Roger L
@oldbackpacker.bsky.social
Retired physics professor. Avid backpacker. Husband, father, grandfather.
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“It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is operating as a massive criminal enterprise.”
This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate."
#TrumpSyndicate
This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate."
#TrumpSyndicate
February 19, 2026 at 5:05 PM
“It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is operating as a massive criminal enterprise.”
This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate."
#TrumpSyndicate
This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate."
#TrumpSyndicate
But this way he will direct the money to his backers. Just more corruption.
After pulling out of WHO, the Trump administration is proposing spending $2 billion a year to replicate the pandemic systems of the WHO, and that we dismantled with USAID—at 3 times the cost it paid WHO. We live in the dumbest timeline.
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After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it
HHS proposes spending $2 billion a year to re-create systems the U.S. accessed through the WHO at a fraction of the cost, according to officials briefed on the matter.
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February 19, 2026 at 7:05 PM
But this way he will direct the money to his backers. Just more corruption.
Make Americans sick for profit!
Kennedy supports these dangerous "treatments" and has cronies that profit from them, so of course he removed the FDA page that explained how they are dangerous. A Michigan boy died in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber last year. This is not making us healthier.
NEW: The FDA has removed a webpage warning about dangerous therapies claiming to treat autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under RFK Jr. to discredit long-established science.
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By @megomatz.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Make Americans sick for profit!
He’s been bought!
EISEN: I think we should also disclose that you [Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong] donated to the super PAC of your election campaign
BERNIE MORENO: Because they agree with me, not because I agree with them
BERNIE MORENO: Because they agree with me, not because I agree with them
February 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
He’s been bought!
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Every Trump official is fundamentally a thug
Real insane part of this clip is Hassett saying in the beginning that NY Fed researchers “should be disciplined” for…writing an economics paper that comes to a conclusion the president dislikes? A conclusion that matches the vast majority of economic evidence on tariffs? Nuts
Hassett: "The basic theory of President Trump's tariffs is sure, we're importing stuff from China, but we've got producers in US who make stuff, maybe at alightly higher place. If we bring stuff home, create demand, then that will hurt China & drive up wages & American consumers will be better off."
February 18, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Every Trump official is fundamentally a thug
Especially not his!
Counterpoint:
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
February 18, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Especially not his!
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What an utter disgrace Marco Rubio is.
"'I can say to you with confidence that President Trump is deeply committed to your success because your success is our success,' Rubio said during a joint press conference with Orban after their meeting."
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
"'I can say to you with confidence that President Trump is deeply committed to your success because your success is our success,' Rubio said during a joint press conference with Orban after their meeting."
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
Rubio tells Orban ‘your success is our success’ during Hungary visit ahead of elections
During a visit to Budapest Monday, just weeks before Hungary’s parliamentary elections, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban that the nationalist leader’s “succ...
www.france24.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
What an utter disgrace Marco Rubio is.
"'I can say to you with confidence that President Trump is deeply committed to your success because your success is our success,' Rubio said during a joint press conference with Orban after their meeting."
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
"'I can say to you with confidence that President Trump is deeply committed to your success because your success is our success,' Rubio said during a joint press conference with Orban after their meeting."
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
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If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
February 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
But he’s pro-life.
UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
February 16, 2026 at 3:24 AM
But he’s pro-life.
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"The version of Christianity that Trump's most devout supporters embrace (and he pretends to) has no room for Christ’s actual teachings. Anyone who references Jesus’s declarations to aid the sick, poor, and vulnerable is quickly labeled a socialist and/or antifa."
Trump is clowning his evangelical base
He's not even bothering to pretend anymore.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:27 AM
"The version of Christianity that Trump's most devout supporters embrace (and he pretends to) has no room for Christ’s actual teachings. Anyone who references Jesus’s declarations to aid the sick, poor, and vulnerable is quickly labeled a socialist and/or antifa."
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Elon Musk, a pro-apartheid South African, may have come here believing the US was a bastion of English-Scots-Irish culture. (By the way, were the Irish welcomed by the English?)
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
February 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Elon Musk, a pro-apartheid South African, may have come here believing the US was a bastion of English-Scots-Irish culture. (By the way, were the Irish welcomed by the English?)
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
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This odious white supremacist needs to learn some history.
Not so long ago, it was common to see "Irish need not apply" in job listings in the United States. You know, the same type of pernicious prejudice that Elon exhibits regularly.
Not so long ago, it was common to see "Irish need not apply" in job listings in the United States. You know, the same type of pernicious prejudice that Elon exhibits regularly.
February 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
This odious white supremacist needs to learn some history.
