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Connie

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I'm a retired native Floridian who is distressed to see my state revert to the retrograde attitudes of my childhood. Interests (in random order) - Politics, Books, Travel, Family, Dog, Friends, Cooking, Genealogy and my 50-year project to conquer French

created November 17, 2024

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Disney in DC!

2/9/2025, 8:12:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is this the same Presidents who calls the opposition party “evil”?

31/8/2025, 4:52:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This appears to be Vance before something inside him died.

31/8/2025, 12:01:43 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He catastrophizes everything. Now when the economy tanks because of his idiocy, he will blame the Courts (and the Fed).

30/8/2025, 11:52:28 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Strange how mental health only affects Americans.

29/8/2025, 11:06:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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RFK, Jr said, “shots are available for all patients who choose them after consulting with their doctors.” My 40 yr old son tried to get the vax at pharmacy and was told he’d need a prescription. Logistics and cost will deter many people. .

28/8/2025, 2:45:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I wonder if Laura Lumer is behind these mortgage exposes? She said financial records are part of her extreme vetting.

27/8/2025, 1:18:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

I remember when FDR invited Tojo to tango at Pearl Harbor.

27/8/2025, 1:13:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The gold gewgaws in the oval office have fornicated and their spawn are now populating the walls in the cabinet room.

27/8/2025, 12:58:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The same guy trying to establish a Department of War is also campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize. Makes total sense. I read once that “War is peace.”

27/8/2025, 12:51:40 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

Quid pro quo

26/8/2025, 1:13:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yet he’s campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize.

26/8/2025, 1:02:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Signed by a guy who paid no bail.

26/8/2025, 1:00:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No one on his staff has the nerve to explain percentages to him.

26/8/2025, 12:56:17 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What’s next? Cutting off the hand of a shoplifter?

26/8/2025, 12:52:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Oval Office hearth is grotesque.

25/8/2025, 8:43:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Pam Bondi looks miserable. Good.

25/8/2025, 8:35:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He doesn't know much about it if he doesn't know what Korea was upset.

25/8/2025, 8:34:04 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump just called Christie a slob? Has he never heard about a pot calling a kettle black?

25/8/2025, 8:31:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What upsets Trump most about Chris Christie and “Bridgegate,” is that Donald didn’t think of it first.

25/8/2025, 8:29:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What upsets Trump most about Chris Christie and “Bridgegate,” is that Donald didn’t think of it first.

25/8/2025, 8:24:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What upsets Trump most about Chris Christie and “Bridgegate,” is that Donald didn’t think of it first.

25/8/2025, 8:23:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

Is stuff happening over there?

25/8/2025, 8:04:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Laura Loomer “vets” people for Trump and looks into their finances, including mortgages. I wonder if she is behind the mortgage “fraud” allegations against Schiif, James, etc.?

25/8/2025, 1:10:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sounds like if Christie doesn’t stifle himself, he’ll get boltened.

25/8/2025, 12:52:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

Germany didn’t get to keep Czechoslovakia?

24/8/2025, 3:21:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

Holy moly! Trump just stole another trophy!

23/8/2025, 12:52:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've even heard said that Trump ended the Peloponnesian War.

23/8/2025, 12:51:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump has snippets that he strings together in random order. Give him a prompt, and he's off to the races. He doesn't make any sense--there's no logic--but his cult doesn't seem to care.

23/8/2025, 12:36:46 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

Slowdown? What slowdown? Higher prices? Who says?

23/8/2025, 12:09:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

And we also need to provide decent housing for people who for one reason or another are incapable of taking care of themselves. We need to have some compassion.The streets are the new poor houses.

22/8/2025, 12:00:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don’t even know what to call this level of lying. Both of these men are delusional.

21/8/2025, 11:52:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Can you be an authentic crazy person? I say, yes.

21/8/2025, 1:26:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is discouraging that so many members of Congress are either this stupid or this malignant. It’s also possible that some of them are both.

20/8/2025, 7:22:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Some dead people forget to cancel their voter registration after they are buried. That does not mean that they voted.

