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LD144

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Painter, gardener, lover of peace. Keeping an eye on the craziness. No starter packs, please.

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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 4h
Those people are kind of freaks, though. I think they are rally junkies. Have you noticed how bored they look? They like the excitement and chanting brainless chants like "4 more years." They tend to wander off while he's still speaking. Those people are beyond reach, but they're not just in Ohio.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 17h
I just made the Cajun version of this brand. It's a favorite with the lemon juice.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 18h
I agree. I literally can't listen to his voice and avoid it.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 18h
They're suspending gas taxes here before the election so everyone will think gas is going down. Game over after the voting.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 19h
Mostly I think they go for the pageantry of awfulness and the feeling of being part of the mob. But they really look bored during his mindless brain dumps. They tend to leave early and look at their phones, disconnected from his speeches. It's fascinating. It's like it doesn't matter what he says.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 19h
It used to be. Now, they glorify wallowing in infantile ignorance and sadism. These are not good people. They attract more people like them and the results are catastrophic.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 19h
I live here too. And seriously, it's not everyone. Also, we're not as red as everyone seems to believe. The corrupt GOP here has captured their power through gerrymandering and cheating. They need to be voted out. It's not easy, but it can happen.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 21h
They're not scared. They're following orders from their owners. Media is demonstrably running interference for him and his deteriorating condition.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 21h
They know the chants from years of rallies. They just don't know what they mean. I'm surprised they didn't launch into "Lock her up!"
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 21h
He's the "vague one."
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 22h
Unfortunately, this was prescient.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And all the reasoning is based on daylight for rounds of golf.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It seems a lot of rapists fly under the radar. So men may very well know a rapist, without knowing he is one.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You need to ask? lol
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Kids? Nope. Men.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Okay. I wasn't expecting this. I laughed out loud.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Exactly.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The pope is correct.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Great. Can't wait for AI to come and load and stack firewood. Oh, and split the logs. That will be so helpful. Then, maybe wire a three way switch and build a wall in the basement. All things we're using obsolete human labor for this weekend.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Now it's $5,000 to every Citizen? Kids too? Cool. 🙄 And checks of "nearly" $100 will not pay seniors' part B Medicare premiums. Does anyone believe him at this point?
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
No, I was referring to the house Epstein was going to buy where Trump outbid him after Epstein showed it to him and said he was going to buy it. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/don...
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Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein partied together. Then an oceanfront Palm Beach mansion came between them.
Trump has not said why his relationship with Epstein ruptured, only that it happened about 15 years ago. At the time, the two men were squaring off over a real estate deal.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He's weak. He's a narcissist who lacks intelligence and discretion. He's out of his depth in this role, and he's aware he is flailing. His only response is to make a lot of noise, hoping everyone will be convinced. But no one is. Not even him. The damage he has done will end his career.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Make pepper jelly. Add a couple hot peppers if you like heat. Also this article is unreadable because of solid popups.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He did cheat Epstein. That's one of the reasons they had a falling out.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I always wanted a red haired child. My father had gorgeous red hair. I just don't get it.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm American and never heard of this until I married an English bloke. I come from a family with multiple red heads and, I suppose, ginger haired people. Always loved red hair. I couldn't believe how they're looked down on.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yep. The gas prices are hilarious, too. No reason for the dip. I suspect it's manipulation before the election.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They truly hate it when someone points out that they are wrong. Because they are never ever wrong.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We put up birdhouses all around the garden and we've noticed an almost total absence of Japanese beetles. Before, they were attacking everything! Now, the birds keep them in check. Plus, we get to watch them raise their families.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good news, but will it continue to lower, or is this some type of mid-term election manipulation?
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thought experiment. After the 2nd injection didn't work, how would officialdom have reacted to someone grabbing a gun & shooting her? With outrage, of course. And possibly a murder charge. But why? There lies the inherent irrationality of state killing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Calls grow for US death penalty halt after ‘torturous’ botched execution of Christa Pike
Pike alive but in critical condition as experts call ordeal that unfolded in Tennessee Wednesday ‘unimaginably barbaric’
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He's disparaging, insulting and demoting the very forces he "leads." (I use the term loosely.) "Patriotic cowboys" doesn't inspire any confidence in measured leadership. It diminishes it. He's a mini-tyrant trying to pretend he's tough. But everyone sees he's just pathetic.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well, or spiritual cosplaying. History,unsurprisingly, is fairly clear about what happens when everything is cloaked in the mantle of holy war. And this full armor of God thing. Whose God? What could possibly go wrong?
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Makeup artists could get a perfect match. I wonder why he doesn't employ one.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's the first of the month.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm sure. Sometimes I think it's the point. Make people despair and get discouraged. Give up. Feel impotent. I'm not quite there with thinking we have no agency, but it's harder every day. Hang in there.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Doable. Aim your sights.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I was visiting my son in California. We went to a nursery. Bees were swarming all over the flowers we were buying. We were thrilled. I'm from Ohio. Never seen a bee in a nursery.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think you're exactly on the right track. We need to get control and strategize for survival. Your mind is telling you to get your ducks in a row. Weather the coming mess. I wish I had the answers. But I feel this strongly. I'm trying to read the tea leaves. Failing. Then making guesses.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Don't you think there's a pervasive dread all around us? It's not paranoia. Not mental illness. It's prescient awareness. We've got to stop blaming ourselves for prescience.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think it is, in essential ways. For me, it's hard to strategize when I don't know from which direction it's coming. It's exhausting manning the lookout tower trying to see what's heading my way specifically. How to survive? How to prepare?
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ride that wave as long as you can.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We really need some positive news. Some wins for the regular people who are strapped in the back of a careening bus driven by a lunatic. This morning I heard lots of sirens and car horns. My hopes were dashed when it stopped.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
His IQ is only minimally higher than his shoe size.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I know 6 year olds who don't sound this immature when they play brag about their fantasies of super powers and magic. They would be embarrassed to make these comments. 6 year olds understand what lame sounds like.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Instant follow.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.
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LD144 @magicapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That's the part I worry about.
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