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DKS1978

@falcon-23.bsky.social
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Retired father, new grandfather, and a lover of independent bookstores. Searching for a path to civility & honesty in our daily discourse by studying Lincoln.

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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The whiner in chief is at it again. Trump accepts someone else's Purple Heart. Trump accepts someone else's Nobel Peace Prize. Trump sticks his name on a memorial building named in honor of someone else. Serious question - what kind of person does these things?
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There was a time when Senator Thune was an honest broker with integrity. Then came Donald Trump.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pretty simple - honestly, integrity, compassion, competence, and minds at work. Give me those values and I'll have faith the government is doing all they can on behalf of Americans. They won't get everything right, but I'd at least have faith in our government.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AI doesn't seem accurate? Frankly, no one cares what you call it, Mr. Trump. We call you Mr. President, and that doesn't seem particularly accurate either.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump has served as President for 2,073 total days, and today marks the 2,073rd consecutive day Trump has said or done something to embarrass America. Trump's streak will last longer than Joe Dimaggio's 56-game consecutive hitting streak.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Bingo!
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Under Trump, Canadian visitors to the U.S. have fallen by close to 30% and revenues dropped from $2.3 to $4.5 billion. Ticket sales at The Kennedy Center have dropped 50% and revenues 82%. Putting Trump's name on Ford's theater is a good strategy if we want to, you know, close the building.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We know that approximately 20% of the country are committed lifetime MAGA - they are unwilling to even consider abandoning their cult. I would love to hear from the other 12% - what are they seeing that the rest of the country is not?
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not sure if arresting Netanyahu around a U.N. session makes sense, but someone needs to arrest Netanyahu at some point.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I sure hope the balance of power shifts, but I'll believe it when it happens. Having witnessed 77 million people reelect a walking criminal enterprise to the Presidency, I have little faith in the voters. Will be watching the November elections closely...and voting Blue of course!
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump doesn’t comprehend that his name being affixed to the Kennedy Center would only result in its quick demise. Look at happened when he took over the building-no quality act would agree to perform there. Kid Rock and Lee Greenwood-that would be it.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Paxton knows he'd get demolished in a debate with Talarico. He also knows he can't possibly win the election on his own - even in Texas. So, he sits as quiet as possible in a dark room, watches the outside groups pour money into negative attacks on Talarico, and prays he'll survive in November.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Alito and Thomas don't appear to consider anything beyond a single question - "Does it help Trump?" As soon as it's possible, something must be done to remove justices that are clearly compromised. Thomas and Alito would be an excellent place to start.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The potential risks of AI are upon us and must be addressed. I fully expect Trump will handle the AI crisis about as well as he handled the Covid crisis, so brace yourselves!
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fetterman has proven to be one of the greatest misses in Democratic Pennsylvania voting history.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The most powerful speech in presidential history? The Gettysburg Address - 272 words. Why can't today's politicians get that?
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nothing is more important to Trump than being considered the best at, well, everything. He is, in fact, the best at one thing - Trump is the greatest liar and BS artist ever seen on a public stage.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sure, Mr. President, but given your penchant for lying about, well, everything, we'll need some actual proof that you were even near Ground Zero on 9/11.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Some have asked why Rubio wasn't at this meeting. It's likely Witkoff and Kushner were there to discuss a Trump golf deal in Russia, and the Secretary of State is needed for that discission.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Mr. Trump - Can you please get one single aspect of our nation's history correct? 58,000+ died in Vietnam. I know understanding America's past not something you've ever cared about, which is why you are so busy building monuments to yourself - yourself is all that matters to you.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Trump's own base deserves all the contempt they get from him and everyone else. They've had a decade of Trump's immoral and illegal behavior, and they haven't come to their senses yet. They're going to the finish line with Trump, regardless of where he takes them.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We also have a mentally and emotionally broken man in the Presidency, and there's nothing we're willing do to remove him. It's a bad moon that has risen!
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm praying I'm wrong on this as well. But Texans have known about Paxton for many years, and still they've voted him into various offices.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Whether it's the terrible job loss of -23,000 in July, or the great jobs report of +162,000 in August, I don't trust either number. Trump's Cabinet has proven to be so staggeringly incompetent, that nothing produced by this administration can be trusted.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The reflecting pool disaster is embarrassing, but I'm a huge Lincoln fan. At this point, just fix the pool - Abe needs a better view!
