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Claudia Montague Wheatley

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The gravest threat to our country today is the FACT that our president, Donald J. Trump, has dementia. He'll never get better. He WILL get worse. And the question of what happens next becomes more pressing every day. Why isn't everyone talking about that?

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · Aug 3

Let's go over the reasons why Ghislaine Maxwell is in prison—and why she absolutely deserves to remain there, unpardoned, with no immunity.

You can watch the video or read the captions.

We'll do this slowly so everyone can follow along. (1/4)

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 4h

Sorry, everyone. The nightmare won’t end with Trump.

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 5h

Goddammit.

Orinoco oil fields, people.

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 5h

I remember this, too. It seems corporate news has been in the bag for Trump since well before Election Day.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

I remember when Joe Biden traveled to 8 cities for 14 appearances in 9 days after the June debate and then did a 90 minute UN brief but the media still relentlessly hounded him. Where's that media? At a Jake Tapper book talk?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump had a lot of travel the last two days and he looked it today (Getty)

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 5h

... and respect for congressional protocols in the future.

He has the added burden of constant criticism from the center-left. Why do Americans think so poorly of the Democratic Party? Because people/pundits in our own side keep telling them to!

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 5h

Of course he gets it. But unless there's a playbook for launching a successful opposition party to authoritarianism and he's simply neglected to read it, he's feeling his way forward like everyone else, while trying to minimize suffering in the present and preserve something of the rule of law ...

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 8h

Watching someone humiliate themself in public is so humiliating.

No JD. MAGA isn’t laughing WITH you. They’re laughing AT you.

I hope someone’s keeping his lame-ass posts in a file for when he runs for president. “America: Do you really want another POTUS with the mind of a middle school boy?”

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 8h

Pretty much what we should expect as a result of a deal between Bibi and Donnie Demento.

James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 8h

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 9h

NEW JERSEY: Are you registered to vote?

If not, REGISTER TODAY!

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10h

If you’re in New Jersey and not yet registered to vote, do it today! Voters have until the end of the day to register in time to help choose the state’s next governor.

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 9h

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reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 20h

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 9h

What a whiny little rich boy.

Share it.

You know you want to.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10h

Trump is online positively wailing about this picture, because he is weak and vain and cares exponentially more about himself than anything else. That said, if there is something Trump does not want America to see, that means it is probably something every American needs to see. Please share widely.

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 11h

If Chuck has such grave reservations about Mamdani, I'm inclined to give him the benefit.

I'm an old woman. I've seen the adulation Mamdani won so easily many times. The only one who's lived up to his billing is Obama—and even he lost support when he failed to remake the world in his first year.

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 11h

Reminds me of this:

"I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction."
—Clarence Darrow*

* No, not Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain: www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...

Did Mark Twain Say 'I Have Read Some Obituaries With Great Pleasure'?

Mark Twain has definitely written some witty lines. Snopes fact-checks whether this often-share quote is one of them.

www.snopes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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amnam2662.bsky.social @amnam2662.bsky.social · 11h

youtube.com/shorts/zMcPR...

Build the wall he said. #comedy

YouTube video by Relatable Gags

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 11h

I love this so much that yes, in fact, I WOULD like to marry it. 🥰

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 22h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16h

Hey Chumpster, after stealing Joe
Biden's Plan For Peace in the
Israel/Hamas War, maybe now you Can RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 12h

… recognize and diagnose them. We know from history that they make dangerous leaders.

We need to stop talking about evil and start talking about unfitness to lead or serve. We must be allowed to speak clearly and forcefully about people who can’t be trusted with power.

And we need to start NOW.

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 12h

I don’t agree, actually. “Evil” is a silly word to describe real-world bad people causing real people real harm.

What Miller is, is a psychopath. So is Donald Trump. So is Russ Vought and any number of characters running this country into the ground.

Psychopaths are real. We know how to … (1/2)

The Liberal Page @theliberalpage.bsky.social · 21h

Repost if you agree.

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

RIGHT.

Let them write their own damn press releases. We need YOU to tell us what's really going on!

AnnieOakleyinGA @annie1x.bsky.social · 23h

If journalists and reporters have to start reporting like they’re in a 3rd world dictatorship or in a war zone so be it. If that’s what it takes to get the truth, do it. Don’t bend the knee to the regime or that jackass Hegseth. You’ll be worthless if you do.
www.oregonlive.com/nation/2025/...

Major news outlets refuse to sign Pentagon’s new press rules

Even Trump-friendly Newsmax joins NYT and AP in refusing to sign "unnecessary and onerous" policy restricting Pentagon access and information gathering.

www.oregonlive.com

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

AMERICA: We need to talk.

Why are we so quick to tear down good men: Joe Biden, Jimmy Carter; while harboring a sneaky admiration for total assholes: Donald Trump, DICK Nixon and YES, Ronnie Reagan?

We'll never be great until the majority of us learn to preference the former over the latter.

theresa-i-10901.bsky.social @theresa-i-10901.bsky.social · 14h

Good morning all.

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

"His contemporaries considered him a violent weirdo."

Sounds kinda like Stephen Miller.

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

The Windy City sweeps ya clean off ya feet;
Its charm is complete;
They're knockin' ya flat, this way or that
On ev'ry downtown street.

(Victor, Victoria: Chicago, Illinois)

Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago never disappoints 💪🏽😂

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

Why would Schumer stop him? Murphy is a rising star in the Democratic Party. Chuck knows talent when he sees it.

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

"Why work so hard to get to the Senate if you don't use your power to fight for what you believe in? Especially at a time like this."

Can someone with a megaphone shout this at the REPUBLICAN side of the SENATE? 📣 📣 📣

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14h

2/ Democrats aren't going to vote for a budget that throws millions off health care and funds Trump's growing totalitarianism. At least I'm not.

Why work so hard to get to the Senate if you don't use your power to fight for what you believe in? Especially at a time like this.