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Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 1h

Remember when stump speeches used to begin with "When I'm in office
I'm gonna..."

Now it's "If you elect him he's gonna..."

This is better b/c:

1) You don't have to think up actual positions, &

2) You don't have positions people might vote against

Brave new world, to have such ideas in it

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4h

Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c

Tweet from Fred Wellman: “Weird. I was told it’s a war zone.”
Below is a Time Out Chicago post showing a scenic city skyline at sunset with the text: “Chicago has been voted the Best Big City in the U.S. for the ninth consecutive year.”

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Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 2h

She was born in France, & has no valid visa. Deport!!

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

Cartoon by John Deering.

Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 2h

The potent mix of service to country, service to others, & the camaraderie of the trenches produce lifelong changes that ripple outward, binding many with a common experience.

Many a military veteran will attest to this.

Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 2h

A mandatory 2 yrs of service to country for men & women could help us out of this crisis of devisiveness.

Options should include military service, but also domestic (Americorps), foreign (Peace Corps), & local community service.

The shared experience might bring us together as a nation.

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 11d

Pete Hegseth is the kind of boss that makes you fly halfway across the world for a meeting that should’ve been an email.

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Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 2h

In a space suit.

Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 8d

The glob of hair gel in charge of our military is demanding that every person in the space force be able to carry a person twice their size on their back.

Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 3h

For sure!

Despite the voyeuristic horrors those girls endured, I'll bet the real scandal in those files does not directly involve them.

Trump & Epstein both had their fingers in a lot of pies back then. (No pun intended.)

Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 5d

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 5d

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 1d

One indicator you’re not Nobel Peace Prize material is if the country which hosts the totally independent Nobel committee believes you’re gonna retaliate against them because you didn’t win.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 4d

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 5d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Louie @copenfagan.bsky.social · 5h

3 assholes, all fully armed, to take one woman out. She looks like such a violent offender. 🙄

Fuck ICE

nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago, IL.

ICE smashes into a random car, jumps out with automatic weapons drawn, abducts the victim after dragging her violently out of her car.

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Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 3h

The thing you need to know about bombing speedboats off of Venezuela is release the Epstein files!

The thing you need to know about the Insurrection Act is release the Epstein Files!

The thing you need to know about border security is release the Epstein Files!

The thing you need to know about ta

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Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 3h

Trump faces so many criminal & civil liabilities when his term is over & his immunity ends that his best shot is to die in office.

For his sake you may pray for that.

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Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 3h

The women whom Epstein used as girls in his badger games want restitution, not retribution, & they deserve it.

But there is potentially so much more than that in the Epstein files that the country needs to know.

Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 17h

A man who commits murder openly from the Resolute Desk, and in plain view plunders the Treasury, is not likely to fear photos of himself with scantily clad teens in his lap.

But he & Epstein both had relationships to Russia that are not clear. Perhaps he fears what the files say about that

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Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 17h

Maybe it's the pedophilia. Maybe it's rapes. Maybe it's corrupt financial dealings

Trump's fear of Epstein Files is disproportionate to such motives, all of which he's weathered before

Or maybe it's proof that he is Agent Krasny, a mole for Russia, guilty of treason

THAT would explain such dread

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Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 21h

I first read Orwell's 1984 in high school in the 1960s, & I've reread it several times since.

I have to admit, though, that I never pictured Big Brother as being orange.

Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 22h

You can learn a lot by how the names of things change over time & context

Like when the medical profession became the healthcare industry

Or when the news became the media

Or the military-industrial complex became defense contractors

This is how Newspeak is born

From an orange thatched in gold

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Jenn Q. @jennqueen.bsky.social · 1d

It’s wild how words change depending on who’s affected.

When drugs hit Black communities, it was a “crack epidemic.”

When drugs hit white communities, it became a “health crisis.”

That’s what we call a dog whistle. The language changes when the skin color does.

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MattSkywalkingFox 🏳️‍🌈🩷💛💙 @jaimevilchez18.bsky.social · 1d

if a Republican like Dwight D. Eisenhower showed up in today's society, he would be labeled a radical woke socialist by the MAGAs, if Laura Loomer showed up in the 1950s, she'd be called a lunatic.

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Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 1d

If so, how on Earth can Amazon keep track, with different tariffs for various countries changing every day in an unpredictable manner?

Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 1d

Regardless of origin, all US tariffs are paid by US importers at the point of entry to the US, & added the the wholesale cost of goods here as a cost of doing business

If a guy in Belgium buys a widget on Amazon that's dropshipped from China, is his price lower than mine if I order it the same way?

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Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 1d

RFK jr's assertion that he had seen a video of a woman with a baby in her placenta shows us that there are some parts of a woman's body he has no interest in understanding.