Edward Goldstick
@ejgoldstick.bsky.social
Occam's Razor cuts both ways...
... and Zeno's Paradox is a rounding problem for anyone but purists.
... and Zeno's Paradox is a rounding problem for anyone but purists.
I am certainly not the first to post these, but sometimes repetition, like sunshine, is the best disinfectant...
latenighter.com/news/late-sh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Thank you, @colbertlateshow.bsky.social* & @jamestalarico.bsky.social
* and @stephencolbert.bsky.social for posterity.
latenighter.com/news/late-sh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Thank you, @colbertlateshow.bsky.social* & @jamestalarico.bsky.social
* and @stephencolbert.bsky.social for posterity.
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Amid FCC Scrutiny, Posts Interview on YouTube Instead
Stephen Colbert explained on Monday night’s Late Show that CBS lawyers told him “in no uncertain terms” that he could not have James Talarico, a Democratic Texas state representative currently running...
latenighter.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I am certainly not the first to post these, but sometimes repetition, like sunshine, is the best disinfectant...
latenighter.com/news/late-sh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Thank you, @colbertlateshow.bsky.social* & @jamestalarico.bsky.social
* and @stephencolbert.bsky.social for posterity.
latenighter.com/news/late-sh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Thank you, @colbertlateshow.bsky.social* & @jamestalarico.bsky.social
* and @stephencolbert.bsky.social for posterity.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-consti...
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A detailed explainer of that which is fairly obvious...
Thank you, @radleybalko.bsky.social
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A detailed explainer of that which is fairly obvious...
Thank you, @radleybalko.bsky.social
The Constitution is not a bargaining chip for a budget negotiation
The Democrats demanded that Trump's immigration cops follow the law and the Constitution. The Republicans called those demands "nonstarters."
radleybalko.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:02 AM
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-consti...
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A detailed explainer of that which is fairly obvious...
Thank you, @radleybalko.bsky.social
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A detailed explainer of that which is fairly obvious...
Thank you, @radleybalko.bsky.social
💯🧐... but it should not have been necessary! 😠✊
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the slavery exhibit that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
February 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
💯🧐... but it should not have been necessary! 😠✊
"For when u have some time.
An heroic story of profiles in quiet courage.
Librarians are American heroes."
💯 w/gratitude, @deedeel.bsky.social and @nellminow.bsky.social and #librarians at the ramparts of knowledge...
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An heroic story of profiles in quiet courage.
Librarians are American heroes."
💯 w/gratitude, @deedeel.bsky.social and @nellminow.bsky.social and #librarians at the ramparts of knowledge...
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Banned Books and the Librarians Caught in the Political Battle | Full Documentary #librarians are braver than law firms, universities, and corporations -- warriors for curiosity, learning, and access to information youtu.be/ywQOCY-qDzE?... via @YouTube #library
Banned Books and the Librarians Caught in the Political Battle | Full Documentary | Independent Lens
YouTube video by PBS
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
"For when u have some time.
An heroic story of profiles in quiet courage.
Librarians are American heroes."
💯 w/gratitude, @deedeel.bsky.social and @nellminow.bsky.social and #librarians at the ramparts of knowledge...
😠✊🇺🇸
An heroic story of profiles in quiet courage.
Librarians are American heroes."
💯 w/gratitude, @deedeel.bsky.social and @nellminow.bsky.social and #librarians at the ramparts of knowledge...
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This majestral piece should be read and absorbed by *anyone* with an iota of respect for who are "We, The People" got to where we are... Or more precisely were headed until now and what it will take to get back on track.
Thank you, @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
This majestral piece should be read and absorbed by *anyone* with an iota of respect for who are "We, The People" got to where we are... Or more precisely were headed until now and what it will take to get back on track.
Thank you, @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Elon's racist little post made me mad enough to write about it at CAMPAIGN TRAILS.
Diversity Is Our Strength
This morning, Elon Musk – the world's richest man and a key ally to the president of the United States – posted the content below to the white nationalist chat room and CSAM emporium he owns
There's ...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
February 16, 2026 at 4:45 AM
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This majestral piece should be read and absorbed by *anyone* with an iota of respect for who are "We, The People" got to where we are... Or more precisely were headed until now and what it will take to get back on track.
