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Rants by Dustin

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Elder Millennial dad, blogger & visual artist in Minneapolis area. Chicago Bears Fan, MN Twins, Wild, Loons, & Twolves fan, NASCAR fan #9 & #23, lover of rock music, movies, and books. Graphic designer by trade. My lame-ass blog is at rantsbydustin.com

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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don't know what I did different but the ChatGPT agent I use on my personal ChatGPT account is so much friendlier than the one I use on my professional account.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump says "White House access is a 'privilege — not a right" – So, "The First Amendment is our privilege, not your right." -Conservatives supporting Trump's banning of the press from the White House in a nut shell
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They’re campaigning against Amy Klonuchar calling her “toxic boss” because there’s nothing toxic at all about their dear Republican leader, they’re gonna simultaneously tell us his bs doesn’t matter they’ll vote for him and his agenda anyway. Guess they’ve got nothing else.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Michelle Tafoya starts her latest mud slinging ad with "I spent 30 years covering football" which is an odd flex as I don't know how that qualifies you to be a US Senator
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
OMG I GOT 38.9% OPEN RATE. ABSOLUTELY CRUSHING IT. 📈🔥 18 recipients. Seven opens. We ride at dawn. SEVEN FUCKING PEOPLE READ IT!!!!
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
As Apple and Google go ahead with the childish and petty renaming of Lake Ontario, I wonder if a “MAGA” promise was to make us all use Mapquest again? Promises kept if so.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
They convicted 2Pac’s murderer. 30 years later. I guess there’s hope Trump will do time in this justice system after all. When he’s 110 years old. You know what they say, the good die young, assholes live forever.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Something I can post every single day and it would always be factually true and relevant to current events: "Trump is lying, and if you believe him, you're an idiot."
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#Fraud and #corruption are obviously a huge and unprecedentedly blatant problem with this President/his family/the Administration. When will Republicans start caring about it as much as the Minnesota fraud that was already actually dealt with? Go ahead, ask me for examples, plenty to pick from
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I blew up today and yelled and swore quite harshly at ChatGPT today. I’m under so much pressure to make it work and it just won’t work. Such a waste of time, so tired of it. Some of the context cropped.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Rochester MN lady lost in court over a detail the whole internet is missing the point of, acting like it’s some free speech issue when it isn’t that part she was charged over. They’re going to above and beyond donate hundreds of thousands to a racist moron while real needs in society are aplenty.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
They want Mike Lindell… I get wanting political outsiders and populists because a bunch of dusty old lawyers has gotten old, but can we please at least not nominate career scam artists, crack heads, and blatant corrupt criminals in their place? I mean geez. This can’t be the best of the best.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Philip Esformes was sentenced in 2019 to 20 years in federal prison for a $1.3 billion healthcare fraud scheme in Florida. Trump granted him clemency in December of 2020. In 2026, Trump is pausing Minnesotans' medicaid payments pending fraud investigations. Floridians have seen no such pause.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"Trump admin pauses $1B in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota". How casually they destroy lives is quite something. If only we could pause paying federal taxes.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I haven't taken Republican outrage about immigration seriously ever since Donald commanded the Republican Party to kill the bipartisan immigration bill that they helped co-write in Feb 2024 all so Don could keep the base outraged about immigration.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The electoral college could in theory allow a candidate to win as low as 22% of the popular vote yet still become President. For those of you who use DEI as a slur, the electoral college is DEI.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I’m not really a Bloody Mary guy but I can be convinced.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Isn’t it weird how foreign and abnormal it feels for a politician to be proposing something that actually helps regular people instead of corporations… under the old lie that they’ll trickle it down? And studies actually show this improves productivity, so I guess things might trickle up.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Juneteenth is such an important American holiday. A story of injustice, perseverance, delayed freedom, and hope. Honoring the people who endured. Honoring those who have fought for progress. Hope that my generation and those following can unite in committing ourselves to building a more just future.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Realized today the car I just got has a 180mph speedometer! Can't say I've ever had one go that high. Apparently there is a 155mph limiter, however, so no worries at all.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I guess they’re going to let Trump get away with losing the war with Iran, paying them billions in reparations, kissing up to their leaders, leaving in an all around worse position than we were than when he started the war and that’s yet another fact that republicans are choosing to ignore.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
