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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Funny that I haven’t really posted anything in months but I’m still irritating enough for people to block me. 😂

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Shocker. He lied. ˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ ᵇᵇᶜ ⁿᵉʷᵉ ˡⁱᵛᵉ ʳᵉᵖᵒʳᵗⁱⁿᵍ ᵃᵖʳ ³⁰ ²⁰²⁵

Are gasoline prices down under Trump?

Earlier in his commends at the White House, President Donald Trump claimed that gasoline prices are down since he took office.

BBC Verify recently looked into this claim.

They found that the average price for "regular" gas - or petrol - currently $3.16, external, according to data by the American Association (AAA). That's actually slightly up from $3.125, external the day Trump entered office.

Trump has also said that gas prices "just hit $1.98 in a lot of states” - a claim he has made several times recently. We cannot find any evidence of these prices.

No state has an average gas price lower than $2.67, according to AAA.

The BBC has asked the White House for more information about these claims.

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I never had to figure out which facility would take my 90yo Mom (see 🧵). She ended up in hospice for a week and died in today’s early morning hours. She is reunited with Dad, who died 4/17/24. She has missed him so very much. I imagine her now, smiling and joking like she used to, happy once more.

Mom and Dad still in love 60+ years later

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Judy Weston @westonjk.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

#BeInspired 💕

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Any pup rescued from a lab deserves such an exceptional ice cream cone! Follow @betsyambassador.bsky.social and her Mum for more heart warming experiences like this one. 🐶❤️🐾🐾

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

We’ve seen the story of Pete Hegseth taking Maya Angelou out of the US Naval Academy library but leaving Mein Kampf. Well, here’s the full list of 381 books removed. For such “strong men,” they’re awfully afraid of anyone who doesn’t look or think like they do. media.defense.gov/2025/Apr/04/...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Everyone should watch this. Then share it with anyone who thinks these tariffs are a good idea and won’t crush small businesses. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DIDAtyB...

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

#Alzheimer’s is such a horrible disease. My mom is 90 and has been in the hospital since Monday as her assisted living facility can’t take care of her anymore. Since being here, she has gotten more delirious every day. She has no idea where she is or who I am now and she’s scared, which turns into..

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

@economist.com minces no words about Trump’s “Liberation Day” speech and tariffs. Love when journalists don’t sugarcoat what they think. (Gift article. Can be opened 5x before expiring. LMK if you can’t open) President Trump’s mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc economist.com/leaders/2025...

economist.com

President Trump’s mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc

But the rest of the world can limit the damage

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

As much as I love me a good omelette, I think it’s time to just stop eating eggs for a while. To ease the shortage, the US is looking to use eggs from Brazil, now used only for pet food, or from broiler chickens where eggs aren’t kept cold enough to be safe. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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US turns to Brazil for eggs and considers other sources during bird flu outbreak

The U.S. has almost doubled imports of Brazilian eggs once used only for pet food and is considering relaxing regulations for eggs laid by chickens raised for meat, as President Donald Trump's administration seeks to bring down sky-high prices spiked by bird flu.

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Thank you for including me in this list of people I follow and admire, @oceangirl19.bsky.social !

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Amen. 🇺🇸 They want you to believe this is radical. It isn’t.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

ICYMI: Judge Luttig, below, was once seen as the most reliably and sincerely conservative jurist in America, mentor and role model to Ted Cruz, among others, and always on the short list for a GOP nomination to SCOTUS.

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Lori Martin @nurseninapa.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Awww, Dawn. Thanks for including me. And: @meidaskiesha.bsky.social 💜

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Probably preaching to the choir here, but a little history is always a good reinforcement of what we think we already know. Donald Trump’s tariffs are a throwback to the 1930s economist.com/interactive/... from The Economist

economist.com

Donald Trump’s tariffs are a throwback to the 1930s

“Economic nationalism”, our predecessors wrote, “is almost an American invention”

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Excellent rebuttal to the Jeff Bezos directive on what the @washingtonpost.com will publish on its @postopinions.bsky.social. If you don’t follow @timothysnyder.bsky.social here or subscribe to his Substack, you’re missing out on timely, thought-provoking content. See comment for article link.

