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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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Trumpโ€™s AI pressure campaign protection racket

No explicit orders needed just inauguration seats, Stargate contracts, and supply chain security threats.

OpenAI, Google, Meta caved.

Perplexity took money and called it neutrality.

Anthropic, so far, hasnโ€™t

27.02.2026 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ellison buys Hollywood, Trump gets the remote. Netflix blinked, CBS already knelt. One family, two studios, all your news. The Department of War thanks you for your viewership.

27.02.2026 08:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ellison buys Hollywood, Trump gets the remote. Netflix blinked, CBS already knelt. One family, two studios, all your news. The Department of War thanks you for your viewership.

27.02.2026 08:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
26.02.2026 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1118    ๐Ÿ” 250    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rep. Garcia: Documents from a minorโ€™s FBI interview alleging Trump sexual assault are missing. The accused controls the DOJ. The accusedโ€™s handpicked AG runs the building where evidence disappeared. Thatโ€™s not a coverup theory. Thatโ€™s obstruction happening live.

27.02.2026 01:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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JFK, Havana Syndrome, Epstein. Same playbook every time. Classify everything, discredit witnesses, control the narrative, run out the clock. The institutions covering up Epstein are the same ones that buried JFK. Theyโ€™ve had 60 years to perfect it.

27.02.2026 00:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ghislaineโ€™s father Robert Maxwell was Mossad? Did she run the worldโ€™s most sophisticated blackmail operation targeting Western elites. Thatโ€™s not coincidence - thatโ€™s might be intelligence asset doing her job. Epstein wasnโ€™t a pedophile with rich friends.

Was he an operative?

26.02.2026 23:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Epsteinโ€™s operation was a kompromat factory. Russiaโ€™s entire intelligence doctrine is built on exactly that. You think FSB wasnโ€™t collecting copies? They donโ€™t need to hack anyone when half of Washingtonโ€™s secrets were being filmed in a Manhattan townhouse

26.02.2026 23:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Epstein
This is why it stays buried across administrations:
Bush era - didnโ€™t pursue it
Obama era - didnโ€™t pursue it
Trump first term - didnโ€™t pursue it
Biden - didnโ€™t pursue it
Trump second term - actively suppressing it now
Thatโ€™s institutional protection across four decades.

26.02.2026 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Garlandโ€™s โ€˜non-politicalโ€™ reputation was the con. Slow walked Trump prosecutions until they were moot, sat on Epstein files while Maxwell rotted alone. Thatโ€™s not being apolitical. Thatโ€™s being establishment first. The institution protected itself. It always does

26.02.2026 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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GOP is dead

itโ€™s MAGA or bust

25.02.2026 04:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Timothy โ€œBillโ€ Routch
James Heil
Jeff McNally
Glen Samuel

23.02.2026 06:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Whoopsie

23.02.2026 05:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ex-Rep. RJ May to spend over 17 years in prison for sending child sex abuse videos โ€ข SC Daily Gazette The West Columbia Republican says he lost everything. But his actions caused lifelong pain for victims, prosecutors said.

May, a West Columbia Republican and founding member of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus, pleaded guilty in September to sending videos depicting child sexual abuse over a five-day span in April 2024. scdailygazette.com/2026/01/14/f...

23.02.2026 05:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s part of the grift

22.02.2026 03:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trumps Tariff strategy

Itโ€™s like a strict rule at school it doesnโ€™t stay strict forever once everyone starts complaining.

Tariffs help local producers but when other countries retaliate guess what happens

TACO ๐ŸŒฎ

21.02.2026 02:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For democracy you mean

20.02.2026 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Moment Trump Found Out the Supreme Court Killed His Tariffs Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Trumpโ€™s global tariffs were illegal.

