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Like he just got out of the shower
Keeper of the flame.
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Like he just got out of the shower
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
FYI, it use to be common practice when you wrote something for your boss to add a "signature" such as "President DJT" or if writing their legal signature, the person would add their initials. It designates you were writing with their consent, so it is official.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Agree, Trump did not write this, but as Bill says Trump (aka someone on the WH team) is starting to get some distance. I always assume when you see "President DJT" or "Thank you for your attention" at the end that someone else has composed it for the president.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Buckley would not be welcome, nor comfortably in the MAGA Republican party.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social)
"I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator." From of The Autobiography of Mother Jones—a 1925 collection of stories from the life of labor organizer Mary G. Harris
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
This 👆"desperately looking for a scapegoat "
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Good point. Gov Moore should offer Trump a golf cart tour of Baltimore.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
I encourage everyone to contact their senator or rep. Call, email, social media with a simple message, No masks. Enforcement officer's faces and identification need to be clearly visible at all times. This needs your immediate attention in Homeland Security/ICE. www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
I've also watched several videos of officers using more force than the situation called for and both officers and people hitting their heads on concrete or hard surfaces that likely will result in TBIs (internal head/brain bleeding) which can be serious. Caring for these injuries is expensive too.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for sharing. I warned my Senator about this happening and concerns for enforcement officers' safety if they didn't demand all officers faces and identification clearly be visible, as people have to protect themselves. In this case the dead men are not officers, thankfully.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
More of this from the troops!!!
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
👆This
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
That's a great question.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
⌛ Just Dance Vance, Game over. Thank you for playing. Next.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Bless her heart.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Good article. I especially like the line, "...but when Trump pushes the accelerator, everyone goes along for the ride."
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like a mouse 🐁Found your package first.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
"Permission Slip" - TX GOP, Grade school called and even they are 🙄 at you 👈😆
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Great question, Mr. Doocy, Would you be willing to let your mother/father, sister/brother, daughter/son, wife/girl/boyfriend be kidnapped, injured/maimed, raped, murdered, enslaved? Or would you stand up, grab a sharpie and redraw maps? Ukrainian people volunteer to fight for freedom--No Sharpie's!
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Their lack of training or professional action is getting people hurt. At 1:22 on this video, the cosplaying people were pulling & shoving, and it appears the guy slipped and fell to the ground, hitting his head. Agree it was a serious hit on his head, and he probably needs to go to the hospital.
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
How many times have you been carjacked?
Gabe Ortíz (@tusk81.bsky.social) reposted
Remember that we’re being lied to whenever anyone claims we don’t have the money to fix something.
Mark Hertling (@markhertling.bsky.social) reposted
For the record, our division commander BANNED things called “presence patrols” in Iraq. “If you don’t have a specific task & purpose, your ‘presence’ doesn’t do anything.” National Guard stating they are now doing presence patrols in DC. A complete waste of soldier’s time & effort.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
I can't wait to see what South Park does with this.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
"Giving them back their participation trophy is lame." This is perfect!
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
I can't get past how much more dramatic Trump's makeup has become--more like a mask. I don't know how people speak to him in-person, see that harsh line where he was wearing his hair net, and don't burst out laughing. His people really must hate him to let him go out in public looking like that.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Suggest these people might want to learn about narcissistic supply.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Both Putin & Trump are divorced from reality--what could go wrong??? (Sarcasm)
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
"Call it extreme gerrymandering." that's funny.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Can you imagine what that Secret Service agent was saying to himself 🗯️
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe he's giving Alaska to Russia?
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Send your state senator a suggestion to throw out all districts and change to Rank-Choice voting.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Humm, so the Epstein files are so bad he'd rather you think of him as a fool obsessed with gold leaves.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Are these ICE agents who took an oath to the constitution or temporary hired bounty hunters? And why do these people have war weapons on the streets of the US? Call 911, something is wrong here.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
LA should declare there's an outbreak and mandatory mask requirement.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes! Take off your masks babies.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
🤦
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
How bad does his staff, Hegseth, JD Vance hate him to let him go out in public looking this silly?
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
I ask that same question.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump is lazy.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
This appears to be the definition of government waste, fraud, and I suspect abuse. Go to TX where the grid walking would be helpful. How many days have the people on the ground been looking for survivors. Trump, Tom, & Kristi how many lives could have been saved if you redirected your resources?
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social)
We are as different as two could be in the physical realm, but kindred spirits in our love of democracy and the ideals this country was founded upon. Celebrating Independence from the King.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Whatever you covered please do it on another show or write in a post. I no longer watch Morning Joe or clips of the show.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Good point.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Here's a perfect example of waste, likely fraud, abuse coming shortly. Lawsuits waiting to happen.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope it results in a lot of lost revenue. One less channel/business for me to watch/support. Shameful.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Do they care? Shame on them. One less business/channel for me to support/watch.
