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Dale

@dalepoak.bsky.social
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Husband, dad, grandpa. Former House Approps Committee & OMB staff. Former Republican. Now retired and cranky. Posting on politics and Maine. substack.com/@daleoak?r=9q4gn&utm_m… 🇺🇸🆘 🇺🇦

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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A few shots from today’s paddle on the pond.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Fall in Maine
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I’m thinking hard about which Democratic congressional candidate I will give this $90 to.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Apple tasting at the Common Ground Country Fair was a big hit.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here is another nice mushroom.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So who are the snipers supposed to be targeting? DC commuters or tourists and veterans visiting Arlington Cemetery? And drones? Why? There aren’t already military facilities in DC where drones could be stationed if needed? This has to be the dumbest (that’s dumbest with a “b”) thing ever.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happy Constitution Day! Support the Constitution. It needs all the help it can get these days.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The picture doesn’t do the scene justice, but the blueberry barrens in Maine are turning into a beautiful shade of red. #Maine
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Irony is truly dead.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This was not on my Trump Bingo card.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#LakeOntario
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I’m sick and tired of masked government thugs in military uniform threatening and harassing innocent people. But which government am I referring to?
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Fireworks in Bangor, ME. Enhanced by the colorful commentary of the inebriated persons next to us. Happy Independence Day!
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
My periodic reminder that these pictures illustrate true “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Not true!!! This is the forecast for tonight! (I 100% did NOT use a sharpie to draw lighting and rain.)
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Not quite as good as this art—
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The flesh-eating maggots in the White House are under scrutiny again.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Done
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
#DavidByrne 5/17/26 Amazing show
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
He’s referring to these people?
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Very interesting. Welcome to the No Kings movement, King Charles! #nokings
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Utterly ridiculous. I had to dig this up from last spring, when I did this in solidarity with Comey — 5150 being code (in CA) to involuntarily detain a mentally unstable individual who is dangerous to himself or others. Not done with seashells, but with a nice thick coating of pollen.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
So… Happy Easter?
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Incredible physical fitness. Amazing. Fitness like no one has ever seen before. Everyone is saying this.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Not for me
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Death’s Head Putin projected on the Russian embassy to remind the Russians that we won’t forget who is responsible for the war in Ukraine. Courtesy of @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I’m old enough to remember when curling was a REAL sport with REAL brooms…
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I’ve been hearing all this talk about “bad bunny,” and this is all I can think of.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Quinta Jurecic brings it…
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Mussolini would be proud.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
So Tom Homan is going to fix things? What could possibly go wrong?
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
@timmiller.bsky.social as requested on the daily pod, a pic of Bessent at a protest with his billboard:
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I believe him.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
In case you thought Bessent wasn’t being completely honest, here’s a picture of him, with his billboard, at a protest.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Still waiting for that Emmy though (for The Apprentice).
Donald Trump looking longingly up at Harvey Korman, who is holding his Emmy Award (ChatGPT rendering; original picture was of Tim Conway and Harvey Korman).
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
What’s coming next in the category of state-run television? A Historic Executive Order requiring a TV channel devoted 24/7 to Trump? Or, a compulsory broadcast of the Two Minutes Hate followed by enthusiastic praise for Big Brother?
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
With apologies to the late Tim Conway.
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Dale @dalepoak.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Trump covets the Emmy he never got.
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