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CharleyM

@cmonagan.bsky.social

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Claude Rains, Judy Davis, Bill Bradley, Ray Davies, Aubrey/Maturin, big breakfasts, great centerfielders. Author of Carrie Welton, The Easter Confession, How to Get a Monkey Into Harvard and The Neurotic's Handbook, among others.

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CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 9h

First base coach had a job to do there. Didn’t do it.

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 4d

This is chilling. And it doesn't exist anymore except on the Internet.

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CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 10h

First base coach has to tell him.

CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 16h

All the people standing behind Johnson know that he's a liar and a complacent idiot. You can see it on their faces.

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CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 19h

Journalists have always been suckers for stories about farms. Also fishing boats.

CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 1d

I like that she calls him Secretary Bessent and he calls her Martha. I know it's always been like this but it does set boundaries.

CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 1d

He's kind of a masochist then. Looks like one too.

CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 1d

Raggedy Ann’s only appearance on the big screen. Soon after, Raggedy Andy, her “cousin,” took over her career, reddened her hair and toughened her origin story. She never got another role and was eventually blacklisted.

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CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know who the Jonas Brothers are but their Friendly’s ice cream flavor is my current favorite.

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 2d

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CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 2d

Caligula. Monster.

CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 2d

If you're a Republican living in a blue state, Trump hates you. He will punish you and your neighbors by cancelling funds and programs like disaster aid even if you voted for him. So why would you ever continue to support him? As I said, he hates you.

CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 2d

Songs from the 1960s that wouldn’t get sung today:
Under My Thumb - Rolling Stones
Yellow Man - Randy Newman
Ahab the A-rab - Ray Stevens

CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 2d

Did you ever see Chamberlain play?

CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 3d

You want your name and reputation attached to the Epstein Ballroom? Go right ahead - and reap the lasting shame of it.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

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CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 3d

Uniter is a good opening word but it’s unlucky today. There are still 5,437 words left in my dictionary. Okapi would have been a better choice.

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CharleyM @cmonagan.bsky.social · 3d

Pepsi, please.