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Nick G

@njg123.bsky.social

Mid 50s | Happily married | Father | Metro Atlanta | Love this beautiful planet, its environment and our country’s democracy | Interests: environment, tech, economics, finance, sci-fi, great movies, aviation, geopolitics, new foods and more.

created December 17, 2024

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Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Musk may have left DOGE, but he's still the guy who gave the Nazi salute twice.

26/6/2025, 4:09:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is my HERO. He shut down Trump’s usual rambling blame session at the G7 meeting in Canada today.

16/6/2025, 5:05:15 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Drift off to sleep oh idiotic fool. Let the big tanks choo-choo by you. Go back to your big white house and sleep away today.

15/6/2025, 3:41:30 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah ATL!

14/6/2025, 8:49:01 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah Detroit!

14/6/2025, 8:45:30 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes KC!!

14/6/2025, 8:44:19 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Bravery is contagious.

14/6/2025, 8:40:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Way to go Big D!!

14/6/2025, 8:33:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Wait a minute, are you telling me that Rubio’s a hypocrite. I’m stunned. /s

14/6/2025, 8:20:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

After the moron is gone we will clawback all Trump’s illicit gains with interest. All financial wrongs will be righted.

14/6/2025, 8:16:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Great St Louis!

14/6/2025, 8:06:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Awesome Arkansas!!

14/6/2025, 8:01:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Fantastic Philly!!

14/6/2025, 7:50:03 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Each day he wakes up “America First” means something different than the night before. He’s the most clueless “President” we’ve ever had.

14/6/2025, 7:48:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s fantastic. Great job San Diego!

14/6/2025, 7:38:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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14/6/2025, 6:19:54 PM | 14 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Authorities say the suspect sought in connection with the shootings of state lawmakers Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman as 57-year-old Vance Boelter, sources confirmed to the Associated Press.

14/6/2025, 6:21:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

Don’t rollover & sell our freedom for a short timeout. Peaceful oppression is a fantasy. Oppression requires the constant threat of violence, suffering & pain.

14/6/2025, 6:04:20 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, that’s our system. Has been for 200+ years. Want some good weekend reading try the Constitution & pass a copy on to the Big Orange Turd.

13/6/2025, 2:59:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Is this her SS security detail??

13/6/2025, 1:24:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

There's our friggin' healthcare. It's being shipped on a train to an orange's dumb ass's birthday party.

13/6/2025, 1:13:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

It does feel that way.

13/6/2025, 1:08:04 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

What the hell is going on in this country? Congress needs to look into what Dept of Homeland Security is doing.

13/6/2025, 12:57:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Bingo!!

12/6/2025, 11:34:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Great idea.

12/6/2025, 11:31:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

I guarantee that this daily lunch from 7-11 didn't begin at the corporate level. The sign shows that this was a small business owner who's helping people in his community. If you live near this business show your appreciation any way you can.

12/6/2025, 11:21:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs B 🐧📎🇪🇺🇺🇦 (@faithjoc.bsky.social) reposted

We need more of this. 👏👏👏👏

9/6/2025, 4:56:46 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

I've never seen fat move upwards. It usually oozes down.

12/6/2025, 11:09:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Steve Bannon is one of the most vile creatures to move across this planet. Pure scum.

12/6/2025, 11:06:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

A larger percentage than many will admit are more afraid of diversity than dictatorship. "Other" people, sadly, scare a lot of "us." We have to get over it before we destroy each other.

12/6/2025, 11:04:36 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

Did Ms Garcia sleep through the first Trump fiasco? Did she miss the Trump admin's treatment of border crossers? Did she not hear Trump's 2024 campaign rhetoric about deporting millions if elected? Now she says, "this is not what we voted for." This is exactly what you voted for.

12/6/2025, 9:22:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

WOW!! The word "surreal" is thrown about a lot, but reading this space filler and extra job offer has to be the most surreal effect on me this crazy year...so far.

12/6/2025, 7:54:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Loved Vonnegut when he was at his best. And his mediocre was pretty damn good too.

12/6/2025, 7:41:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Looks like they don't like AI on Wikipedia. I wish I understood all the "wiki terms" they use. I used to edit errors I'd find many years ago but it looks like it's gotten a lot more complex.

12/6/2025, 7:35:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

The scary part is her desire to kill Central Asians living in Russia. Putin's hyper NATIONALISM is leading many Russians to extreme ethnic hatred. It's the rationale Putin believes will allow his war in Ukraine to continue. Radical nationalism can backfire & kill many more than soldiers & Putin.

12/6/2025, 6:19:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Why does anybody believe anything this habitual liar ever says?

