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Kindly Uncle Thud

@unclthud.bsky.social
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Navy Vet, SCA sword fighter, Volunteer firefighter and EMT, a career in Research and Development, retired on disability due to a mold exposure at work which wrecked my immune system and gave me cancer/ chronic septic infections (Lyme, Mycoplasma).

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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
She quotes Trump when she gets into trouble for being stupid. What she doesn't understand is that CEO's like Trump surround themselves with disposable "yes men" people who they can blame and throw away for the CEO's bad decisions. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Kristi Noem is getting roasted for FEMA flop after Texas floods
Democratic lawmakers are demanding Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to explain why the Federal Emergency Management Agency failed to answer thousands of calls from victims of the Texas floods.
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Law Enforcement hides its face when it knows what it is doing is wrong! If you look at fascist/authoritarian countries around the world, the government goons all hide their faces. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Trump goons take another step toward creating a secret police force
While the Trump administration loves to boast about its immigration crackdown, it’s not eager to share the details of who is doing the cracking. And now it's not just Immigration and Customs ...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Somebody needs to remind ICE agents what happened to the SS and Gestapo after Hitler died. Trump is old and will not last much longer, so ICE agents need to think of their immediate future!😡
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Yeeaaah, Trump's words never seem to match his actions, but we knew that.
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Red states are the poorest states and pay in the least tax dollars, and receive the most tax dollars from the federal gov. Yet an overwhelming number of Red State voters voted for Trump and he is taking fed dollars away from them. They voted for it..... www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Look just how much red counties depend on the government they hate
One of the most enduring conservative myths is that of the self-reliant, salt-of-the-earth, rural-dwelling American who pulls himself up by his bootstraps, wrestles a steer before breakfast, and ...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The weather gets his SHARPie attention. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Cartoon: Trump weather forecast
A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related |� The Texas flash flood is a preview of the chaos to ...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Riiiiiight. Who doesn't want to work in the fields under a hot sun for minimum wage? The GOP has driven off the cheap immigrant farm labor we had and now want Medicaid patients to work them. The farms will be sprouting walking canes and IV stands I'm sure.... www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Labor secretary says Americans want to work hard jobs for little pay
According to President Donald Trump’s labor secretary, Americans are jumping at the chance to work long, low-paid hours in the fields.� Lori Chavez-DeRemer appeared Wednesday on Fox News, where ...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Amen, Brother
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I'm praying it hits Washington DC and reduces the corruption and stupidity in this country...... www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/s...
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It Came From Outside Our Solar System, and It Looks Like a Comet
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
What did you expect Gov. Hot Wheels to say when the only answer is Greedy Republicans? Good luck getting FEMA to help and NOAA to warn you about the next event coming, the GOP cut them. clicksp.doseofdemocracy.com/f/a/pUwuWG9R...
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Gov. Abbott reacts to 'blame' question over Texas flood response: 'That's the word choice of losers'
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday said investigative committees in the House and Senate will look at the response to deadly flooding in Central Texas, but cautioned not to place blame on any singular ...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Just saying.....
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I just read the words to Pink Floyd's song On The Turning Away, and this is what the song is about on a personal and political level. Voters need to say No More Turning Away to all the corrupt corporate politicians that have turned their backs on the 98%! open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Trump, Musk, Republicans, and the Empathy Bug
The real crisis we are living through
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
If you are going to be an embarrassment, be the biggest one possible. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Cartoon: Seal of obscenity
A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related | Trump flails as Iran and Israel lash out amid supposed ceasefire Campaign Action
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Yeeeah. That'll happen....NOT!
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Cowardly loser caved to fascists. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
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University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
So what if we don't help with Ebola, SARS, BLACK DEATH vaccines? All that is happening overseas! We will protect ourselves like we did with COVID19....What? We lost half a million to that? www.politico.eu/article/rfk-...
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RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into vaccine alliance in video address at pledging summit.
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I'm just saying.....
