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WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 3d

At kickoff, make sure you secure your child's oxygen mask before putting on your own. Do not remove unless you are drinking a $22 beer.

WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 3d

That's not trickle down, that's middle class evaporation.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 6d

It's always hilarious to me that when it comes to deciding where to settle their families, so many right wing grifters end up choosing the bluest states possible.

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 6d

SCOOP: PA prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parent's address in Pennsylvania for years. Me with @marisakabas.bsky.social

slate.com/news-and-pol...

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 5d

So many different variations across Latin America- but how can you not love this?
youtu.be/sak_-WjW_iY

Los Ángeles Azules - La Cadenita (De Plaza En Plaza) ft. Alicia Villarreal

YouTube video by LosAngelesAzulesVEVO

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WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 5d

Never forget - this is what they voted for

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9d

WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 5d

Remember back in 2002 when your town had a thriving downtown before Walmart rolled into that empty lot out by the interstate and started undercutting the prices of local merchants to take over the market?
Yeah, that was magical...

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Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · 6d

People who hold racist, xenophobic, and transphobic beliefs and negative attitudes toward gay people are more likely to support political violence. Researchers found a similar trend among NRA supporters.

Fairriona Magee/The Trace on research in The Lancet and a new preprint

Support of the NRA Is Linked to Support of Political Violence, New Research Finds

The recent uptick in political attacks has shaken Americans. Researchers are examining the sentiments related to these acts.

www.thetrace.org

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WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 6d

So now we're paying taxes to a sectarian government that uses the money to punish people in a partisan way?

WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 6d

No idea. Aeneid a little help with this one.

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 7d

I don’t remember how I met this female Air Force pilot, but we chatted about her being a pilot. These women r Bad A$$! I rode in a glider n got motion sickness. If I rode in those jets I’d prob 🤮😂 #militarywomen

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WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 6d

As we all know, every genuine tough guy has to go around bragging how tough they are.

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Ryan C. Smith @rcsmitheco.bsky.social · 7d

This administration has burned a thousand Great Libraries every day since they took power. There are no words for how much damage such deliberate destruction of knowledge will do to society.
#AcademicSky

Jonathan L. Fischer @jonfischer.bsky.social · 7d

NEWS: White House fires much of the National Council on the Humanities www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

White House fires much of the National Council on the Humanities

The White House appeared to fire all but four members of the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory board to the head of the government’s grantmaking agency.

www.washingtonpost.com

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WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 6d

The federal government is using our tax dollars to implement punitive measures against over half of the citizenry. We need to find ways to not fund our demise and starve the beast.

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WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 6d

The federal government is now using taxpayer dollars to punish over half of the taxpayers. We are funding our own demise. Maybe that needs to change.
You can't collect sales tax when no one buys.
Maybe a nationwide epidemic of "blue flu" will rebalance the scales.

WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 6d

Just saw that 55,000 American soybean farmer's are now harvesting a crop of which 25% used to be purchased by China. But due to tariffs, China has bought zero percent of American soybeans, finding cheaper soy elsewhere. Using 25% of your income while prices skyrocket is America being great again.

WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 6d

So says the president of less than 40% of the country, according to polls. "Democratic agencies", (wtf) are likely programs to help our poorer and more desperate fellow Americans - you know, red state residents. He won't cut Republican billionaire programs- they care fuck all for the working class.

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Gerry Joyce-Magladene @deaconbluesky.bsky.social · 7d

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WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 7d

...Signifying nothing. Same tactics for the last 20 years, same results. But I wish you best of luck with your strongly worded letters and snarky posts - that should change everything.
See you at the next ALA conference!

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WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 7d

Kelly - I enjoy how, despite knowing nothing about me, you think I am clueless and know nothing about this issue. That is not the case by a long shot.
No one said this is THE answer, but one must fight a war on many fronts and draw attention to the issue, otherwise it's just more sound and fury...

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WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 7d

Kelly - I understand your concern. This would be in addition to the public library, not a substitute. We need to find ways to subvert the will of the fascists on every conceivable front and be seen to do so visibly until rational people can regain power.

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Debbie Loftin @deloftin.bsky.social · 8d

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WVDave420 @wvdave420.bsky.social · 7d

You could get a set of MAGA word tiles, the kind people had on their refrigerators years ago, scrabble them randomly, and you'll have a do-it-yourself Leavitt response to any question.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 8d

The eldest daughter texted today:

We all died during Covid and we're in hell.

😂😩

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