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David Jr

@drugcounselor.bsky.social

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Retired substance abuse clinician LADAC. I developed two drug courts in R.I. The sooner we can find someone in trouble the better. 07/31/1987 clean time NO DM's please unless I follow you. Thanks.

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David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · Sep 2

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxls...

You have to watch this new ad

Newsom’s Prop 50 campaign compares Trump to Hitler as redistricting battle intensifies

You have to watch it
soon to broadcast to the entire country

Yes On Prop 50: Blitzkrieg

YouTube video by Yes on 50

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David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · 5h

So a peaceful Slaughter ??????

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h

The "ceasefire" does not seem to be going great

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Paul Scarpelli @paulscarpelli.bsky.social · 13h

This is A.J. Elia,
Legislative Correspondent in the Office of Rep. Dave Taylor (R-OH-2.) This is the little prick who displayed a swastika in his cubicle. Didn't you expect him to look like this?

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 6h

Gateway is the largest infrastructure project in the country, terminating funding will limit our whole nation’s potential.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6h

I urge our nation to use this weekend's No Kings marches as a declaration of independence against the tyranny and lawlessness currently running this country.

Use your voice. ACT PEACEFULLY. Protect yourself and your community.

THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

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David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · 5h

“We had gangs of Tren de Aragua, say 10, 12, 15 kids. And these military guys walk up to them, and they treat them with disrespect, and they just got pounded.” After twice more reiterating that U.S. troops “pounded” gang members

David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · 5h

Trump’s outlandish claim — that National Guard members beat child gang members — is one of numerous demonstrably false claims peddled by the president concerning the deployment of military troops, including that there is now “no crime” in the district.

David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · 5h

theintercept.com/2025/10/15/t...
Trump claimed the suspects were “thrown into paddy wagons and taken back to their country.”

First, the last time the word paddy wagon was used around 1970.
Second, were they a new vehicle? 1/2 paddy wagon and 1/2 boat?

Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

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David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · 5h

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They must be spending a fortune to find one person.

1000 FBI agents do this when they are not looking for trumps name in the Epstein files.

He Tweeted Charlie Kirk “Won’t Be Remembered as a Hero.” The State Dept. Revoked His Visa.

Nota Baloyi is one of several people who lost a visa to visit the U.S. because he spoke ill of Charlie Kirk on social media.

theintercept.com

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CUDDY @ptcontagion.bsky.social · 6h

Not owning a gun…is itself an opinion.

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hillyh.bsky.social @hillyh.bsky.social · Sep 16

Ask that of every parent that has a dead child from a school shooting.
People are ignoring the second commandment while worshiping the second amendment. Because you can’t do both.

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evangeline63.bsky.social @evangeline63.bsky.social · 5h

EXACTLY 💯

resist33.bsky.social @resist33.bsky.social · 11h

All part of fascist plan!

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David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · 5h

Maybe 1000% right donni

Go big or please
Go Home.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "Drug prices went down for the year by 1/8 of 1 percent. Now I'm getting them down, Maria, 500, 600, 800 percent. In some cases even more than that. It's hard to believe."

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 1d

"Adelita Grijalva should be sworn in immediately. Every American deserves a voice in Congress — it’s time for @SpeakerJohnson to stop playing games and let Adelita get to work for the people of Arizona’s Seventh District." - Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07) bluevirginia.us/2025/10/wedn...

After the official certificate of election for Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) is issued, Rep. Eugene VIndman (D-VA07) says she should be sworn in IMMEDIATELY.

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David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · 5h

trump acetaminophen video - Search VideosVideos

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David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · 5h

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-n...
The president showed off a model of the arch at a White House dinner Wednesday night for a group of wealthy donors who are funding his White House ballroom project

Arc de Trump? President shows off model of Independence Arch, says "it's going to be really beautiful"

President Trump waved a model of an arch that he wants to have built at the ceremonial entrance to Washington, D.C., by the nation's 250th anniversary next year.

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David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · 5h

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David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · 5h

trump is trying to hijack a nutrition program to fuel his mass surveillance agenda,"California Attorney General said in in response to the court's order. "The Trump Administration can try all it wants to strong arm states into illegally handing over data, but we know the rule of law is on our side."

David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · 5h

part of a pattern of the Trump administration aggregating Americans' personal data for purposes that include immigration enforcement.
Of course it is.

David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · 5h

The U.S. Department of Agriculture framed the data demand as necessary to accomplish the Trump administration's goal of identifying and eliminating waste, fraud and abuse. Democratic state officials have argued the data demand is unlawful and likely.

David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · 5h

www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
the Trump administration asks all states to turn over personal information on federal food assistance recipients going back to 2020, including their names, dates of birth, home addresses, Social Security numbers and benefits amounts.

At least 27 states turned over sensitive data about food stamp recipients to USDA

Democratic-led states secured a legal victory to keep the personal data of food recipients out of the federal government's reach. But NPR's reporting shows that millions of records on Americans have a...

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David Jr @drugcounselor.bsky.social · 6h

apnews.com/article/trum...
“I believe great progress was made with today’s telephone conversation,” Trump wrote
If Putin says donald, you are the smartest person on earth, trump will give him Ukraine and Poland.

Trump says he'll meet with Putin in Hungary. He first meets Friday with Zelenskyy at the White House

President Donald Trump has announced plans to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

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