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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 4h

The people that own Seattle are not the people that live and work here. The owners are terrified. Good.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 6h

The people that own NYC are not the people that live and work in NYC. The owners are terrified. Good.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 17h

Why does Seattle still care what Bruce Harrell thinks about anything? He wants power for himself and more money. Nothing else for Seattle. Holy shit I can't believe that I have to say it out loud.

Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you for this. I am still confused why we still have to care about that man. We voted. Katie won by a lot. It is very obvious he's still around because he represents the people that own Seattle and not those of us that live and work in Seattle. I'm tired of the bad faith arguments and lying.

Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you for this. I am still confused why we still have to care about that man. We voted. Katie won by a lot. It is very obvious he's still around because he represents the people that own Seattle and not those of us that live and work in Seattle. I'm tired of the bad faith arguments and lying.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 1d

All of the credit for the destruction of the CDC and the health and safety of the United States goes to the Republican Congress and the MAGA voters who elected them.

If they ever realize what they have done, it will be far too late.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 1d

No. Some people would consider it classless.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 7d

yes amazon this is exactly what I was looking for instead of the Churu treats I regularly order for my cats.

amazon search with "ch" typed. 4 out of 7 suggestions listed are items related to the recently assassinated turning point usa founder.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 10d

Ever see the Key and Peele sketch? www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01l...

Key & Peele - "Gremlins 2" Brainstorm - Uncensored

YouTube video by Comedy Central

www.youtube.com

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 11d

I want to know which farms specifically get the benefits of this. I want names.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 11d

Just finished this. Thank you for posting. It is odd to feel an equal mix of vindicated and horrified.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 11d

Hermann Göring said, "Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat" when the Germans who had voted for Nazis still had expensive food when they promised lower food costs but instead started wars with neighboring countries based on "make believe". I think about that a lot lately.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 12d

"starting now, the military will stop being gay and start hiring only beautiful, muscular men with 6 pack abs"

Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 12d

Watching "Harlan County, USA" www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfZb.... good movie about miners striking in Kentucky. Decided to see how they have voted since the movie was released Red is GOP, Blue is DNC. These people voted against Reagan twice, but voted for Trump 88% in 2024. I'll never forgive Fox News.

graph of voting in Harlan County, USA since 1980. It shows a dramatic shift towards GOP starting in 2004. They voted against Reagan twice but voted for Trump in 2024 with almost 88% of the vote.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 12d

I dunno man, bigotry has gotten that asshole pretty far in life.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 13d

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 13d

Remember the "don't be evil" thing? bahahaha

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 13d

Ghouls take advantage of the fact that a shockingly large population of Americans do not realize that correlation does not imply causation and are using this to hurt people they planned on always hurting. rural areas gutted by "no child left behind" are in a bad place.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 14d

Man, he was mean but he was changing his scene.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 14d

This is Waffles.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 14d

Working across the aisle to protect healthcare? This is so off the mark it's staggering. bsky.app/profile/jaya...

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 15d

The government runs out of funding and will shut down in three days.

Trump and Republicans would rather shut it all down than work across the aisle to protect health care for families across the country.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 14d

This is what Jayapal said today. Protecting healthcare? Across the aisle? How can someone with such vast resources be so oblivious? bsky.app/profile/jaya...

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 15d

The government runs out of funding and will shut down in three days.

Trump and Republicans would rather shut it all down than work across the aisle to protect health care for families across the country.

Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 14d

It's a bad faith argument and he knows it. I'm so sick of politics being done like this and the people we elect assume we are that stupid. He's already a loser to Wilson. He's going to lose again.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 15d

They are going to loot our museums and this is pretext for it. I hope there is someone at the Smithsonian that sees this for what it is and starts reading about Jacques Jaujard.

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Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 16d

My goodness. It is at least as stupid. I feel less crazy seeing this stupidity in other parts of the world, but still despair nonetheless at the state of everything.

Michael Hawkins @mshawkin.bsky.social · 16d

Unfortunately, there is no money to be made dicking around online without being evil anymore.