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Gene Valentine

@genevalentine.bsky.social
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A progressive, submitting frequent musings on the state of the nation as we contend with the lunatic fringe. I do not read DMs...

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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I was amused to read comments of "Cancun" Cruz, who accused Smith of illegally accessing phone records. Smith responded he got subpoenas legally after consulting the then-independent DOJ (unlike the toadies now in place). Cruz was a co-conspirator of Trump's and also should have been locked up.
yahoo.com
Smith fields GOP insults, questions on lawmaker subpoenas at fiery Senate hearing: 5 takeaways
Former special counsel Jack Smith fielded insults from Republicans and questions about his prosecutorial decisions as he sat before lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Chair Chuck ...
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
...and we know who is to blame for this situation. Vote BLUE!
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The President of the United States is a traitor, a pedophile, and a rapist.
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
...wonder if this has anything to do with the story I read earlier this morning in the Washington Post about the FAA implementing AI tools to "assist" air traffic control at major airports... 😲
yahoo.com
Hundreds of flights canceled due to equipment outage
More than 800 flights have been canceled nationwide.
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
...food for thought - Vote Blue!
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
...the usual suspects, these two fascist grifters would allow the pedophile in chief to destroy democracy. They both need to be impeached by the next Congress...
yahoo.com
In controversial mail-in ballot ruling, Trump has only two Supreme Court allies
The two most conservative justices on the Supreme Court were loyal allies to Trump in the big mail-in vote decision, but they didn't block what was a major loss.
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Mitch McConnell did not show up to the U.S. Senate today. Despite speculation surrounding his potential return as the chamber reconvened following its summer recess, the 84-year-old Kentucky senator remained absent.
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
...tuning into C-SPAN 2 at 10 am Central to see the Senate reconvene. Might start taking bets on the return of the dead guy... www.c-span.org/networks/?ch...
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I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
STOP BLAMING HIS DEMENTIA
HE WAS A PIECE OF SHIT WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER TOO!
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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Jimmy Kimmel show usually gets 1.8 million views on TV. The FCC had a problem with him interviewing James Talarico so they decided to just use YouTube. The views are now at 4,701,572 views and growing. 🤣🔄 youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel's Interview with James Talarico
That the FCC Doesn't Want You To See
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Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Why would Texans want a coward like Paxton representing them in the Senate? Paxton is too chicken to even debate @jamestalarico.bsky.social . And don't forget, Paxton will steal your pen: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
nytimes.com
Ken Paxton and the Curious Case of the Missing $1,000 Pen
The pen Mr. Paxton pocketed more than a decade ago has resurfaced as a campaign issue.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In a major Texas Senate race endorsement, Hall of Fame former Texas Ranger David Maxwell spoke out against Ken Paxton. After blowing the whistle on Paxton's corruption in 2020 and being fired, Maxwell is endorsing James Talarico for US Senate. "Texans deserve a Senator who serves the people."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Ken Paxton casually and routinely committed crimes and then used his position as attorney general to frustrate any attempt to prosecute him. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
texasmonthly.com
Ken Paxton Took His $1,000 Pen. He Has Not Forgotten.
Fourteen years ago, Paxton was caught on camera taking attorney Joe Joplin’s Montblanc from a security tray. The incident has become the stuff of Texas politics lore.
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Hopefully this latest vanity project by the idiot and his regime will be permanently shit-canned...
huffpost.com
Judge Warns Trump Administration Not To Start Building Arch
The Supreme Court’s green light for Trump’s ballroom has emboldened the administration to start building Trump’s arch without approval from Congress.
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
finally found a decent photo of Laura Loomer...
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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SheepDog @lenny60.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
RP AND FOLLOW
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
...so "Lyin' Ted" wasn't the only Republican who fled Texas when temperatures fell and the power grid failed? Looks like "Thievin' Kenny" was running away just as fast...
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Texans, wake the hell up!
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Tasha @toshyou.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
NO media 1000s are marching in DC to defend voting rights; 90 orgs signed on, Reuters sent photographers, but local media Bernie Sanders, AOC and Martin Luther King III attended Wa Post buried it A Black-led march is visible in DC only after somebody else reports it Repost the march they buried
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
...they cut off their noses to spite their faces...
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
🤣🤣🤣🤣
yahoo.com
US appeals court blocks Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to stop construction on a $400 million ballroom on the site of
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JanFromTheBruce 🍁 @janfromthebruce.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Every day I am going to post this (permission from Del Schilling). Will you join me? Over 5700+ Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls #MMIWG #cdnpoli
A group of Indigenous women holding signs to raise awareness for MMIWG. There are large poster boards of pictures of the missing women. They are on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the location of Canada's federal government.
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
...since the child rapist won't take down this tarp, it should be decorated in his honor...
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Hopefully none of the major networks will air the child rapist's stream of proven lies about the 2020 election.
thedailybeast.com
TV Networks Humiliate Trump Over His Address to the Nation
It’s unclear if the White House has even asked the networks to air Trump’s forthcoming address.
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
...your daily affirmation...
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
...pay up, sucker!🤣🤣🤣
apnews.com
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s push to toss $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case
The Supreme Court is rejecting a push by President Donald Trump to throw out a jury’s $5 million finding that he sexually abused writer E.