So, winning a war is paying $300 BILLION DOLLARS to your enemy? $2000 per taxpayer? I'm getting a little fucking tired of being lectured to by the Epstein class about fiscal responsibility. Wanna talk about your BS trickle down? This is what trickles down. Trump and Elon won't pay any of it.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Looks like #nancymace is going to have to just sling mud on cable tv for the next few years. LOL.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Regarding the dirtbag running in #maine – Some dems are all like "we're tired of having a higher standard while getting crushed by low standards" – well I'm fucking not. We don't need more Trumps. Not even remotely. Do your thing you did to Al Franken because this is way way worse than Al Franken.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Conspiracy theory time but the guy up in Maine seems like a total plant/operative...gonna be another Fetterman or Gabbard. Look how super aligned the right is on damning the whole party because of him. Screw that guy, screw hypocrite republicans, and fucking do better Maine. There has to be better.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Guy finds out what happens when you lie 99% of the time, your reports aren't credible and make no difference. Who would have thought? #trumpisafuckingmoron
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Imagine making your political brand so toxic that artists won't touch a celebration of America’s 250th birthday. The lesson is sitting right there, waiting to be learned. If only they had the wisdom to sit and reflect on that and make the appropriate changes.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
What people with actual high IQs read is that this a truly sad, embarrassing level of insecurity for someone to have this far along in a human life. Like, people should be over worrying about this kind of thing at around 30. He’ll be made an example of in basic psychology classes for years to come.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Why isn't #Bluesky more popular? You'd think people, especially the super liberal Hollywood celebs, would have abandoned the cesspool that is X by now but nope, all still there and all still pretty active on there.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The merch companies are working awfully hard to profit off a race car driver's recent death and it's super cringe. Crazy people don't see it that way and just give the ads likes and supportive comments. #kylebusch #nascar
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
AI is taking over our #searchengines and how we learn things through the once great resource, the internet. So I have been having #debates with #AI, especially when I feel it's being soft on #Trump. rantsbydustin.com/a-debate-wit...
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A Debate with ChatGPT on whitewashing the Jan 6th Insurrection - Rants by Dustin
Reading Time: 37 minutes. I decided to have a debate with ChatGPT. One of the interesting parts about doing this is it’s sort of like talking to someone who talks to millions of other people also and...
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The main reason I like #nascar drivers doing the double is it keeps the #indy500 starting at noon central. Annoying how so many races these days start mid and late afternoon for no reason other than more pre-race jaw flapping and ads #firstworldproblems
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Man... RIP #KyleBusch
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
#TulsiGabbard has resigned. All the articles are framing this as a resignation due to her husband's health. I'm glad they clarified that is the reason so there is no confusion about her stance on Trump starting the very kinds of wars she spent years claiming Hillary, Biden, and Harris would start.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Guy posts an AI-generated image of a Minnesota farm with a cornfield spelling out “It’s not worth giving up an inch of this for a data center,” which is some pretty great Friday irony if you understand what a huge percentage of those data centers are actually being built for.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I really don't care about the new Minnesota state flag because it didn't start an unnecessary war with Iran that has skyrocketed prices, it isn't in the Epstein files and also isn't covering up it's own scandals in them, it didn't cause an insurrection, it didn't send ICE to harass our state, etc.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
A School Referendum failed in A Small Southern Minnesota School District last night. Read my post making as much sense as we can about this brainless War On Public Schools Brought to You By Your Local Facebook MAGA Uncles and Karens rantsbydustin.com/the-war-on-p...
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The War on Public Schools, Brought to You by Your Local Facebook MAGA Uncles and Karens - Rants by Dustin
Reading Time: 5 minutes. So a school referendum failed on Tuesday night in my little outskirts-of-the-Twin-Cities town. Look, I can respect arguments against spending when it’s something optional — l...
