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@cjsmith78.bsky.social
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Retired finance exec in New Hampshire USA. Active hiker, trail biker and volunteer. Dartmouth College grad.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14h
If you‘ve studied history, you know what Trump and his fellow fascists are doing in Minnesota. They’re calling Somali Americans “garbage” and “enemy combatants“ because fascists need to create enemies and foment hate to excite their sick supporters.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What he "means" matters not at all. All of us, especially people of great influence, are responsible not only for what we say (and write), but for what others will predictably *hear*.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What matters is what people, incl foreign allies and adversaries, *heard*.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump on his meeting with Gold Star families: "I invited them out to check out the new helipad, check out the new ballroom, and check out the new helicopter"
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Julia Field 🌻 @jhfield.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Where are the calls for Donny to resign? Remember Joe Biden’s last year in office?The press had their knives out.Every time Joe stumbled over a word, or took too long to reply to a question, every newspaper in the land would shit out editorial after editorial…demanding that he resign immediately…”
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Sorry about your dead kid. Hey, you want to see my fancy party room? Look at that gold! Lotta gold. I got a new helicopter, too! Do you feel better now about sacrificing your child on my altar? Worth it, right? Look at that gold."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
America is literally deporting people to countries they have no connection with, countries they’ve never been to. This is wildly unlawful. It’s cruel. It’s un-American. It’s evil.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/10/2026
Going live in 15 minutes. I’ll show you the table listing the 9 Epstein redaction training videos and their descriptions provided by the FBI
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Agreed. Similarly, the U.S. Constitution belongs to We, the People, and NOT to SCOTUS.
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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thursday night, 83-year-old Joe Biden, battling Stage IV prostate cancer, stood up in front of a crowd with this message. “This is no time to give up.” Go register to vote, support candidates, and don't give up. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks youtu.be/Y6aRJnCMVrU?...
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Biden urges Americans to get up and vote in midterm elections; keep fighting for country’s future
YouTube video by KOMO News
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Excellent, as always. I'd only add that many former Trump/GOP supporters will simply not vote (b/c they also dislike Dems), rather than vote Dem. But that effect could be yuge.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
W/o tough regulation, A.I. will make us like <19thC tenant farmers were in ag-dependent societies, w/ vast wealth & power controlled by the tech titans / billionaire predator class, much like the rich landowners centuries ago. VOTE!!! We must destroy the Trump/MAGA/GOP. Destroy it.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
But Marshall won't file a defamation lawsuit b/c he would fear the discovery phase.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rubio s/ keep his mouth shut instead of speculating. At least he's not blaming Antifa. Wait for the UK investigation.
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Many facets to this piece. But one is that at a time when Biden appeared in worrisome physical decline he was nonetheless very much in command. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How Biden Averted a War With Iran
In April 2024, the U.S. military helped avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East by working with Israel to defeat an Iranian missile attack.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Last night, someone asked me why Trump’s approval #’s are SO bad. I said bcuz he singlehandedly fucked up the economy, and he singlehandedly turned America into a cruel, lawless place where brown & black immigrants are being terrorized by masked federal thugs. Yea, that makes sense, she said.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I come from the far right. The far right in America and around the world does not believe in democracy. Instead, they believe in authoritarianism. They want a strongman, a dictator to rule. Elon Musk is of the far right.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tillis spelled "lack of integrity and of respect for the rule of law" incorrectly.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Another BIG update in my lawsuit against Todd Blanche: he has now responded to each allegation in the Complaint & it’s obvious I've gotten under his skin! Blanche’s Answer is petty, attacking me for just doing my job. Why this filing moves the case closer to conclusion: youtu.be/dDsuoxktxT4?...
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AG Blanche PANICS In NEW Filing As MY Lawsuit CLOSES IN On EPSTEIN FILES!!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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Chris Pappas @chrispappasnh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump’s tariffs are screwing Granite Staters. I’m fighting to end his chaos and bring costs down. Watch our new ad here:
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Republicans wrecked the free market with tariffs and another stupid war and are now looking for government intervention and bailouts to fix the problem but the Democrats are communists.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We need to get Transpo Sec'y Duffy on this STAT! 🤣
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Republicans are laser focused on making life more affordable for you.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pedopresident Trump considers the fed govt exec branch to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trump Organization. He believed that in his first term, as well. (I've been saying that since 2016.)
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pedo-president Traitor Trump is obsessed w/ central-casting physical appearance. So his high complement of Xi is to describe him as an alpha-male manly man w/ an Adonis-like physique. Sorta like Trump's 🤣.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bracketing the bad AI and the choice to include Harp and the slightly suspiciously font, what is the brag here. State visits aren’t a special accomplishment. Xi has been to DC before.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And there it is.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Where's Natalie?
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Exactly right. A country that does this is the very antithesis of a free country. And the fact that this has been going on in America for the past 20 months and EVERY American is not fucking up in arms and raising hell about it is a huge shameful stain on this country.👇
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Dartmouth Arts and Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“We can show directly that exposure to (Trump’s tweets) experimentally reduced trust and confidence in elections, increased beliefs that elections are rigged, but only among his supporters.” Government professor @brendannyhan.bsky.social discusses a recent survey about “free and fair” elections.
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UCSD survey finds fewer than half of Americans trust US elections
Primary sources of distrust include redistricting, threats of ICE at polls, and President Donald Trump’s repeated claims of election fraud.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
An attacker, b4 aiming for the king's palace, first tries to destroy the retaliatory (e.g. antiaircraft or radar) sites. Co-locating them helps the attacker by providing everything at the same place. It's militarily stupid. Besides, who & how would mount such an attack?
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump stole taxpayer $$ to destroy the White House and replace it with a firetrap and too few ladies stalls. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
McCrery informed the White House that Trump’s ballroom design did not meet fire safety codes, which require the majority of guests to be able to quickly exit through the main entrance during an emergency, according to the people and documents. The architect also pointed out that alternative emergency exit routes out of the building were insufficient, and that there was little in the design to prevent a kitchen fire from rapidly spreading into the event space on the floor above.

In addition to fire safety concerns, Trump’s desired ballroom design did not include enough toilets to accommodate the structure’s maximum occupancy, according to documents, and there were few options for adding more, as the event space occupied most of the building’s footprint. One early ballroom design featured just seven stalls in the women’s bathroom.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Disgusting DOJ. The U.S., awash in 400Mn guns, has a total homicide rate 3-5x that of ALL other advanced nations. We have a "right" to not get shot.
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I smell a Nobel Peace Prize!
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If executive branch creates a system so that people under government control can be located and then just stops listing some people in that system — despite their still being under government control — that should be a five-alarm fire for the other branches, the states, and the public.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Will China take steps to control the Straits of Malaca now that Iran and Houthis have established dominion over key shipping chokepoints?
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You also need your vote to be properly delivered and *counted.* So far, Pedopresident Trump's effort to use DHS, DOJ and USPS to disrupt mail-in voting has largely failed, at least for the midterms.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why do news reporters (aka stenographers) refuse to ask Pedopresident Trump why he falsely whips up fear of Iran nuking us (with bombs + delivery vehicles it doesn't have) but ignores North Korea, which has ~60 bombs + ballistic missiles?
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Americans blame Big Pharma and Big Health Insurance for so much, but does anyone complain about Big Hospital? -- Five or six hospital chains own most U.S. hospitals and other medical facilities.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Agreed. When #2A was ratified, all firearms were muzzle-loaded, 1 shot at a time, in a slow, 4-5 step process. W/ skill, a soldier could fire up to only 4-5 rounds per minute. Bullets w/ powder-filled, integrated metal casings did not exist for another 50 yrs.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Re 1. Will Trump claim a critical military justification to demolish the Kennedy Center? I'll bet he will. Also, military stuff is oh so alpha male manly, consistent w/ Trump's self-image, and consistent w/ need for manly dominance.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Of course, and for critical military reasons he must demolish the Kennedy Ctr and replace it w/ a vast military base.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If Dems achieve Senate majority Nov 3, will corrupt SCROTUS justices Alito and Thomas announce their imminent resignations so that the Senate can rush their replacements before Republicans lose their majority on Jan 3?
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