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@lstrassman.bsky.social

My life revolves around my two dogs and my horse. Also an avid cook, baker and photographer. Expecting to stay in my own little bubble for the next 4 years while the world goes to hell in a handbasket.

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Vote of No Confidence in Our Current Federal Government You may want to add your name

Vote of No Confidence in Our Current Federal Government
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22.08.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf (Gift Article) When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o... Satire alert

22.04.2025 12:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Urges Vatican to Select New Pope from Cast of "Fox & Friends" โ€œYou want to have a pope whoโ€™s good on TV,โ€ Trump said.

โ€œYou want to have a pope whoโ€™s good on TV,โ€ Trump said.

21.04.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 291    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Perfection

21.04.2025 02:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9196    ๐Ÿ” 1291    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 144    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
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Fortunate Son โ€” Now and Then A Reason To Smile

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06.04.2025 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bedford MA

05.04.2025 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Publisher's Roundup, 11 โ€œHave You No Sense of Decency,โ€ Mr. Trump?

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This is one case where I hope history repeats itself and the rule of law prevails.

29.03.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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March 27, 2025 Today, Wired reported that it had found four more Venmo accounts associated with the Trump administration officials who participated in the now-infamous Signal chat about a planned military attack on ...

March 27, 2025
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28.03.2025 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Six small morsels of hope Friends,

Six small morsels of hope
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28.03.2025 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Walmart heiress stuns America with bold anti-Trump message in bombshell ad

A Walmart heir took a daring stance against President Donald Trump by publicizing a political message emphasizing the need to work with allies while urging voters to attend town halls.

26.03.2025 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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EXCLUSIVE: DOD has deployed Signal on government devices overriding their own policy A high level source in DOD has confirmed that they were ordered to approve installation of Signal on government devices by Trump officials last month

BREAKING: A high level information security source inside the Department of Defense says they were ordered by political appointees to ignore information security regulations and install Signal on government phones for senior leaders.

26.03.2025 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6418    ๐Ÿ” 2836    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 519    ๐Ÿ“Œ 400
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March 25, 2025 On March 25, 1911, Frances Perkins was visiting with a friend who lived near Washington Square in New York City when they heard fire engines and screams.

March 25, 2025

26.03.2025 04:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1967    ๐Ÿ” 437    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 70
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Ok, tonight we had dinner with some friends, theyโ€™re Canadian. They own a house here in Florida. Theyโ€™re leaving next week because after April 11 theyโ€™d have to register with our government. They donโ€™t trust them, neither do I. I apologized on behalf of us.

25.03.2025 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4131    ๐Ÿ” 812    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 166    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32
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*ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP* The Contrarian is thoroughly displeased to announce we have obtained the 2025 Kennedy Center lineup, as dictated by the newly self-minted Chairman, Donald Trump. There will be no auditions.

*ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP*
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22.03.2025 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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March 19, 2025 A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

March 19, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... autocracy underway

20.03.2025 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A plain-spoken, fearless politician with a twinkle in his eye I spoke with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, a man refreshingly candid about his disgust with the current administration's policies and its lack of humane leadership

A plain-spoken, fearless politician with a twinkle in his eye
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20.03.2025 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How George Lewis Made Comedy Gold Imagining Two Toddlers Chatting (Gift Article) George Lewisโ€™s riffs on the absurdities of millennial parenting โ€” and the inner lives of 2-year-olds โ€” have won him legions of fans online and galvanized his once middling stand-up career.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...

20.03.2025 11:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Login โ€ข Instagram Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

Just found out about this comedian from NYT article. freaking funny. www.instagram.com/reel/DBaiSOs...

20.03.2025 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I pronounce you Prophet politic! I will follow you

19.03.2025 12:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Deportations: It's not where it starts, it's where it ends. Just ahead of the hearing scheduled for 5 p.m.

Deportations: It's not where it starts, it's where it ends.
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18.03.2025 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How our global friends can help us Donโ€™t come here

How our global friends can help us
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18.03.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think the justice dept should call on you to enforce rulings.

17.03.2025 22:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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While the Russian Useful Idiot in the White House is busy claiming bullshit wartime authority to further his efforts destructing Democracy, just a reminder that everything he has said is a lie & everything that he says going forward will be a lie. As for his enablers, screw them.

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Muppet Mayhem: Beaker, Animal & Swedish Chef Sing "Danny Boy"
YouTube video by Muppet Show Mania Muppet Mayhem: Beaker, Animal & Swedish Chef Sing "Danny Boy"

Happy St. Patrick's Day

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17.03.2025 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1095    ๐Ÿ” 249    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29
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EXCLUSIVE: This just happened onstage in front of 6,000 Bostonians at the Dropkick Murphys concert. "This is America, no kings here!" @dropkickmurphys.com nails it again!!

16.03.2025 06:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46002    ๐Ÿ” 11124    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1069    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1167
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Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isnโ€™t True. A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the worldโ€™s richest men slash aid for the worldโ€™s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isnโ€™t True. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... And a reason why it benefits us to provide aide we get tons for 0.24% of our budget

15.03.2025 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Let's just go ahead and call this stock market crash the Tesla Chainsaw Massacre. seen on FB thought it was funny

14.03.2025 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

wicked cool

14.03.2025 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We have to get rid of Schumer- someone has to get a spine. WTF?

14.03.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Judge Delivers Massive Blow to DOGE Quest to Keep Everything Secret A federal judge has just ordered the release of DOGE records.

A federal judge has just ordered DOGE must open its records to the public under federal law.

11.03.2025 22:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1285    ๐Ÿ” 375    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32

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