Thank you, @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
This majestral piece should be read and absorbed by *anyone* with an iota of respect for who are "We, The People" got to where we are... Or more precisely were headed until now and what it will take to get back on track.
Thank you, @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
"You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it."
Well said, @astrokatie.com
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Well said, @astrokatie.com
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Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 14, 2026 at 7:48 PM
"You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it."
Well said, @astrokatie.com
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Well said, @astrokatie.com
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Reposted by Edward Goldstick
Happy Valentine's Day
February 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Happy Valentine's Day
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Thank you, @jamiedupree.bsky.social, for your ongoing and intelligent attention to these and many other matters...
Thank you, @jamiedupree.bsky.social, for your ongoing and intelligent attention to these and many other matters...
Only Congress has the power to mandate Voter ID for all federal elections. Only Congress has the power to ban mail-in voting for all federal elections. Thanks for your attention to this matter.
February 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Thank you, @jamiedupree.bsky.social, for your ongoing and intelligent attention to these and many other matters...
Thank you, @jamiedupree.bsky.social, for your ongoing and intelligent attention to these and many other matters...
Outrageous and unprecedented...
💯 "Completely agree" per @kairyssdal.bsky.social
Thank you, @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
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💯 "Completely agree" per @kairyssdal.bsky.social
Thank you, @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
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When will Republicans, veterans organizations, & retired military officers speak up about this? No president in the history of the Republic has done this. Yet Trump, Vance, & Hegseth do it constantly. It betrays the most important core value of our military-no partisan politics.
February 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Outrageous and unprecedented...
💯 "Completely agree" per @kairyssdal.bsky.social
Thank you, @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
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💯 "Completely agree" per @kairyssdal.bsky.social
Thank you, @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
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The juxtaposition of these two stories in my feed are chilling reminders of the deliberate transformation of compassion into despair...
... and it is only amplified when combined with the obscure specter of AI-driven datacenters spreading everywhere.
... and it is only amplified when combined with the obscure specter of AI-driven datacenters spreading everywhere.
February 14, 2026 at 4:43 AM
The juxtaposition of these two stories in my feed are chilling reminders of the deliberate transformation of compassion into despair...
... and it is only amplified when combined with the obscure specter of AI-driven datacenters spreading everywhere.
... and it is only amplified when combined with the obscure specter of AI-driven datacenters spreading everywhere.
💯😠✊... 😱
It's one thing to let prejudice and xenophobia take control but another to deliberately if (perhaps) ignorantly undermine the future for everyone that was already precarious for all.
Thank you, @jeffsharlet.bsky.social et al. (and whomever shared this piece whether you or someone else...)
It's one thing to let prejudice and xenophobia take control but another to deliberately if (perhaps) ignorantly undermine the future for everyone that was already precarious for all.
Thank you, @jeffsharlet.bsky.social et al. (and whomever shared this piece whether you or someone else...)
It's not an exaggeration to say this will result in genocidal-scale death. And I don't mean in the distant, speculative future. Just the tens of thousands of pollution deaths in the relative near-term (Free link.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:24 PM
💯😠✊... 😱
It's one thing to let prejudice and xenophobia take control but another to deliberately if (perhaps) ignorantly undermine the future for everyone that was already precarious for all.
Thank you, @jeffsharlet.bsky.social et al. (and whomever shared this piece whether you or someone else...)
It's one thing to let prejudice and xenophobia take control but another to deliberately if (perhaps) ignorantly undermine the future for everyone that was already precarious for all.
Thank you, @jeffsharlet.bsky.social et al. (and whomever shared this piece whether you or someone else...)
Having worked in mission-critical systems (C3ISR, SCADA, "smart transportation", etc.) for almost 50 years, this screenshot of two sequential blurbs in an AI-related newsletter makes retirement both attractive and chilling to consider.
PS: no links include...
PS: no links include...
February 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Having worked in mission-critical systems (C3ISR, SCADA, "smart transportation", etc.) for almost 50 years, this screenshot of two sequential blurbs in an AI-related newsletter makes retirement both attractive and chilling to consider.
