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@barefootsmith.bsky.social

Low-profile, trying to stay hopeful.

created November 15, 2024

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Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Or Russian-backed agitation?

30/8/2025, 11:45:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Just posted it

30/8/2025, 12:13:23 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social)

cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026...

30/8/2025, 12:12:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

We sure they’re in “authorized” facilities?

29/8/2025, 9:55:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Did you say cake? Try this one, Molly, while the last of peaches are still in markets. NYT peach ricotta cake. I don’t bake, but this was easy.

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29/8/2025, 9:53:43 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

It could have been different. If she’d taken a courageous stand re: Hegseth, and not made the god-awful cemetery video after her “we’re all going to die” remark, maybe wouldn’t have better poll numbers?

29/8/2025, 8:52:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

You might be on to something.

29/8/2025, 8:43:34 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Let’s hear it for cholera!

29/8/2025, 8:41:47 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

He knows. Doesn’t care.

29/8/2025, 1:54:09 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Rothschild (@davmicrot.bsky.social) reposted

RFKjr is monster who is going to kill millions of people. Any attempt to justify or normalize any aspect of his war against US, justifies & normalizes his overarching goal of killing millions of people. He needs to be opposed completely.

28/8/2025, 10:28:04 PM | 481 124 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrea Devon (@andreadevon.bsky.social) reposted

Innocent people don’t hide evidence. ‼️ RELEASE THE FILES ‼️

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28/8/2025, 11:37:41 PM | 684 365 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

In Maine (where the hot dogs are hot pink).

28/8/2025, 1:58:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

“The helicopter/rescue team are here to get you off your roof. But, first, put your birth certificates & passports in the basket so we can bring them up and review for citizenship.” (Ten minutes later). “Okay, two of you can come with us, the other three have to stay here while the water rises…”.

27/8/2025, 6:38:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) reposted

War is still raging in Ukraine. Measles outbreak. US cities under siege. Gas, coffee, grocery prices are all up. No tax on tips. Value of the US dollar down. Radioactive shrimp? Millions thrown off health insurance while the plague makes a comeback... And still no Epstein files.

27/8/2025, 1:16:36 PM | 3094 992 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes. Plenty to point out and criticize without going there.

27/8/2025, 11:58:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Or we could pass some gun safety laws….

26/8/2025, 8:06:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Also, Greg, where else are they looking? Can’t believe they were just counting on mortgage file. IRS? What else? Utterly terrifying.

26/8/2025, 7:33:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

As Gov. Pritzker said yesterday, “we’re watching and taking names.”

26/8/2025, 6:07:55 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

I keep shouting into the void: “Do your job! Reclaim your power!”

26/8/2025, 6:03:58 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, worse even than Bannon and Musk.

26/8/2025, 3:37:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

This is what I did with the wonderful peaches at my farmers market cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026...

25/8/2025, 12:54:46 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Yup, this is rich coming from Jim See-no-evil Jordan.

24/8/2025, 2:18:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Ah, you may have figured this out — it’s woke because by removing the (white) gentleman, Cracker Barrel implies it’s for everyone and anyone, all are welcome, we have no “mascot” of any race, color or creed. The ultimate DEI? Or something. (I’m with Charlotte — the bro-haha makes no sense.)

21/8/2025, 10:22:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

As we used to say in 6th grade, “Real mature.”

21/8/2025, 12:09:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

This man has clearly never been in a museum

19/8/2025, 8:41:40 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Gasp! Shakespeare?

19/8/2025, 4:33:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

“And here is my 7th Grade JV soccer trophy for having no missed practices…”

19/8/2025, 2:39:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

This is rich, coming from the most immoral administration in the history of the country.

19/8/2025, 2:32:18 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

The latter.

18/8/2025, 2:44:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

“Because I have never heard of a Globe…..”

17/8/2025, 12:16:39 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D. Earl Stephens (@dearlstephens.bsky.social) reposted

🇺🇦 Re-upping this one in the name of decency and democracy. Slava Ukraini!