20/8/2025, 6:45:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

Hecklers at Union Station actually looked quite young.

20/8/2025, 6:31:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Aren’t elderly white people the biggest cohort of the MAGA base? Since I am in that age group—I guess I’m what Miller would call a communist—I know quite a few MAGAs who were hippies back in the day.

20/8/2025, 6:30:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There is no danger that the Newsmax or fox reporter would ask such a question.

19/8/2025, 6:52:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well, leavitt’s got some ’splaining to do. I think her soul’s been done sold.

19/8/2025, 6:43:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

Do these people truly have no insight or discernment?

19/8/2025, 6:32:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bessert has the beautific countenance of the True Believer trying to convert you.

19/8/2025, 4:29:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Great countries can pay for their own infrastructure.

19/8/2025, 4:19:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He called the Mother Ship.

19/8/2025, 1:07:50 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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DC restaurateurs say business is down. Trump claims otherwise. Who do you believe?

19/8/2025, 1:03:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why does Marco always look like he’s in a hostage video?

18/8/2025, 1:14:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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17/8/2025, 4:33:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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17/8/2025, 4:16:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Has not Ed Martin noticed that the guy who leads the cult to which he pledged his troth is a world class liar?

17/8/2025, 3:51:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I can't wait until Putin writes his autobiography.

16/8/2025, 2:16:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do you notice how Trump's handshake varies depending on whose hand he's shaking?

16/8/2025, 1:50:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In Florida, you can carry a pistol (or an AR-15) without a license.

15/8/2025, 12:54:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Noem's spokeswoman McLaughlin has joined the grotesquerie.

15/8/2025, 12:51:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Was it hard salami?

15/8/2025, 12:47:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

He is still the reality TV shill--stringing his "fans" along.

15/8/2025, 12:40:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced communist, but the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction no longer holds." Hannah Arendt

14/8/2025, 5:26:24 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Byron Donalds, US House member from SW Florida, was also in attendance on January 6. He was in the VIP section.

14/8/2025, 5:24:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He could also lock his car doors.

14/8/2025, 4:58:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced communist, but the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction no longer holds." Hannah Arendt

14/8/2025, 4:55:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

I wonder where they hide the dead bodies?

14/8/2025, 4:50:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

6.1 hours is a very specific statistic. Where does he get it from?

14/8/2025, 4:49:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It looks like Comer picks his voters in the 1st Dist of KY. How democrat-ic.

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14/8/2025, 4:44:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Guard polling places on election day 2026? Maybe check IDs and shine a flashlight in people's eyes?

14/8/2025, 4:39:17 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

DC has about 100,000 more people than Wyoming and about the same as Alaska.

13/8/2025, 6:39:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Russia, Russia, Russia "was a strain on the relationship [with Putin]." A few months ago, Trump claimed that Vladimer and him had gone through the "hoax" had together. When you lie, it's really hard to keep everything straight. Especially when you're not terribly bright.

13/8/2025, 6:28:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What do you call someone who lies about a hoax?

13/8/2025, 6:09:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why did McLaughlin hire Kristi Noem’s groomer?

13/8/2025, 6:05:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don’t think the Kennedy Center gives an award for a schlocky, contrived reality TV show or its MC. Just like he ain’t never gonna get a Nobel prize for anything. His shameless campaigning for recognition is cringe-inducing. If you remember, he badgered Forbes magazine for decades to make The List.

13/8/2025, 5:55:27 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Unholy narcissism and revenge!

13/8/2025, 5:45:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm paying for Fox "News" in my cable bill, despite the fact I don't want it and think it's a pox on this nation. The thing about PBS is that if it doesn't exist, an individual's willingness to pay for it doesn't matter.

13/8/2025, 2:02:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

Kirk talks over people, so his remarks can't be refuted. One of his points was that "the ruling class" lied about Covid vaccine efficacy. Many vaccines aren't 100% effective (measles isn't), but they reduce the severity disease. They are therefore efficacious. So, Kirk is lying about being lied to.

