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I had too much to dream last night. SCOTUS had given presidents immunity for official acts, day on 1, the new president had Trump and his enablers arrested and deported to the Central African Republic Then I woke up. Apparently, presidential immunity expires the moment a Democrat tries to use it.

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My word for the day is “excoriated.” I was thinking about the likelihood that Trump will never be convicted or spend a day in jail. But those who helped him may be excoriated for the rest of their lives—and some may spend those years serving the time he never will.

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LincolnFDRDemocrat @lincolnfdrdemocrat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I alone can and have got you into foreign wars. and god you are paying for it at the pumps and groceries. But hey, I have educated you by dropping the silent "b" from the word "dumb" This add is paid by Taxpayers

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Parting with money is the most heartbreaking tragedy the filthy rich could ever possibly face. Better lose a child than a dollar.

The People’s Branch Takes a Well-Earned Sabbatical

Congress funds programs, declares war, oversees the executive sets trade policy. In ten cases, the Republican majority let Trump make the call, then watched from the sidelines. The Constitution still hangs on the wall; its checks balances are gathering dust. normsmusic.substack.com/p/the-people...

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Ten ways the Republican Congress has treated its constitutional powers as a gift to the president.

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

California billionaires call a one-time 5% wealth tax a crisis. Nurses, teachers, and families cannot fly away from rising costs or lost health care. The tax asks roughly one household in 100,000 to pay. Vote YES on Prop 40. Vote NO on Props 41 and 42. normsmusic.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...

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A Modest Proposal for People Who Cannot Relocate Their Lives. Vote Yes on 40 an No on 42

“A tax receipt is cheaper than a torch.” YES on 40. NO on 42

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Years ago, I asked German travelers how Hitler could happen. Laurence Rees’s 12 warnings now echo in Trump’s America: conspiracies, enemies within, a leader above institutions, & fear. America is not Nazi Germany We still have a choice about what happens next. normsmusic.substack.com/p/the-questi...

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The Question I Asked Germans About Hitler

Thirty years later, Laurence Rees’s twelve warnings made me ask it about America.

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’ve decided to take a sabbatical from posting on Bluesky. Its algorithm doesn’t connect me with those I chose to follow, I feel abandoned, and its format is too limiting for what I write. I had high hopes—“high apple-pie-in-the-sky hopes.” Until we meet again, my friends. Thanks.

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The GOP needs to clean out their stable of deep dodo. As i'm am writing this my wife said where would they start?

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If every safeguard requires another safeguard because we can’t trust the last safeguard, the problem isn’t security anymore. It’s paranoia with a ballot number.

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

America proved prosperity could grow while reaching millions more people. Then we were sold a remarkable idea: if ordinary Americans get a bigger slice, you must lose yours. The pie kept growing. The problem wasn't growth. It was who increasingly got the new slices.

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Shackwacky 🇨🇦 🇺🇦🌻🍷🐓🇺🇦🌻🍁🇨🇦 @shackwacky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I mean autos specifically. I had to repair my VW to the tune of $8000 this summer, and although I wish it was a consideration if I write off the car I don’t get that back.

Demos @localdudefromma.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Here in inland MA, the impact of climate change hasn’t hit nearly as hard as other areas. But, with climate change unevenly spread across country, insurance cos. need to spread our risk, hence my rising insurance costs. & repair costs are up. OR just price gouging like we’ve seen in many industries.

EU Paul @casualwoke.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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That sucks! I follow insurance news linked to my interest in climate change, and the payouts linked to climate change, storm damage and droughts have significantly increased. Most EVs are also currently very expensive to repair, which adds to overall insurance costs. And you and I pay for it all.

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Lori M @ljanmill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My homeowners insurance went up over $200 because the cost to rebuild is way up. I think tariffs did that. If you add up gas, groceries, insurance and everything else it's outrageous. Thanks to trump.

Demos @localdudefromma.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Huh, my electricity is up a hell or a lot more than 4%. I have National Grid. They suck.

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thanks, I just iced that on my last two auto insurance bills

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I guess The GOP does not see the Irony of talking about the democrats as the Dumbo's

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

THE BUMPERSTICKER OF OUR TIME The magnificent human joke of our era: postwar conservatives recast regulation, social programs and civil rights as threats to individual freedom. The myth was the self-sufficient cowboy: just get government out of his way.

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Ayana @astin52.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Trump hates truth and facts, so of course the US was the only country to reject or oppose the new map.

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u... But contrary to Mr. Trump’s claims, Mr. Cohen has not recanted the testimony that helped convict his former boss

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For Trump’s Former Fixer, a Tortured Path From ‘Rat’ to Reconciliation (Gift Article)

The president has made peace with Michael D. Cohen, his onetime lawyer who turned against him. But contrary to Mr. Trump’s claims, Mr. Cohen has not recanted the testimony that helped convict his form...

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Straits of Lake Ontario are now closed to the United States. Matching. Tit-for-tat. Retaliatory. Canada has apparently discovered the Trump Doctrine: if geography doesn’t cooperate, just rename it and retaliate. Satire

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

While Trump is playing Choo Choo and throwing two-year-old-style temper-tantrum retribution memes at Canada’s governor, America is going to hell in a handbasket.

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baychessie.bsky.social @baychessie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Never thought I see the day Apple computer cow bowing to a pedophile 👹 I'm sure founder Steve vehemently would not approve of this asinine decision 👎 @politico.com @bloomberglp.bsky.social @cnbc.com @wired.com

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Clarence Thomas has always been an enigma. What came first—the pubic hair or the Coke? Thirty-five years later, I’m still wondering. Greed wants more. Power wants fewer restraints. With Clarence Thomas, I’m never quite sure which one came first.

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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Eureka! I turned 2,583 ChatGPT conversations into a searchable external memory. Now one remembered word can recover years of questions, ideas and connections—and let me combine them into new thinking. Maybe AI’s greatest value isn’t answering today’s questions, but helping us discover tomorrow’s.

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Trisha Miller @trishamiller.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

“How dreary—to be—Somebody! How public—like a Frog— To tell one’s name—the livelong June— To an admiring Bog!” —Emily Dickinson Promise made. Promise broken. To an admiring bog of toadies, the promise becomes the face you wear.

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Thank you new followers! RIGHT NOW the most important issue is fighting the incoming fascist regime of the Orange Felon. I follow all resistors, if you have no bio, no posts, and/or you're here for any other reason, I won't follow you (yet), maybe after we save Democracy. Thanks for understanding!

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Analyzing JD Vance’s elegy for the war is like looking at this photograph and saying: “That child isn’t starving. She’s just food-challenged.” Change the language, soften the adjectives, dress catastrophe in patriotic euphemisms—but the reality remains.

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Roy Cohn was one of the most despised public figures of his era—an enforcer, mob fixer and serial ethics violator. He became a mentor to a young Donald Trump, teaching him a hard-edged operating style: attack, deny and never apologize.

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The full lyrics of David Byrne’s song “Let Me Sell You a Dream” have not been released. The documentary Musk premieres at Venice on September 8, 2026, and the song is the film’s closing number, so nothing official is out yet. stereogum.com

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It’s a good thing Scott Bessent looks more like Howdy Doody than that other lying stick-up-Trump’s-ass, Pinocchio. Otherwise, we’d have a wood shortage instead of a gas shortage.

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