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mistermandu.bsky.social
@mistermandu.bsky.social
I am a moderate Independent who is EXTREMELY anti-Trump & anti-MAGA.

I left X (Twitter) to get away from all the trolls that immediately jumped on anything you said that did not agree with the idiot in the WH.

Loving Bluesky ❤️
WHAT IS AFFORDABILITY?

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY WE USUALLY TALK ABOUT THE COST OF HOUSING, GROGERIES & ENERGY BUT THERE'S ONE THING WE HAVE BEEN LEAVING OUT...INCOME!

WHILE SOME STATES & COMPANIES HAVE SET THEIR OWN MINIMUM WAGES THE LAST INCREASE TO THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE WAS IN 2009...
November 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
INDIANA STATE LAWMAKERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT INCREASED THREATS AGAINST GOP LEGISLATORS WHO HAVE NOT THROWN SUPPORT BEHIND TRUMP'S REDISTRICTING PUSH.

Earlier this year MN LEGISLATORS WERE TARGETED BY A GUNMAN & HOUSE SPEAKER HORTMAN (D) AND HER HUSBAND WERE KILLED. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
TRUMP COULD BE HELPING THE "SEDITION SIX" 🤣

Since Trump accused the six of “sedition” & suggested they could be executed, they’ve racked up millions of views on social media, done the cable news circuit and blasted out fundraising appeals highlighting the attacks.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
How Trump targeting these Democrats could backfire
The administration’s attacks have elevated the six moderate lawmakers who cut an anti-Trump video urging troops to disobey illegal orders.
www.politico.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Trump admin’s bid to lock up immigrants facing deportation proceedings has led to a fierce rejection by courts across the country. At least 225 judges in 700+ cases have ruled that the admin’s policy is a likely violation of law & the right to due process. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump admin’s mass detention policy
The number has skyrocketed in recent weeks and includes at least 20 judges appointed by Trump himself.
www.politico.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
TRUMP ON FRANTIC LAST MINUTE ATTACK AS DEM CLOSE TO FLIPPING RED HOUSE SEAT BLUE👏👏👏

Aftyn Behn could win a special election in Tennessee’s deep-red 7th district flipping. Polls shows only 2% between candidates.

A victory would continue the upward trend for Dems. newrepublic.com/post/203756/...
Democrat Close to Flipping House Seat Deep in Trump Country
Democrat Aftyn Behn could win a special election in Tennessee—and Republicans are freaking out.
newrepublic.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
State Sen Bohacek (R-IN) says he will vote against redistricting because of Trump’s use of the word "retard" to insult Gov Walz (D-MN). His daughter has Down syndrome & said Trump’s remark crossed a personal line.

It appears the Senate does not have enough votes. www.mediaite.com/media/news/i...
Indiana Republican With Disabled Daughter Revolts on Redistricting After Trump’s Slur: ‘Words Have Consequences’
Bohacek publicly declared he will vote against Trump-backed redistricting efforts in his state as he raged against the president’s use of a slur.
www.mediaite.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
IS THIS WHAT OUR MILLITARY SHOULD BE DOING?

After the missile strike on the 1st "drug smuggling" boat in the Caribbean, TWO SURVIVORS WERE CLINGING TO THE SMOLDERING WRECK. A SECOND STRIKE WAS ORDERED & THE TWO MEN WERE BLOWN APART IN THE WATER. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🚫✈️

TRUMP SAID on Saturday that the AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA IS to be CLOSED in its entirety.

CAN HE EVEN DO THAT? WHAT GIVES HIM THE RIGHT TO CLOSE ANOTHER COUNTRY'S AIRSPACE ??
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Trump says airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.
www.reuters.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
DOCTOR HAS CONCERNS ABOUT TRUMP'S HEALTH

Dr. Vin Gupta laid out several points of concern about the president’s behavior in recent weeks. He is starting his day at noon, mumbles incoherent nonsense when he’s asked a question, slowness and fatigue in public events. www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
Doctor Lays Out ‘Concerning’ Case About Trump’s Health, From ‘Incoherent’ Rambling to ‘He’s Confused a Lot’
A doctor has outlined several points of concern about President Trump's cognitive decline, days after an eye-opening report in the New York Times about the commander in chief's health.
www.mediaite.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
TRUMP LASHES OUT AGAIN AT A REPORTER

