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Joel Padgett

@joelpadgett.us
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Old man (now retired) software engineer; lgbtqia+;he/him;taken for 30 years; Outside DC

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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 12h
Skipped the Nazis, huh.
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JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 13h
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Schmitt: I Did Not Confuse Those Two Basketball Teams - Joe.My.God.
Front Office Sports reports: Eric Schmitt is sticking to his story. In an interview with Front Office Sports, the Republican senator from Missouri said he did not mix up the Atlanta Hawks with the Iow...
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 13h
Guest: Stephen Miller is an alpha dog. He's a pitbull Joe Rogan: That's a silly thing to say. You're opening yourself up to tremendous amounts of ridicule.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13h
Only desperately insecure men act like this.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 14h
We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14h
The Republican Party is a clubhouse for domestic abusers.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h
I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 17h
Damn
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Too Lazy to Fail @toolazytofail.bsky.social · 22h
Did you know that Heavy Dew is just Mountain Dew but with deuterium instead of hydrogen?
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Joel Padgett @joelpadgett.us · 29/09/2026
We are, of course, doomed.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 29/09/2026
Wall Street Journal: Americans Have Spent $100 Billion More on Fuel During the Iran War www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Americans Have Spent $100 Billion More on Fuel During the Iran War
Higher gasoline and diesel prices have led many families to save less and curb spending elsewhere.
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's difficult to engage in diplomacy when you're too simple-minded to think about anyone except yourself . . .
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We've all heard how corrupt Ken Paxton is. But he is also incredibly stupid if he thinks this "well, he served 60 whole days" excuse for releasing Adam Hoffman, who sexually abused a boy over a three-year period starting when he was 8.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In two weeks, Russell Brand goes on trial in the UK on rape and sexual assault charges in cases involving six women. Tomorrow in DC, he's appearing at a MAHA gathering to 'moderate' a discussion with Dr Oz about medicare and medicaid. What the hell?
1:55 to 2:25 pm Reforms at CMS

Chris Klomp Chief Counselor HHS

Mehmet Oz, Administrator CMS

Moderated by Russell BRand, comedian and brodcaster
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fox: 62% of registered voters say grocery costs are a major problem for their family. 61% say the same about gas prices. Republicans privately worry that their majority is at risk as gas and grocery prices spike.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale dismisses the U.S. strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed over 150: "It's very easy to judge things from the outside."
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PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide @tkovach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kent Brockman, who is covered in jewels and holds a golden chalice, speaks from his desk. He says Thanks, Mayor Simpson. Because of you, we're all taking golden showers.
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Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek.
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DaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I really, really hate this timeline... Also, why the hell was this NOT reported on when it happened (Mar 2026)???
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
Learn how to get measles from a rapist
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/09/2026
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was warned of an impending Hamas attack in 2023 by the UAE. The information wasn't passed on to Israeli security officials.
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Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7
The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials said.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
they really think we are all idiots
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When will reporters ask Republicans why they’re taking campaign help from a white supremacist named Elon Musk?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-s…
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In Another Instalment of: “Didn’t Age Well” 🤭
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Insanity — this is the “corporate socialism” @abdulelsayed.bsky.social is talking about
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Murphy: "On April 30 -- a Thursday -- Reynolds makes an $8m donation. On Saturday, they have lunch w/POTUS & tell him they want a change in rules for flavored vapes. The president calls FDA commissioner & HHS sec, & on Tuesday new guidance is issued paving way to the sale of flavored vapes ... "
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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███ACTED @vicjager.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Register at the non-partisan vote.gov, NOT Musk's votesafe.org.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
L - Tom Emmer in 2024 on the House subpoenaing Hunter Biden. R - Tom Emmer today on why the House shouldn’t investigate Don Jr: He’s a private citizen.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 23/09/2026
Safety has to come first, Mr. Secretary. We should not be testing new systems for the first time in one of the most complex airspaces in the world, or without getting input from the air traffic controllers or training them on how it will work.
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
nothing this guy writes is worth the calories it takes to read it, but it's wild to see a man publicly admit that he thinks there are only two types of people in the world: him, and Minorities
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/09/2026
JD Vance is using AI to kick hundreds of thousands of people off health insurance. These are AI death panels.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Oh, he really REALLY doesn't know how to pronounce it
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Enjoyed this article about the growing number of men adopting cats, bucking gender stereotypes. Apparently Mamdani is allergic to cats, but has been getting allergy shots because his wife wants to adopt one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
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Dave Franco, Jordan Poole and Other Everyday Cat Dads Are Redefining Gender Stereotypes (Gift Article)
We’re living in the age of the “cat dad” and he’s being used to sell premium cat products and talk about healthy masculinity.
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Joe Lynch @thejoelynch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
CAST JACK.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We’re being run by an unhinged, corrupt egomaniac who thinks he’s a king and has no use for the constitution. And most of the media still just covers it like it’s normal.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
CNN: A fake A.I. intelligence report just “almost started a war” with China when the military almost boarded one of their ships Nothing to see here, folks! 😕 www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
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Informed1 @informed1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I do not laugh out loud to memes very often, but this one really got me.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: "When I said with Jesse Watters that I'd rather have good roads and good schools than have a billionaire make a second billion, I know that resonated with a lot of folks who might not agree with everything else I had to say."
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our country is such a sick joke that a judge has to order the government not to bulldoze a building because the president wasn't allowed to stick this name on it. Vote against all Republicans.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Dog’s reaction when he realizes his sister was adopted into the same home. Original post
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
footage is making the rounds on Facebook of a canvasser wearing a Stronger Maine shirt (a super PAC that supports Susan Collins) stealing a package yesterday
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Bombshell DAILY @bombshelldaily.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
When they keep telling you they are "a man of God," but you quickly discover that they actually play for the other team.
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