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Gregory D

@mapragmatist.bsky.social

Pragmatic in my politics which translates to progressive, liberal, moderate and conservative depending on the issue. Zero tolerance for nihilists and anarchists. You will be blocked.

created November 28, 2024

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Profile picture Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)

Waller keeps saying inflation is temporary. Really? Since when do prices come down?

3/9/2025, 12:45:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Israel keeps stealing Palestinian land and inflaming Palestinians. Wonder why there are terrorists?

3/9/2025, 12:42:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Last month, Mohamed El-Erian surprised many by suggesting that Jerome Powell should resign as Chairman of the Federal Reserve to protect the policy independence of the world’s most influential central bank. Had Powell done so under pressure would have driven a nail into Fed. independence.

31/8/2025, 7:23:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sebastion Gorka, WH Senior Director of Counterterrorism, is a danger to our country. And note his role in the Trump Administration.

31/8/2025, 4:14:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Very true. Yet, Democrats needs to be careful. This constant focus on “marginalized” people overshadows working people trying to make ends meet. They feel “marginalized” too with no support leading to resentment. And guess who they blame?

31/8/2025, 10:40:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is what feckless, “leading from behind” Trump leadership looks like.

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31/8/2025, 10:37:09 AM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump administration once again justifies Russian aggression. Feckless Trump.

31/8/2025, 10:34:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Time for NATO to send troops to Ukraine. Peacekeeping force that has the authority to response aggressively to Russian aggression.

29/8/2025, 10:23:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent

Bullshit. The criminals are celebrated by Trump yet he claims he’s all about law & order. He’s also the only felon who’s sitting in our WH.

28/8/2025, 7:29:01 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Have Americans become numb to school shootings?

28/8/2025, 7:27:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Putin and Trump keep killing Ukrainians.

28/8/2025, 12:30:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Impeachment is the process of bringing charges against a federal official for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” Is it not bribery what Trump is doing to universities, corporations and law firms? Or a high crime to use the powers of the government to pursue vengeance?

27/8/2025, 10:15:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As a president, is personal retribution constitutional?

27/8/2025, 10:11:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Calling all black and Hispanic men to join us in the streets. You helped elect this autocrat. Help us stop him.

27/8/2025, 9:52:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump assumes his enemies are guilty. Then they suck the FBI and DOJ on to people to find evidence. This is the opposite of innocent under proven guilty. America’s rule of law has been turned on its head.

27/8/2025, 9:29:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Retribution? Or authoritarianism? The former is a personal vendetta. The latter is a systematic plan to deconstruct the State.

27/8/2025, 9:22:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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CRIME: this is NOT about crime. It is about authoritarian control.

27/8/2025, 9:16:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Another shooting. Then MSM goes into overdrive discussing it nonstop. Do these press conferences serve the public interest? Silly questions. Few answers. Why?

27/8/2025, 8:08:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So you are settled on reading the Declaration of Independence as a response? 🤷‍♂️

27/8/2025, 1:08:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent

Well public sentiment is important. Trump’s poll numbers are atrocious. The mid-term elections are the earliest opportunity to change this situation. Do you have another suggestion or is this a vanity play?

27/8/2025, 12:49:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent

How many seat majority in The House?

27/8/2025, 12:39:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent

And many are reported to be very unhappy. Uniformed voters and this is what you get.

27/8/2025, 12:39:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The criminal is tough on crime? The pedo chief is tough on crime?

27/8/2025, 12:38:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When Trump cuts $1B from the DC budget, he’s not interested in public safety.

27/8/2025, 10:33:37 AM | 1 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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When will Joe Scarborough realize this isn’t about crime? It’s a PR stunt.

27/8/2025, 10:29:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Expensive ground crew.

27/8/2025, 10:20:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And where in hell are Democrats? Crickets.

27/8/2025, 10:19:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Where are Democratic voices when Trump’s autocratic behavior is front and center? Wake up.

27/8/2025, 10:18:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ricky Davila (@therickydavila.bsky.social) reposted

It’s continues to be despicable how the media has spent a decade normalizing the orange felon so much so that they are reporting on his authoritarian militarization of Washington DC as if it were a routine military exercise. They deliberately failed democracy for clickbait.

