall of Freedom, will take place on the weekend of Nov. 21...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’

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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 9h

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AltEgo PhD @altegophd.bsky.social · 9h

Besides how horrible these texts are, they added up to 2,900 pages! Do any Republicans anywhere actually work?

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AltEgo PhD @altegophd.bsky.social · 9h

Maybe we are the Christians Jesus had in mind all along …. Wouldn’t that be an ironic twist 🤔

AltEgo PhD @altegophd.bsky.social · 10h

It’s becoming beyond insane. What’s his plan? Never swear her in?

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 19h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 16h

Pritzker suggested that state’s attorneys may be examining allegations of misconduct within DHS.

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AltEgo PhD @altegophd.bsky.social · 10h

I guess the Trump 6 can only go so low. Who would have thought that?

AltEgo PhD @altegophd.bsky.social · 10h

Not when he jokes about invading Norway if they don’t give it to him. What a tool.

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AltEgo PhD @altegophd.bsky.social · 10h

This is where it is impossible not to think Trump’s mishandling of the economy is by design.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

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."