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Uncle John

@realazmoderate.bsky.social

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Former Republican, now an Independent who plans to resist the Trump regime with facts, humor & good trouble. BTW, I'm a poor old govt pensioner not interested in investing in gold, crypto or gift cards. Don't even bother.

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · Nov 16

When you nurture, encourage, reward the "better angels" of human nature like compassion, empathy, humanity, and community, you end up with a great nation that all can enjoy. When you nurture, encourage, reward bigotry, greed, selfishness, lies, and corruption, you destroy a great nation

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 1h

In our history, we've had our fair share of presidents who were real assholes. However, we've never had a president who has publicly embraced being an asshole, who has purposefully incited hatred & violence against his critics & over half the country, like Trump has.

Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 16h

Is Habeas Corpus from the Corpus Christi Corpuses in Texas?

Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 16h

FYI, the so-called "Democrat programs" that Trump & Vought plan to cut/eliminate because of the #governmentshutdown2025, provide major services to Democrats, Independents & REPUBLICANS. Trump will destroy his base lives out of vindictiveness & the #EpsteinFiles

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 17h

Why are Trump's aids too scared to tell him it's mathematically & economically impossible to reduce anything more than 100%? Maybe Bessent, Lutnick & Bought are as stupid as he is?

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 17h

Trump announced "$19 trillion" in foreign investments (no other nations have confirmed this) and says that pharmaceuticals have already dropped over 1000% thanks to his deal with Pfizer. The markets are crashing now thanks to his just announced 100% tariffs on China.

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 18h

Fun Fact: 8 years ago, Trump declared that Qatar funded terrorism. This year, they gave him a 747 luxury jet. Now, Trump is letting Qatar to build their own Air Force base in IDAHO! If the Taliban bribes him, will he let them build a training base in Georgia?

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 19h

We are living in Idiocracy. Donald Trump administration is following a script written by fired SNL writers.

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 20h

#MAGA are little children who are afraid of monsters hiding under their bed, then get angry & violent when told there are no monsters under their bed, then lie about the terrible things the imaginary monsters are doing. Stephen Miller #PeeweeGerman

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 22h

I guarantee that very soon, some #MAGA group of White Nationalists will create & present Trump some gaudy Peace Prize as an alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump will declare his Peace Prize is far better than the "radical left one." I'm serious about this.

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 22h

Stephen Miller, "The truth doesn't matter; it's about what people want to hear."
Can't get more Goebbles than that.

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 23h

Breaking: During the prostate exam of Donald Trump, during his examination, they discovered the #EpsteinFiles.

Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 1d

Donald, the overwhelming majority of citizens in this country, including Republicans, still demand one thing from you, a complete, unredacted release of the #EpsteinFiles. Get that out of the way, and then you can discuss other things.

Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 1d

As an elementary school substitute teacher, I can attest that the only thing more annoying & pathetic than a spoiled child whining he or she didn't win something is a 79 year old leader doing the same. I chalk it up to poor toilet training.

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 1d

Bingo!!!

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 1d

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 1d

Wonder when Noem & Homan are going to start tattooing identifying numbers on the forearms of all the Brown people they detain?

Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 1d

To sum up, a Venezuelan woman who is risking her very life to restore democracy among her people won the Nobel Prize, not a narcissistic old crank from Queens getting rich destroying democracy in the United States. #NobelPeacePrize

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Peace Prize Live Updates: Venezuelan Pro-Democracy Politician María Corina Machado Wins - The New York Times
It's going to be hard cleaning that ketchup off the gold.
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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 1d

I seriously doubt #LindseyHalligan will secure a conviction for Comey, but I suspect she may make history as the first prosecutor to get herself convicted instead. Stay tuned #ComeyTrial

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts suspected leader of #ANTIFA

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 1d

Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department | CNN waste of time and money. share.google/NVCDD2EKnxDy...

Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department | CNN Politics

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday in Alexandria, Virginia, as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents, two s...

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 2d

Kristi Noem, as with my father before me who served in Patton's 3rd Army, I oppose fascism, so you can call me, and all like me, ANTIFA, anti fascist. Since you & your crowd feel threatened by us, can we call you Profa, pro-fascist? How about Nazi?

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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully not, they provide the best chocolate chip cookies at their annual bake sale.

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