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Just Dee

@raging-dee.bsky.social
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Angry Democrat. Lapsed writer.

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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Celebrating 42 years married walking on the beach of Plum Island Sound, MA.
Blue green ocean, sandy beach in forefront,  blue sky dotted with white clouds, green hills in the distance.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
We were there and the Scots were so much fun. They were putting cones everywhere.
Sculpture Boston Common, many different statues of various historical fixtures, now all with cones on their heads, while Scots try to put even more cones on them.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Saw Gronk in a kilt.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The Scots have come to Boston for the World Cup! Welcome, welcome!
Image of men in blue kilts drinking beer.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
My understanding is these buffer zones have Israeli settlers them. Seems more like a land grab that a buffer zone.
Netanyahu says Israeli forces will remain in Lebanon ‘buffer zone’
In his first address since the US and Iran signed the memorandum of understanding, Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces will also remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, AFP reports.

“We established deep security zones around the state of Israel. We did this in Gaza, in Lebanon, and in Syria,” Netanyahu said. “And I want to make it clear: we will remain in these security zones for as long as necessary to protect our country.”

Netanyahu also said that though the war saved Israel from the threat of nuclear annihilation, Israel will continue to thwart threats in the region and will do what it takes to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, Netanyahu said.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Not looking good right now, unless Iran and Israel are ready to make some compromises.
As mentioned earlier, Donald Trump has reportedly spoken with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the latest efforts to reach an agreement deal with Iran.

A senior unnamed US official said the US administration was stressing to Israeli officials that any deal would require Iran to begin delivering on concessions in the deal before Tehran receives any potential benefits from the settlement.

Israel, which alongside the US launched the war on Iran in late February, has not been part of the current negotiations. Netanyahu said his country would not be party to the agreement.

The Israeli leader has clashed with Trump in recent weeks over US demands that Israel curb military action in Lebanon to allow Washington to reach a deal with Tehran.

Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, said the agreement would end the war in Lebanon, implying an Israeli withdrawal from occupied areas.

But as Reuters also reports, Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, said it would not withdraw.

A senior Israeli official said Israel expected to retain its freedom to act against threats in areas under its control
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Hard to believe Netanyahu would agree to this, never mind abide by it. Crossing fingers, though.
Iranian foreign minister: Lebanon is part of the US agreement
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, is speaking to Iranian media and saying that an end of war on all fronts – including Lebanon – will be announced as part of the deal, Reuters reports.

An end of war in Lebanon, Araghchi said, means Israel’s withdrawal from occupied areas.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It’s wild to me that people keep falling for this. I mean, it could be true this time, but I sure wouldn’t put any money on it.
Oil prices have plunged to two-month lows amid the fresh optimism for a Iran war peace deal.

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 1.9% to $86.08 a barrel, on top of a 2.6% drop overnight, while Brent dropped 1.5% at $89.08 a barrel, having fallen nearly 3% overnight.

Asian stocks also joined the rally, as just mentioned, with Japan’s Nikkei share average jumping 4.06% as of 0025 GMT, Reuters reports.

Donald Trump’s announcement that a peace deal could be signed as soon as this weekend – hours after threatening more strikes on Iran – follow repeated bouts of 
optimism from him that have failed to yield a deal.

Still, “this does look perhaps a bit more tangible than we have had”, said Ray Attrill, head of FX strategy at the National Australia Bank.

If we hear something from Iran that sounds positive, the odds [of a peace deal] are clearly going to flip quite dramatically.”
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Netanyahu tells Trump Israel will strike Beirut if Hezbollah won't stop fire and will continue operations in southern Lebanon
And now we have Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response.

Netanyahu said that he told Donald Trump that his country would strike Beirut if Hezbollah doesn’t stop attacking Israel.

“I spoke this evening with President Trump and told him that if Hezbollah does not cease attacking our towns and our citizens, Israel will strike terrorist targets in Beirut,” Netanyahu said, according to a statement released by his office.

