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Midwestern American boy long (>40yrs) transplanted into Australia; patriarch to a large and growing family; sailor; singer 🇺🇸🇦🇺❤️⛵️🎶😎

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saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · Jan 7

American priorities appear bizarre…guns & military above health & equality. Citizens have guns they don’t really need; the military exhausts the budget; health care is nonexistent for many; the rich get obscenely richer; & now the oligarchs are in charge. The slowly unfolding great American tragedy😢

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saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 6h

www.congress.gov/118/meeting/...

www.congress.gov

saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 6h

Well spotted Jack👍

@marcelias.bsky.social … @gtconway.bsky.social …
Thoughts and comments?🤷‍♂️

saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 7h

They sure appear to have 1 common ‘sin’…brown skin

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saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 7h

With the Nobel off the table for another year, TACO’s interest will move on…to the next item that fills his only 3 motivations:

-anything he thinks will make him look good;
-anything he thinks will make him richer; &
-vengeance on anyone he thinks doesn’t like him

Nothing else matters to him

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saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 7h

…or how about eliminated if you have a felony conviction…🤷‍♂️

saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 7h

Just imagine if we had a real, functioning FBI & DOJ…😩🤬

saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting…very interesting

…& it circles around, back to overturning Roe v Wade on the basis that it’s a matter for each State…& becomes another example of SCOTUS undermining the “United” part of USA

Individual rights and political democracy varying State-by-State🤔

Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 21h

saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting…very interesting

Circles around though, back to overturning Roe v Wade on the basis that it’s a matter for each State…& becomes another example of SCOTUS undermining the “United” part of USA

Individual rights and political democracy varying State-by-State

saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 7h

Maybe…& definitely for many of us here, but I can’t look past Sandy Hook…20 6&7yr olds murdered but all Americans could do was “thoughts & prayers”…so much for caring about other people’s children🤬

TACO’s hubris is running hot…he knows that Epstein is deadly to him…he’ll roll the dice with a Pardon

saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 8h

It’ll be Pardon time soon

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saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 8h

…& refused black tenants in their NYC properties

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saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 8h

Spot on…between this & Presidential immunity, SCOTUS’ credibility as a bulwark of democracy is NIL…John Roberts’ legacy is dark, very dark…

Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 17h

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saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 8h

Another (particularly disturbing) episode in the ongoing MAGA race between ignorance and hypocrisy…

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putawomanincharge.bsky.social @putawomanincharge.bsky.social · 23h

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saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 12h

Oh take care there Lee…not good odds betting on MAGA being “not that stupid”…🙄

saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 12h

Absolutely agree…a combination of 🤮&🤬

saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 15h

www.smh.com.au/business/mar...
Fascinating article about TACO’s China tariff strategy

China’s exports are rising strongly, while US share of Chinese exports fell from 20% to 10%…China’s in the driver seat & heading in a strong direction

Simple summary…the tariff war’s working far better for China🤷🏻‍♂️