Frank Reed
@far284.bsky.social
Retired state bureaucrat. Politically not conservative, sometimes progressive, but identify as democrat. Diverse friends who are not or avoid extremes either way. Family/pets/vinyl/restoring stuff. Life is too short. Not into DM’s.
It doesn't even take a lawyer to know that this is abuse of power. Government intimidating and extorting states to bow. Opening investigation into Colorado prison system to force release of a sycophant guilty of state charges. This is not America. This regime needs to be forced out to save the US.
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It doesn't even take a lawyer to know that this is abuse of power. Government intimidating and extorting states to bow. Opening investigation into Colorado prison system to force release of a sycophant guilty of state charges. This is not America. This regime needs to be forced out to save the US.
This wasn't a peace plan. It has been a surrender package endorsed by tRUMP & his corrupt administration. Failing to prioritize Ukraine's interests over Putin's invasion/war & unabashed profiteering & extortion efforts, Ukraine's hopes rest with former US allies for real guidance. Disgraceful Sham!
Ukraine has delivered its response to Trump’s peace plan, Axios reports. Kyiv offered amendments and new ideas on territory & the Zaporizhzhia plant after consulting with the UK, France, and Germany. U.S.-Ukraine military talks continue Thursday.
December 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This wasn't a peace plan. It has been a surrender package endorsed by tRUMP & his corrupt administration. Failing to prioritize Ukraine's interests over Putin's invasion/war & unabashed profiteering & extortion efforts, Ukraine's hopes rest with former US allies for real guidance. Disgraceful Sham!
This is such a perfect example of how tRUMP just defies reality and calls it "fake news". Nothing out of his mouth has validity until it occurs. The U.S. is doomed with this sleaze bag at the helm. Possibly he is just the dingy and someone else is steering the ship into the Bermuda Triangle.
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is such a perfect example of how tRUMP just defies reality and calls it "fake news". Nothing out of his mouth has validity until it occurs. The U.S. is doomed with this sleaze bag at the helm. Possibly he is just the dingy and someone else is steering the ship into the Bermuda Triangle.
Mr. Brunelle, local illustrator, at his craft again.
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Mr. Brunelle, local illustrator, at his craft again.
The Senate Intelligence Chair is falling in line. Didn't see, but others told him so & he believes them. Just rotely repeat & repeat lies. It will overtake the truth. So rich given all we've been told or witnessed in this regime that isn't based in reality. Enough people aren't that brain dead yet!
BERMAN: Did you see any evidence of them trying to use a radio in the video you saw?
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
December 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Senate Intelligence Chair is falling in line. Didn't see, but others told him so & he believes them. Just rotely repeat & repeat lies. It will overtake the truth. So rich given all we've been told or witnessed in this regime that isn't based in reality. Enough people aren't that brain dead yet!
There is absolutely no shame in this family. Self-enrichment prohibitions & ethics guidelines be damned when it comes to cutting deals & making money! They are for the "chumps"!
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
There is absolutely no shame in this family. Self-enrichment prohibitions & ethics guidelines be damned when it comes to cutting deals & making money! They are for the "chumps"!
This is unbelievable. So much for thoughtful judicial review & impartial justice. This plot wreaks of maleficence & the conservative majority simply embraces it. God help us in the midterms given these opportunistic purists who simply close their eyes to the injustices of this administration.
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is unbelievable. So much for thoughtful judicial review & impartial justice. This plot wreaks of maleficence & the conservative majority simply embraces it. God help us in the midterms given these opportunistic purists who simply close their eyes to the injustices of this administration.
To great fanfare, a suspect is in custody related to pipe bombs being placed in 2021. Oddly, it seemed akin to a pep rally for team players. A truly weirdly odd partisan vignette, demean old guard & applaud the current regime players. Always conspiracists & cover-ups. Always shameless actors first.
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
To great fanfare, a suspect is in custody related to pipe bombs being placed in 2021. Oddly, it seemed akin to a pep rally for team players. A truly weirdly odd partisan vignette, demean old guard & applaud the current regime players. Always conspiracists & cover-ups. Always shameless actors first.
