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Retired USAF officer and HS math teacher. Married grandpa. Democrat, Pro-Ukraine, Anti-Fascist. I believe the river of life flows from our ancestors through us to our descendants. Each of us is just a drop in that river. We're all in this together.

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Faux News would probably show edited clips of the crowd running the marathon as "proof" of the riots.

07.10.2025 19:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's really inconvenient for Trump that there is currently NO insurrection in the US.

07.10.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The judge previously said that Trump's description of Portland's lawlessness was "untethered in reality" so BS Barbie felt the need to use that same phrase back at the judge. That's straight out of grade school "I know you are but what am I?" So childish!!

07.10.2025 11:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Desert Storm was a high-water mark for the US. President George HW Bush had the wisdom to put the experts in charge, accomplish the objective of driving Saddam out of Kuwait and then quit while we were ahead. Sadly, his son did not have the same wisdom.

06.10.2025 10:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He isn't leaving voluntarily, but his mental health is deteriorating pretty quickly and I predict he will not last much longer.

06.10.2025 02:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Compare their "enthusiasm" to the general officers' stone faces when Trump addressed them. The generals and admirals better understood the seriousness of what they were hearing.

06.10.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump is declaring war on Democrats. On all American citizens who didn't vote for him. No other president in US history has been so disgraceful. This is going to turn into a civil war at some point. A shooting war.

06.10.2025 02:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump's ignorance is astounding, especially for someone old enough to have lived through those years. The war in Vietnam was unwinnable by military means because the Vietnamese people did not want us there and it would have been a war without end as long as we stayed there.

06.10.2025 02:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tail end of Desert Storm (Iraq) and in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

06.10.2025 00:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜†

05.10.2025 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Watching crowds fill the streets in Chicago and other cities in opposition to this criminal regime is heartening, and we all have to do it. None of who are able can sit at home during these peaceful protests. We have to show overwhelming resistance.

05.10.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 203    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Any positive trend in US/Russia relations was an illusion. Putin is the implacable enemy of Western democracy and always will be.

05.10.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A fresh break in the alleged Mike Johnson Grindr case has people screaming "Release the DMs!" - Queerty Things just keep getting twistier and turnier

Grindr Boy demonstrates his stroking technique.
www.queerty.com/a-fresh-brea...

04.10.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What many don't realize, is that Ukrainian strikes from last 2 years on russian refineries are always aiming at specific part of refinery.

Cracking Units.

This basically stops Russia from ability to refine crude into useful fuels.

This is why Russian issue of lack of fuels is snowballing.

04.10.2025 02:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3966    ๐Ÿ” 802    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 111    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35
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Attn Black people, stop scrolling.

This is not a drill: Chicago

04.10.2025 03:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18233    ๐Ÿ” 8925    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 694    ๐Ÿ“Œ 501

Any ONE of these generals knows more about "warrior ethos" than Hegsdeth, Trump and his entire regime put together will ever know.

04.10.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Spot on.

04.10.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23425    ๐Ÿ” 10681    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 724    ๐Ÿ“Œ 478
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Thugs.

04.10.2025 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10569    ๐Ÿ” 5483    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 958    ๐Ÿ“Œ 497
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RFK Jr.โ€™s HHS killed a research grant to investigate vaccine safety, then asked the researcher to publicly present results | CNN About 90 seconds into his presentation on Covid-19 vaccine safety at a closely watched meeting of advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month, Dr. Bruce Carleton made a st...

HHS abruptly cuts funding for Covid vaccine safety research because they don't really want us to know the truth. www.cnn.com/2025/10/04/h...

04.10.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We all know what Grindr Boy does for fun, but I can't print it here.

04.10.2025 02:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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That's assuming we actually get the chance to vote again. I'm hopeful, but not certain of that.

03.10.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm no expert on US government, but this HAS to be illegal. No previous US president ever cut funding to blue states simply because they were blue states. Somebody help me out here--I know this has to be illegal, but I don't know what law is being broken.

03.10.2025 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

Trump wanted to give King Charles one of Ike's swords. The Eisenhower presidential library said it could not provide one because it is government property and illegal to give away. Now the library director has been fired. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

03.10.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 202    ๐Ÿ” 93    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

I like the name "Grindr Mike". I'll have to start using it whenever I mention that obsequious worm.

03.10.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump charts path to total control amid government shutdown So far, the standoff is only emboldening the White House.

Trump is using the shutdown to seize total control of the government. www.axios.com/2025/10/03/t...

03.10.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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