Jim Erskine
@jimers.bsky.social
Retired finance/banking guy. No party preference. Seeking intelligent discourse. Not a fan of bumper stickers.
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Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Excellent. Send this to your friends in the National Guard and anybody you know in ICE or CBP.
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Excellent. Send this to your friends in the National Guard and anybody you know in ICE or CBP.
This is true for every interaction with the press, including Leavitt's press briefings.
On this @60Minutes interview. Trump lies as he breathes. He lies every time he opens his mouth. We’ve never ever faced this before. And the media still has no fucking clue how to deal with it. It is pointless to interview him if you don’t fact check his lies. It’s just pointless.
November 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This is true for every interaction with the press, including Leavitt's press briefings.
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Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
Unbelievable. We have a childish lunatic as President.
Trump's Truth Social account just posted this AI video of him flying a fighter jet that reads "King Trump."
AI Trump is wearing a crown while he dumps shit on protesters. He's such a pathetic little man.
AI Trump is wearing a crown while he dumps shit on protesters. He's such a pathetic little man.
October 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Unbelievable. We have a childish lunatic as President.
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Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.
October 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.
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The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
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While Trump was busy doing nothing to lower grocery prices, he used the presidency to double his family’s wealth.
He was never going to help you.
He was always going to help himself.
He was never going to help you.
He was always going to help himself.
October 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
While Trump was busy doing nothing to lower grocery prices, he used the presidency to double his family’s wealth.
He was never going to help you.
He was always going to help himself.
He was never going to help you.
He was always going to help himself.
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Egypt has extremely strict gun control laws. Civilians are only permitted to own handguns -- no rifles or shotguns -- and only if they can prove they need the weapon for a specific purpose. Background checks for licensing are extensive and include vetting of family members and psych evaluations.
Trump on Egypt: "They have very little crime. Because they don't play games. That's why. Like we do in the United States with governors that have no idea what they're doing."
October 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Egypt has extremely strict gun control laws. Civilians are only permitted to own handguns -- no rifles or shotguns -- and only if they can prove they need the weapon for a specific purpose. Background checks for licensing are extensive and include vetting of family members and psych evaluations.
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This is great and maga world will never see it because they're all passing around ai slop videos of screaming protesters getting pepper sprayed that they believe are real
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is great and maga world will never see it because they're all passing around ai slop videos of screaming protesters getting pepper sprayed that they believe are real
Our Vice President is lying again!
ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"
October 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Our Vice President is lying again!
"Kill people and break things"
New motto for our military?
New motto for our military?
Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."
September 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"Kill people and break things"
New motto for our military?
New motto for our military?
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There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
Do. Not. Confirm.
The Florida insurance lawyer for AUSA of EDVA. Unreal.
This is very bizarre. After Trump demands Bondi prosecute his enemies, he puts out a post full of flattery.
September 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Do. Not. Confirm.
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Be Loud — For America... we are delighted to bring you JD Prtizker's words:
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Be Loud — For America
By Governor JB Pritzker
open.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Be Loud — For America... we are delighted to bring you JD Prtizker's words:
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Here's an excerpt -- check out the whole column and tell me what you think
September 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Here's an excerpt -- check out the whole column and tell me what you think
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Stop. The coverage you are following of the Kirk shooting and its aftermath has been, almost everywhere, deeply misleading and dangerous. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
Everyone Got the Story of the Murder of Charlie Kirk Wrong
It Was a Dangerous Week for America, But Not for the Reasons People Cited
open.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Stop. The coverage you are following of the Kirk shooting and its aftermath has been, almost everywhere, deeply misleading and dangerous. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
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Trump is making America sick again. It’s part of his keep em poor, dumb, and sick plan. #CleanAir #ClimateChange #PublicHealth @france24.com
September 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Trump is making America sick again. It’s part of his keep em poor, dumb, and sick plan. #CleanAir #ClimateChange #PublicHealth @france24.com
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Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).
September 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).
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Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts as Trump Abandons Resistance
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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We are watching an unprecedented public rejection of federal law enforcement (and, increasingly, by extension, the National Guard as well). It is not hard to see why the public is reacting so strongly to ICE’s abrupt takeover of daily life in America. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-is-eat...
ICE is Eating the Soul of America
Four things that show ICE increasingly considers itself outside the law
www.doomsdayscenario.co
September 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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WTF! Florida is out of control.
September 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
WTF! Florida is out of control.
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Treaty of Tripoli wants a word
September 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Treaty of Tripoli wants a word