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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 3m

The thing about this guy is somehow managed to make it thru Parris Island, but they knew he would never be a real Marine so he wrote News Releases then he used your tax dollars, and his ass kissing skills to get into Yale. Learns nothing, but writes a book insulting all Appalachia. Just another con

🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 55m

So, if Bessent, and few of his other "smartest guys" in the room then who convinced them to invest in such a risky venture that is Argentina? And if they did, shouldn't someone question where they really are the smartest guys in the room, after all?

🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 1h

My thoughts exactly.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

I can’t wait to find out if the deal Trump gave to the Hamas leaders was as good as the one he gave to the Taliban.

🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 22h

As a gun owner myself, "Who's the fool now?"

Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 1d

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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 22h

Fabulous!

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

gene kelly is antifa

🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 22h

I actually had some hope here for a little while, but the force is just strong.

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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 22h

This is what keeps me up at night. He will literally drive us into another Great Depression to line his pockets and make other billionaires even wealthier. A lot of blood, sweat and tears spent to never go back there again. Apparently, too many never heard the stories from relatives, or in school.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

We’re in the second Gilded Age just like the first — when America’s wealth was in the hands of a few, money corrupted politics, and working people were abused and exploited.

It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.

From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich

Robert Reich

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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 22h

I might offer a little respect if that were true, but he never dirties his hands, in any respect. I guarantee the cult would actually portray him as Clint Eastwood if he had done it. 😂

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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 23h

It is the "I Love the America Rally," which is fully self-funded by individual, working class Americans. They will buy their own sign materials, buy their own frog suits. Do not let them flip the script on this. I hope the national media will not let this administration lie about it.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 1d

So when it comes to our national media it is damned if you, and damned if you don't when it involves Democrats, but if it is Trump then a miracle was performed? Get real, George.

🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 1d

😂

Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 2d

What a 🤡🤡🤡 show!

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 1d

Compassion? Please. She's just pissed because Daddy wouldn't let her run for U.S. Senate. She's making a power play all for herself. She's making a play for the "populist" queen, and it might work.

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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 1d

THIS should have gotten a lot more media attention. Why not? Is it because your media is increasingly consolidated in just a few very wealthy hands? Yes.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 1d

The exact scenario happened to me once. It was traumatizing, but I was silent because there would be Hell to pay if I talked about it. That's usually what women do. I had a big job, and I had to stay focused on the goal. I will never forget it, though.

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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 1d

They've been pulling this scam for about 20 years now. I even had a contract to lobby for HSA's. Dems were in control on the KY legislature then, and it was a hard no. 😂

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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 1d

My thought exactly.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

The Trump administration is REALLY allowing Qatar to build an air base in the US after they did a $5.5 billion golf resort deal with Trump and gave him a jet.

MAGA can take their ‘America First’ flags and wipe their asses with them. He is Trump First, and you are suckers.

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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 1d

I have lived an entire lifetime about 2 hours of Nashville. It was your really cool weekend getaway. Inexpensive. Low key honky tonks, great live music. The minute this guy moved in it became a whole other scene. Obnoxious. Unhealthy. Unsafe. These dumbasses have completely ruined it all.

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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 1d

You know it's going to suck when Kid Rock is the headliner. For God's sake when was the last time any of these people had a hit song?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

According to his bio he was a “J6 political prisoner.” Obviously a guy who falls for things pretty easily.

🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 1d

Why audio only? That's rather unusual, isn't it?

🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 1d

He seems absolutely obsessed with this lately. Maybe I can clear up the confusion for him. You aren't going to heaven, and you sure ain't acting like a guy that wants to get into heaven in a short amount of time, either.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sure. He’s will be with his pal Rush Limbaugh in a different place. Also, for someone who is supposedly in great shape he sure is talking a lot about death lately. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

We should mandate a work requirement for House Republicans to get their health care. How about they have to work at least one week a month to keep their government health insurance?

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🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 2d

This is not sustainable.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

The economy is increasingly reliant on the wealthiest 10%.

(via MS) @mikezaccardi.bsky.social

🫘Desireé Owen @oweninthefirst.bsky.social · 2d

Let me remind everyone Larry Kudlow was on CNBC every day telling you the George W. Bush economy was "Goldilocks." The market kept going up until it was revealed everyone was over leveraged and Bear Stearns went out of business. Everyone suffered, regardless. Warren Buffet had to bail out the govt.

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