JMead
@jmead73.bsky.social
Retired Army Officer. Small business owner. Husband and father of three adult children.
I’m just trying to figure out if I’m the only one who feels like they are taking crazy pills.
What is happening to our country is a surrealistic nightmare.
I’m just trying to figure out if I’m the only one who feels like they are taking crazy pills.
What is happening to our country is a surrealistic nightmare.
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JMead
@jmead73.bsky.social
· May 4
My wife has been a small business owner since 2009, and has owned two stores as of 2018.
She started her business from scratch, and built up a $750,000 / yr business over 16 years.
Now it looks like it’s going to be brought down in 16 weeks.
It’s too expensive to own a business in America.
She started her business from scratch, and built up a $750,000 / yr business over 16 years.
Now it looks like it’s going to be brought down in 16 weeks.
It’s too expensive to own a business in America.
The administration will
abso-fucking-lutely lie about casualties.
They did during the first term, they will do it now.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abso-fucking-lutely lie about casualties.
They did during the first term, they will do it now.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Israel-Iran updates: Iran's attack on US base in Qatar has ended, no reports of casualties
U.S. aircraft attacked three facilities in Iran related to the country's nuclear program on Saturday.
abcnews.go.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The administration will
abso-fucking-lutely lie about casualties.
They did during the first term, they will do it now.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abso-fucking-lutely lie about casualties.
They did during the first term, they will do it now.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
I am hoping that MAGA splinters, because I see that as one possible way our democracy survives.
www.independent.co.uk/news/trump-i...
www.independent.co.uk/news/trump-i...
Trump isn’t just burning his MAGA coalition over Iran he’s inspiring a new one
Trump’s sudden re-embrace of the ‘neocons’ he just recently spurned is leaving Democrats a major political opening — if they can seize it, writes John Bowden
www.independent.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I am hoping that MAGA splinters, because I see that as one possible way our democracy survives.
www.independent.co.uk/news/trump-i...
www.independent.co.uk/news/trump-i...
I I’m skeptical, of course. Major allegations requires a major burden of proof.
I’d like to know if this is legit or not. The Economic Times is “the world's second-most widely read English-language business newspaper” after the WSJ, per Wikipedia.
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
I’d like to know if this is legit or not. The Economic Times is “the world's second-most widely read English-language business newspaper” after the WSJ, per Wikipedia.
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
Kamala Harris won the U.S elections: Bombshell report claims voting machines were tampered with before 2024
Kamala Harris election tampering story raises new questions about the 2024 U.S. presidential election outcome. A quiet but major change to voting machines by Pro V&V—used in over 40% of U.S. counties—...
m.economictimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I I’m skeptical, of course. Major allegations requires a major burden of proof.
I’d like to know if this is legit or not. The Economic Times is “the world's second-most widely read English-language business newspaper” after the WSJ, per Wikipedia.
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
I’d like to know if this is legit or not. The Economic Times is “the world's second-most widely read English-language business newspaper” after the WSJ, per Wikipedia.
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
From the (lack of) response, I’d say this thought did not go over well.
Any thoughts as to why not?
Any thoughts as to why not?
Tell me if this makes sense in addressing different beliefs and world views among co-workers:
Some people are faith based, meaning they don’t have to see the big picture.
Others are evidence-based, meaning they do need to see the big picture.
Neither is right/wrong. Each to our own.
Some people are faith based, meaning they don’t have to see the big picture.
Others are evidence-based, meaning they do need to see the big picture.
Neither is right/wrong. Each to our own.
June 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
From the (lack of) response, I’d say this thought did not go over well.
Any thoughts as to why not?
Any thoughts as to why not?
Tell me if this makes sense in addressing different beliefs and world views among co-workers:
Some people are faith based, meaning they don’t have to see the big picture.
Others are evidence-based, meaning they do need to see the big picture.
Neither is right/wrong. Each to our own.
Some people are faith based, meaning they don’t have to see the big picture.
Others are evidence-based, meaning they do need to see the big picture.
Neither is right/wrong. Each to our own.
June 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tell me if this makes sense in addressing different beliefs and world views among co-workers:
Some people are faith based, meaning they don’t have to see the big picture.
Others are evidence-based, meaning they do need to see the big picture.
