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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 4d

Why not one of these wonderful women?
Sonia Sotomayor: Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009.
Elena Kagan: Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010.
Ketanji Brown Jackson: Appointed by President Joe Biden in 2022.

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 4d

Pool noodles might work great for this. 😀
In solidarity with Chicago, donut shops might also consider posting signs:
NO Badge
NO Warrant
NO Due Process
NO servICE

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 5d

Costco Rx Link:
www.costco.com/pharmacy/adu...

www.costco.com

Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 5d

It looks like it is 'also' recommended for those 18 and older who are immunocompromised. You might also be able to 'qualify' for that with no co-pay.
Alternatively, you can get it at Costco for $206.99.
www.shingrix.com/get-shingrix...

Cost & Coverage | SHINGRIX (Zoster Vaccine Recombinant, Adjuvanted)

Access additional information about SHINGRIX (Zoster Vaccine Recombinant, Adjuvanted) cost and find details about insurance coverage.

www.shingrix.com

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 6d

Maybe Dems could put together a bill to cut their budget by 50% so they can focus on getting warrants for real criminals based on actual facts and evidence.
The funds they clearly don't need and are fraudulently using to "arrest collateral" could be used to provide health care.

Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 7d

Gilded Age 2.0 club members apparently used their insider privileges to plan ahead for the shortage of landscapers...

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 7d

2. Taxation w/o representation - If Feds violate/continue to violate the constitution – ALL fed taxes/duties/tariffs are withheld in a "state sovereign fund" until constitutional order is restored. Interest on funds used to replace Fed benefits illegally withheld or previously funded by congress.

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 7d

2 laws I am eager to see passed in every Blue State:
1. We will have elections - regardless of what other states/feds are doing.
100% mail-in paper ballots with every ballot hand-counted. Winners seated per regular order after state certifies hand count - NO SOTH/GQP/SCOTUS delay/s.

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 7d

🤣 Thank you for the laughter.
I enjoyed it for a brief moment - until I saw this post:
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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 12d

It's curious that he somehow failed to mention that ICE won't be funded. 🧐

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 14d

The 2025 list of "successful" ideas, democracies, strategies and institutions does exist - it just no longer includes the US.
It's getting much harder to see how We the People will be able to reclaim our democracy under the same 'system' that 'enabled' trumpism to exist in the first place.

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 15d

Silly me, I thought it might *only* be because they joined NATO! Also enjoyed the use of 3+ syllable words he will never be able to read or pronounce.
"grave breach of historical gravitas & semantic decorum"

+ They saved the best part for the last laugh -
"the decision is final"

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 16d

The shoes look like Crocs IMO.
No sane mother would allow a morgue wagon to remove bodies wearing decent shoes (or clothes) in 1860.
The house, siding & window look too perfect to be hand-built.
The 'quality' of the photo is clearly fake when compared to other photos from the 1800's.

Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 20d

30 copies of their overdue invoices 'illustrated' with PAST DUE in big bold letters coming right up! 👍🤬

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 22d

Brilliant and amazingly relevant to current issues.
Video transcript & Alt Text 🔽
youtu.be/yvPVAOklx20?...

GEORGE CARLIN on the FCC – Video Clip Transcript
https://youtu.be/yvPVAOklx20?si=kzfIvtQuADjihISK

0:00 - …keep in mind these Reagan people are the ones that were going to get government off our backs. Remember that? That was the rhetoric of the 1980 campaign - we'll get government off your backs and out of your lives.
0:11 – Yeah, but they still want to tell you what magazines you can read and they still want to tell you what rock lyrics you can listen to and they still want to force your kids to pray in school and they still want to tell you what you can say on the radio.
0:22 - The FCC, the Federal Communications Commission, decided all by itself that radio and television were the only two parts of American life not protected by the free speech provisions of the First Amendment to the Constitution.
0:34 - I’d like to repeat that because it sounds vaguely important. The FCC, an appointed body - not elected, answerable only to the president, decided on its own that radio and television were the only two parts of American life not protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.
0:53 - Why did they decide that? Because they got a letter from a Minister in Mississippi!
A reverend Donald Wildman in Mississippi heard something on the radio that he didn't like.
1:04 - Well Reverend - did anyone ever tell you there are two knobs on the radio? {holds up 2 fingers up to emphasize while audience applause breaks out and continues]
1:20 – Of course, I'm sure the Reverend isn't that comfortable with anything that has two knobs on it. But hey, Reverend there are two knobs on the radio one of them turns the radio off and the other one changes the station. Imagine that Reverend - you can actually change the station.
1:40 - It's called freedom of choice and it's one of the principles this country was founded upon.
1:44 - Look it up in the library Reverend if you have any of them left when you finish burning all the books.

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 22d

It's so confusing these days - is the word "expensive" more problematic than the word "groceries" or does the regime only want to censor it when a comedian uses both words in the same sentence? 🙄
www.facebook.com/thedailyshow...

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you for posting this. A stunning (and much more realistic) look at the 'economy' and overall health/status of the country.
It seems to be a much more indicative measure of why voters may have voted for "cheaper eggs" vs. a functional government/policies and democracy.

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · 26d

Also does not count the numbers of "employed" people + gig workers who have 2-3+ jobs to pay for basic necessities.
It seems to only count those that lose ONE full-time W2 job and doesn't factor in those that lose ALL of their jobs or their "gig" jobs that they need to pay for necessities.

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · Sep 12

I also fear that with the previous high vaccine rates in the US and 'eradication' of measles - there may be other short or long term consequences to measles infections that we aren't yet aware of.

Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · Sep 12

A plea from Sen. Schatz (D-Hawaii) discussing the dangers of confirming RFK Jr. as HHS Sect.
www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-r...

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thank you for post.
A horrifying consequence of anti-vax lies & propaganda.
I fear for the people of Samoa (& the US) where RFK Jr's lies in 2019 led to the deaths of 83 people, mostly children.
I hope they have been watching for SSPE amongst the survivors & will continue for another 20+ years.

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · Sep 10

You are still paying Federal taxes – but you are minimizing the payments so you don't overpay in advance and have to wait until the following year to get your own money refunded.

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · Sep 10

We did this for years after buying a home and still got refunds d/t mortgage interest deductions.
We ‘miscalculated’ one year and had to pay a few hundred dollars in April + a very small ‘underpayment’ penalty.

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · Sep 10

W2 employees can increase withholding on your W4 form.
In the old days, you could claim up to 9 'dependents' to minimize your Fed taxes before your employer had to fill out a special IRS form. No idea what the limit is now or if IRS still has capacity to even track it.

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Leprechaun @luckyloo.bsky.social · Sep 7

I enjoyed this guy - shorts, no mask, badge clearly visible. His only 'armor' appears to be a bike helmet and elbow pads. Perhaps a tac vest, but more likely just scotch-guarded to prevent stains from any potential flying sandwiches.

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