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@keithstar1100.bsky.social

Former R, but changed to Independent 30+ years ago. On Bluesky for political news and info in order to keep my sanity!

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Is there anything more American than skimming obscene amounts of money off of a charity purported to exist to help the disadvantaged? Well, churches have, too!

Franklin Graham gives himself $720,000/year from one of his charities called "Samaritan's Purse," with, clearly, the emphasis on the purse.

26.11.2025 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 670    ๐Ÿ” 127    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.

26.11.2025 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3503    ๐Ÿ” 1137    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 279    ๐Ÿ“Œ 78

The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result โ€” and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump adminโ€™s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.

26.11.2025 01:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2700    ๐Ÿ” 1114    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 94    ๐Ÿ“Œ 65

How did I miss the news of Epsteinโ€™s estate receiving a refund of 112 million dollars from the Federal government this year?

25.11.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 911    ๐Ÿ” 384    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
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The only Republican speaking with clarity on this issue. Sad that heโ€™s the only one.

25.11.2025 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2479    ๐Ÿ” 743    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 79    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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I just paid $98.25 for a #Thanksgiving turkey!!! ๐Ÿฆƒ

Thanks, Trump!! ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ

25.11.2025 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 528    ๐Ÿ” 153    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 166    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
A tweet from MilitaryNewsUA with a Ukraine flag emoji. It reports that Sweden will not recognize Russiaโ€™s annexation of Ukrainian territories, quoting Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard. Below is a long block quote affirming that borders cannot be changed by force and that Ukraineโ€™s armed forces and people must retain full sovereignty, including the path toward EU membership.

A tweet from MilitaryNewsUA with a Ukraine flag emoji. It reports that Sweden will not recognize Russiaโ€™s annexation of Ukrainian territories, quoting Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard. Below is a long block quote affirming that borders cannot be changed by force and that Ukraineโ€™s armed forces and people must retain full sovereignty, including the path toward EU membership.

A screenshot of Swedenโ€™s foreign minister speaking at a wooden podium inside a legislative chamber. The caption states that Sweden does not recognize Russiaโ€™s illegal annexation of Crimea or other Ukrainian territory and will not reward aggression. The video overlay includes Ukrainian subtitles.

A screenshot of Swedenโ€™s foreign minister speaking at a wooden podium inside a legislative chamber. The caption states that Sweden does not recognize Russiaโ€™s illegal annexation of Crimea or other Ukrainian territory and will not reward aggression. The video overlay includes Ukrainian subtitles.

This is how itโ€™s done, U.S. negotiators. Learn from other strong leaders how to deal with criminal aggressors.

25.11.2025 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1354    ๐Ÿ” 270    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Riddle me this:

If Trump's military hasn't issued any illegal orders, why has Pete Hegseth been unable to come up with *any* legal justification for killing those fishermen in boats in the Caribbean?๐Ÿค”

25.11.2025 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1214    ๐Ÿ” 290    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Almost all of the "MAGA" accounts on X have been determined to be located in other countries. Trump literally has to pretend he still has a huge following.

We know better. Hell, DC insiders are quietly working to oust him.

#HOLDFAST

25.11.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 865    ๐Ÿ” 265    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

I like Tom.

Despite his opinion on Led Zeppelin.

But this kinda counts more.

25.11.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 321    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

This is called โ€œchain refoulmentโ€ and itโ€™s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply donโ€™t care.

25.11.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5440    ๐Ÿ” 2301    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 96    ๐Ÿ“Œ 40

After ousting the BLS director and scrapping the October jobs and inflation reports, Trump is now canceling release of the advance Q3 GDP estimate.

Trump doesn't mind turning the lights off on the economy because heโ€™d rather Americans not know how badly itโ€™s doing under him.

25.11.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1247    ๐Ÿ” 453    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

This guy maybe. He's go guts and he's smart. bsky.app/profile/ther...

25.11.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.

25.11.2025 04:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3731    ๐Ÿ” 1396    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 43
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Activate climateโ€™s โ€˜silent majorityโ€™ to supercharge action, experts say Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed

A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe theyโ€™re in a minority.

People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.

#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social

24.11.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 756    ๐Ÿ” 295    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

And this is why Iโ€™ll not watch or read CBS news.

Alan Dershowitzโ€ฆ. โ€œCharismaticโ€? STFU!

