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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 4h

My wife teaches Kindergarten in a school district where Special Ed is 25% of the budget abcnews.go.com/Politics/spe...

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources

The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

abcnews.go.com

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 4h

It says a lot about our country that the US Postal Service struggles to hire folks while others are lining up to wear masks while roughing up people of color

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 4h

I rarely set foot in a WalMart but Walton Goggins is pushing me to never do so Who knew?

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 4h

Besides all the jobs the other impact is that you often can't fill your tank at 2 a.m. like in other states

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 4h

This is good but Campbell County has a $145M budget - so taxpayers will hardly notice

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 7h

Good question

Blue Woman Voting 📎 @bluewomanvoting123.bsky.social · 1d

@chrislhayes.bsky.social

Why aren't Dems suing to get the AZ rep sworn in?

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 7h

Late harvest

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 11h

So good

🪬🇺🇦🌻 mon petit choufleur 💙🇺🇸🪬 @asassytart.bsky.social · 1d

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 13h

The world famous apple sandwich making its annual appearance

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 17h

This

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

First fire in the woodstove this fall after not having one all summer #Maine

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

You will always have her with you It‘a hard to see now Take care GW

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

No - I think she is capable of carrying multiple ideas at the same time while ignoring how they contradict each other

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

And what was the impact on the businesses that employ these part-time soldiers?

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

$200 million

Could build out a lot of housing for that And what was the impact on the employers of these part-time soldiers?

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

“The National Guard’s mostly quiet walks through Washington, D.C., are expected to cost a little more than $200 million…”

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime

The Trump administration’s National Guard deployments are highly inefficient.

www.theatlantic.com

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

Who really is in charge? The little nazi wannabe?

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

Kat “Jerry L“ Abughazaleh! Who is your Ed McMahon?

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

You folks did see who is to benefit from the $20B bailout of Argentina yes?

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

Years ago a local grocery sold beer by the 6 and 12 packs but also individual cans/bottles for 75 cents each We learned to buy 5 packs

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

Because why trust a trained medical practitioner?

Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 2d

Wellness influencers are killing people. Paloma Shemirani was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which 80% of people survive, at age 22. She was dead within 7 months because dietary changes and coffee enemas didn’t work. Her airway collapsed under pressure from a tumor and she died at age 23.

Wellness influencers are literally killing people

YouTube video by Dr. Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD

youtu.be

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

This means that other crimes like fraud are not being investigated www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement

Data shows stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns

www.theguardian.com

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

Unless we allow fear to take over there will be too many of us to arrest

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

She claimed to be an architect!

Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

Tulsi Gabbard actually voted in Hawaii while claiming her residence was in Texas www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/p...

Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas. Then she voted in Hawaii | CNN Politics

Election law experts said Gabbard’s vote, coupled with her claiming a homestead tax break on her Texas home, raises questions about whether she properly cast her ballot and illustrates the complexity ...

www.cnn.com

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Gerald Weinand @dirigoblue.bsky.social · 1d

In a frog suit?