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Tim Burke

@burkets.bsky.social
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Retired pilot, saw the light a decade ago and now humanist Democrat, enjoys The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Star Trek, guitar playing, bicycling, hiking.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Treason, thy name is Trump.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I suggest we get new leaders here.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm with Carl Sagan on this:
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Canuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 27/09/2026
"Officials who pretended to care about freedom in other countries have demonstrated that they’re willing to trample it at home. The problem isn’t just that we’re ruled by a thug. It’s that we’re ruled by men who will do and defend whatever the thug says."
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As Trump Abuses the Press, Republicans Cheer Him On
His allies excuse and defend his ban of CNN, MS Now, and Politico.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
alert the press: it is not normal for the president to be unable to stay conscious during televised events in the Oval Office
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Tim Burke @burkets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Flew from Boston to Denver today on United. Very strange to see flight path go toward Pennsylvania then across the country. Normal route would have gone over Canada. Is United Airlines avoiding Canada due to Trump administration?
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Secret Agent Number Six @designationsix.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If the Bible is going to be taught in school then science needs to be taught in church.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient.
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Y.O.L.O.0311 @yolo0311.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
ANY other President would have been removed, disgraced, and castigated.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I was Taught this at an Early Age, but I have Real Life Experience….
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Just Asking @clayman2.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Trumpers do not get to say anything about the character of any Democratic candidate given the total lack of character of their president
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 20/05/2026
JD Vance’s argument that Tina Peters deserves a taxpayer-financed check confirms what seemed obvious: The new slush fund is a vehicle to send money to Trump’s favorite criminals. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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JD Vance points to Tina Peters as someone deserving of a taxpayer-financed check
The vice president’s comments reinforced concerns that the new fund exists to send taxpayer money to Donald Trump’s favorite criminals.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/04/2026
JUST IN: Two days after saying the U.S. would NOT renew sanctions waivers on Russian or Iranian oil, Bessent’s Treasury quietly extended a license allowing Russian oil transactions for another month.
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
When Dems retake the House, this should be their first order of business. Pass two resolutions: One for impeachment, one stating no money will be appropriated until Trump is gone. The former makes clear why the latter is necessary & non-negotiable.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The House could also, if it wanted, pass a resolution like that and leave it to the impeachment managers to write the articles specifying the charges in more detail for presentation to the Senate. And the House can name whoever it wants as managers, that's not up to the speaker.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Just a reminder that the senator who sponsored the bill which became law with broad bipartisan support that states a president cannot pull the US out of NATO without congressional approval was … Marco Rubio.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Holy shit this cartoon.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
America desperately needs a functioning and independent House as a check on Trump’s chaos and mania. It will never have that as long as Mike Johnson is Speaker. Every vote for a House Republican is a vote to give Trump unchecked power for two more years.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
This is complete bullshit. Just totally made up racist lying.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
2024 MAGA: Release the Epstein files! Lock them up! Expose the Deep State cabal! 2025 MAGA: I’m good with the Clinton hot tub pic. Time to move on.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 22/10/2025
Just a reminder that — in the middle of a shutdown — House Republicans are on a paid vacation solely to avoid releasing the Epstein files and lowering your health care costs.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/09/2025
New in PN: Trump's lawyers won't stop lying in court "The administration is now the worst possible litigant, constantly belligerent & willfully defiant, & not a single person speaking on its behalf, from Trump to the lowliest newbie DOJ lawyer, should be given the benefit of the doubt ever again."
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Trump's lawyers won't stop lying in court
It's past time for judges to stop giving them the benefit of the doubt.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 07/09/2025
If you’re still pro-Trump, I don’t judge you for your choice of political party. I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity. I judge you for your support of racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, treason & fascism. So will others. So will history.