Neither is right/wrong. Each to our own.
Some people are faith based, meaning they don’t have to see the big picture.
Others are evidence-based, meaning they do need to see the big picture.
Neither is right/wrong. Each to our own.
After a spirited discussion with my son, I don’t believe the gov’t could prove the suspected assassin of Trump was the one who fired the shots that killed Comperatore beyond reasonable doubt.
Where is the report - ANY gov’t report - that proves Crooks was the shooter?
www.fbi.gov/news/press-r...
Where is the report - ANY gov’t report - that proves Crooks was the shooter?
www.fbi.gov/news/press-r...
Butler Investigation Updates | Federal Bureau of Investigation
www.fbi.gov
May 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
After a spirited discussion with my son, I don’t believe the gov’t could prove the suspected assassin of Trump was the one who fired the shots that killed Comperatore beyond reasonable doubt.
Where is the report - ANY gov’t report - that proves Crooks was the shooter?
www.fbi.gov/news/press-r...
Where is the report - ANY gov’t report - that proves Crooks was the shooter?
www.fbi.gov/news/press-r...
Further proof that MAGA eat their own.
MAGA has to blame anyone else except the Trump. First it was news people not rabidly pro-authoritarian. Now it’s judges who aren’t rabidly pro-coup. Next it will be Whites who aren’t rabidly pro-slavery.
www.alternet.org/trump-maga-f...
MAGA has to blame anyone else except the Trump. First it was news people not rabidly pro-authoritarian. Now it’s judges who aren’t rabidly pro-coup. Next it will be Whites who aren’t rabidly pro-slavery.
www.alternet.org/trump-maga-f...
'Frustration' as conflict erupts between Trump's 'MAGA loyalists' and legal activists
One-third of the U.S. Supreme Court consists of Donald Trump appointees who were aggressively promoted by the Federalist Society and its leader Leonard Leo. And all three of Trump's nominees — Justice...
www.alternet.org
May 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Further proof that MAGA eat their own.
MAGA has to blame anyone else except the Trump. First it was news people not rabidly pro-authoritarian. Now it’s judges who aren’t rabidly pro-coup. Next it will be Whites who aren’t rabidly pro-slavery.
www.alternet.org/trump-maga-f...
MAGA has to blame anyone else except the Trump. First it was news people not rabidly pro-authoritarian. Now it’s judges who aren’t rabidly pro-coup. Next it will be Whites who aren’t rabidly pro-slavery.
www.alternet.org/trump-maga-f...
If he is joking about it, then it wasn’t a breach.
He never fails to play the victim. Here, he isn’t playing the victim.
This is something else. Like avoiding bribery charges. Because they don’t say what was sent via text.
Sus AF
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
He never fails to play the victim. Here, he isn’t playing the victim.
This is something else. Like avoiding bribery charges. Because they don’t say what was sent via text.
Sus AF
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
Trump Jokes When Reporter Confronts Him About Breach Of Chief’s Phone
Trump joked with a reporter when he was asked about a reported breach of a phone belonging to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
www.mediaite.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
If he is joking about it, then it wasn’t a breach.
He never fails to play the victim. Here, he isn’t playing the victim.
This is something else. Like avoiding bribery charges. Because they don’t say what was sent via text.
Sus AF
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
He never fails to play the victim. Here, he isn’t playing the victim.
This is something else. Like avoiding bribery charges. Because they don’t say what was sent via text.
Sus AF
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
Remember that House of Cards episode where the show’s POTUS was removed because medication he was taking might affect his cognition?
Yeah, like that would ever happen. What were the writers thinking?
Yeah, like that would ever happen. What were the writers thinking?
May 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Remember that House of Cards episode where the show’s POTUS was removed because medication he was taking might affect his cognition?
Yeah, like that would ever happen. What were the writers thinking?
Yeah, like that would ever happen. What were the writers thinking?
Wrong question.
The right question is: “Do you believe Black lives are equal to White lives?”
That is where you really find out what a person believes.
And if they refuse to answer because they might lose friends / family / voters tells you even more.
www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
The right question is: “Do you believe Black lives are equal to White lives?”
That is where you really find out what a person believes.
