@ascook.bsky.social

Feet are in CA but heart is in NM. Lifelong proud Dem.

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Buttigieg: "We lived through a war that was sold to us on false pretenses when I was younger. This war has not been sold on any pretense. The president just went ahead and did it."

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Medicare is controlled by the federal government not individual states.

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"Strangled, not hanged..said Doctor who attended Epstein's autopsy

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Zelenskyy: "Putin never wanted to stop the war. America has to make big pressure on Putin or he will not negotiate. Of course the situation in Iran gives him more money, and the process of taking off the sanctions also is helpful for him. It gives him more assurance that he can continue the war."

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Mom w/toddler walking up to the street:

Mom - "Honey, here is the street. We must look both ways before we cross."

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Republican Senator Ron Johnson stood up for the 1st Amendment on Fox News and opposes Donald Trump’s FCC Chair Brendan Carr who is threatening to revoke broadcasting licenses.

Rare win from him!

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Appointee wants to replace White House columns with the ones Trump prefers The head of a federal arts commission is proposing the more ornate Corinthian style for the nearly 200-year-old columns at the building’s front entrance

Well that will open up the Strait of Hormuz.

"The White House’s main entrance — framed by graceful Ionic columns — has been a signature image of the seat of US power

"A Trump-appointee is proposing to replace them with a more ornate style favored by Trump...

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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With that shit-eating grin.

Midterms, Dems. Midterms.

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and we'll wipe it off his face.

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Senator Schiff...

you had me at "No."

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Imagine that everything he promised his base turning out to be a lie. Shocking. Just shocking.

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Just keep it up, Dems. Stick together and keep doing what we're doing...

which is winning at the polls, in the courts and at the ballot boxes !!

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Now that Trump has gotten rid of the cheap migrant labor, are farmers paying higher wages for American workers as Trump prophesized? Are Americans rushing to fill those jobs? Tariffs, deportations, and now his war is raising prices on gas and fertilizer.. I'm really tired of saying "we told you so"

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Bluesky made the NYT crossword puzzle today, which I take as a sign that yes, Bluesky has the juice.

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Okay, agree here, but "dumb" really doesn't cover it, does it?

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Hi, Mike - We are a democratic republic, and the method for citizen's redress are elections. You hold the magic "STOP IT" wand in your hand...

it is your vote.

Electing Democrats on November 3 is how we change Trump/MAGA control. Honestly.

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and save America.

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F.C.C. Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters’ Licenses Over War Coverage

I wrote about this, and what it means for the First Amendment, last night. Get the history & the analysis here: joycevance.substack.com/p/attacking-...

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/w...

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Khanna on Fox News: "There was no imminent threat. Now there's a threat to the United States. We've created a threat."

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Now comes the heat Add it to the war, and maybe we have a teachable moment

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Rachel, when can we expect this "obscure methodological change" to show a lower rate of inflation to trickle down to the price of, say, bacon? Or, say, beans?

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Al Gore. Hillary Clinton. Kamala Harris.

Just think where our country - and the world - would be today if the people who’d won their elections had been allowed to win their elections.

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THIS. IS. HOW. DEMS. WIN...

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Thank you all postcard professionals, you are going to save democracy here and around the world.

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We live in a democratic republic, the people (WHO VOTE) are in control...

and with the midterms on Nov 3, we will take control, shut down this power-mad madman and start restoring the democracy he is destroying here, and around the world.

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and take control.

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Epstein survivor speaks about sexual assault and PTSD at 'Voice of Freedom Forum' EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WKBT) -- A 1991 survivor of childhood sexual abuse and sexual assault connected to Jeffrey Epstein spoke at the ‘Voice of Freedom Forum’ on Saturday.

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WELKER: Should Americans be bracing for the price of oil to go over $200 a barrel?

CHRIS WRIGHT: So Iran calls us the 'great Satan.' I don't think we are the great Satan. In fact, clearly, we're not.

WELKER: So that's a no?

WRIGHT: It's a, uh, I would pay no attention to what Iran says, but ...

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