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@lgardner.bsky.social
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Retired man living in a California beach town. Moved here from Seattle in 2001. Was known as Jim Trailmaster on Twitter. No DMs please.

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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Obama’s mantra was “The audacity of hope.” Trump’s should be “The audacity of corruption.”
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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
To the “Christians” who condone every evil and sadistic action taken against immigrants because “they’re illegal,” here is what the Bible says about how foreigners should and should not be treated. You know, the Book you claim to believe in.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Forget about ‘28. If, in 39 days, we don’t restore some semblance of the checks and balances our founders envisaged, there will be no turning back.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The phrase, “The inmates are in charge of the asylum” has become a cliche. It occurs to me that a similar phrase could aptly describe Trump 2.0, “The delinquents are in charge of the high school.” In this case, the “high school” is the DOJ, the WH or any number of federal agencies.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Check out my ⁨Disasterproof conversation on extreme weather in a warming climate--including why improved prediction doesn't always lead to better outcomes, what's needed to "decouple" hazard from disaster, & my honest appraisal of emerging climate tech.
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Daniel Swain and the Science of Disaster Prediction
What does it actually take to predict a disaster? As wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and other disasters intensify, one climate scientist has become one of the most trusted voices helping the public make sense of it all before it happens. In this episode of Disasterproof, Kat sits down with Daniel S
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
"A brand new CNN poll shows President Trump at an all time low in his approval rating... look at his net approval rating now with pure independents - it's negative 71 points! I mean, these are the deep depths of the ocean. You never see numbers like these. An 86 point shift away from the president!"
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/09/2026
Today, Country First released a new ad. I'm a veteran, and I won't stand by while Trump turns our Military into a political weapon. Troops don't belong at polling locations. Yet Trump refuses to rule it out. Keeping our Military away from the Ballot Box isn't partisan, It's American.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“We are fed up with ICE & DHS telling us lies… NO MORE TRAFFIC STOPS BY ICE.” Wilber’s lawyer says he was sideswiped and shot by ICE without any clue who they even were — and ICE then immediately lied about what happened (again)
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Midwest Jules @midwestjules.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Not low enough.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Delusions of grandeur. Only three words but anyone reading them knows who it applies to. I’ve been around for 15 presidents but only one had been clinically insane.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The unfolding story of the Kennedy Center is not the most important thing in today’s news, but it reveals a key aspect of Trump’s psyche: Like a petulant child, what he cannot control he destroys. He has no insight into this and no self-control. He is impetuous and spiteful and without conscience.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump’s trade war with Canada is literally insane. The American and Canadian economies are so tightly integrated that it’s like having a trade war with ourself. If that isn’t insane, I don’t know what is.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In Hegseth, as in Trump, we have the perfect union of ignorance and arrogance. Unlike ordinary people who are ignorant of something these guys are not open to learning from people who know. Rejecting experts is part of their swaggering style. They refuse to learn even when the teacher is experience.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
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The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”
“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I wish the NYT had half the courage Mark Carney has. For example, the NYT has ample material to do a story on Trump’s mental decline, which becomes more obvious by the day. But they don’t. They didn’t hang back when it came to Biden though.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dolly Parton’s life illustrated the adage that sometimes the great can be good. Sometimes.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump’s always been stupid. That’s not new. He’s offset that with a feral instinct for what would help him politically.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump is many bad things. I could write down a long list. But at the top of the list is Bully, someone who takes advantage of his greater size, power, money, etc to dominate and humiliate anyone he perceives as smaller, weaker, poorer, etc.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Trump is trying to bully Canada. He’s trying to boss them around by dictating who they can trade with. Canadian PM Carney, in effect, said screw that. Elbows up Canada! 🇨🇦
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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
+34 on Election Day. -4 now. Nothing says “buyer’s remorse” quite like a 38-point receipt. This is the base that delivered Donald Trump in 2016 and again in 2024, ouch.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The latest news out of the White House indicates that the acronym “MAGA” now has a new meaning: “Make Aircraft Carriers Great Again.”
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Andys Theory 🦋⚡️💎 @andystheory.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Welcome to TrumpWorld. 🙃🙃🙃☦️⛪️🙃🙃🙃
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
With two demanding kids at home and another at work (her boss), it’s no wonder that Karoline Leavitt quit her job.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Thanks to Jay Kuo for pointing out that Trump is an item on the menu at Panda Express: it’s called “Orange Chicken.”
