Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social)
This is murder
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This is murder
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Guess who came for the guns?!? Crime Crackdown in D.C. Shows Trump Administration’s Uneasy Relationship With Guns www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
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Thank you!
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Thank you!
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Thank you!
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
I think the Cabinet has to invoke the 25th. Not Congress.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power." New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
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@mjdowntheshore.bsky.social Mr Darcy needs a haircut. He’s getting that today.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Happy Sunday! Gary is cooking and I am dog grooming. I’m so glad we all moved here. I think the East Coast especially prepared us to appreciate all the joy available here in southern New Mexico. Have a great day, and I can’t wait to see your new front of house!
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Since we have all been asking about this access. www.koat.com/article/stat...
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Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social)
This is so, so bad. Freeze your credit, everybody, and hang on for the ride. Please vote these incompetent idiots out of office.
Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger.bsky.social) reposted
This is phenomenal messaging. Hello Democrats? Knock knock, anybody home?
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
THAT is what I was thinking, that it’s completely the wrong material. Too soft when it rains too.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes! Three cheers for our unions and all those brave workers who fought and fight for them.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
They are the prettiest.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s marvelous.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
He is big indeed. Phenomenal.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Bakey’s got it going on.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Or anything in the Gilded Age.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
How wonderful of you! You’re making the world a better place.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
🪭🪭🪭
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
We’ve been to Wawa! Really good sandwiches. Nice pic, thanks!
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Slow Horses Season 5 starts Sept 24. You’ve got just enough time. Lol.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Foundation was so well done, and I didn’t expect it. The books are so huge, but Apple pulled it off. Yeah, that guy is gorgeous.
Oeishik (@oeishik.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Ashli Babbitt was misled to her death by Donald Trump & now Donald Trump is using her death to mislead the country.
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Adorable owls!
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Do you get Apple tv+? If you do, I recommend Slow Horses, satire about Brit MI5. Have you seen The Expanse on Amazon Prime? Best sci fi ever. Or Hell On Wheels on AMC, story about railroad building in late 1800s. Wild west.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
And male. Cis males. Women don’t do mass murder. Well, not often. There are exceptions to everything.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh nooooo. That’s dire.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Happy Thursday! We got up late too, spent some porch time planning next year’s flowers. Change is in the air. As the Starks would say, “Winter’s coming.” Far off yet, but a welcome cooling today. More iris blooming.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s so heartbreaking.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Food plus beauty!
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🫡😃
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, those weeds green it right up!
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Happy Wednesday! Our iris is blooming. Happy thanks to John and Linda. It’s cleanup and laundry after traveling. It was lovely cool in Minnesota!
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
True, she’s marvelous in it.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean when you get to all that amazing food in PA.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Some of my friends have turned, but many have stayed true to the Cheeto. It’s sad.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
It seems to me they still do. Drop in on conservative media, and I don’t mean Fox, I mean The Blaze, OANN, and that ilk, and they are pumping out an alternative reality. The comments are full of enthusiastic believers.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh so good, I like the stage show much better than the movie.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Back at you Mary Jane! With big hugs and lots of love.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m looking forward to pictures!
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
ALABAMA: “The verdict is in. The state’s tough immigration law just isn’t working out… American workers not mentally or physically fit enough to last one day…”
curmudgeongirl.bsky.social (@curmudgeongirl.bsky.social) reposted
But they DID vote for all this stuff. They just weren’t paying attention when Project 2025 laid all this out clearly.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social)
Sherrod sends the message by telling the people that he hears them. My GOP friends did not believe the Project 2025 would happen. Trump said he was not going there, and they all believed him.
MJdowntheshore (@mjdowntheshore.bsky.social) reposted
Bring it on Resistors. He knows this isn't far off from reality.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Yay for Best Smile! Hugs! 😃
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s a good thing! Some younger woman will be thrilled. I felt a pang giving mine up too, but never looked back. My feet are so happy in good, supportive Skechers. The heels deserve a second life with a new person who will appreciate them.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Adorable! Kitty and noodle.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Gary & I were out of town but sick with the cold, and we discovered a local fave in MN: Caramel rolls! Divine. We followed that up with VooDoo donuts at Denver airport. Diabetes be damned! It was very much fun. 🤩
Cliff Schecter: At Substack! www.blueamp.co (@cliffschecter.bsky.social) reposted
There are reasons for Dems’ foibles..Lack of messaging machine. Not dumping traditions older than Chuck Grassley’s liver spots But there's also the candidate. You’ve heard "the medium's the message?" In politics the messenger's the message So I give you Sherrod Brown www.blueamp.co/p/dems-searc...
