Brett W McCoy
@idragosani.bsky.social
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Brett W McCoy
@idragosani.bsky.social
· Feb 4
Hi, I'm your friendly neighborhood software engineer. I do music and visual art also, but don't talk about it here (go find me on FB/IG for that). I'm more grumpy and left-wing here on Bluesky and doing what I can to #resist the current regime under POTUS47 and his broligarchy.
Great Laura Loomer is back. I thought she was told to go away last Fall
April 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Great Laura Loomer is back. I thought she was told to go away last Fall
"BLM is a defund the police group. We are not a defund the police nation" the author of this bill says. Then why is the executive branch dismantling the FBI and DOJ? The FBI HQ is on the list of local buildings that Trump wants to shut down. DOJ HQ is also.
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Georgia congressman introduces bill to rename DC’s Black Lives Matter Plaza - WTOP News
A member of Congress from Georgia has introduced legislation demanding D.C.’s mayor rename Black Lives Matter Plaza, or risk losing federal funding.
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March 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"BLM is a defund the police group. We are not a defund the police nation" the author of this bill says. Then why is the executive branch dismantling the FBI and DOJ? The FBI HQ is on the list of local buildings that Trump wants to shut down. DOJ HQ is also.
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He has said his goal for putting her into this role is so she can put herself out of a job
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Senate confirms McMahon to lead Education Department as Trump pushes to shut it down - WTOP News
The Senate is voting Monday on whether to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation’s education chief, a role that would place her atop a department that President Donald Trump ha...
wtop.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
He has said his goal for putting her into this role is so she can put herself out of a job
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Reposted by Brett W McCoy
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
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February 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
Reposted by Brett W McCoy
I'm sorry Mr Zelenskyy, not all Americans support these clowns sitting in the Oval Office playing "government" the way children play "house"
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Trump cuts short talks with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy after Oval Office blow up - WTOP News
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump shouted at Ukraine's leader on Friday during an extraordinary meeting in the Oval Office, berating President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for “gambling with millions of...
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February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I'm sorry Mr Zelenskyy, not all Americans support these clowns sitting in the Oval Office playing "government" the way children play "house"
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S9:E9 of The Big Bang Theory where Elon Musk shows up working in a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving did not age well.
February 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
S9:E9 of The Big Bang Theory where Elon Musk shows up working in a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving did not age well.
No surprise, they are now working on completely taking over the military
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Trump ousts Joint Chiefs chairman, other leaders in major Pentagon shake-up
The Navy’s top admiral and a senior Air Force general also were dismissed as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to align the military with Trump’s agenda.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
No surprise, they are now working on completely taking over the military
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The audacity for wanting to start a country without hereditary nobility and monarchy.
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Poll Shows Increasing Number Of Voters Blame Founding Fathers For Starting America
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ—Shedding new light on the U.S. populace’s view of current national predicaments, a Monmouth University poll released Tuesday revealed that an increasing number of voters hold the ...
theonion.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The audacity for wanting to start a country without hereditary nobility and monarchy.
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This is where we are now
February 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is where we are now
On installing an interim director for the Kennedy Center:
“Ric [Richard Grenell] shares my Vision for a GOLDEN AGE of American Arts and Culture, and will be overseeing the daily operations of the Center [and will not host] drag shows, or other anti-American propaganda.”
“Ric [Richard Grenell] shares my Vision for a GOLDEN AGE of American Arts and Culture, and will be overseeing the daily operations of the Center [and will not host] drag shows, or other anti-American propaganda.”
February 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
On installing an interim director for the Kennedy Center:
“Ric [Richard Grenell] shares my Vision for a GOLDEN AGE of American Arts and Culture, and will be overseeing the daily operations of the Center [and will not host] drag shows, or other anti-American propaganda.”
“Ric [Richard Grenell] shares my Vision for a GOLDEN AGE of American Arts and Culture, and will be overseeing the daily operations of the Center [and will not host] drag shows, or other anti-American propaganda.”
“So we took over the Kennedy Center. We didn’t like what they were showing and various other things. But we have, I guess, a whole new group of people going in. ... I’m going to be chairman of it, and we’re going to make sure that it’s good and it’s not going to be woke.”
Guess who?
Guess who?
February 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“So we took over the Kennedy Center. We didn’t like what they were showing and various other things. But we have, I guess, a whole new group of people going in. ... I’m going to be chairman of it, and we’re going to make sure that it’s good and it’s not going to be woke.”
Guess who?
Guess who?
Movies usually depict people in post-apocalyptic worlds fighting and stealing and killing over gasoline or breathable air or whatever... never thought it would be eggs.... this isn't the only incident like this....
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Police still haven't cracked who stole 100,000 eggs from a company in Pennsylvania
The theft was reported Saturday night of 100,000 organic eggs worth more than $40,000 from a distribution trailer in south-central Pennsylvania.
www.usatoday.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Movies usually depict people in post-apocalyptic worlds fighting and stealing and killing over gasoline or breathable air or whatever... never thought it would be eggs.... this isn't the only incident like this....
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
In reality, he doesn't care about cultural things or the performing arts. He's wanted to end the national endowments for arts and humanities, for instance, and he never attended any KC Honors. He just wants to stop the Kennedy Center from doing any more drag shows
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Trump announces plans to gut the Kennedy Center board and appoint himself chairman - WTOP News
President Donald Trump announced an aggressive plan Friday evening to gut the existing board of trustees at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and oust its chairman.
wtop.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In reality, he doesn't care about cultural things or the performing arts. He's wanted to end the national endowments for arts and humanities, for instance, and he never attended any KC Honors. He just wants to stop the Kennedy Center from doing any more drag shows
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Naturally there are "deep state" conspiracy theories about the avian flu, like this one described by Snopes. It's only a matter of time before he claims the avian flu pandemic was fabricated to drive up egg prices to make him look bad (you know who I'm talking about)
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USDA inspector general didn't order 'mass extermination' of birds to drive up cost of poultry, eggs
Although it is standard procedure to kill flocks with the outbreak of bird flu, posts on social media twisted the truth.
www.snopes.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Naturally there are "deep state" conspiracy theories about the avian flu, like this one described by Snopes. It's only a matter of time before he claims the avian flu pandemic was fabricated to drive up egg prices to make him look bad (you know who I'm talking about)
www.snopes.com/fact-check/u...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/u...
The US doesn't have a good history with the notion of "resettling" populations of a territory before the US takes over said territory, does it?
February 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The US doesn't have a good history with the notion of "resettling" populations of a territory before the US takes over said territory, does it?
Hi, I'm your friendly neighborhood software engineer. I do music and visual art also, but don't talk about it here (go find me on FB/IG for that). I'm more grumpy and left-wing here on Bluesky and doing what I can to #resist the current regime under POTUS47 and his broligarchy.
February 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hi, I'm your friendly neighborhood software engineer. I do music and visual art also, but don't talk about it here (go find me on FB/IG for that). I'm more grumpy and left-wing here on Bluesky and doing what I can to #resist the current regime under POTUS47 and his broligarchy.
How is the US better than Mexico right now? Mexico's new president, Claudia Scheinbaum Pardo, has a Ph.D. in energy engineering and has published over 100 scientific articles, written 2 books and is an advocate for combating climate via IPCC.
While we have a 78 year old toddler...
While we have a 78 year old toddler...
February 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
How is the US better than Mexico right now? Mexico's new president, Claudia Scheinbaum Pardo, has a Ph.D. in energy engineering and has published over 100 scientific articles, written 2 books and is an advocate for combating climate via IPCC.
While we have a 78 year old toddler...
While we have a 78 year old toddler...