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@csmithbk718.bsky.social
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Class of 1971...Mostly Politics, Music, Sports and day to day observations. NJ born, counseled by Brooklyn ✊🏾A Black Man concerned about America👊🏾

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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 19h
4TFTD: 1) Years ago an Ops Mgr was resistant to more efficient changes. I knew why. The changes happened. He lost staff..and his job. 2) Burying your head in the sand never works. 3) Should the next Dem Admin return the favor in EVERY way? 4) Stage fright, sure, but she's going to be awful.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
4TFTD: 1) FVCK CANCER‼️😤🖕🏾 2) Another tell tale sign of economic decline: abandoned pets.😔 3) "It is better to fail at resistance than to succeed at submission."~Diallo 4) Bills/Rams is always a great game!
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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It’s never all in our heads.. @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
There will be a lot of equivocating about all the times search warrants have been executed on members of Congress for corruption investigations and the like, and it can't be stressed enough in how many ways HSI raiding Ilhan Omar is extremely not like that.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trust. The favor will be returned.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
4TFTD: 1) First of all, fck Columbus😒 2) Brothers need to look in the mirror at least once after using bigen. Smh #WillieColon 3) The rich have not underestimated us. We've given them access to everything about us. #TermsOfUse #Control 4) NFL: Jets win; 2 DUMB teams tied! NBA: Dybantsa is GOOD!
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
4TFTD: 1) Black people: Smile in as many pictures as possible. #ControlYourNarrative 2) Mrs. Dell changed A LOT. Thought she might be sick, tbh. 😬😳😲 3) Haven't seen a thing about plans to lower college tuition. That's not an accident. #NoPlan 4) Ashleighjamz on IG is hilarious 😂 #Oreogate
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10/10/2026
“In a world where everyone is expected to be constantly reachable, a delayed reply can easily be mistaken for indifference,” Rafaela Jinich writes. In The Wonder Reader, she explores whether being a good texter and being good friend are the same thing:
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Even Good Friends Can Be Bad Texters
The time someone takes to reply may say little about your relationship.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
FACTS!
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The takeaway from Bo French suggesting Asian students are “foreigners” and the tepid GOP response is that the Trump-era Republican Party is increasingly explicit about its belief that the only good immigrants, and the only real Americans, are white. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
The Afrikaner policy is illuminating, because it proves the catch-22 facing nonwhite immigrants: If you are poor, you are a moocher, and if you are gainfully employed, you are taking a job from a hardworking American. The only way to be a good immigrant is to be white and Christian.

Bo French, who is running for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, has taken this idea a step further, suggesting that the only way to be an American is to be white and Christian.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
4TFTD: 1) We're all conditioned to marketing. I'm sick of it. 2) Speaking of which, YT forces more ads you can't skip. It was inevitable. 3) Way too many Baby Boomers taking up minimum wage jobs. So when the youth can find any, don't blame them. 4) Testosterone + Authority complexes are deadly.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
4TFTD: 1) Live streaming an execution is on brand for a fake Christian death cult. 2) You gotta confront your own insecurities at some point. Don't expect people to tiptoe around you forever. 3) Fall in NJ is pretty until you have to pick up the leaves 😩. 4) What's odd now will be normal soon.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Smh.... 😔 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...
nytimes.com
They Argued About Trump at a Dog Park. Then They Pulled Their Guns.
