American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 13/12/2025apnorc.org/projects/aff...apnorc.orgAffordability concerns are driving holiday belt-tightening - AP-NORCAbout half say they’re cutting back on non-essential shopping and delaying big purchases this holiday season. 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 14/10/2025It’s a hard-knock life these days if you’re average-incomes and want a new car… fiftystars.press/2025/10/14/b...fiftystars.pressBreaking records: New car sales, sticker prices, ascendHouseholds now need 20% more of budget to buy a new car, compared to 1975 010
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Hi. I could use some help. Career independent journalist, a bit down-on-his luck work-wise. Need readers and viewers (YouTube) I cover impactful stuff. Check it out and please share. Thank you. fiftystars.press/2025/10/02/d...fiftystars.pressDemocrats talk shutdown, lawsuits, & helping unemployed in Q&A.Congressman Haskins & Congressman Mfume (Ds-MD) These interviews took place just after the federal shutdown of October 1, 2025, and clarify the party position, including actions being taken. Re… 020
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Dem Capitol Hill press conference this morning on fed shutdown: youtu.be/ycqIPcNaSug?...youtu.beFiery Dem Senators/Reps confront shutdown YouTube video by Fifty Stars Press 010
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Sure, stick all of the U.S. military’s top leadership in a room together in front of a former talk show host. What could possibly go wrong? Maybe he’ll give them all Volkswagen Beetles like Oprah. “You get a car! And you get a car! And you get a car!” Can I just stop paying taxes at this point?apnews.comHegseth abruptly summons top military commanders to a meeting in Virginia next weekDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals and admirals to a base in northern Virginia for a sudden meeting next week. 010
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 26/09/2025www.thedailybeast.com/ice-arrest-g...thedailybeast.comICE Agent Drops Gun and Levels It at Shocked Rush-Hour CrowdThe man who captured the video said the scene unfolded in the midst of rush-hour traffic just outside Washington, D.C. 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Maryland Dems push back on USDA plans fiftystars.press/2025/09/23/m...fiftystars.pressMaryland U.S. Congress cohort fights for research and developmentThe first day of fall, 2025, was warm in Beltsville, Maryland, with the sun shining on United States federal Maryland legislators’ press conference, but the horizon for U.S. agricultural rese… 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Stopped by Lowe’s tonight. They were out of the most popular decoration: The Constitution being used as a role of toilet paper. I hear they were all ordered by 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Why is my Facebook feed mostly garbage junk memes and Bluesky is currently remaining legible? 010
Reposted by American IndependentAmerican Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Happy Tuesday! $200 happy meal? This inflation is out of control! C/O MatthewLiptak.Substack.com , FiftyStars.Press 001
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Happy Tuesday! $200 happy meal? This inflation is out of control! C/O MatthewLiptak.Substack.com , FiftyStars.Press 001
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Maryland’s dark past teaches us about our unstable present open.substack.com/pub/matthewl...open.substack.comThe Plundering Time: Why America needs Church & State separationMaryland's lawless history of conservative cannibalism is a cautionary tale 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Quirky little Ukrainian farm reality show that just came out: youtu.be/5eAl1_3xHxY?...youtu.beMoving to Ukrainian village during war | Dare to Ukraine: Village Ep. 1YouTube video by Kyiv Independent 010
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 10/09/2025open.substack.com/pub/matthewl...open.substack.comRussia can’t sustain its war, attacks PolandA man's struggle with his scars, hopes for tomorrow, and comments on America today. 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 10/09/2025open.substack.com/pub/matthewl...open.substack.comRussia can’t sustain its war, attacks PolandA man's struggle with his scars, hopes for tomorrow, and comments on America today. 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Subscribe before September, when a 30% tariff will be applied. matthewliptak.substack.com/p/donald-and...matthewliptak.substack.comDonald and the GOP: One part bane to America, one part phantom menaceThe oval office is gilded, the Republicans are Trump-toadies, Dems are ineffective, but honest effort is unyielding. 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Any one one up to watch Trumps big proposed parade? 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Checkmate? www.newsweek.com/hidden-provi...newsweek.com'Hidden' provision in Trump's big bill could disarm US Supreme CourtThe provision would bar courts from enforcing contempt citations for violations of injunctions or temporary restraining orders unless a bond has been paid. 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Doing some holiday shopping early? The great leader is! 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Happy Summer! Celebrate like the great leader! 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 07/05/2025www.britannica.com/event/Timeli...britannica.comTimeline of the American Revolution | Dates, Events, People, & Facts | BritannicaWhat are the key events of the American Revolution? Find out in our timeline. 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 07/05/2025After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser—poor richard 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 07/05/2025As all of us transformers know there’s “more than meets the eye”media.tenor.coma cartoon truck with a blue trailer is driving down a road .ALT: a cartoon truck with a blue trailer is driving down a road . 050
Reposted by American IndependentMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 02/04/2025It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory. Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs. 44987600515720
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Quality of Blue Sky posts I’m seeing getting a bit junky. Not seeing as many real people posting real comments now. 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 01/04/2025apnews.com/article/ukra...apnews.comAs war draws men to fight, Ukraine's women take tough new jobs in machinery and minesUkrainian women are taking jobs once reserved for men, who are being drafted for the war with Russia. Some women are now driving tractors and working in coal mines. 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Why haven’t I gotten your email newsletters? Are you building a movement or just pandering and profiting from more political self promotion? There’s way to much of the later in this country. Lead, follow, or get the f*ck out of my way Adam. 010
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Folks should demonstrate along the interstates. Tons more cars going by. Just took a very long trip down the Eastern Seaboard on 95 and back up passing untold thousands of drivers. Get some signs and sympathy out there. Sea to shining sea build this bitch until we bounce that bozo! 130
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 27/03/2025People need to put down all the labels of their lives, Democrat, Republican, Black, white—all of it and just put on the blessed legacy of calling themselves free Americans. And not let anyone on this side of heaven stop them from claiming that name. It was hard earned, and is worth keeping. 010
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 27/03/2025media.tenor.coma young boy sitting on a bus with the words momma says stupid is as stupid does below himALT: a young boy sitting on a bus with the words momma says stupid is as stupid does below him 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Just got to see my first-ever tax-payer paid propaganda ad after sitting down after work in my living room. Half a century as an American citizen and this is a new one. 000
Reposted by American Independentbigskybluewater.bsky.social @bigskybluewater.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Think of all the money billionaires could save if we just did away with elections. 011
Reposted by American IndependentAnnaliisa Vilppu @annaliisavilppu.bsky.social · 20/03/2025That’s what I think is so comical about all of the reaction of Republicans and most Democrats in Congress. They’re behaving as though business as usual will continue in Congress and they just need to ride out this rocky start. If they stopped hiding, they might see what’s actually happening.media.tenor.coma cartoon turtle with glasses and a hat onALT: a cartoon turtle with glasses and a hat on 121
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 20/03/2025They’re limited by their party-oriented minds from seeing the big picture maybe. It’s no longer about party, it’s about the existence of the very republic that makes such parties possible. The confrontation between the executive and the judiciary will likely determine the fate of the U.S. republic. 020
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 20/03/2025There aren’t going to be primaries at this rate possibly, nor elections 240
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Update apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump administration deports hundreds of migrants, despite judge's order stopping removalThe Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador despite a federal judge’s order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting ... 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Baby steps to tyranny apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump administration deports hundreds of migrants, despite judge's order stopping removalThe Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador despite a federal judge’s order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting ... 000
American Independent @gblamplighter.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Is Gingernut Ranger an ornithological term? 100