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gsmorris.bsky.social
WV writer, artist, actor, designer, husband, father, grandfather, care-giver, worried historian, generally pissed off but trying to find positive solutions to difficult problems.
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submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

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submitted 1 day ago • 64 comments

Have we found the waste and fraud?

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.

submitted 2 days ago • 278 comments

Wow. This guy is running the VA. www.navytimes.com/veterans/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Please don't be confused. That blur you see flying by isn't Musk and Trump back-pedaling; it's the arsonists fleeing the scene of the fire.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Got a push-poll today from the RNC. Gave them my "what for," and an appropriate contribution.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

“Hamilton” is canceling plans to perform next year at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, citing President Trump’s moves to impose his values on the venue. “We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

submitted 3 days ago • 196 comments

🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “The numbers don’t add up. $880 BILLION is a devastating cut to Medicaid, and an attack on Medicare. Anyone who votes for this budget is voting to cut Medicaid and gut health care for Medicare recipients in 🇺🇸.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...

submitted 11 days ago • 589 comments

when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero" now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make www.wired.com/story/doge-g...

submitted 5 days ago • 212 comments

Rodriguez: They're slashing staff, crushing unions, and selling out the VA for what? So billionaires can make more money while veterans sit on waitlists. Our president was asleep while Moscow was at the wheel. Veterans don't trust him. He’s not one of us.

submitted 3 days ago • 156 comments

Trudeau: Canadians are not angry at the American people for this. We don't have anything against Americans. Americans are our neighbors, our friends, our partners. This is a policy decision by the American government

submitted 5 days ago • 153 comments

It’s surreal that I have to go to a foreign leader to hear someone describe the full derangement and malignancy of my own president in plain language, because our own “free press” and opposition leaders won’t do it. Bravo Trudeau

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"downsizes" is a weak way of saying "forced to cancel dozens of programs, which jeopardizes future STEM careers of talented undergrads" @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 8 days ago • 202 comments

Excellent chart. cepr.org/voxeu/column...

submitted 95 days ago • 3 comments

I'm gonna be real with everyone: Given the choice, I'd rather you buy my books from just about ANYWHERE other than Amazon. That's always been the case. I'm Canadian. Buy your ebooks from Kobo. It will make me even happier.

submitted 8 days ago • 128 comments

That Oval Office debacle today solidified two things: 1. The US is not a trusted ally 2. Zelensky is a hero

submitted 8 days ago • 838 comments

Honestly if I was Rubio I would’ve self immolated right then and there.

submitted 9 days ago • 9 comments

If Marco Rubio doesn't resign, and I don't think he will, I can't imagine a greater scumbag.

submitted 9 days ago • 24 comments

No other president? I can think of a few! And they stood up for America against enemies, not allies. Little Marco, let's see Trump stand up to Putin if you want to impress anyone.

submitted 8 days ago • 135 comments

I almost bought a book on Amazon today, but then I went to eBay and got it slightly used for half the price. Boycotting Amazon is fun AND easy.

submitted 9 days ago • 1078 comments

submitted 10 days ago • 338 comments

CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

submitted 16 days ago • 1312 comments

The Philadelphia Eagles have rejected White House visit, Again. I love that for them!!! Philly fans SHOULD BE PROUD as hell of their team.

submitted 13 days ago • 446 comments

submitted 12 days ago • 541 comments

Hard to believe that Kash Patel lied and misled FBI agents about something as important as this.

submitted 12 days ago • 47 comments

Trump gets fact checked by Macron Trump: Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine, they get their money back Macron: No. To be frank, we paid. We paid 60% of the total effort

submitted 12 days ago • 16 comments

This is a second lavender scare. They're going to purge all LGBTQ employees from the federal government.

submitted 12 days ago • 30 comments

Last week, Elon took $8 MILLION with an M—as in ‘Musk can’t count’—and counted it as $8 BILLION with a B—as in ‘BS.’ That is not saving money—it is poor reading comprehension. He might be a joke, but none of this is funny—and he's creating actual fraud.

submitted 12 days ago • 43 comments

USAID informed employees via email that it is terminating 2,000 workers and placing thousands of foreign service officers and other direct hires worldwide on paid leave, effective tonight.

submitted 13 days ago • 402 comments

A group of Repub lawmakers want to remove the rape and incest exception in West Virginia’s near total abortion ban. It’s one of several abortion-related measures introduced so far this session in the overwhelming Republican legislature that aim to discourage individuals from having the procedure.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Video snippet courtesy of Belfast legend David Holmes on Instagram...

submitted 15 days ago • 202 comments

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

submitted 21 days ago • 2823 comments

The one change that worked: I set my phone to ‘do not disturb’ three years ago – and have never looked back

submitted 21 days ago • 24 comments

Of course he did. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus

submitted 24 days ago • 242 comments

Current state of things in West (by God) Virginia. Former WV GOP Governor Jim Justice: "I turned poop into gold!" Current WV GOP Governor Patrick Morrisey: "We're broke."

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

🦬 Many of you are wondering what our beef with SpaceX is, and it boils down to this: "Heaven is under our feet, as well as over our heads." We have a big, beautiful world right here — and it's suffering at the hands of billionaires. Why should we let them colonize space, too?

submitted 25 days ago • 9 comments

I'm assuming that with all the Musk savings, we'll soon see billions and billions of dollars go to W. No. Carolina and Eastern Tennessee recovery. (image Asheville.com)

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submitted 28 days ago • 51 comments