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Jim Croteau

@jimbeau22.bsky.social
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Retired educator, social services CEO, and existential phenomenology journal keeper.

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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Who loves the Communists now that the Republicans are asking voters to hate those “commie dumocrats”? Why it is President Trump! He is giving an unprecedented royal welcome to China’s Xi and a personal in invitation to Russia’s Putin to the G-20 meeting in Miami. Loves those dictators! Besties!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Let me understand this. The Kennedy center lost millions in revenue when Trump put his name on the building. Now it can only stay solvent if Trump’s name is on the building. Neat trick: the problem and the solution at the same time! Typical Trumpism!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Why did Don Junior (net worth $300M) need a Russian oligarch pay for his wedding? Because in the Trump tradition: there is never enough grift. Like Senior making his Secret Service pay for hotdogs on his golf outings! Need a hat or bible made in China?
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump plays golf or paints things gold. Or he tears or cuts down beautiful things and puts the garish in its place. Who is minding the war and guarding the Epstein files while he plays the emperor?
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Republicans railed against Biden using Executive Orders to move past a frozen Congress. Not a word of complaint over the hundreds of Trump’s orders usurping Congress’s role, costing taxpayers billions and doing inane map name changing. One more level of hypocrisy!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
What qualifies Trump to change vaccine requirements for children against the recommendations of medical professionals? Oh, the guy who suggested bleach as a COVID antidote? The one who takes mega aspirin so his hands can bruise when he shakes so many hands? Or the one who uses AI to lose weight?
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Florida’s economy, especially senior services, depends heavily on TPS Haitians. It is cruel and morally irresponsible to send them to the gang and crime island that we would not even send our troops to. It makes no sense in that they contribute so much and take so little from our state.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Why is it so hard for Trump to see that tariffs are a tax that punishes American consumers more than other countries? This is simple economics!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Let us continue to impose tariffs on countries that we have a trade surplus with. That makes a lot if sense to punish those people who like our stuff.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Back to the Roman times. Images of Caesar on all the coins. The Emperor is trying to prove he is worth something. The egoism is the most undemocratic part of it all. Washington and Lincoln just shake their spiritual heads!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Buying and selling stocks before public announcements is called insider trading. This is not in the realm of presidential duties and should be prosecuted. The president can say all he wants about a company but not when he or his family has a recently purchased interest in that company.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A few months ago Jarad Kushner was negotiating a nuclear and sanctions relief deal with Iran. In the meantime taxpayer billions spent on a war and world wide inflation. Now we are back where we started with Jarad negotiating a sanctions and nuclear arms deal pretending we won something! Not so MAGA!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Quite a contrast. Trump party on the White House lawn. Scenes of suffering in Ukraine, Lebanon, Gaza, Cuba, Sudan and dozens of other places. $1M to visit with Trump and watch the show. No attention to the need for food, medicine and peace around the world.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Let’s see….$1.8B for a hand picked committee that will meet in secret, negotiate secret settlements and keep the recipients and the rationale for paying them secret. Speaking of weaponized DOJ, will Comey and Powell and all the other “enemies” targeted by Trump be eligible?
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
How is this IRS fund not self dealing as he controls both offices? He even admitted it as such in front of cameras. Add his stock and bond trades days before his policy announcements. The most corrupt President ever.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Ironic or moronic. The same people who want prayer and the Ten Commandments in public schools object to the Ten Commandments applied to them. Morality in politics is not the problem. It is the solution.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The question is, “Where did Iran get the super-duper anti-aircraft weapons?” Could our friendly Russian arms supplier be at work here? They help with targeting, why not with tools?
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Hogsbreath is a racist and misogynist using his anti DEI as an excuse. Military promotions are based on merit by a rigorous review. Compare the records with those who were accepted and you will see those rejected earned their promotions.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Stupid war by a stupid man who can only think of himself. Surround your self with other self righteous people who don’t know history or care about the common good and the only possible result is chaos and pain for the rest of us.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Nobody in the Trump organization thought about the world wide economic damage the war in Iran might cause? Or did they not care? How about asking your buddy in Hungary to give back the stolen Ukrainian millions? Or is theft and corruption okay?