4/6/2025, 11:10:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm shocked she didn't read the Great Big Stupid Bankrupting Bill. It's written much clearer than Mein Kampf, which I know she read from cover to cover numerous times.

4/6/2025, 11:08:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

I'm amazed that a Republican Senator would properly question Trump's "advisor" Lutnick. I'm not surprised that Trump & the four people, including Lutnick, who came up with the Tariff Policy have no clue what they are seeking.

4/6/2025, 11:03:25 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

I couldn't watch more than 10 seconds of that woman. She's not deflecting questions when she says "what do you mean," she literally is clueless like almost all Trump's Department Secretaries.

4/6/2025, 10:53:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump needs Zelensky to take his calls from Putin. Putin's call scares Trump, but Zelensky & Ukraine have dealt with two years of nightly bombing.

4/6/2025, 10:47:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

The ICE-holes intelligence is pretty bad.

4/6/2025, 10:42:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

As a parent this is an image from a nightmare.

4/6/2025, 10:36:59 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Didn't Judge Boasberg already order the Trump admin to bring back Kilmar Garcia who fled from gang violence in El Salvador years ago? Trump claimed he couldn't get him back & said El Salvador's president won't release him.

4/6/2025, 10:31:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

I was amazed to see where these airbases where located. Three around Moscow and one up in the Artic. They apparently blew up one-third of Russian bombers that can be used to drop nuclear weapons.

4/6/2025, 10:14:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

From videos of these ICE assholes (ICE-holes??) I'm going to assume that there are "issues" at most ICE hubs.

4/6/2025, 10:04:18 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

At first I thought that this was the University of Texas at Austin, but now I see that it's the University of Austin. I'm surprised to see one of the founders is Niall Ferguson. He's gotten weirder and weirder over the last decade or so.

4/6/2025, 9:57:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Not that it matters, but I didn't know the suspect was Egyptian.

4/6/2025, 9:44:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Biden not only meant well but he did much good for our country. He wasn't perfect, but who is?

4/6/2025, 9:33:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Democratic leadership believes that they will easily retake the House & maybe the Senate in 2026 with little change to their aging leadership & their primary messages.

4/6/2025, 9:21:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump's always been a crook. I've never heard any person or group of people who went into business with him or worked for him who didn't have a negative experience. Trump cheats, files frivolous lawsuits, fires for no cause & calls it a day. He now sees Americans as his new target.

4/6/2025, 9:14:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

And a lot of other places too.

3/6/2025, 11:17:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

More examples of Trump failing to see the cascading effects of his tariffs. If he could plan ahead he might have seen that China could halt rare-earth due to his tariffs. But, unlike most world leaders he can't play 3-D chess or even regular chess. He's playing checkers & getting his ass kicked.

3/6/2025, 11:15:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Advancing Trump's policies is not Patriotic, it's Satanic!

3/6/2025, 10:30:58 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Truly unbelievable what happened in Tulsa just over a century ago.

3/6/2025, 10:23:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

Once Trump is gone from the White House there will be one hell of a clawback of all the money he stole as President. And if TacoMan isn't around, we'll get it from his scummy kids. There will be a day of reckoning.

3/6/2025, 10:18:33 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Curtis Yarvin is unknown to most Americans but is followed by many of the TechBros in Techlandia. A real nutjob.

3/6/2025, 9:58:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

This idiot's ramblings need to be seen by more people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc0c...

3/6/2025, 9:48:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Musk, you've lost any credibility you ever had.

3/6/2025, 9:35:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Good for these people. Biden deserves this and a lot more.

3/6/2025, 9:24:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump has no emotions. No empathy at all. He'd execute his kids if it would knock five strokes off his golf game.

3/6/2025, 9:21:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

He is a freak!

3/6/2025, 9:19:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Actually, that't very accurate.

3/6/2025, 9:02:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Love it!

3/6/2025, 8:53:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

He can't do what he wants without breaking apart the Constitution. So he's pushing it whenever it gets in his way.

5/5/2025, 11:20:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump gives humans a bad reputation. Just a horrible piece of crap.

5/5/2025, 11:01:25 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Alcatraz didn't hold many prisoners & it's difficult to ferry out employees, food, supplies, etc. For once in your life Trump just think something through before you type it and press send or make it an Executive Order.

5/5/2025, 10:29:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

That's hilarious. So true though.

5/5/2025, 10:18:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Bullseye!

5/5/2025, 10:17:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

I couldn't agree more.

5/5/2025, 10:13:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Stalin, during one of his purges, had less kowtowing than this table of spineless idiots. Those blue & red MAGA hats were put in front of each cabinet member to promote their sale on TV. Trump's always grifting for something.