LOSER Trump just got hit with a Supreme Court opinion dismantling his โ€œLiberation Dayโ€ tariffs, and you can already see the pattern: like 2020 and Jan. 6, thereโ€™s zero acceptance of defeat, only rage, denial, and psychologically cannot process losing when heโ€™s dangerous, www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

20.02.2026 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nothing says strong leadership like firing professionals because headlines hurt your feelings. Pentagon strategy by ego bruise is wild. If national security decisions hinge on flattery instead of competence, weโ€™re not watching strength weโ€™re watching a clown show

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...

17.02.2026 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And the cruel irony is that if this goes badly, the very public escalation could be part of why. But no one will connect those dots because the framing is already locked in as โ€œpresident takes strong stance.

17.02.2026 02:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The tell is who he called. He called the New York Post โ€” his preferred media megaphone. Not a quiet statement through DOJ. Not a behind-the-scenes directive. A phone interview designed for maximum public theater. The audience for this isnโ€™t the kidnappers. Itโ€™s the public. Itโ€™s his base.

17.02.2026 02:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Threatens Nancy Guthrie Kidnappers With Death Penalty If She Is Killed Donald Trump says Nancy Guthrie's kidnappers could face the death penalty if she is killed

Trump called the New York Post to threaten the death penalty for Nancy Guthrieโ€™s kidnappers. Not law enforcement. The Post. While ransom negotiations are active. Every hostage negotiator knows you give kidnappers an off-ramp, This is ego, not strategy. people.com/trump-threat...

17.02.2026 02:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trumpโ€™s midterm โ€˜wet dreamsโ€™: delayed certifications, chaos probes, friendly Speakers, and rule changes all stacked to cling to power. Not predictions just the playbook critics fear. Democracy survives only if institutions, courts, and voters shut it down fast. Stay alert. History warns us

Trumpโ€™s midterm โ€˜wet dreamsโ€™: delayed certifications, chaos probes, friendly Speakers, and rule changes all stacked to cling to power. Not predictions just the playbook critics fear. Democracy survives only if institutions, courts, and voters shut it down fast. Stay alert. History warns us

Trumpโ€™s midterm โ€˜wet dreamsโ€™: delayed certifications, chaos probes, friendly Speakers, and rule changes all stacked to cling to power. Not predictions just the playbook critics fear. Democracy survives only if institutions, courts, and voters shut it down fast. Stay alert. History warns us

16.02.2026 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Short term, medium term, long term: We have to stop funding ICE. Period.

#stopICE

16.02.2026 10:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11358    ๐Ÿ” 2475    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 287    ๐Ÿ“Œ 92

Before the election takes place, how likely do you think it is that Donald Trump would try to influence the outcome in ways that are not allowed by law?

Is water wet?
Do bears hibernate?
Does gravity work?
Does a duck quack?

16.02.2026 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oh cool so Gang of Eight gets a whistleblower complaint about the DNI hiding intel on a Trump associate talking to foreign spies
8 months late and redacted to hell. Nothing to see here folks, just executive privilege doing its job protecting checks notes the president ๐Ÿ™ƒ abcnews.com/Politics/wir...

13.02.2026 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So Gallup likely calculates: lose some media credibility, face some Twitter anger, but protect the profitable consulting business.
newrepublic.com/post/206495/...

11.02.2026 23:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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WTF Nadler please retire itโ€™s way past nap time
SMH

11.02.2026 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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MAGA rule book:

Iโ€™m right.
Always.

If facts disagree, facts are fake.
If I lose, itโ€™s cheating.
If Iโ€™m wrong, nope.

Thinking is hard.
Blame is easy.

Red hat on.
Brain off.

11.02.2026 00:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man wearing a hat and a shirt that says life on it ALT: a man wearing a hat and a shirt that says life on it

What am I?

I can be short and powerful

โ€ข long and wandering

โ€ข unfinished in places

โ€ข misunderstood

โ€ข quoted by others later

โ€ข changed in meaning
by context

But once written, itโ€™s real.
It happened.

10.02.2026 02:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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