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Two economic reasons why the white nationalist obsession with deporting brown-skinned laborers is suicidal: (1) It is inflationary. We need these folks here to keep labor costs down.
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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
At age 80, President Joe Biden walked through an active war zone. At age 80, President Donald Trump hid in a food truck while escaping Air Force One. Different approaches.
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Midwest Jules @midwestjules.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Have you seen this, @atticus59914029.bsky.social?
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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Thread.
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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
*Record-breaking*: July 2026 displaced the Dust Bowl-era July of 1936 as well as July of 2012 to take the title of the US' hottest month on record since NOAA's record-keeping began in 1895. www.cnn.com/2026/08/10/c...
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July was the hottest month in the US since records began in 1895 | CNN
July was the hottest month ever recorded in the United States, according to data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
3 months. 13 weeks. 91 days. ‘Nuff said.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I've got 3 live virtual public events on YouTube scheduled over next 8 days (see recent posts for links): 1) Aug 3, 1p PT: WA wildfire disaster & bigger picture 2) Aug 4, 6p: "Super El Niño Town Hall" (CA Sen. Mike McGuire) 3) Aug 10, 1p: El Niño update: The latest forecast
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
After Max Miller’s statement, Bernie Moreno finally issues a statement denouncing Miller, saying he needs psychological help and should not be in Congress.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Hard to keep track of the number of times he's declared victory in his illegal war-of-choice. #86-47
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
100 days until the midterms.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026
Admirable clarity @science.org
The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.

That’s it. That’s the story
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
An absurd event given the time we are in. How out of touch can the WHCA possibly be? Let’s just normalize this autocratic disgusting person by carrying on with tradition while he burns norms, traditions and institutions to the ground. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
According to The Economist, Donald Trump’s net approval rating is NEGATIVE in 46 of the 50 states. Every state except for: Wyoming (Trump +17) Idaho (Trump +13) West Virginia (Trump +11) North Dakota (Trump +3) www.economist.com/interactive/...
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Donald Trump’s approval rating
Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It is interesting to compare the results of the 1928 presidential election with that of 1932. In the former, Hoover won all but seven of the states. In the latter, he lost all but six. In those days the political polarity of the electoral map was pretty much opposite from what it is today.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
From Ballotpedia: Sixty-nine members of Congress — 11 Senators and 58 Representatives — are not running for re-election this year, the most since at least 2000 and 30% more than the 53 who did not run in 2024.
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lgardner.bsky.social @lgardner.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Fifteen weeks till the midterms - 105 days. Can’t wait!
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
New Tesla logo just dropped.
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
#1-INSANE MINIMUMS 35.0 Djangeldi UZBEKISTAN HOTTEST NIGHT 33.7 Achisaj 43.5N 822m asl ‼️ KAZAKHSTAN HOTTEST NIGHT 32.4 Turkestan,29.1 Almaty TURKMENISTAN 33.8 Bagtiyarlyk,32.8 Sarakhs,32.2 Turkmenbat 29.5 Parkhar TAJIKISTAN HOTTEST NIGHT IRAN 29.6 Ferdows 🇰🇬 24.6 Kara Su
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Katie Hobbs is getting it done for Arizona. Over 100,000 new jobs. Medical debt erased for 1 million people. Childcare costs cut. Utility bill help. She's fighting every day to make life more affordable for working families across our state. Re-elect Gov Katie Hobbs! #Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1
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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
People all over the world: “How can the Americans put a man like Donald Trump in charge … again?” Me: “161 years of a third of the country still being pissed off about the outcome of the Civil War. This is what racial grievance will lead you to.”
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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
You know how to tell when Trump’s FRIENDS and ALLIES realize he looked like a deranged old man last night? It’s when he gives a prime time speech and the people at FOX NEWS don’t want to talk about it - at all. www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox...
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Fox & Friends Completely Ignores Trump’s Election Speech — Doesn’t Mention It Once in 3-Hour Show
As other networks picked apart President Trump’s prime-time address to the nation on Thursday night, Fox News went in a different direction.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
@ejeancarroll.bsky.social: "I don't understand how people can be afraid of a fat elderly man who wears apricot makeup, his hair done up like Tippi Hedren in The Birds and sits in a court room and moans and groans and complains”
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Warnock: “Donald Trump lost Georgia in 2020. He’s trying to sow doubt on the integrity of our elections in Georgia so he can create the pretext to interfere in 2026.” @warnock.senate.gov
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