27/8/2025, 2:43:56 AM | 11341 3214 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yesterday’s Cabinent behavior was nauseating. For adults to behave in this manner creates serious concerns about American leadership.

27/8/2025, 10:04:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bill Pulke needs to be investigated.

27/8/2025, 1:10:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Seeking a lawyer for class action suit. DOGE reportedly put millions of Americans personal data at risk. Time for legal action.

27/8/2025, 12:28:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nauseating. Kim Jung Un?

26/8/2025, 9:10:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted

this stuff is such a disgrace. a free citizen of a free country should be ashamed to engage in it.

26/8/2025, 5:58:56 PM | 13053 2219 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)

Trump is defunding the police. He’s cut billions from DC and cities which means fewer police.

26/8/2025, 9:09:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Calling all sleeping Democratic leaders - waketfu and speak out in a coordinated manner about the Federal Reserve.

26/8/2025, 8:04:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I expect them to speak out loudly. Wringing one’s hands watching an autocrat crash a government isn’t responsible behavior.

26/8/2025, 7:42:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Response to Trump’s Power Grab: Democrats must identify how the federal government can best help with safety in the cities. Trump’s or stunts won’t help, but cooperation will. Put pressure on Trump to actually address crime.

26/8/2025, 7:39:59 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Did I hear Congress speak out loudly against Trump’s interference in the Federal Reserve? Crickets. What in hell is wrong with Democrats? You ought to be screaming from the roof top.

26/8/2025, 7:14:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why haven’t the Democrats put a full court press on the GOP to do their jobs and constrain a wanna be autocratic?

26/8/2025, 4:10:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)

Will hundreds of thousands of people show up in Boston when ICE “floods the zone” showing up in large numbers? The next Boston Tea Party?

26/8/2025, 3:14:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not when you’re facing an autocrat.

26/8/2025, 3:11:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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David Drucker is an apologist for Trump’s autocratic behavior.

26/8/2025, 11:09:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent

Where’s the outrage in the legal community, corporate leaders and military leaders?

26/8/2025, 11:08:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If a foreign government took out top military leaders our military would be outraged. Trump and Hegseth purge these leaders and there’s hardly a mention. What’s going on?

26/8/2025, 11:05:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Abuses and fraud occur by providers not individuals.

26/8/2025, 10:06:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Joe Scarborough , this isn’t a joke. Trump’s autocratic behavior is what many indicated would happen.

26/8/2025, 10:03:01 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump figured out how to manipulate voting machines so now he wants to now stop mail in ballots? Hmmm.

25/8/2025, 2:39:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Joe Scarborough finally gets it that Trump wasn’t interested in crime. What did he miss last week?

25/8/2025, 10:38:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent

The Robert’s Court appears to believe that a Republican president can be the decider.

25/8/2025, 10:34:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All these countries taking political prisoners from the Trump regime better remember Democrats will regain power. Then it won’t end well for them. Retribution.

25/8/2025, 10:31:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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President Xi came into power on an anti-crime theme. It’s what autocrats do.

25/8/2025, 10:24:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If Trump did nothing wrong, why was Maxwell, convicted to 20 years for pedo trafficking, moved to Club Fed? Only Trump could have made that happen. Why?

23/8/2025, 2:11:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Manhattan Institute is fighting the wrong battle. Stay focused.

23/8/2025, 2:09:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There’s a way to enforce immigration and a way not to. Masked men in unmarked cars is not acceptable in America. Period.

23/8/2025, 2:08:36 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jackson Browne’s “Live in the Balance” a song for the times.

23/8/2025, 2:04:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If Trump did nothing wrong, why was Maxwell, convicted to 20 years for pedo trafficking, moved to Club Fed? Only Trump could have made that happen. Why?

22/8/2025, 8:25:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)

MAGA isn’t even hiding their attempt to end our democracy!

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22/8/2025, 2:03:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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US Supreme Court lets Trump cut diversity-related NIH grants. Once again, the Robert’s court shames itself and lets the American people down.

21/8/2025, 11:46:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)

The world fought apartheid in South Africa. The world will fight Trump’s effort to institute apartheid in America.

21/8/2025, 8:43:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So Trump thinks Putin is interested in ending this war?

20/8/2025, 7:16:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump’s Gestapo.