The Committee briefings appear focused on having mouthpieces like Cotton calm the maggot base & provide no information to validate his insight. tRUMP tags all an emergency or war to save "US" & it isn't making sense. "No other alternative existing" is cover for worse acts ahead. Full disclosure now!
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Committee briefings appear focused on having mouthpieces like Cotton calm the maggot base & provide no information to validate his insight. tRUMP tags all an emergency or war to save "US" & it isn't making sense. "No other alternative existing" is cover for worse acts ahead. Full disclosure now!
This should be career ending to start. From there only suggest a downhill slide to justice for all involved.
December 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This should be career ending to start. From there only suggest a downhill slide to justice for all involved.
Interesting development. Maybe information that might conflict with what led to the cushy settings she landed? Why is her own lawyer appearing to distance himself from this path? If she files in TX maybe she has some sympathetic court friends? She's no victim for sure in this legal machination.
Hmm. Ghislaine Maxwell is filing a habeas petition challenging her incarceration PRO SE (no lawyers). I guess even David Markus has his limits? Incidentally, she's worried that the release of the Epstein files would be devastating to her case.
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Interesting development. Maybe information that might conflict with what led to the cushy settings she landed? Why is her own lawyer appearing to distance himself from this path? If she files in TX maybe she has some sympathetic court friends? She's no victim for sure in this legal machination.
Can this filter be applied to anytime we have to endure him speaking? At least we could laugh more appropriately at what is coming out of his mouth. A Pennywise filter would also work for some of his really frightening comments.
December 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Can this filter be applied to anytime we have to endure him speaking? At least we could laugh more appropriately at what is coming out of his mouth. A Pennywise filter would also work for some of his really frightening comments.
It seems like whenever things in the press are going downhill, these toadies launch these cabinet productions competing for who can offer most adorations & accolades to crazy "Mogul".
Normal people won't be in the crazy family videos, so they can deny being there. These toads just adds more crazy!
Normal people won't be in the crazy family videos, so they can deny being there. These toads just adds more crazy!
Hundreds of millions. Wow, that's a lot. That's more than have died in every single war combined in the entire world since 1900.
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It seems like whenever things in the press are going downhill, these toadies launch these cabinet productions competing for who can offer most adorations & accolades to crazy "Mogul".
Normal people won't be in the crazy family videos, so they can deny being there. These toads just adds more crazy!
Normal people won't be in the crazy family videos, so they can deny being there. These toads just adds more crazy!
There are a number of medications of choice that could help alleviate some of these symptoms she exhibits. Before that though, immediate sedation could be the most humane first step. It could allow a treating provider to step back & regain the professional demeanor needed for a non-lethal option.
December 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
There are a number of medications of choice that could help alleviate some of these symptoms she exhibits. Before that though, immediate sedation could be the most humane first step. It could allow a treating provider to step back & regain the professional demeanor needed for a non-lethal option.
Translation: Dear Leader will protect you. You will never be be judged good followers. All directives are for the good of your people. Keep doing what you are directed to you. Heil, tRUMP!
Hegseth: "As President Trump always has our back, we always have the back of our commanders who are making decisions in difficult situations. All these strikes, they're making judgement calls ensuring they defend the American people. They've done the right things. We'll keep doing that."
December 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Translation: Dear Leader will protect you. You will never be be judged good followers. All directives are for the good of your people. Keep doing what you are directed to you. Heil, tRUMP!
Well, Johnson is certainly useful this one time in offering his perspective that there would be enough to get the impeachment votes needed. If Bannon is accurately quoted in this statement, then he will also reap some due process. This is the kind of post that powers hope for a future normal!
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Well, Johnson is certainly useful this one time in offering his perspective that there would be enough to get the impeachment votes needed. If Bannon is accurately quoted in this statement, then he will also reap some due process. This is the kind of post that powers hope for a future normal!
She is an absolute dim bulb in a block of concrete. There is no way that anything will get her to shine any brighter in her role & certainly nothing enlightening will ever come from her!
Leavitt: "Refugee admissions into the country right now are essentially at 0, with the exception of Afrikaners fleeing persecution in South Africa."
December 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
She is an absolute dim bulb in a block of concrete. There is no way that anything will get her to shine any brighter in her role & certainly nothing enlightening will ever come from her!