PS: no links include...
PS: no links include...
Well argued by @normornstein.bsky.social, of course, with fairness in mind...
... but left wondering:
- Who will track ID compliance by *all* voters, including MAGA seniors and hotheads?
- Will blue districts have any recourse *after* an election if errors of rejection and delay are proven?
... but left wondering:
- Who will track ID compliance by *all* voters, including MAGA seniors and hotheads?
- Will blue districts have any recourse *after* an election if errors of rejection and delay are proven?
February 12, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Well argued by @normornstein.bsky.social, of course, with fairness in mind...
... but left wondering:
- Who will track ID compliance by *all* voters, including MAGA seniors and hotheads?
- Will blue districts have any recourse *after* an election if errors of rejection and delay are proven?
... but left wondering:
- Who will track ID compliance by *all* voters, including MAGA seniors and hotheads?
- Will blue districts have any recourse *after* an election if errors of rejection and delay are proven?
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Me thinks Elon has been infected with The Weave Virus...
This may seem more concrete but is really just distracting technobabble...
Really saying "I got nothin'..."
Optimus = Optimal Muskiness
Me thinks Elon has been infected with The Weave Virus...
This may seem more concrete but is really just distracting technobabble...
Really saying "I got nothin'..."
Optimus = Optimal Muskiness
Elon Musk told employees at xAI, his artificial intelligence company, on Tuesday that the company needed a factory on the moon to build A.I. satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space.
Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon
In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM
🤯...
Me thinks Elon has been infected with The Weave Virus...
This may seem more concrete but is really just distracting technobabble...
Really saying "I got nothin'..."
Optimus = Optimal Muskiness
Me thinks Elon has been infected with The Weave Virus...
This may seem more concrete but is really just distracting technobabble...
Really saying "I got nothin'..."
Optimus = Optimal Muskiness
💯🧐✊...
... and so why does he not speak up now? A strong statement alone against the racist, xenophobic, and anti-immigrant horrors that are manifested in abuse of children and US citizens, the creation of concentration camps within our borders and irrational tariffs as international relations...
... and so why does he not speak up now? A strong statement alone against the racist, xenophobic, and anti-immigrant horrors that are manifested in abuse of children and US citizens, the creation of concentration camps within our borders and irrational tariffs as international relations...
Something that a lot of leftist friends have a hard time accepting is that George W. Bush was not a fascist or a dictator. Awful President, but not a fascist. If he'd clearly lost in 2004, he would have conceded and there would have been a normal transfer of power.
February 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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... and so why does he not speak up now? A strong statement alone against the racist, xenophobic, and anti-immigrant horrors that are manifested in abuse of children and US citizens, the creation of concentration camps within our borders and irrational tariffs as international relations...
... and so why does he not speak up now? A strong statement alone against the racist, xenophobic, and anti-immigrant horrors that are manifested in abuse of children and US citizens, the creation of concentration camps within our borders and irrational tariffs as international relations...
It's just posting, yeah, but I do it under my real name and for that I've been sued, had people try to get me fired, received death threats, etc.
If you can't even put your name behind your words, please help yourself to a piping hot mug of shut the fuck up.
If you can't even put your name behind your words, please help yourself to a piping hot mug of shut the fuck up.
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Thank you, @craignewmark.bsky.social ...
... but the challenge now is how to get through to "The People" so that consensus can be built on intellectually honest debate.
Would "Common Sense" or even "The Declaration of Independence" have any serious chance in our digital media maelstrom?
Thank you, @craignewmark.bsky.social ...
... but the challenge now is how to get through to "The People" so that consensus can be built on intellectually honest debate.
Would "Common Sense" or even "The Declaration of Independence" have any serious chance in our digital media maelstrom?
Have an idea about how your government could better serve you?
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February 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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Thank you, @craignewmark.bsky.social ...
... but the challenge now is how to get through to "The People" so that consensus can be built on intellectually honest debate.
Would "Common Sense" or even "The Declaration of Independence" have any serious chance in our digital media maelstrom?
Thank you, @craignewmark.bsky.social ...
... but the challenge now is how to get through to "The People" so that consensus can be built on intellectually honest debate.