What happened between two dog owners one April afternoon in Ohio will soon be scrutinized by a judge and jury as both men grapple with the consequences.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Very comfortable with a dictatorship or at least a world owned by a few. A LOT of people in the US are as well. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
nytimes.com
Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Bonus: My Dad's birthday. He would've been 100. The things that man lived through runs through us. That's why we are who we are and feel how we feel. He sacrificed A LOT. I'm on his shoulders. 🙏🏾🕊🕯❤️
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He will never be president.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
4TFTD: 1) Stephen A's mockery of Lane Johnson was disgusting and pathetic. I dislike him even more, if that's even possible. Bozo.😤 2) Are you sure you're registered to vote?🤔 3) Hobart Hampton Financial Services?🤔🤗 #CareerChange #2027 4) Damn Yankees 😤🤬😠😡😫😩🫩😒 #EndOfTheRoad
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Had it! Lol.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
4TFTD: 1) It's not enough to just tax the rich. You have to do something smart and secure with that money. THAT has been the problem. Wasteful spending and looting....by the rich. 2) God I hope Dems don't fumble...but damn I KNOW they will. Smh. 3) I'll take Wiseman. #Knicks 4) RIP Freddie 🙏🏾 🕊🕯
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
4TFTD: 1) All these groundbreaking enhancements and we're living more miserable and unhealthy lives. 2) People be making up their own laws on the fly. Lol. THAT is a real problem. Smh. 3) One step closer.🙏🏾 #CareerChange 4) Yankees played like 💩💩💩
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
4TFTD: 1) Privacy policies: How they will abuse your privacy. Default "opt in", nearly impossible to opt out. 2) We absolutely need a Digital Bill of Rights, not a patchwork of 50 different rules. 3) Autocracy, Kleptocracy, Oligopoly 4) As usual, the Jets stink.💩🗑😒 Another losing season on deck.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
4TFTD: 1) Kennedy on MTP blaming Biden for inflation while voting AGAINST the bill that reduced it. Flaming dummy. 2) DSA has a platform alternative besides anti-Trump shit. Don't have to like it, but it's true. 3) Morello could have voted for KH but didn't, so 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️ 4) Feeling like 🖕🏾 team owners.😤
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Racism is expensive and breeds distrust. One of many stories. You can be sure there are plenty unreported. And many more where the police didn't kill but did enough to destroy families.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
7 yrs ago. But we've known this forever. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
IMF boss says raise taxes on the rich to tackle inequality
Kristalina Georgieva calls for rethink of economic policies to better help those left behind
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
4TFTD: 1) 2127: Minority Report, Terminator, and 28 Weeks Later...if there are humans left. 2) I HATE that everything we do ends up with your name on a marketing list. Inbox FULL of bullshit. 3) Ethan French is incredibly talented. My kind of r&b.💪🏾👍🏾 4) Bart Scott kicking facts on The Pivot.🎯💯
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
😒😑
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Meh, I Don't Care Meme
ALT: Meh, I Don't Care Meme
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
4TFTD: 1) Idea: ONE Dem ad that airs in all districts with GOP incumbents. It blames the GOP for current conditions. It names the Republican who voted for/against/did nothing. 2) Career detour is afoot.🙏🏾🤞🏾💪🏾 3) Jasmine, Jasmine, Jasmine! Say it ain't so....😑 4) Get to see my baby boy again today 🤩
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This. But I'm also pissed off at the Blue No Matter Who crowd from 2024 who suddenly refuse to support DSA, Moderates, or candidates who took AIPAC money. I have issues with pretty much all Dems, but any one of them is better than a morally bereft sycophant Fascist Republican. #LongGameAlways
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
4TFTD: 1) Pay attention to how people treat others. You aren't the exception. 2) Sen. Eric is a Schmittidiot AND is dumb ass staff. 3) If you uphold barriers, you don't get to say when the after effects are over. FOH. 4) Let's go Yankees! FOH Bahstun😤🧹💨 #Roadto28
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
4TFTD: 1) "Those who can make you believe absurdities can convince you to commit atrocities."~Voltaire 2) I ❤️ OLIVIA MILES! Quickly becoming my favorite WNBA player.🤩🫡✊🏾🤞🏾🙏🏾 3) Karl Rove can kick rocks. It's YOUR fault, pal. 4) The degrees not covered by FAFSA loans are humanities based. We suck.😤
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29/09/2026