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
As Iris Murdock often wrote: if you can’t believe in God you should believe in Good.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Imminent threat from Iran’s nuclear and long range missiles that someday might be able to hit the US. I recall a past concern with North Korea who has multiple nuclear missiles capable of reaching the US. But they wrote Trump a nice letter! No problem!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Nothing like a good old assassination to make you feel proud of your country. Who gave us or Israel the right to be judge and jury? Oh, right we don’t need any authorization to blow up boats and people. Just Trump’s say so, our supreme leader!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The man who has no idea what is in the constitution assails the justices who know it well. Ironically the justices who call themselves strict constitutionalists are the ones who closed their eyes to the clearly written words. Only Trump knows best! Effin right!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Trillions added to the national debt. Hundreds of executive orders. Where are those conservative elected officials who bitched and moaned about Biden’s spending and use of the executive pen when they wouldn’t act. They no longer care about our grandchildren I guess.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Isn’t it interesting that the Puppy Bowl had twice as many viewers as the MAGA half time video taped bust!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Trump’s vanity projects and self dealing and constant on-line postings reflect an incredibly insecure child. His racism, misogyny and cruelty reflect an incredibly damaged adult. Those who continue to support him are either blind to his faults or reflect some of same traits.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Trump/Gabbard Georgia ballot review is such a waste of time and money. Two recounts, an audit and Senate certification means no change. All that can follow are lies and more lies to justify conclusions with no basis in fact. MAGA needs to get over 2020 and see the current disaster unfolding.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
First amendment says you can peacefully protest. Second amendment says you can bear arms. ICE says the constitution doesn’t matter. So they seem to say from Trump on down.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Trump solves another problem that he alone created. It is called the Hero Complex. Look at me. I am wonderful. Don’t worry. I have it all under control!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
What is the difference between Trump wanting to take by force Venezuela’s oil and Greenland’s minerals and Putin wanting Ukraine’s breadbasket and Jinping’s wanting Taiwan’s manufacturing? No difference!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
We are not running Puerto Rico very well so how does this administration think it can run Venezuela, Cuba, Columbia, Greenland and Canada?
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Pardoning January 6 rioters, fraudsters, drug traffickers and sex offenders says all we need to know about the character of this president. There is no place in heaven for those who are in bed with the devils.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
You missed it. The Trump Kennedy Memorial PAC announced Trump’s passing. His staff has been using a double (check his prime time speech). Not saying this conspiracy theory is really true, but you should let others in your network decide!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
How do people sit back and watch Trump go on his ego trip destroying the White House, Kennedy Center, Peace Institute? The behavior is beyond narcissism to pathological. The Arc de Trump will be the proof that Americans don’t count, only Trump.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Trump and his cronies do not understand simple math. $12 billion to farmers does not balance the hundreds of billions of current and future overseas sales lost amid the tariff wars. Add deporting tens of thousands of farm workers and making it nearly impossible to bring them in legally. A dumb mess.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Who your friends are say more about you and what you value. Just look at all the scammers, crooks, crypto and narco kingpins Trump has pardoned. Corruption is the common theme. Oh, and the countries whose leaders he admires. Murderers and dictators alike. We can see him as he wants to be.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
White Afrikaner’s count but not Haitians. No racism here because South Africa is more dangerous than Haiti. Right? Yes, White Right, the other name for MAGA!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
If you don’t think Trump worked for Putin, just look at the U.S. proposed Ukraine peace deal. It is precisely EVERYTHING Russia wants!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Trump takes credit for rolling back tariffs on items he imposed tariffs on in the first place. Congrats. Beef prices are up because immigrants are bringing their cattle in with them. We can bring prices down by importing more beef. Sure makes American farmers scratch their heads.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
On the BBC controversy. 1. Did Trump really say those words? Yes he did. 2. Did it cause him to lose the 2024 election? No harm done. 3. Did it make him look bad? He has done and said a hundred things the media has reported that makes him look bad! Taco Trump, Sleepy Trump, Crazy math Trump.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Let’s review things. The BBB cuts millions from Medicaid, SNAP and commodities to food banks to pay for tax breaks for the rich. Trump finds money for Argentina and paying ICE during the shut down but can’t find funds for air traffic controllers or food. $300M for ballroom but nothing for people!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Here’s the argument. We need to have tariffs because these other countries have taken advantage of us. So we put tariffs on those countries we have a trade surplus with and countries we have no trade with. So much for making sense. Think the court can figure it out?
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
While Trump is busy despoiling our White House (not his house) and flying all over to glad hand world leaders, families and farmers, parents and grandparents are worried about getting health care, food on the table, and maintaining their livelihood. Despite his speeches he doesn’t care about us.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Attention Republican national debt hawks: the debt increased by $1 TRILLION in the last TWO months. Can’t blame that on Biden. Oh, we cut IRS staff by half and tax collections are woefully behind. Not to worry since Congress is on vacation. Oh they are in charge of the budget!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The White House used to be the people’s house: picture this, groups of middle school students looking around in amazement. Trump is turning it into Mara lago North, his own personal club that belongs to the rich and famous and wannabes. The gold is a cover up of the grift and grime.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
While Trump promises to rid us of all the brown criminal elements he is pardoning and commuting the sentences of scores of white convicted criminals. Law and order only applies to those who don’t look like him or won’t kiss his ring or are his perceived enemies.
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Criticizing the Pope for wanting to treat immigrants with dignity and not a word condemning masked government gunmen pepper spraying and pellet shooting a minister while he was praying. And MAGA calls itself Christian!
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The research is clear. Increased community policing is the best way to reduce crime in cities. The millions a day spent on the Trump war on cities would be better spent supporting local and state law enforcement. BBBill cut $9B from local police support and added $30B to ICE goon expansion. Nonsense
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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Hogsbreath’s lecture to the military brass calls for an army trained to fight the wars of the last century. The Ukraine-Russia conflict has proved that brains, not brawn, is the key element in battlefield success. A man with limited experience and clearly little knowledge will handicap our troops.
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