Jan Rifkinson
@janrifkinson.bsky.social
The handsome fellow on the right is one of the wonderful Bouviers who graced my life for over 40 years. They were Bogart, Burton, Truman (pictured), Sabrina, Ruben, Sophie & Stella. Hopefully they are all waiting for me. https://janrifkinson.blogspot.com
......AND let us not forget that Trump & Jared & others want to clear the playing field so they can develop beach front resorts. Noooo! Really? Yes.
August 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
......AND let us not forget that Trump & Jared & others want to clear the playing field so they can develop beach front resorts. Noooo! Really? Yes.
From the #newsjunkie files:
The Declaration of Independence
Signed by John Hancock
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The Declaration of Independence
Signed by John Hancock
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July 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
From the #newsjunkie files:
The Declaration of Independence
Signed by John Hancock
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The Declaration of Independence
Signed by John Hancock
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July 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
June 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Warren Buffett [...] the United States shouldn’t use ‘trade as a weapon’ and anger the rest of the world. Said Buffett (of Donald Trump): “It’s a big mistake in my view when you have 7.5 billion people who don’t like you very well, and you have 300 million who are crowing about how they have done.”
May 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Warren Buffett [...] the United States shouldn’t use ‘trade as a weapon’ and anger the rest of the world. Said Buffett (of Donald Trump): “It’s a big mistake in my view when you have 7.5 billion people who don’t like you very well, and you have 300 million who are crowing about how they have done.”
Hey Pete, Here's something else to share with your Signals Chat group. Hoorah !!
Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Video: Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center
Videos and photos reveal remnants of at least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of an April 28 attack. The strike killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that con...
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May 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hey Pete, Here's something else to share with your Signals Chat group. Hoorah !!
Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Where's the DOGE?
“Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians,” -- AP reports.
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“Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians,” -- AP reports.
#newsjunkie #dosomething #VoteBlue
May 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Where's the DOGE?
“Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians,” -- AP reports.
#newsjunkie #dosomething #VoteBlue
“Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians,” -- AP reports.
#newsjunkie #dosomething #VoteBlue
Andrew Sullivan: “Once you grasp Trump as an elected monarch, his full rebuke to the very idea of America comes into clearer view. He is precisely — almost uncannily — what this country was founded to oppose: an arbitrary, corrupt, mendacious, and utterly incompetent king.”
#newsjunkie #trueblue
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April 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Andrew Sullivan: “Once you grasp Trump as an elected monarch, his full rebuke to the very idea of America comes into clearer view. He is precisely — almost uncannily — what this country was founded to oppose: an arbitrary, corrupt, mendacious, and utterly incompetent king.”
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#newsjunkie #trueblue
“It took more than 100 lawsuits and 50 restraining orders from dozens of federal judges. But after 20 days of court losses, the Trump administration capitulated, reversing a decision that threatened the legal status of thousands of foreign students in the United States,” -- Politico
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April 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“It took more than 100 lawsuits and 50 restraining orders from dozens of federal judges. But after 20 days of court losses, the Trump administration capitulated, reversing a decision that threatened the legal status of thousands of foreign students in the United States,” -- Politico
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Good morning.
The State Department closes the office that flags disinformation from Russia, China and Iran
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The State Department closes the office that flags disinformation from Russia, China and Iran
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April 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Good morning.
The State Department closes the office that flags disinformation from Russia, China and Iran
#newsjunkie
The State Department closes the office that flags disinformation from Russia, China and Iran
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...if a POTUS or any other government entity refuses to acquiesce to the rule of law, the only way to restore democracy, or the rule of law, is by revolution.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT 02/10/25
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April 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
...if a POTUS or any other government entity refuses to acquiesce to the rule of law, the only way to restore democracy, or the rule of law, is by revolution.
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If you are in the U.S. beware of what be coming courtesy of DOGE #newsjunkie
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I found a ‘dead’ person on Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
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March 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If you are in the U.S. beware of what be coming courtesy of DOGE #newsjunkie
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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On this gloomy, overcast day (in Ridgefield) This will make you feel good -- I promise #newsjunkie
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JAN RIFKINSON'S UNIVERSE
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March 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
On this gloomy, overcast day (in Ridgefield) This will make you feel good -- I promise #newsjunkie
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Even if you are only bluish, PLEASE take a few minutes to read and listen.
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The Trump Resistance Won’t Be Televised—It’ll Be on MeidasTouch
The progressive network is thriving in a second Trump term, recently dethroning Joe Rogan and becoming a destination for prominent Democrats. Still, the Meiselas brothers insist they’re not “cheerlead...
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March 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Even if you are only bluish, PLEASE take a few minutes to read and listen.
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"Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week or face consequences"
Dear Sir Muskrat: This is what I did last week:
On Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu & Fri -- on a new sheet of embossed government stationery, each day -- I wrote "fuck you" Muskrat 100 times in cursive.
Dear Sir Muskrat: This is what I did last week:
On Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu & Fri -- on a new sheet of embossed government stationery, each day -- I wrote "fuck you" Muskrat 100 times in cursive.
February 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week or face consequences"
Dear Sir Muskrat: This is what I did last week:
On Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu & Fri -- on a new sheet of embossed government stationery, each day -- I wrote "fuck you" Muskrat 100 times in cursive.
Dear Sir Muskrat: This is what I did last week:
On Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu & Fri -- on a new sheet of embossed government stationery, each day -- I wrote "fuck you" Muskrat 100 times in cursive.
Breakthrough plan for Middle East peace:
"President Donald Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere."
"President Donald Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere."
February 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Breakthrough plan for Middle East peace:
"President Donald Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere."
"President Donald Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere."
TODAY'S LAUGH
Trump Says a Shutdown Is Biden’s Problem to Solve
[...] insisting that the funding fight on Capitol Hill “is a Biden problem to solve,” Politico reports.
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Trump Says a Shutdown Is Biden’s Problem to Solve
[...] insisting that the funding fight on Capitol Hill “is a Biden problem to solve,” Politico reports.
#newsjunkie #realpolitik #politicalhumor
December 20, 2024 at 6:44 PM
TODAY'S LAUGH
Trump Says a Shutdown Is Biden’s Problem to Solve
[...] insisting that the funding fight on Capitol Hill “is a Biden problem to solve,” Politico reports.
#newsjunkie #realpolitik #politicalhumor
Trump Says a Shutdown Is Biden’s Problem to Solve
[...] insisting that the funding fight on Capitol Hill “is a Biden problem to solve,” Politico reports.
#newsjunkie #realpolitik #politicalhumor
imPOTUS. [...] announced he was selling [...] “the only guitar officially endorsed by President Donald J Trump” [...] An autographed electric version costs $11,750, the acoustic $10,250 [...] Gibson [...] issued a cease & desist order “as the design infringes upon Gibson’s exclusive trademarks [...]
December 3, 2024 at 5:49 PM
imPOTUS. [...] announced he was selling [...] “the only guitar officially endorsed by President Donald J Trump” [...] An autographed electric version costs $11,750, the acoustic $10,250 [...] Gibson [...] issued a cease & desist order “as the design infringes upon Gibson’s exclusive trademarks [...]
Trump’s New Cologne: Eau de Musk
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November 21, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Trump’s New Cologne: Eau de Musk
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The fact that I know more about Fani Willis’ and Nathan Wade’s relationship than I do about the crimes committed by Ginni Thomas and Clarence Thomas shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
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November 20, 2024 at 5:59 PM
The fact that I know more about Fani Willis’ and Nathan Wade’s relationship than I do about the crimes committed by Ginni Thomas and Clarence Thomas shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
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