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Chris

@chrisb502.bsky.social

Volunteer, hobbyist, model railroader, and occasional freelance writer. To paraphrase Kurt Vonnegut, I feel like a man without a country. I’m determined to make my little part of the world a better, kinder, more compassionate place.

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Latest posts by chrisb502.bsky.social on Bluesky

Rand Paul is an embarrassment to Kentucky and himself. If he’s not on Putin’s payroll, I can’t imagine how he’d act any differently if he was.

21.02.2025 02:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

At trivia last night they announced the next category was going to be current events and everybody booed

04.02.2025 14:41 — 👍 967    🔁 42    💬 8    📌 2

If Felon 47 isn’t on Putin’s payroll, how would he act any differently if he was?

04.02.2025 00:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A tweet by Michael McFaul (@McFaul) that reads: "In 2012, when I was the US ambassador to Russia, Putin shut down USAID inside Russia. Why? Because their work supported free markets, democracy, human rights — ie causes that threatened Putin's dictatorship. Shutting down USAID is exactly what autocrats all over the world want."

A tweet by Michael McFaul (@McFaul) that reads: "In 2012, when I was the US ambassador to Russia, Putin shut down USAID inside Russia. Why? Because their work supported free markets, democracy, human rights — ie causes that threatened Putin's dictatorship. Shutting down USAID is exactly what autocrats all over the world want."

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

03.02.2025 19:30 — 👍 47504    🔁 14241    💬 814    📌 443
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Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

How is this legal?

01.02.2025 02:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

MAGAs are using DEI now because woke was too difficult to spell.

30.01.2025 22:37 — 👍 1330    🔁 174    💬 52    📌 14
A tweet from Brian Tyler Cohen (
@briantylercohen
) reads: 'The same people wailing about DEI literally can't spell their own job title.' Below this, there is a screenshot of a tweet from Natalie Winters (
@nataliegwinters
) with the title 'War Room White House Corespondent' and an American flag emoji. The image shows Natalie Winters standing in front of the White House with her hands on her hips, wearing a black top with white cuffs and a lanyard with a badge around her neck.

A tweet from Brian Tyler Cohen ( @briantylercohen ) reads: 'The same people wailing about DEI literally can't spell their own job title.' Below this, there is a screenshot of a tweet from Natalie Winters ( @nataliegwinters ) with the title 'War Room White House Corespondent' and an American flag emoji. The image shows Natalie Winters standing in front of the White House with her hands on her hips, wearing a black top with white cuffs and a lanyard with a badge around her neck.

So… Who got the job because of the way she looks or who she knows, and not her qualifications?

30.01.2025 21:30 — 👍 6030    🔁 744    💬 331    📌 39

If guys like Mike Lee aren’t on Putin’s payroll, would they behave any differently if they were?

30.01.2025 19:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If guys like him aren’t on Putin’s payroll, would they behave any differently if they were?

30.01.2025 19:26 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Facts. Love Adam’s insights

29.01.2025 22:07 — 👍 16698    🔁 1960    💬 361    📌 65
A screenshot of two X posts in a thread. The first post is by 'Will Stancil' and reads: "Guys when Chris Rufo and Trump say 'We’re destroying DEI, we’re salting the earth underneath it' and they’re repealing regulations that reach back to 1965, they’re not talking about corporate diversity trainings. They are talking about civil rights." 
The second post is by 'Christopher F. Rufo' and includes a GIF of a muscular man with slicked-back hair, smiling confidently.

A screenshot of two X posts in a thread. The first post is by 'Will Stancil' and reads: "Guys when Chris Rufo and Trump say 'We’re destroying DEI, we’re salting the earth underneath it' and they’re repealing regulations that reach back to 1965, they’re not talking about corporate diversity trainings. They are talking about civil rights." The second post is by 'Christopher F. Rufo' and includes a GIF of a muscular man with slicked-back hair, smiling confidently.

It’s out in the open and they admit it now.

23.01.2025 23:37 — 👍 4783    🔁 699    💬 169    📌 31
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'Don't Let Bishop Budde Stand Alone: A Challenge to Every Minister in America.'

READ AND SHARE POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-let-b...

23.01.2025 23:44 — 👍 10246    🔁 3036    💬 220    📌 95

If he’s expecting a third term, he’ll need to amend the 25th Amendment while he’s at it, because at the rate Dementia Don is going, he’ll be drooling in his applesauce in a memory care unit before his second term is over.

24.01.2025 02:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sad trombone…

23.01.2025 23:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sad trombone. You got what you voted for.

23.01.2025 16:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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She Gave Us All a Lesson in Christianity St. Paul wrote these words to his dear friend Timothy:  In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I sol…

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22.01.2025 20:25 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

We should start calling these people #ChINO’s for Christian In Name Only, and make it go viral.

22.01.2025 18:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We should start calling these people #ChINO’s for Christian In Name Only, and make it go viral.

22.01.2025 18:53 — 👍 39    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

We should start calling these people #ChINO’s for Christian In Name Only, and make it go viral.

22.01.2025 18:52 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

- Seneca

#stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

22.01.2025 08:06 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

“If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.” - Mahatma Gandhi

22.01.2025 02:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m focusing on what’s in my control, and letting the rest go. I’m retired and have the benefit of time to volunteer at a local food pantry. We serve the people this administration attacks - the poor, immigrants, refugees, the homeless, etc. We give them hope, and find hope in doing so.

22.01.2025 02:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I’m fortunate enough to have married such a person. ❤️

22.01.2025 02:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“…but not yet the boot-licking @nytimes.com or @washingtonpost.com.”

There, I fixed it for you.

21.01.2025 02:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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You don’t need a front-row seat to this political circus all the time.

21.01.2025 00:31 — 👍 492    🔁 98    💬 12    📌 12

Over 9000 GI’s just collectively rolled over in their graves at Laurent-sur-Mer - the Normandy American Cemetery.

21.01.2025 02:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Meanwhile, over 9000 GI’s just collectively rolled over in their graves at Laurent-sur-Mer - the Normandy American Cemetery.

21.01.2025 02:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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