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PhilG

@ssonick.bsky.social

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Retired IT guy. Part time Lighthouse Tour Guide at Cape Schanck, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. A learning grandad. Environment, Integrity, Equality.

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 2h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Edward A. Rowe @edwardarowe1.bsky.social · 16h

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PhilG @ssonick.bsky.social · 16h

Bras or Brass?

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TheFinnigans @finnigans.bsky.social · 23h

Barnyard: "Poorleen Darl, I am ready to serve and enhance the reputation of One Nation as an upright citizen"

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Shannon 🦇💩🤪 GOOD TROUBLE 💙💙💙 @shannonmaebreen.bsky.social · 18h

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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 2d

Saturday October 18
#NoKings

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PhilG @ssonick.bsky.social · 16h

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DemCastDonGA @donshantajr.bsky.social · 16h

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 1d

From Gov. Newsom Press Office…
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

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PhilG @ssonick.bsky.social · 16h

Umm, yep they deserve each other... #Poorleen and #Beetrooter Oh, hang on?

TheFinnigans @finnigans.bsky.social · 23h

Barnyard: "Poorleen Darl, I am ready to serve and enhance the reputation of One Nation as an upright citizen"

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Hawkeye8 @hawkeye8.bsky.social · 1d

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PhilG @ssonick.bsky.social · 17h

Absolutely correct. This is what the #GOP with the #OrangeFelon have turned the #USA into.

C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 1d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by @stevesack.bsky.social.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

After gutting Medicare and Medicaid to fund tax breaks for the rich, Trump and Republicans are now refusing to stop insurance premiums from skyrocketing.

Meanwhile, California will make CalRx insulin available at $11 a pen starting Jan. 1st.

We are not the same.

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PhilG @ssonick.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds fair to me.

Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

For too long gas companies have been taking the absolute piss.

This is an excellent proposal by @australianunions.bsky.social
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

For every $100 of gas exported, Australia gets 43 cents’: Unions open new tax battle
Shane Wright

October 16, 2025 — 10.30pm

Fresh from its backflip on superannuation tax reform, the Albanese government is now facing calls from the union movement to ditch its changes to taxes on oil and gas exports, in a move the ACTU says would raise $17 billion a year to be pumped into housing.

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MysterySolvent @mysterysolvent.bsky.social · Dec 12

Dogs know.

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PhilG @ssonick.bsky.social · 1d

If he is not in the #EpsteinFiles why are they not being released? There is only #OneAnswer

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

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PhilG @ssonick.bsky.social · 1d

Agree, the #USA is now a tragic global laughing stock. Feel sorry for those suffering. But how did the #USA vote for this twice?

AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 1d

It is so embarrassing to be a US citizen right now.
Unbelievable.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 3d

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d

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PhilG @ssonick.bsky.social · 1d

Plus release the #TrumpEpsteinFiles It is what the #GOPShutdown is really all about.

BrianShannonPhotography @beshannonphotos.bsky.social · 2d

PhilG @ssonick.bsky.social · 1d

That's how family names come to be... They were named appropriately back then. Nothing has changed.

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Lady4Freedom @sassylassiein2024.bsky.social · 1d

Inko Gneto @inkogneto.bsky.social · 1d

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.

Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.

Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!

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