He added: “Our position on this remains unchanged. At the same time, the IDF will continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon.”
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This is one reason I use The Guardian a lot. They will often come flat out and say what we’re all thinking as in, here, seriously Roberts this is what you’re telling us after your repeatedly rule for Trump?
Image of John Roberts with lede “John Roberts insists supreme court not ‘political’ after Trump-friendly rulings.”
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This one helluva move without any announcement coming before it. Just this sudden drop.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Okay today is dark and depressing. I’m going to go do my 5 minutes of joy. Today’s joy is my cat, Chaos.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Graph of home heating oil in MA for the last three years. But sure, inflation won't be a drain on consumers. Fly stock market fly! Everything is great!
Chart saying that on April 20 2023 the average price of heating oil in Massachusetts was $3.45 a gallon. Reached a high in Sept '24 of 3.96, hit a low in June '25 of 2.97. As of April 21st of this year it hit $4.73
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
From The Guardian. This is Israel’s buffer zone INSIDE Lebanon, to keep Israel safe. It has a buffer zone in Syria too. If you want a buffer zone you put it in your country. This is just a land grab. How many years before Israel puts settlements there?
A handout graphic of a map, according to the Israeli military, shows the Forward Defense Line and the area in which they are operating in southern Lebanon, published on April 19, 2026. Photograph: Israel Defense Forces/Reuters
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
If you’re wondering why the news is exhausting and confusing, here it is in one quick image.
Timeline with Trump saying Vance isn’t going Islamabad and then two hours late Trump says Vance is going to Islamabad.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Beautiful day at Salem Willows, MA.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
From The Guardian. Congrats Hungary!!! Congrats World!!
Orbán concedes election to Tisza’s Magyar
That’s it.

Viktor Orbán is now speaking at Fidesz’s election night and he says the election result is “clear” as he concedes defeat.

He says he congratulated the winning party and admits the result is painful for Fidesz.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Kinda doubt the talks will go well. From The Guardian.
Trump warns of fresh strikes if Iran talks fail - New York Post
President Donald Trump has said that US warships are being reloaded with weaponry to strike Iran if talks in Pakistan fail to produce a deal, in an interview with the New York Post.

“We have a reset going. We’re loading up the ships with the best ammunition, the best weapons ever made – even better than what we did previously and we blew them apart,” the Post quoted Trump as saying.

“And if we don’t have a deal, we will be using them, and we will be using them very effectively.”

He added:

We’re going to find out in about 24 hours. We’re going to know soon.
In a brief and cryptic message on his Truth Social network earlier, Trump had spoken of the “WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL RESET!!!”
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
From The Guardian
US must choose ceasefire or war via Israel, says Iran’s foreign minister
The United States must choose between continued war via Israel or a ceasefire, Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has said in a post on social media.

The conditions for a ceasefire between Iran and the United States are clear and explicit: America must choose either a ceasefire or the continuation of war through Israel; both cannot coexist.
The world is witnessing the killings in Lebanon. Now the ball is in America’s court, and global public opinion is watching to see whether this country will fulfill its commitments or not.
Araghchi’s post also included a screenshot of this post from Shehbaz Sharif, the Pakistani prime minister, announcing the ceasefire had been reached on Tuesday, in which he had said:

I am pleased to announce that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America, along with their allies, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
The White House insisted today that Lebanon was not included in the ceasefire deal and that “has been relayed to all parties”, as Israel massively ramped up an intense wave of airstrikes across the country, killing at least 254 people on Wednesday.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) earlier warned both the US and Israel that it would respond if Israel did not cease attacks on Lebanon.

We issue a firm warning to the United States, which violates treaties, and to its Zionist ally, its executioner: if the aggression against beloved Lebanon does not cease immediately, we will fulfill our duty and deliver a response.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
From AP. This is the way to do it.
Trump criticizes European allies for not helping fix the damage his war against Iran has caused
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Water, some snacks for kids, a backpack with some spare gloves for people who forget. #NoKings #Lowell #NoKingsMA
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Blizzard. Possibly 18 inches in my area. Just this week our front gutter came off the house due to ice dams from the last snowstorm. We woke up to 2-3 inches today. Branches are already heavy with snow. We are very tired up here. Well. At least ICE can't operate during a blizzard.
screenshot of a snow map of massachusetts with totals ranging from 1 inch in some areas to 18+. Comment from the weatherman, Pete Bouchard, posting the map: "The Blizzard of ‘26 👀 Gusts up to 60+ possible at the coast. White-outs, travel lockdowns, thundersnow (possible). One adjustment may be to bring the 12-18 up to Merrimack Valley & back to Worcester, but there will be a drop off point with the heavy banding. Updates to follow."
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
From Gov Maura Healey's speech last night.
On the wall in my office, I have a portrait of a former governor: Samuel Adams. He and Paul Revere laid the cornerstone of this building. But 20 years before that, none of this was assured. January 24, 1776 was 250 years ago this Saturday.

With Boston under armed siege and morale in some quarters wavering, on that day Sam Adams wrote to a friend. “Never Despair,” he wrote. “That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.”

