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John Askins

@jaskins54.bsky.social

Retired journalist / meteorologist. House husband, responsible pet owner, disabled American, host of weekly music show on local community radio station. Involved in everything from progressive politics to philately.

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Honestly, I think it started when the union didn’t send Robert E. Lee to prison and failed to quash the KKK in the south after the Civil War.

01.03.2026 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s all about oil and Epstein.

28.02.2026 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CNN
1980-2026
RIP

27.02.2026 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CNN
1980-2026
RIP

26.02.2026 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not surprised at all. She knew exactly what she was doing when she shared that vile story.

26.02.2026 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a link to an article? Do they offer evidence? What’s their source?

It would be good if it’s true, but right now that looks like a tabloid headline to me.

16.02.2026 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.

15.02.2026 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9682    πŸ” 1831    πŸ’¬ 626    πŸ“Œ 207
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Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."

07.02.2026 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 43490    πŸ” 12342    πŸ’¬ 962    πŸ“Œ 678

β€œWe’re Number 1!”

27.01.2026 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It wasn’t a protest. He was observing ICE. So what if he had a holstered legal firearm. They are just feeding BS to their base.

26.01.2026 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bondi seeks Minnesota voter rolls, welfare data to "help bring back law and order" in wake of shootings Minnesota's secretary of state rejected a request from Attorney General Pam Bondi for federal access state voter rolls and welfare data, as tensions flare in Minneapolis after a man was shot and kille...

Pam Bondi telling Minneapolis that ICE will be recalled *only* when that blue city turns over its voter rolls is a clear reveal that this isn't about immigration. It's about interfering with upcoming elections that may not favor Donald Trump.

It's extortion.
www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-m...

26.01.2026 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3069    πŸ” 1066    πŸ’¬ 291    πŸ“Œ 115
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7 Questions About the Latest CBP Shooting Border Patrol agents shot two more people in their vehicle, this time in Portland. And the story they’re telling doesn’t add up.

β€œIt is not rhetoric to observe that DHS has become a rogue department. There’s a specific meaning: DHS has ceased to operate within the law.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/7-question...

10.01.2026 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 654    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 9

According to MAGA, Renee Good, just sitting in her car, is a domestic terrorist, but Kyle Rittenhouse, shooting strangers in the street with an assault weapon, is not.

These people are such shameless, twisted liars.

08.01.2026 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6203    πŸ” 1922    πŸ’¬ 185    πŸ“Œ 53

Renee Good was peacefully sitting in her car.

Ashli Babbitt was aggressively lunging at a police officer in a threatening way.

Guess which one conservatives think had it coming when she got shot?

They don't even try to be coherent, much less principled.

08.01.2026 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2401    πŸ” 583    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 13

Greenland’s next.

That’s my prediction.

03.01.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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(I’m sure this is a hoax, but…) β€œMr.President, do you see the spirit of JFK in the room with us now?”

25.12.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He wants them built quickly. That could mean builders cutting corners and shoddy workmanship, which would endanger the crew.

22.12.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember when Presidents did national speeches for emergencies or times where a nation needs to hear from their leader?

This angry old man is literally screaming and clearly panicking

18.12.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 22895    πŸ” 4194    πŸ’¬ 1117    πŸ“Œ 144

NPR reported that the Pentagon may cut ties with the Boy Scouts because scouts are too woke!

I think the scouts should cut ties with the Pentagon because it promotes toxic masculinity.

26.11.2025 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pope Leo calls for β€˜deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S. β€œMany people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:

'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."

chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

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A mom is accused of buying ammunition and tactical gear for her son, despite repeated warnings about violent plans at school Warning signs that a San Antonio middle school student had deadly intentions had been building for months, police say. They took on a new urgency Sunday when his grandmother walked into his bedroom.

What could be more American than the headline "Mother Buys Violent Son Ammunition and Tactical Gear to Shoot Up His Middle School in Exchange for Babysitting His Younger Siblings"?
www.yahoo.com/news/mom-acc...

03.10.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 702    πŸ” 213    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 14
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Dear lord, America. How did we get here? Hug someone unexpectedly, introduce yourself to someone you don’t know, smile at somebody in the grocery store. It doesn’t seem like much, but it is an antidote to the poison that is our politics right now. #TippingPoint #ThisIsNotNormal.

10.09.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

My fantasy: T***p finds himself in the Satan’s outer office.

A demonic assistant asks him to wait because Satan wants to personally welcome him to Hell.

Eternity passes. History’s greatest villains shuffle past while T***p waits.

30.08.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m ashamed to say this about another human, but I hope it’s true.

30.08.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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See the 2017 film "Death Of Stalin". Laugh at the chaos. Then look again β€” and recognize that the comedy is a dress rehearsal. When Trump finally goes, America will learn that the death of a strongman is not the end of the nightmare. It is the beginning of the brawl over his bones.

β€œThe Death of Tr

30.08.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump attack Tweet coming in 3, 2…

27.08.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1