All of the miseries we are experiencing right now would never have happened if enough Republican senators truly loved their country. trib.al/KQweNCq
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Asset owner? YES! Er'body else? LOL. Engines just don't fail all of a sudden. It will start. The machine will move. It will do its job. Until one day, it doesn't. There will be warning signs before it seizes; leaks, smoke, warning lights, a bunch of trips to the mechanic. There is a cliff coming.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
4TFTD: 1) Cops & Teachers are asked to do way too much. Fix that we might fix some problems. 2) Stock buy-backs used to be illegal for a reason. Nvidia doing the largest ever. This world sucks. 3) Hopefully humanity wins.🙏🏾💪🏾😔 4) If we put them in office and they fumble & disappoint, forget it.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
4TFTD: 1) I live behind a K➡️2 school. These poor kids have no idea.😔😥 2) Temper expectations. All 3 branches of govt will do ANYTHING to avoid accountability. 3) Real possibility: Empty store shelves, frozen bank and credit accounts, and no gas.😥 4) Assets pay off debt. The USA is for sale.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Guess we'll see just how bad it is after the holidays.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
4TFTD: 1) Racism 101: deny racism exists. They want you to agree and ignore racism so they can be racist without being called out. Not being called out is their proof it doesn't exist. Lol. 2) Hope my Yankees stay healthy. 3) Anything positive going on? Smh. 4) Time is the only true currency.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
4TFTD: 1) TechAIBros envision a world where work is optional. GOP envisions a world where the govt does nothing for you. How tf does this work then? 2) Approaching V1 under 55 knots; IYKYK.😔 3) Dale Caldwell is a f'n idiot.🤬😤🙄 #LtGovenorNJ 4) A Cornell gang rape and no arrests. Smh.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Our retirement plans are going to be worthless pretty soon. We might have to work until we die.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Smh...
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
4TFTD: 1) Can an Apartheid occupying and controlling military state that allows its people to steal land and destroy the ability to survive be at war with resistance to that? 2) Planned obsolescence should be illegal. 3)'DriveandListen' is cool. Drive anywhere in the world.👍🏾 4) Fall said HI!👋🏾🌬💨😨
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
4TFTD: 1) A criminal isn't a criminal unless they're adjudicated. That's why money buys results, why there's a million loopholes & why some benefit while others don't. 2) What is affordable housing if poor people can't afford it? 3) Israel has lost the plot.🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ 4) Anyone else sick of propaganda?
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/09/2026
I don't say this lightly, but Pete Hegseth deserves to be impeached. I understand just how serious a vote to impeach is from experience, and I still believe impeaching him is the right thing to do. The Iran war. The purge of senior ranks. The boat strikes. The case is overwhelming. (Link below)
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
4TFTD: 1) Dialog over the internet with strangers committed to not listening is pointless. 2) Dear Nolan. Your "friends" ain't shit. 3) Bucket list: The Great Loop 👍🏾 4) RIP Malakai Adams. 14yrs old. Shot in the back. For a push scooter. 😢 🙏🏾🕊🕯
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ossoff might be the one guy that transcends his religion and simultaneously uses it to fix America's relationship to Israel. OTOH, most voters are confused, stupid and bigoted.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
4TFTD: 1) Be more like Ms. Rachel. 2) Sometimes you're just a selfish ignorant ass idiot. Stop *always* being a professional victim. 3) Whatever rises from the ashes, you can bet there's gonna be dozens of false starts if the same people are at the top. 4) NC State's QB = a miserable week.
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csmithbk718.bsky.social @csmithbk718.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
4TFTD: 1) The risk with govt run programs is assuming an administration or party won't do their best to destroy them. 2) The free market is a myth as long as there's only a few stable options and no anti-trust enforcement. 3) $80 to fill up; used to be $55. EV's look really good. 4) Nolan Wells😤
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If you didn't vote Dem, you helped make this: @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I am stunned by the fact that the word "Republican" does not appear in either the headline or the article itself. None of this happens without exclusively Republican actions. Not mentioning Republicans in an article about the consequences of what Republicans do isn't journalism. @andreasuozzo.com
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