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Bruce Lammers

@lammetrack.bsky.social
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Track Coach. Retired Social Studies Teacher. Runner, Bicycle Tourist. Husband, Dad, Grandpa. UW-Stevens Point, Oostburg HS, Gibbsville Elementary.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h
The power of the purse is Congress’s strongest check on the president. If a president can both spend money Congress refused to give him and refuse to spend money Congress ordered him to spend, Congress no longer has the spending power.
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Why You Must Care About the Ballroom
Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 08/10/2026
Most people don't realize dumb is spelled with a B
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Michael Huggins @michaelhugg2591.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Trump did not adjust to the responsibilities of the presidency, so conservatives adjusted to him." - Charlie Sykes Excerpt: Updated How The Right Lost Its Mind — The Contrarian Conservative www.thecontrarianconservative.com/blog/2018/10...
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Excerpt: Updated How The Right Lost Its Mind — The Contrarian Conservative
From the Weekly Standard: Late on the afternoon of October 7, 2016, I texted an old friend, fellow Wisconsinite Reince Priebus. The  Access Hollywood  videotape had just been released, sh...
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Michael Huggins @michaelhugg2591.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Thom Tillis lacks the courage of his remarkably weak convictions" - Charlie Sykes substack.com/@sykescharli...
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Charlie Sykes (@sykescharlie)
In the end, Tillis gives naivete a bad name. But he also provides a window into what has happened to the GOP, which has surrendered their morals, rationalized Trump’s increasingly erratic and bizarre ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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ITEP @itep.org · 08/10/2026
NEW: Americans in nearly every income group are paying more under President Trump's second term in 2026. The overall impact of inflationary policies, OBBBA's top-heavy tax cuts, and expiring health care tax credits have left savings only for the wealthiest Americans.
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
And scene.
quote from 1984 where the party is always right.
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mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This cartoon was created by Pulitzer Prize winning artist Adam Zyglis for The Buffalo News in November, 2024. It hits even harder now.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's a scandal that the president of the United States is out of his damn mind. It's also a scandal that major news media aren't telling you that, loudly and often.
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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 07/09/2026
For decades, reporters have treated hours-long voting lines as a “normal” feature of Election Day instead of investigating why some Americans consistently face greater barriers to the ballot… hartmannreport.com/p/has-the-me...
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Has the Media Normalized the GOP’s Voter Suppression Right Before Our Very Eyes?
For decades, reporters have treated hours-long voting lines as a “normal” feature of Election Day instead of investigating why some Americans consistently face greater barriers to the ballot…
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Support the journalists
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What a list. Imagine if Obama did even one of these things. www.meidasplus.com/p/the-75-mos...
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
GROUNDWORK: “.. After adjusting for inflation, corporate profits have grown 52% since 2019. Wages have grown just 12%.” @groundwork.bsky.social
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump is such a prolific liar, he can’t keep track of all his lies, he’s counting on his ‘not so sharp’ supporters, just taking him at his word, with zero accountability…
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“.. more than 1,000 securities trades in June, including significant purchases of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and Cintas Corp., ..” @fortune.com $BRK $V $MA $PLTR fortune.com/2026/08/22/t...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Finally some heat.
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4hodags.bsky.social @4hodags.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I heard him speak yesterday in Rhinelander, I didn't know anything about him. I voted for Hong, but after hearing him speak (with everyone else on dem ticket) I feel good voting for him. He is young, energetic, hopeful, and has a positive FORWARD message.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A new study shows that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and over $1 trillion every year. The new research out of Yale shows that reductions in administrative overhead, lower pharmaceutical prices, less fraudulent billing, and fewer emergency care trips would lead to huge savings. /1
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Yale Study: Medicare for All Would Save Over 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year | Common Dreams
"Do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All," the senator said. "What we cannot afford is a broken healthcare system based on greed."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“Socialism is a scareword they have hurled at every advance the people have made… socialism is their name for most anything that helps the people. 1952. Truman. This is how stale their desperate fearmongering is. cc: @MarshaBlackburn
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/08/2026
You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/08/2026
You could have voted no on Blanche. Idiot.