20/8/2025, 7:15:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Go ahead ignore us.

20/8/2025, 7:14:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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MSM is questioning Newsom’s online jabs at Trump. They don’t get it. The public wants a fight with MAGA and here’s a guy who’s doing it. Political pundits don’t get much these days.

20/8/2025, 7:14:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Most Medicaid fraud is created not by individuals but by providers.

20/8/2025, 12:15:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Class warfare was created by MAGA. Huge tax cuts for billionaires and corporations isn’t a good look. People are pissed.

20/8/2025, 12:06:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He’s a fool.

20/8/2025, 12:01:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hypocrisy has no limits.

20/8/2025, 11:55:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So a president can engage in extortion against our universities and corporations?

20/8/2025, 11:52:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cancel Culture is all Trump’s got.

20/8/2025, 11:31:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Outrageous. Kidnapping people?

19/8/2025, 12:35:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump believes Putin’s claim claim about mail-in ballots. So he believes a dictator who despises democracies!!

19/8/2025, 12:33:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hey Trump, whose side are you on?

19/8/2025, 11:04:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@mika-brzezinski.bsky.social Putin doesn’t want European and American peacekeeping troops for one reason: they don’t want to kill them. Russia has no interest in ending the fighting.

19/8/2025, 10:10:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@joe-scarborough.bsky.social Putin doesn’t want European and American peacekeeping troops for one reason: they don’t want to kill them. Russia has no interest in ending the fighting.

19/8/2025, 10:09:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Putin doesn’t want European and American peacekeeping troops for one reason: they don’t want to kill them. Russia has no interest in ending the fighting.

19/8/2025, 10:09:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Can’t even get Trump to support a ceasefire. Says it all. Wasn’t it Trump that demanded a ceasefire a few weeks ago? How does one negotiate with a crazy man?

18/8/2025, 11:05:26 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Arnold, you are from Austria. You ought to understand what fascism is all about. Fight GOP’s efforts to steal elections.

18/8/2025, 12:01:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Marco has made a complete fool out of himself.

17/8/2025, 1:14:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Little Marco has learned “the weave.”

17/8/2025, 1:12:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fast talking Marco goes on TV and talks in circles. Is this the “weave.”

17/8/2025, 1:11:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“Trump was cucked.” James Fallows

17/8/2025, 11:22:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“Trump was cucked.” James Fallows

17/8/2025, 11:22:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Larry Hochman (@larryhochman.bsky.social) reposted

Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Wholesale inflation up .9%. Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Strikes out with make-believe peace meeting. Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein $60 million taxpayer money on golf outings. Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein

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“Trump was cucked.” James Fallows

17/8/2025, 11:15:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Journey To Bliss (@journeytobliss.bsky.social) reposted

Let’s all pledge to repost 25 “Epstein Files” posts today and through the weekend.

14/8/2025, 12:41:07 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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substack.com/@rogerpielkejr An apologist for Big Oil.

16/8/2025, 6:57:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“There will be a deal when there’s a deal.” -Trump Kissinger is turning over in his grave.

15/8/2025, 11:55:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Our pathetic feckless leader kisses Putin’s ass. Did he realize Putin is wanted for war crimes and no red carpet treatment is warranted. It’s an insult to all who have been kidnapped and killed in Ukraine.

15/8/2025, 11:21:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“There’s no deal until there’s a deal.” What a brilliant statement.

15/8/2025, 11:07:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump doing the weave. All bullshit.

15/8/2025, 11:05:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“If you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”Abraham Lincoln

15/8/2025, 4:00:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein. Where did it go? All MSM talks about is the take over of Washington DC. MSM has badly failed us?

14/8/2025, 12:26:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@joe-scarborough.bsky.social Epstein.

14/8/2025, 10:31:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@joe-scarborough.bsky.social stop with your speculation. It’s nonstop.

14/8/2025, 10:31:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@joe-scarborough.bsky.social you on your “feelings” kick again today? Talk about the red state crime rates.

14/8/2025, 10:30:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@joe-scarborough.bsky.social Trump’s overreach in LA did not play well for him. This won’t play well either.

14/8/2025, 10:23:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@joe-scarborough.bsky.social you have neglected to address in any depth the $1B in funds withheld from DC. Why?

14/8/2025, 10:21:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view