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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 2h

I was unaware of that. Is any non-virtual community possible, or just not one with scheduled events? I know it's hard to meet folks & make friends. I have joined a club of people who share my hobby and, yes, joining a bowling league. My brother volunteers at the library and is on a pub quiz team.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 2h

My guess is that nothing will happen. But if something does happen, it will be her getting a different job in the administration. That's what President Trump has done in the past: National Security Advisor to Ambassador to the UN, HHS Secretary to Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah... that doesn't work for Ken. He was hoping for something more like no time, no place, no network. He doesn't want to be there when you top Jon Ossoff's performance.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 2h

During the Clinton administration, the federal workforce was reduced by about 400,000 jobs, but there was no hue and cry over it and it didn't result in all kinds of failures, deaths, and law suits because they did it right.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 2h

I am reminded of L.A. Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale who said: "Why use four pitches to put someone on base intentionally when I can do it with one?" There is often a more expedient solution than the complicated one you're thinking of.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, that's what we all were saying. I mean, never mind the President taking Russia's side in everything and basically acting as a Russian agent and all of the damage that can do to our nation and our democracy. No, we were all thinking, Dear God won't someone think of Lindsey Graham's legacy?!

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 2h

Or you could, you know, join a bowling league.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 17h

The United States is not like other nations. Our people are not bound together by tribe, or faith, or culture. We are bound together by our commitment to the ideas of equality and democracy. It is un-American to suggest that we are bound together by blood, or soil, or, as in this case, faith.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 18h

No one on Bluesky needs to hear this, but if Russia wanted peace they could have it instantly by pulling their military forces back to within their borders.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

For those as addled as our president, NATO allies came to our defense after 9/11. That was the one and only time Article 5 of the mutual defense treaty was ever invoked.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

President Trump suggests, from time to time, that the U.S. might not come to the defense of our NATO allies, but he doesn't hesitate to defend Saudi Arabia. Regarding the NATO allies, he asks "When have they ever come to our defense?" but he asks nothing of the Saudis.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I love his unhurried speech. Every word hits.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My man looks like he should have chosen a human suit one size smaller.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

What happens now? Does someone from the Secret Service invite her to follow him backstage?

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

C'mon. You know that $153,000 is just what the state pays him. It doesn't include all of his side gigs.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I mean, yeah. What sort of sick deviant is into [checks notes] going to bars? You'll never find a MAGA person at a bar. No sirree.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." - Vice President Humpty Dumpty

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

AI will replace all white collar workers with the worst intern ever. Employers will accept the shocking loss of quality in exchange for the end to payroll. Mass market consumers will become accustomed to the end of all quality in professional services. Only the wealthy will be served by people.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

How hard would it have been for him to say: "That's a grave allegation if true. We take accusations of corruption seriously. We will conduct our own investigation into this matter and make you aware of our findings when they are ready. Until then, I cannot comment on unsubstantiated accusations."

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Secretary of State Marco Rubio thinks official corruption in his department is a game. Furthermore, he regards all information from any source outside the government to be false. That must be why he isn't aware of the reporting on his department in the media.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

What does this mean for public photography?

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

He is completely wrong about 99% of American citizens.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Factory jobs go unfilled because they are physically demanding with lots of standing all day and repetitive motion. Also, factories are loud so you can't really talk to anyone and the jobs are boring.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Does Ted Cruz think that President Trump means it when he says crazy shit? Why not? Is it because everyone knows he's demented?

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Do they know that he's in a wheelchair? How is that going to look?

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

How retro! This takes me all the way back to 1942 when the U.S. government put 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent in concentration camps. Is he proud of that? Does he think that was a good idea? This is why it's important to teach history, even when it isn't flattering to the United States.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

No one is asking Mr. Carlisle to apologize for his dad becoming a millionaire. They just want him to stop the data center.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

See, here's how it's going to work. You will lose your job but in about twenty years everything will be free, so it won't matter that you don't have a job. How you feed and house yourself until then is something we haven't worked out yet. Nor do we know when or how to make everything free.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There is something about the steady, calm, unhurried tempo of Senator Ossoff's delivery that makes everything he say sound like an indisputable truth. He is passionate without hysteria. It's really powerful. He uses it exactly the same way to take down witnesses in Senate hearings.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Really? A permanent presence on the moon? Why? To what end? What benefits do we expect from such a costly enterprise? The people there will need EVERYTHING transported to them. Not just food, shelter, and water, but even the air they are to breathe. The very suggestion is insane.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Where does he stand on Palestinians' right to defend themselves?

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Did the AI choose "it's" instead of "its"?

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Did Collins correct him and say, "No, these fellas say they are the fourth reich."

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The point of this debate was to hold Mike Collins up as a piñata and give Jon Ossoff a stick. It's working pretty well.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The tariffs are working to do what? What were they supposed to do? They are not bringing jobs back to the U.S. They are not increasing domestic industrial investment. They just increase prices for Americans and levy a tax that falls disproportionately on the poor and working class.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

How is this not an incitement to violence against Somalis, not just in Minnesota, but across the country?

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Diplomacy had worked, was working, and would have worked, but Donald Trump destroyed any chance of negotiations by attacking Iran while negotiations were in progress. The war only serves to convince Iran that they need a bomb to defend themselves from us.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Donald Trump told us himself that Iran's nuclear capability was obliterated just months before the war. U.S. intelligence said that Iran was nowhere near getting a bomb. There is no military path to ending Iran's nuclear ambitions; we cannot bomb it out of them.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Here's what was refreshing to hear: Mike Rogers doesn't think the government should dictate your healthcare. Who knew that he is pro-choice?

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I think it's pretty hard to lie to folks in Michigan about what's happening in Canada. A lot of them are in Canada all the time and a lot of Canadians used to come to Michigan all the time as well. They know Ontario is not a hellscape.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Oh my gosh! That's terrible! I'm going to contact my senator and demand he take some action to address this crime! You should do the same, Mr. Warner. Your Senator is Tim Kaine.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is exactly how authoritarian corruption works. 1. Impose arbitrary penalties. The cruelty is the point. 2. Solicit favors 3. Provide exemptions to those who pay in cash, favors, or flattery. 4. Demand more and threaten revocation of the exemptions 5. Repeat step 4 over and over

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

No one this stupid should ever be allowed to serve in the federal government ever again. Also, replacing American workers with foreign workers, aside from being directly antithetical to socialism, is what capitalists have done and continue to do.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026

Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hmmm... a truly great healthcare plan that excludes payments to insurance companies... Holy shit! President Trump is going to propose Medicare for All!

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nuking San Diego is just a sneaky way of nuking Tijuana, which is the real target.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

As a bully, Donald Trump wrongly believes that everyone will cower and surrender in response to his aggression. He isn't prepared for resistance. He thinks Iran is on the brink of surrender. He thinks an Iranian surrender before the midterms will save him. He doesn't realize Iran won't surrender.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

No one. NO ONE is sexier than Grace Kelly in Rear Window.

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