Trump lashed out at a female New York Times reporter after she co-authored an unflattering story about his health, calling her “ugly, both inside and out”. nypost.com/2025/11/26/u...
Trump lashes out at NYT reporter in latest outburst at female journalist: 'Ugly both inside and out'
Trump then rounded on Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers, who co-authored the story and who the president claimed “is assigned to write only bad things about me [and] is a third rate repo…
nypost.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
DURING THE SHUTDOWN THE GOP REFUSED TO NEGOTIATE OVER THE ACA SUBSIDIES.

THEY INSISTED THAT THE ISSUE COULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE SHUTDOWN. THE GOP GOT WHAT IT WANTED – NOW THE PRESSURE IS BULDING FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING & THE GOP IS PANICKING!

DO SOMETHING IDIOTS! www.ms.now/opinion/aca-...
Opinion | Republicans' health care homework is due -- and they're panicking
"In the crunch moment, the administration and its supporters are scrambling," Paul Waldman writes.
www.ms.now
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
TRUMP LIED ABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH SAYING PLANE LOADS OF AFGANISTAN IMMIGRANTS WERE JUST DROPPED IN THE US.

THESE PLANE BROUGHT THE IMMIGRANTS TO OTHER COUNTRIES, LIKE QATER & SAUDI ARABI, WHERE A VETTING PROCESS WAS PERFORMED BEFORE THEY CAME TO THE US.
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
GROCERY & ENERGY PRICES ARE UP & TRUMP LIES INCESSANTLY ABOUT BOTH!

AMERICA IS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE!

IT'S SINKING IN THAT TRUMP & HIS ADMIN ARE A BUNCH OF IDEOLOGIST OR INCOMPETENTS (OR BOTH!) PEDDLING A VERSION OF THEIR STRENGTH THAT PEOPLE NO LONGER BUY. newrepublic.com/article/2037...
There’s No Doubt About It: The Great MAGA Crack-Up Has Begun
Every single prominent member of the Trump administration has had a very, very bad week.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
TRUMP DOESN'T OWN DC!! STOP THE UGLI-FICATION!!

THE ARCHITECT, JAMES MCCRERY II, DOESN'T SEE EYE TO EYE WITH TRUMP ON THE PROPOSED SIZE OF THE BALLROOM. THE 90K SQ FT BALLROOM WOULD OVERSHADOW THE 55K SQ FT WH MANSION VIOLATING BASIC ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES. newrepublic.com/post/203732/...
Trump Is Having the Dumbest Fight With His Ballroom Architect
Donald Trump and his handpicked architect can’t agree on one massive detail.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
TRUMP'S HAS NO TASTE - DC "MAKE OVER" NEEDS TO STOP

SO FAR HE HAS:
➖ADDED GAUDY GOLD & STUPID SIGNS TO WH
➖PAVED OVER THE ROSE GARDEN
➖PLANNED A GIANT BALLROOM
➖PITCHED AN “ARC DE TRUMP"

NOW HE WANTS TO "FIX" THE REFLECTING POOL ON THE NATIONAL MALL WHY? newrepublic.com/post/203747/...
Trump Threatens to Destroy Another Priceless American Landmark
Donald Trump reveals that the Reflecting Pool is next on his renovation chopping block.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
TRUMP'S GOLF BILL TO THE TAXPAYERS ⛳

SO FAR TRUMP HAS SPENT $70M+ OF TAXPAYERS MONEY ON GOLF!
➖16 TRIPS TO MAR-A-LAGO AT $3.4M/TRIP
➖9 TRIPS TO BEDMINISTER, NJ AT $1.1M/TRIP
➖A TRIP TO SCOTLAND AT $10M

AT THIS RATE TAXPAYERS WILL SPEND $300M BY THE END OF TRUMP 2.0 newrepublic.com/post/203739/...
Trump Is Racking Up a Colossal Tab Just Playing Golf
A new report reveals the extraordinary sum President Trump has spent playing golf.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
BIG OIL IS DESPERATE TO DODGE the growing array of LAWSUITS OVER DAMAGE CAUSED BY THEIR SCHEME TO DECEIVE THE PUBLIC ABOUT CLIMAYE CHANGE.