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Maria is among the most committed of all Trumpets. There's no way Trump will allow such an accomplished liar to sit on the sidelines - she'll find her way onto Trump's staff somewhere.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Assuming the reflecting pool guy got the contract?
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's Texas - No matter his incompetence and illegal behavior, I'd be stunned if Paxton doesn't win.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Isn't there an idiom that reads, If the shoe fits?
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Fox took out Martiromo. Next up should be CNBC taking out Joe Kernan.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nice try, Mr. Trump, but that would mean Lutnick didn't say something that was untrue and dumb, and we've learned Trump and Lutnick are incapable of saying things that are true and not dumb.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Yada, yada, yada. Seems like I've heard this line once, twice, or several hundred times. Sorry Mr. Trump - saying it don't make it so.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just another useless "symbolic" act by Congress. How about actually doing something, anything, that might help Americans? Maybe give that a try and your approval ratings will rise out of single digits.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is straight from the Trump playbook - get people to hate one another, then figure out ways to turn that hate into money for Trump and his family.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Despite Trump's spectacularly failed mission, I suspect Iran can't withstand the blockade and sanctions very much longer. That said, regardless of what Iran agrees to in the end, anyone who thinks Iran won't be secretly racing to build a nuclear weapon is in Trump's la-la land.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Despite Trump's spectacularly failed mission, I suspect Iran can't withstand the blockade and sanctions very much longer. That said, regardless of what Iran agrees to in the end, anyone who thinks Iran won't be secretly racing to build a nuclear weapon in the future is in Trump's la-la land.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Wow! Lutnick just completed a sentence without pathetically sucking up to Donald Trump - didn't think that was possible. As for Canada - if things are so bad there, and the people are suffering so much, why is that Canadians overwhelmingly support Carney's string stance?
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Don't disagree - but Fetterman can vote for his state's interests and yet not trash his Party and its other candidates on Fox News virtually every single day.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
There's a difference between casting a few votes against Democratic Party interests, and appearing daily on Fox News and trashing your Party's positions. Fetterman clearly doesn't get the difference. Let's hope another Democrat and take him out when he's up for re-election.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
They'll do everything possible in Texas to sabotage the election in favor of Republicans. It's why Dems have to fight back in every possible way. You childishly demonstrating a lack of support for Talarico makes that fight even harder.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'd like to think American voters would never choose in the future such a shameless liar as J.D. Vance to be president. Then I think Donald Trump.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If Loomer acted the way she does, and tried to do with any other presidential administration in history what she does with the Trump administration, she would have been forcibly placed in a mental health facility.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Not at all surprised at what Trump is doing. Remember, he also accepted a Purple Heart earned by someone else. He also accepted a Nobel Peace Prize earned by someone else. Trumps moral depravity is unmatched by almost any leader in any industry.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Why did Bessent block the WSJ, Times and Bloomberg from attending? Because the WSJ, Times, and Bloomberg have excellent reporters, and that's the last thing Trump and his team wants. Their version of the truth depends on the right wing idiots who do little more than suck up to Trump every day.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Still struggling to believe I live in a country where anyone listens to JD Vance's views on, well, anything.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The condescension and derision just never cease with Trump and his incompetent Cabinet members. Listening to Bessent should make it crystal clear why we have lost virtually all of our one-time allies. Every country knows they can never trust any agreement with America.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
When I tuned in, I thought I was watching Star Wars - you know, the bar scene.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Good grief...can someone please put this guy back in prison?
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Marco Rubio's foreign policy legacy as Secretary of State will be clearly defined as The Bully Doctrine. Greenland, Europe, Canada, Venezuela, South Korea, Ukraine, etc. America now gets its way by using its size and economic weight to overpower smaller countries. Take a bow, Mr. Secretary.
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DKS1978 @falcon-23.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If you think the polls are bad, Mr. Trump, just wait until future presidential rankings are published. That'll be an awful lot of lawsuits you'll need file.
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