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Xcapee, happy to be on BlueSky & on Maryland’s Eastern Shore with spouse, daughters, pets & kindred spirits. Books, art, music, politics, volunteerism, activism - RESIST!! Not here to shop or to fund personal or business projects. Please, no DMs

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Latest posts by bugjuice717.bsky.social on Bluesky

At that age and given his vascular status, a year can make a big difference… but more likely his increased desperation for attention is inspiring more - and more ridiculous- tall tales

03.08.2025 16:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Erasing history. Another characteristic of autocrats and dictators.

31.07.2025 23:06 — 👍 7273    🔁 3164    💬 529    📌 220

Dark stain on humanity!

Palestinians are starving to death in Gaza.

A 27yo weighing just 15kg—a horror unseen since the Holocaust.

Famine is man-made. Israel’s blockade + aid restrictions are killing civilians.

147+ dead from hunger, including 88 kids .

#CeasefireNow

31.07.2025 22:42 — 👍 11    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 1
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RFK Jr. warned about giving the government your data. Now he wants it. The Health and Human Services secretary's pivot on wearables is a case study in how conspiracy extremists rebrand themselves once in positions of power.

RFK Jr. used to warn about a government takeover of our data. He said wearables and their tech were part of a plot to surveil us, enabled tyranny, caused cancer, and turned users into “permanent consumers” to Big Tech.

Now, he'd like your data, please.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

31.07.2025 22:08 — 👍 2169    🔁 920    💬 89    📌 47

“Due to declining civil liberties”

Anyone still convinced America is winning?

#Pinks

31.07.2025 08:33 — 👍 46    🔁 33    💬 2    📌 3
White House Unveils $200
Million Plan for Enormous Ballroom Long Sought by
Trump
Officials said a 90,000-square-foot addition to the East Wing would cost $200 million and be paid for by President Trump and other donors.

White House Unveils $200 Million Plan for Enormous Ballroom Long Sought by Trump Officials said a 90,000-square-foot addition to the East Wing would cost $200 million and be paid for by President Trump and other donors.

Why do I feel like “other donors” is doing some heavy lifting here?

31.07.2025 21:20 — 👍 476    🔁 91    💬 78    📌 9

They are BLATANLY stealing our MONEY 💰 🤑

31.07.2025 22:39 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Icky

31.07.2025 21:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We need some egregious gerrymandering that hurts Republicans to get SCOTUS to revisit and put limits on gerrymandering.

Imagine Illinois districts all radiating out of Chicago, so the rural vote is overwhelmed each and every time. California could probably get to Republican-0 too.

30.07.2025 23:07 — 👍 132    🔁 8    💬 6    📌 1
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Northwestern University eliminates more than 400 staff positions amid funding freeze Northwestern University has eliminated about 425 staff positions, the latest cost-cutting measure amid the Trump administration’s funding freeze.

Trump’s funding freeze for Northwestern is already devastating staff and research capabilities. That’s the point.

That’s why it’s more important than ever for Democrats to fight for educational institutions, their workers, and their students:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/n...

30.07.2025 22:48 — 👍 1594    🔁 379    💬 31    📌 12
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They made healthcare a commodity #healthcare #education

28.07.2025 14:28 — 👍 732    🔁 219    💬 18    📌 9
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👇👇

30.07.2025 15:26 — 👍 3608    🔁 1736    💬 257    📌 138
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The White House is pushing to embed crypto everywhere, from taxes to retirement https://www.axios.com/2025/07/30/trump-stablecoin-taxes-crypto https://www.axios.com/2025/07/30/trump-stablecoin-taxes-crypto

30.07.2025 23:02 — 👍 6    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1
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Gaza Hunger Presents Trump With Moral Test Familiar to Past Presidents The crisis has echoes of past humanitarian crises that left presidents wringing their hands over how to respond.
30.07.2025 23:02 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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@governor.ca.gov You better make good on that counter action promise and quick.

30.07.2025 23:01 — 👍 44    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1
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New name: “Sleepy Don from Epstein Island”

Make it go viral.

30.07.2025 22:56 — 👍 8449    🔁 3801    💬 729    📌 312

Yes

30.07.2025 01:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@mlauriat.bsky.social
@moneill16.bsky.social
@panetto.bsky.social

SUE THE MF's

29.07.2025 23:32 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

So effing awful

30.07.2025 01:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

FYI
bsky.app/profile/sane...

27.07.2025 02:59 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

bsky.app/profile/sane...

28.07.2025 22:57 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump lied about Medicaid, and people are going to die because of it.

21.07.2025 12:57 — 👍 3396    🔁 1284    💬 195    📌 91

The idea that it’s misconduct for a federal judge, at a private meeting of judges, and in response to the Chief Justice’s question about any concerns the judges may have, to express his colleagues’ well-taken concerns about whether the rule of law can survive, is not just preposterous, but insane.

29.07.2025 22:49 — 👍 1147    🔁 289    💬 66    📌 8
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Why is it acceptable for the president to use taxpayer money to fly overseas and cut a ribbon at his own golf course?

Don’t normalize this abuse of office. It’s blatant corruption.

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Release the whole damn thing!!

29.07.2025 23:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The GOP’s New Voter Suppression Architect Read more here.

Those of us in the pro-democracy camp can no longer afford to play by the traditional rules. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

29.07.2025 12:07 — 👍 4485    🔁 1826    💬 151    📌 92

Jesus, couldn’t they just take a page out Nancy Reagan’s book and Just Say No!?

29.07.2025 23:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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