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Sam Bethune
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⚓️ US Navy Mustang, retired ⚓️
doing my best to remain positive.
🧢 restore democracy, the rule of law and basic human decency. 🧢

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Sam Bethune @sambethune.bsky.social · Nov 21
It would be nice to go back to when “do not obey in advance” was not a concern.
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
"You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They don’t need that many. And you don't need 37 gold baby carriages. 2 or 3 is nice. You must go without, even though affordability is a hoax. See? I've fixed the problem!"
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Started / Going
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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nothoodlum.bsky.social
Remember how they said the upcoming war in Venezuela was about drugs, and then they seized an oil tanker?
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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simplyskye.bsky.social
Gavin Newsom: “Trump is one of the most destructive presidents & human beings in my lifetime — I think this republic is at real risk of this country being unrecognizable — I have no patience for people who want to indulge it. This guy is reckless. He has wrecked this country”

#Trump: A+++++
Gavin Newsom talks with Trump in LA
December 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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darren32359.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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pinkzombierose.bsky.social
When the American empire finally collapses, historians won't be stunned by the greed of the elite; They'll be stunned by the loyalty of the poor. The working class didn't just vote against their own interests. They worshipped the billionaires robbing them. They slashed their own benefits, gutted their own healthcare, and cheered while the rich wrote off private jets as tax deductions. Not because it helped them. But because they were told it would hurt someone else. And that, right there, is how you rig a democracy without ever breaking a single law.
December 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
sambethune.bsky.social
yes, our president is a loon!
pbump.com Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best. I’ve stopped Eight Wars, saving many millions of lives in the process, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, brought Business back into the United States at levels never seen before, rebuilt our Military, created the Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER, closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border, when previous Administrations were unable to do so, and created an “aura” around the United States of America that has led every Country in the World to respect us more than ever before. In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks — Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to “ace” this Examination and, in fact, most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all. Despite all of this, the time and work involved, The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am “slowing up,” am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that I work very hard, probably harder than I have ever worked before. I will know when I am “slowing up,” but it’s not now! After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean “THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.” They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it. They have inaccurately reported on all of my Election Results and, in fact, were forced to apologize on much of what they wrote. The best thing that could happen to this Country would be if The New York Times would cease publication because they are a horrible, biased, and untruthful “source” of information. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
December 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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CNN: That's not what farmers are telling you. One farmer at a town hall told you tariffs drove up prices of fertilizer

ALFORD: It was Biden that drove it up

C: That's not what the farmer told you

A: Well, that's what I'm telling you

C: Sir, excuse me. Are you listening to your constituents?
December 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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theliamnissan.bsky.social
So the blue checkmarks on Bluesky work the same way they originally worked on Twitter? Do I have to be famous in real life?
December 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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taniel.bsky.social
CONFIRMED: Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, will be the new mayor of Miami.

She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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FOX: Interim U.S. Attorney for the state of New Jersey, Alina Habba has resigned. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she accepted the resignation after a court's decision disqualifying Habba from serving.
December 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
sambethune.bsky.social
what a complete putz
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d
The authoritarian whiner in chief is already unhappy that Bari Weiss hasn’t stopped any criticism of him from airing on CBS and demanding an apology for the Marge interview
December 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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oeishik.bsky.social
Did you know that Americans now think all three of our branches are failing abysmally at their jobs? youtu.be/3JDSDdQg9wE
Our Government Is Currently Wildly Unpopular
YouTube video by Law & Society
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December 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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logicallyjc.bsky.social
No shit.
December 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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grantifa9.bsky.social
I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about Don Jr receiving a massive loan for his startup from the Pentagon. I guess when there’s so much corruption some things fly under the radar?
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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darren32359.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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sariarhohavren.bsky.social
When Russia praises the new US security strategy, you get the idea of the magnitude of the shift that has taken place.
December 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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jdthom.bsky.social
Their incompetence is our only chance.
December 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged against them?
December 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
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A screenshot of a social media post from a parody account styled as a governor’s press office. The post uses all caps and mocks a political figure by describing a fake award in exaggerated, insulting language. Below it is another post sharing a short video clip from a televised event at the Kennedy Center. In the video still a man in a suit is being given a large decorative medal by another man while cameras and a news chyron run along the bottom. The scene takes place on a stage with a blurred backdrop.
December 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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eviebauer727.bsky.social
This is how it’s supposed to be done.

‘Former senator Bob Menendez banned from holding public office in New Jersey’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Former senator Bob Menendez banned from holding public office in New Jersey
State court made ruling against ex-lawmaker now serving 11-year sentence for bribery and acting as an agent of Egypt
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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terre-strial.bsky.social
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.

It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”

- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM