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R Thomas Berner

@coalcracker.bsky.social
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Do you think Darlene even understands what's happening?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump wants the US to fund Putin’s evil regime.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They must be Trumpers.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In retrospect, I think I could have gotten admitted to Yale's PhD program but I didn't think I was smart enough. I'm having second thought, thanks to Vance.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Has Trump complained about DEI picks at the Nobel committee? No doubt this choice will set him off.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/athletic/765... This will divert attention from Sen. Schmitt.
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AP Top 25: Alabama jumps Indiana, Missouri surges and Pitt climbs in
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Donalds is the dumbest person in the U.S. House.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"If you're too sweet and nice, they just leave tire tracks on your back."--Gert Boyle (from a collection of quotes I have gathered over the years from numerous sources)
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The only threat to elections next month is Donald Trump.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amen
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you ever feel the need to make people laugh but can't think of a good joke, just say the words "Senator Eric Schmitt"
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Missouri senators do not have the greatest track record on dealing with J6 issues.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You would think at some point MAGA would get tired of the incompetent buffoons they have representing them. But it seems like they’ve pretty much just accepted it as part of their brand.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fox News hosts spend their day telling their audience that Democrats are communists and communists are evil people, then in the evening they all got dressed up to attend a state dinner honoring a communist.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
All I am saying is give Vance a chance.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump does not understand that if he saves the Kennedy center he will get loads of credit. He just can't wait.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/09/2026
“I fear we are careening toward a future with fewer and fewer journalists to do the expensive, difficult work of original reporting.” — A.G. Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times. We thank the reporters who have been a part of our 175 years of fact-based journalism.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Remember when Greenspan expressed surprise that the banks did not self-regulate the mortgage market but instead acted in their own interest. When profits are involved, self-regulation doesn't work. It's every man for himself.
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CNN @cnn.com · 12/09/2026
Robots in Poland "protested" outside the Digital Affairs Ministry on Monday, demanding greater regulation of AI, as organizers warn about its potential impact on the labor market.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I hope Baier went back at Vance on the source of the money. Tariffs are paid by U.S. consumers, not foreign countries (as everyone on this listserv knows).
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
80 is the new 50. ;-)
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
So now it's Obama's fault.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Mullin is not a very bright bulb. He should speak less, perhaps.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’m just glad Kushner and Witkoff weren’t around to negotiate a “win-win” for Germany and Japan in 1942.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I want to throw up.
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 03/09/2026
"Rather than lead and unite to fight the spread of the potentially deadly disease, President Donald Trump and his minions divide and misinform," writes The Inquirer Editorial Board.
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Pennsylvania measles deaths are the cost of poor public health leadership | Editorial
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Some people just can’t appreciate the greatness of someone who has designed a badass triumphal arch for their enjoyment.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Given his playboy life, "smack" sounds sexual to me.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It was a conditional apology, not an unambiguous one. It was one of this "If I offended you..." apologies, which places the onus on the victims. I am offended by weasels of all stripes.
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Trish Owen @trish0116.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It's not a federal issue, despite what some Republicans are trying to make of it.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
So our friends now are North Korea and Russia and our enemies are Canada and Denmark. Makes sense.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u... Why would anyone assume Jeffries will be the speaker?
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Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly (Gift Article)
President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I can sorta live with this because the people who will ultimately get screwed are the low-income suckers and losers who voted for him. Yes, I know I'm a terrible person for saying that but let's face the facts.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Mental?
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Why is this even news?
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Dumbest member of the U.S. House.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trump pissed on the graves of a lot of Korean War vets today.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This guy got religion much too late.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
You get what you vote for.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
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Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport. (Gift Article)
The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Didn't Biden say the same thing?
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
So is Kaitlyn Clark
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Birds of a feather.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Plenty of blame to go around. Don't forget the USS Cole.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
That Iran owes us reparations, too.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Trump does have a point
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
What? No dog.
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I thought we've seen all of her. ;-)
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R Thomas Berner @coalcracker.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
My take during a recent visit to Istanbul.
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