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Democrat, supporter of Medicare for all & Ukraine. Mantra: Principles matter most when it is inconvenient.

created November 19, 2024

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She likely would have evolved into creating more humane policies but she was weak on Palestine and should have separated herself from her war criminal boss.

1/9/2025, 5:37:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If China stepped up to help the Palestinians, Trump would reverse the cruelty pronto.

1/9/2025, 5:35:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The same politicians who repeat over & over, ad nauseum, that we are the richest, country in the world, refuse to enact universal health care, a living minimum wage and mandatory vacation time and the contradictions are lost on the average voter because the brainwashing is a stunning success.

1/9/2025, 3:12:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You don't look too well moron, better get on with it.

1/9/2025, 3:00:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Violence is never the answer. Justice, honesty and good parenting are.

31/8/2025, 9:12:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Obfuscation at its best. This idiot is part of the problem.

31/8/2025, 7:47:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's a fool. One catastrophic event and he will be broke .

31/8/2025, 7:44:47 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And by taxing the wealthy and corporations.

31/8/2025, 7:43:58 PM | 30 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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American workers are treated worse than any other developed country.

31/8/2025, 7:42:30 PM | 26 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Kennedy is to public health what Miller is to human rights.

31/8/2025, 7:41:19 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fat, old white racist lady is probably an immigrant herself. She should have been arrested for assault.

31/8/2025, 7:39:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bottom feeder. Blood all over his hands.

31/8/2025, 7:32:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jill Stein is nothing more than a craven, attention-seeking Russian asset. Fortunately as they get old, they also become irrelevant.

31/8/2025, 6:23:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Poor thing has to have self-esteem levels in the toilet. Why else would she be with a sadist like Kennedy?

31/8/2025, 5:31:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cassidy is in violation of his Hippocratic Oath - and knows it.

31/8/2025, 4:31:57 PM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good point.

31/8/2025, 4:28:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No doubt they are trying to treat his venous insufficiency but the bottom line is that effective management requires a willing participant in exercise, weight loss and other lifestyle changes. With a sloth like Trump, it will never work. Not that I'm complaining.

31/8/2025, 4:24:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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DeSantis and his blatantly corrupt cabinet will leave office financially better off for having duped voters who will now be much worse off. Not that I give a s*** for those who voted for him.

30/8/2025, 10:27:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you wise and brave judge.

30/8/2025, 10:23:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He is clueless. To think that we once respected the Supreme Court. The Federalist Society has turned it into a circus, staffed by conservative clowns who are on the take.

30/8/2025, 5:35:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ketanji Jackson Brown will be remembered by history as someone who was smart and honorable. Kirk will not be remembered for anything. Did anyone mourn Rush Limbaugh? Haters are relegated to the trash heap of history.

30/8/2025, 3:52:42 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Agree.

30/8/2025, 3:47:37 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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His bestest doctors are passing off venous insufficiency as a "minor" problem. Works for me....

30/8/2025, 2:17:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They can arrest him but there are obvious barriers.

30/8/2025, 2:15:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's a sociopath.

30/8/2025, 2:34:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If it's speaking, it's lying.

30/8/2025, 1:13:04 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Alarmed" - a step up from "concerned". If she got to "frantic" she would still vote to support Trump and every aspect of his toxic agenda.

29/8/2025, 3:10:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hey Mike, Louisiana also ranks at the bottom for education, healthcare and infant mortality. You guys need to pull yourselves together.

29/8/2025, 3:06:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So the guy who has prematurely aged skin, a history of drug addiction & monumentally poor judgement (remember the dip in the sewage?), atrial fibrillation, a neurological condition causing dysphonia & history of a brain worm, wants to tell the rest of us how to achieve good health. Laughable.

29/8/2025, 12:38:47 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He is a crank with a sadistic streak. He enjoys the idea of people suffering. He should be in a psyche ward, not the government.

