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Gary R Simonds

@garys79.bsky.social

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Author, Speaker, Educator, Has-Been Neurosurgeon Asheville NC Married Would prefer to discuss life, books, kindness, wellness, wonder. Instead I spend hours a day opposing a mad king. But here we are. RESIST! Good Trouble! https://garyrsimonds.com

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 9d

Some concern out there that many people in the military are very conservative and quite a few voted for trump.
All I can tell you is that in my 15 years with the army, soldiers took very seriously their oath to the constitution and NOT to any individual.
Let's hope that hasn't changed.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

Apparently the $20 billion for Argentina was just the beginning of the US bailout according to Bessent today, since so many American oligarchs have big investments there that they can’t afford to lose.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 11h

a very under-the-radar thing happening in Mississippi this fall:

Bolts @boltsmag.org · 15h

A federal appeals court ruled that Mississippi had to redraw its legislative maps. As a result, 14 districts affected by the new boundaries are hosting special elections this November. Democrats may flip several.

Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts

Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read More

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11h

Chicagoans won a temporary restraining order today that prevents federal agents from using tear gas, pepper spray and other weapons against journalists and peaceful protesters.
We’re fighting back peacefully in Chicago because — unlike Trump — we believe in the rule of law.

Judge Rules Feds Can't Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue

Block Club and news organizations sued the federal government for its actions against journalists outside the Broadview ICE detention facility. Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

It’s very sad that Gov. Stitt can say this obviously true thing but @GovBillLee wouldn’t in a million years.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 3h

The time was day 1. Their caution has been exhausting and infuriating

Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 3h

The time was day 1. Their caution has been exhausting and infuriating

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 9h

We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 8h

I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 8h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 3h

As have we all. Far far too many cowards

Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 3h

As have we all. Far far too many cowards

Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 13h

“This is exactly the moment for people to stand up. And do I see enough people doing it? No, I don’t. It shouldn’t be that there are Democrats that are afraid, because you know what? We’re the targets. We need to be strong, we need to fight back.”

Thank you, @govpritzker.illinois.gov!

JB Pritzker Has Had It With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12h

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 5h

everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3h

$20 BILLION.

Remember that we’re being lied to whenever we’re told that we can’t afford something that helps American families.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 4d

It's time to say:

What. An. Idiot.

I am being polite.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3h

All that plastic surgery gets expensive, you know.🤷‍♀️

ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 3h

ANTIFA (Jimmy Doolittle):

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 1d

Please read.
Please.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

Live TV, folks. 🤓

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Have you ever voted against anything that Trump has set forth in terms of policy? ... Trump is a dictator. So it doesn't matter what Johnson does or what they guy over in the Senate does."

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks, DJT.

NPR @npr.org · 17h

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 20h

Good morning, Pam Bondi ☕️💅🏽

Photo of a blonde female pathological liar wearing a dark suit to match her dark soul, with the words:
“Someone should tell Pam Bondi that while Nixon didn't go to prison, his Attorney General did.”

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 16h

People need to know what he just voted down.

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 18h

Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, voted down an attempt to block the Trump administration’s missile strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. interc.pt/4o9CBur

A photo of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., sits on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, overlaid with the headline, "Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks," and the DEK, "It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.

"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."

Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 3h

Hypocrisy is too weak a word. Try treason against democracy

Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 3h

Hypocrisy is too weak a word. Try treason against democracy

Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 16h

Mike Johnson is delaying Democrat Adelita Grijalva’s swearing in to block a House vote to release the Epstein files.

Republicans swore in their own winners the next day in April.

This is rank hypocrisy and totally shameless.

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