Would "Common Sense" or even "The Declaration of Independence" have any serious chance in our digital media maelstrom?
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"The developers who sold these warehouses to ICE deserve to be ostracised & shamed."
per @melissjpeltier.bsky.social
... as should all elected GOP officials - local, state, and federal - who are allowing this travesty to take place in the 21st century in the USA!
"The developers who sold these warehouses to ICE deserve to be ostracised & shamed."
per @melissjpeltier.bsky.social
... as should all elected GOP officials - local, state, and federal - who are allowing this travesty to take place in the 21st century in the USA!
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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"The developers who sold these warehouses to ICE deserve to be ostracised & shamed."
per @melissjpeltier.bsky.social
... as should all elected GOP officials - local, state, and federal - who are allowing this travesty to take place in the 21st century in the USA!
"The developers who sold these warehouses to ICE deserve to be ostracised & shamed."
per @melissjpeltier.bsky.social
... as should all elected GOP officials - local, state, and federal - who are allowing this travesty to take place in the 21st century in the USA!
💯😠...🧐✊
This is surprisingly upsetting given that I have not looked at it recently...
... then again, it was disturbing to see the CTBTO needed to put out a statement discouraging the belief that *anyone* had tested very low yield nuclear devices in 2020.
see www.ctbto.org/resources/fo...
This is surprisingly upsetting given that I have not looked at it recently...
... then again, it was disturbing to see the CTBTO needed to put out a statement discouraging the belief that *anyone* had tested very low yield nuclear devices in 2020.
see www.ctbto.org/resources/fo...
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
[...The] answer to the seemingly puzzling question of why the CIA will not continue to publish? That answer:... Donald Trump who is completely devoid of any capability for fact. Plus, he’s afraid of facts: they are kryptonite to his fantasy world."
[...The] answer to the seemingly puzzling question of why the CIA will not continue to publish? That answer:... Donald Trump who is completely devoid of any capability for fact. Plus, he’s afraid of facts: they are kryptonite to his fantasy world."
RIP CIA Factbook
The Steady State | by Margaret Henoch
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
💯😠...🧐✊
This is surprisingly upsetting given that I have not looked at it recently...
... then again, it was disturbing to see the CTBTO needed to put out a statement discouraging the belief that *anyone* had tested very low yield nuclear devices in 2020.
see www.ctbto.org/resources/fo...
This is surprisingly upsetting given that I have not looked at it recently...
... then again, it was disturbing to see the CTBTO needed to put out a statement discouraging the belief that *anyone* had tested very low yield nuclear devices in 2020.
see www.ctbto.org/resources/fo...
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Yeah. And there was a fuzzy child-oriented PSA during the Super Bowl promoting MAHA...
Thank you, @jfallows.bsky.social
Yeah. And there was a fuzzy child-oriented PSA during the Super Bowl promoting MAHA...
Thank you, @jfallows.bsky.social
People of DC, more than two weeks into being totally iced in, now get news of measles spread—brought in by Right to Life marchers.
Looking for people exposed on the Metro, at DCA, at Children's Hospital, on Amtrak.
Gee, thanks, RFKJr et al.
dchealth.dc.gov/release/heal...
Looking for people exposed on the Metro, at DCA, at Children's Hospital, on Amtrak.
Gee, thanks, RFKJr et al.
dchealth.dc.gov/release/heal...
Health Officials Investigating Measles Exposures to DC Residents
(Washington, DC) - DC Health was notified of multiple confirmed cases of measles whose carriers visited multiple locations in the District while contagious. DC Health is informing people who were at t...
dchealth.dc.gov
February 9, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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Yeah. And there was a fuzzy child-oriented PSA during the Super Bowl promoting MAHA...
Thank you, @jfallows.bsky.social
Yeah. And there was a fuzzy child-oriented PSA during the Super Bowl promoting MAHA...
Thank you, @jfallows.bsky.social
The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
February 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM
💯😠🫵...
...pointing at all the DJT-led grifters, big and small.