28/8/2025, 10:56:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Israel kills anyone, anywhere, anytime with absolute impunity - and America will pay for it unconditionally because that's how unscrupulous we have become. And both political parties are complicit.

26/8/2025, 5:43:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How pathetic.

26/8/2025, 2:03:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Relevant backgrounds" - like insurrectionists and those with convictions for violent crimes.

26/8/2025, 1:57:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Everything under Trump has to be trashed to bring it down to his level.

26/8/2025, 1:53:52 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nope. 1. They are benefiting from it 2. They lack integrity 3. They are are cowards.

26/8/2025, 1:50:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If only reporters were this direct.

26/8/2025, 1:48:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Signing up with their mark.

26/8/2025, 1:04:03 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As does the third worlding of America.

26/8/2025, 1:03:32 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I will bet that the Jan 6 mob are already in line.

26/8/2025, 1:01:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yep.

26/8/2025, 12:58:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In other words,only Republicans from red states will be recruited. Red states consistently rank last in education. The dumber they are the easier they are to manipulate.

26/8/2025, 12:56:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The projection and deception have been going on for 7 decades. Israel was created through terrorism by terrorists. Some, like Menachem Begin and Yizak Shamir went on to become Israeli Prime Ministers. What a farce.

26/8/2025, 12:36:14 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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DHS is"thrilled" by all forms of cruelty against anyone trying to create a better life for themselves.

25/8/2025, 7:46:27 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So much for freedom of choice.

25/8/2025, 7:44:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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His cardiac problems are being downplayed.

25/8/2025, 4:50:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Witchy Noem.

25/8/2025, 4:42:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Let's start with his children.

25/8/2025, 4:40:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nobody's walking around at night Goebbels, just ask the restaurant owners.

25/8/2025, 4:39:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He is a moron. Literally.

25/8/2025, 4:36:14 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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By "a lot of people" he means MAGAs with a second grade education who believe what they hear on Fox Gossip Media.

25/8/2025, 4:30:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Liars following liars.

25/8/2025, 4:26:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They have been engaging in massacres of Palestinians for more than 7 decades and looting, stealing and destroying villages and farms.

25/8/2025, 4:25:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It has been a genocide campaign for over 7 decades. Google the multiple massacres of Palestinians since 1947. The Deir Yassin massacre is of particular interest given who lead it.

25/8/2025, 4:23:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He has to praise himself because no one else does.

25/8/2025, 4:18:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And she was right.

24/8/2025, 7:20:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And a good thing but awarding a terrorist a prize is laughable.

23/8/2025, 4:57:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Finally, some imagination and sophistication. This is why we need Schumer and Jeffries replaced.

23/8/2025, 3:39:05 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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His own family would not have withstood such scrutiny.

23/8/2025, 3:37:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There is a plan to deport him to Uganda.

23/8/2025, 3:19:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Menachem Begin who was a Zionist terrorist and became the Prime Minister of Israel where his terrorism continued.

23/8/2025, 3:18:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I wish that we could get American politicians to care. Instead, members of both parties enjoy AIPAC sponsored vacations to Israel, while little kids starve to death and are having their limbs blown off, just a few miles away.

23/8/2025, 3:15:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Witch.

23/8/2025, 3:11:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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With mass deportation of undocumented workers and a residual labor force that will eventually age out, what is the plan for the next low cost workforce that can be thoroughly exploited? And what is the plan to replace the billions of dollars the undocumented pay into Social Security & Medicare?

23/8/2025, 3:11:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Mississippi is dead last in all state rankings which is no surprise at all.

23/8/2025, 2:55:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump is old and in decay. Venous insufficiency is not the minor issue his flunkies portray. He is obese and slow. There is hope.

23/8/2025, 2:50:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If the Trump administration's treatment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia does not meet the standard of the 8th Amendment against cruel and unusual punishment, why do we even have it? It seems that part 3 of the plan for his future is deportation to Uganda on Monday.

