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Ljgittleman

@ljgittleman.bsky.social
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Retired journalist, small town paper. I like news. #DemValues Looks like I have to say this again. I’m yet another boomer named Linda. No DMs

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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We think it can’t get any worse and every day we are proven wrong. This president and his administration have become horrifying so we all post our frustrations and rage on the internet. We all say pretty much the same things. We repeat what he did and how we feel about it. It doesn’t do any good.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When they talk about making a plan to vote, is this something new? After you’ve learned you are correctly registered, is it something more elaborate and complex than simply just going to your same old precinct and voting? Could somebody give an example of this “plan”? And does it include lunch?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There are some things you do because that’s how your mother did it. There are some things you don’t do because that’s how your mother did it.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I’m old enough to remember when a million dollars was a whole lot of money. Ha!
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Who are all these communists Trump and his peanut gallery keep talking about? I had no idea that apparently there are several American communist parties. One isn’t enough? So could they please name names and include which party they are members of. And do they get cards to carry?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
How many days can an elected official - somebody like, say for example, Mitch McConnell, disappear off the face of the Earth before they are replaced? Surely there’s a limit to the number of days of no-shows?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I don’t know if McConnell is dead or alive. But if he’s dead, isn’t it illegal to keep it a secret? Social Security had to be notified if he died and was collecting SS, not to mention his congressional pay.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
To all our elected officials: how long can this go on?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Yep, things are expensive these days. And I’m plenty old enough to remember when things were shockingly cheap in comparison to prices today. But does everything have to cost at least $1 billion? Seems like $100 million would be more than enough for all of Trump’s stupid projects.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
A billion dollars is one thousand million. How much does a body need, for heaven’s sake?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Before Trump became president did you ever hear the word hoax so much? It seems he and his administration have set something of a record in the use of that word.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Let Trump pay those insurrectionists $1.7 billion, even though it sounds like it’s as illegal as all get out. We just have to make sure he pays them with his very own money. Not ours.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I’m missing something here. Everyone wants Medicare for All. I’m on Medicare and my supplemental is $5,000 a year. Just me. Can families afford that? What am I missing?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Haven’t we had enough of posts telling us to,”Wake up, America”? Frankly I’m sick of it. Enough already. Those posts aren’t doing any good. He’s still in office. What are we supposed to do, besides vote in an election that‘s six months away?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
For whatever reason, the phrase, “It’s a cult” is back in vogue. It seems to me, by saying that, it means there’s no chance for discussion, for hope, for anything. “It’s a cult“ says that’s the end of it so shut up. You know, it’s a cult.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
When Donald doesn’t like someone, he will often call them “a low IQ person.” Even those with advanced degrees. Can we assume that‘s what he’s been called through the years?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
One more thing I don’t understand about Melania. Why does she say she’s a practicing Catholic? She doesn’t regularly attend mass and (never?) receives the sacraments. She was married in an Episcopal church and Barron was baptized in an Episcopal church. Why not say she’s Episcopalian?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
When I was in elementary school, Eisenhower was president. If Ike had said what Trump said today, our parents would have picked us up at school immediately. Don’t know what would have happened after that. But the thing is, Trump’s parents would likely have picked him up too.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Another of the signs from the No Kings protest in the middle of Michigan.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
“Hey, hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go“ about 100 No Kings folks shouted in a small town in the middle of the mitten Saturday.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
It seems almost cruel to allow Trump to continue as president. He can’t do the job and he doesn’t know what’s going on. If he were able to understand his situation he would want out too. Why are the Republicans allowing this tragedy to continue?
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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
What sickness the right has wrought on America. We all should carry guns but if we do they get to kill us because we’re carrying guns.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
If Americans do in fact form a well regulated militia to combat ICE - not saying this is a good idea- it would need a name. it can’t be Anti-Ice or Antifa or “professional radical communist/terrorists”. Something simple. The Heat?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence These are the foundations of real freedom.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
How long can Congress let this go on? The madman needs to stopped. NOW!
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
When it comes to our complete disgust and sheer horror about the Trump administration, Moses Mike almost seems to overtake Trump in our repulsions. Almost. Unfortunately, he’s in a long line. How long are we supposed to take this?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Small town in the middle of the mitten today. One sign reads, “I miss not having to protest.”
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Is there anyone who can tells us where, with some specificity, this $40 billion to Argentina is coming from? Can anybody name these “outside sources?”
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Has anyone noticed that Joan Kennedy also died yesterday? Surprised that no one is talking about her, the last of that generation.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
What getting old really means: you can remember all the words to “Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” but can’t remember what you had for dinner last night.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I believe that if the world came to an end, Trump and his regime would say that’s the first they heard of it. The ignorance is unbelievable and a lot of us don’t for a minute believe their claimed ignorance. We believe they just can’t admit the truth.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Does anyone know what they found in Bolton’s home?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
We don’t skimp on groceries. We buy what we want and get what we need. So what’s the highest priced item on the grocery bill? Toilet paper. Got a nine roll pack on sale for $19.94. The next most expensive? Paper towels.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
I certainly understand that some prisons are better than others, but what are these so called “luxury prisons?” What makes them luxurious?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
When Repubs grab hold of a phrase, they stick with it. Apparently they have various levels of crying and can’t come up with anything else but “cry harder.” That’s it. It seems they can’t cry their little hearts out no matter how hard they cry.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I wonder who Lisa Murkowski would like to see play her in the movie.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I don’t get it. What overcrowded big city hospital will the republicans go to and be assured of admittance if the bill passes? Especially those who voted yes?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
About the Fla judge who believes the constitution was created for white people only…Can someone please tell him if he judges people by the color of their skin, he’s not white enough. He can tan.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
“We are not a king,” says Trump using the “royal we.”
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Hal Madsen @halmadsen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
It occurred to me that if ICE is able to abduct people off the street with masks and no ID, what’s to prevent sex traffickers from doing the same? #ProudBlue
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Kim @klaw1231.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
It affects us all.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
@governorwalz.mn.gov We love you Governor. But please. Catholics AND Christians? If Catholics aren’t Christian what are they?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Is there no crime a US president can commit that he can be simply arrested for? Like significantly harming Americans, their businesses and land? Or threatening people/countries or causing threats to be made on his behalf? Deliberately not obeying court orders? Anything? Nothing?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
So is the reason Trump declared that English is the official language? So he and his stooges don’t have to learn Russian? Or try and fail to learn it?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Why do Republicans - even those elected officials - vote to hurt themselves? If they gut Medicaid and Medicare, what hospital will they & families go to? How much money will they have to lay down to get on the waiting list for the few big city hospitals that’ll be open? And nursing homes? Hah!
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
All the threats on cutting/ eliminating Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare will not hurt only Trump supporters but all the rest of us too. Have those who get none of those programs decided what hospital they will go to if need be? Most will have to close as they are dependent on those programs.
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Since JD is railing against the Catholic bishops for daring to help immigrants, isn’t an excommunication a possibility?
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Ljgittleman @ljgittleman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
It still is a crime to hire an illegal immigrant, last I looked. So how many employers have been arrested?
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