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social)
Defacing the flag, and his ego is so big, he doesn’t even realize it.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Excuse me, but cracker was the term for the Florida cowboy driving cattle from pasture to pasture or to market who did it by cracking a big whip over their heads. It did become slang for poor whites. But a cracker barrel was a barrel full of the crackers you eat.
Make America Decent Again (@disposableheroes.bsky.social) reposted
One more time 👏👏👏
Tuck The Frumpers (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) reposted
‘Worse Than We Imagined’: The Wall Street Journal Drops Scathing Editorial Torching Trump Over ‘Vindictive’ Bolton Raid
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Top o'mornin trouble! 😉😍
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social)
This is horrible and terrifying. I always thought Posse Comitatus would protect us from this, but turns out there’s a workaround. It’s reprehensible, but also very frightening.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh so cool!!
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks. Ever more hideous. I had the players wrong, the reality is worse. But bottom line, Reconstruction got cut short.
MantaHunk 🌎🏳️🌈☮️🟧 (@mantahunk.bsky.social) reposted
75-Year-Old Grey Hippies that vote.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Me too, having gone through it in Florida. Grateful not to be terrified. Happy Wednesday everyone. Hugs all around.
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Bwahahahaha! “Both sides” scamming.
Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. (@drharmony.net) reposted
www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-2673... No one is surprised
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Reconstruction would have, but they killed Lincoln and ended it, proceeding to reverse most of it. Ever since, there’s still been a Cold War version of the Civil War just below the surface.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh wow, that’s always a winner. So big and bright.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, everything tastes better too. 😀
Frodo da Pirate (@xochiptx.bsky.social) reposted
This is really true... 😂🤣💀
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Lol! But seriously, that’s really good. I wish we had done that before getting on a plane this Thursday. We’ll do it when we get back, before Iowa trip. And good for you, Flo.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Yayyyy!!! It will be fabulous. I never spent time in PA, clearly I missed out!
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m so sorry.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
And to eat! Regional specialties, especially in the South. Shrimp and grits!!!
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
He really is.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s not. Fever only lasted a couple hours. Just a cold. Whew. My nose is running like Niagara Falls, lol, but I’ve had Covid and this isn’t it. Thank the witches (I just watched Practical Magic), because we are traveling on Thursday to see family, and I must be well!
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh yes, the ventilator. Right between the vocal chords. Idk what the rib action is. But I’m glad you’re on the mending side of this. I had a procedure in 1987, and it was hard, very hard to arrange. I was afraid I couldn’t get it done.The psychological relief alone was like angels singing.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Pancakes!
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh yes. It’s fun to appreciate something that’s been carefully designed to bring you pleasure as a tourist. Visitor centers, gift shops, giant fiberglass dinosaurs, I mean really. So fun!
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks you two! You are wonderful friends. 🌼🌼🌼🌼
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Demon Copperhead is quite a journey. She’s such a great author.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Happy Sunday. Still in bed. I’m so grateful to be retired, and therefore not having to work while sick. I really hated that. Instead I’m just resting and getting waited on by Gary, which is pretty great.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, I love a cross country road trip! Yay, that will be so fun! We did one in 2012 and loved it. Culminated in us buying our place in southern NM.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Fort Lauderdale has a great one that’s operated since the 60s.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
It was comforting. Thanks BanaChase.
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m watching Inglorious Basterds. It’s definitely helping!
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you. How are you today? All good?
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
I have started a fever. 🤒 if it’s still here in a couple hours, I’ll test for Covid.
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Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m sick, in bed with a cold. Drat. Wishing everyone else a great Saturday. I’m going to use a variation on the chicken soup cure and have a chicken green chile burrito. Salud!
Vandystar7 (@vandystar7.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, us, lol, tell us.