R. J. MacReady
@macreadything.bsky.social
Cowboy helicopter pilot, arctic research team member, flamethrower expert, thing killer. Opinions are my own?
Arctic Tundra (a.k.a. Minnesota)
Arctic Tundra (a.k.a. Minnesota)
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Trump’s belief in Might Makes Right - the slogan for bullies everywhere - is going to create a vast army of enemies for the US across Central and South America. The repercussions could be huge for all US citizens.
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trump’s belief in Might Makes Right - the slogan for bullies everywhere - is going to create a vast army of enemies for the US across Central and South America. The repercussions could be huge for all US citizens.
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Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.
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we're all looking for the guy who introduced unprecedented coarseness, vulgarity, and flippant violence into national politics
There's so many of these btw, NoVa right wingers realizing that their neighbors genuinely hate them
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
we're all looking for the guy who introduced unprecedented coarseness, vulgarity, and flippant violence into national politics
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November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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Anecdotal evidence of touch-the-stove success.
This voter took benefits for granted, dismissed every warning about Trump, bought into lies that he wants to help regular people, and only now, seeing Trump take away benefits she personally values, is reconsidering.
Sucks that it had to be this way.
This voter took benefits for granted, dismissed every warning about Trump, bought into lies that he wants to help regular people, and only now, seeing Trump take away benefits she personally values, is reconsidering.
Sucks that it had to be this way.
Longtime Trump supporter: “I think deep down he wants to help the country with things like food insecurity.”
(Trump enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history a few months ago)
Now says she regrets voting for Trump and wishes a Democrat were president to “protect benefits [Trump] wants to cut.”
(Trump enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history a few months ago)
Now says she regrets voting for Trump and wishes a Democrat were president to “protect benefits [Trump] wants to cut.”
![Hannah's mom, Betty, a 63-year-old recent retiree who is a caretaker for her daughter and a longtime Trump supporter, said she is losing confidence in the president she once supported amid the shutdown fight.
"I think deep down he wants to help the country with things like food insecurity," she said. "But now he is busy out of the country and demolishing the White House. I know that is being paid for with private funds, but those could be used to help people."
"It all seems very selfish," she added.
Betty Szretter said she now regrets voting for Trump in 2024 and would prefer a Democrat in the White House to "protect benefits he [Trump] wants to cut."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:drfb2pdjlnsqkfgsoellcahm/bafkreihyvn3jjcjcdv2c2a7hvwbvmjmtapemihu3dbvlijsep5eeeqjh7a@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Anecdotal evidence of touch-the-stove success.
This voter took benefits for granted, dismissed every warning about Trump, bought into lies that he wants to help regular people, and only now, seeing Trump take away benefits she personally values, is reconsidering.
Sucks that it had to be this way.
This voter took benefits for granted, dismissed every warning about Trump, bought into lies that he wants to help regular people, and only now, seeing Trump take away benefits she personally values, is reconsidering.
Sucks that it had to be this way.
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Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
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A US agent tried to recruit the personal pilot of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to capture the President in exchange for cash, AP reports.
The pilot refused and exposed the plot.
The pilot refused and exposed the plot.
October 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A US agent tried to recruit the personal pilot of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to capture the President in exchange for cash, AP reports.
The pilot refused and exposed the plot.
The pilot refused and exposed the plot.
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Plaintiffs: "What is happening is, agents are proactively throwing tear gas at civilians. They're inciting violence, and then they're using that violence to justify more force."
October 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Plaintiffs: "What is happening is, agents are proactively throwing tear gas at civilians. They're inciting violence, and then they're using that violence to justify more force."
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Venezuela claims it has captured CIA-linked mercenaries plotting a “false flag” attack to justify US military action.
October 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Venezuela claims it has captured CIA-linked mercenaries plotting a “false flag” attack to justify US military action.
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Donald Trump is lining his own pockets and draining ours. This corruption is unprecedented.
October 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Donald Trump is lining his own pockets and draining ours. This corruption is unprecedented.
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Democrats should be drawing up legislation right now, this very minute, to bar Trump from helping himself to $230 million in taxpayer funds from DOJ. Challenge Republicans to hold a vote on it. Push this so hard in the media that every GOP Senate and House candidate is pressed to comment on it.
