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Steve McIlree

@jsmci.bsky.social
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Octogenarian | Army veteran | Photographer | Retired IT professional | Nebraska native - New Mexico transplant | Dog and Pony caretaker | Avid reader | Cannabis grower | Liberal Registered Independent | Miles Davis & Grateful Dead fan | Oral storyteller |

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Steve McIlree @jsmci.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
In this morning's reaction to the attack on Venezuela, I find it curious that nobody here or in the media has mentioned similarities to the 1939 invasion of Poland by Hitler.
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Steve McIlree @jsmci.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Given our recent experience here in New Mexico with measles crossing the border from Texas, I suggest that all states institute a 2 week quarantine on all people seeking entry after visiting Florida.
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Steve McIlree @jsmci.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I would like to extend thanks to the editorial sections of all major media who seem to be now in charge of choosing the absolutely most unbecoming pictures of Trump to run with every article. You're doing a great job, folks! Keep it up! 😃👍
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Scott Rockvam @flowstatephoto.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I've been struggling to find the right words lately. Our world is in chaos. The wealth hoarders are pushing to sell millions of acres of land that is not theirs to sell. It's public land, not government land.
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IsThatDonHeath? @donjheath.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Oh yeah.
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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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gaspingenemyofgod.bsky.social @gaspingenemyofgod.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
A 7-year-old lioness reunites with the man who raised her after she was abandoned as a cub 🦁❤️ He slept beside her outside so she'd grow up as naturally as possible. Now she tackles him with love-hugs, face rubs, pure joy-until they collapse in a pile of trust. 🫶 #WildBond #HeartmeltingNature
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rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
It is time for state and local governments to arrest masked officers who won’t produce warrants and who have no proof someone is undocumented. Kidnappers should be arrested and indicted and tried for kidnapping and serve the many years such sentences carry.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
BORDER PATROL: “Are you an 🇺🇸 citizen?” 🔥 NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN: “FIRST ONES. We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us… what are you? You’re not first born. You’re not from this f*ckin’ land. Punk-as* b*tches.”
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I think it would be good to get some women in charge of the countries that have nuclear weapons. Women talk to each other. Women can be reasonable. Enough with the macho men and swinging dicks.
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adeadmanwalking.bsky.social @adeadmanwalking.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Wow.
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Steve McIlree @jsmci.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
#Noem #Padilla Regarding the Sen Padilla incident, Kristi Noem said that his approach without “identifying himself” was inappropriate.“I will say that people need to identify themselves," she said. Does she intend to convey this to her field agents, who fail to do so?
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CaptnCanada 🇨🇦 @captncanada.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
🇨🇦 Morning Laugh 🇨🇦
Dear neighbours, we have kidnapped your bald eagle. He’ll be safely returned to you on impeachment day. We believe this is in everyone’s best interest. Sincerely, Canada
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Annastasia @annastasia77.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
June 14th, 60% rain in Washington DC forcast!! I know what I'll be praying for.... Let's do the Raindance!!
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snoopy is holding a broom and saying `` we need to rain dance hard '' .
ALT: snoopy is holding a broom and saying `` we need to rain dance hard '' .
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Steve McIlree @jsmci.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#Los_Angeles #National_Guard REMEMBER KENT STATE!
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Steve McIlree @jsmci.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
After watching the National Guard in LA, I wonder if the tanks are going to leave DC after The Leader's birthday parade. Are we going to see Tiananmen Square repeated on the National Mall? Is there anyone in this country with guts enough to be the one to stand up?
Chinese protester facing down a tank.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 08/06/2025
Big point that is being missed: without the insurrection act, the activated Guard troops are now federal army and cannot Do law enforcement. Period
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Inflaming and provoking violence and division and threatening to deploy military resources against your own people is not a show of strength — it’s abuse of power and a sign of leadership without a moral compass or regard for the law. We are a democracy. We stand strong. You cannot intimidate us.
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The Florida Bar has filed misconduct charges against Attorney General Pam Bondi. She has been in violation of multiple ethics rules since being sworn in.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
That would be awful. Don’t share this.
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pete52.bsky.social @pete52.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Trump destroys everything he touches.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
“Trump has traditionally done well with lower-information voters, so it is perhaps not surprising that they are more inclined to support his presidency. …. [These voters] had one thing in common: They were much more likely to get their news from social media.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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One Thing Helping Trump’s Approval Rating: Some People Are Not Paying Attention
Voters were more likely to approve of President Trump’s job performance if they had not been following some of the major news stories of his first 100 days in office, a recent New York Times/Siena…
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pete52.bsky.social @pete52.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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Sahara Stevens ❤️🇺🇸 @sahara-stevens.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Immigrants Make America Great #IMAG
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 17/05/2025
“Can’t 86 him? 25th him.” — Founding Fathers, probably.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
It’s plain for all to see.
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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
No Kings Since 1776
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 11/05/2025
We’ve become so desensitized to corruption that the Attorney General who spent years lobbying on behalf of Qatar approved a private jet gift from Qatar and it’s not even in the top 10 scandals of the week.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
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Michele/Meidas Fan @michelemanziano.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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Steve McIlree @jsmci.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Hint for The Leader: Of course you ignorant a**hole, you're required to uphold the Constitution! Try real hard to remember what you said 104 days ago, with your tiny hand on some book!
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Steve McIlree @jsmci.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
IT'S VETERANS DAY! Victory Day for WWI and Victory Day for WWII are BS! There are certainly more living veterans from Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan where there was no Victory Day. Fuck Trump🖕 and fuck his birthday parade!🖕
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/04/2025
Hannity uses his interview with RFK Jr to desperately try to clean up RFK Jr's cruel and inhumane comments yesterday about autistic kids. RFK Jr then does his best to walk it back too.
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Steve McIlree @jsmci.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Moving all of the Social Security Administration public communications to X, a privately controlled entity, is utter bullshit. Can't Elon's brilliantDOGE computer kiddies create something stunning, that can be run by the agency itself?
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Steve McIlree @jsmci.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
If I had donated to every request from great causes and signed up for every substack subscription I found in my email this morning it would have cost around $600. It's getting to the place that turning on the Internet is too expensive.
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FrameLab @theframelab.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Family Values: Strict Father or Nurturant Parent "Finally, to demonstrate the models in action, he [George Lakoff] explores a number of hard issues, from taxes and social programs to crime, the environment, culture wars, religion, and abortion." www.csmonitor.com/1996/0610/06...
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Examining Morals in Politics and the Media
Looking beyond rhetoric to the true meaning of 'family values' in political discourse
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ronsalas @ronsalas.com · 12/04/2025
Killer sign. A+++ sign
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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