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#USNavy #veteran. Colorado resident. Moved over from Twitter to Bluesky #Istandwithukraine Rest In Peace Eddie

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egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · Sep 4

Tomorrow, September 4 will be what would have been my late beloved Eddie’s 11th birthday, a cherished member of our family for ten incredible years until his passing in April from heart failure. Not a day goes by where I don’t miss him or think about him. #petgrief #petloss

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egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · 12h

DHS? Are talking ICE (probably not), CBP, TSA, or FEMA?

egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · 13h

An argument can be made in America that Reagan’s conservative movement led American politics to where we are at today.

egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · 13h

If our Congress weren’t so beholden to the Executive, we wouldn’t have tariffs, public media defunding, National Guard in our cities, targeting of political opponents. But all of this is happening because the congressional leadership is too politically beholden to Trump to do their jobs.

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egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · 13h

No real checks and balances from Congress. The White House knows that they are beholden to the president. That’s why they’re doing what they’re doing.

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egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · 14h

It’s not just an American or European issue. It happens in other countries that are democratic.

egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · 14h

The one thing that Trump is good at exporting. The rise of the far right is not just a Western phenomenon. It’s happening in Asian countries like Japan.

egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · 14h

I guess the Trump administration can now claim they’re no longer just targeting cities in blue states. But we all know who resides in the cities of red states like Memphis.

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egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · 16h

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egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · 16h

Trump’s little ego is going to need to be flattered and manipulated sooner or later. Might as well be from his lover from Russia.

egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · 16h

Sooner or later someone has to flatter and manipulate that little ego. Might as well be the Russian Czar.

egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · 16h

Did Republicans use Soros’ name 20 years ago when Bush’s numbers were similar to Trump’s?

egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · 16h

Gotta flatter and manipulate that fragile ego.

egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · 16h

This authoritarian direction of the Republican Party had its roots during the Bush years with the War on Terror and with Obama’s 2008 election.

egbaka.bsky.social @egbaka.bsky.social · 16h

Yep, the seeds of this authoritarian rhetoric goes back to the Bush years during the War on Terror. The authoritarian direction amplified itself with Obama’s election.