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Former GOPer. Civil discourse & critical thinking desired. Truth is essential. Politics, economics, philosophy, history, phrases & quotes with some humor, wit & sarcasm. The chaos of the next 2 yrs will prove necessary to finally correct this MAGA mess.

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Irish @constitution7.bsky.social · May 24

“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
― Plato
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
― Plato
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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Elseagee 🟧 🌊 🌊 🌊🎨 🎸 @elseagee.bsky.social · 14m

Irish @constitution7.bsky.social · 14m

Many of them can actually think critically. They just want to bamboozle the masses that cannot or won't.

Irish @constitution7.bsky.social · 19m

The narrative & language of the Speaker and other GOPers is illogical. They are calling the "No Kings Protests" by the name of "Hate America Protests." IF they would use their critical thinking abilities, they would remember that we fought to rid ourselves of a king, therefore "No Kings" is pro USA.

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Irish @constitution7.bsky.social · 27m

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 2h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Irish @constitution7.bsky.social · 2h

Beautiful dog!

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🌸Norma Jeen🌸 @normajeen.bsky.social · 23h

Measles is making a comeback... welcome back to the 1800s.

Are we great great? 🤔

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Irish @constitution7.bsky.social · 5h

“He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear. But so long as he uttered it, in some obscure way the continuity was not broken. It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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Irish @constitution7.bsky.social · 5h

“Our power lies in our small daily choices, one after another, to create eternal ripples of a life well lived.”
― Mollie Marti

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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Indigenous People Day!

Meme with an image of a Native American saying "You say a bunch of immigrants are refusing to assimilate to your culture and are threatening your way of life.? Man, that sucks!"

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 1d

"My profession - that of university teacher - is in this way dangerous. If we are any good we must always be working towards the moment at which our pupils are fit to become our critics and rivals. We should be delighted when it arrives." - C. S. Lewis

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Janet Marx @janetmarx.bsky.social · 1d

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 1d

Who's fault is it?

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Irish @constitution7.bsky.social · 1d

Only ONE tree in sight...

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Irish @constitution7.bsky.social · 1d

“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else. Not in the individual mind, which can make mistakes, and in any case soon perishes: only in the mind of the Party, which is collective and immortal.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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“Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.”
― Wayne W. Dyer

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“Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?”
― Confucius

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“Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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Irish @constitution7.bsky.social · 2d

“Life is like butter - when things cool down it can be reshaped”
― Alan Sheinwald

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Irish @constitution7.bsky.social · 3d

As a longtime GOPer who became an indy in 2007, I would be classified as a RINO (If I were important). But I believed in limited gov't, free markets, anti-communism & fascism, State's rights and fiscal conservatism, especially controlling deficits & debt. I wasn't a RINO I was a REAL GOPer. No more.

Irish @constitution7.bsky.social · 3d

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🦋Fiona McGee🦋🚫👑 @judymccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

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Frogs are an excellent gauge of our ecosystem. The more there are, the better it is.

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GrouchyMarkx @grouchymarkx.bsky.social · 4d

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