@digitaldiva55.bsky.social
15 years in the Air Force, retired college professor, and now full of snark.
Too many bots and trolls out there, so I don’t DM, sorry.
Too many bots and trolls out there, so I don’t DM, sorry.
Bottom line: Trump kills the joy of Christmas.
“wage growth has been cooling. The unemployment rate has been rising. Consumer confidence has been falling sharply. Rent, co-pays, mortgages, car payments, and utilities remain brutal…and health insurance is about to get radically more expensive.”
“wage growth has been cooling. The unemployment rate has been rising. Consumer confidence has been falling sharply. Rent, co-pays, mortgages, car payments, and utilities remain brutal…and health insurance is about to get radically more expensive.”
Donald Trump’s War on Christmas — The Atlantic
It’s a bad year for shoppers. It’s a terrible year for small-business owners.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Bottom line: Trump kills the joy of Christmas.
“wage growth has been cooling. The unemployment rate has been rising. Consumer confidence has been falling sharply. Rent, co-pays, mortgages, car payments, and utilities remain brutal…and health insurance is about to get radically more expensive.”
“wage growth has been cooling. The unemployment rate has been rising. Consumer confidence has been falling sharply. Rent, co-pays, mortgages, car payments, and utilities remain brutal…and health insurance is about to get radically more expensive.”
Belies his claim to be fighting drug lords. Wonder how much this pardon sold for.
Trump to pardon ex-Honduras leader serving US sentence after drug trafficking conviction — Reuters
President Donald Trump said he will grant a pardon to former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the U.S. after his conviction on drug trafficking an...
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November 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Belies his claim to be fighting drug lords. Wonder how much this pardon sold for.
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"America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system."..(quote Walter Cronkite).. (Cartoon Dave Granlund) #healthcare #USA
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system."..(quote Walter Cronkite).. (Cartoon Dave Granlund) #healthcare #USA
Death by a thousand cuts—except when cutting pollution. This is the Trump way: slow death to US citizens.
Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m — Guardian US
Critics say JH Campbell coal-fired plant in western Michigan is expensive and emits high levels of toxic pollution
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November 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Death by a thousand cuts—except when cutting pollution. This is the Trump way: slow death to US citizens.
May this Thanksgiving Day afford you some solace.
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
May this Thanksgiving Day afford you some solace.
This is the way.
New York Moves to Ban Automakers From Charging for Built-In Car Features — Autoblog
The new bill aims to make things a little better, but there are still plenty of ways automakers will harangue you.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is the way.
MAGA hate on display. Where are the lightening strikes when you need them?
Rightwing influencers spin anti-Muslim rage in Michigan for social media reach — Guardian US
In Dearborn, provocateurs have held anti-Islam rallies, attempted to burn the Qur’an and rile residents for clickbait
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November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
MAGA hate on display. Where are the lightening strikes when you need them?
And so it begins: using ICE as the political police by the Pedo Party (formerly known as Republicans).
Missouri attorney general involves ICE in push to halt anti-gerrymandering group — The Kansas City Star
The attorney general did not provide any evidence to support her claims, which the campaign called false.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
And so it begins: using ICE as the political police by the Pedo Party (formerly known as Republicans).
One has to wonder if any in the Pedo Party (formerly known as the Republicans) has read the Constitution.
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
One has to wonder if any in the Pedo Party (formerly known as the Republicans) has read the Constitution.
Quit paying CEOs millions and start paying your workers a living wage.
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Quit paying CEOs millions and start paying your workers a living wage.
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This is not just a current political issue. Charging & punishing these particular perpetrators is vital to keeping the fight against the ongoing abuse & killing of women & children by men in the spotlight. "Me Too" was only a start.
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This is not just a current political issue. Charging & punishing these particular perpetrators is vital to keeping the fight against the ongoing abuse & killing of women & children by men in the spotlight. "Me Too" was only a start.
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I’m not surprised.
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I’m not surprised.
Simple answer: you get Trump, a clown cabinet, and MTG.
What Happens When Attention Seeking Eclipses Policy Making — The Atlantic
In the sweep of history, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s time in Congress will be a blip.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Simple answer: you get Trump, a clown cabinet, and MTG.
Trump continues his tactics of intimidation. Men with little or no military experience should not lead the military.
Pentagon investigating Mark Kelly after Trump accused him of sedition — azcentral
Sen. Mark Kelly was one of six Democratic lawmakers who recently urged members of the military to refuse unlawful orders.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Trump continues his tactics of intimidation. Men with little or no military experience should not lead the military.
Trump did this: “activity by immigration agents near schools in some places — has traumatized kids….. more than 20 percent of students stayed home from class.”
In cities targeted by ICE, empty desks and school disruptions follow — The Washington Post
One in 5 students in Charlotte missed school after a recent ICE crackdown began. It’s the latest city where schools felt the impact of Trump’s deportation effort.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Trump did this: “activity by immigration agents near schools in some places — has traumatized kids….. more than 20 percent of students stayed home from class.”
So stop shopping Walmart.
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So stop shopping Walmart.
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Twitter's new feature that reveals where accounts originate doesn't reveal many surprises.
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Twitter's new feature that reveals where accounts originate doesn't reveal many surprises.
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She gets to say this shit for the rest of her life!
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
She gets to say this shit for the rest of her life!
“What’s clear is that MAGA ideologues—including the prize recruit to the anti-liberal right, J. D. Vance—have entered a downward spiral of ever cruder language and thought, usually with notes of bigotry and xenophobia, and sometimes blatant ugliness, as if to show their bona fides. “
An Anatomy of the MAGA Mind — The Atlantic
Under Trump, post-liberal intellectuals have abandoned tradition for radicalism and scholarship for vulgarity.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“What’s clear is that MAGA ideologues—including the prize recruit to the anti-liberal right, J. D. Vance—have entered a downward spiral of ever cruder language and thought, usually with notes of bigotry and xenophobia, and sometimes blatant ugliness, as if to show their bona fides. “
Good summary of how the right ruined Christianity and ignoring the actual teachings of Jesus.
“ a story [in the Old Testament] about Nehemiah rebuilding walls in parts of Jerusalem becomes a reason to ignore the utterly clear and oft-repeated instruction of Jesus to welcome the stranger.”
“ a story [in the Old Testament] about Nehemiah rebuilding walls in parts of Jerusalem becomes a reason to ignore the utterly clear and oft-repeated instruction of Jesus to welcome the stranger.”
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity — Guardian US
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
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November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Good summary of how the right ruined Christianity and ignoring the actual teachings of Jesus.
“ a story [in the Old Testament] about Nehemiah rebuilding walls in parts of Jerusalem becomes a reason to ignore the utterly clear and oft-repeated instruction of Jesus to welcome the stranger.”
“ a story [in the Old Testament] about Nehemiah rebuilding walls in parts of Jerusalem becomes a reason to ignore the utterly clear and oft-repeated instruction of Jesus to welcome the stranger.”
Another favor for Putin?
Nearly 200,000 Ukrainians in US thrown into legal limbo by Trump immigration crackdown — Reuters
Kateryna Golizdra has survived six months in legal limbo - so far. She thinks she can hold out another six months, waiting for Donald Trump's administration to decide the fate of a humanitarian progra...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Another favor for Putin?
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