And if they refuse to answer because they might lose friends / family / voters tells you even more.
www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
Tomi Lahren Joins ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Morning Show’ And Is Straight Up Asked: ‘Are You a Racist?’
“I sure am not,” Lahren replied calmly, adding, “Yeah, thank you for asking, though, I appreciate just coming in hot just right off the bat."
www.mediaite.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Wrong question.
The right question is: “Do you believe Black lives are equal to White lives?”
That is where you really find out what a person believes.
And if they refuse to answer because they might lose friends / family / voters tells you even more.
www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
The right question is: “Do you believe Black lives are equal to White lives?”
That is where you really find out what a person believes.
And if they refuse to answer because they might lose friends / family / voters tells you even more.
www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
A sociopath is one completely devoid of empathy.
Half our country, it seems, are sociopaths.
AKA MAGAs
They know that this is happening to living, breathing human beings
And they show no empathy.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Half our country, it seems, are sociopaths.
AKA MAGAs
They know that this is happening to living, breathing human beings
And they show no empathy.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A sociopath is one completely devoid of empathy.
Half our country, it seems, are sociopaths.
AKA MAGAs
They know that this is happening to living, breathing human beings
And they show no empathy.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Half our country, it seems, are sociopaths.
AKA MAGAs
They know that this is happening to living, breathing human beings
And they show no empathy.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
May 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Reposted by JMead
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I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
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Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
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May 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Has anyone considered that Trump wants to be friends with Putin because Putin is actually the richest man in the world?
People say Musk is, only because you can see his assets.
Putin owns most of Russia’s wealth. He’s a trillionaire, with hidden assets everywhere.
thehill.com/newsletters/...
People say Musk is, only because you can see his assets.
Putin owns most of Russia’s wealth. He’s a trillionaire, with hidden assets everywhere.
thehill.com/newsletters/...
thehill.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Has anyone considered that Trump wants to be friends with Putin because Putin is actually the richest man in the world?
People say Musk is, only because you can see his assets.
Putin owns most of Russia’s wealth. He’s a trillionaire, with hidden assets everywhere.
thehill.com/newsletters/...
People say Musk is, only because you can see his assets.
Putin owns most of Russia’s wealth. He’s a trillionaire, with hidden assets everywhere.
thehill.com/newsletters/...
“Mr. Trump may be the only person in the world still surprised by how Mr. Putin is behaving. The Russian is the same man he’s been for two decades, bent on reconstituting as much of the old Soviet empire as he can get away with. Ukraine is his obsession.”
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
The Wall Street Journal Roasts ‘Starry-Eyed’ Trump for Being ‘the Only Person in the World Still Surprised’ by Putin
The Wall Street Journal roasted President Donald Trump for being "the only person in the world still surprised" by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
www.mediaite.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“Mr. Trump may be the only person in the world still surprised by how Mr. Putin is behaving. The Russian is the same man he’s been for two decades, bent on reconstituting as much of the old Soviet empire as he can get away with. Ukraine is his obsession.”
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
Linden added that, per his calculations, if it weren’t for the tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003, and then extended in 2010 and 2012 and added to in 2017, then debt as a percentage of GDP would be on a downward trajectory.
fortune.com/2025/05/27/t...
fortune.com/2025/05/27/t...
Trump is going to get 'punched in the face' by markets if he pushes through spending bill without a plan for national debt and tariffs, says Wharton professor
Republicans argue that growth is the best way to rebalance America's books—economists fear that tax cuts may be the final nail in the coffin for national debt.
fortune.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Linden added that, per his calculations, if it weren’t for the tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003, and then extended in 2010 and 2012 and added to in 2017, then debt as a percentage of GDP would be on a downward trajectory.
fortune.com/2025/05/27/t...
fortune.com/2025/05/27/t...
I don’t understand how people can support this, cutting USAID, stop food shipments to the hungry, and force humans into concentrate camps….
… and still call themselves Christians. That is the exact opposite of what Jesus taught.
… and still call themselves Christians. That is the exact opposite of what Jesus taught.
“The House version doesn’t directly target Social Security or Medicare. But it changes Medicaid, including in ways that align with Republican priorities.”
