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@armstrong2025.bsky.social
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Boomer from the age of vacuum tubes, slide rules, and carbon paper. Lifelong Democrat/socialist/antifascist, military veteran, scientist, naturalist, and atheist. Dogs are my friends.

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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 1h
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Diesel Don is tanking the GOP
Record high prices are one of Trump’s defining political failures.
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Vietnam Veteran - 1969 to 1973 @phxphlash1944.bsky.social · 10h
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 12h
What we all have known from the beginning. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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'MAGA morons' and 'insanity': Retiring GOP senator unleashes ruthless Trump onslaught
A Republican senator on the outs has dedicated an entire book to criticizing the "MAGA morons" surrounding President Donald Trump, whom he predicts will trigger an election day disaster for the GOP th...
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 12h
Of course he does. www.rawstory.com/trump-feel-b...
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Trump: 'I feel badly' for Cornell rape suspects
President Donald Trump said he feels "badly" for the men under investigation in an alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.His comments came a day after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) ...
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 12h
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Trump voters 'furious' over 'raw deal' as many plan to skip midterms: NYT
Hispanic voters who helped deliver President Trump's 2024 victory are rapidly souring on him, according to New York Times reporting from South Texas, with many saying they got a "raw deal" and plannin...
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 12h
anger and rage www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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Massive Ivanka Trump problem triggers existential threat to GOP: 'Rage is building'
The Republican Party has a huge Ivanka Trump problem — and it could end in class warfare, a leading Democratic Socialist warned.“The anger and rage is building,” India Walton told Raw Story. “As we be...
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 20h
We'll be happy with the alternative. Trump Trashes Ken Paxton All Night, Then Tells People to Vote for Him newrepublic.com/post/216156/... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump Trashes Ken Paxton All Night, Then Tells People to Vote for Him
It’s unclear if Donald Trump even likes Paxton all that much.
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 20h
FAFO Vance Says People Are Too Focused on “Little Things” Ahead of Midterms newrepublic.com/post/216161/... via @newrepublic.com
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Vance Says People Are Too Focused on “Little Things” Ahead of Midterms
You know, like being able to afford gas and groceries.
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Darlene @darlenejerseyshore.bsky.social · 20h
So happy that this man is my Senator...Keep up the great work, and call them out every single time. You're the best, and thank you for your hard work...
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 20h
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Full Metal Jackass
The Pentagon Is Not Your Goddamn Megachurch, You Temu Patton Prick
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 20h
Republicans are fast becoming the putrid remains of a failed Fascist Regime. They are useless cowards who had the means of preventing Trump from a second term in power, who should have instead been convicted and sent to prison. They will see their careers ending in disgrace.
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 21h
Due to the toxic and inhumane Trump Fascist Regime, "overseas visitation is on pace to fall by nearly two million travelers from last year, turning an anticipated recovery into another source of economic weakness." theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/nearly-2-m...
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Nearly 2 Million Overseas Visitors Are Staying Away From the U.S.
Overseas visitors are on pace to fall by nearly two million from last year, widening the gap between the tourism recovery the United States expected and the one it is getting.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ICE's expansion became a multibillion-dollar business: CoreCivic sold four facilities to DHS for $2.2B, GEO won major contracts, while Trump's investment accounts traded detention contractors and held stakes in firms benefiting from ICE spending.
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CoreCivic sold DHS two detention centres for $1.47 billion and kept the contracts to run them. Trump's accounts traded prison stock 29 times
ICE spent more than $2.5 billion on warehouses and jails since Dec 2025 without projecting their running costs beyond three years. Seven of the warehouses cost $707 million, have never held a detainee...
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I asked my vet how this is possible. Of course he euthanizes pets everyday with pento. Its easy. What they arent admitting is how they likely couldnt find a vein to put it in. Christa Pike is alive after 2 failed attempts to execute her by lethal injection, lawyers say www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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Christa Pike is alive and receiving life-saving medical care after surviving 2 lethal injections, attorney says
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said he had ordered a review of the incident after the inmate survived two doses of pentobarbital.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The CDC is now the CDC in name only. Along with staff cuts, RFK Jr has made it difficult for scientists to do their jobs, including response to outbreaks such as measles and Ebola. Twenty political appointees now direct staff to spend time and $$ on dubious hypotheses. 🧪 archive.today/r38pw
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Russia again threatens NATO with nuclear strikes, this time if NATO "attempts to cut off Kaliningrad," which translates into normal English as "if they dare to defend the Baltic states from Russian aggression." They are an unhinged mad beast, and wht do we do with a mad beast?
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We have an imbecile for President.
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Baby Donald Diaper Explosion www.rawstory.com/trump-furiou...
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Trump blew his top during his Time interview with a furious F-bomb tirade
Toward the end of his interview with TIME Senior Political Correspondent Eric Cortellessa and Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs, President Donald Trump grew frustrated by the line of questioning and had a me...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We're constantly told that Donald Trump is playing three dimensional chess when, instead, he's just trying to play demential go-fish.
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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'Republicans have to worry': Top Fox News analyst says Trump is headed for doom
Veteran Fox News analyst Brit Hume delivered a grim midterm warning to President Donald Trump on his own preferred network Wednesday, pointing to fresh polling showing serious trouble for Republicans ...