THEY HAVE TRIED 5 TIMES SINCE 2021 TO GET SCOTUS TO DISMISS LOWER COURT COURT CASES. SO FAR SCOTUS HAS REJECTED ALL OF THEM.👏👏 newrepublic.com/article/2036...
The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That.
Oil companies want the Supreme Court to intervene to dismiss lawsuits about climate change. Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito both have big conflicts of interest on that front.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
NYT REPORTS TRUMP'S PHYSICAL DECLINE
Trump went into a rage on Truth when The New York Times reported what appears to be a drop in his energy compared to his first term. NYT also noted Trump’s grogginess, his classic ramblings, & his existential musings about death. newrepublic.com/post/203715/...
Trump Fumes Over NYT Story Documenting His Rapid Physical Decline
Donald Trump is pissed about a New York Times story revealing the truth: The president isn’t fit for the job.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
RELATIVE OF WH PRESS SEC 🤪DINGBAT LEAVITT DETAINED BY ICE 🤣🤣

ICE has detained a woman who is the mother of 🤪DINGBAT'S nephew.🤣🤣 DHS verified that Bruna Caroline Ferreira, a Brazilian national with a previous arrest for battery, overstayed a visa that expired in 1999. abcnews.go.com/Politics/ice...
ICE arrests woman with family connection to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt
U.S. immigration authorities have detained a woman who is the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew, according to a source.
abcnews.go.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
TRUMP REVEALS PLAN FOR ACA SUBSIDIES & IT'S GRIM

When asked about extending the subsidies...

Trump responded “I’d rather not. Somebody said, ‘I want to extend them for two years.’ I don’t want to extend them for two years...Maybe some kind of extension may be necessary to get something else done.
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
SWALWELL (D-CA) SUES HOUSING REGULATOR FOR ABUSE OF POSITION
Rep Eric Swalwell (D-CA) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the Trump admin’s top housing regulator of abusing his position to misuse private mortgage records belonging to Swalwell & other Dem critics of Trump. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Swalwell's lawsuit claims Trump housing official abused post to target Trump critics
Rep. Eric Swalwell, who is running for governor of California, served as a House manager in President Donald Trump’s 2021 impeachment trial. His lawsuit claims Federal Housing Finance Agency Director ...
www.pbs.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
💩HEAD JOHNSON USING HIS POSITION TO STOP VOTES BUT HOUSE USING THE DISCHARGE PETITION TO GO AROUND HIM!!

The House has managed 5 times since 💩HEAD won his gavel to circumvent 💩HEAD'S wishes by getting the 218 signatures needed to force votes he has blocked. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Why Mike Johnson is losing control of the House
Thanks to a coalition of Democrats and disgruntled Republicans, more discharge petitions have succeeded in the past two years than the prior three decades combined.
www.politico.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The DOJ said in a court filing Tuesday that Secretary of DHS BITCHI Noem made the final decision to allow a group of deportees to be handed over to El Salvador after a judge said their flights must be returned to the US. www.cbsnews.com/news/noem-de...
Noem made decision not to turn around deportation flights bound for El Salvador after judge's order, DOJ says
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem made the final decision to allow a group of deportees to be handed over to El Salvador after a judge said their flights must be returned to the U.S., the DOJ said.
www.cbsnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
TRUMP 2.0 COULD BE DOING "IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE" TO THE FEDERAL GOV'T
An exodus of DOJ employees have left behind a trail of emotional FAREWELL NOTES WARNING OF ERODING VALUES, A RETREAT FROM ETHICS, A "TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT" & POTENTIAL HARM TO VULNERABLE GROUPS. www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
"Fear is the tool of a tyrant": Exiting Justice Department workers sound alarms
The Justice Department has witnessed a mass employee exodus under Trump.
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
PATEL ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR?😵
Trump is considering the removal of Patel as FBI director. Patel has come under scrutiny for his the use of bureau resources like a security detail for his girlfriend & the use of a government jet & for squabbles with other Trump loyalists.
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM