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Adept@Life

@adeptatlife.bsky.social
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Husband. Father. Former member of the deep state. Proud Democrat. Opinions are my own and not associated with any other person, organization, or institution. No DMs pls.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 9h
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 8h
"Guess who I bumped into?" Jack Smith was spotted (with a Springsteen Tee) at the "Power to the People" concert by Joanne Leahy. Who thinks he would be a great AG?
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 52m
Could Not be Said Better….
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 52m
“Don't even try to deny it. Oh wait, you can't."
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Uncle Don @uncledon.bsky.social · 16h
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 15h
I'm going to a formal dinner tonight. All dressed up and wearing my mothers pearls. 🥰
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 18h
"The worst form of injustice is pretended justice." ~ Plato @mluckovich.bsky.social
Mike Luckovich
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 16h
Today's choice for the football game:
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 14h
There’s a special place in hell for women who betray other women. Angela Paxton appears to have the address.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 20h
“Texas, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas. Every one of these typically sends Republicans to Congress. Yet this year every one of these are looking at the the growing likelihood that they can or will elect Democratic senators.” www.americaamerica.news/p/have-typic...
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Have Typically Unthinkable Wins Become Thinkable?
A Saturday Prompt
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 18h
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h
Donald Trump posted Tom Cotton’s cellphone number. So I just sent him a text. Will report back.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 22h
I picked up my new emotional support animal today! It's a rotisserie chicken from Tom Thumb but still...
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 19h
After years of politicians texting me for money, I finally texted one back - if he replies “STOP,” I’m framing it.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 21h
I see Cybertruck has a Molotov cocktail defense system.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 21h
Okay, Dems. Let’s not get cocky.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Composed of gold leaves and other adornments, this magnificent headdress belonged to Queen Puabi, one of the most powerful women known from ancient Mesopotamia. Discovered in the Royal Cemetery of Ur in present-day Iraq, the burial dates to approximately 2600-2500 BC. IG: @svitlana_skomsvold
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Good morning Bluesky ☀️  I'll leave you with this conundrum. There's no rush, answers on a postcard if you like. 
Peanuts comic strip with Lucy asking Linus "you know what's funny? Paintings of Adam and Eve where they both have bellybuttons. Think about that, take as much time as you need. 
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Michael Legel @mjlegel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Uncle Don @uncledon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Good Saturday morning 😎☕️❤️
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Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮✌🏼🌱💚🍉🐸🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Adept@Life @adeptatlife.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If Dems take the Senate, then he won’t retire
politico.com
Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Adept@Life @adeptatlife.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Welcome to my nightmare.
thehill.com
Why Trump might invoke the Insurrection Act before, during, or after the midterms
As midterm elections approach, concerns are growing that President Trump may attempt to nationalize voting or invoke the Insurrection Act to maintain power if Republicans face significant losses.
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Adept@Life @adeptatlife.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Promises made. Promises broken.
axios.com
Trump promises $100 checks for 20 million seniors for Medicare
More than 20 million people will get direct deposits early this month to help pay Part B benefits.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Dr. Merri 🐸 @merri24.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am going to hunt down this brewery and buy every can 😎
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Your IQ test came back negative" made me choke on my coffee...🤣🤣🤣
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Ted Cruz called the FBI on me @weareronin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This little suggestion on top of my hamburger helper box is how I know we are about to have a Great
Depression part 2
TRY WITH
HOT DOGS
INSTEAD OF GROUND BEEF
TRY WITH
HOT DOGS
INSTEAD OF GROUND BEEF
HAMBURGER
HELPER
CHEESEBURGER MACARONI
WITH REAL CHEESE
PER US CUP AS PACKAGED
NET WIT 550Z (1559)
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
<Groan>
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 02/10/2026
The people screaming Democrats are communists want the government to steer industry, wall off trade, hand out checks, punish dissenters, pick economic winners and losers, and call the whole thing “free-market capitalism.”
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 02/10/2026
“Did you or did you not sell hamburgers from a giant smiling head?” “Sir, that was Jack in the Box.”
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 02/10/2026
Drill, baby, bill.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 02/10/2026
Her face says, “We are absolutely not doing whatever you think this is.”
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests. - FDR, 1941
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 02/10/2026
The jobs report was so weak Fox may need to hire a grief counselor.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 02/10/2026
Even Karl Rove is voting for Democrats this year.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
😩😩😩
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A guy asked me what it was like to be a woman and another guy answered for me. Nailed it.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Adept@Life @adeptatlife.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It took gas prices to turn people against him. . Not Iran. Not Epstein. Not ICE. Not mocking the handicapped. Don’t get me wrong. I’m glad some people finally are turning against him. I just will never understand how they ever could have turned to him.
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cartoonist: Gary Markstein
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Love it! 👏👇
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Adept@Life @adeptatlife.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Hegseth is manifestly unfit for his job. America can endure a bloated Pentagon. It can stand to eliminate waste and incompetence. What we cannot tolerate is a SecDef who wants the people who serve in America’s military to be the armed instrument of his own resentments and biases.”
theatlantic.com
Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy
His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.
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can you make the world better ???????????????????? @justtheonethatcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump says Canada is being “taught a little lesson.” Oh we are. The lesson is to build new trade routes, new defence partnerships and new markets outside the U.S. Thanks for the tip Donald! 🇨🇦
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fact… #BookSky
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somebody needs to check Hegseth's hard drive.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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