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Trump Told TIME He Won 86% of the Vote, Then Threw a Tantrum About His Drywall In Expletive Laced Mental Health Episode
The self-declared president of peace says annihilating Iran is how you get peace. The rest of the interview with TIME Magazine got worse. WAY worse.
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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BREAKING: Canada’s Mark Carney Favoured To Win The Nobel Peace Prize.
Can. You. IMAGINE?? LOL.
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity newrepublic.com/article/2157... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
How a 50-year-old treatise by an Italian economic historian makes sense of our utterly senseless moment
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Stephen Wunderlich @swonder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Trump's Crisis of Dignity
Watch now (60 mins) | As the electoral landscape is turning blue, Donald Trump is seeing red.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 01/10/2026
Trump’s so-called “service announcements” have drawn bipartisan criticism and will face intense legal scrutiny.
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Raskin Demands Investigation Into Trump's 'Shameless Theft Of Public Funds' For Campaign Ads
Trump’s so-called “service announcements” have drawn bipartisan criticism and will face intense legal scrutiny.
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Sam Stribling @samstribling1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Jack Smith’s Senate Hearing Just Cemented The Death Of MAGA
Kennedy brought up the tooth fairy. Schmitt crashed and burned. Hawley lewft after embarassing himself, and Jack Smith holds the keys to locking MAGA in a closet forever.
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Scenes from a personality cult
Trump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point.
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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The Rot at the Top
The real reason Americans are paying more under Trump Republicans
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"alive and loudly snoring" Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection attempt www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection attempt
Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. A death penalty expert said it was an unprecedented failu...
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Donalds is a "fad" headed for the dustbin of history. www.rawstory.com/byron-donald...
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Byron Donalds rages at 'fad' taking over his home state: 'We know how this works'
Despite the Trump administration’s hostility towards renewable energy, information released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that utility solar capacity — large-scale projects that ...
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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US government erases 190 flags from historic building in searing message
OVER 190 flags have been taken down from a historic building as government officials warn employees to remember who they work for. The move sparked backlash in the diplomatic community. The State D…
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Trump campaign ads paid with public money violate federal law, critics say
White House has labeled ads ‘public service announcements’ and has responded defiantly to criticism
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Eric Schmitt and The Troll Kingdom
How the MAGA Hate Machine Works
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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BOOTLICKERS, BROWNOSING and BULLSHIT
Jack Smith brought the truth. Senate Republicans brought fairy tales, show tunes, fake gotchas, bird-brained buffoonery and professionally printed humiliation.
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Donald Trump has fully transformed your government into a casino.
Taxpayer-funded Trump commercials are the latest sign the president has turned our institutions into his personal business.
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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No Shame. No Facts. No Problem.
Welcome to Republican oversight
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ohio Woman Sues After Alleged Wrong-Leg Amputation ground.news/article/ohio...
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Ohio Woman Sues After Alleged Wrong-Leg Amputation
Sharon Jacks is suing her surgeon, members of a surgical team and a Marietta hospital after she said doctors amputated the wrong leg during surgery last year.
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ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕟ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 🏳️‍🌈 ✡️ 😸 🌊 @stevefm20.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump loses again A federal court has blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to withhold some counterterrorism funding from states that do not adopt election reforms favored by the administration. thehill.com/policy/natio...
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Court blocks Trump bid to withhold some counterterrorism funds for states that don’t adopt election reforms
A federal court has blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to withhold some counterterrorism funding from states that do not adopt election reforms favored by the administration. Earlier this y…
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Y.O.L.O.0311 @yolo0311.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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yolanda7712.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump has said the Iran war is almost over at least 60 times. It's been 212 days. 19 service members are dead, 800+ wounded, $43 billion gone. We counted every broken promise with @votevets.org.
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Gloves should be banned in every state. New California law bans officers from using gloves that deliver electric shocks apnews.com/article/cali...
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New California law bans officers from using gloves that deliver electric shocks
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law banning local, state and federal officers from using gloves that can deliver electric shocks to people.
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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HOW DARE YOU
Do not lecture liberals about finding joy while Republicans starve children, wreck our Democracy, and poison our environment
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
GOP Senator Tries to Trap Jack Smith—and Gets Every Detail Wrong newrepublic.com/post/215976/... via @newrepublic.com
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GOP Senator Tries to Trap Jack Smith—and Gets Every Detail Wrong
Senator Eric Schmitt accused Smith of having shady meetings while in Atlanta for a professional basketball game. In reality, Smith was in Maryland on the date in question for a college basketball game...
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Calgacus @armstrong2025.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Impeachment Calls Grow as Dems Say Up to $20 Million in Taxpayer Funds Were Used for 'Illegal' Pro-Trump Ads www.commondreams.org/news/donald-...
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Impeachment Calls Grow as Dems Say Up to $20 Million in Taxpayer Funds Were Used for 'Illegal' Pro-Trump Ads | Common Dreams
Democrats in Congress demand answers and accountability for Trump's misuse of taxpayer dollars for "illegal" ads.
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