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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

This is a pretty cool tool that was posted on a Reddit thread. Very helpful and provides citations of sources. And yes, the tariffs formula that Trump is using has a fundamental math error. Destroying the global economy with a known math error. And congress is doing nothing.

truthorfake.com

TruthOrFake | Verify Claims with Free Artificial Intelligence Tool

Use Free AI-powered fact verification to analyze claims instantly. Separate fact from fiction with reliable sources and detailed explanations.

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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

what if it just took one though

Screenshot of tweet from @realDonaldTrump, 6 Nov 2012, reading: "If the Dow drops 1,000 points in two days the President should be impeached immediately!"

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Amazing how Republicans have screamed for years against raising taxes, yet they are touting these tariffs for bringing in up to 6 trillion in revenue. If that ends up being true (it won’t) THAT’S A NEW TAX AND DOUBLE THE CURRENT FEDERAL BUDGET! How is this not obvious?! Fucking morons!

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I believe the majority of Americans don’t understand how insignificant it is for a billionaire to spend 24M on a campaign. If you assume Musk has 300B available to him to spend, that is the equivalent of a nice dinner for your family of four. It’s an obscene amount of wealth that makes him immune.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I’m thrilled Susan Crawford won in Wisconsin. But I’m lost at headlines calling her liberal. Isn’t this part of the problem? Law should not be liberal or conservative, it should be focused on justice for all people. No judge or lawyer should be looking at justice through a political lens.

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Scottie @scottie51.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Schumer, you up to this? Or is opening your flip phone enough????

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

What many don’t understand about cuts to research grants is, it takes decades of tedious work to develop something that can fix medical conditions. Cuts today are denying people decades from now their ability to reduce suffering.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

If we really want to “make America healthy again,” we’d have Medicare for All.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I thought business schools taught about the buggy whip industry in the era of cars? So now we want to revive coal burning in the era of clean energy. This is truly a government that is working backward. I think a business would fail with this thinking. Oh, wait he did multiple times.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Can somebody get this to Congress to do what the crusty orange man has ordered?

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Among the dumbest of moves, the administration is saying they won’t provide power from hydroelectric to Canada. The problem is Canada releases water for the US to make power and grow crops. Did they not learn how gravity works?

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US pauses water-sharing negotiations with Canada over Columbia River

Break in talks comes as Trump escalates trade war with Canada and threatens its sovereignty

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

@schumer.senate.gov So now what? Our courts have already failed us, congress has failed and it’s clear your aligned with Trump. The rest of us will suffer so your DC home stays comfy.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Just a reminder to all those that may have family or friends who supported Trump but now say they regret it. Please make sure to tell them that is not enough, they need to call their reps. Their voice carries weight, and they must help fix this not just regret their decision.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

We need to know their names and hold them accountable.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

For those of us who have read history, studied government systems, worked in and with governments, we deeply understand and appreciate this analogy.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The great duh! Of all time. The farmers will be the ones who get hurt by this, so stupid.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

As someone who spent a career working in the water industry, including CA State water supplies, this is truly the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. These systems are so carefully balanced, releasing water now can have devastating consequences this summer. Moron doesn’t even come close.

politico.com

Trump says he opened California’s water. Local officials say he nearly flooded them.

The Army Corps of Engineers moved to release massive quantities of water in Central California, panicking local officials.

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Cath RN, PhD @headdoc35.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

“It's almost impossible to believe he exists. It's as if we took everything that was bad about America, scraped it up off the floor, wrapped it all up in an old hot dog skin, and then taught it to make noises with its face.”

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

When there is a tragedy like a plane crash, why can’t it be full of Republicans returning from a round of golf with Trump?

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This is why we can’t react to the insanity. It feeds them. As Mark Cuban stated in his post we must be strategic in our response.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Praise the Broken Promise of America open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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Praise the Broken Promise of America

Friends,

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Here is the plan to reduce the price of eggs!

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

So I want to know what group is writing the Democratic version 2025? What exactly is our playbook? Republicans spent 40+ years assembling their machines. Democrats need to do something similar. I think it should be the Brookings Institution with the ACLU.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

So do Republicans realize if Trump is allowed to end birthright citizenship with a stroke of his pen, it allows future presidents to do the same? Except next time it will be the 2nd amendment that is arbitrarily modified. I thought conservatives have said we can’t change the constitution.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

On January 20th, and on every single patriotic day after, I will be flying this flag. As a veteran, from a family of veterans, this to me is more symbolic of freedom than any red white and blue that now symbolizes our loss of freedoms.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

When it comes to understanding fire and climate change all you need to know is evapotransporation. As temperatures rise the amount of evt also increases drying out plants. There is simply not enough water to offset this loss on a large scale. Fires will continue to increase.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

So wait a minute, another school shooting?! At a Christian school? I thought that was the religion that taught us how sacred life is that we are banning abortions but making sure they are armed once they are born. Seems consistent with their teachings. Those kids should have had weapons!

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

This exactly! We are getting financially and medically screwed. My family is paying $2,500 a month for medical insurance. It’s more than our mortgage payment.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I highly recommend this book. If we are going to fix what is broken we need to understand how it was constructed. This along with other foundational writings can help us see how far we have derailed. We almost didn’t have a constitution because colonies didn’t want to pay for infrastructure.

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Plain, Honest Men

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The Constitutional Convention affected nothing less than a revolution in the nature of the American government. Led by James Madison, a small cohort of dele...

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

This is bad reporting and we need to be better. These chemicals are a result of consumers wanting non stick and waterproof coatings. PFOA’s is in our blood stream and it ends up at wastewater plants. This is not them, it’s us.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I’m happy for this guy, but seriously what does this say about our society? Teachers, scientists, and many other professionals are barely keeping their heads above water, yet the work they do is critical for our society. $765M to throw a ball. This is twisted.

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

@robprzy.bsky.social make sure to follow news feeds and companies to increase advertising

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TofBend @bend13.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

76% of the Federal Budget is defense, social security, Medicare, and interest payments. The remaining 24% won’t fix the deficit even if you cut it all. So where do you think they will cut?

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