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Democrats should be drawing up legislation right now, this very minute, to bar Trump from helping himself to $230 million in taxpayer funds from DOJ. Challenge Republicans to hold a vote on it. Push this so hard in the media that every GOP Senate and House candidate is pressed to comment on it.
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great irony to scrub mentions of the civil war from Arlington. it exits because gen meigs decided it was a just punishment for robert e. lee's treason to have his family estate confiscated and made into a cemetery for union dead. they started the burials right up on the mansion to make certain ...
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
great irony to scrub mentions of the civil war from Arlington. it exits because gen meigs decided it was a just punishment for robert e. lee's treason to have his family estate confiscated and made into a cemetery for union dead. they started the burials right up on the mansion to make certain ...
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NEW: Jack Smith has responded to Chuck Grassley and the Senate Judiciary, and it's 🔥🔥🔥
Jack Smith reminds Chuck Grassley:
1. Toll records aren't wiretaps
2. Trump's DOJ got toll records on Schiff and Swallwell and 43 congressional staffers
3. Hur got toll records in the Biden investigation 1/
Jack Smith reminds Chuck Grassley:
1. Toll records aren't wiretaps
2. Trump's DOJ got toll records on Schiff and Swallwell and 43 congressional staffers
3. Hur got toll records in the Biden investigation 1/
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
NEW: Jack Smith has responded to Chuck Grassley and the Senate Judiciary, and it's 🔥🔥🔥
Jack Smith reminds Chuck Grassley:
1. Toll records aren't wiretaps
2. Trump's DOJ got toll records on Schiff and Swallwell and 43 congressional staffers
3. Hur got toll records in the Biden investigation 1/
Jack Smith reminds Chuck Grassley:
1. Toll records aren't wiretaps
2. Trump's DOJ got toll records on Schiff and Swallwell and 43 congressional staffers
3. Hur got toll records in the Biden investigation 1/
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This shows in so many ways Halligan is unsuited to be United States Dogcatcher, let alone United States Attorney. She writes a reporter whining about reporting but not offering any actionable specific things the reporter got wrong. There's NO WAY that helps anything.
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Lindsey Halligan is a fucking moron.
October 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This shows in so many ways Halligan is unsuited to be United States Dogcatcher, let alone United States Attorney. She writes a reporter whining about reporting but not offering any actionable specific things the reporter got wrong. There's NO WAY that helps anything.
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Make Argentina Great Again!
Q: What do you say to farmers who think the deal helps Argentina more than them?
Trump: Look, Argentina is fighting for its life, young lady. You don't know anything about it. You understand what that means? They are dying…I happen to like the President
Trump: Look, Argentina is fighting for its life, young lady. You don't know anything about it. You understand what that means? They are dying…I happen to like the President
October 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Make Argentina Great Again!
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It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
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Finally, a good explainer of Dems' other shutdown demand, via @citizencohn.bsky.social. It's about trying to make it harder for the Trump admin to continue unilaterally (and illegally) cutting funding for government programs substack.com/home/post/p-...
The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government
It’s about stopping Donald Trump and Russ Vought—and it can’t happen soon enough.
substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Finally, a good explainer of Dems' other shutdown demand, via @citizencohn.bsky.social. It's about trying to make it harder for the Trump admin to continue unilaterally (and illegally) cutting funding for government programs substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Trump took office with a Israel-Hamas ceasefire in place, then announced a vision for Gaza as a US-owned resort, with most Palestinians living there gone. Israel restarted military ops in March and imposed famine. Thousands of dead Palestinians later, the Trump admin helped broker another ceasefire.
Opinion | Trump’s Nobel peace prize campaign is the least important part of the Gaza deal
If the ceasefire holds, the administration deserves much credit. But the fixation on Trump getting a prize distracts from things that actually matter.
www.msnbc.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Trump took office with a Israel-Hamas ceasefire in place, then announced a vision for Gaza as a US-owned resort, with most Palestinians living there gone. Israel restarted military ops in March and imposed famine. Thousands of dead Palestinians later, the Trump admin helped broker another ceasefire.
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There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?
Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.
October 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?
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Trump got a Covid vaccine today.
October 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Trump got a Covid vaccine today.
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The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.
October 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.
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No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.
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