Podunk Charlie
@podunkcharlie.bsky.social
Dog-loving attorney & musician
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Yes, because what's holding the US back from greatness is our lack of "wood independence". 🙄
Logging these >100 year old trees will be disastrous for climate.
Logging these >100 year old trees will be disastrous for climate.
Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging
An emergency order removes protections covering over half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.
wapo.st
April 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Yes, because what's holding the US back from greatness is our lack of "wood independence". 🙄
Logging these >100 year old trees will be disastrous for climate.
Logging these >100 year old trees will be disastrous for climate.
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And I would rather have you do some fact-checking ...Moron!
"Undocumented" immigrants paid an estimated 100 billion dollars into Social Security and Medicare, last year alone, without getting any benefits from it!
Your racism is showing.....
"Undocumented" immigrants paid an estimated 100 billion dollars into Social Security and Medicare, last year alone, without getting any benefits from it!
Your racism is showing.....
April 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
And I would rather have you do some fact-checking ...Moron!
"Undocumented" immigrants paid an estimated 100 billion dollars into Social Security and Medicare, last year alone, without getting any benefits from it!
Your racism is showing.....
"Undocumented" immigrants paid an estimated 100 billion dollars into Social Security and Medicare, last year alone, without getting any benefits from it!
Your racism is showing.....
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Well, we’re waiting…👇
Aren’t we?! 🤚
Congress: <crickets>
Aren’t we?! 🤚
Congress: <crickets>
April 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Well, we’re waiting…👇
Aren’t we?! 🤚
Congress: <crickets>
Aren’t we?! 🤚
Congress: <crickets>
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'Protests Won't Save America: How the #HandsOff event can catalyze or anesthetize us'
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/protests-w...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/protests-w...
April 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
'Protests Won't Save America: How the #HandsOff event can catalyze or anesthetize us'
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/protests-w...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/protests-w...
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Translation: “Small businesses can’t enrich me personally so I don’t care what happens to them”
Says it all, really
Says it all, really
April 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Translation: “Small businesses can’t enrich me personally so I don’t care what happens to them”
Says it all, really
Says it all, really
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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
Last night, Elon Musk announced the plan to ELIMINATE Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
How do we stop him? MASSIVE PUBLIC OUTRAGE.
Share this with everyone you know!
Last night, Elon Musk announced the plan to ELIMINATE Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
How do we stop him? MASSIVE PUBLIC OUTRAGE.
Share this with everyone you know!
March 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
Last night, Elon Musk announced the plan to ELIMINATE Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
How do we stop him? MASSIVE PUBLIC OUTRAGE.
Share this with everyone you know!
Last night, Elon Musk announced the plan to ELIMINATE Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
How do we stop him? MASSIVE PUBLIC OUTRAGE.
Share this with everyone you know!
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not only will we lose a ton of specialized expertise, we will have a hard time ever getting it back
because if we manage to pull ourselves out of this, the people who are interested in these jobs will know they do not come with the stability it was assumed they did
because if we manage to pull ourselves out of this, the people who are interested in these jobs will know they do not come with the stability it was assumed they did
It is not in fact easy for highly specialized government workers in roles like “proscribed fire management and managing sled dog kennels” to find new jobs, as this piece points out
apnews.com/article/doge...
apnews.com/article/doge...
Fired federal workers hunt for new jobs but struggle to replace their old ones
Job searches can be tough for anyone, but some of the federal workers flooding the market after widespread layoffs are finding it particularly tough. Park ranger?
apnews.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:30 AM
not only will we lose a ton of specialized expertise, we will have a hard time ever getting it back
because if we manage to pull ourselves out of this, the people who are interested in these jobs will know they do not come with the stability it was assumed they did
because if we manage to pull ourselves out of this, the people who are interested in these jobs will know they do not come with the stability it was assumed they did
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Senator Cory Booker says it better than anyone. Last page made me cry.
March 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Senator Cory Booker says it better than anyone. Last page made me cry.
