Ed Manley
epm522.bsky.social
Ed Manley
@epm522.bsky.social
Retired. Very liberal. Love to read , listen to all kinds of music. Pinochle fan.
Hegseth declares end of US 'utopian idealism' with new military strategy

Clown playing a tough guy🙄
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
It’s crazy. Not a peep from our government as expected but are other countries weighing in?
Russia just tried to assassinate Zelensky on EU soil and it's barely news.
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Trump only cares about the issues Americans face when it’s politically convenient for him.
December 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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🤣🏆🤣🏆
December 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Institutionalized regression in consumer protection.

Next, they’ll make seat belts optional in the name of “choice”. 🤡
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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RIP Steve Cropper 🎸
Booker T. & The MG's - Time Is Tight (Live, 1970)
YouTube video by 60s70sVintageRock
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Trump's White House gutted the Institute of Peace, fired its staff and called it a "bloated, useless entity." Now Trump has renamed the institute he tried to destroy after himself. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Blatant corruption on full display.
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?

That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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So am I.
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...

Wow, from Russia's enemy to Russia's little toady.
Top U.S. Negotiator Warned Europeans That Russia Is Stockpiling Missiles
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Even now, thinking about himself
November 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data, TPS ends for thousands of Burmese war refugees, plus Kristi Noem explainer video.
migrantinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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lmao
when the tryptophan hits
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

Just one of the more dumb things this administration is doing. just stupid.
Trump Administration Will Raise Prices for Foreign Tourists at National Parks
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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ICE Barbie went to Vegas to hand out fake bonus checks to TSA employees and ATC who worked without pay during shutdown.

'Let’s hand out some checks, should we?'

... and then made a show of handing out bonus checks that she later admitted were not actually checks.

www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem admits to handing out 'fake' bonus checks for photo op: report
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem admitted over the weekend to handing out "fake" checks, according to a new report.In an article called "ICE Barbie Makes Big Show of Handing Out Fake Bonus...
www.rawstory.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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How good would it feel to hit a button and deploy a Mass Production Evangelion to this parking lot?
November 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
So , so shady.
REUTERS: “The situation has sparked worries inside the administration and on Capitol Hill that Witkoff & Kushner skirted the interagency process and the discussions with Dmitriev resulted in a plan that favors Russian interests.” www.reuters.com/world/europe...
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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👇👇
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM