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Burnt-out GenX-er, dog & raccoon obsessed, powered by sarcasm, French ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท import, and proud owner of an independent brain.
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Martial Law incoming? www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Newsom: In 2023, Californians contributed $83.1 billion more to the federal government than we received back. And for your viewers: that other stateโ€”Texasโ€”took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.

Not scary at all: Pope Pius X died in 1914 Pope Pius XI died in 1939 โ€ฆ

โ€ผ๏ธWe just had an earthquake magnitude 6.0 in San Diego, I hope everyone is OK.

How is bringing a toddler to a #UFC fight legal? Does the Muskat need a shield that badly?

Bark less. Wag more. Alsoโ€”never skip #acupuncture Thursdays.

The made-in-China MAGA hats have just become 104% more patriotic.

Of course Guyliner has an opinion about France prosecuting the fascist fraudsters. m.economictimes.com/news/interna...

Lot of noise for country representing 0.65% of the US imports. Well worth defying an ICC arrest warrant.

200 million. Thatโ€™s how much Kristi Noem is spending on a glorified ego massage for the Orange Peel, broadcast in HD. Who knew โ€˜government efficiencyโ€™ meant lighting taxpayer money on fireโ€ฆ but make it cinematic? youtu.be/DmwlBw9Dn0s?... www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

South Korea swiftly and efficiently weeded out a corrupt president. Why canโ€™t the US do it? www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/a...

Protect your #401k if you havenโ€™t already, and move everything to low-risk investments. You can always change it back once / if the market stabilizes.

Lithuanians honoring fallen US soldier while Trump prefers playing golf. bsky.app/profile/ronf...

โ€œThis is what happens when you put a bankrupt con man in charge of a global economy. The same guy who couldnโ€™t run a casino without losing money is now trying to run the country like a reality showโ€”and weโ€™re all footing the bill.โ€ โ€” Ben Meiselas #MeidasTouch

๐Ÿ›‘ Stop engaging with the political trolls. You might think youโ€™re combating propaganda, but youโ€™re amplifying their content. Besides, the algorithm detects your engagement and delivers more of those to your feed. Engagement is monetization for the social media platforms. Donโ€™t engage, block them.

Make child abuse great again www.yahoo.com/news/florida...

Wild how incompetence or early onset dementia is now a more acceptable defense than just saying: โ€œYeah, I messed up.โ€ The mental gymnastics people will do to protect their ego is honestly more exhausting than just owning the mistake. #SignalGate

newrepublic.com/post/192946/...

โ€œWorkers at the TSA were informed via email that โ€œnew guidanceโ€ meant that requests for ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฏ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐, ๐ก๐š๐ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ, according to Fox News.โ€ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The reason behind the managerโ€™s special @ 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue today.

If Tesla goes below $114 Musk will get margin called. This forces him to liquidate his shares which will send Tesla stock into a death spiral and his whole empire will crumble. Musk will do anything to prevent this. And Trump will too. Soโ€ฆ keep the pressure on.