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
...the criminal is thwarted again, at least for now...
usatoday.com
In loss for Trump, Supreme Court keeps Lisa Cook at the Fed
The decision was a loss for Trump at the Supreme Court, which previously rejected the sweeping tariffs that were at the center of his economic policy.
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social @beachlifeforever.bsky.social @milliekitkat.bsky.social @firestormz1.bsky.social @kygrannyof12.bsky.social @gdad1x7.bsky.social @val.sheshed.rocks @rivergoat.bsky.social @kidsandpets.bsky.social @gezzer3115.bsky.social @bandroll.bsky.social
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
...keeping the MAGATs enraged, while trying to wake up anyone with a functioning brain...
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
...so now "Shitler" has had a fence placed around the Reflecting Pool, to keep Americans from witnessing up-close yet another of his failures. This affront, along with the tarp placed to cover the front of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, speaks volumes about what a loser he is.
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
New York Knicks owner to visit the White House. Will the players also attend? We will see which team members stand on principle and decline the invitation...
usatoday.com
Knicks to become first NBA champion to visit Trump White House, Dolan says
New York Knicks owner James Dolan, who invited Trump to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals, said the team will accept an invite from the president on Wednesday, June 17, during an appearance on WFAN New ...
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Casey Whitaker @alphacentauri53.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Many thanks @bab102.bsky.social💙⭐️ @wolverinebear.bsky.social @minibubbly.bsky.social @rebelb1ue.bsky.social @phoenix509.bsky.social @lilmudda.bsky.social @jazchaz.bsky.social @jodywagner.bsky.social @genxer-71.bsky.social @seizeday.bsky.social @dpfrazier22.bsky.social @yodamonkey2.bsky.social
Portrait of DJT made up of the words Fuck and Trump
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Appreciating President Barack Obama today, and every day...
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
....watching to see the desecration of the Kennedy Center reversed... www.youtube.com/live/UksLjGZ...
youtube.com
LIVE: Crews spotted at Kennedy Center as name removal deadline approaches
YouTube video by WUSA9
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JimChampion @jim-c.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
@jandee924.bsky.social @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social @docmurphydog.bsky.social @myriamcarter.bsky.social @robertfields39.bsky.social @kimberlywilliams06.bsky.social @sassysister27.bsky.social @shap1.bsky.social @biggfredd.bsky.social @stevenerick1976.bsky.social @jim-c.bsky.social
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
...even a broken clock is right twice a day. I am shocked to find myself agreeing with this tool...
yahoo.com
Pence says violent Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump ‘should never get a dime’
Former Vice President Pence said Friday that Jan. 6 rioters who assaulted police officers, vandalized government property or sought to disrupt certification of the 2020 presidential election in the 20...
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
So the Chicago Bears have decided to proceed with building a new football stadium in Hammond, Indiana. Hope the Hoosier taxpayers enjoy paying for the billionaire family's new playpen...
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Coko @coko.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
#Unite @electroboyusa.bsky.social @bluetothecore-og.bsky.social @coko.bsky.social @neverstopthefight.bsky.social @trumpsatwit.bsky.social @heyudeuphus.bsky.social @putawomanincharge.bsky.social @clarkpowers.bsky.social @nagual4444.bsky.social @armchairprez.bsky.social @j1j2.bsky.social ‬‬ 🚫NO ADDS🚫
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
...latest "stars" to pull out of performing at "America 250" /s/...🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
President Donald Trump’s effort to rebrand the Kennedy Center in his own name is illegal, a federal judge ruled Friday.
yahoo.com
Judge blocks renaming, closure of Kennedy Center
The ruling is a stinging blow for Trump, who has made clear his personal stake in the rebranding and remodeling of the Kennedy Center.
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
...I certainly hope that this farce can be stopped before these thieves and traitors loot the US Treasury...
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Thejanfiles @fiercemama25.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
RFK Jr. is a danger to us all. @freddierose.bsky.social @genxer-71.bsky.social @getyourfoxyback.bsky.social @ggvotesblue.bsky.social @ghostdansing.bsky.social @ghostwriter556.bsky.social @gigiangel.bsky.social @gm28.bsky.social @gmoyer17.bsky.social youtu.be/mMLJ6Cbx0jU
youtu.be
RFK Jr.: The 2nd Most Dangerous Man in America
YouTube video by The Jan Files
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/05/2026
BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
It has never happened before...except the last time this criminal was in office...
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
...with any luck at all, this could be true...
chicago.suntimes.com
Trump's corruption may finally lead to his downfall
The thefts and abuses below are eye-watering. I cite them not to enrage readers, but to offer a theory that we may, at long last, be passing out of the "LOL nothing matters" phase of this travesty.
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#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
youtu.be/QKcNyMBw818 🎶 @coachkk.bsky.social @rjtinman.bsky.social @sedahr.bsky.social @frenchieresistance.bsky.social @crazylunchguy.bsky.social @kygrannyof12.bsky.social @soldiergirl.bsky.social @cj49877.bsky.social @billthornbro.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @saneman.bsky.social
youtu.be
Bob Dylan - Tangled up in Blue (Official Audio)
YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
...coming soon?🤣
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Gene Valentine @genevalentine.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Facts...
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