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The senate passes sanctions on Russian oil and gas. First county to violate those beside Iran is, you guessed it, Trump’ America!

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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 9h

Pride is too great admiration of oneself. The ultimate stage of pride is to make oneself his own law, his own judge, his own god…The more important the egotist feels himself to be, the more irritated he becomes when he does not receive worship. —Bl. Fulton J. Sheen, Go to Heaven p. 138 Know anyone?

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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Let me understand this. We cut supplements that made Obamacare unaffordable for millions and now we are sending $500 to those who could afford the coverage. In what world does that make sense except Trump’s world where you can buy anything including votes.

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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 · 12/07/2026

I think we are trying to create a world that makes sense to us. When our search for meaning loses connection to our values we get lost. Our best bet is to connect to something bigger than ourselves that reflects freedom and beauty and justice.

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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Or what makes most sense as we struggle to reach our meaningful future.

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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 · 06/03/2026

All you need is love! That is the basic message in most religions ignored by most believers.

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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 · 01/03/2026

“It will be a matter for my decision what kind of exploration of my experience I choose to attend to; and on this will depend too the structure of the object experienced “ in Existentialists and Mystics. Sounds a bit like Husserl and Merleau-Ponty

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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Sounds like an existential phenomenologist to me!

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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 · 20/01/2026

He has a hammer and is looking someplace to use it. And it is not defense but rare earth minerals that he wants.

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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 · 31/12/2025

In a post truth world, the search for meaning is meaningless. But we can’t stop trying to find meaning in all we do because we are only human and condemned to try to make sense of our place in the strange and contradiction filled world.

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Jim Croteau @jimbeau22.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Two thoughts: one can’t define good without an image of the perfect; one can’t explain beauty without an experience of joy.

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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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