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Richard P Mercado

@richiem929.bsky.social
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Husband, Dad, Grandpa & retired Electrical Foreman Living life and love to travel. 💙

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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
FACTS!
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
And MAGA and the republicans say all is great.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Full of shit? Or not full of shit? I say full of shit!
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
If this is his strategy then he truly is a POS!
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This absolutely needs to happen. There is no way in hell they should treat it like it’s no big deal.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Gee I wonder why they feel that way about Trump. 🤪😂🤣
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Stocks Plummeting! S&P, Dow Jones and Nasdaq plunge this morning as Trump announced More tariffs.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Would you look at this. Trump tariffs on 186 countries and guess which one he didn’t put tariffs on? You guessed it , Russia. Things that make you go Hmmm..
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
US equity index futures tumbled more than 4% after the US President announced a sweeping series of tariffs following the market close on Wednesday, and a gauge of the dollar slumped.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
It’s a damb shame. Well enjoy paying higher prices fo just about everything.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
It's the end of the free-trade era that has defined global commerce for decades — a move that risks higher consumer prices and economic damage, Axios Macro co-author Courtenay Brown writes.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Just for the record. The national average for gas is now about $3.24 per gallon. Trump says gas is way under $3.00 per gallon. WTF is wrong with that guy.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Now this is great news.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🔥 In Corruption News Rural Internet Program on Hold as Musk’s Satellites Get New Consideration.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
According to Robert Reich.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Definitely not the judges.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 02/04/2025
We deserved some good news!
Wisconsin State Supreme Court
PROJECTED WINNER
Susan Crawford
Decision Desk HQ
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
This disaster of a president is stomping all over the law and constitution.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Drug prices were 5.5 times higher in 2024 than in 1985, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, and their increases are outpacing general cost-of-living increases.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Nobody really knows.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
GTFOH!
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Republicans look to abolish TSA in favor of private security at airports | Read full article at san.com/media-miss/r... Yet another crazy move.
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Media Miss by the Left: Republicans look to abolish TSA in favor of private security at airports
Republican senators are introducing a measure to abolish the Transportation Security Administration.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Have a wonderful weekend from the Grand Cayman Islands.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I think many people have forgotten this fact. Leave Medicare alone!
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 28/03/2025
FACT: Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625%, which is far lower than private sector retirement programs.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was passed as part of the infamous Alien and Sedition Acts, a series of laws passed by the Federalist-led Congress over fears of an impending war with France.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Top F.D.A. Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...
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Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Every American must own and have some knowledge of the Constitution.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
U.S. President Donald Trump's stated goal of bringing a swift end to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is looking evermore distant, with only two tentative partial ceasefires to show after several rounds of talks.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
It’s now being called “Signalgate.” Here are the names of the high ranking officials involved. They all need to be held accountable.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Are we all supposed to be surprised by this administration’s incompetence?
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This right here.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I love it.😂
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Atlantic on Wednesday released the entire Signal chat among senior national security officials, showing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact timings of warplane launches and when bombs would drop.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
So…guess who technically isn’t allowed into 38 countries anymore? Yup. America’s orange embarrassment, Donald J. Trump. open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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Canada Could Ban Trump from the G7 — Because We Don't Accept Convicted Felons/Rapists, ETC
Maybe he'll find out what it's like to get deported. LOLZ.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was highly classified at the time he wrote it. www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/p...
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Sources say the details shared by Hegseth in Signal chat were classified as Atlantic publishes additional messages | CNN Politics
The information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was highly classified at the time he wrote it, especially because the operation had...
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Good morning and happy Wednesday or hump day as some would call it. It’s a great day to be alive. Enjoy, be safe and be happy.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I think this is so important that everyone should know what exactly an Executive Order is.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in deportations case | Watch full video at san.com/cc/trump-adm...
san.com
Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in deportations case
The Trump administration invoked "state secrets privilege," refusing to give a judge more information on deporting Venezuelan migrants.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Totally destroying the Constitution and how it all works. Is there anything that can be done. Read here 👇 nbcnews.app.link/QCAuQQ211Rb
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Pete Hegseth once said “Under the previous administration we looked like fools”. Well guess what you look like now Pete. Huge screw up early in this administration. Discussing war plans with colleagues in a signal group chat. Not secure Pete! Yes you and your colleagues F@cked up!
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
President Donald Trump’s promises of a hasty end to the war in Ukraine were given a hard reality check Tuesday, with Russian officials saying that the latest round of ceasefire talks with the United States ended without a written agreement and the Kremlin continuing to bomb Ukraine.
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Richard P Mercado @richiem929.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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