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16/8/2025, 2:13:04 AM | 18243 4977 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Exactly

15/8/2025, 4:30:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

I thought maybe that was the Situation Room West the night they got bin Laden.

14/8/2025, 5:36:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

But wait — wasn’t DHS pulling folks over for seat belt violations last night?

14/8/2025, 3:17:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anthony Michael Kreis (@anthonymkreis.bsky.social) reposted

The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement. The President does not run the Smithsonian. The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law. Release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

13/8/2025, 2:09:38 PM | 33246 10627 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Make us healthier; make healthcare more affordable; reduce crime, gun violence and poverty; and expand the availability of affordable housing? Oh, none of those things? But I thought that letting people marry the person they want to was the root of all evil. I guess not.

12/8/2025, 7:27:03 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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12/8/2025, 5:48:53 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice reflections! Like your books.

12/8/2025, 5:44:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Hi Joe. You are right. In case your rant goes into the void and NYT doesn’t change this, here is a workaround to play the missed game: change your date settings (Settings/general/date & Time, then uncheck “set automatically” and put in yesterday’s date.) don’t forget to change it back afterwards.

12/8/2025, 5:43:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

So by this logic Mexico could “earn” southern Texas that way? Canada could “earn” Northern Maine, or the Great Lakes states. Sovereign boundaries are meaningless?

10/8/2025, 2:49:39 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Nir (@davidnir.com) reposted

Nine years ago today: “Donald Trump announced Tuesday evening that his wife will hold a news conference ‘over the next couple of weeks’ to address reports that she violated immigration laws when she first came to the U.S.” Still waiting.

9/8/2025, 7:59:22 PM | 1048 321 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Also, run ads that say GOP (insert name of specific candidate where applicable) is for they/them not you. With pictures of billionaires.

10/8/2025, 2:29:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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6/8/2025, 10:16:50 PM | 6 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Second only to Chris Christie’s Bridgegate.

6/8/2025, 10:13:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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6/8/2025, 11:37:33 AM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Leaches

6/8/2025, 12:25:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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4/8/2025, 4:43:04 PM | 1679 472 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Ok, not $500M, but what size deal ARE they considering?

4/8/2025, 11:32:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

And if we add that to the cost of the ballroom and retrofitting the Qatari “free” plane? Oh, and the golf outings? Bet we could feed a lot of hungry kids, and keep a lot of people on Medicaid.

4/8/2025, 10:15:34 AM | 9 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

OMG, there is a screenplay here.

31/7/2025, 2:08:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

President Donald Trump is calling for the total and complete shutdown of the sale of guns to white males until we can figure out what the hell is going on.

29/7/2025, 12:13:16 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

RIP Skip. So so sorry for your loss.

26/7/2025, 12:47:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Amen

26/7/2025, 12:42:46 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

On top of being a world-class hypocrite, he is such a mean-spirited, immature pill.

25/7/2025, 6:42:17 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jessica Valenti (@jessicavalenti.bsky.social) reposted

I am FUMING mad. To support this woman directly please donate to @psabortionfund.bsky.social. Abortion, Every Day will be sending out our story shortly–go to the link in my bio to subscribe. Huge thanks to @kylietcheung.bsky.social for her excellent and ongoing reporting on this. What a nightmare.

25/7/2025, 4:34:08 PM | 340 187 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Vampires don’t have birth dates.

24/7/2025, 11:46:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Or it used to be, Senator.

24/7/2025, 11:41:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

We knew this already. They’re grabbing IRS data to hunt down immigrants, undoing what has been a very beneficial arrangement. How many undocumented immigrants will pay their taxes now? That’s foregoing a lot of revenue.

24/7/2025, 7:08:09 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s a stone cold laugh right there.

23/7/2025, 2:01:25 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Or the Washington Predators.

20/7/2025, 5:32:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

And he’s been impeached more often than not

18/7/2025, 8:38:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted

Good evening

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15/7/2025, 12:15:52 AM | 8015 1865 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

She won’t listen, but no harm asking.

