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Pragmatic Northwesterner. Patriot. Climate/energy professional. I will follow back in the interests of building community for positive change. 🚫trolls, crypto scams, porn, jerks, and nazis. Can’t believe I have to explicitly say no Nazis.

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I am old enough to remember Willie Horton and that quaint little scandal.

11.11.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In addition to never having gone to a grocery store, he has also never bought his own health insurance.

11.11.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court to Hear Major Challenge to Mail-In Ballot Laws The justices agreed to hear a challenge to Mississippi’s law, a case that could upend similar measures in dozens of states before the 2026 election.

Mail-in voting provides crucial ballot access for people with disabilities, seniors, and voters who lack reliable transportation.

Any attempt to restrict mail-in voting is a direct assault on our democratic process.

10.11.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 378    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5

If the country used Washington’s vote by mail system we would have more participation in democracy and clear, auditable, paper trails.

10.11.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow. Supreme Court doing its job. What a surprise.

10.11.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reagan-appointed federal judge: "justice is supposed to be administered...equally for everyone, without fear or favor. This is the opposite of what is happening now....Day after day, I observed in silence as President Trump, his aides, & his allies dismantled so much of what I dedicated my life to."

09.11.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Seriously, we used to tell bad about getting McDonald’s for our kid because the food was not healthy, but now we feel bad because we spend ten dollars for chicken McNuggets.

09.11.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pardons are now available for anyone who can pay for them. This is the most corrupt President in history.

09.11.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 493    πŸ” 280    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 19

The whole thread is epic

08.11.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I keep thinking how #project2025 was ignored by most folksβ€”and look where we are.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social please write about this. @redwineblueusa.bsky.social @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
@teslatakedown.com

We need mass awareness and a plan!

08.11.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity

πŸ‘€ The Age of Extraction is a must read… more β€˜what to do’ than Enshitifacation, yet excellent companion.
PS: but from anyone other than Amazon…. I like @bookshop.org !

08.11.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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American Suburbs Have a Financial Secret β€” The Atlantic Municipal bonds have become an unavoidable part of local governanceβ€”and their costs divide rich towns from poor ones.

The bond market shapes cities and your future. apple.news/ARtXFh7gTQE2...

08.11.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Could they eat Elon instead? Maybe that would help.

08.11.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The board is going to give him the trillion dollar payout (based on their belief in his hype, not on actual metrics), and he will take it, and leave Tesla the next day, with all the IP and the suckers who funded it will be left holding the bag. Duh.

08.11.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
I was elected 6 weeks ago. Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear me in. Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear me into office, an unprecedented and starkly undemocratic position that sets a very dangerous precedent.

Adelita Grijalva: "Beyond my ability to represent my constituents, this presents a much more consequential question: Can the speaker of the House unilaterally delay swearing in a duly elected member of Congress for political reasons?"

🧾 USA Today: share.google/umOoeN9a0Ciz...

07.11.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 616    πŸ” 222    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 11

That is newspeak, for β€œwe will destroy American democracy and I will be king…until I die.”

07.11.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Deutschland: US-Armee schickt Soldaten zur Tafel - die reagiert β€žmindestens irritiertβ€œ Wegen des Shutdowns gibt die Armee den in Deutschland stationierten Soldaten Tipps zur Essensversorgung.

US Army soldiers stationed in Germany are advised to report to German food banks to get something to eat, because Hegseth has ordered the closing of the mess halls. The soldiers feel humiliated. www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/deuts...

07.11.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 6

They have to do that because the asshats in DHS keep sending texts like β€œ5 shots, 7 holes…put that in your book, boys” after they go hunting for humans

07.11.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seriously. It would be better to draw a picture of a flat earth map and put β€œthar be monsters” in places where we haven’t been

07.11.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think there is definitely a β€œfull support of oligarchs in Russia and the US” component to this. Many other horrible people do not have bot farms and state hackers supporting their every false statement. Or the world’s richest man spending billions to distort truth on his behalf.

07.11.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here, let me help you with your headline: GOP offers NO RELIEF for skyrocketing healthcare in yet another poison pilled sham of an offer. DEMS sensibly signal continued rejection of bullshit.

07.11.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What we in Washington State know for a fact. It is absolutely the best experience of voting. Secure, private, fully auditable. Encourages participation and doesn’t require waiting in giant lines while being threatened by asshats with guns

06.11.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is how the economy will crash.

06.11.2025 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@politico.com is in the tank for the oligarchs and is gonna oligargle til the cows come home.

05.11.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Church Better Start Taking Nazification Seriously - Christianity Today Tucker Carlson hosted neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes on his podcast. The stakes are high for American Christians.

Important read from @drmoore.bsky.social on the defense of corruption of the church:

www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/nazi...

05.11.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1071    πŸ” 314    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 14

Exactly.

05.11.2025 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why couple to employment.

04.11.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What happened to that guy? He used to be a decent blogger back in Bush years.

04.11.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Always a breath of fresh snark.

04.11.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What? Like with taxes? But how will they create jobs in the meaningless luxury goods marketplace or invest in cockamamie private equity funds that extract wealth from the economy and ruin entire industries and sectors?

04.11.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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