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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 8h

Trump's deranged, running the nation like we aren't long for this planet. He said he thinks of death; he's now thinking he wants to take us with him.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 8h

If Trump wrote the check, cash it fast or it could bounce.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 8h

This is a first for Trump, don't believe it, or it came too close to the November election for him to be defiant.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 8h

No one should be surprised; Trump is fascist, and this is what they do. They ignore laws and guardrails, and do as they please, with people around them, loyal, and willingly break laws on his word. The courts are slow to correct him, and he uses the time to his advantage. The election will be won.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 10h

How can the GOP see this, they are so obvious about it, and ignore it? It says they are putting the party ahead of the welfare of the nation. In doing what they're doing, they're robbing Republicans, too.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 13h

If seniors are getting checks, it's their taxes that paid for it, didn't come out of Trump's pocket, but were added to the national deficit. As for its value, the GOP BBB budget cut healthcare benefits, so you'll have to pay it back, plus more now at the doctor, whereas before the cost was covered.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 14h

Collins distanced herself from Trump at the debate, but had voted for his policies until he got into trouble. Now that it's come out, she's accused of poltical corruption herself. She is just a poltical hack in old age, time she leaves.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 15h

If Trump succeeds in rigging the election, it'll be done with the compliance of GOP leadership and poltical supporters. They are guilty of what's been done to our democracy. The Founding Fathers didn't fully expect the deep corruption of their system. They mustn't avoid targeting them, too.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 16h

As horrendous as Hamas' attack on October 7th, indifferent to norms, in their cult of annihilation, which precipitated the Israeli response. Israel has since overreacted and is doing the same to Palestinians in the form of their own terrorism and inhumanity. A plague on both; it has to stop now.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 16h

It's a double whammy. Not only are diesel prices spiking, but Iran is in a powerful position to do it again whenever it pleases. I suspect we'll see more spikes, up and down, as Iran plays games on the international stage. Now, thanks to Trump, they don't have to close the strait, just threaten it.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 16h

Trump's no diplomat and ill-suited as President due to incompetence and basic ignorance in navigating world affairs. Everything he says is picked apart. His speech the other night was rightly criticized for that reason, sending the wrong message during a war. He thought it was inspired; it wasn't

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 17h

Trump has broken all the decorum rules of the office. He brought these responses upon himself by the way he's been conducting himself. Actions have consequences, and for some, they are responding accordingly. He lowered the bar and now wants to hide behind his position.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 17h

Trump's done real damage to America, and voters see it. The GOP leadership went along with him, which made it far worse, and without them, it couldn't have gotten so bad. They never tried to restrain him, and they muted criticism. November 3rd is the day of reckoning; they should panic.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 17h

In her way, Collins is just a party hack.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 17h

She's too comfortable as a Senator and stopped working for Mainers a long time ago. She isn't trying.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 17h

