Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 02/11/2025I wonder if Sen. Slotkin ever had a Michigan accent. I had to work at losing mine. Not hard to do but it didn't happen automatically. 011
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 16/08/2025All I'm hearing in today's Trump/Putin news, is Trump successfully distracting from the Epstein files. 010
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 14/08/2025@msnbc.com Trump is distracting us from the Epstein files. Let's get back to it people! 031
Reposted by Curtis Blake@billydillydally.bsky.social @billydillydally.bsky.social · 14/08/2025This! Don't let up on the #PedoRapist or his vile enablers, the hordes of #MAGAtTrash and #FuckedUpEvangelicals who approve of that monster. How ironic that the #PedoRapist claims to be so determined to get rid of criminals in the US! That vile ogre is the worst American ever! #EpsteinFiles 088
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 21/07/2025When I was setting up these signs at the DOJ in DC in 2018, a Capitol police officer was running towards me shouting, "No! Sir! No!' #GoodTrouble 061
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 18/07/2025In Stephen King's "On Writing" he discusses the problem with ambiguous antecedents and pronouns in general. We can reduce pronoun usage. For example, Debra came back and gave David a kiss. Versus she came back and gave him a kiss. 010
Reposted by Curtis BlakeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/07/2025“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.” -Justice Sonia Sotomayor 381244037668
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Lake Orion, Michigan is an example of a shibboleth If you don't pronounce it the way people in the Detroit area pronounce it, that clues in the locals that you're not from the area. 141
Reposted by Curtis BlakeKittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 03/07/2025The US Supreme Court just became the judicial branch of the Fourth Reich by allowing the Trump regime to put individuals away in concentration camps in foreign countries without due process. EXACTLY AS THE NAZIS DID DURING WWII. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...nytimes.comSupreme Court Lets Trump Deport Eight Migrants to South Sudan 61802416
Reposted by Curtis Blake🔵real opposition🇺🇸🇪🇸🇺🇦🦋 @amapola85.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Where’s the plan to reverse tax cuts or nullify this crap 243
Reposted by Curtis BlakePhilosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Massive, Republican-engineered destitution is coming. There is only one option— get out ahead of it, organize at the local level, so that people have communities to go to when all else is lost. Millions upon millions are going to be left with nothing. Capture and organize the anger for social good! 1133
Reposted by Curtis BlakePhilosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 03/07/2025So let’s break down concretely. Will Trump help the people? No. The Republican Congress? No. Republican Senate? No. Republican Department of Justice? No. Republican DHS? No. All we can do is ORGANIZE LOCALLY and then EXPAND THE LOCAL INTO THE NATIONAL. Local organizing is the way. 0209
Reposted by Curtis BlakePoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 06/06/2025This hideous bill Republicans are trying to push through isn’t just about healthcare and food access. It has tons of hidden life altering changes for all of us… 36943391
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 06/05/2025One way out of this mess is to help elect Democratic state governors. It's not just by electing them. It's because the actions of Democratic governors will demonstrate what good government can accomplish to help everyone. 031
Reposted by Curtis BlakeTeri G @terilg.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Trump hasn’t drained the swamp, he’s filled it with self-dealing megadonors who are being rewarded for donating to Trump’s campaign by getting richer on the backs of the American people. We’ve had enough. #TheCostOfTrump 49048
Reposted by Curtis BlakeRick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 28/04/2025It’s so weird seeing the Port of Seattle without any ships. I don’t see how we get out of this without a ton of supply shortages. Empty shelves are coming. 30343301962
Reposted by Curtis BlakeGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop. 17176387717627
Reposted by Curtis BlakeJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Sure. Tell Grandma to just head on over to X to sign up for her benefits. 1499108623399
Reposted by Curtis BlakeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/04/2025If there was ever a symbol of why we need to get big money out of politics, reform campaign financing, stop conflicts of interest, and tax great wealth, Elon Musk is it. Kudos to Susan Crawford on this big victory for democracy, labor rights, and reproductive freedom in Wisconsin. 14381591074
Reposted by Curtis BlakeGracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 01/04/2025“Humility, therefore, is absolutely necessary if man is to avoid acting like a baby all his life. To grow up means, in fact, to become humble, to throw away the illusion that I am at the center of everything and that other people only exist to provide me with comfort and pleasure…” —Thomas Merton 284
Reposted by Curtis BlakeKatieg🦋 @katieghere.bsky.social · 31/03/2025The opposition is growing! April 5th nation wide protests against #FascismTrump are on schedule! #50501movement #PeoplesMovement #MomSky 38140
Reposted by Curtis BlakePeter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money, an EARNED benefit! 612329608
Reposted by Curtis BlakeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Tomorrow, April 1, is a major election day in many parts of the country. The fight against the Trump regime continues throughout 2025 at the ballot box. Don’t agonize. Get organized. youtu.be/lbYUHSbZyX4?...youtu.beThe Fight Against Trump Isn’t OverYouTube video by Robert Reich 452012571
Reposted by Curtis Blakealezepol.bsky.social @alezepol.bsky.social · 29/03/2025It's the weekend and I'm exhausted from the week's news. THANKS.....!!@#%?!!!media.tenor.coma man is wearing a clown wig and red noseALT: a man is wearing a clown wig and red nose 12526101
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I just went through the bizzaro world of trying to close my Amazon account, twice, and both times it ended like this: 030
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 22/03/2025There used to be a lot of daily commuters between Detroit and Windsor via the Ambassador Bridge or Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. If there still is, I imagine the new DOGE restrictions will crush that commerce with a heavy hand. 020
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Trump on Putin today: "He said it very strongly". Deja Vu and what a fucking moron. 020
Reposted by Curtis BlakeSandy Bruce 🧢 ❤️🤍💙 @sandyatbeach.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Incentive to dump your Tesla and buy Polestar. 35324
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 19/03/2025They stop biting when biting gives them pain. We can protect ourselves. 010
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 19/03/2025"We're just dancing in the dark" - Bruce Springsteen 020
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Yes, tariffs are a tax paid by importers and passed on to the consumer. But where does the money go? Ohhh. Probably tax breaks for billionaires. 051
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 14/03/2025During my corporate career, a high-performing employee might earn a promotion. And then they were technically "on probation" for six months or a year. On probation is an unfortunate label for a top-notch employee, but on probation is the phrase they use in the HR manuals at many organizations. 010
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 11/03/2025They're calling this the Tesla Chain Saw Massacre. LMFAO. *cry* 010
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 09/03/2025#Booksky Eagle Swift, graceful Flapping, flying, soaring Symbol of our country Eagle 030
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Helen with an H (Ellie Kemper) in the movie Happiness for Beginners: I tend to do better when someone tells me I'm doing something right. So true. 010
Reposted by Curtis BlakeFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025I was pretty salty yesterday and am still today. The outrageous bullshit from DOGE and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins is too much. They are waking up a lot of folks that they should have left alone. My latest post dives into it. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...open.substack.comI woke up as an angry veteran yesterdayThe debacle at the Department of Veterans Affairs shows just how truly rotten the DOGE debacle is being executed across the government 1343234830
Reposted by Curtis Blake🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Stupidity has its consequences... 1467246676034
Reposted by Curtis BlakeMeidas Paul Wigton 🫘 🇺🇳🇺🇦 @rvroomie.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Stupid is, as stupid does. FA…FO. 372
Curtis Blake @henru-rust.bsky.social · 07/03/2025#Canada Americans don't want to change anything about our relationship with Canada. That's just Trump. In his dreams. 020