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Bruce Lammers @lammetrack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
History will not be kind to the Republican Senators that could have put an end to all of this madness, beginning in January, 2021. There is a reason that the Legislative Branch is Article I of the Constitution. Use your power!!! Just shameful and spineless.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Two senators on their way out the door. Nothing left to lose. Total leverage. And they traded it for a memo. A piece of paper. Cornyn and Tillis folded like lawn chairs, and everybody knew they would. Again.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We need a constitutional amendment to permit limits on campaign expenditures and prevent billionaires from buying elections. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
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Elon Musk Plans at Least $100 Million in Midterm Spending to Help Republicans
Elon Musk, a year after a huge blowup with President Trump and the Republican Party, is said to be planning to spend in at least eight states to help them in November.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal?
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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
They say books won’t change the world. Tell that to every colonizer who burned them. To every enslaved person who was punished for reading. Literacy is resistance. Literacy is liberation. The library is a battlefield.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
DEAR ALLEGED NEWS OUTLETS, Stop reporting these asinine "reflecting pool cutting" stories. You are participating in propaganda. You are undermining reality. You are placing people in harm's way. You are stoking conspiracy. You are allowing this sociopath to evade accountability again. STOP IT.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Government scientists proved that the COVID vaccine cut emergency-room visits in half, but the regime tried to bury the math. Too bad for them—the study bypassed their censorship and was just published in JAMA Network Open anyway. Full story: 👇 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-pla...
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Steve Senski's Watching @stevensenski.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
It was 25 years ago today when we lost one of television's greatest stars. Carroll O'Connor was 76 when the four-time Emmy winner died of a heart attack OTD in 2001.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence
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Helen Jeannine 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @helen-jeannine.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
my favorite part of the “democrats steal elections!” narrative is how we very cleverly lost the white house and the house and the senate
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/05/2026
Another super blinkey afternoon for gramps. Poor guy is just operating on fumes
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itsmab.bsky.social @itsmab.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Just wanted to let you know that the IRS has audited every president annually for decades now to ensure there was no corruption and the reason you didn't know that was because only one president found that to be a problem
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I will never ever forget that. Don't forget to subscribe: www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe
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Resist Trump 🤬 🤦🏽‍♂️🇺🇸 💜💙💪🏽 @resist-trumps-rule.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Every once in a while he tells the truth.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Perfect campaign ad for the upcoming Midterms. 👌
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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
“A nation can’t survive indefinitely under the rule of corruption, narcissism, spectacle and indifference. Eventually reality arrives. Eventually consequences matter. Eventually the propaganda fails.” steveschmidt.substack.com/p/the-quote-...
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The quote that kills MAGA
PLUS: Join Julie Roginsky and me TODAY at 12 pm ET on Substack Live
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Tulips say ELLO. And Good morning Blue Sky
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
KELLOGG: Ukrainians fought brilliantly, lost only 1% of land since 2014. You’ve got to give them full credit for what they’ve done. Russians not winning this war, they’re losing. Putin faces huge economic problems, suffered 1.2 to 1.4 million casualties, not going to get Donbas.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Thanks @markhamillofficial.bsky.social! I'm grateful. P.S. I sent you an IG DM if you get 15 seconds!
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Beaver Bones Robertson @darickr.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
"Trump is fighting total war against wokeness as his eyes close and his mouth droops," journalist @atrupar.com wrote on X. He later added, "Trump is about to hit REM on camera during an Oval Office event. It's just incredible."
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Trump roasted for again appearing to doze off on the job: 'He's unwell'
President Donald Trump was caught sleeping during an Oval Office press conference on Thursday — and the internet didn't hold back. The president was speaking with a group of cabinet members about seve...
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Victory favors those who follow the science.
Screenshot of a tweet by Senator Mark Kelly (@SenMarkKelly) pointing out that George Washington prioritized smallpox vaccination for his troops as key to winning the Revolutionary War, concluding that "a founding father from 250 years ago had a better understanding of science and military readiness than Pete Hegseth." He quote-tweets a Washington Post breaking news report that Hegseth has ended the military's annual flu vaccine requirement.
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