Another execution would be cruel and unusual punishment. They tortured her by botching the execution. She shouldn't go through it again after what she experienced, no matter how heinous a crime. Face it, the State botched it. Just remit her to prison.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Given the numbers, this is not the general view of the protest. During the Vietnam War protests, we had incidents of violence. The article quoted police violence as well, as it happened here. National protests are dangerous affairs, which is why they need to be avoided before they get out of hand.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Republicans, those not die-hard MAGA, are disillusioned by Trump's lies and incompetence, trying to hide it. They see it in their daily lives, as prices rise and we're in a new Trump-induced war. It's all at his feet, despite his scapegoating. They don't have the enthusiasm to pretend all is well.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump is the new Herbert Hoover. Hoover accelerated the Great Depression by signing the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act after the crash of 1929. People were already hurting, and prices rose. The effect spread into a global depression that didn't end until the start of WWII. Trump is our Hoover today.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What other President would give our enemies targeting advice? Answer: only a President who isn't a real leader but a grifter who's faking it. He lacks gravitas.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And still, the GOP won't consider impeaching him when he's giving targeting advice to our enemies.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As reported, protesters are setting garbage fires, not attacking citizens. The atmosphere is similar to what we've seen here before: moderate disobedience. At least the French police aren't like ICE here, masked and shooting protesters. The French schools reported on BBC are many ancient buildings.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The simplest messages are the most effective. Voters feel the pain of higher prices. They know it's mostly from Trump's new tariffs, which are like a federal sales tax on goods. The link is clear, and the billboard drives it home.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Putin is Trump's puppet once again. If the straits were open, they could get it there instead. Putin is committing war crimes in Ukraine, posing an existential threat. Zelenskyy offered Putin a deal: stop bombing their infrastructure, and he'd do the same. Putin ignored the offer, so Trump jumps in.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is a fascist administration that's adopted the trappings of past tyrannies in the world. There is no doubt about where it's heading: a danger to democratic processes and the American people.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Do to others as they've done to you. McConnell and Trump broke accepted practices in Supreme Court appointments, changing rules based on the party in power to subvert Senate comity for detriment of Congress. It hardened animosities to where we are today.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What you expect from totalitarian regimes, and not from democracies, is America's own long-held policy towards our wounded military, regardless of the cause. It puts the best interests of citizens behind the needs of the administration in power managing the truth.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Alito is overturning recent precedent with Roe, more for ideological reasons than for how the Supreme Court deliberates. It's like he decided to retire and walk out the door earlier and said, screw modern society now expressing his chivernism. Women belong pregnant and at home.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The revolving door of government. How it's done with all the graft and hondling going on in a corrupt government. It's the elite class doing what they do, in all ages and at all times. Now, more than ever.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is because economic growth is flowing to the top and other places rather than to the consumer sector, which produces jobs.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Trump did want her Nobel Peace Prize. I'm sure he shows it to guests who visit him at Mar-a-Lago.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Trump is a fascist; people don't want to use the word, but this midterm confirms it. He's taking a page from fascist leaders, breaking election laws to hold power. Not even Nixon did the abuse we're seeing with Trump, and expect him to do worse as we get closer to November 3rd.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is the old GOP knee-jerk response to rile up followers. It goes back to the 50s and a fear in the nation of fascist regimes, then Russia, and nuclear weapons. The U.S. used its nuclear umbrella policy to limit the spread. Experts said Iran didn't have any now under the JCPOA. Trump ended it!

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Trump's ads make Trump look weak, not strong. It's because you see him, and it reminds you of his BS and his record. Not normal poltical disasters, but the damage from a flawed character who ignores reality as he takes the nation off a cliff. A demagogue with BS as policy, instead of results.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Trump administration is pouring government stimulus into the economy; deficits are soaring to get Trump and the GOP over the November election. The problem this is counterproductive, trading future revenue today, which can't be sustained. Inflation will rise, and demand will slow to a recession.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Bribing voters is illegal, and to hell with the Supreme Court's presidential immunity. He should now be sanctioned and enjoined by the court and given a trial when he leaves office. They can then decide if bribing voters is a core duty, as in autocracies in sham elections.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Trump has no credibility both here and around the globe. He has no respect for the truth. If he's serious, ask the judge to appoint an investigator to establish the damage, the cost to repair, and any alternative scenarios. No one is taking Trump's word for anything at this late date. Stop BSing.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If the oil companies willfully contributed to climate damage, they are responsible for mitigating it until it is resolved. Their solution will be to raise gas prices to maintain margins.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Trump, ever the weathervane. Wait a day, and it will spin back in the other direction.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Trump is Svengoolie for MAGA. Vought is an opportunist. It's a symbiotic relationship. Without Trump, he's nothing. Trump's a puppet for many; the list is long, starting with Putin early on. Vought made promises consistent with what Trump wants done, if Trump were smart enough to do it himself.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Voight is Trump's apparatchik, a blindly devoted official, a follower, and a member of GOP MAGA. He organized and is implementing policies Trump blessed to create an autocracy going forward by withering democracy. The vaulted Republican Party betrayed America in electing a tyrant with his henchmen.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's Trump's grift piled upon grift to rig the election. Where is the GOP response as he drags their reputation in the mud with his pandering? This is as the national deficit is out of control. It's sleaze on steroids.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trump is using our taxpayer funds to help out his buddy in Brazil. This is okay, according to the Supreme Court, to even ask him why, - official duties, as he defines it. So, in the end, healthcare gets cut because Bolsonaro can get elected.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Another lottery-like bribe from the last election? What is $90 going to pay in health costs anyway? A taxi ride to the ER because Trump and the GOP cut your healthcare, for far more. Thank the Supreme Court and presidential immunity, which emboldened Trump, for his lawbreaking and grifting.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Does that mean they're going to clean up the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal next? Don't think so.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yes, but at least this time it will be replacing an extremist conservative with another one, and not one from the other side. They remember what RBG did to the court by staying too long. This reality will likely see Thomas leaving before 2028, giving the GOP time to replace him.

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Michael_Iger @michael-iger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trump's in trouble, and he's returning to places where he was successful. He wants to relive the moment today as he sinks. A pitiful President, a phony trying to recapture a grift that was working.

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