If Putin's wish list is the proposal, it won't be peace; it would be Ukraine's surrender. No prize is deserved for a war begun by Putin. The U.S. role is a sham & will be tainted by opportunistic deals & future wealth for tRUMP's inner circle. A legacy of profits/gains, self-enrichment over country!
🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: Russia started this war and Russia is the only country that can stop this war.
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If Putin's wish list is the proposal, it won't be peace; it would be Ukraine's surrender. No prize is deserved for a war begun by Putin. The U.S. role is a sham & will be tainted by opportunistic deals & future wealth for tRUMP's inner circle. A legacy of profits/gains, self-enrichment over country!
Noem may finally get her dues if she defied a judge's order to halt deportation flight months ago. Willingness to defy lawful orders, arrogant superiority & ongoing lies to advance inhumane actions by these incompetent appointees will cost them greatly. Another piece of trash for the growing pile.
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Noem may finally get her dues if she defied a judge's order to halt deportation flight months ago. Willingness to defy lawful orders, arrogant superiority & ongoing lies to advance inhumane actions by these incompetent appointees will cost them greatly. Another piece of trash for the growing pile.
Oversight Committees must take action if Hegseth did order the execution of survivors of a "narco boat hit" in September. His hubris in advancing strong military actions is all the worse if driven by ignorant defiance of civilized laws of military engagement. Never should have been confirmed.
December 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Oversight Committees must take action if Hegseth did order the execution of survivors of a "narco boat hit" in September. His hubris in advancing strong military actions is all the worse if driven by ignorant defiance of civilized laws of military engagement. Never should have been confirmed.
Absolutely on point. If it happened as described, it would be a war crime. If this administration was confident in the actions, they would willingly share more specifics of imminent peril that left no other options. Just silence amidst the inane bravado.
Senator Kelly didn’t mince words with Dana Bash: if a second strike hit a burning boat with survivors he thinks the second US military strike on a suspected Venezuelan drug vessel constitutes a war crime! A former Navy captain calling it out matters.
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
November 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Absolutely on point. If it happened as described, it would be a war crime. If this administration was confident in the actions, they would willingly share more specifics of imminent peril that left no other options. Just silence amidst the inane bravado.
Genius tRUMP is such an oxymoron.
This article lays out just how clear the case was against Juan Orlando Hernández, the former Honduran president convicted of trafficking cociane to the US was. He primised ro “shove cocaine up the nose of gringos”
Trump promises to pardon him. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Trump promises to pardon him. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
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November 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Genius tRUMP is such an oxymoron.
Worth repost. The next POTUS will spend most of their time cleaning up the huge messes of these incompetents. While tRUMP spouts nonstop of messes he has to clean up by his predecessor, the real victim is the next POTUS. tRUMP's accomplished this much in less than a year. Massive mess is his legacy.
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Worth repost. The next POTUS will spend most of their time cleaning up the huge messes of these incompetents. While tRUMP spouts nonstop of messes he has to clean up by his predecessor, the real victim is the next POTUS. tRUMP's accomplished this much in less than a year. Massive mess is his legacy.
In his confirmation hearings, he would not commit to following existing international rules of military engagement & GOP members still confirmed him. They knew what they were putting in as tRUMP's DOD head. He continues unchecked. They all need to be accountable. Idiot tRUMP will pardon him anyway.
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In his confirmation hearings, he would not commit to following existing international rules of military engagement & GOP members still confirmed him. They knew what they were putting in as tRUMP's DOD head. He continues unchecked. They all need to be accountable. Idiot tRUMP will pardon him anyway.
How much more before GOP cross the aisle to impeach this fool? Unless rigged, 2026 will see a house cleaning of gutless GOP members who watch intimidated & silent. He's more unhinged & worse by the day. His "incompetent team" also needs to be ousted as well.
If no action, voters WILL end it instead!
If no action, voters WILL end it instead!
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
How much more before GOP cross the aisle to impeach this fool? Unless rigged, 2026 will see a house cleaning of gutless GOP members who watch intimidated & silent. He's more unhinged & worse by the day. His "incompetent team" also needs to be ousted as well.
If no action, voters WILL end it instead!
If no action, voters WILL end it instead!