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Just Sharing a Laugh from Jan 6.
I had to search for it because I remember laughing so hard and watching it over and over and over. It brings back a lot of memories from Super Mario.
I had to search for it because I remember laughing so hard and watching it over and over and over. It brings back a lot of memories from Super Mario.
Capital Building VS MAGA....W/ Mario Bros theme.
YouTube video by Punk Rock Karaoke
youtu.be
January 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Just Sharing a Laugh from Jan 6.
I had to search for it because I remember laughing so hard and watching it over and over and over. It brings back a lot of memories from Super Mario.
I had to search for it because I remember laughing so hard and watching it over and over and over. It brings back a lot of memories from Super Mario.
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Trump's right hand man (literally) just casually giving the Nazi salute... twice.
January 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Trump's right hand man (literally) just casually giving the Nazi salute... twice.
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Trump ordered the National Institutes of Health to cancel their review panels on cancer research.
If you or someone you know has cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or one of many countless illnesses that needs a cure — this could have devastating effects.
If you or someone you know has cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or one of many countless illnesses that needs a cure — this could have devastating effects.
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Trump ordered the National Institutes of Health to cancel their review panels on cancer research.
If you or someone you know has cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or one of many countless illnesses that needs a cure — this could have devastating effects.
If you or someone you know has cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or one of many countless illnesses that needs a cure — this could have devastating effects.
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Lisa Murkowski just did what all of our elected leaders should: put country over party. Call your Senators to urge them to do the same at 202-224-3121.
January 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Lisa Murkowski just did what all of our elected leaders should: put country over party. Call your Senators to urge them to do the same at 202-224-3121.
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Trump while surveying hurricane recovery in NC today: "I'll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA or maybe getting rid of FEMA..I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems.”
He's not just stupid, he's dangerous.
He's not just stupid, he's dangerous.
January 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Trump while surveying hurricane recovery in NC today: "I'll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA or maybe getting rid of FEMA..I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems.”
He's not just stupid, he's dangerous.
He's not just stupid, he's dangerous.
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Senator Duckworth said Pete Hegseth is “just not qualified.” Then went on to say Republicans are “trying to shove through his confirmation as quickly as possible, before more news can break of more allegations.” It “speaks to how unfit he is.”
More here:
More here:
Every Democrat Must Do What Sen. Tammy Duckworth Just Did
This is how it’s done
www.dworkinsubstack.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Senator Duckworth said Pete Hegseth is “just not qualified.” Then went on to say Republicans are “trying to shove through his confirmation as quickly as possible, before more news can break of more allegations.” It “speaks to how unfit he is.”
More here:
More here:
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JFK's grandson John "Jack" Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg
calls out his cousins for staying silent as RFK Jr sits for senate confirmation -- suggests they know a lot that's damning.
Sounds pretty pissed off
calls out his cousins for staying silent as RFK Jr sits for senate confirmation -- suggests they know a lot that's damning.
Sounds pretty pissed off
January 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
JFK's grandson John "Jack" Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg
calls out his cousins for staying silent as RFK Jr sits for senate confirmation -- suggests they know a lot that's damning.
Sounds pretty pissed off
calls out his cousins for staying silent as RFK Jr sits for senate confirmation -- suggests they know a lot that's damning.
Sounds pretty pissed off
Trump defaults to presenting an engineering impossibility to move water over the Cascades & Sierras, to SOCAL then backs down to an ad hominem attack: the reason insurance companies left California is because of "people who think like you..."
January 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Trump defaults to presenting an engineering impossibility to move water over the Cascades & Sierras, to SOCAL then backs down to an ad hominem attack: the reason insurance companies left California is because of "people who think like you..."
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Jack Schlossberg, Caroline Kennedy’s son, on RFK Jr and the silence from some of his family members.
January 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Jack Schlossberg, Caroline Kennedy’s son, on RFK Jr and the silence from some of his family members.