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The Web Optimist
@weboptimist.bsky.social
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Retired SEO and former journalist living out my golden years (hint: there ain't no gold) in the desert paradise of Palm Springs, CA. Expect the unexpected... #VoteBlue 🏳️‍🌈 No DMs. No Bitcoin. No Crypto. No porn. No religion. No solicitation.
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · May 19
It's like Trump and the GOP wake up every morning with a new idea of how to make life miserable for average Americans while enriching themselves, the wealthy and corporations. CALL your representatives and senators, especially Republicans, and tell them WE WON’T STAND FOR THIS! (202) 224-3121
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 5h
I guess all it takes is giving the Felonious Orange a big, tacky $400 million jet to rework at tax payer expense for him to keep.
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 5h
I grew up in Texas but have been in California for 39 years. Texas has gone bat crap crazy. Doubt I will ever set foot in the state again.
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 6h
Ditto.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 6h
MSNBC is reporting that the DOJ is seeking an indictment of John Bolton.

I can’t stand that guy, and still: THIS IS SO WRONG.
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 6h
Trump voters did this...
finance.yahoo.com/news/live/st...
Stock market today: Dow sinks 800 points, S&P 500 and Nasdaq tumble as Trump's return to tariff threats spooks Wall Street
Markets tumble to end the week as President Trump renewed tariff threats on China.
finance.yahoo.com
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 6h
I've been hearing a lot about Karen these days, but what happened to Felicia? Did she finally leave?
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Pride For Peace 🏳️‍🌈 founders @prideforpeace.bsky.social · 7h
October 18th, 2025
Our TIME TO SHINE
We don't hate we CELEBRATE
#NoKings
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h
Another day of House Republicans refusing to show up for work to avoid a vote on the Epstein files. 3 weeks paid vacation and counting.
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 7h
Is there any precedence in the history of the United States of a country giving a sitting president a $400 million tacky flying palace that will be overhauled at tax payer expense for him to keep?
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 7h
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h
SCOTUS could still declare emergency tariffs illegal — which would be a fun cherry on this sundae. 🍨
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Barchart @barchart.com · 8h
BREAKING 🚨: Stock Market

We got rugged 📉📉
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 7h
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 7h
NO federal employees have to be fired due to the shutdown.

Trump is firing them instead of furloughing them because he WANTS to, NOT because he HAS to.

HE DOESN"T CARE ABOUT AMERICANS.
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 8h
Yep.
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 9h
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 10h
Maybe if he didn't act like such a monumental douchebag?
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Mountain Musings @mountainmusings.bsky.social · 13h
I don't know how you can successfully share a competent government when one political party simply lies all the time.
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 10h
But, but...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h
Surging debt is just part of the problem, according to Dalio. Festering global conflicts and wealth inequality are also creating an environment with “plenty to worry about,” he said.

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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ray Dalio Warns of Soaring Debt and ‘Civil War’ Brewing in US
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio reiterated warnings that US government debt is rising too quickly, fueling a climate analogous to the years before World War II.
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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 11h
Good morning everyone

Shout Out California
Morning Message from the great @markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Get YOUR BALLOT in the mail

VOTE YES ON PROP 50

Your Country Thanks You
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LisaLisa @lisalisa42.bsky.social · 1d
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 11h
I guess all it takes is giving the Felonious Orange a big, tacky jet to rework at tax payer expense for him to keep.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h
Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho