I am back here on Blue Sky after a bit of an absence, and it might become my social media platform of choice as Facebook as been putting me through hell due to their incompetence at programming. They reported to me that hackers in Russia were trying to log into my account and even had my password.
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I am back here on Blue Sky after a bit of an absence, and it might become my social media platform of choice as Facebook as been putting me through hell due to their incompetence at programming. They reported to me that hackers in Russia were trying to log into my account and even had my password.
I am not very active these days here, but I thought I would share my thoughts on WHAT NEXT? following the NO KINGS DAY protests.
It is very hard, as private citizens, to move the President and those at the top of his administration. However, there is an old saying that, "All politics is local."
It is very hard, as private citizens, to move the President and those at the top of his administration. However, there is an old saying that, "All politics is local."
October 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I am not very active these days here, but I thought I would share my thoughts on WHAT NEXT? following the NO KINGS DAY protests.
It is very hard, as private citizens, to move the President and those at the top of his administration. However, there is an old saying that, "All politics is local."
It is very hard, as private citizens, to move the President and those at the top of his administration. However, there is an old saying that, "All politics is local."
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Anonymous message 😉
March 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Anonymous message 😉
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NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
The first image is a recent post by President Trump, quoting Napoleon. The second image is of Longwood, on the island of St Helena, where Napoleon was imprisoned for his crimes. He died here. I had the pleasure of visiting and taking this picture about 10 years ago. May all dictators die in prison.
February 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The first image is a recent post by President Trump, quoting Napoleon. The second image is of Longwood, on the island of St Helena, where Napoleon was imprisoned for his crimes. He died here. I had the pleasure of visiting and taking this picture about 10 years ago. May all dictators die in prison.
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These are the dems that voted to confirm the guy that just handed the Treasury to Musk:
Blunt Rochester
Booker
Cantwell
Coons
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Hickenlooper
Kaine
Kelly
King (Independent)
Peters
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
Blunt Rochester
Booker
Cantwell
Coons
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Hickenlooper
Kaine
Kelly
King (Independent)
Peters
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
February 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
These are the dems that voted to confirm the guy that just handed the Treasury to Musk:
Blunt Rochester
Booker
Cantwell
Coons
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Hickenlooper
Kaine
Kelly
King (Independent)
Peters
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
Blunt Rochester
Booker
Cantwell
Coons
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Hickenlooper
Kaine
Kelly
King (Independent)
Peters
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
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FBI agents are stunned by the scale of Donald Trump’s expected purge of the bureau, which could include hundreds of agents and officials, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports.
FBI Agents Are Stunned by the Scale of the Expected Trump Purge
Seasoned members of the nation’s top law-enforcement agency are bracing for a mass expulsion as the president roots out anyone he sees as disloyal to him.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
FBI agents are stunned by the scale of Donald Trump’s expected purge of the bureau, which could include hundreds of agents and officials, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports.
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I do not recall a 24 hour or one week news cycle with more disturbing news about the state of the presidency and the US government in it than those of today and the past seven days. January 6 was nothing compared to this. But make no mistake, this too is the gov't being torn apart by a mob of thugs.
February 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I do not recall a 24 hour or one week news cycle with more disturbing news about the state of the presidency and the US government in it than those of today and the past seven days. January 6 was nothing compared to this. But make no mistake, this too is the gov't being torn apart by a mob of thugs.
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"The sofa beds have been installed so the team can work around the clock, the employee said." This is a coup, happening right in front of us, staged by people who know nothing at all about the US government. Which is, it bears remembering, the only one we have. www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"The sofa beds have been installed so the team can work around the clock, the employee said." This is a coup, happening right in front of us, staged by people who know nothing at all about the US government. Which is, it bears remembering, the only one we have. www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.
I'm trying to save them.
You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.
I'm trying to save them.
You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.
Download CDC Guidelines Removed By The Trump Admin
The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.
CDCGuidelines.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.
I'm trying to save them.
You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.
I'm trying to save them.
You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.
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This is what authoritarian and totalitarian regimes do: Codify official public blame against others regardless of their own culpability. Sometimes the scapegoat is political rivals or Jews or minorities or women or trans people or DEI or CRT or Freemasons or liberals/Leftists or trade unions, etc.
Insanity — Trump signs an order blaming Biden and DEI for flight dangers
January 31, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This is what authoritarian and totalitarian regimes do: Codify official public blame against others regardless of their own culpability. Sometimes the scapegoat is political rivals or Jews or minorities or women or trans people or DEI or CRT or Freemasons or liberals/Leftists or trade unions, etc.
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Insanity: The deportation flights Trump used military jets for—that Mexico refused to accept—cost the U.S. up to $852,000 per flight to attempt to deport just 80 migrants at a time.
To compare, flights directly chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement cost just $8,577.
To compare, flights directly chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement cost just $8,577.
January 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Insanity: The deportation flights Trump used military jets for—that Mexico refused to accept—cost the U.S. up to $852,000 per flight to attempt to deport just 80 migrants at a time.
To compare, flights directly chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement cost just $8,577.
To compare, flights directly chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement cost just $8,577.
In my opinion, to stop Trump, we will need a number of Congressional Republicans (or win both houses in 2 years). We will also need significant numbers of Trump voters to turn on him. I think they will when they realize that his "brilliant plans" all come at their expense. (cont.)
January 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
In my opinion, to stop Trump, we will need a number of Congressional Republicans (or win both houses in 2 years). We will also need significant numbers of Trump voters to turn on him. I think they will when they realize that his "brilliant plans" all come at their expense. (cont.)
The way I see it, there are two paths to dictator ship:
1) You can do things the people want, make lots of promises, and have most of them behind you, and just don't let go of the reins as you gradually loot the country. This is the path Marcos, Hitler, and Mussolini started with.
Or:
1) You can do things the people want, make lots of promises, and have most of them behind you, and just don't let go of the reins as you gradually loot the country. This is the path Marcos, Hitler, and Mussolini started with.
Or:
January 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The way I see it, there are two paths to dictator ship:
1) You can do things the people want, make lots of promises, and have most of them behind you, and just don't let go of the reins as you gradually loot the country. This is the path Marcos, Hitler, and Mussolini started with.
Or:
1) You can do things the people want, make lots of promises, and have most of them behind you, and just don't let go of the reins as you gradually loot the country. This is the path Marcos, Hitler, and Mussolini started with.
Or:
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NEW—Trump WH has blocked all CDC science reports (eg MMWR) & suspended all CDC / FDA / NIH external communications of all HHS agencies until further notice... including all FDA & CDC Health Alert warnings & all social media. Public health be damned.
Gift 🎁 link:
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Gift 🎁 link:
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Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
wapo.st
January 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
NEW—Trump WH has blocked all CDC science reports (eg MMWR) & suspended all CDC / FDA / NIH external communications of all HHS agencies until further notice... including all FDA & CDC Health Alert warnings & all social media. Public health be damned.
Gift 🎁 link:
wapo.st/4aqfN44
Gift 🎁 link:
wapo.st/4aqfN44
A suggestion to fellow progressives in the US: After seeing posts saying Trump is a pussy for moving the inauguration indoors, or that he is doing it because crowd size will be small, and many other portraying everything about Trump as negatively as possible:
January 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A suggestion to fellow progressives in the US: After seeing posts saying Trump is a pussy for moving the inauguration indoors, or that he is doing it because crowd size will be small, and many other portraying everything about Trump as negatively as possible:
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Jeff Bezos' Washington Post editorial board has endorsed Pam Bondi as a "qualified" and "serious" pick for Attorney General.
Nowhere in the endorsement did they mention that she's a former Amazon lobbyist.
Billionaire control of our media is a threat to democracy.
Nowhere in the endorsement did they mention that she's a former Amazon lobbyist.
Billionaire control of our media is a threat to democracy.
Jeff Bezos' Editorial Board Calls Trump's AG Pick, Who Lobbied for Amazon, 'Qualified'
The Washington Post's editorial board gave a thumbs up for Trump's attorney general pick Pam Bondi, who previously lobbied for Amazon.
www.rollingstone.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Jeff Bezos' Washington Post editorial board has endorsed Pam Bondi as a "qualified" and "serious" pick for Attorney General.
Nowhere in the endorsement did they mention that she's a former Amazon lobbyist.
Billionaire control of our media is a threat to democracy.
Nowhere in the endorsement did they mention that she's a former Amazon lobbyist.
Billionaire control of our media is a threat to democracy.
