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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 7m

Ignoble prize for trade-war lashing out at China in a fit of petulance after not getting a ribbon at the fair. This is one of the many reasons you can't have nice things Mr. Prez.

JD, the 25th Amendment is calling again, will you hold?

Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 17m

Why do these guys feel they need to show their work like this? It's like a weird cross between a grade-schooler who won a penmanship award and someone compelled to prove to the boss that they are doing their best to keep him happy.

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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 28m

TACO. Buying opportunity if you are quick. Don't get greedy though, you never know what the Whiplash King will do next.

He's like toddler with a dirty diaper running about the parlor. You never know where you'll find the next little gift.

Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 2h

"Budget office says ‘substantial’ firings of federal workers have started" Directive from President Donald Trump and his administration | Oct. 10, 2025"

DJT is quite literally ruining peoples lives rather than green light honest negotiations of the budget.

Oh, and check your Medicare Adv. rates.

Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 17h

Not sure I trust this Scott Leiendecker fellow . . .

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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 17h

Trump claims to love paper ballots, but also insist on instantaneous results (so instantaneous that he frequently claims the election while people are still at the polls).
Paper does provide a nearly (apart from bald-faced cheats) indelible record of intent of the voter,but can be slow, bulky . . .

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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 17h

Hmm. In 2023, Dominion received a $787.5 million settlement from Fox News for spreading false claims about the company in the 2020 election. The settlement was more than triple the $225 million valuation Dominion held prior to the 2020 election.

Seems ownership cashed in their chips and went home.

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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 17h

Just so stupid. It's bad enough that many efforts to fight climate change/energy crisis were half-hearted vanity projects. Occasionally we do something smart like solar farms (could have been done smarter, but that is another story), but these idiots stick heads in sand, and roll us back 50 years.

Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 1d

Give him credit for dragging it out till the entire area has been reduced to rubble, so (as is typical in real estate exploitation) the land will be acquired for cheap, and the Gaza Riviera plan with TRUMP signage at the top of beach front property sends the Palestinians into the desert.

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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 1d

Wolf needs to retire - yesterday.

CNN: Giving airtime to a torch-waving firebrand for their brief foray into sanity in an effort to legitimize your own network attempts to reach a broader audience - you need to quit pandering and grow some dignity.

Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 1d

You can sing, dance, hurl insults, burn the flag, and give'em the finger. I fully support your right . . but this is not Kent State where really bad things resulted from accidental chaos. This chaos is meant to illicit bad things, where we might win the battle but lose the war.

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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 1d

". . plywood on their windows." Yeah? Like Mar-a-Lago in a couple of years when your house of cards comes tumbling down.
The Dems are absolutely awful at refuting his BS. Where is their PR? Their media campaigns (new and traditional 're:old')? I get plenty of 'asks' emails, but where is a leader?

Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 1d

Just to make it obvious . . .

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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 1d

Protesters should pull back a bit behind a line of vehicles or other obstructions. Keep your signs out for the media to see, sing, chant, bullhorn a well thought message.
Do not take the bait, do not taunt the shooters. Trump's goons are intent on escalating this so they can declare martial law.

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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 1d

So Ms. Luna really thinks she's got the chops for playing in the majors? This is so far over her head that she won't even realize that she is being used. She's deluded if she believes elsewise.

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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 2d

Well, now that they have had the Voodoo donuts, they'll let their hair grow, lean into pescetarianism, wear Birkenstocks while running errands, and decide living near Coos Bay might be nice.

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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 2d

This☝️, Contempt of Congress is a real change (without much teeth, thou I'd love to see the Sergeant at Arms throw her in a coat closet and bar the door). www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

www.congress.gov

Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 2d

'Trump said he's "never heard" of . . .' despite former interactions.
So . . .
1) he is senile and can't remember
or
2) he is lying

Funny how DJT holds a grudge forever, but forgets that he ever heard of people he wants distance from, even his best bros - once they become a liability.

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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 3d

CBS goes full MAGA.
www.npr.org/2025/10/06/n...

Who is Bari Weiss? CBS News' new editor-in-chief is a vocal critic of legacy media

Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here's what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News.

www.npr.org

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

We'll say it too: Fuck authoritarianism

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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 4d

Beyond this - they are completely siloed in their own programmatic information tower that only affirms what they want to be true and serves the purpose of their demented vision of the future.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

A disturbed man and his fanatical advisors are making potentially life-threatening decisions on the basis of what he sees on television.

We should all be very concerned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-trump-gets-and-processes-information

Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 6d

Mitch McConnell (possibly without actually being read-in on the evil depths of their plan) spent the last several decades used by the cloaked oligarchs to build a SCOTUS that would undercut the Constitution and pave the way for dimwitted figurehead president to be used/discarded in takeover of USA.

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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 6d

What left wing terrorist? To stand with a sign condemning fascism and the right wing terrorist lurking about the oval office is enough to fill Miller's definition? I don't see armed 'left wingers' storming the capital or hiding their identities while ignoring due process and terrorizing brn people.

Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 6d

Is he aware of the self-owning he has done with the use of capital R "Republican" in this statement? Consciously or not he means that only the one party, his party, that of conformist drones, will run this country, and those who vary from this by any amount are not-party, and hence enemy.

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Where did we go wrong . . @rerussell.bsky.social · 6d

t'ai'l wags dog.

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