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Maybe it is because the GOP is corrupt and sociopathic like their billionaire owners? www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Republicans suddenly realize voters hate their health care cuts
New disclosures from Republican lawmakers reveal concerns within the party that voters may punish the GOP if proposed cuts to health care in the Donald Trump-backed “One Big, Beautiful Bill” ...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Anytime officers or agents cover their faces and refuse to identify themselves, it is because they are doing something illegal or violating a Constitutionally required Due Process. They should expect resistance for violating their oath of office and illegal behavior. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Democrat arrested over ICE clash rips Trump’s lawless thugs
Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges alleging that she assaulted and obstructed immigration officers during a tense oversight visit to a det...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Wow, it looks like Venice protesters doesn't want Bezos' wedding there. They are a little more progressive in Italy and other parts of Europe than in the US, Jeff, and they really don't like sociopathic billionaires like you. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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No, grazie: Bezos’ billions can’t buy his dream Italian wedding
Let’s all collectively shed a single tear for billionaire Jeff Bezos and his betrothed Lauren Sanchez, whose dreams of a picture-perfect Italian wedding are crushed.� Thanks to the protesters who ...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Says the man who would say and do anything for Supreme Leader, even to the point of surrendering Constitutional powers of his own office. The words lackey and lickspittle come to mind right now. clicksp.doseofdemocracy.com/f/a/SGTCrB9a...
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Mike Johnson calls War Powers Act "unconstitutional"
"Many respected constitutional experts argue that the War Powers Act is itself unconstitutional," Johnson told reporters Tuesday.
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
No surprise, Trump has no respect for the law, so why would his appointees? When I was wondering about my company's management hiring, a coworker said "Birds of a Feather Flock Together", or that managers hire people most like themselves. It always seemed to be true. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Fired DOJ lawyer exposes Bondi’s blatant disregard for the law
Erez Reuveni, a top lawyer who was kicked to the curb by the Department of Justice for not defending their agenda to deport men to El Salvador without due process, has officially blown the whistle.�
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Not only are they losing working immigrants in Red states, but immigrants are counted during census. This means Red states will lose census numbers which could cause them to lose Red Seats in the House. How does mass deportation look now, MAGA? www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Mass deportations may backfire big time in Florida
In early December, I warned that Donald Trump’s mass-deportation plans could backfire on Republicans. The core problem? Manpower. It takes a lot of resources to round up undocumented immigrants—...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
He is right about the lack of leadership in the Democrat party and Congress. Neither of them has a ground view of the needs of the 98%, the GOP abdicates responsibility to Trump, and the Democrats ignore the real needs of the 98%: cost of food, house, and medical care FIRST. bsky.app/profile/mich...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Good question! They have let Trump stomp all over Constitutional Congressional powers without even a squeak a mouse would give you if you stepped on it. Why were they elected? Why are they still being paid by the voters? When are they going to impeach him? open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Office Hours: WTF do they tell themselves?
As Trump siphons away their power, how do congressional Republicans justify to themselves their total abdication of responsibility?
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Because corrupt politicians love to distract voters with a "Short, Winnable War"! There is less risk of losses if you only bomb them. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Why the right gets excited about bombing people
Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know. Over the last week, President Donald ...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Always keep them guessing?
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
It is what all the greedy American billionaires say. BUT European workers get paid more, more time off, national healthcare, some get free schooling, and so on and so on. Trump is definitely not Making America Great Again, and neither are the billionaires. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Trump's Juneteenth message: Americans get too many days off
President Donald Trump bemoaned the Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, saying Americans get too many days off and that it is hurting businesses. "Too many non-working holidays in America,” Trump ...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
ICE: the American Gestapo!
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
He's Armed! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Cartoon: He's armed
A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related |� 'Pray you never have a moment like this’: Senator recalls chaotic ICE ...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Fairs Fair! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Cartoon: N-Word
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Trump would complain about the spike in price of Big Macs.... www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Cartoon: Ice, ice, burger
A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | ICE is going broke, thanks to Trump Campaign Action
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
They need to correlate the data..... www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Cartoon: Anti-stupidity vaccine
A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related |� Trump family’s latest grift is coming for your ...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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Cartoon: Trump's stair incident
A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Related�| Press secretary spins Trump protests in typically terrible ...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Grammar matters, people!