Thank you, @andrewcmccarthy.bsky.social* and @thetnholler.bsky.social
* will follow for this series and for things seen in his feed (e.g., reporting that Rep. Frost was attacked by a DJT follower...)
h/t @normornstein.bsky.social
...pointing at all the DJT-led grifters, big and small.
Thank you, @andrewcmccarthy.bsky.social* and @thetnholler.bsky.social
* will follow for this series and for things seen in his feed (e.g., reporting that Rep. Frost was attacked by a DJT follower...)
h/t @normornstein.bsky.social
Andy McCarthy — conservative lawyer, Fox News legal analyst, National Review contributor… acknowledges the $500 MILLION UAE-crypto bribe right before Trump took office is far worse than anything even alleged about Biden.
www.nationalreview.com/2026/02/the-...
www.nationalreview.com/2026/02/the-...
February 8, 2026 at 4:41 PM
💯😠🫵...
...pointing at all the DJT-led grifters, big and small.
Thank you, @andrewcmccarthy.bsky.social* and @thetnholler.bsky.social
* will follow for this series and for things seen in his feed (e.g., reporting that Rep. Frost was attacked by a DJT follower...)
h/t @normornstein.bsky.social
...pointing at all the DJT-led grifters, big and small.
Thank you, @andrewcmccarthy.bsky.social* and @thetnholler.bsky.social
* will follow for this series and for things seen in his feed (e.g., reporting that Rep. Frost was attacked by a DJT follower...)
h/t @normornstein.bsky.social
🧐... 😓
Fascinating and moving while rather sad.
Independent of the artworks lost, the neglect and dismantlement of the constitutionally mandated USPS is an emblematic tragedy...
h/t @ringwiss.bsky.social
Fascinating and moving while rather sad.
Independent of the artworks lost, the neglect and dismantlement of the constitutionally mandated USPS is an emblematic tragedy...
h/t @ringwiss.bsky.social
👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
The disappearing art gallery in your post office
The U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed.
wapo.st
February 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
🧐... 😓
Fascinating and moving while rather sad.
Independent of the artworks lost, the neglect and dismantlement of the constitutionally mandated USPS is an emblematic tragedy...
h/t @ringwiss.bsky.social
Fascinating and moving while rather sad.
Independent of the artworks lost, the neglect and dismantlement of the constitutionally mandated USPS is an emblematic tragedy...
h/t @ringwiss.bsky.social
💯😠✊...
... with muted thanks to whomever shared this with us ordinary folks, the non-subscribers.
The conclusion that defending Presidential immunity a priori may be the deepest cut and an irreparable tear in the Constitutional fabric of the republic is apt.
Thank you, @jrakove.bsky.social
... with muted thanks to whomever shared this with us ordinary folks, the non-subscribers.
The conclusion that defending Presidential immunity a priori may be the deepest cut and an irreparable tear in the Constitutional fabric of the republic is apt.
Thank you, @jrakove.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 1:15 AM
💯😠✊...
... with muted thanks to whomever shared this with us ordinary folks, the non-subscribers.
The conclusion that defending Presidential immunity a priori may be the deepest cut and an irreparable tear in the Constitutional fabric of the republic is apt.
Thank you, @jrakove.bsky.social
... with muted thanks to whomever shared this with us ordinary folks, the non-subscribers.
The conclusion that defending Presidential immunity a priori may be the deepest cut and an irreparable tear in the Constitutional fabric of the republic is apt.
Thank you, @jrakove.bsky.social
💯😠✊...🤔
This reminds one of a more poignant soliloquy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pu0...
www.shmoop.com/quotes/grape...
Thank you, www.now-what.us...
Big H/T to @iammrbeat.bsky.social
This reminds one of a more poignant soliloquy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pu0...
www.shmoop.com/quotes/grape...
Thank you, www.now-what.us...
Big H/T to @iammrbeat.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
💯😠✊...🤔
This reminds one of a more poignant soliloquy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pu0...
www.shmoop.com/quotes/grape...
Thank you, www.now-what.us...
Big H/T to @iammrbeat.bsky.social
This reminds one of a more poignant soliloquy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pu0...
www.shmoop.com/quotes/grape...
Thank you, www.now-what.us...
Big H/T to @iammrbeat.bsky.social