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Dartful Codger
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US 🇺🇸💙 🦋 Husband, father, surfer, fisherman, ‘03 FXDWG, WALSTIB, USAID brat, progressive AF. 🚫No Come-ons, 🚫No DMs, please.

Weary of seeing my countrymen manipulated and exploited by politicians and moneyed interests.
Just make the call, donOld. You said that it would be so easy, just a phone call. I’d be able to get this stopped in one day. I’m sure that you’ve never had a glimmer of a chance unless you actually grow a pair.

#TACODon
#DonTheCon vict

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Putin will seek revenge for Ukraine drone attack, warns Trump
Trump says a call with the Russian president was a "good conversation" but would not lead to "immediate peace".
bbc.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This! 👇🏼 Right here!
June 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Ketchup storm predicted over south east Florida with high concentrations in vicinity Mar-a-Lardo. bbc.com/news/article...
US trade court blocks Trump's sweeping tariffs in blow to trade policies
The Trump administration said it would appeal against the ruling shortly after it was announced.
bbc.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This is the most backward facing administration in my 72 years on this planet.

#TruckFump
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Ignorance is (MAGA) Strength: Trump's War on the Department of Education open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...
Ignorance is (MAGA) Strength: Trump's War on the Department of Education
A discussion with John B. King, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Education, current SUNY chancellor, & author of a powerful and profound new memoir, “Teacher by Teacher: The People Who Save Our Lives.”
open.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Reposted by Dartful Codger
May 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Threatening all of academia will surely make America great again.

🇺🇸💩🔥🤡
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Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students
The move escalates the administration's row with America's oldest university over hiring, admissions and teaching practices.
bbc.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
#PAB donOld says, what?!?!

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May 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Makes one wonder what’s crossing MBS’ mind, when this photo was taken.

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Did Trump really strike Gulf deals worth $2tn?
Some analysts question whether the amount of investment will ultimately be that high.
bbc.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
How can this be happening with the greatest businessman of all time firmly at the helm?

#DonTheVon vict
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US debt downgrade drives up borrowing costs
Borrowing costs for long-term US government debt jumped past 5% for the first time in 18 months, before retreating.
bbc.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Springsteen has always told us the truth. 🫶🏼🇺🇸
SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK:

“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."

@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
May 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Yep! 🐘💨
May 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I’m not the only one who thinks dFt is pulling a monumental boner.

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Dirty Riyals: A Brief History of Trump/Qatar open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...
Dirty Riyals: A Brief History of Trump/Qatar
Quid Pro Doha.
open.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Habemus papam!

Ramble On: Welcome, Pope Leo XIV! (video) open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...
Ramble On: Welcome, Pope Leo XIV! (video)
Morning thoughts on the new Pope, and what the white smoke at this latest conclave might herald
open.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Oh, so now all autistic people are on the dole?

#PhuqueRFKJ
npr.org NPR @npr.org · May 8
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This! 👇🏼 100%
May 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Precisely 👇🏼 this!
This sums it up well.
May 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Five generations of chicken feet and now this a’hole gets to prevent Americans who want to serve? WTF?!?!

#CadetBoneSpurs
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US Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce transgender military ban
A lower court had blocked the ban, which transgender servicemembers argue hamper military readiness
bbc.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This! 👇🏼 Precisely!
This is so darkly accurate
May 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Perhaps, Vladdie, you should have never started this shit, moron.

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Russia accuses Ukraine of drone attack days before WW2 parade
Moscow's annual Victory Day commemorations coincide this year with a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine, ordered by Putin.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Reposted by Dartful Codger
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about NASA's budget
May 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This! 👇🏼 Right here!
May 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM