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I am amazed I'm becoming a witness of president Born Spur's efforts to totally alter the American society. The "Drama Queen" was deathly afraid of serving in the Vietnam War. 🐣 TACO My DOB: September 2, 1945.........2025‼️

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whattheactualf.bsky.social @whattheactualf.bsky.social · 12h
Indeed all that needed to be said.
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@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄‍🟫 @amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social · 4h
My phone is terrible with distance photos, but always fun to see a bald eagle. We have lots here but seeing one never gets old.
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 15m
Just thought I'd let my followers know that I'm still hanging in there. The world is starting to look a little different from the other side of my 81 years. Here's hoping y'all are having a wonderful time and life is treating everyone just fine with as few problems as possible. ✌️
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6happy.bsky.social @6happy.bsky.social · 18h
Senator Booker unloads, he’s had it. Give it to the SOB’s, Booker. Yeah, some of that, please. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8fL...
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MUST WATCH: Cory Booker Goes Absolutely Nuclear On Trump During GOP's 'Farce' Jack Smith Hearing
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 19h
campaignlegal.org/trump-admini... Tracking the Trump Administration's Conflicts of Interest
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Tracking the Trump Administration’s Conflicts of Interest
When public officials have personal financial interests, such as stocks or businesses, that could be affected by their decisions, it creates a conflict of interest. We have laws specifically addressin...
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 20h
TRUMP DOESN'T HAVE A HANDLE ON AMERICANS WELL BEING...🧠👀 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u... At White House, Trump Asks A.I. Titans to Police Themselves
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At A.I. Event, Trump Asks Meta, OpenAI and Microsoft to Make Safety Decisions Themselves
President Trump’s meetings with tech leaders produced some voluntary safeguards and a commitment to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” the term that Mr. Trump prefers.
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 21h
Critics and defense attorneys cite potential statute-of- limitations hurdles and politically motivated framing...👀 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u... Second Prosecutor Quits Trump's 'Grand Conspiracy' Case
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Second Prosecutor Quits Trump’s ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case
The resignation adds to the setbacks to the most sweeping effort by the Justice Department to fulfill the president’s desire to take revenge against the federal officials who have investigated him.
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 21h
REPUBLICANS STILL CAN'T GET THEIR FACKS RIGHT. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09... As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator's Accusation of Perjury Falters
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As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator’s Accusation of Perjury Falls Apart
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 22h
THE CORRUPTION OF AI IS NO LONGER JUST AROUND THE CORNER...‼️ www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/p... Talarico blasts Paxton AI ad in Texas US Senate race fight
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Talarico blasts Paxton AI ad in Texas US Senate race fight
Democrat James Talarico accused Republican Ken Paxton of using AI deepfakes to mislead voters in the Texas U.S. Senate campaign.
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 22h
TRUMP IS STILL TRYING TO CONTROL MSNOW. youtu.be/Put7MjJQQHY Republican candidates 'retcon' their support for an increasingly ...
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Republican candidates ‘retcon’ their support for an increasingly unpopular Donald Trump
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 23h
THE GOP ON BENDED KNEE TO TRUMP'S INSURRECTION AND AGAINST THE RULE OF LAW...👎 www.politico.com/news/2026/09... Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got ...
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Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got a gaffe instead.
The former special counsel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was marked by personal insults rather than new revelations.
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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
carnegieendowment.org/russia-euras... Trump's War Against His Own Government
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
States expected to purge citizens from voting roles in future elections...🚯 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana... Noise and Confusion from the Supreme Court
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Noise and Confusion from the Supreme Court
The high court’s latest doesn’t change mail voting rules.
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
TRUMP'S TARIFFS SHOWS HIS AGGRESSION TOWARDS HIS OWN PEOPLE...🧠🇺🇸👀 www.brookings.edu/articles/the... The consequences of Trump's tariff threats
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The consequences of Trump’s tariff threats | Brookings
For the U.S. and its trading partners, Trump's tariff threats poses a slew of economic, strategic, and institutional risks.
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
TRUMP TARIFFS TAXES HIS PUBLIC BEYOND ANY REASONABLE BELIEFS...🧠👀 www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Trump's Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance
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Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance (Published 2020)
The Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Will The Trump Dynasty End At The Mid Terms❓ www.chathamhouse.org/2026/09/what... What the US midterms could mean for Trump's power
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What the US midterms could mean for Trump’s power
The Democrats are projected to make big gains in November’s midterm elections. But this will not necessarily constrain President Trump.
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.reuters.com/world/trumps... Trump's exercise of raw power upends world order, sending friends and foes ...
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Trump’s exercise of raw power upends world order, sending friends and foes reeling
Ushering in the new year with a flurry of aggressive moves and fiery rhetoric, President Donald Trump has taken a wrecking ball to the rules-based global order that the U.S. helped build from the ashe...
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump: Inside The Mind of a Dictator‼️ time.com/7312196/trum... Trump Suggests Americans Open to a 'Dictator'
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Trump Suggests Americans Open to a ‘Dictator’
Trump added that he wouldn’t describe himself as a dictator.
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kiwigav88nz.bsky.social @kiwigav88nz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We have a real estate developer trying to run our country solely by executive orders. Fortunately our constitution is in his way‼️ www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese... Explainer: Executive orders as a governing tool
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Explainer: Executive orders as a governing tool
Roger Porter, a Harvard Kennedy School expert on presidential power, explains what executive orders can and cannot do and how they became so popular among U.S. presidents.
