LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Will he end ROTC at colleges across the country? Cadet or midshipman military classes and drill periods are led by active duty officers and enlisted personnel. Otherwise the prospective officers are in regular college courses with civilian classmates and professors. 110
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 25/09/202634-year career as a airline pilot. I met some interesting colleagues from all walks of life. Not sure I ever worked with a furry. Tuberville is off his rocker. He was a competent football coach at my alma mater. A US Senator? Not so much. 000
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Swalwell is gone. Toast. Boebert is still there. The GOP is supporting Max Miller’s reelection campaign. McConnell occupies a position with no capacity to execute. Johnson recessed Congress multiple times to avoid votes. Both parties may be addicted to big money, but they are not “the same.” 031
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Karl Rove mocking Trump at The Atlantic Festival is beyond ironic. Why give Rove a moment of publicity? There is a direct, straight-line relation from his (anonymously attributed) statement “we are history’s actors…we create our own reality,” to where we are today with this lying administration.huffpost.comThe Reality-Based Community And Trump's Orwellian DystopiaThe term "truth," which once indicated a claim supported by incontestable facts, has, because of Trump, been re-defined. 010
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Canada, we’re sorry it’s come to this. More US citizens have voted for someone other than Trump than voted for him since he first ran in 2016 (he lost the popular vote then, as well). This is “Trade War”, written by Si Kahn and released in May 2026. mebanesville.bandcamp.com/track/trade-...mebanesville.bandcamp.comTrade War!, by L. D. "Larry" Vellani & Mebanesvillefrom the album ICE Fishing in America 001
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Happy Labor Day! youtu.be/q8Pr5o8AAc0?...youtu.beJohn Lennon - Working Class Hero (Acoustic)YouTube video by WorkingKlassHero 000
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton dead. RIP to a good human being. We’re all worse off for it. 020
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 14/08/2026There’s an old saying in the Navy that “a bitching sailor is a happy sailor.” That applies when talking about restricted liberty in port or KP duty or Navy life in general, but not this bullshit. 110
Reposted by LiberalClipperJohn Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Guess who hasn’t called for Rep. Max Miller to be expelled. 781826608
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Republicans have Rick Scott, former CEO of HCA, shilling Medicare waste, fraud & abuse; Ken Paxton, adulterer, running on traditional values; Marco Rubio, anchor baby, fighting birthright citizenship; Richard Hudson, ballot harvester, touting election security. All for a con man, not the people. 120
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 07/08/2026From a month ago. No surprise in the answer. bsky.app/profile/libe... 000
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 07/08/2026July jobs report shows decline in labor market. Reminder: Joe Biden is the only president in history to have positive job growth every month of his presidency. stocks.apple.com/AZgcKsHLdTMK...stocks.apple.comJuly payrolls fall by 23,000, details also weak— live updates — MarketWatchFollow MarketWatch's live coverage of the U.S. July jobs report, and what it means for markets, the economy and your money. 042
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Rand Paul referring Fauci to the DOJ and US Attorney for DC for possible criminal prosecution is itself outside the law. Contempt of a committee must be referred to the parent chamber for action. Paul knows he can’t get 60 senators to vote for referral, so he’s trying an end run on the process. 020
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 03/08/2026My senator Thom Tillis’ legacy will be his deciding votes for Hegseth and for Blanche. Other than those 2 spineless prostrations he’ll be forgotten to history. May the ghosts of Terry Sanford, Sam Ervin and every other North Carolinian with a conscience haunt him all his days. 010
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 30/07/2026MS NOW reports that tomorrow’s vote on confirming Blanche may be canceled, citing Thom Tillis. Why consider a vote before Blanche has to produce unredacted Epstein files on Friday related to Katy Phang’s lawsuit. His response is all they need to know about his potential tenure as AG. 110
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 27/07/2026With tariffs back atop the headlines, here is “Trade War!”, a track from Mebanesville’s album, ICE Fishing in America. mebanesville.bandcamp.com/track/trade-...mebanesville.bandcamp.comTrade War!, by L. D. "Larry" Vellani & Mebanesvillefrom the album ICE Fishing in America 001
