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oldskier.bsky.social
oldskier/bsky.social
@oldskier.bsky.social
Skier, Dog Lover, folk singer when younger, attempting to understand politics
This guy thanking Trump for saving the farmers is a lot like the guy who thanks God for saving him from the Tsunami that God made!
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Republican gushes at Trump over bailout needed due to his tariffs
During a White House roundtable on Monday, Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia professed his love for President Donald Trump after the administration announced a $12 billion ...
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December 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
BEZOS is trying to make us feel better about food prices.
What's left out of is all of the new items we have to pay for,
Like childcare, education, transportation, TV & Streaming; all those sneaky little things that have arisen over the last 2/3 decades...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Actually, today’s food prices are a bargain
Measure the time needed to earn the money to pay for a meal. That’s what matters.
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December 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
There will be blood on their hands...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Like FOX, SCOTUS (6 of them) has become a political entity.
It no longer 'calls balls and strikes'; it is now a cheerleader!
www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
Supreme Court Allows Texas To Use Trump-Backed Congressional Maps
The Texas congressional map enacted last summer at Trump’s urging was engineered to give Republicans five additional House seats.
www.huffpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There is no concept of fairness in the Bones of the GOP SCOTUS members...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Supreme Court hands Trump victory in fight over Texas congressional map
The decision marks the latest development in a battle between Republican and Democratic states that seek partisan advantage ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Robert Reich
Who Owns the MEDIA?

"The richest man on Earth owns X (formerly known as Twitter).

The family of the second-richest man owns Paramount, which owns CBS — and could soon own Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns CNN.
(more below)
December 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What the hell? RFK blames Vaccines for all kinds of things, but WHAT ABOUT FOREVER CHEMICALS?
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule
The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to end universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth and to scrutinize if childhood shots cause allergies.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
GO! Poll tracker!
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
PROVING THAT 44% of America is shockingly STUPID
from Splinter
"And finally, the Trump admin’s handling of the Epstein Files has been deeply unpopular even within his own party, with only 44% of Republicans saying that they approved of how Trump has handled the case, shockingly low..."
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Over and over we talk about High Prices.
WHY IN HELL AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT HIGHER WAGES?
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Why you may not want lower prices as much as you think you do
Though Americans might be clamoring for relief on groceries, housing and energy costs, economists say there’s a bigger downside to falling prices.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We did talk like normal human beings, and we told the truth.
The GOP talked like angry a$$holes, told lies, and the 'Rural' believed them!
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | This slap in the face to rural America is a chance to turn it blue
Democrats should be the party of aspiration — and talk like normal human beings.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Let's see: We copied Russia; China Copied us before we copied Russia, and China is ahead!
Hmmm I'll bet we let the lobbyists write those rules.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The arsenal of democracy cannot fight like this
The U.S. military’s defense acquisition system is a casualty of bureaucracy.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We are becoming a poorly educated population: don't just blame students; they are raised by their parents!
But instead of fixing the problems we are firing the experts and closing the Dept of Ed! The experts haven't done that well, but parents? Churches? Ufda!

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The signs of educational decline are now impossible to ignore
UC San Diego report shows students are not prepared for college, especially in math.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"...Trump’s Treasury Department and IRS are busily rewriting enforcement rules, raising income thresholds, and creating massive exemptions for favored industries, effectively signaling to America’s biggest corporate tax dodgers that the coast is clear again."
We don't stand a chance against the GOP
November 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Exactly how many criminals does Trump have to pardon before the GOP and MAGA realize how corrupt Trump is?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Good Idea!
If you can afford to move, DO IT, and vote BLUE next election.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b...
As Prices Pinch, Bessent Looks for Ways to Mollify Wary Consumers
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Trump doesn't care about congress. He does what he wants because so far the 'congress' has let him!
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
MORE PROOF that DJT is too far gone to remain President!
www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...
Trump White House Hit With Highly Embarrassing Community Note: ‘However…’
The president’s boast went viral not for its substance but for its reality-defying spin.
www.huffpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The GOP wants the DEMs to stop the violent rhetoric!!!
Yet, there seems to be no bottom to the rhetoric 'our president' spews!
But he has now stepped into IMPEACHMENT Rhetoric!
www.huffpost.com/entry/alexan...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Gives A State Of Trump Address That’s Chilling
The progressive Democrat delved into the transgressive behavior of the president.
www.huffpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The MONEY that Trump is claiming will 'make us rich' will be coming from US!
The Citizens of the US!
He is either LYING, AGAIN, or
He is too stupid to understand what Tariffs really are...
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
OK: YOU ARE A PIG TOO, for 'sane-washing' the fanatic king.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
Trump Calling Reporter ‘Piggy’ Was ‘Frankness,’ White House Says
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Cassidy, like so many other GOP Congresspeople, HAS NO GUTS, NO HONOR, and NO BACKBONE.
He let Kennedy walk all over him.
Where's the pushback?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Cassidy Got Pledges From Kennedy on Vaccines. They Haven’t Stuck.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM