Karl M
@karlo52101.bsky.social
Grateful for my wife. Practicing retirement. Dodger fan. miss '60s So Cal...Jim Murray, Vin, Chick. 10 minute bicycle commutes along the river, a cold Estrella Jalisco in the shower after chasing the lawn mower, Luther College Love/hate NE Iowa weather.
"In Lexington, Nebraska, Tyson Foods is shutting down the beef plant that has sustained the town for decades. Three thousand two hundred workers will lose their jobs in a town of roughly 11,000. Economists estimate total losses could reach 7,000."
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Incantation at Mar-a-Lago
Trump, the “Golden Fleet,” and the Performance of Power
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December 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"In Lexington, Nebraska, Tyson Foods is shutting down the beef plant that has sustained the town for decades. Three thousand two hundred workers will lose their jobs in a town of roughly 11,000. Economists estimate total losses could reach 7,000."
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1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
“National borders and the sovereignty of states are rooted in international law. Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders, and the U.S. shall not take over Greenland. We expect respect for our joint territorial integrity.”
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If Greenland Is “Essential,” Who’s Next?
Trump’s annexation rhetoric makes Canada’s fears suddenly look realistic
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December 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“National borders and the sovereignty of states are rooted in international law. Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders, and the U.S. shall not take over Greenland. We expect respect for our joint territorial integrity.”
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We gift the financial benefits to farmers and earth movers and stick you with a tumor, and/or a $1000 bill for a reverse osmosis system on your kitchen tap.”
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Tiling for Dollars
A high level discussion is needed about drainage tile
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December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We gift the financial benefits to farmers and earth movers and stick you with a tumor, and/or a $1000 bill for a reverse osmosis system on your kitchen tap.”
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"For decades, the U.S. lectured the world about the dangers of strongmen who seize resources, intimidate allies, monetize citizenship, and bully central banks. Today, we don’t have to look abroad for examples. We can simply peer out the window."
"For decades, the U.S. lectured the world about the dangers of strongmen who seize resources, intimidate allies, monetize citizenship, and bully central banks. Today, we don’t have to look abroad for examples. We can simply peer out the window."
Pirates of the Caribbean, Washington Edition
Oil tankers, gold visas, and a foreign policy held together with duct tape and delusion.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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"For decades, the U.S. lectured the world about the dangers of strongmen who seize resources, intimidate allies, monetize citizenship, and bully central banks. Today, we don’t have to look abroad for examples. We can simply peer out the window."
"For decades, the U.S. lectured the world about the dangers of strongmen who seize resources, intimidate allies, monetize citizenship, and bully central banks. Today, we don’t have to look abroad for examples. We can simply peer out the window."
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“[H]aving a president come in and fire all the scientists, and the doctors, and the economists and the PhDs, and replacing them with loyalists and people who don’t know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States,” she said.
“[H]aving a president come in and fire all the scientists, and the doctors, and the economists and the PhDs, and replacing them with loyalists and people who don’t know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States,” she said.
December 8, 2025
Last Wednesday, December 3, a reporter asked President Donald J.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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“[H]aving a president come in and fire all the scientists, and the doctors, and the economists and the PhDs, and replacing them with loyalists and people who don’t know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States,” she said.
“[H]aving a president come in and fire all the scientists, and the doctors, and the economists and the PhDs, and replacing them with loyalists and people who don’t know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States,” she said.
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"Tom Cotton is an embarrassment to Arkansas—and given that the state’s governor is Sarah Huckabee Sanders, that’s saying something."
"Tom Cotton is an embarrassment to Arkansas—and given that the state’s governor is Sarah Huckabee Sanders, that’s saying something."
Profile in Awfulness: Tom Cotton
The senator from Arkansas is a firehose of lies.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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"Tom Cotton is an embarrassment to Arkansas—and given that the state’s governor is Sarah Huckabee Sanders, that’s saying something."
"Tom Cotton is an embarrassment to Arkansas—and given that the state’s governor is Sarah Huckabee Sanders, that’s saying something."