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Flashback to the end of Biden’s term. The PRESS Act passed the House unanimously, yet Schumer wouldn’t bring it to a vote in the Senate. Look where we are now with reporters subpoenaed, threatened and cowering. Hate to say I told you so, but no one seemed concerned enough to act when they had the 100
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Todd Blanche authorized subpoenas to NYT reporters. The judge in the case just gave the DoJ a choice-withdraw them or have them quashed. Why are we considering confirming an AG nominee that repeatedly defies court orders, disrespects the 1st Amendment and considers himself to be Trump’s lawyer? 25020
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Republicans have funded ICE to the tune of tens of billions of dollars, yet no body cameras make it to the front lines where thugs are killing legal immigrant workers and American citizens. This is not a logistics problem. It is a choice. 010
Reposted by LiberalClipperNissim @nissimss.bsky.social · 24/06/2026High prices are why Trump was elected and his failure to lower them. Are Republicans staring down the barrel of a brutal midterm? It’s not just that Trump didn’t lower prices It’s that he raised them by starting a war no one wanted against a country no one thought was an imminent threat and he lost 042
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Just think of all the windmill cancer that we’re avoiding! 😡stocks.apple.comTrump administration to pay $765 million to scrap four more offshore wind leases — ReutersThe Trump administration on Wednesday said it would pay $765 million to power project developer Invenergy to terminate four wind leases off the coasts of New York, California and Maine. 000
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Especially for our Canadian friends, this cut off Mebanesville’s recent album is “Eleventh Province “. Give it a listen. The entire album is available on all the regular platforms. Download is available (free, if you choose) at mebanesville.bandcamp.com mebanesville.bandcamp.com/track/11th-p... 100
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Todd Blanche is meeting with Republican senators to shore up his confirmation chances. That includes Senator Bill Cassidy. So, is the doctor that gave us RFKjr to destroy the public health system, now going to vote to confirm the President’s personal lawyer to destroy the justice system as well? 084
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 14/06/2026From the album “ICE Fishing in America”. Listen to the album (free, if you choose) at Mebanesville.bandcamp.com. Available on all streaming platforms. Trump Gone Mar-a-Lago mebanesville.bandcamp.com/album/ice-fi... 100
Reposted by LiberalClipperEmily Giesel MD @emmygiselle.bsky.social · 29/05/2026So many many moments his career should have ended. I can think of 10 without trying 2261
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Second shameless plug of the week-my son released a music video a couple of weeks ago. Give it a listen. youtu.be/KbroAFO8xT8?...youtu.beErnest Thompson - West Ashley BluesYouTube video by eht1991 120
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Prisons for profit should be illegal. Healthcare for profit should be illegal. Both are immoral. 020
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I have little doubt that Ken Paxton is a worse human being than John Cornyn. Still, the shadenfreude is pretty sweet watching a guy that voted 99.2% with Trump get thrown under the bus. Good riddance. 030
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Good morning! Shameless plug here. My band has released a new album with timely songs crafted by Si Kahn and LD Vellani. Give it a listen on all the usual platforms. mebanesville.bandcamp.com/album/ice-fi...mebanesville.bandcamp.comICE Fishing in America, by L. D. Vellani & Mebanesville, with Si Kahn12 track album 110
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 21/05/2026With the slush fund paying a private militia and states enacting voter suppression laws, I wonder what else we have in store. Remember the Russia-linked bomb threats at polling locations in 2024? Whatever became of that? Did Vlad assure Trump that it was fake news? That’s usually all it takes.fbi.govFBI Statement on Bomb Threats to Polling Locations | Federal Bureau of InvestigationThe FBI is aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains. None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far. 110
Reposted by LiberalClipperAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/05/2026NEW: I've filed a claim with Todd Blanche for compensation from the $1.776B slush fund for the unlawful investigation by the government into my podcast in August 2019. I'm seeking $8.647 million in compensation for weaponized lawfare - the equivalent of punitive damages, lost pay and retirement. 1764331967614
