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Old_Toby
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My wife is the best person I know, Aspiring Mennonite, Oregon resident from OH/KY who misses the people from the Midwest (oh and Culver’s). Dogs > People. Science is real. Evangelical Faith and political deconstruction talk always welcome. #FreePalestine
Helldivers 2 is cool because we can talk about the battle of Malevelon Creek, the battle of Calypso, and the battle of Oshaune - like the battle of Marathon.
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I want to see the Garfield Spiderman movie when he stops pulling his punches and gets rageful.
August 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I trust the White House less than a Jeep compass right now.
August 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It’d be nice to have a president with conviction rather than convictions.
July 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
@jeff-merkley.bsky.social #ProtectMedicaid and SNAP. People with disabilities rely on these programs to get food, health care, and services. No one should go hungry or without needed health care!
June 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
@salinas.house.gov Keep fighting to #ProtectMedicaid and SNAP. No one should go hungry or without the health care they need!
June 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
@wyden.senate.gov #ProtectMedicaid and SNAP. People with disabilities rely on these programs to get food, health care, and services. No one should go hungry or without needed health care!
June 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Nothing like being called the “devil incarnate” on your last day on the job haha
June 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My luck is paying $16 at the car wash the day before it rains.
June 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We need to forever remember @secrubio.govpeeps.us as the young conservative Star from 2015 that Trump bullied out of the race and who flipped so hard to kissing Trumps ass that he’s willing to exile US citizens who are children, one with stage 4 cancer, just so he could work in the White House.
April 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Trump promised dinner with top holders of his crypto coin. Then the coin’s value increased 50%.

This smells like ‘pay to play’ corruption. I’m calling for an investigation.
Trump dinner for meme coin buyers prompts senators to demand ethics probe
Senators Adam Schiff and Elizabeth Warren are calling for an ethics investigation into President Trump's promotion of his meme coin.
www.cnbc.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In these uncertain and challenging times, when the economy is an everchanging maze of confusion and future that looks terrifying it is important to us remember the importance of community. And places that support the community. Like your neighborhood, and places to eat good there. Applebees 2 for 25
April 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Like the movie, haven’t seen it in years but could without Mulan’s ‘Honor to Us All,’ stuck in my head on repeat for most of today.
April 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Sharing space with people who have different religious beliefs than you isn’t religious persecution.
March 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
New blog post from adapted from a recent sermon.

open.substack.com/pub/micahtra...
Christ Collides with our Bias.
Adapted from a recent sermon at Salem Mennonite Church. Scripture: Luke 10:25-42
open.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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First, Donald Trump blamed Zelenskyy for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Then, he says he “trusts” Putin.

Now, he’s frozen bipartisan military aid.

It’s clear that Donald Trump is putting his fragile ego before our national security — siding with Putin over U.S. allies in Europe.
Trump administration pauses U.S. military aid to Ukraine
The U.S. has been a key supplier of weapons for Ukraine as it continues to fend off the invasion launched by Russia three years ago.
www.cbsnews.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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I paid into social security for over 30 years till I gave up career to raise my disabled child who gets SSI and Medicaid which keeps him alive, he has many medical conditions. Take him and that away from me so the rich have more money and what the fuck 1/2
March 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
If you only watch one video today, let it be this one.

And since Little Marco doesn’t want us to remember this, please repost it so others can see what a raging hypocrite he is.

@calltoactivism.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 5:47 AM
She deserves all the recognition. Few actors in Hollywood have been in so many extremely successful films and played as wide an array of characters as Zoe Saldaña has. She’s also perhaps the best navigator of acting in multiple film franchises of all time.
March 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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The GOP's tax cuts for their billionaire donors ballooned the deficit, so they're blaming the problem on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — demanding cuts to programs that millions of Americans rely on. It's socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for everyone else.
March 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I work in IDD services and nearly all the people I work with and have worked with over the past decade rely on social security but also live in 24 HCBS housing. They have to pay room and board by SSA rule which right now is about $750 while the average SSI payment nationally is about $715.
March 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Ukrainians have rallied around President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a defender of their country’s interests in the hours after he left the White House after an astonishing Oval Office blowout with President Donald Trump. apnews.com/article/oval...
Ukrainians rally around Zelenskyy as defender of national interest after Oval Office blowout
Ukrainians have rallied around President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a defender of their country’s interests in the hours after he left the White House after an astonishing Oval Office blowout with Preside...
apnews.com
March 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Wow: JD Vance is apparently skiing in Vermont this weekend and the locals aren’t having it. Thousands have lined the streets in protest.
March 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM