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Just a Pilgrim on this Road

@justpilgrim.bsky.social
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English instructor (retired) Love my 🐶, fine 🍷, writing 📖, and 🔔democracy Save the 🌎 Animals are people too Resisting is in my nature #BlueCrew 💙

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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
People go to war for a multitude of reasons, oppression, patriotism, religion, duty, ..., but "fun" is not one of them. And as clear as those motivating forces are in the beginning, by war's end, one desire stands above all others. Everyone in the fight simply wants to go home.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Okay, the war on Iran is red-hot and the Epstein Files are red-hot, and still "Affordability" is front and center. Why? I bought groceries and gas yesterday. 🤬
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
As a kid, I usually hung out with an older crowd. Played sports and partied with them, and it was always the alphas who kept an eye on me, made sure I was safe. They stood up for me. Defended me from bullies. They were never mean to me because they didn't have anything to prove.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Leadership can't be faked, and hoping to do well does not work when managing an important institution, or an unimportant one for that matter. Institutions made up of professionals, especially one with an essential or important mission, will always reveal a poorly qualified leader.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Poor Pete Hegseth. It looks like he gave up drinking for nothing.
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💙💙💙💙Blue wave resistance💙💙💙💙 @eliminatethegop.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
She is a walking cautionary tale.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 21/04/2025
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
"The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n" (Paradise Lost, Book I, Lines 221-270). Fake photo. I wouldn't be in this guy's head for musk money. It has to be hell in there.
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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
In the 1950s and 60s, the laws governing institutions were few and not well enforced. Money talked louder then because fewer people had it. Institutions often bought their way around rules and regulations, so I developed a firm dislike for institutional abuse. There are greater issues in play here.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Harvard graduates an average of 9,600 annually. That's 96,000 per decade and 240,000 since the start of the new Millenium. Yet trump thinks it's a good idea to go to war politically with this and other institutions of "Higher Learning." Not smart!
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I've noticed that more and more Republicans, instead of outright denial, have started quietly rationalizing their increasing unpopularity, trying to explain it using primarily unsubstantiated claims. I also predict as 2026 unfolds, we will start to see more panic with more desperation and lies.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
In sports, they say "The book is out," referring to having enough film on a team to plan a proper defense. Well, the book is out on trump. Prognosis: Call his bluff. He'll fold every time.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Art of the deal: trump threatens China with tariffs. China places tariffs on American goods. trump threatens higher tariffs on China. China ups the tariffs on America. trump begs China to negotiate. China doesn't take his call. trump reverses tariffs on China. *Yeah, he's a businessman. A bad one
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
😂🤣😂
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
History will judge trump as the worst president to ever hold office, but since he thinks the world began when he was born and will end when he is gone, he couldn't care less. Word of the day: Solipsist: One who adheres to self-absorption and an ignorance of the views or needs of others.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
trump needs to get his act together before people realize he's erratic, undisciplined, and clueless.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
It's called muzzle integrity, and only damn fools violate it.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The imports and exports between US and China in 2024 were over $600 billion. The current tariffs are now well over 125% for each country. Just saying, it's going to add up quickly.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
👇FS Fitzgerald understood people's foibles, especially the entitled ones.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Perfect!
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I'm from a time when workers often suffered from dangerous working conditions. Chemical exposure, inadequate injury safeguards, extreme working hours... Unions fight institutional abuse. Does anyone believe there is no institutional abuse left in the country? Anyone?
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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L. M. @standswithfist2025.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Remember: Republicans in Congress can put a stop to this at any time. SPREAD THE WORD! #RESIST
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This is from the American Enterprise Institute. Think about that for a minute.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
It's no longer a #TrumpSlump. Now it's a #TrumpCrash
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
@GOP Yep!
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Worthless!
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
"Be patient," says the rich man who will never feel the pain of scarcity. And now he's making up words. Not very well, but damn! And by the way, if you're not a bit panicky now, you're as clueless as he is.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
There's nothing more dangerous than a know-it-all who is sometimes right.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
In the classroom, you must remove the disruptive individual and deal with them in isolation so they aren't supported and strengthened by other students. That being said, when you attack the "world" instead of isolating a country with offending policy, countries simply ban together and gain strength.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I have discovered if you criticize all politicians, even trump supporters are left pondering the logic.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Again, worth at the last considering the possibility that he’s a malevolent idiot who has no idea what he’s doing.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Dcmesq101 @dcmesq101.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 04/04/2025
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gregjacobs1.bsky.social @gregjacobs1.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
TOMORROW April 5, we’re uniting to say HANDS OFF! Join citizens across the country to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented incompetence & blatant criminality. DO IT FOR THE PENGUINS! Go to app.sosha.ai/s/mkKNZwsa
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Trump has been in office a little over two months. Seems like a bit longer, doesn't it?
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The Republicans wanted a savior. What they got instead was Khaleesi.
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Just a Pilgrim on this Road @justpilgrim.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
There's blood in the water and 2026 is fast approaching. Buckle up, Republicans.
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