26/6/2025, 7:40:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Wait — that’s NOT where Hegseth, Miller and Noem came from?

26/6/2025, 2:45:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

Seems like an important point

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23/6/2025, 1:14:40 AM | 2186 494 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Well, looking tough is important. But God, they must grow tied of being used as props.

21/6/2025, 12:44:32 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Well since he knows almost no history, I suspect he isn’t aiming for 20M. Although Miller might be.

18/6/2025, 1:55:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Oof.

17/6/2025, 12:25:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) reposted

Your senators should get an extra phone call about this issue alone. This is the exact opposite of government efficiency.

17/6/2025, 12:19:38 AM | 179 71 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Or should I have said, lily-livered? I get them mixed up.

16/6/2025, 10:52:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

And a belated Bravo! for doing so. The ABA lawsuit will likely give some of your more yellow-bellied colleagues cover.

16/6/2025, 10:50:24 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Judge William G. Young is onto them.

16/6/2025, 10:47:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

“Have you no shame, Senator Lee?” I can hear her say.

16/6/2025, 10:47:02 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, I meant to tell you, Mariana, that I took my dad camping for Father’s Day. It was in tents.

16/6/2025, 10:43:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

So you can make money off the presidency as long as you don’t “touch it” while you’re in office. Ok.

16/6/2025, 8:42:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Nicely done!

15/6/2025, 12:59:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social)

I miss the dignity, the grace, the humility, and the respect for the office, and our troops and the country that this great President exemplified. Photo courtesy of Barack Obama Presidential Library.

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14/6/2025, 6:34:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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14/6/2025, 6:24:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Emerge Peoria (@emergepeoria.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

💙

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14/6/2025, 4:30:38 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrea Devon (@andreadevon.bsky.social) reposted

Happy Obama Appreciation Day! Miss this kind of dignity and grace. A true leader. A true inspiration. 🇺🇸 #NoKings

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14/6/2025, 4:35:15 PM | 447 170 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks. Came to me in the middle of the night (2 am) before the April Hands Off rally.

14/6/2025, 1:33:03 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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14/6/2025, 12:49:49 AM | 198 15 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Excellent point, but Kristi Noem doesn’t mind; she’d tell them the same thing. Whatever Trump’s handlers (Putin, Miller), want.

12/6/2025, 1:05:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

About F**ing time.

9/6/2025, 12:28:39 AM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes.

7/6/2025, 10:34:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

You are so right. If only the media and Republicans cared enough to make that connection.

7/6/2025, 6:13:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Well put. My dad wasn’t there on D-day, but deployed shortly after at 20 y.o., was left for dead in the fields of France after being hit by machine gun fire. dragged himself to help, was told he’d never walk again. After months of rehab, he walked, finished college, married, had 4 kids. A hero.

6/6/2025, 12:13:04 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

On day one.

6/6/2025, 11:34:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

And wore pantsuits!

6/6/2025, 10:42:10 AM | 52 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

The original Antifa, we are in their debt.

6/6/2025, 10:24:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

The only appropriate response to this is, fine, let’s cancel your taxpayer-funded healthcare coverage, since you think it’s unnecessary.

31/5/2025, 10:04:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Where?

31/5/2025, 10:00:33 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, they’re all going to die anyway. Good place to cut some wasteful spending.

31/5/2025, 9:42:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

By this measure, we can do away with healthcare altogether, right? What’s the point?

31/5/2025, 9:36:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, sounds exactly like what someone who strongly dislikes Ernst would create to make her look even more awful.

31/5/2025, 9:34:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Just wait ‘til Trump finds out he’s going to transfer from using Air Force One to that Qatari plane.

31/5/2025, 5:50:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

Dear God, If someone (or, say, an entire political party) is pandering to racists doesn’t that make them, like, I don’t know, racist?

23/5/2025, 1:18:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

As we used to say in 6th grade, “Real mature.”

23/5/2025, 12:01:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture barefootsmith.bsky.social (@barefootsmith.bsky.social) reply parent

The President of the United States does not have “personal time.”

22/5/2025, 6:18:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view