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Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Reporters should simply be asking, "Why?" Keep repeating this simple, clear question, why, to each of his deflection statements.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
I was thinking about MAGA, but Good point about the billionaires. This current group seems to have a relatively low emotional intelligence.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Good. Keep us posted with the developments (or lack of).
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
True, it was. And soon enough the other one will too.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
It's time to call this out. Trump has no strategy beyond getting his next jolt of adulation. Steven Miller seems stuck in middle school retribution-mode, but with the power of the White House. Project 2025 is a detailed plan. It can wreck havoc, but can it govern? Is it working for anyone?
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Where are all the white Americans who want these jobs? If the story Trump & MAGA are telling is true, then this job site should be buzzing with white men. #WhereAretheWhiteMen?
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social)
Where are all the white Americans who want these jobs? If the story Trump & MAGA are telling is true, then this job site should be buzzing with white men. #WhereAretheWhiteMen?
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
She seems prophetic looking back.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
(hint) Accordion hands
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
I understand the Cons & the Pros of the bombing and I'm not weighing in on that. Rather I'm commenting on the incompetence on HOW the info was presented--he got the outcome he didn't want to receive because of he told the story. Unserious person gets burned by his own hubris.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Good point. Tell-tale sign he is an imposter. If his fragile ego would let him tell the truth: 30,000lb bombs were dropped from x height, from planes traveling x mph to target an air shaft...just turn it into a math & charts presentation, praised the different services working together.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Whenever I see her, I think I'm watching an SNL skit. She does a good caricature of an angst-ridden press secretary. She's not as good as Melissa McCarthy's Sean Spicer, but I laugh a lot. I saw Pete's interview today--he did a good Sean Spicer. Watch out, Karoline. Just saying.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
😆
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
And I want to know how much money was spent on this operation.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
So my take on what Lindsey is saying, The president was told (with high likelihood) the stockpile was move before Saturday, but he gave the "go" anyway.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
His mom is crying in her grave.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
I think that's why they are in masks too. And I suspect they whined and criticized wearing N95 masks too.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Watch without the sound. You'll see sadistic behavior. Abhorrent.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
*Ads can substitute other benefits lost, rural hospitals closed, any number of knock on problems from the Big Beautiful Bill based on audience. No 🦕Mitch, we won't get over it.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
[Images from Bezos reportedly spending $20 million on a three-day wedding in Venice while sailing around on his $500 million yacht.] SNAP* benefits for hungry children & working poor had to get cut because Senator ___ wanted to give men like Bezos a tax break. Vote No on Senator ___.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
That's right, we won't get over it. It will be a bad look if Senators cut Bezos, Musk, and the have yachts wealthy people's taxes... the ads will write themselves. Senator ___ voted Yes to give tax cuts in the Big Beautiful Bill
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
👏Best news today!
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks for sharing.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Not until you get rank choice voting for Congress (& state elections).
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Mine!
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
His mother is crying in her grave.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Neither does Iran.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Saying they're eating the cats & dogs was their instincts Putting troops on the streets against citizens is their instincts. Having masked, armed secret police kidnapping nonviolent people off the streets is their instincts Dropping bombs & joining Israel's war in Iran on Trump's instinct.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
What new evidence...when did you get it and did our intelligence agencies change their assessments after reviewing this evidence? Was there a direct threat in motion against the US?
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Please post if you find one, I want to support them.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Who did the briefing, did you see new evidence, and did you get questions answered?
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for sharing.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
I love the orange makeup ring. Why do his people let him go out in public looking like that...no one in his inner circle cares about him do they? Sad. But it does to give me a chuckle every time, thanks Team Trump.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
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Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Reporters, your job is to tell the story as it is, what is the truth (not repeat the spin), and ask questions the people at home are asking. He's not your friend you're trying to protect from his behavior, he's not your impaired uncle at a party, he's the President--he owes the people answers.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
People should be laughing at his silliness. Stop with the flag pole questions, be a real reporter. Ask about the license plates, what is his source. Make him prove it. Reporters, ask serious questions, if he ignores the question, next reporter ask it again, & again until you get an answer.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Haha
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Good idea, Sending 💜 to all trans people!
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Hahaha.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Earlier this week, Christiane Amanpour (Iranian) and ex-husband Jamie Rubin, a former US State Department official, unpack their thoughts based decades of insider experience in global affairs. This is her personal podcast and well worth 40 min to get their perspective. amanpourpod.com
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😆
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social)
J6
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Sad, I was looking forward to your take on the day.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Complete sentences, not Trump.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Great article. 🎬 Pete delivered his lines flawlessly in his hearing audition for the show. Reality vs a scripted reality show...a little different. The unserious senators who played along during the hearings or capitulated to actors instead of demanding qualified candidates gave their consent.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Not "his troops" the are the troops of the United States.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
I listened, and you did a great job. I felt like I was sitting in the room with you.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
That looks painful.
Elderly White Hippie (@susanfranklin.bsky.social) reply parent
Enjoying Jacob keeping us informed and his local color commentary. Thanks, Jacob!
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) reposted
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.