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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Biden didn't take the test because his doctors weren't worried about dementia. Trump on the other hand.......

Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

"aims to build a case" - in other words a fishing expedition. Why not look at Musk where there is documentation that would justify sending him back.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

But he loves his gay mentor Peter Thiel.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

In Trump's brain reality does not have a chance!

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

He's told us many times who he loves: Putin, Xi and Kim.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026

The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Come on, it's JD Vance. He doesn't understand legal criteria and he admits he just makes shit up.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hey JD, Angie belongs here more than your wife. According to your own logic.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Every day Hegseth does something to destroy our military. He needs to go.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Another Trump admin ignoramus proving he does not know how insurance works.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Paramount merger should have been stopped at the federal level. Anti competitive. But if you're friends w/ Trump that doesn't work. Still sorry to see the state AGs give in.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Health insurance is economically sustainable because most don't file large claims. Their premiums support relief for those who suffer catastrophic medical emergencies. Insurance of any kind is risk management and protection. HHS leadership doesn't understand medicine & insurance.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The only value from these Oval Office sessions is continuing proof how delusional, narcissistic and deranged he is. And how pathetic the flunkies lined up behind him are.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I receive Social Security payments and am on Medicare. Approaching my 80th birthday, I'm supposed to work?

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Reminder: Republicans inherited an economy that was "the envy of the world" - Financial Times.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Republican controlled House is giving themselves a 2 month vacation after a 2 1/2 day work week. Shouldn't we demand our representatives to do their job?

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If she had Mike Rogers on her show would she continually ask about the support he receives from that Neo-Nazi Elon Musk?

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Does he work for the US government? Sounds more like working for Putin.

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bmaz @bmaz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When they show you who they are, believe them.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Love this, and love the story of how it all came together.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026

Meiselas on Trump: You’re a war criminal. You cover up sex trafficking rings. You yourself are a sexual predator. You are a disgusting, vile piece of trash. The only reason you’re even in Ireland is because of the Irish freaking Open and you want to grift.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

But you sure do take a lot of vacations Mikey.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Dr. Oz explaining how the Trump tax cuts for the rich and defunding the IRS works!

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The most economically illiterate President ever!

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Vin Gupta is the shadow CDC director we need.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Was never part of their mission since DHS was established.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Dear Apple: Extremely disappointing for this long time customer and shareholder. Mapquest is now my preferred map app.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I guess no one has standing until it's too late to do anything about it!

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Excellent post from Dan Rather about Trump/Hegseth secrecy, and more ammunition for the midterms: substack.com/inbox/post/2...

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Waging War in Secret

What we don’t know can hurt us

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Thinking back to when some thought Bessent was a reasonable choice for Treasury Sec. He's performing in this job as well as he did when he ruined his hedge fund. Moron!

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Just checked - this is real. Google should be ashamed. Boycott $GOOGL

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“My parents died so fuck yours too,” is quite the argument against reasonable healthcare

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

So when and how will this murder spree be prosecuted?

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

With the immunity decision, lifting the stay on ballroom construction, and now this - have the conservative Justices lost their connection with common sense or do they have an agenda designed to turn us into a dictatorship?

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Not qualified to be Transportation Secretary, let alone commenting on trade policy.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Maybe it's a revenue problem, not a spending problem. Might consider eliminating the tax cuts for the wealthy?

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Wondering why data centers are as unpopular as nuclear waste? It's not the data centers. The problem is both more obvious and more fundamental: The daily lived experience of the AI boom sucks. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ai-is-maki...

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AI is making everything worse

The political problem isn't the data centers — it's that AI is a turd mountain looming over daily life.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

There's a lot that Bessent doesn't understand.

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Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Why would anyone rename an aircraft after a draft dodging 34 time convicted felon who is an adjudicated rapist and warmonger?

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century

U.S. debt is on track to reach historic levels
Debt held by the public as a percentage of the gross domestic product, 1792-2055
- Historical - • Projected → Without Bush and Trump tax cuts
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Source: Authors' calculations using data from the Congressional Budget Office, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Federal Reserve, the Yale Budget Lab, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. A full list of sources is available here.
Chart: Center for American Progress

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hilarious in a way. All Osoff said was Trump "travels with Natalie" and the White House is blowing it up into a major insult. It seemed more directed at Trump wrapping himself in this cocoon of personal aides like Harp, Nauta, etc.

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Jim Erskine @jimers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Didn't know that was the Attorney General's job.

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