Shayne from Missouri
@cultofsignal.bsky.social
Missouri Native, Father, Husband, IT Person, Veteran, Harry Truman Democrat, Social Media Time Waster.
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Looming federal cuts lay heavy burden on Kansas City veterans
As federal cuts and legal battles loom, many of Kansas City’s veterans are left wondering how the programs or benefits they rely on will be affected.
www.kctv5.com
Hey! I made it on the local news again! They even retained the talking point about how EVERY PRESIDENT since FDR has respected Civil Service Veteran Protections UNTIL TRUMP 47.
STORY >>> www.kctv5.com/2025/04/01/l...
STORY >>> www.kctv5.com/2025/04/01/l...
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Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
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This is an American patriot.
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is an American patriot.
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In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
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No more excuses
JUST IN: US judge clears Justice Department to release Epstein grand jury transcripts reut.rs/3XDpbM5
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
No more excuses
Every racism button he can press big or small, grave or petty.
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Every racism button he can press big or small, grave or petty.
It was nice of the Billionaires who financially backed Trump to implicitly agree to personally pay every penny of the cost of undoing the damage they did.
May leave them penniless when the books settle but it's what they agreed to.
May leave them penniless when the books settle but it's what they agreed to.
Reconstruction 2 is going to require a level of seizing assets that I am very comfortable with but you may still need to work through
New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It was nice of the Billionaires who financially backed Trump to implicitly agree to personally pay every penny of the cost of undoing the damage they did.
May leave them penniless when the books settle but it's what they agreed to.
May leave them penniless when the books settle but it's what they agreed to.
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Reconstruction 2 is going to require a level of seizing assets that I am very comfortable with but you may still need to work through
New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Eric Trump Is Worth
Crypto took the real estate heir’s fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president’s second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.
www.forbes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Reconstruction 2 is going to require a level of seizing assets that I am very comfortable with but you may still need to work through
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USAID was worth every penny.
Trump ended USAID and the result is a rise in child morality for the first time this century.
Pro life 🙄
Pro life 🙄
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
USAID was worth every penny.
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NEW: The Trump Justice Department failed to secure an indictment today against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed
Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: The Trump Justice Department failed to secure an indictment today against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon made a push in September to force the U.S. Treasury Department to release Jeffrey Epstein’s financial statements.
Epstein survivors back bill by Oregon senator to release disgraced financier’s bank records
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon made a push in September to force the U.S. Treasury Department to release Jeffrey Epstein’s financial statements.
www.oregonlive.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon made a push in September to force the U.S. Treasury Department to release Jeffrey Epstein’s financial statements.
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We have the bill AND the bipartisan support to restore union rights for 1 MILLION federal workers.
Together, we can stop the Trump administration’s union-busting.
Tell your rep: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
Together, we can stop the Trump administration’s union-busting.
Tell your rep: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
December 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We have the bill AND the bipartisan support to restore union rights for 1 MILLION federal workers.
Together, we can stop the Trump administration’s union-busting.
Tell your rep: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
Together, we can stop the Trump administration’s union-busting.
Tell your rep: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is cheering on Trump using his pardon power to end a high-profile corruption prosecution.
Ladies and gentlemen...The Democratic leadership!
sirota.substack.com/p/endemic-co...
Ladies and gentlemen...The Democratic leadership!
sirota.substack.com/p/endemic-co...
December 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is cheering on Trump using his pardon power to end a high-profile corruption prosecution.
Ladies and gentlemen...The Democratic leadership!
sirota.substack.com/p/endemic-co...
Ladies and gentlemen...The Democratic leadership!
sirota.substack.com/p/endemic-co...
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I think this goes back to @janecoaston.bsky.social's point that these folks all want America to be what it was when they were 10 and life was great because it's often great when you're 10.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I think this goes back to @janecoaston.bsky.social's point that these folks all want America to be what it was when they were 10 and life was great because it's often great when you're 10.
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Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
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Co-op CEO: Labor shortages, trade disruption and lack of a new farm bill damages farming not just as an industry, but as a way of life.
Trade and immigration chaos threatens Kansas agriculture | Opinion
Co-op CEO: Labor shortages, trade disruption and lack of a new farm bill damages farming not just as an industry, but as a way of life.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Co-op CEO: Labor shortages, trade disruption and lack of a new farm bill damages farming not just as an industry, but as a way of life.