13/8/2025, 1:59:22 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ewww.

12/8/2025, 2:12:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The “news” guy has the advantage here with a soprano voice that pierces the eardrums of the listener. Medhi only has facts and logic.

12/8/2025, 2:11:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I can’t wait to see the cost overruns on the Trump Ballroom

12/8/2025, 1:49:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How much bail did Trump pay?

12/8/2025, 12:30:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump knows that because of his policies the sh*t is going to hit the fan, and he's blaming others in advance.

12/8/2025, 12:28:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

Perhaps Trump's crackdown on "rampant" crime in DC is a way to get leverage over the district and its review process for his Trump Ballroom. It's a card game, and he wants to hold all the cards.

11/8/2025, 2:33:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

The paved Rose "Garden" is going to be uncomfortably hot in the summer. There will also be a harsh glare from the pavement. But, at least Melania can wear her 5-inch stilettos without sinking into the grass, and it'll be easier for Trump in his elevator shoes.

9/8/2025, 12:06:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We're proud of the leaders of the Confederacy who fought against the United States (and lost) and defended enslaving other humans? PS I've never noticed any Hitler statues when visiting Germany.

8/8/2025, 11:53:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Republicans may yet screw themselves. The only way they can make more districts lean Republican is by making other districts lean more Democratic. By Nov 2026, no amount of Oval Office charts and graphs will convince voters that Trump hasn't totally destroyed the economy (among other things).

8/8/2025, 12:34:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I know deaths from hurricanes have dropped in the last century, because the National Weather Service can PREDICT when and where they're going to hit.

8/8/2025, 12:30:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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These Confederate statutes were not a sign of reconciliation after the Civil War. They were a tribute to the "Lost Cause."

7/8/2025, 11:56:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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True Believers can be so blind.

6/8/2025, 5:26:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tariffs are a Trump extortion racket.

6/8/2025, 2:22:49 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lawler wants his NY district protected.

5/8/2025, 11:32:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When you're a fascist, they let you do it. You can do anything.

5/8/2025, 4:41:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Russian influence was in plain sight in 2016. About a week before the election, I saw an "article" that the pope had endorsed Trump in my FB feed. They had a disinfo factory working 24/7. Putin was salivating about Trump the Malleable & Bribable Idiot becoming president..

5/8/2025, 4:09:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I, alone, can steal it.

5/8/2025, 4:03:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He sounds like a desperate man who has lost touch with reality.

5/8/2025, 2:29:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Would they die if they got bone spurs?

5/8/2025, 2:25:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Evidently some other casino owners in Atlantic City were stunned at how little Trump understood about the gaming industry. He is not a smart man.

4/8/2025, 9:22:07 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

This seems to be a Trump tactic--like when he said the WH called FIFA about returning the gold trophy and the league just told him to keep it in the Oval Office. It's awkward for the FIFA or Harvard president to say the president is lying. sports.yahoo.com/article/trum...

4/8/2025, 12:42:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Connie (@econnie.bsky.social) reply parent

He has definitely outsourced his soul.

3/8/2025, 3:34:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's "unprecedented" and an "historicly important outlier" because Trump has done things that no sane president has or would have ever done.

3/8/2025, 3:33:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If a drug price went down by 100%, it would be at zero. Trump is not a smart man.

3/8/2025, 12:47:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s the same as a studio or actor campaigning for an Oscar. When you’re a star, you can do it.

31/7/2025, 7:25:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Keep it up. Please know that many Americans support Canada and abhor what Trump is doing.

31/7/2025, 3:03:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tariffs are just another form of extortion for Trump. He’s not happy with just dominating the United States, he wants to dominate the world.

31/7/2025, 3:00:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Are there any North Koreans enrolled in any American universities? I mean, I’m not a brilliant US senator, but that would really surprise me.

31/7/2025, 2:51:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But everyone isn't corrupt.

30/7/2025, 1:40:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Two words: Being There

29/7/2025, 10:57:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view