Republicans really, really love hurting people.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
Republicans really, really love hurting people.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
Fact-checking Trump’s claims about Medicaid cuts in GOP bill
House bill alters healthcare programme significantly despite Trump claiming cuts target only ‘waste, fraud and abuse’.
www.aljazeera.com
May 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I don’t understand how people can support this, cutting USAID, stop food shipments to the hungry, and force humans into concentrate camps….
… and still call themselves Christians. That is the exact opposite of what Jesus taught.
… and still call themselves Christians. That is the exact opposite of what Jesus taught.
“The House version doesn’t directly target Social Security or Medicare. But it changes Medicaid, including in ways that align with Republican priorities.”
Republicans really, really love hurting people.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
Republicans really, really love hurting people.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
Fact-checking Trump’s claims about Medicaid cuts in GOP bill
House bill alters healthcare programme significantly despite Trump claiming cuts target only ‘waste, fraud and abuse’.
www.aljazeera.com
May 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“The House version doesn’t directly target Social Security or Medicare. But it changes Medicaid, including in ways that align with Republican priorities.”
Republicans really, really love hurting people.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
Republicans really, really love hurting people.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
I seriously can’t believe we are going to lose our democracy because more than not our lawmakers, journalists, law firms, universities, corporations, judges, and government workers were either pussies or attracted to evil.
May 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I seriously can’t believe we are going to lose our democracy because more than not our lawmakers, journalists, law firms, universities, corporations, judges, and government workers were either pussies or attracted to evil.
“Grow our way out of it,” is not something that has ever happened in the past 50 years, so it’s not clear why this administration is relying on a provably failed approach, unless you consider the massive tax breaks for massively wealthy Americans, many of whom donated to the Trump campaign.
“So we think that we can both grow the economy and control the debt.”
By implementing tariffs that specifically slows economic growth, and then giving billions in tax cuts for billionaires?
They have completely lost their minds!
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox...
By implementing tariffs that specifically slows economic growth, and then giving billions in tax cuts for billionaires?
They have completely lost their minds!
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox...
Fox News Anchor Confronts Bessent on Trump Bill Adding ‘Trillions’ to Debt: ‘How Is That Acceptable?’
Bill Hemmer confronted Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over a CBO scoring that insists Trump's new budget bill will add trillions to the debt.
www.mediaite.com
May 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“Grow our way out of it,” is not something that has ever happened in the past 50 years, so it’s not clear why this administration is relying on a provably failed approach, unless you consider the massive tax breaks for massively wealthy Americans, many of whom donated to the Trump campaign.
“So we think that we can both grow the economy and control the debt.”
By implementing tariffs that specifically slows economic growth, and then giving billions in tax cuts for billionaires?
They have completely lost their minds!
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox...
By implementing tariffs that specifically slows economic growth, and then giving billions in tax cuts for billionaires?
They have completely lost their minds!
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox...
Fox News Anchor Confronts Bessent on Trump Bill Adding ‘Trillions’ to Debt: ‘How Is That Acceptable?’
Bill Hemmer confronted Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over a CBO scoring that insists Trump's new budget bill will add trillions to the debt.
www.mediaite.com
May 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
“So we think that we can both grow the economy and control the debt.”
By implementing tariffs that specifically slows economic growth, and then giving billions in tax cuts for billionaires?
They have completely lost their minds!
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox...
By implementing tariffs that specifically slows economic growth, and then giving billions in tax cuts for billionaires?
They have completely lost their minds!
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox...
“A significant number of staff members of the White House National Security Council were dismissed from their positions”
Does anyone else feel like this in intentional?
Like, if Putin had instructed Trump how to dismantle the United States, this is exactly how?
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Does anyone else feel like this in intentional?
Like, if Putin had instructed Trump how to dismantle the United States, this is exactly how?
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump's National Security Council slashed dramatically in major restructuring
More than 100 staff members of the National Security Council were dismissed from their positions, according to reports, in a major overhaul.
www.usatoday.com
May 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“A significant number of staff members of the White House National Security Council were dismissed from their positions”
Does anyone else feel like this in intentional?
Like, if Putin had instructed Trump how to dismantle the United States, this is exactly how?
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Does anyone else feel like this in intentional?
Like, if Putin had instructed Trump how to dismantle the United States, this is exactly how?
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...