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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Stuff like this is why it’s imperative that at least one house flips this fall. Current GOP leadership seems blind - or too terrified- to notice grift that would have ended any previous politician’s career. As Vance said, today, Watergate would be a 12 hour news story.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

If 60% of Americans worked as hard as members of Congress, we’d all be destitute, starving and homeless. He doesn’t have to care. He knows that igniting the culture wars and smearing all Dems as communists will win him re-election.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

He seems to be a big fan of executive power too. And “free speech” that costs lots of money.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Obviously not concerned enough… There’s lots of money to be made, so it’s going to take more than some vague feelings, on the part of a few folks, to slow down this steamroller.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

And the truly sad part of it is that he’s not the worst.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Not to mention the fact that we’re at war… The optics are beyond bad, but we’ve become so used to this sort of thing, we’ve forgotten where we left our torches and pitchforks.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

But people like him go to Washington and begin to hang with oligarchs and lobbyists who take them to very nice places. Their eyes are opened to the life styles of the rich and infamous. No, you can’t live that way on 174K. He right about that. He’s wrong that he deserves better.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Yeah, pigs everywhere would be outraged.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Every discussion about the tax cuts should also include a discussion about their effect on the deficit. The deficit is like a tumor growing inside the body politic. We’re choosing to ignore the pain, but it will kill us in the end.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I don’t get how you could serve in our armed forces and still not be a citizen. When you take the oath, it should be automatic.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

And they need to show they believe in something besides their hatred of Trump. Elections are won or lost based on kitchen table issues, not social issues.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Don’t think it’s as much party, as individual ambition. To get anywhere in today’s GOP, you have to link your wagon on the Trump train. At least following a party platform would indicate a belief in something bigger than personal, blind ambition.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

50K, how quaint. 1.4 billion seems to be the new bar to break while serving the public.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Another reason that Wallet Hub ranked Oklahoma 50th in the nation in education. Great showing, keep it up, Sooners.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

But it makes the stupid stuff they said yesterday seem more sane and believable. All they have to do is keep moving the goal post and soon no one will have any idea where the goal is supposed to be.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I guess in the past he was a deficit hawk. I always find it amazing how easy it is for some people to jettison their beliefs for their ambition.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Would brown shirts be more appropriate?

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I’m pretty sure the Constitution says that the role of the Supreme Court is to interpret the law to fit whatever nonsense the executive branch blurts out each night.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We know, but he’s merely a reflection of who 51.5% of us are.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Wearing a mask gives the wearer anonymity - much like being on social media. People who can be anonymous, will do things they wouldn’t otherwise do.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

None of this has ever been about competence. It’s always been about cronyism. And the willingness to do what ever you’re told regardless of the law or even human decency.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

What about all those in Congress and the courts who have enabled this circus by refusing to assert their constitutional powers?

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Until your colleagues evolve a backbone, I guess everything is a slush fund for him to carry out whatever agenda he blurts out each night.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

It takes a brave subordinate to say, “no.” That applies in the military even more than in a corporate environment. Your career will be ruined and in military, you will likely face charges.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

But he’s merely a reflection of us. 51.5% of us voted for this and the vast majority of them would vote for it again.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

“Unqualified, ignorant hack”-with lots of money to spread around…

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Don’t see the problem here. The Founder clearly wrote the second amendment to apply only to right wingers. Others were never supposed to be able to carry guns.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Anyone out there actually believe he cares in the slightest? It’s a small but necessary price to pay to divert attention away from Epstein and the economy, punish Waltz and energize the base.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Could have sworn that lots of people in Switzerland have been speaking German for a very long time.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

But it was necessary to change the subject. The Epstein files are still hidden. Unemployment is edging up. The economy isn’t working for most people. Approval is edging down. The budget is again in crisis. Elections are in 10 months and looking ugly. A cornered rat will lash out.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Kind of like the Roman Senate after the collapse of the Republic.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

He wants it to spiral out of control so he can declare an insurrection and send in the troops to humiliate Waltz. This is the plan, he’s not backing down. Does anyone believe he cares one tiny bit about protestors who oppose him? Although he’s pardoned all the protestors that supported him…

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The Senate will likely pass it because 3 deaths in a Democratic run city don’t mean much to GOP senators - and they’re terrified of being primaried by their Fearful Leader. Fact is that a majority still approve of ICE, if not all its tactics. It’s got to get much worse, before it gets better.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

He needs justification to send in the troops. If his minions can incite violence, he wins the game, he has his insurrection. The protests must remain peaceful no matter how egregious the behavior. He wants nothing more than to be a war time president with all the power that comes with it.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

We’re obviously not dependable. It’s not just the president and congress. Remember, we put them there. A critical mass of Americans are returning to the self imposed isolationism it took two world wars and a Cold War to break us of.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

But those who were there on that day all ran for cover - and hid. - unless they were playing “tour guide.” Another chapter in my new book,”Profiles in Cowardice.”

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

At least half the country is scared, angry and frustrated. Say what you like, he’s a master of manipulation and knowing how to push their buttons. They follow him around bleating like sheep follow the shepherd.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Kind of like when US companies continued to do business in the Third Reich long after they should have. In a contest between money and morality, it’s never much of a contest.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Little concern about labeling Biden as “demented.” The reality is that the rulers of our media conglomerates are terrified of being singled out and punished. That might drive down profits, make Wall Street unhappy and hurt their compensation. Thus cowardice spreads.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The real problem lies in the fact that WWII and the Cold War are both receding from living memory. The reality that isolationism doesn’t work and that we may need alliances to counter bad actors on the world stage is being lost.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

The right to vote may not be abridged based on race, creed, color or previous condition of servitude. Later we added gender, but there’s never been a prohibition on moron suffrage. Explains a lot.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

There’s an old saying about a cornered rat. We’re about to see it proven again.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

The depth of the ignorance of those with the dynamite.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

A world lit by gaslights…it has been a great year for supplicant oligarchs.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

When you give a child a loaded gun to play with, bad things are bound to happen.

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ostrakon.bsky.social @ostrakon.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

No, the OBD (Office of Bullshit Dissemination) has become so important to this administration, it cannot be left solely to any individual. It’s a true team effort.

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