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Bill Kurtze

@shoestring69.bsky.social

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28 Followers  |  16 Following  |  21 Posts  |  Joined: 18.11.2024  |  1.8749

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How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention of fake news media.

Pushback works, part gazillion:

"Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices."
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31.03.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 29584    πŸ” 9605    πŸ’¬ 902    πŸ“Œ 365

You lost the game

16.03.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They played chicken and you lost

16.03.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why didn't you stand up with him AOC?

07.03.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Has anyone heard about the Feb 28 boycott? Did it work?

06.03.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kash Patel raised money for January 6 insurrectionists who attacked law enforcement.

I asked him to look those officers in the eye and tell them he was proud of what he did.

He couldn't.

30.01.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5255    πŸ” 1410    πŸ’¬ 369    πŸ“Œ 136
euphoric photo of dolphins jumping under a rainbow

euphoric photo of dolphins jumping under a rainbow

this is how it feels to reach 30 MILLION users!!!

29.01.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 213761    πŸ” 16230    πŸ’¬ 4132    πŸ“Œ 1695

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are πŸ“‰

30.01.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 190004    πŸ” 41628    πŸ’¬ 3648    πŸ“Œ 1932

Had an awesome time chatting with Jon Stewart & @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social talking about how to fight the dumpster fire.

Gear up. It’s time to brawl.

24.01.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 28467    πŸ” 3810    πŸ’¬ 1071    πŸ“Œ 308

www.facebook.com/share/r/1ABm...

28.01.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Biden Pardoned Thompson to Prevent Revenge Prosecutions Rep. Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney say they're grateful President Biden pardoned them "not for breaking the law but for upholding it."

"I continue to believe that the grant of pardons to a committee that undertook such important work to uphold the law was unnecessary, and because of the precedent it establishes, unwise," said Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

28.01.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3
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Google Maps will soon rename Gulf of Mexico to β€˜Gulf of America’ Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali mountain in Google Maps once a federal mapping database reflects changes ordered by the Trump Administration, the company announced Monday. Google is complying with an executive order issued last…

Google Maps will soon rename Gulf of Mexico to β€˜Gulf of America’

28.01.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 67
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How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends Though the 22nd Amendment prohibits Trump from being elected president again, it does not prohibit him from serving as president beyond Jan. 20, 2029. A scholar of politics and history explains.

How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends:

26.01.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 12
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Democratic Senator Ready to Do Dumbest Thing (Vote to Confirm RFK Jr.) What is Sheldon Whitehouse thinking?

There is something so quintessentially American about millions of ordinary people potentially suffering from myriad public health crises because one rich old boy wanted to do a solid for his University of Virginia Law School roommate.

https://newrepublic.com/post/190669/sheldon-whitehouse-vote-rfk…

26.01.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 272    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 20
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JD Vance Sworn In On Stack Of Printed 4chan Greentexts WASHINGTONβ€”Placing his right hand on the collection of posts taken from the controversial message board, JD Vance was reportedly sworn in as vice president Monday on a stack of printed-out 4chan greentexts. β€œI, James David Vance, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign […]

JD Vance Sworn In On Stack Of Printed 4chan Greentexts
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26.01.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5194    πŸ” 345    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 6
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Trump signals his support to anti-abortion movement but offers few policy plans β€’ Ohio Capital Journal President Donald Trump delivered hisΒ Day One promiseΒ to the anti-abortion movement four days into his second term: HeΒ pardonedΒ nearly two dozen anti-abortion activists convicted of federal offenses

President Donald Trump delivered his Day One promise to the anti-abortion movement four days into his second term: He pardoned nearly two dozen anti-abortion activists convicted of federal offenses.

26.01.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
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Trump Hits Colombia With Tariffs in Feud Over Military Deportation Flights Gustavo Petro said on X that the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals and that he had already turned away U.S. military flights carrying deportees.

Breaking News: President Trump announced a barrage of tariffs and sanctions targeting Colombia after it refused to accept military deportation flights.

26.01.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 482    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 59

Donate. She is one of the few democrats who refuses give in.

25.01.2025 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.

24.01.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 151137    πŸ” 19480    πŸ’¬ 4264    πŸ“Œ 1989
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Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

23.01.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 52880    πŸ” 17584    πŸ’¬ 2444    πŸ“Œ 1593

Build collective protocols.

Now is the time to protect the most venerable. They’re banking on your ego breaking.

Organize.
Craft protocols.

#solidarity πŸ§ͺ

25.01.2025 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope Azimov is wrong about AI

23.01.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The bear is hiding behind the tree

23.01.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Dueling Pardons, an Intensified Fight Over the Meaning of Jan. 6 President Trump’s grant of clemency to those who assaulted the Capitol in his name four years ago clashed with his predecessor’s decision to shield from retribution those who had sought to hold him to...

Calling the pardons of Liz Cheney and Enrique Tarrio "dueling" is the epitome of bothsideism.

21.01.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4
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Shortly after Trump was sworn in as president, the official portrait of Retired Gen. Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was removed from the Pentagon hallway where portraits of previous chairmen are displayed.

Donald Trump is a tiny and petty man

21.01.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4185    πŸ” 876    πŸ’¬ 243    πŸ“Œ 78

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