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K. N. Gluckman

@xmd1001.bsky.social
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Avid reader. Thinker. Light painter. I doubt ideas stamped with a cross and wrapped in a flag.

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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Taxpayers reimburse companies for customs tariffs (166 billion plus interest) after having paid them once in higher prices for imported goods.
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The war in Iran will ultimately lead to regime change. In the USA.
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Did Trump have a nervous breakdown because he has to refund customs duties paid by the Chinese?
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Maduro's expertise in organizing elections and using voting machines is desperately needed in the US, he had to be brought here.
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"NATO is treating the incident as a deliberate incursion, not an attack" (Reuters). In other words, let's call it "foreplay" so as not to inconvenience Putin with Article 5. I also say wait two weeks until Trump decides how to punish Poland for not moving the country out of the way of the drones.
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
If Trump had been president, Putin would not have dared to send dozens of drones over NATO territory. edition.cnn.com/2025/09/09/e...
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Poland shoots down Russian drones in its airspace for the first time, accuses Moscow of ‘act of aggression’ | CNN
Poland’s military said early Wednesday that it had shot down drones that violated its airspace during a Russian attack on neighboring Ukraine, the first time it has taken such a step in what is a ma...
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders showing everyone where they belong. Needless to say she's a Republican.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders giving a speech while leaving students out in the rain.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... Sec. 4: the army acts as a law enforcement agency. Sec. 5: officials who comply with D.E.I. will be criminally charged.
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Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:Section 1.  Purpose and
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Tariff on 45% of imports. It means about $2050 in additional expenses per year per household.
USA imports by country: Mexico 16%, China 15%, Canada 14%.
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Better not to upset the potato-elect. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
How can you demonstrate fiscal responsibility in the act of governing? By raising the debt ceiling. Because responsibility is only demonstrated in the face of temptation. Isn't it clear now?
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The emperor has no clothes. Soon he will sit his huge naked ass on the throne, but there will be no one to tell. thehill.com/media/504289...
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ABC News settlement with Trump sends chill through media
ABC News’s decision to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by President-elect Trump is sending a chill through the media, with press organizations suggesting it is a major blow. “It should not…
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Living the dream. Federal employees receive days off until January 20. Perhaps February if they are lucky. apnews.com/article/cong...
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Trump brings chaos back to Washington by attempting to kill bipartisan budget deal with Musk's help
President-elect Donald Trump has delivered a likely death blow to bipartisan congressional budget negotiations, rejecting the measure as full of giveaways to Democrats.
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Debt cutting, "top to bottom", the biggest slice is 16%. Happy holidays to all contributors to social security funds.
Who owns US debt pie chart. Social Security funds 16%.
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I don't like, I don't despise politics. I'm only interested in it before elections, I like to choose the lesser evil. Sometimes, rarely, there is a best option. These days, a gathering of decerebrate lunatics turned America into a madhouse. These days, politics sucks. #photography #ComfortablyNumb
A one-legged chair thrown onto the beach stands upright, supported by a few blades of grass.
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Time to do something: #PressAct The orange creature: “REPUBLICANS MUST KILL THIS BILL!” freedom.press/issues/pass-... edition.cnn.com/2024/11/21/m... www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The dream team takes shape. The agency that controls the weather, hurricanes, simooms, zephyrs will be dismantled. www.cnbc.com/2024/11/21/m...
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tapped to work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as new DOGE subcommittee chair
Greene's group will share the DOGE acronym with the entity commissioned by President-elect Donald Trump and led by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This time, no reinforcements are coming. That's it, we are the reinforcements.
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Love story straight out of Shakespeare, I shed a few tears. I just hope their wives won't find out. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
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Donald and Elon can’t get enough of each other.
“Elon is probably the only other man in the world who can truly relate to President Trump,” said one person who’s watched them interact.
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Isn't the CFO aware that import duties are paid by the Chinese? www.cnbc.com/2024/11/19/w...
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Walmart may have to raise some prices if Trump tariffs take effect, CFO says
The discounter's comments are the latest warning from retail leaders about the potential impact of the tariffs.
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Alice. #photography #reflection #desolation
Alice is reflected in the mirror in a desolate landscape.
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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
My latest in today's @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/o...
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Opinion | Donald Trump’s Threat to the Global World Order
Donald Trump’s re-election to the American presidency is a threat to global peace and security.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Welcome to the Derp State.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
So Trump’s Border Czar nominee wrote the section on the border for Project 2025’s manifesto and Trump’s FCC nominee wrote the section on the FCC for Project 2025. But Trump had no connection to it and doesn’t know anything about it.