5/5/2025, 9:58:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Question: A group of men with no IDs showing, wearing face masks & ICE jackets arrive at a house to arrest immigrants. No one asks for IDs out of fear of prosecution. It turns out the men were gang members who kidnapped the immigrants. What then?

5/5/2025, 9:42:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

I'd have no problem with this former leader of the far-right Proud Boys doing the rest of his sentence in El Salvador's notorious prison. Watch out because he's a snitch & in prison "snitches get stitches!" JK

5/5/2025, 9:23:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

Keep this post, mount it on a plaque & put it in the appropriate Smithsonian museum. Why? Because one day in the future someone will ask, "just how stupid was Trump?" Instead of going through thousands of pages of research we can show them this post. And they will know the true depth of stupidity.

5/5/2025, 9:08:19 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

That is a fascinating answer.

5/5/2025, 8:46:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Anyone who has worked at a senior level for the Trump admin you have shown that you lack the "spine" to do what's right.

5/5/2025, 8:36:59 PM | 7 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump's a blatant racist. His own lawyer admitted to hearing him put down African-Americans on numerous occasions.

5/5/2025, 8:30:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Your absolutely right.

5/5/2025, 8:22:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

It's not just the American ruling class. It also benefitted all American consumers & anyone who has an IRA or 401(k). As a group, Americans traded US manufacturing jobs with a livable wage for cheaper products & higher stock prices & dividends.

5/5/2025, 8:16:58 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

If AI developers are aiming to fulfill our need for 12 more "friends," what will happen to our three human relationships? Will we lose those relationships? My experience with AI "friends" is that they agree with everything I say. Will our future "friends" become just "yes" men & women?

5/5/2025, 8:01:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

Obama, like Presidents before him observed the Justice Dept's required INDEPENDENCE from politics. Trump uses DOJ, under AG Pam Bondi, to carry out his political policies. Congress can & must investigate this misconduct & cut DOJ's funding for these inappropriate activities.

5/5/2025, 7:40:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Feel "FREE" to Re-post...

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3/5/2025, 1:54:55 AM | 977 282 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

Trump's three-story penthouse apartment at the top of Trump Tower in Manhattan was covered with gold. Trump has never experienced anything but incredible wealth. Yet, he has no problem telling Americans, of all income levels, that they can do with less.

5/5/2025, 5:55:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

It's almost like they were exploited by a professional con-man/grifter...wait a minute...

5/5/2025, 5:30:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

That is really interesting behavior.

5/5/2025, 5:23:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

So many photos of Trump & Epstein together, but Trump says he met him, found him odd & never talked to him again. But Donald is always lying.

5/5/2025, 12:12:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Born in Jo-burg along time ago. Parents & my brothers moved to US in early '70s. My extended family's all from Cape Town. Nice Pics!!

5/5/2025, 12:07:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

I noticed and I’m not sure why you did it.

2/5/2025, 2:25:11 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

Trump's reasoning for using the Alien Enemies Act to speed up deportations of Venezuelans by saying they're an "invasion or threat." But the Act was meant to be used ONLY during a war & is not meant for normal immigration enforcement.

1/5/2025, 10:34:44 PM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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If a "great America" looks like this why would anyone want it back?

1/5/2025, 10:02:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Perhaps the judge was a secret "libtard" in MAGA clothing.

1/5/2025, 9:49:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

And he couldn't have picked a more caring moment to break this news to the parents while falsely blaming Biden at the same time. Stay classy Trump...stay classy.

1/5/2025, 9:46:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social)

Walmart has consistently pushed US vendors, of all sizes & for many decades, to move factories overseas to consistently lower prices or have their goods "taken off its shelves."

1/5/2025, 9:36:04 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Noooo, say it's not true!

1/5/2025, 8:50:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Even when Trump writes he lies. There's no form of communication available where he doesn't always lie.

1/5/2025, 12:03:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

Barron only got one giant stuffed lion. He made do with just one. No one needs 30, right?

1/5/2025, 12:01:32 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm in Georgia & he's one of my Senators, but this is the first time I've seen or heard from Ossoff. He's probably going to face the very popular current Repub Governor in the 2026 election. He needs to get moving if he wants to be reelected.

30/4/2025, 11:47:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

I agree, but getting Repubs Congresspeople to just move is next to impossible. Someone needs to show them that Trump is a weak & sleepy old man.

30/4/2025, 11:42:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

I never believed HTS and its leader had changed.

30/4/2025, 11:37:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

I hope this is the beginning of a lot of reversals for Trumpism.

30/4/2025, 11:28:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nick G (@njg123.bsky.social) reply parent

It's a surprising stat, but when I read the story it made sense. It's a tough profession that requires a lot of risk, hard work & lonesome hours.

30/4/2025, 11:23:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view