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Mia @evelyn77-96.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Daniel Boris @danboriscreates.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump TV 📺 *From the Creators of “The Apprentice.”
Trump seen as Walt Disney’s “Pinocchio”, standing in front of the Trump TV logo.
Tag line: “All the lies. All the time.”
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Johnny 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The fraud is coming from the right. Just like the corruption. And the cheating. And the violence. And the lying.
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Socialist @granddadmarty.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
youtu.be/sNhQ1pm-ooc?...
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"By Any Means Necessary": Watch Malcolm X’s Speech on Racism & Self-Defense at Audubon Ballroom
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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Daniel Boris @danboriscreates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
America's Only Hope. 🗳️
Parody of famous Star Wars scene with R2-D2 projecting a holographic image of Princess Leia. This image shows Leia placing a vote in a voting ballot.
Leia: “2026 Midterms, you’re our only hope!”
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Kathy Mortensen 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 💙 @kathyswords.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hello! I stand for equality. There is wisdom gained in the growth of equality. If you support this growth mindset for equality, let's follow each other. I stand for compassion's courage in generating change from a mindview of superiority to a mind view of equality.
2 pictures of Jesus.  1 white skinned.1 brown skinned. Under white Jesus: white, Christian, patriotic, justice through retribution, died for your sins, silent in the face of oppression, condemns sinners, endorses church and state, a king, endorses holy war. Historical Jesus: Jewish, ionized by Rome, justice through restoration, friend of sinners and outcasts, liberates the oppressed, critiques religious people, subverts empire,no violent, homeless man and a refugee, had half siblings
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF PRESIDENT TRUMP...🧠👀
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
iran-cost-ticker.com Iran War Cost Tracker — Final Total: $113.3 Billion
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Iran War Cost Tracker — Final Total: $113.3 Billion
The war in Iran cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $113.3 billion over 108 days. See the full tracker and methodology.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 19/09/2026
Cost of Iran war grows to $43.6 billion in latest US military estimate
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Cost of Iran war grows to $43.6 billion in latest US military estimate
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
THE COUNTRIES GENIUS RUNNING THE SHOW🧠👀
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Navy Man (descendant of ANTIFA since the revolution) @navymanhy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Ellenⓥ🌱☮︎ @ennievegan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Sue Stone @knittingknots.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Former Trade Officials Explain Why Trump's Section 301 Tariffs Are Illegal www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Former Trade Officials Explain Why Trump's Section 301 Tariffs Are Illegal
Their brief says the president is asserting "essentially boundless" authority to impose "economy-wide tariffs untethered from the statute Congress enacted."
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MORE INTELLIGENT THAN THEIR PRESIDENT...🧠👀❓ www.voanews.com/amp/america-... America's Smartest (and 'Dumbest') Presidents
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Census Bureau report on noncitizen voters is filled with comically stupid mistakes, a WIRED review concludes. www.wired.com/story/a-us-c...
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A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions
Trump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate.
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The president. Of the United States.
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Just Josy @justjosy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
New issue is out. It's about Trump, Iran, and how we've somehow made "everything is on fire" into a sustainable lifestyle. Link in bio.
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Trump, Iran, and the Strange Normalization of Permanent Crisis
What the latest “end of the war” promise really signals The most consequential story in the last 24 hours is not a single battlefield development, but a...
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#TRUMPLALAPALOOZA truthout.org/articles/tru... Trump Promises Americans $5K Checks If GOP Wins Midterms ... www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/09/... Trump $1 trillion-plus midterm dividend plan meets bipartisan ...
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Trump Promises Americans $5K Checks If GOP Wins Both Houses of Congress in Midterms, Raising Legal Questions
Two federal statutes forbid paying people to vote, and the Constitution lists bribery as an impeachable offense.
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#TRUMPLALAPALOOZA en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear... Nuclear weapon
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Nuclear weapon - Wikipedia
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-goes-n... Trump goes on naming spree in speech to Republican National ...
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Trump goes on naming spree in speech to Republican National Convention
U.S. President Donald Trump said he was planning on renaming New Mexico, "New America", and said the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East would be renamed the "Trump Strait" after "we win the war with ...
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
TRUMP AND THE GOP ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS‼️ youtube.com/live/EVbBvgn...
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President Trump speaks at Republican National Committee Midterm Convention
YouTube video by LOCAL 12
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
TRUMP'S BEEF FROM BRAZIL IS CONTAMINATED. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/o... Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat?
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Opinion | Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat?
On second thought, I’m not that hungry.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/09/2026
"It’s not a good thing that we have an unhinged president with more than two years left in his term....On the other hand, it is good that even Trump has to admit that his critics aren’t exhausted." Let's make sure he keeps feeling that way.
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Trump Wants to Exhaust Us. He’s Failing.
Election Day is eight weeks away.
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Dave Whamond
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🦋🇨🇦Sarrah🇨🇦🦋 @savingdemocracy101.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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The Stepping Stone @rastone3rd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
TRUMP IS OUT OF HIS MIND...🧠👀 youtube.com/shorts/CiBxX...
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Trump posts edited New Mexico map, shares video promoting 'America' name change
YouTube video by CBS19
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Mark Streich @theglobalvc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The military will be required to attend, like his DC UFC event. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Troops must be fit and tall to attend Trump's UFC fight
"No fat troops" at the president's birthday.
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