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Ed Smith

@smithem66.bsky.social

Mostly retired. Worked primarily in energy infrastructure development world. Most recently in pre- current- and post-conflict environments. Majority in private sector with 2+ years in DoS in Afghanistan and DC. USCG Lic Capt, Priv Pilot, Sailor & Cycler

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Scouting America will alter its policies to maintain support from the US military, Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Scouting America will alter several policies to maintain its support from the U.S. military.

I was a Scout and was trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty and brave clean and reverent. None of which apply to our current President or administration. Please Scouts, don’t take a knee to those deplorables.

apnews.com/article/scou...

27.02.2026 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tRump grifters can be expected to already be busy establishing private tariff refund administrative services that will reap a percentage of funds moved, interest earned during the return period and rights to keep anything that can’t be returned for any reason.

22.02.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your list is great. I would suggest adding β€œa fairly and just Rule of Law”

06.02.2026 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Empathy for those less fortunate than us.

06.02.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Mamdani shout out his wife in big speech
When's the last time you made a statement about me

Mamdani shout out his wife in big speech When's the last time you made a statement about me

Zohran is already making Regular People's lives harder...

03.01.2026 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 9145    πŸ” 921    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 24

tRump grifters can be expected to already be busy establishing private tariff refund administrative services that will reap a percentage of funds moved, interest earned during the return period and rights to keep anything that can’t be returned for any reason.

02.01.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d possibly accept adding his day of passing.

06.12.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments

Well, no sense listening to GMA on chicken shit ABC anymore. They will spend more time on Justin Baldoni than they will deporting on the fall of the USA.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

18.09.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been a cornerstone of American culture for three generations.

What can I say but FUCK tRUMP. II now need to include all Republican members of the House and Senate. What a bunch of spineless, ignorant, ass kissing cult members.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump

apnews.com/article/publ...

01.08.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

What can I say but FUCK tRump.

The Trump administration’s battle with Columbia was the first of a series of broadsides against elite research universities that depend on federal funds to operate.

24.07.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters.

Another brilliant decision by the tRump administration. Too bad tRump’s father didn’t use some protection when the his tiny spermm was approaching the poor egg that was to become the Don.
US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say - www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

23.07.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller The road to fascism is paved with "objectivity" and "civility."

This article is the truth. Thank you Terry Moran for speaking the truth and no thanks to ABC/ Disney for hiding in a self imposed corner. You get the shame award!

open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

10.06.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trotting 4 one-ton animals around a human laying on the ground is a recipe for that person beyond seriously injured or dying.

And then they layer on the bully sticks. Shame on them!!!

ACAB?!?!?

09.06.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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ABC suspends Terry Moran for calling Trump official Stephen Miller a 'hater' ABC News has suspended correspondent Terry Moran for a deleted X post on White House official Stephen Miller that the network said violated standards.

Terry Moran gets screwed by ABC for speaking the truth just like they kissed tRumps ass when they caved to tRump after George Stephanopolis said the truth about tRump being a rapist.

Disney’s MO?

www.usatoday.com/story/entert... Terry Moran suspended by ABC for Trump post about Stephen Miller

08.06.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Bars People From 12 Countries From Entering U.S.

tRump is doing so much because he can and the congressional republicans won’t do anything to stop him. Fuck him and all of them. The world would be so much better if they all just ceased to exist.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

05.06.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Instead of running the country he is ruining the country. Perhaps a misspelling but more likely a plot by the 2025-ers. Fuck them all.

23.05.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My dream of dreams is to see him and every member of his family and staff out on the streets, penniless and homeless, getting spit on by every passerby.

17.05.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Pledge to the Middle East: No More β€˜Lectures on How to Live’

If he could apply the same mentality (to the extent one exists) to the USA.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/w...

15.05.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Veterans of Vietnam Nam and Afghanistan conflicts might feel like they were being left out and unappreciated.

04.05.2025 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What is a balloon? A monotone but a balloon has two sides. An inside and an outside.

04.05.2025 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Top Producer of β€˜60 Minutes’ Quits, Saying He Lost Independence The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.

I guess I can cross CBS off my list and stop streaming Paramount + since they are caving in to the tRump autocratic regime. Maybe fashion designers will come up with a β€œtaken the knee to tRump regime” line of pants and shorts.

What a farce.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...

22.04.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope I live long enough to urinate on his grave. And I hope it’s soon.

15.04.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump administration freezes about $2.3 billion in funding to Harvard The U.S. Department of Education said on Monday it was freezing about $2.3 billion in federal funds to Harvard University over the school's decision to fight White House demands, including that it shut down diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Harvard, keep on fighting this orange piece of shit. Don’t be like the other schools and law firms taking a knee and further embodying that fuck.

Trump administration freezes about $2.3 billion in funding to Harvard - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

15.04.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

DOW surges almost 3,000 points. There is no way that the tRump regime is not using the instability to make a ton of money to add to their other grifting. Fuck all of them.

09.04.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m 80 YO and was looking forward to a reduced stress β€œautumn of my life”. The orange turd has destroyed that. I hope he burns in hell and gets there soon. Glad to help.

07.04.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Four babies born to nearly 100-year-old parents? It happened in Philadelphia OK, so the parents are endangered Galapagos tortoises. The Philadelphia Zoo shared the happy news about its oldest and most famous residents.

It is roumored that Mitch McConnell is the father.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

03.04.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Schooled by Trump, Americans are learning to dislike their allies Our polling shows that Americans’ and Europeans’ attitudes towards each other are changing quickly

This must be a survey of only those Americans that watch Fox β€œNews” or cartoons (almost the same).

Schooled by Trump, Americans are learning to dislike their allies
economist.com/graphic-deta...
from The Economist

01.04.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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There's no sum of money that will keep you safe from Trump Corporations are learning this the hard way.

I sure prefer β€œelbows up” over β€œtaking a knee”. I don’t understand why any of these corporate entities are kowtowing to tRump as he destroys the USA.

substack.com/app-link/pos...

01.04.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe he meant β€œcome to heel”.

30.03.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0