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Greg

@joplinguy.bsky.social
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Retired man in his 60s, middle-class, living in a blue state. Pragmatic, politically independent. Low tolerance for extremists on either side. Long for the days of bipartisanship and compromise.

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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Ever optimistic.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump has aspirations of deal making, but he lives on a different planet than the rest of us.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 10/10/2026
This is what Trump describes as a "Golen Age" www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/west-v…
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Hunger grips a rural community hit by Trump’s cuts
Those on the front lines of feeding their neighbors in West Virginia’s coal country say they face unprecedented challenges brought on by Washington.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Our tax dollars at work.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Sounds like he's advocating for Medicare for All.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So he admits that minimum wage is a poverty wage.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
McConnell didn't have the nuclear codes.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The Mohegan Tribe was selling the team to reduce debt and focus on their core gaming operations." I am not feeling it for the native fans.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It may be a Democratic state, but there is the tiny little fact that San Diego is major hub of military bases for our country.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Even if the Democrats get both houses in Congress, it's unlikely they get the 67 votes in the Senate to convict, so why waste the time when the country has more important things to worry about? Saying you want to impeach the president isn't going to sway undecided Independents.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A hundred bucks? Really?
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Start shooting them down.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Of course, it's just a coincidence that the caravan is occurring before the midterms. I've wondered aloud who's financing this. It wouldn't surprise me or anyone else if GOP dark money was behind it.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'll believe it when I see it.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My guess is that he's referring to annual checkups or physicals. At my age, you go twice a year.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm hoping he puts some federal stamp on Mar-a-Lago, so it can be "renovated" during the next Democrat administration.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"I'm sorry daddy."
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Some research group should follow-up and track whether this leads to an increase in sexual assaults.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
i simply cannot imagine the level of delusion and sheer ignorance it takes to believe that the rise of Republican Nazis is some outside imposition and not something that has come from within the American right.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Willamette Valley
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I periodically hit Gas Buddy to see the range in prices. Currently, it's $6.39 to $6.99. We don't commute with our truck but it needs to be driven periodically and for towing. Prices were a headshaker after Russia went into Ukraine. That was a headshaker. This is devastating for many.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In other words, opening after the midterms but add 26 months.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The people that financed McConnell got their money's worth and had no issues with milking every cent paid.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Beware financial backers of third party candidates.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The DOE head says the pipeline will be down for days, everyone else says weeks. The SPR is getting down debatable minimum levels, but I suspect that 47 will ignore warnings of cavern failures and keep drawing down further to prevent prices skyrocketing further before the midterms.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If I hadn't done anything, it would be higher. How much higher?
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Perhaps the excesses of the Trump administration will relax national security and intelligence agencies' opposition to repealing the Patriot Act.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It wasn't that long ago that the administration was suggesting that paying more at the pump was better than Iran getting a nuclear weapon. As a diesel driver, I would suggest paying more at the pump is better than Russia overwhelming Ukraine. There is more of a risk of the latter.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Real Americans are watching the game on NBC right now with an over-the-air antenna while second-screening social media.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
That needs to be repeated again and again. As an example, you could end Medicare, and it would only reduce annual deficits and do nothing for the debt. End social security? No impact on the debt. Repeal all Trump tax cut? Reduces the deficit, slowly reduces the debt. We need cuts, revenue & growth.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
$200 to fill up the pickup.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Even if it WAS true (that China is behind the bad press), it likely made little difference for many communities. In our state, traditional data centers already had bad press for causing increases in electrical rates and using scarce water. AI data centers exacerbate those issues and adds to the ire.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A day or so ago, Sam Altman compared AI use to electricity in that use of AI is non-negotiable going forward. When the power goes off, my frig doesn't work unless I have a backup plan in place. When the power goes off, data centers aren't working either. It's apples and oranges to me.
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Jenna @stay-a-spell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I think it's worth noting that nothing is being done now. Johnson has kept congress home for most of the year over the Epstien files. The two year average is 284 stand alone bills passed. This congress has passed 38....they hold all 3 branches. These are not serious people.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I am guessing that most of Congress (Dems & GOP) are against an expansion (in a vote that matters). The real test of conscience is a limit of the time served on the court. That is, eliminate life-time terms for the judicial branch.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
That's because nothing says woke in the US like basic research. 🤓
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Must not work after the sun goes down (because no one's ever heard of batteries).
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/09/2026
why would any agency abide an injunction knowing there is a decent chance the supreme court will lift it because the president is a special birthday boy? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
nytimes.com
Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Perhaps if ALL Americans had AFFORDABLE healthcare, we could achieve those kinds of outcomes for our masters. Until then, piss off Oz.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Campaigning for democracy, rooting out corruption and anything smelling like woke won't win this election season anymore than it did for Kamala in '24. It's not that voters don't care about those things, but their own self-interest (e.g., bottom line) matters more.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I agree.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Exactly. Do the funds go to the General Fund or to private bank accounts?
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Oregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 28/08/2026
Oregon's U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, Dems, demand USDA officials investigate Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment Michael Boren for allegedly diverting scarce firefighting resources to a 7-acre fire near his private ranch in Idaho: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/28/d...
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Dems push Trump administration for investigation into wildfire response near Boren’s Idaho ranch • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Washington Post reported the USDA undersecretary pushed federal officials to boost response to wildfire near his private Sawtooth ranch.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It's conceivable that corporate grain growers see this as a win. That is, an opportunity to pickup property long sought to add to their portfolios. Just to be stupid, one could surmise that those entities provide significant campaign contributions to the GOP and 47 pays attention.
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Greg @joplinguy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The NFL argument against change is the constant evolution of the football helmet. Somehow studies need to correlate the helmets in use by the deceased, and if any improvements have resulted as newer helmets have been used. In other words, do CTE rates drop over time?
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