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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Daily Humor from the New Yorker Today’s cartoon, by Ivan Ehlers: ICE Agent: “I understand there’s a problem here that you need made a million times worse?”

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Every American should watch tonight's SOTUM speech. (State Of Trump's Unhinged Mind) Take in every lying, boastful, self-serving, derogatory word and realize how contrary to the American values we cherished in past years he is. Contrast what he says with the reality of the past year and remember it.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

The SCOTUS has ruled that Trump used illegitimate means to establish his precious tariffs, which are therefore unconstitutional. Rather than accepting their ruling, as any other president would. he vilifies the Court and plans to circumvent their ruling and impose tariffs by other means

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Why have Democrats abandoned the fight to restore the subsidies to the Affordable Care Act? Why aren't we including these subsidies as a condition to re-open the government agencies that are now shut down? Were the expected huge increases in health care premiums a hoax?

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Does anyone believe that Trump is trying to build these huge detention facilities all across America solely to house migrant detainees? They sound like concentration camps to me. Beware. If you don't protest and put a stop to his gestapo tactics, you may soon be an inhabitant in one of those camps.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

The 700-person drawdown by ICE in Minneapolis does not seem to have changed their tactics on the ground. Still violent, still targeting migrants (legitimate and undocumented alike) and citizens, with no regard for criminality. Democrats MUST stand firm, demanding real meaningful reforms.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Rep Comer's insistence on closed hearings to question the Clintons is typical @Republicans obfuscation. He seeks to hide their testimony so he can cherry pick the transcript to make them look bad. Cudos to ex-Rep Greene for supporting Hillary Clinton's demand for transparency.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

America, once the shining example of what every other country admired, is now the laughingstock of the world. Alienated from its historical allies, cozying up to its previous foes, we are destroying a world order that has worked to our advantage for the last 80 years. We must change course.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

What has America come to? Is this what those who voted for him in 2024 desired? Expected? A masked national police force, mirroring Hitler's gestapo, terrorizing the public, violently suppressing any who dissent and protest. Shooting innocent Americans and vilifying them to justify their actions.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Today's shooting in Minneapolis caps a calamitous week in which the government demonstrated over and over again that they will lie without conscience to cover up the illegal acts of their ICE agents. They are the problem-not the solution. The true solution is immigration reform, not violent removal

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Trump supporters follow his lead in distorting the truth, and downright lying, to support the illegal acts of his administration in regard to the Epstein files, Venezuela, migrant control, and other endeavors. He has created a national police force, like Hitler, to carry out his evil agenda.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The current actions of ICE are contrary to the objectives Trump previously stated. Rather than focusing in criminals, Icestapo agents now grab random migrants and even U/S. citizens for detention. Is it any wonder that Ms. Good sought to flee?

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

@adams-steve.bsky.social Steve, do you think an offer of Sproat, Vientos, Acuna, Nick Morabito, Jonathan Santucci and Jack Wenninger to the Twins for Byron Buxton and Joe Ryan makes any sense?

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I am watching issues like Trump's weaponizing the Justice Dep't to go after his political opponents, the Gerrymandering efforts, the election of a Democratic Socialist as Mayor of NYC. And so much more

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Daily Humor from the New Yorker Today’s cartoon, by Tom Reese: “Boss says that we can release the files.”

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Using the power of government to better the lives of the middle class and underprivileged is not Socialist. It's just decent & right! Misusing the power of government to benefit the rich and privileged, those who do not need government assistance, is not Conservative. It is just greedy & wrong!

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

So wave your flags and cheer aloud, Pretend I’m noble, strong, and proud. But deep inside, it’s all a show, A borrowed crown, a borrowed glow. And if the vault runs dry someday, I’ll simply shrug and fly away.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Don't laugh at me, Argentina. It's just $40 million dollars. It's from America's vault, so if you default, It wouldn't cost me a peso. You knew I was never honest. I'm in it for dough, but if you guys blow, the taxpayers may never know.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Daily humor from The New Yorker Today's cartoon by Adam Douglas Thompson “Since you can no longer afford insurance that covers X-rays, I can instead show you the plans for the White House ballroom.”

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Daily Humor from The New Yorker Today’s cartoon, by Ali Solomon: “It’s also the Democrats’ fault that your flight is delayed by three hours and you’ll be seated behind a screaming baby.”

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Daily Humor from The New Yorker Today’s cartoon, by Brendan Loper: My comment: "It ain't funny McGee. Trump's bullying tactics seem to be working on the media, forcing them to silence the late-night hosts who dare criticize His Unholyness, exercising their First Amendment rights of free speech.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Daily Humor from The New Yorker Today's Cartoon by Adam Douglas Thompson Caption: “Should we try and buy now even though rates are high, or should we wait until Trump has bullied the Fed into destroying the economy?”

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Two wrongs DO make a right. Gerrymandering is wrong, whenever it is done. Texas is trying to steal additional representation in Congress by redistricting at the expense of minority voters. California and other blue states are threatening to retaliate by following Texas' lead. Fight fire with fire

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Daily Humor from The New Yorker Today’s cartoon, by Christopher Weyant: “Any plans for the weekend, or for escaping the incoming totalitarian regime?”

“Any plans for the weekend, or for escaping the incoming totalitarian regime?”

Daily Humor from The New Yorker
Today’s cartoon, by Christopher Weyant:

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

MAGA = Make America Gross Again "Let's get twisted again, like we were last summer" Lyrics by Fats Domino, Music by Ghislaine Maxwell

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Sad that these are the only two alternatives stated. NO! Israelis MUST come to their senses and accept the fact that a two-state solution, with an independent and self-sufficient Palestine, is their ONLY viable alternative. Else, they will be an apartheid nation, shunned by the rest of the world.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

2. This is a Fascist wannabe regime bent on enriching the already wealthy even more, at the expense of the poor and the middle class. The Big Ugly Bill does it! Tariffs do it! DOGE does it. And by hog-tying all branches of government they will seek to retain power beyond 2026 & 2028.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

1. The BrainTrust behind Project2025 have guided Trump, making fighting them very problematic. This is the culmination of a 50-year plot to take control of government, blunt checks and balances, eliminate oversight, smother dissent and implement their toxic wealth-driven agenda. Call it what it is.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Perhaps more to the point: How can people be expected to trust Trump when he has failed to deliver on so many of his promises? Ukraine? Gaza? Repeal and Replace? Tired of winning? No cuts to Medicaid? Tariffs?

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Alligator Alcatraz will come back to bite the GOP and all MAGA sTRUMPets in the ass in 2026 and 2028. #ReturnAmericaToSanity #RATS

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

2. There were no laws limiting immigration, nor was any documentation of migrants required when the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution. So, birthright citizenship is open to interpretation. SCOTUS could place limits (e.g. parental residency for a time certain) for citizenship to apply.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

1. The SCOTUS decision does not address the issue of birthright citizenship. It merely limits the scope of application of the rulings of lower court judges, so that they do not affect individuals in other jurisdictions. The issue itself is complex. I will address it in an ensuing post.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Current intel indicates that Iranian nuclear sites were NOT obliterated at all. They say Iran can rebuild its nuclear program in a matter of months. Was this war necessary? Loss of Israeli and Iranian lives need not have been lost if diplomacy was followed from the start.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

What else would you expect from a congenital liar and narcissist. He must boast about whatever he does, without regard for the truth. When his own intelligence community determines that his attack on Iran's nuclear facilities was not fully effective, he refuses to believe them.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Daily humor from The New Yorker magazine Today’s cartoon, by Brendan Loper: Caption: “Hopefully we can have a productive dialogue, now that the Americans are sitting at the kids’ negotiating table.”

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Daily Humor from The New Yorker Magazine Today’s cartoon, by Ali Solomon: Caption: “Does attending a Bruce Springsteen concert count as political activism now?”

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Sarcasm is the best way to express your opposition.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

The U.S Military should be apolitical, but Trump continuously tries to politicize them. At a speech, days ago, he had them cheering behind him as it they were supporters at a rally. His self-aggrandizing parade continues the trend. Their unnecessary use in L.A. caps his defiance of the Constitution.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u... Isn't this typical of Republicans, making cuts that harm the middle class and the poor while fighting to keep huge tax breaks for the super-rich. Those cuts will have minimal impact in deficit reduction. They have an opportunity to reduce the deficit and cut the debt

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Senate Republicans Want to Trim Some of Trump’s Tax Cuts in Domestic Policy Bill

G.O.P. senators are considering whether to further curb the president’s favorite tax cuts as they rewrite key portions of the sprawling domestic agenda bill passed by the House.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Pam Bondi momentarily removes her lips from her master's rectum to spew absolute nonsense. She adds new meaning to the term "Trumped up charges."

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u... San Francisco protesters are giving the Trump Administration an excuse to clamp down and they will likely overreact to these protests. Protesters MUST remain peaceful, avoid doing ANY damage to people or property. Effective resistance is a difficult process.

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A Solidarity Protest in San Francisco Turns Violent

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The actions of the Trump administration are deplorable, rounding up migrants indiscriminately, without due process or evidence that they are criminals. The people have every right to protest peacefully and to resist Trump's gestapo, but they MUST remain peaceful. Damage to property is not acceptable

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The approach of the DOJ adds new meaning to the term "Trumped up charges."

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

The Big Beautiful Bill may be big, but it is far from beautiful. Its huge budget deficit blows up the National Debt as it drastically cuts funding for vital federal programs and the social safety net. Billionaires don't need its huge tax cuts, but avg. Americans do need the services that it cripples

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Trump's Gestapo (ICE) roams the streets of Los Angeles clad in full military gear and riding in military vehicles. This paramilitary group is rounding up assumed migrants indiscriminately, many of them innocent of any crime. These tactics are strangely reminiscent of Nazi Germany, rounding up Jews.

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Pragmatic Progressive @heaintmypres.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The DOGE approach to eliminating waste, fraud and abuse has actually done very little of that. In actuality, they took a chainsaw to numerous departments and branches of government, often crippling them and cutting critical services to millions of Americans, mainly the poor.

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