ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Did SCROTUS empower Trump with the sovereign power to issue edicts?
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Did SCROTUS empower Trump with the sovereign power to issue edicts?
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Red states can't vote blue if there are no blue candidates. Blue candidates need more financial support in Red states, local residents can't afford much, and the DNC ain't doin' it. bluemissouri.org/jessica-pipe...
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Hi-ho steevarino~ (I used to watch Steve Allen) Read some of Jess Piper's posts. There are blue voters in red states, but the entrenched politics make it almost impossible for anyone not supported and introduced by the DNC to run, even in local races. jesspiper.substack.com
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The red states already suffer from terrible roads and infrastructure. Schools are underfunded. Poverty levels are higher. They live in healthcare deserts. And now their politicians have taken away SNAP, Medicaid, VA benefits and FEMA, but subsidize corporations that destroy the environment.
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm pretty dumb re: investments and finance. Which gov't office manages corporate stock shares and how do those generate revenue? Will the Apple and Intel just send the government quarterly or annual interest checks? Why don't we just collect the full corporate taxes they should be paying?
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"Oh mother of pearl" 🤣🤣 Love it!
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
wouldn't that be 0.28% (less than half of 1%)
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Does the catholic church still recommend the rhythm system for birth control?
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with the help of SCOTUS
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
“Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.” — Oscar Levant
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
If ICE, etc. wanted local police assistance, they would follow the law - not ICE/HSI "policy." Provide local law enforcement and detainees with valid, signed judicial warrants for each and every detention, remove masks, wear and display their badges with ID numbers and wear body cams. DUE PROCESS.
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How many federal vehicles filled with agents does it take to make a "routine" traffic stop? Are they random stops, or is there a reasonable articulable suspicion for each stop? Or is these to fill time until an actual crime occurs somewhere? Most of these videos look like feds on parade drill.
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Also, haven't most fraudulent mail-in ballots been Republican?
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
How does counting mail-in ballots received by election day cost candidates more money? It's not just one party or candidate that is waiting for the final tally. Why is it only one party suing for restrictions? It's like a Vonnegut novel (Between Time and Timbuktu).
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Beautiful choice
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looks like he's CAWcussing
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"Homeland" is a very specific title selection. A very ugly one. And the Patriot Act never should have passed.
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Nailed it!
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Anita Bryant wannabee
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Actually, neither of those is what the indigenous peoples probably called this continent.
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Astronomical! You look lovely ~
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Reminds me of the time a friend's son told them he wanted an ATM card for his 10th birthday - so the bank would give him money whenever he wanted it.
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Jesse Welles www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGH...
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Davidmcorn.com www.youtube.com/shorts/wY0ug...
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"A sphincter is a circular muscle that normally maintains constriction of a natural body passage or orifice and relaxes as required by normal physiological functioning... Sphincters relax at death, often releasing fluids and feces."
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Actual wording: "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." Reads like any and all can be removed, but individually.
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"Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy."
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ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Norm MacDonald once said that "homophobes are just afraid of being rejected by both sexes."
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Absolutely!
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A sad waste of good manure...
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
disestablishmentarianism antidisestablishmentarianism
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
James Baldwin was an American treasure. Enjoyed watching him debate William F. Buckley, and win.
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
He believes "her numbers were wrong," and a lot of his supporters believe the earth is flat.
Kansas Reflector (@kansasreflector.com) reposted
Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: It’s been 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Time to raise some L. #ksleg
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A friend's 3 yo grandson was able to sing Tom's Element song.
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Enjoyed him on That Was The Week That Was (TW3)
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
War Crimes, and the U.S. is complicit.
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Barry Goldwater and William F Buckley (shudder)...
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
There are already copy cats out there assaulting and kidnapping people. Post police officers at immigration offices and courthouses and deny ICE entry without proper ID and valid judicial warrants.
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. Why don't/can't/won't local and police ask ICE agents/bounty hunters to remove their masks, then show the police their DHS photo IDs and properly issued judicial warrants?
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
This!!
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
But, but, SCOTUS...
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Otterly adorable
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social)
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ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Filibuster. The one technique every Trump appointee seems to have mastered. They drone on and on without ever actually saying anything coherent.
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DJT didn't expect a targeted victim to turn around and negotiate with everyone BUT him. He assumed they'd beg, pay tribute, put up with insults and tantrums. They're ADULTS, Donny, representing and defending their country and citizens. So, they negotiated in good faith with new trading partners.
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
those creepy reptile eyes
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Uh... we've already done that - twice - with disastrous results. But I would vote for Stephen Colbert. He associates with a better class of people, and can laugh at himself.
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social)
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ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Comedy Central? Well, that sucks. Maybe Colbert, Stewart, Klepper, and the gang will create their own network.
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Could be a prelude to those "death panels" that Sarah Palin warned us about. A cure for what ails you - voluntary euthanasia anyone?
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Party affiliation is irrelevant. All of the pedophiles should be identified.
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💯!
Sean Sublette (@subletteweather.com) reposted
Y'all... I had to pull some numbers for my congressional district here in Virginia (VA-01). And not to be lost — for my friends outside of the weather business — the budget proposal this week that *shuts down* key weather research labs. So here's an open message to my congressman — Rob Wittman.
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah, zucchini season. Lock your car doors!
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
🤣
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Because corporations are citizens, too - remember? Thank you SCOTUS, may I have another?
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, please.
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
That's it?
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social)
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ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, that's depressing... but we have let corporations and the .01% write our tax laws for so long that this is where we are now. How can you instill common decency and empathy in mentally ill money hoarders? So much greed, so little compassion.
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social)
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ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
However, Buffet doesn't oppose taxing the wealthy.
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly! Gratitude and charity are much more fulfilling. Don't be a Bezos - be a Warren Buffett...
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm a radicalized American Irish Canuck. 👍
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Do anglers actually eat the fish they catch from Schulkyill?
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
“I’m all for ‘get the criminals out of the country,’ right?” he said. “But the people that are here working hard, especially the ones married to Americans — I mean, that’s always been a way to secure a green card.”
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At least he spelled his name correctly this time.
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Preparation for the skeleton crew?
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Not allowed in my country?
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social)
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😂
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No, he's knot 😆
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
umm...such flexibility?
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
She liberated a puppy from this mortal coil...be afraid.
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
So true!
8647 Nous Defions Mortus Discriminatus (@ralphfh.bsky.social) reposted
This letter appeared in the Corvallis (Oregon) Gazette-Times yesterday. He makes a good point!
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Maternity hospitals, pediatric clinics, the more horrifying the better. Netanyahu is right up there with Putin. Trump fawns over both. Despicable conscienceless narcissists, the lot of them.
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ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
He's no Mario!
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, the passion...nah.
ddm143.bsky.social (@ddm143.bsky.social) reply parent
You mean, during Trump's first term? Oopsy 🤣
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