Hey Greenland, you might want to chat with Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands to see how the US treats their other colonies. Not that I believe this lying ass, but still.... Hell, skip that. Just ask any of the 41% of Americans who have medical debt. And ask Denmark if they want to buy the VI back!
January 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey Greenland, you might want to chat with Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands to see how the US treats their other colonies. Not that I believe this lying ass, but still.... Hell, skip that. Just ask any of the 41% of Americans who have medical debt. And ask Denmark if they want to buy the VI back!
"Being wrong can be dangerous, but being right, when society regards the majority’s falsehood as truth, could be fatal.”
Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz
January 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"Being wrong can be dangerous, but being right, when society regards the majority’s falsehood as truth, could be fatal.”
Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz
The economy is growing, real wages are rising, inflation has fallen to close to its normal range, unemployment is at near-historic lows, and energy production is at historic highs. The economy has added more than 700,000 manufacturing jobs among the 16 million total created since 2020.
H Richardson
H Richardson
January 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The economy is growing, real wages are rising, inflation has fallen to close to its normal range, unemployment is at near-historic lows, and energy production is at historic highs. The economy has added more than 700,000 manufacturing jobs among the 16 million total created since 2020.
H Richardson
H Richardson
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Trump, DECEMBER 28, 2024: "I have always been in favor of the visas... I’ve been a believer in H-1B... It’s a great program"
Trump, MARCH 15, 2016: "I know the H1B very well... We shouldn’t have it. Very, very bad for workers... it’s unfair for our workers. And we should end it."
Trump, MARCH 15, 2016: "I know the H1B very well... We shouldn’t have it. Very, very bad for workers... it’s unfair for our workers. And we should end it."
December 29, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Trump, DECEMBER 28, 2024: "I have always been in favor of the visas... I’ve been a believer in H-1B... It’s a great program"
Trump, MARCH 15, 2016: "I know the H1B very well... We shouldn’t have it. Very, very bad for workers... it’s unfair for our workers. And we should end it."
Trump, MARCH 15, 2016: "I know the H1B very well... We shouldn’t have it. Very, very bad for workers... it’s unfair for our workers. And we should end it."
So Trump is threatening to take the Panama Canal back, is talking about Canada becoming the 51st state, and want's to take Greenland from Denmark. And most people are just acting like this is just his crazy talk, and it won't ever happen. But I say, not so fast dismissing it.
December 24, 2024 at 6:42 AM
So Trump is threatening to take the Panama Canal back, is talking about Canada becoming the 51st state, and want's to take Greenland from Denmark. And most people are just acting like this is just his crazy talk, and it won't ever happen. But I say, not so fast dismissing it.
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ONLY AN ABSOLUTE HORROR OF A HUMAN BEING WOULD DO THIS…
Republicans slashed $200 million for childhood cancer research—a program created with bipartisan support under Obama—from the CR bill.
Why? Because Elon Musk told them to.
Republicans slashed $200 million for childhood cancer research—a program created with bipartisan support under Obama—from the CR bill.
Why? Because Elon Musk told them to.
December 20, 2024 at 3:43 AM
ONLY AN ABSOLUTE HORROR OF A HUMAN BEING WOULD DO THIS…
Republicans slashed $200 million for childhood cancer research—a program created with bipartisan support under Obama—from the CR bill.
Why? Because Elon Musk told them to.
Republicans slashed $200 million for childhood cancer research—a program created with bipartisan support under Obama—from the CR bill.
Why? Because Elon Musk told them to.
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College freshman today were 6 years old in the 2012 election.
A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen.
This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.
A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen.
This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.
I think that folks aren't seriously thinking about the implications of young adults who know nothing other than a country which has normalized MAGA politics, God help us all.
December 14, 2024 at 1:02 PM
College freshman today were 6 years old in the 2012 election.
A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen.
This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.
A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen.
This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.
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“.. ‘Very fitting in the MAGA Era — No Women Need Apply,’ wrote former Virginia Rep. Barbara Comstock, a Republican ..”
abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep...
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No women will lead House committees for first time in 2 decades
The 17 standing committees will be dominated by white men when the new Congress is seated on Jan. 3. No people of color were selected, either.
abcnews.go.com
December 14, 2024 at 12:27 AM
“.. ‘Very fitting in the MAGA Era — No Women Need Apply,’ wrote former Virginia Rep. Barbara Comstock, a Republican ..”
abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep...
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