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Tim Burke @burkets.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Trump is throwing out so much shit in the Oval right now that the gold plated furniture is going to rust.
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narceducator.bsky.social @narceducator.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Excellent article. Every defect and danger of Trump’s leadership is explained by his malignant narcissism/narcissistic psychopathy. Trump creates crisis because: 1. It foments an us versus them, shared enemy dynamic that keeps his targets invested in their relationship with him. 1/
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
"Are you seriously claiming that Trump is deploying the National Guard to D.C. as a distraction from his relationship with Epstein?" Yes. I am. Next question.
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Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Trump attacking one of the most squeaky clean Presidents in history only confirms his own Epstein problem. He just keeps digging himself deeper into that Epstein hole.
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Jack Brand @jacklbrand.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Did you notice that reporter who asked, "But since Presidential immunity is now in place, Obama and Biden are immune, correct?" Yeah, me neither.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Why? In part, because the destruction of USAID has made it near impossible to distribute the food. Calculations suggest that it could have fed every starving child in Gaza for a week. And roughly a million dollars up in smoke — due to DOGE.
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I did an outdoor yoga class in a minneapolis park the other day. And my husband is, right now, playing softball in a Minneapolis park. My son is, right now, standing on dock fishing for northern pike, also in a Minneapolis park. Stephen Miller doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
We must not leave this out of the account of what they have done. What Musk and Trump and Vought did. What Johnson and his band of sycophants allowed them to do. What tens of millions of fellow Americans endorse.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
When people die because their Medicaid is gone and kids starve because there’s no SNAP, all so that greedy corporations and the super rich can get richer, I hope everyone remembers who to blame. www.cnn.com/2025/06/28/p...
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Senate votes to move forward on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ though measure’s fate remains in question | CNN Politics
Senate Republicans took a major step toward delivering President Donald Trump his “big, beautiful bill” late Saturday, though the fate of the giant tax cuts and spending measure is still in question a...
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
“Here’s how tariffs work: They make goods and services more expensive upon entry to the U.S. And American businesses and consumers are the ones who ultimately pay that cost—not foreign countries.” – Chris, a farmer in Ohio newsletter.ofthebrav...
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I’m a farmer in Ohio. Trump’s tariffs are devastating.
American farmers deserve better.
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
On the left, the guy who ordered his 15-man death squad to kill and dismember American journalist Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. On the right, the former leader of Al Qaeda with a $10m US bounty on his head. And in the middle, the most corrupt US President in history.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/05/2025
Let’s break this down—because the gaslighting is wild: 📌Oct 2022 – Biden signs EO to cut drug prices 📌Jan 2025 – Trump takes office and kills Biden’s EO to cut drug prices 📌May 2025 – Trump signs his own EO to lower drug prices Trump canceled Biden’s plan then brought it back w/his name on it.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I corrected the propaganda.
A Karonline Leavitt tweet I've corrected. Xes mark my deleting with a red line. *marks my additions, in red text.

In ONE week, President Trump:

X🇬🇧 Reached Trade Deal with UKX *Gave Bentleys an advantage over Ford*
X🇨🇳Negotiated Trade Deal with ChinaX *Confessed emergency was fake*
X☑️Secured Ceasefire with HouthisX *Conceded, but got a used plane*
✅Secured Ceasefire between India & Pakistan *(that lasted hours)*
🇺🇸Freed American Hostage Edan Alexander from Gaza 
💊Signed XHistoricX EO to XSlash Drug PricesX *to try to replicate drug deals Joe Biden already won*

A historic President delivering historic results. There is much more work to do — and the best is YET to come! 💪
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Trump fails to understand that “gifts” like this are not “free of charge” which is wht the Founding Fathers wrote the emoluments clause into the Constitution. Fast legal action is called for here. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...
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Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Please repeat over and over: “Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.” —Gov. JB Pritzker
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
'The "Christians" Mocking Jesus and Defunding The Least of These' FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-christ...
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Bornabrit1 @lindarothwell.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This....
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Glenn From 8 land @glenn61.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Remember that every accusation from this jerk is a confession.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
He nails it.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
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