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I’ve seen headlines reporting the settlement (slush fund) in the Trump IRS case as $1.7 or $1.8 billion. It’s worse than that. They’re trolling us. The settlement is $1.776 billion. 1776, get it? 121
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Models show 762,000 preventable deaths have occurred due to the dismantling of USAID. Peer reviewed research indicates 14,000,000 deaths by 2030. A large percentage are children. These are scientific studies by our most prestigious schools of public health. No one even talks about it now.hsph.harvard.eduUSAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthThe Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord... 141
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 13/05/2026My Congresswoman. She represents constituents from Boone to Mayodan. Her district borders TN and VA. Due to NC being extremely gerrymandered, she represents a large portion of the citizens of Greensboro. Greensboro has much different priorities than the mostly rural areas in the district.newsobserver.comNC mother calls Rep. Virginia Foxx’s letter to 10-year-old ‘reprehensible’Rep. Virginia Foxx told a fourth-grader from Greensboro that he was being “indoctrinated” by his teachers after he asked her to help fight pollution. 010
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Trump just now on Charles III visit-he’s a quality person, he did a good job, he got the Democrats to stand (during his address to the joint session of Congress). He can’t understand that Charles was calling out his authoritarianism and his Republican Party was the one with the shaky reactions. 011
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Powell will step down as Federal Reserve Chair, but retain his Governor seat until 2028. Why wouldn’t he? Justice is appealing the ruling throwing out subpoenas. The admin is probably playing Tillis (my Senator) for the fool he is. Trump never forgets an imagined slight. They can’t be trusted. 110
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Yet another intervention brought to you by the “government shouldn’t pick winners and losers” crowd.apple.newsTrump Administration Nearing Rescue Deal for Spirit Airlines — The Wall Street JournalPresident signaled this week the government could help discount carrier, which has struggled with surging jet fuel prices 000
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 13/04/2026A blockade is, by definition, an act of war. It is not an excursion or an operation or whatever else State, DOD or the White House wants to call it. Where is Congress? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockadeen.wikipedia.orgBlockade - Wikipedia 132
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 10/04/2026ETTD stocks.apple.com/AJy2Qwe-_SuG...stocks.apple.comWharton is no longer the best business school in the U.S. — Philadelphia InquirerWharton is no longer the best business school in the U.S. 131
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Escalate to de-escalate sounds a lot like destroy the village to save it. 021
Reposted by LiberalClipperNancy Dagle @nancydagle.bsky.social · 01/04/2026But Barack Obama wore a tan suit and Michelle wore a sleeveless dress and tried to feed healthy food to kids. Kamala supposedly had a weird laugh, so she couldn't be President, instead we get all of this shit and a war too! 530332
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 28/03/2026The last time we heard, “we don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud” it was covering for a lie. Netanyahu has been declaring Iran to be weeks away from a nuclear weapon since the 1990’s. We are in a war of Trump’s choice. The American people are against it. Impeach and remove him. 021
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Government today is the result of the Unitary Executive theory pushed by Dick Cheney et al. Trump is not some rogue actor breaking norms, guidelines & laws. He is what Republicans have wanted for decades. Now they call Democrats the greatest threat to the US. Vote them out at every opportunity. 000
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 25/03/2026A 25 year reign of corruption and partisan rigging of our state’s politics. He will not be missed by anyone that cares about fairness or representation of people over corporate interests. 141
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 23/03/2026For Ghislaine Maxwell, “I wish her well.” For Robert Mueller, “Good. I’m glad he’s dead.” 030
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The Dow is below 46,000 (points, not dollars). Can Pam Bondi comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act now? 010
LiberalClipper @liberalclipper.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Requiring judicial warrants to enter a home is not a negotiating item. It’s in the Constitution. 000