And that’s what they did, town by town, across Massachusetts, lighting the way to a new nation. “Never despair”, that’s a good message for this moment.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
ICE hates the first amendment.
text of the first amendment: 


Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
In another sign that the economy is softening, housing foreclosures are on the rise. Up between 18 and 20% year over year. www.cbsnews.com/news/housing...
Graph of US foreclosure filings, from 2018 to 2025. It starts at about 70k in 2018, goes steadily down to 40k in 2020, then drops off a cliff to 10k, during the pandemic. It starts rising again in 2022 at about 30k. It goes up to around 35k in 2023, comes back down to 30k in 2024 and then starts rising again in 2025, hitting 35, 697 in August 2025.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Boston Common is 50 acres. Take out the Public Garden and it’s about 25 acres. That million square feet. Assuming 1 person per square foot, you could fill 1 million people in this area. My estimate is at least 500k. Just one city. Ten large cities would mean at least 5 million.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Got my sign.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Chaos is helping me with my sign.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
NO KINGS. Not in 1775. Not in 2025.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Jesus Christ. From The Guardian.
A screenshot that says: Trump says US is 'looking at land' strikes in Venezuela after lethal strikes on boats

Asked in the Oval Office if the US is considering strikes on suspected drug cartels inside Venezuela, after lethal strikes on suspected drug smugglers at sea, Donald Trump just said that the administration is “looking at land”.

The president also claimed, without citing evidence, that every strike on a suspected drug smuggling speedboat saves thousands of lives in the US. “Every boat that we knock out, we save 25,000 lives,” Trump said.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
When I get really down, which happens a lot these days, I remember this. People can entirely change their voting in 4 years. Granted it took a depression. But it's a reminder that it is not impossible.
Map of 1928 election. All but 7 voted Republican.Map of 1932 Presidential election, 4 years after the 1928 Hoover sweep, the map is all blue except for 6 states.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
You stole my cat!!!
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Agriculture isn't even in the top ten for exports from the U.S. www.worldstopexports.com/united-state...
Top ten exports, Mineral fuels, oil, 15.5%, Machinery including computers, 12.2%, Electrical machinery, 10.4%, Vehicles, 7%, Aircraft, 6.5%, Medical apparatus, 5.1%, Pharmaceuticals 4.6%, Plastics, 3.9%, Precious metals, 3.6%, Organic Chemicals 2.5%
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I'm sick and tired of the whole "farmers are the backbone of America" stuff. Especially when it comes to soybeans, which are exports. (I'm 100% behind farmers who grow food to feed America). They are not anywhere near the largest industry in the U.S. This is percentage gdp in 2024 from statista.
Graph with the top GDP contributing industries in the US starting with Fiance, Insurance, real estate at 21.2% Professional services next at 13.2%, Government, 11.3%, Manufacturing at 10%, Education and health 8.7%, Retail 6.3%, Information, 5.4%, Arts, entertainment, recreation 4.4%, Construction, 4.5%, Transportation warehousing, 3.3%, Other services, 2.1%, Utilities 1.5%, Mining, 1.3% and down at the bottom, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .9%
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Old Orchard Beach, ME.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Please stop saying illegal aliens or referring to undocumented people as aliens at all. It's dehumanizing. These are the images you get when you google aliens--literally not human.
various pictures of aliens from outer space.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I was in Corcord MA today and took a picture of all our artifa soldiers--antifascists, fighting fascist Germany etc--who died for democracy. Long live antifa.
Concrete and brass memorial with all the names of the soldiers in Concord MA who died during WW2.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
He literally says keys to the KINGDOM. NO KINGS! October 18
No kings picture, with a crown and red x through it. Created for the No Kings protests.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The biggest drop is Republicans. We cannot reach the diehard MAGA. But those who are MAGA-adjacent (vote for Trump and the GOP but aren't necessarily aligned with the policies) aren't entirely lost. apnews.com/article/lega...
From AP news graph displaying how people view legal immigration from polls taken in Jan 2025 to Sept 2025. The biggest drop is Republicans who went from 45% believing we should reduce legal immigration to 30%. For all groups, the number went from 32% believing we should reduce legal immigration to 23%.

Independents' views didn't really change. Democrats dropped from 23% believing we should reduce legal immigration to 14%.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
We need to share this over and over again. Get the damn story correct.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Our state has one of the highest vaccination rates in the country. We WANT vaccines. We have some of the best doctors, nurses, and hospitals in the country. And yet we can't get a freakin' Covid vaccine? Other states are working on it. WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
From Newsweek, cities that have a higher murder rate than Chicago.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Block this fucker. I don't care how much you like what he posts other than this. It's vile. He need to be shunned.
Blue sky post that says "No, a child is under the age of 12. These are bratty teenage rebel girls without good Fathers to look up to."
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Seen in Concord, MA.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Sunday reading on the deck. Lucy Stone is an 1800s feminist hero who too few women have heard of.
Book about Lucy Stone. An Unapologetic Life by Sally G. McMillen. Front cover has a picture of Lucy and a quote “A wife should no more take her husband’s name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost”
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
They just told him what he wanted to hear, just to get their way. You know, like Trump does. They played his game.
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Just Dee @raging-dee.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Halibut Point, Gloucester, MA. One of my favorite places.
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