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
It is not really the Democrats vs Republicans, it is the billionaires against the 98%. If you follow the money, you will find the very rich are behind most of our problems, and the money trail leads to our/their politicians, in both parties. newrepublic.com/article/1961... via @newrepublic.com
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How the Billionaires Took Over America
Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable. Here...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
This is why no one should have elected an elderly billionaire who literally poops his diaper and has dementia. He has violated the Constitution and declared a war that will get young men killed and raise our gas prices by as much as 25%. We voted for it. clicksp.doseofdemocracy.com/f/a/vYwC8jeY...
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Iran parliament reportedly backs closure of oil transit channel
Impeding the strait would likely bring a massive spike in oil prices that would flow through to U.S. consumers.
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I KNEW IT! Wait, I thought it was the Russians?!? www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...
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Trump Ally Laura Loomer Escalates MAGA Civil War With Wild Claim: ‘Tucker is Controlled by Muslims’
Carlson’s softball interviews with the leaders of Qatar and Russia have been fodder for his critics to question his motives on foreign policy
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Speaking as someone who has been a crewman for the NJ Forest Fire Service, politicians have always been quick to cut wildfire budgets when fires have been minimal. But when a big fire season hits, half the equipment is broken down with fewer crew clicksp.doseofdemocracy.com/f/a/g0r7DEJk...
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The US is woefully underprepared for wildfire season, say insiders: ‘The stakes are life and death’
‘Efficiency’ cuts across offices have left teams understaffed, firefighters underpaid and uninsured, and without adequate equipment
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
The Very Rich are always happy to expend the lives of the 98%. We need to get out and protest this war. clicksp.doseofdemocracy.com/f/a/FHvKsPpr...
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Trump will decide on potential Iran action within the next two weeks, the White House says
Back-and-forth attacks between Israel and Iran continued overnight as the conflict entered its seventh day, with an inactive Iranian nuclear reactor and an Israeli hospital among the sites hit.
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
What is it with uptight GOP politicians? You can always depend on the "Holier than Thou" to do things UNHOLY. Never trust Nationalist "Christians": they are wrapped too tight and are actually the Anti-Christ (refuse to follow Jesus's teachings).
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
They sure know how to make a wannabe fascist happy on his birthday! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Cartoon: Birthday fascist
A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related |� In his mind, Trump is already a ...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Trump Calls for ‘Unconditional Surrender’ From Iran Sure, why not? Bone Spur Boy won't be fighting it, just a bunch of kids from the 98% who have been born to die for the Billionaires........ www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Company towns are every sociopathic CEO's dream: Live in high rent company housing, shop at the company store, go to the company doctor, with just about enough wage to keep you in debt to the point you die in debt and your children have to work for the company too! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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You won't believe the latest dystopian step companies are taking
You know those movies where impoverished miners, fresh from the mines, stand in line for the only store in town, paying with a fistful of some tattered and unrecognizable currency? Did you ever feel ....
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Blackrock and Vanguard agrees: companies that followed, or caved into, Trump have lost money/ stock price. Law firms who caved into Trump have lost BIG talent lawyers and clients. His tariffs are hurting the economy and raising inflation, which is bad for everyone. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Why Standing Up Against Trump is Good for Business
Corporations are just brands and talent. Surrendering to Trump sacrifices both.
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Fencing to protect Trump's MILITARY parade? That is not a sign of strength, that is a sign of fear and the fact that he knows he is doing wrong and is afraid of We The People. We need to turn up the heat! open.substack.com/pub/beagoodi...
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Is DC Bracing For A Parade Or Martial Law?
The real reason 18 miles of fencing went up around the city
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
And now the MAGA idiots are declaring war on Democrat politicians, something no Democrat/liberal would do. I blame this on Trump's divisiveness that promotes this kind of behavior. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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Live Updates: Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Act of ‘Targeted Political Violence’
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Kindly Uncle Thud @unclthud.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
And I did not serve 6 years in the Navy for this kind of country!
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