Not so long ago, it was common to see "Irish need not apply" in job listings in the United States. You know, the same type of pernicious prejudice that Elon exhibits regularly.
Not so long ago, it was common to see "Irish need not apply" in job listings in the United States. You know, the same type of pernicious prejudice that Elon exhibits regularly.
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The only thing saving our democracy is the strength of the American people and the sheer incompetence of the Trump sycophants.
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
The Marks of the Trump Dictatorship: Incompetence, Disorder, Chaos, Debacle, Bankruptcy, Hatred, Violence, Blame, Retribution, Fraud, Corruption, Lies, Cover Up, Perversion, Abuse, Immorality. . .
The Marks of the Trump Dictatorship: Incompetence, Disorder, Chaos, Debacle, Bankruptcy, Hatred, Violence, Blame, Retribution, Fraud, Corruption, Lies, Cover Up, Perversion, Abuse, Immorality. . .
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The only thing saving our democracy is the strength of the American people and the sheer incompetence of the Trump sycophants.
She can’t believe the Dow being above 50,000 excuses child rape.
You gotta admit, the staffers in the background keeping it real are the best part.
February 14, 2026 at 4:39 AM
She can’t believe the Dow being above 50,000 excuses child rape.
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Two things that are true at the same time.
#1 - Many men who did far worse than Kathy Ruemmler in connection with Jeffrey Epstein have avoided all sanction.
#2 - Kathy Ruemmler fully deserves early termination for actions enabling Jeffrey Epstein after his 2008 slap-on-the-wrist conviction.
#1 - Many men who did far worse than Kathy Ruemmler in connection with Jeffrey Epstein have avoided all sanction.
#2 - Kathy Ruemmler fully deserves early termination for actions enabling Jeffrey Epstein after his 2008 slap-on-the-wrist conviction.
February 13, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Two things that are true at the same time.
#1 - Many men who did far worse than Kathy Ruemmler in connection with Jeffrey Epstein have avoided all sanction.
#2 - Kathy Ruemmler fully deserves early termination for actions enabling Jeffrey Epstein after his 2008 slap-on-the-wrist conviction.
#1 - Many men who did far worse than Kathy Ruemmler in connection with Jeffrey Epstein have avoided all sanction.
#2 - Kathy Ruemmler fully deserves early termination for actions enabling Jeffrey Epstein after his 2008 slap-on-the-wrist conviction.
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And you know that notion never, ever crossed any same person's mind
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 13, 2026 at 4:14 AM
And you know that notion never, ever crossed any same person's mind
Of course they lied. Lying is the number one qualification for a Trump sycophant.
HAYES: “The target turned out to be 4 party balloons… No Mexican cartel drones. Just Border Patrol agents with a borrowed experimental space laser shooting at (party balloons).”🎪
The Trump regime, folks 🤦🏼- Bondi, Duffy etc all lied about why El Paso airport shut down.🎈
The Trump regime, folks 🤦🏼- Bondi, Duffy etc all lied about why El Paso airport shut down.🎈
February 13, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Of course they lied. Lying is the number one qualification for a Trump sycophant.
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The Epstein scandal isn't just about the disgusting sex trafficking of underage girls.
It's also about the rich, powerful men who LIED to us to cover up their involvement.
It's also about the rich, powerful men who LIED to us to cover up their involvement.
February 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
The Epstein scandal isn't just about the disgusting sex trafficking of underage girls.
It's also about the rich, powerful men who LIED to us to cover up their involvement.
It's also about the rich, powerful men who LIED to us to cover up their involvement.
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Watters: I was walking in my street, a car drives by and I give him a wave. He rolls down the window and says, “F U fascist.” He doesn’t know I’m a fascist!
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
February 12, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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“The news is reporting”
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
“The news is reporting”
The incompetence of president ugly piggy’s administration can’t be overstated.
The FAA has now abruptly reversed course and says the air space closure over El Paso has been lifted.
February 11, 2026 at 2:59 PM
The incompetence of president ugly piggy’s administration can’t be overstated.
Celebrate now because you sure as hell won’t be able to celebrate later. Idiotic.
Burgum on Trump's plan to end the regulation of greenhouse gases: "Every American should get up tomorrow and hold a celebration"
February 11, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Celebrate now because you sure as hell won’t be able to celebrate later. Idiotic.
He will claim he stayed outside.
Lutnick last year on his visit to Epstein's house in 2005: "My wife and I decided that I will never be in the room with that disgusting person ever again." (Lutnick testified under oath today that he visited Epstein's island in 2012.)
February 11, 2026 at 6:31 AM
He will claim he stayed outside.