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PiperSkip
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Private brass instructor, retired music teacher, lover of the environment
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Socialism is what they called public power. 

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952
March 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Well duh!!
You voted for a corrupt sexual predator who assaulted multiple women and even admitted it on tape. What did you think would happen?
February 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If Russia and Putin WERE to have a mole rise to the level of US President, I can't imagine it could go any better than the 1st month of FOTUS47's administration!
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Live updates: Trump and Zelensky meeting devolves into shouting match over Ukraine war | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House Friday. Follow for live updates.
www.cnn.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Why does this administration always end up doing business like a bad reality TV show!!
Donald Trump is not fit to be President of the United States of America. His presence in the Oval Office is a stain on the legacy of this country.
"You've gotta be more thankful" -- remarkable scenes out of the White House as Trump and JD Vance team up to do Putin's bidding and demean Zelenskyy
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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All our public lands could and should look like this.
The only thing stopping a recovery
Are welfare ranchers.
February 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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;-)
February 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Idiots!!!!
I talked to NIH officials, current and former, about what's been happening inside the agency since the Trump administration shut down their grantmaking pipeline in January. Their stories showed just how willing our new leaders are to break the law: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Inside the Collapse at NIH
Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Such a POS!!!!
Zelenskyy will be in D.C. tomorrow, so now Trump is changing his tune.
February 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Come on BlueSky where is #NeedAngryButtononBlueSky
Can't imagine where they got the idea, but earlier in the week, the White House comms director posted (and then reposted) this.
February 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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February 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Yep...pretty much!!
February 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Thursday News: Climate Crisis in Overdrive, with Record Heat in 2024; Trump, Trapped in Russian “Disinformation Bubble,” Is the...President of Putin’s Dreams”; Trump Has GOP Senators “Scared Shitless”; “Virginia’s GOP delegation chooses Trump over the Constitution” bluevirginia.us/2025/02/thur...
Thursday News: Climate Crisis in Overdrive, with Record Heat in 2024; Trump, Trapped in Russian “Disinformation Bubble,” Is the American President of Putin’s Dreams”; Trump Has GOP Senators “Scared S...
by LowellHere are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, February 20. As Paul Krugman says "Why the frantic lying? I suspect that it’s
bluevirginia.us
February 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
One of the things that keeps us divided into camps is the understandable necessity of focusing on a couple main issues or themes that are important to us to the exclusion of others. Our brains are designed to shut out cognitive dissonance so that we can focus on that which is most important. 1/
February 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The identification of problems with our health in this proclamation is 100% on point!! I wonder though if the problem could be that we here in the US put profits and return to shareholders above all else? 1/
February 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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February 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
B√\\§£!7 !!
sounds legit
February 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
You have lost your collective minds!!! This is the natural end result of years of attacking "experts" of any sort...educational, legal, medical...and attacking the free press! When they convince you that you can't believe anything but them, then they really do have complete control!! 1/
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I think this explains the moment we are in.

The American people have chosen a President who has broken the law, promised to break the law, appointed people who will uphold his breaking the law, and is breaking the law! He is the ultimate final end game for the Uniparty! 1/
February 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hey BlueSky...please get an "Angry" button already!!
#Blueaskyneedsanangrybutton #MakeEmoticonsGreatAgain
February 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I heard this yesterday working out at the Y and couldn't help but wonder what the lads would think about us now...Iraq, Gaza, Democrats, Republicans...the Uniparty.
"And the parting on the left
Is now parting on the right" 1/
youtu.be/UDfAdHBtK_Q?...
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Studios / 1978)
YouTube video by TheWhoVEVO
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February 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Grrrrrr!
February 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
To all those who keep saying, "why are you surprised? He said this is what he was going to do!" Yes, we know!! We knew this better than you did... you who said, "oh he really doesn't mean what he says" 1/
February 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I do not believe Trump's administration is simply a battle to return democracy to Conservative leadership. Rather, I believe it is a direct assault, an attempt to assume the levers of power by illegal means. I also fully believe that what we have been witnessing for multiple administrations... 1/
February 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM