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@flick131.bsky.social

USAF RET (24 yrs), Cornhusker at heart, NC by choice. Married animal wrangler: 3 dogs, 6 cats, 3 guinea pigs & a turtle. 65 & just getting started!

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We make Good Trouble because silence is betrayal. We march, we shout, we demand. The time for timid voices is over. Dr. King warned us: โ€œThe greatest tragedy is not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good.โ€

13.10.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŒโœˆ๏ธ While in Reykjavรญk next week, we came across this world event
NO KINGS! Reykjavรญk
and weโ€™ll be there!
Excited to see how locals come together ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ
๐Ÿ“ Mama Reykjavรญk, Bankastrรฆti 2
๐Ÿ—“ Saturday, October 18, 2025 | 2โ€“4 PM

#Reykjavik #Iceland #TravelMoments #NoKings #LocalVoices

12.10.2025 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Are we winning yet?

Trump's 100% China tariff threat wipes $2 trillion off US stocks

11.10.2025 22:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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He won!

10.10.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1239    ๐Ÿ” 340    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 52    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31

Itโ€™s a fascist regime that not longer resembles a democratic administration

11.10.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Imagine being anti-fascistโ€ฆ what a scandal, right? How dare anyone oppose authoritarianism and hate!

11.10.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My gut call:
๐Ÿ‘‰ The layoffs and shutdowns backfire.
๐Ÿ‘‰ He loses independents and moderates.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Democrats regain the House in 2026.

11.10.2025 12:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These hearings are pure theater. Dems still play by the old rules while GOP officials filibuster and lie for Trump. Itโ€™s painful watching them walk in unprepared for the circus. Grassley acts clueless but knows exactly whatโ€™s going on. Get it together, Democrats.

11.10.2025 11:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trumpโ€™s throwing a tantrum again slapping 100% tariffs like a petulant man-child who thinks trade wars are Pokรฉmon cards. He wrecks markets, jacks up prices, and calls it โ€œwinning,โ€ while adults like Biden quietly fix the mess he makes with his tiny-handed economics.

10.10.2025 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lobotomies?

10.10.2025 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fun Fact
Antifa Organizationโ„ข is a vast army of baristas and philosophy majors with zero hierarchy, no funding, and unmatched skill at breaking up fascist cosplay rallies. Beware their ultimate weapon: strongly worded tweets and homemade banners.โ€

10.10.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Uggh weโ€™re screwed

10.10.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cats are now a huge part of my retirement life

10.10.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

MAGA

10.10.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Family tree doesnโ€™t fork with these knucklehead

10.10.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jeans in the gym classic move to hide those chicken legs. Manโ€™s out here looking like a rotisserie special: pumped up top, drumsticks below. Every curl screams denial, every squat skipped confirms it. Bro, even the chickens feel disrespected.

10.10.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Color evolved as a survival signal. When your eyes detect light, your brain doesnโ€™t just see it it interprets it. Warm hues once meant fire or food, cool tones meant water or shelter. Those instincts remain, so balanced colors still feel safe and deeply satisfying.

09.10.2025 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If Obama had tried to seize control of a stateโ€™s National Guard, the right wouldโ€™ve screamed โ€œdictator.โ€ But when Trump does it, they call it โ€œlaw and order.โ€ Statesโ€™ rights only matter to them until powerโ€™s on the line then itโ€™s all hypocrisy.

09.10.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why doesnโ€™t MSM ask these questions? Access

09.10.2025 06:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Q: Have you given any more thought to suspending habeas corpus? krasnov: Suspending who? ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™

09.10.2025 06:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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a little boy is sitting at a desk with his hand on his chin and the words `` me waiting on antifa civil '' above him . ALT: a little boy is sitting at a desk with his hand on his chin and the words `` me waiting on antifa civil '' above him .

Trump hates the word โ€œantifaโ€ because it names what he is. Born from 1930s anti-Nazis, literally means anti-fascist. Fascism thrives on lies, fear, and blind loyalty to one man. Anti-fascism exposes that, so he brands it the enemy. When dissent becomes โ€œtreason,โ€ democracy is already under siege.

09.10.2025 06:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a police uniform is holding a torch in his hand and says let me show you somethin ' . ALT: a man in a police uniform is holding a torch in his hand and says let me show you somethin ' .

Republicans never learn every shutdown stunt torches their credibility. They scream about โ€œfiscal disciplineโ€ while lighting taxpayer money on fire. From Gingrich to Trump, itโ€™s the same tantrum: wreck the government, blame others, then crawl back after the damage is done.

08.10.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A true giant of compassion and humility
all 4 feet, 10 inches of him.

07.10.2025 17:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Without Precedent โ€œA devastating, passionate takedown of Chief Justice John Roberts's Supreme Court by a Washington insider.โ€ โ€”Jane Mayer,ย author ofย Dark Money In the ...

Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights, by Lisa Graves. ๏ฟผ www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/lisa-...

07.10.2025 10:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Itโ€™s time for soft secession How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trumpโ€™s agendaโ€”starting with California.

Real patriots don't walk away from a burning house they grab a hose. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

07.10.2025 10:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

CBS News:
โ€œAnd thatโ€™s the way it isโ€ Walter Cronkite just muted the broadcast.

07.10.2025 06:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Doocy fits his personality Itโ€™s a middle school name that screams wedgie recipient.

07.10.2025 06:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Schumerโ€™s a clown in a collapsing house drifting through crisis after crisis with that strongly worded letter and zero clue. Heโ€™s useless, spineless, and out of touch. The countryโ€™s burning and heโ€™s checking poll numbers. Step down, Chuck. You suck at this.

07.10.2025 01:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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