Ron Charest
@roncharest.bsky.social
Semi-retired government worker, retired Navy, world traveler and adventurer. Loves to read, write, watch movies, play on the water in boats and kayaks.
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Me too.
Still waiting for those Epstein files to be released
January 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Me too.
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Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
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We're now living in a world where Germans are defending Europe from American Nazis.
January 11, 2026 at 2:06 PM
We're now living in a world where Germans are defending Europe from American Nazis.
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With everything that has happened this week, you know what didn’t happen?
The release of the Epstein files.
The release of the Epstein files.
January 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
With everything that has happened this week, you know what didn’t happen?
The release of the Epstein files.
The release of the Epstein files.
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open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...
When your MAGA friends make statements that you disagree with, ask them if their POV is morally correct. I use it all the time in SC. It works. They stop talking. Some learn from it, and others walk away. BUT they stop talking hate and vitriol.
When your MAGA friends make statements that you disagree with, ask them if their POV is morally correct. I use it all the time in SC. It works. They stop talking. Some learn from it, and others walk away. BUT they stop talking hate and vitriol.
Morality Is A Trust We Share & Must Defend
Trump's "own morality" isn't his alone, but a dangerous distortion created by well-funded religious nationalists
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...
When your MAGA friends make statements that you disagree with, ask them if their POV is morally correct. I use it all the time in SC. It works. They stop talking. Some learn from it, and others walk away. BUT they stop talking hate and vitriol.
When your MAGA friends make statements that you disagree with, ask them if their POV is morally correct. I use it all the time in SC. It works. They stop talking. Some learn from it, and others walk away. BUT they stop talking hate and vitriol.
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Trump administration IRL
December 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump administration IRL
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But billionaires pay lower taxes.
January 2, 2026 at 7:06 PM
But billionaires pay lower taxes.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Headed out to our 15th protest this yr. I’m beyond sick of him, sick of the racism, bigotry, homophobia, misogyny, & ICE.
December 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Headed out to our 15th protest this yr. I’m beyond sick of him, sick of the racism, bigotry, homophobia, misogyny, & ICE.
Some possible delayed merry Christmas
December 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Some possible delayed merry Christmas
Just a thought exercise, in view of the 60 minutes broadcast bring pirated and uploaded to the Internet by Canada; maybe Canada could setup a “Radio Free America” to broadcast real news to America? Particularly target our Midwest states that now only get right-wing media.
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Just a thought exercise, in view of the 60 minutes broadcast bring pirated and uploaded to the Internet by Canada; maybe Canada could setup a “Radio Free America” to broadcast real news to America? Particularly target our Midwest states that now only get right-wing media.
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My quote of the day
Masha Gessen
Masha Gessen
December 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
My quote of the day
Masha Gessen
Masha Gessen
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This is my new favorite thing
‘Slightly haunted but manageable’: new signs cause confusion – and delight – in Christchurch
‘Slightly haunted but manageable’: new signs cause confusion – and delight – in Christchurch
Six absurdist signs resembling official city council information boards have popped up across New Zealand’s second-largest city
Outside an abandoned building in New Zealand’s second-biggest city, a sign reads “slightly haunted but manageable”. In the middle of a busy shopping strip, pedestrians are warned to keep to a 2.83km/h walking speed. In another part of the Christchurch, one piece of signage declares simply “don’t”.
The baffling boards are not an overzealous new council initiative, but a piece of art designed to “play with the way we take authority and signage so seriously”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This is my new favorite thing
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We have a child as President.😖😠
December 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We have a child as President.😖😠
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🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD!!
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
December 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD!!
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Since he's been quiet on the topic, #TX03 voters should assume that Texas MAGA Mouthpiece Rep KEITH SELF is perfectly okay with state-sanctioned piracy by the POTUS/US Navy
Keith Self needs to explain why he/him and Congress have NOT taken control of their Article I, Section 8 War Powers duties!
Keith Self needs to explain why he/him and Congress have NOT taken control of their Article I, Section 8 War Powers duties!
December 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Since he's been quiet on the topic, #TX03 voters should assume that Texas MAGA Mouthpiece Rep KEITH SELF is perfectly okay with state-sanctioned piracy by the POTUS/US Navy
Keith Self needs to explain why he/him and Congress have NOT taken control of their Article I, Section 8 War Powers duties!
Keith Self needs to explain why he/him and Congress have NOT taken control of their Article I, Section 8 War Powers duties!
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That assault on children, using the resources we citizens provided to that government, is what prompted me to activate this account.
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
That assault on children, using the resources we citizens provided to that government, is what prompted me to activate this account.
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Gift article
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Gift article
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