23/8/2025, 2:45:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nazis are scary people.

22/8/2025, 4:00:13 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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The irony, the hypocrisy.

22/8/2025, 3:55:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cuomo is trying to improve his numbers by being out in the community talking to regular voters, a first for him. It's too late.

22/8/2025, 3:47:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don't like the guy but this is fascism.

22/8/2025, 3:44:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Corrupt through and through. He should have been indicted for the Medicare fraud instead of being rewarded by voters who have no regard for the law.

22/8/2025, 3:43:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The decline started with Reagan. McConnell is the cherry on the cake.

22/8/2025, 4:59:02 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Gavin Newsom will also never be as dumb, uneducated, childish, cruel, greedy, fat and ugly as Trump either.

22/8/2025, 2:10:21 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We can put Netanyahu on trial for genocide and ethnic cleansing and send him to prison for life which is more "love" than he has shown to little kids that have had their limbs blown off. America's indifference is appalling. But by all means, you do you.

22/8/2025, 2:08:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hope that he is having to explain himself to the man with the olive skin from the Middle East.

22/8/2025, 1:59:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Love it!

22/8/2025, 1:50:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is he trying to justify himself?

22/8/2025, 1:49:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Putin's putty.

22/8/2025, 1:47:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Timely, now that N. Korea has the capacity to hit the US with ballistic weapons. I wonder which stable genius directed her to do that?

22/8/2025, 1:46:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And other lies.....

22/8/2025, 1:43:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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mRNA technology saved Trump's life when he had Covid. That's the only downside I have found.

21/8/2025, 5:14:00 PM | 4 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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The James Dobson types have an agenda of repression, including of spontaneous joy. You have to wonder if there is a link between the inordinate number of right wing evangelicals convicted of sex crimes and the kind of stifled lifestyle the pious like Dobson promote.

21/8/2025, 4:43:34 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sounds like Dimwitty is at a loss to respond. Gavin has hit a nerve with Gossip Media and the yentas are in a tizz. Delicious!

21/8/2025, 4:33:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This woman's past is full of associations with criminals (including her ex-husband Albert), Bernie Kerik,Trump and the mob) and tainted by the questionable legality of her own behaviors. She is shrill, histrionic, grandiose and common. She is a perfect fit for the corrupt administration she serves.

21/8/2025, 4:30:48 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well of course they did. Favors to the judges to follow.

21/8/2025, 3:52:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As we march further into fascism. Who raises people like Tulsi Gabbard?

21/8/2025, 4:57:49 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Another Republican disaster which Democrats will have to clean up. We need to break the cycle of ruination followed by rescue followed by more ruination.

21/8/2025, 3:27:40 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's an addled headed drug addict who has a history of abusing woman and engaging in sadistic behavior.

21/8/2025, 2:39:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Treason.

21/8/2025, 2:28:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When is his next vacation?

21/8/2025, 2:25:16 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Netanyahu is a psychopath and therefore devoid of normal human feelings.

21/8/2025, 2:24:02 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Might be that their handlers don't want to lose the millions of dollars the show generates.

20/8/2025, 11:08:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Your kids should be exposed to the truth. If they can't handle it, give them a trophy or whatever it is flakey parents like you do.

20/8/2025, 11:06:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No one should follow the gobbledygook discharged from the mouth of mad dog Kennedy.

20/8/2025, 8:43:41 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The old hippies are also woke/informed - as opposed to the new breed of Hitler proxies.

20/8/2025, 8:35:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You can plaster gold all over the House you have defiled but it is still befouled by your very presence.

20/8/2025, 8:06:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Another Republican genius.

20/8/2025, 7:57:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dana Perrino is having a fit of the vapors because Gov Newsom is parroting her dear leader's behavior - and she doesn't like it. Aww.

20/8/2025, 7:12:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fortunately, Dennis Praeger is old. And fat.

20/8/2025, 5:19:19 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not does he care.

20/8/2025, 5:14:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view