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charlesberglund.bsky.social
An Artist is always an Artist, YouTube and Bluesky are my only Social Media accounts. I did many labors, Veteran USAF, Father of 2. Lifelong Democrat, Climate, Agnostic, Secular, Challenged. I live each day as it were my last.
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A classic MAGA self-own 🙄

âś… Yes, a photo accurately shows a U.S. "distress" flag hung upside down from the side of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park by a group of employees.

We had to set up a “shadow hearing” about how gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will hurt consumers — Republicans wouldn’t have one. Tune in here ⬇️

Carl Sagans Pale Blue Dot #carlseganpalebluedot

Dad Pictured with another B17 Flying Fortress in Florida. #B17 #fredberglund

My Mother on Fathers B-17 my Brother, Sister had helped him write it. #b17 #ronberglund #fredberglund #jeromeberglund

My Mother on Fathers B-17 my Brother, Sister had helped him write it. #justacopilot #B17 #Fredberglund

“The new RFP falls squarely within the activity that we are already challenging through our lawsuit,” notes FFRF Litigation Attorney Sam Grover. “We plan to address this new RFP in an upcoming court filing.”

Flat-Earth Christian nationalist conspiracy theorist Kandiss Taylor announced that she is running for Congress in her home state of Georgia: "I'm ready to go to D.C. and blow some things up." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

Medicaid provides 40% of the funding for community health centers. Medicaid supports 2 out of 3 people in nursing homes. Medicaid provides health care to 41 million children. Trump and his Republican friends want to enact massive cuts to the program. We won't let them.

At least 2,400 VA employees have been FIRED in the last 2 weeks. Many are VETERANS with YEARS of federal service and EXEMPLARY performance records. Today, VA's Chief Human Capital Officer REFUSED to answer @repmarktakano.bsky.social's questions about her role in these ILLEGAL MASS FIRINGS.

“Everybody has absolutely free exercise of worship and belief in faith, but no religious group can capture the mechanism of government and then start imposing theology and prayers and liturgy on everybody else,” Raskin added. wordandway.org/2025/02/24/a...

Only 7% of Americans want cuts to medicaid, the Republican budget slashes $880 BILLION from it. Think about how insane that is.

Trump is attempting to cut funding for research to fight cancer, Alzheimer’s, and infectious diseases. As the home of the Mayo Clinic, we know that medical research saves lives. Minnesota Republicans should stand up for the health and wellbeing of our state. abcnews.go.com/Health/billi...

Films of the 1980s. John Carpenter's "Starman". #films #movies #starman #bruceaevans #raynoldgideon #jeffbridges #karenallen #charlesmartinsmith #richardjaeckel #robertphalen #michaeldouglas #DonaldMMorgan #JackNitzsche

1984 Starman Movie I like the purpose of the Movie as we are a Waring planet its a Sci-Fi with some romance. #starman #jeffbridges #Karenalley

“Shot in the Arm” A scientifically informed, yet compassionate Documentary on the curious and costly phenomenon of Vaccine Hesitancy Now streaming (free) on PBS [Video; 90 mins] www.pbs.org/video/shot-i...

This Greta Thunberg pic and my accompanying snarky #haiku, from the day she came face to face with the orange monster at the UN during Trump 1.0. May I just add, how I'm feeling as 2nd month of 2.0 arrives. #Resist

Atmospheric Refraction Sunrise I captured in 2010 in Hastings, Mn #atmosphericrefractionsunrise #hastingsmn, #chuckberglund #photography

130 Million American adults read at or below a 6th grade level. We are where Carl Sagan predicted we would be. Education must be #1 priority!! youtube.com/shorts/Sn8Ek...

“Putting a bullseye on the polio vaccine is a clear warning that even the safest, most proven vaccines aren’t safe from Kennedy.” www.thebulwark.com/p/kennedy-rf...

“It does not pose an immediate pandemic threat” m.economictimes.com/news/interna...

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

A reminder that Elon Musk's corporations were promised $3 billion across nearly 100 different contracts last year with 17 federal agencies. While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall.

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🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump has fired the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, General C.Q. Brown. He is a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force. REPOST if you stand with General Brown against Trump!

Former Capitol police officer Michael Fanone when confronting Proud Boys insurrectionist Enrique Tarrio: “You are a traitor to this country.” RETWEET if you stand with Officer Fanone!

Working class Americans live 6 years shorter lives than the wealthy. Doctors believe economic stress is a major factor in that disparity. I asked Americans to describe how stress impacts their lives & well-being. The responses were heartbreaking. Here are some of them:

In the wealthiest nation on earth, 25% of seniors should not be living on $15,000 a year or less. We should EXPAND Social Security, not cut it. I will soon be introducing legislation to significantly raise Social Security benefits and extend the solvency of the program.

Trump and Elon Musk are floating 'DOGE dividends.' Low-income Americans might not get the benefits. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

“With the latest announced cuts in federal spending, many of the programs that have helped people in need across the globe are at risk.” Yale Divinity School’s Gregory E. Sterling writes why Evangelicals & Christians who voted for Trump should be outraged. READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

To every VA employee, your work is sacred. Your dedication is noticed. Your role is essential. To our veterans, we see this for what it is – a direct attack on your care, your privacy, & your dignity. We're going to fight like hell to protect both you & the people who serve you. - RM Mark Takano