25.11.2025 06:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"After eleven months in office...the gentleman who is in office owns this economy."

The Trump administration keeps teasing an American golden age. But so far, voters do not seem convinced. Ron Insana and @chafkin.bsky.social discuss on the #11thHour with @stephruhle.bsky.social.

25.11.2025 04:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 122    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Stopped using Google a few years ago. Use DuckDuckGo now and have had zero issues.

25.11.2025 06:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | QAnon Isnโ€™t So Thrilled About the Epstein Revelations It has a little something to do with Donald Trump.

QAnon should be celebrating the Epstein revelations. Instead, theyโ€™re panicking because the trail keeps leading back to Trump.

@willsommer.bsky.social breaks down why the movement is suddenly going quiet in his piece in the New York Times.

25.11.2025 00:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 269    ๐Ÿ” 65    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I'm looking forward to this!
How to psych them out, totally.

25.11.2025 00:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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America has a major nursing workforce shortage. We need hundreds of thousands more.

Is it any surprise the Trump team has decided to make it *harder* for aspiring nurses to afford nursing school?

Yet another healthcare โ€œpolicyโ€ that will harm our future.

24.11.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1043    ๐Ÿ” 372    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.

"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."

24.11.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6395    ๐Ÿ” 2060    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 197    ๐Ÿ“Œ 158

โ€œWithin the White House, Trump and his lieutenants arenโ€™t planning on letting upโ€ฆTrump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteoโ€ฆ
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...

24.11.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1390    ๐Ÿ” 471    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 97    ๐Ÿ“Œ 76
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House Republican Warns More โ€œExplosiveโ€ Resignations Coming After MTG Marjorie Taylor Greene wonโ€™t be the last Republican resignation before the midtermsโ€”and itโ€™s all thanks to Trump.

#HoldFast

GOP house turning over majority to democrats.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

24.11.2025 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

And the cruelty of it all.....

24.11.2025 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Amplified Foreign-Based Accounts This Weekend One account boosted by Trump promoted banning Ilhan Omar from office. The account is based in Africa.

Oops! One account boosted by Trump this weekend promoted banning Ilhan Omar from office. The account is based in Africa.

meidasnews.com/news/trump-a...

24.11.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1743    ๐Ÿ” 555    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
@PeteHegseth on X: The video made by the โ€œSeditious Sixโ€ was despicable, reckless, and false. Encouraging our warriors to ignore the orders of their Commanders undermines every aspect of โ€œgood order and discipline.โ€ Their foolish screed sows doubt and confusion โ€” which only puts our warriors in danger.

Five of the six individuals in that video do not fall under @DeptofWar jurisdiction (one is CIA and four are former military but not โ€œretiredโ€, so they are no longer subject to UCMJ). However, Mark Kelly (retired Navy Commander) is still subject to UCMJโ€”and he knows that. 

As was announced, the Department is reviewing his statements and actions, which were addressed directly to all troops while explicitly using his rank and service affiliationโ€”lending the appearance of authority to his words. Kellyโ€™s conduct brings discredit upon the armed forces and will be addressed appropriately.
24 Nov 25

@PeteHegseth on X: The video made by the โ€œSeditious Sixโ€ was despicable, reckless, and false. Encouraging our warriors to ignore the orders of their Commanders undermines every aspect of โ€œgood order and discipline.โ€ Their foolish screed sows doubt and confusion โ€” which only puts our warriors in danger. Five of the six individuals in that video do not fall under @DeptofWar jurisdiction (one is CIA and four are former military but not โ€œretiredโ€, so they are no longer subject to UCMJ). However, Mark Kelly (retired Navy Commander) is still subject to UCMJโ€”and he knows that. As was announced, the Department is reviewing his statements and actions, which were addressed directly to all troops while explicitly using his rank and service affiliationโ€”lending the appearance of authority to his words. Kellyโ€™s conduct brings discredit upon the armed forces and will be addressed appropriately. 24 Nov 25

This is likely unlawful command influence

24.11.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1604    ๐Ÿ” 306    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 156    ๐Ÿ“Œ 70
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Target, Amazon, Home Depot. Youโ€™re not just selling products โ€” youโ€™re laundering fascism through your supply chains, your lobbying, your silence.

Weโ€™re spending elsewhere โ€” where justice isnโ€™t a coupon code. #WeAintBuyingIt

24.11.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 415    ๐Ÿ” 271    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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