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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 5h

“While we bullied, bought and stole our homeland, we began the slaughter of the red man, but still from near and far they came by the thousands to court the wild.”
Steppenwolf

rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 5h

The seeds they are spreading are growing nothing but weeds.

rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 5h

rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 6h

Not dementia but one can certainly be demented without it.

rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 6h

All of them.

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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 6h

Beautiful shot. This is similar but it’s a screenshot of the Cutler coast in Maine.

rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 10h

In a group they reinforce each others hatreds, individually they are scared little mice.

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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 22h

Cheap labor without environmental protections equals greater profits. That’s it! Human health and dignity are meaningless concerns to them.

rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 22h

It doesn’t quite fit a revolution yet as it seems to be sporadic at best. Can they swallow their pride and their prejudices enough so that when what they thought would only happen to the libs actually begins happening to themselves also? Somehow I think they will go down with the ship.

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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 23h

His little johnson can’t speak…oh, I get it now!

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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 23h

There’s a metaphor in here somewhere.

rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 23h

Who?

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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 23h

wonder woman is flying through the air over a city while wearing a hat .

ALT: wonder woman is flying through the air over a city while wearing a hat .

media.tenor.com

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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 23h

See the article I posted earlier today about ICE recruiting at college football games.

rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 23h

The US does not lack rare earth mineral resources, what we lack is the processing and refining capacity to utilize them.

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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 23h

I dealt with that crap for most of my life. I fled to warmer climes 8 years ago, still 4 distinct seasons but much gentler.

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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 23h

I highly doubt if he actually read any of them before signing his name and even if he did he probably didn’t really comprehend the consequences of their implementation.

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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 23h

What lies beneath the fake facade.

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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 23h

Kinda depends on what the planes were doing. Sword rattling and testing responses is not a reason for lethal retaliation.

rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 1d

newrepublic.com/post/201745/...

Then “show us your papers” era in America has begun.

ICE Detains U.S. Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look” American

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

newrepublic.com

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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 1d

awfulannouncing.com/politics/ice...

Chasing testosterone.

ICE is dropping huge money to advertise during college football games

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is spending millions of taxpayer dollars to advertise during college football games.

awfulannouncing.com

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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 1d

moneywise.com/insurance/he...

This confirms what I posted two days ago about the amount of money that is spent by Medicare for emergency room visits by undocumented immigrants. Actually, the ERs are only required to stabilize the patient and not fully treat them.

American taxpayers pay the bill when ‘illegal’ immigrants go to the emergency room, White House says — but is that the truth? Here’s how it really works

Here’s what the data says about the real impact of undocumented patients on the health care system.

moneywise.com

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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 1d

The insurrection act was passed by the government at that time because of the fear that a war with England was on the horizon and that there were still a very large number of Americans who still sympathized with British rule. This was borne out by the onset of the war of 1812.

rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 1d

It’s all about intimidation and creating fear and chaos which breeds uncertainty which breeds stultification.

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rsmith670.bsky.social @rsmith670.bsky.social · 1d

The tears were from the effluvium emanating from his body.

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