Thinking About…
Unfreedom at The Washington Post
How an editorial line fosters authoritarianism

Timothy Snyder
Today at 12:05 pm

On February 26th the Washington Post announced a new editorial line that refers to freedom while restraining it. I submitted a proposal to them on the question of what it would meant to support freedom in a newspaper. I have waited two weeks for a response. I would still happily write that opinion piece! In the essay below, I explain how the Post's editorial line is nonsensical and authoritarian.
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Jeff Bezos, who owns Washington Post, has announced its editorial line: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/03/2025

Now THIS is what I’m talking about 🔥 @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

@michdragon.bsky.social thank you for the follow. I like your paraphrase of the Serenity Prayer… maybe the whole thing needs a rewrite now. Lord knows I’m not surrendering to the will of the Jesus of the Christian right. 🙄

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I just saw a notification that @tcomms-nmj.bsky.social added me to her Women on Wednesday #2 starter pack! I know it’s now Friday, but still, WOW and THANK YOU!! I followed all and can’t wait to get to know these fabulous women! HAPPY FRIDAY, y’all!!! go.bsky.app/NDrL26k

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

@azmirror.com I’m sure you already know this, but do your readers? bsky.app/profile/dawn...

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

ATTN ARIZONA DIST 7 residents! You need to ask Rep Raúl Grijalva to resign. I know he has cancer, but then he shouldn’t have run again!! He has only voted ONE TIME in the 50 votes this year, and that was for Speaker. With only 1 seat difference, every vote counts!! clerk.house.gov/Members/G000...

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Raúl M. Grijalva (Arizona (AZ)), 119th Congress Profile

CONTACT: 1203 Longworth House Office Building, Washington DC 20515-0307, COMMITTEE: Committee on Education and Workforce,Committee on Natural Resources

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Scott Harmon 💙 @bullscoach.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The effects of Republican tax cuts on the National Debt.

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Scott Harmon 💙 @bullscoach.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

How the American taxpayers are being taken advantage of by corporations, illustrated in two graphs.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732. Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

@sonofrockhound.bsky.social I just watched these two videos and I want to say thank you for standing up and speaking up at @reppaultonko.bsky.social town hall. That. Was. Amazing. 🙌🏻 I am also in Tonko’s district but couldn’t make his town hall. So glad you did. I agree 💯!! bsky.app/profile/anil...

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 21/02/2025

okay, it’s time for me to finally weigh in: it’s probably a bad sign that guys are just doing sieg heils in public again

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

This pisses me of SO much. The R’s have control over Congress and might actually be able to do SOMETHING to stop Musk and DOGE but all they can do is whisper in the background and quietly ask the WH? They’re panicking at the calls from constituents but don’t have the balls to do anything out loud. 🤬

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

This is really something

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Kash Patel confirmed 51-49 as Director of FBI. The party of law and order is now the party of retribution and chaos. WTAF www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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US Senate narrowly confirms Kash Patel as next FBI director

Patel, who was confirmed 51-49, aligns with Donald Trump on a range of issues

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

“Isn’t this illegal?” doesn’t seem to matter anymore.

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

It’s almost like they’re inviting cyber terrorists to invade our government systems… 🤨

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The community note 🤌😘

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I absolutely love this idea.

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Oh yay. Something else to look forward to.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/02/2025

ATTN HHS EMPLOYEES: Firing notices are going out. I am in receipt of an email saying they will revoke your access as soon as you read the email that you've been fired. Please download everything you need before you open that email. SHARE FAR & WIDE. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/attn-hhs-e...

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ATTN: HHS EMPLOYEES

If you work for HHS, read this BEFORE you open certain emails

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

@0wned.bsky.social has so many great starter packs. Honored to be included with a whole bunch of great folks in this one! 🤗💙🦋

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

What the actual fuck is wrong with Republican Senators??? Confirming the worm-brained, wackadoodle, anti-vax, non-doctor, and not even remotely qualified Robert Kennedy, Jr. is our new leader for health and human services?? I can’t. I just can’t. WTAF Republicans???

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Well, well, well. It took Tulsi Gabbard to break Mitch McConnell’s back. He finally acted on the right side of history as the only R to vote against Gabbard’s confirmation as DNI. Does that mean he’s finally ready to retire? Doubt he can survive this blatant disloyalty to Trump. Buh-bye Mitch. 👋🏻

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This is so wrong. Can we please get Marcus Roe’s & others’ stories published in newspapers, magazines, and talked about on TV? #USAID @maddow.msnbc.com @ericlipton.nytimes.com @ashleyrparker.bsky.social @sabrod123.bsky.social @msnbc.com @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @theatlantic.com

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Hearing that @indivisible.org and @moveon.org are pissing off house dems by mobilizing their constituents to call them too much is frankly the single best endorsement I've ever heard for a political action groups.

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old dawn new tricks @dawnfrei.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Have we lost all control? Of course it’s illegal. THEY DON’T CARE. 🤬

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