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I paid $4.50 for gas this morning, $9 for a pound of beef last night, and the headlines here in Minnesota are "city councils don't want the new liberal Minnesota state flag!" and "the White House is focused on Jimmy Kimmel's late night talk show today." Feels great /s. #inflation #trump #minnesota
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
New article: Eroding Trust: How False Narratives Are Undermining Public Education rantsbydustin.com/eroding-trus... #education #educationmatters
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Eroding Trust: How False Narratives Are Undermining Public Education - Rants by Dustin
Reading Time: 13 minutes. Every few months, a new “our schools are out of control and hurting our kids” story makes the rounds. Kids identifying as cats and using litter boxes in classrooms.Schools s...
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Monday Morning Check-In: Everything’s More Interesting With Money On The Line rantsbydustin.com/monday-morni... #marchmadness #sportsbetting #blog
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Monday Morning Check-In: Everything's More Interesting With Money On The Line - Rants by Dustin
Reading Time: 9 minutes. I’ve gone through several distinct phases of how I approach a March Madness bracket, and none of them have involved actually knowing college basketball. About a decade ago, I...
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
“I predict that President Obama will at some point start a war with Iran in order to save face!" - Trump, Sept 16, 2013 "Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly - not skilled!" - Trump, Nov 11, 2013
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Trump calls #superbowlxl #halftimeshow a "Slap in the face to our country" and we all know exactly why he says that. Hilarious that even he watched it instead of the alternate turning point show...LOL
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Donald Trump Attacks Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show As A “Slap In The Face To Our Country”
Donald Trump ended up watching the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show, after all, and to little surprise, the president hated it.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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Lady Gaga Covers Mister Rogers In Super Bowl Commercial - Rants by Dustin
Reading Time: < 1 minute. In case you aren’t aware, Lady Gaga covered the Mister Rogers “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” song for a giant company’s super bowl commercial that aired tonight. As a big fan of...
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
#superbowlLX If Lady Gaga's cover of the Mister Rogers song is getting PBS some royalties, then sure fine I guess. If not, I really hate that his legacy is being used to advertise a giant financial company.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Ever been asked "Why do you hate Donald Trump? Do you even know why or are you just saying with CNN told you to? You have TDS!" But actually the list of reasons is so long that it's hard to know where to start and hard to do it justice. Well, I've been working on a list, so now I can just link it.
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Keeping Track of Why I Hate Donald Trump - Rants by Dustin
Sometimes I get this question “Do you even know why you hate T***p or are you just repeating what the media says?” First of all, the so-called “left wing media” have actually been very easy on him and...
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Dear news media, Could you please maybe focus on this gaffe for longer than 24 hours so it actually impacts this piece of shit president? He deserves to fucking pay for his awfulness for once. Thanks. Maybe try imagining its a blowjob, you were great at focusing on one of those for 2yrs straight.
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Donald Trump Shares AI Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes; Newsom Slams ‘Disgusting Behavior by the President’
President Donald Trump posted a racist video to his Truth Social account late Thursday with an AI-generated video of the Obamas as apes.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Who's being protected and why? How many other instances of this are we not noticing? And this is amongst what they were willing to release. We all said this was going to happen.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
A post this week from my blog, this week's rant is on #RoadRage rantsbydustin.com/confessions-...
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Confessions of a Recovering Roadrageaholic - Rants by Dustin
Reading Time: 5 minutes. I used to believe the left lane was sacred ground. Not “suggested.”Not “when convenient.”Sacred. I was the self-appointed king of the freeway, the unhinged knight of the pass...
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
So sad that actress Catherine O'Hara passed away at 71. So many great ranges of characters, unbelievably talented and will be missed.
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Rants by Dustin @rantsbydustin.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Once upon a time, dancing on a man’s grave was seen as bad taste. The video doesn’t justify what happened to him, so the post-hoc smears say more about the smearers than the dead.
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