Tired of "The Guys at the top are untouchable" and "The guys at the bottom get summarily executed" as the governing philosophy.
Trump has pardoned:
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Tired of "The Guys at the top are untouchable" and "The guys at the bottom get summarily executed" as the governing philosophy.
This fits everything I have ever observed about assholes.
This is WILD. How have I lived this long without knowing that the KKK was essentially a hate-themed pyramid scheme? Their entire business model was squeezing every last cent from their members, down to forcing them to use KKK-affiliated "robe dry-cleaning services."
priceonomics.com/when-the-kkk...
priceonomics.com/when-the-kkk...
How the KKK Scammed Its Members for Cash - Priceonomics
In its heyday, the KKK made a ton of money off of membership fees, and by aggressively selling robes, memorabilia, candy, and life insurance to its own members.
priceonomics.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This fits everything I have ever observed about assholes.
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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Eugene Hasenfus has died.
He was a gunrunner whose plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986 during a CIA-sponsored mission. His capture triggered the Iran-Contra investigation that exposed how the US supported militias with drug money to try to overthrow leftist governments in Latin America.
🎁🔗
He was a gunrunner whose plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986 during a CIA-sponsored mission. His capture triggered the Iran-Contra investigation that exposed how the US supported militias with drug money to try to overthrow leftist governments in Latin America.
🎁🔗
Eugene Hasenfus, Gunrunner Who Exposed Iran-Contra Plot, Dies at 84
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Eugene Hasenfus has died.
He was a gunrunner whose plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986 during a CIA-sponsored mission. His capture triggered the Iran-Contra investigation that exposed how the US supported militias with drug money to try to overthrow leftist governments in Latin America.
🎁🔗
He was a gunrunner whose plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986 during a CIA-sponsored mission. His capture triggered the Iran-Contra investigation that exposed how the US supported militias with drug money to try to overthrow leftist governments in Latin America.
🎁🔗
De facto legalization of slavery.
Private prison company GEO Group allegedly made immigration detainees work for no pay. Now it's at the Supreme Court trying to prevent the detainees from suing. bit.ly/4pfafj2
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.
www.brennancenter.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
De facto legalization of slavery.
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It really isn’t said enough how much these people straight up hate America. People should say this a lot more frequently. They simply don’t like the good parts of modern American life.
"Sources in the Trump administration have previously told Zeteo that officials will at times intentionally use popular music from vocally anti-Trump performing artists, in order to trigger a negative response from a famous liberal and provide further amplification of their pervasive culture war,"
NEWS: The Trump-Vance White House is attacking Sabrina Carpenter.
In a new statement, the White House — led by Trump, a liable sexual abuser mired in scandal for ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — suggests Carpenter is "stupid" and is defending pedophiles and rapists.
@swin24.bsky.social reports:
In a new statement, the White House — led by Trump, a liable sexual abuser mired in scandal for ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — suggests Carpenter is "stupid" and is defending pedophiles and rapists.
@swin24.bsky.social reports:
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It really isn’t said enough how much these people straight up hate America. People should say this a lot more frequently. They simply don’t like the good parts of modern American life.
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The MAGAs are only 33% of us. And half of them can wake up given a reasonable environment with facts and truth instead of Newsmax/Fox/OANN echo chambers.
“…their number is negligible and they are stupid.” Dwight D Eisenhower
“…their number is negligible and they are stupid.” Dwight D Eisenhower
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The MAGAs are only 33% of us. And half of them can wake up given a reasonable environment with facts and truth instead of Newsmax/Fox/OANN echo chambers.
“…their number is negligible and they are stupid.” Dwight D Eisenhower
“…their number is negligible and they are stupid.” Dwight D Eisenhower
Scazli gets it, being able to choose who to follow and see all the posts they follow means people can have a space where they can be their un-nudged self which tends to left of center.
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Scazli gets it, being able to choose who to follow and see all the posts they follow means people can have a space where they can be their un-nudged self which tends to left of center.
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You can’t convince me that everyone involved in DOGE should not face DOJ investigation and prison time if convicted when this chaos is over.
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
You can’t convince me that everyone involved in DOGE should not face DOJ investigation and prison time if convicted when this chaos is over.