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2021-Free until now 🌊🍂🎃 @patricia-ann.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” Patrick Henry
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Edwin Godinho @bebedi.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Incoming dart - A #littleowl straight down the barrel in flight. Taken with a #canon #eosr5 #ef400f28lism2 #wildlife #nature #photography #birdinflight #athenenoctua #bif #birds 🪶 Restarting on Bluesky having left the swamp. Like my content & common hashtags please give us a follow 🙋🏻‍♂️👍🏽🍻😊 📍Kent, UK
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This election was about emotions, not economics
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Trump allies told to quit calling Trump’s plans for new expansive camps, well, “camps” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Allies Were Told to Stop Saying They'll Put Migrants in 'Camps'
Trump’s plan to expel millions of migrants would require massive new camps. His advisers are pressing allies not to call them “camps”
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Richard Steigmann-Gall @notoriousrsg.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
In case you’re wondering what the fuck Donnie is thinking with Matt Gaetz as Attorney General, here is as good an analysis as any I’ve seen. The perversity of the choice is the point.
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I Smoked Kirkmas @dknight10k.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I still think about how elected Democrats worked harder to beat Joe Biden than they did to beat Trump
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WTFGOP a.k.a on Twitter @Doggintrump @wtfgop.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
We're so fucked There goes NOAA, FEMA, IRS just to name a few They want no check on gov't & will be raping and pillaging our gov't for every dime
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K. N. Gluckman @xmd1001.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Birds feeding. #photography #birds
Bird takes food from hand
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Update: His health guy doesn't believe in medical science. His law guy is a sex trafficker. His intelligence gal is a Russian asset. You're all caught up.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
It’s Flag Day. Randall Flagg day. 🤣
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I Smoked Kirkmas @dknight10k.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
We're going to take over this place the same way we took over threads: by building up all of you First, hit the like button, reply with #NoDemUnder1k, and most importantly, hit the REPOST button. Then follow each other back. The easiest way to do so is to follow everyone who reposts. Here's how:
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Leftyleftist @joannetyree.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/11/2024
BREAKING: “Biden approves Ukraine’s use of long-range U.S. weapons inside Russia, reversing policy. The Biden administration will allow Kyiv limited use of ATACMS to strike enemy positions in Russia, according to senior U.S. officials.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Biden approves Ukraine’s use of long-range U.S. weapons inside Russia, reversing policy
The Biden administration will allow Kyiv “limited” use of the ATACMS long-range missile system to strike enemy positions in Kursk, a significant reversal of U.S. policy.
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TheGratefulDeadpool @gratefuldeadpool.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I've been preaching this for years, but people always pushed back. They would always say, "You don't give the American voter enough credit. They're smarter than you think". 🙄 53% of Americans read at a 6th grade level or lower and this election was proof of just how right I've been all along.
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Goodmojojo @goodmojojo.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I'm just going to leave this here until the midterms...
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
#Banksy speaks for millions.🤭
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/11/2024
If you're a Veteran and you get your healthcare from the VA, please make appointments with your PCP and specialists before January 20th, and make sure to update all your vaccines and order your meds.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
A frustrating thing for me right now is the media narrative that RFK Jr is just an “anti-vaxxer” when he has said so many crazy things about other stuff over the years. We compiled 10 nutty clips on various topics, which still barely scratches the surface. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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'Viruses Are Our Friend'— 10 Off the Wall Video Clips from RFK Jr. Resurface on Bluesky
Past comments include denying AIDS and calling vaccinated children "damaged"
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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Not including ships and submarines that are also launching missiles, the air-based component of this ongoing Russian missile attack is utilizing: - 6 TU-160 strategic bombers - 16 TU-95 strategic bombers - 6 MIG-31K jets Ukraine is forbidden by the US to strike any of these with western weapons.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Multiple sources are now reporting LLMs aren't scaling as hoped—larger datasets and more compute aren't improving AI systems as fast. The companies, naturally, are pressing on, calling for billions more in investment. One way to read this: The hope is to make AI too big to fail.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Hi All, just released my weekend update (free as usual). A few big stories. Everyone wants to negotiate for Ukraine, but doesn’t really seem to care what Ukraine wants. It’s arrogant and immoral. It’s not up to non-Ukrainians to make major concessions for Ukraine. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Weekend Update #106 Some Leaders Wants to Tell Ukraine What Peace Means for Ukraine
The Three Groups of Trump Appointees; Russia will have trouble in the Second Half of 2025
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Torres: There’s a Turkish proverb that says, “If a clown goes into a palace, the clown does not become a king; the palace becomes a circus.” We’re witnessing the transformation of the American presidency into a circus, with Tulsi Gabbard as the potential DNI and Matt Gaetz as the potential AG.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/11/2024
Trump’s extreme cabinet picks—Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr., and Pete Hegseth—could face Senate backlash. What’s the legal fallout? Plus, DOJ leadership shakeups, Bannon’s fraud trial, Jack Smith’s report, and more. Catch the latest Legal AF at 8p ET/5p PT! 👇
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I dove deep into the lessons I learned in my military career to examine the utterly terrible idea of Trump having a board evaluate all 3 and 4-star generals for removal. This won’t just hurt today’s military but national security for decades to come. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
"It is being framed as a review of how the U.S. first got into the war in Afghanistan and how the U.S. ultimately withdrew." Do not accept this framing. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Trump transition team compiling list of current and former U.S. military officers for possible courts-martial
All of the officers were involved in the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which independent reviews have blamed on both the Trump and Biden administrations.
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