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jarmistead.bsky.social
Retired newspaper journalist/photographer, U.S. Navy 1966-1972, love dogs and art. Democrat. Believer in America. I will not give in or give up as fascism attempts to flood America and her democracy. My military oath to protect/defend America never expires
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They continue to tell this debunked lie šŸ¤„ for a reason: so when they cut social security to pave the way for their tax cuts for the rich you think they had an actual reason to do it.

This. Is. Insane.

He'll bankrupt it.

Strong statement by retired Rear Admiral Mike Smith, President of NSL4A: "National Security Leaders for America strongly condemns the removal of senior military officers without just cause. ... Removing experienced leaders with meritorious records weakens the force and emboldens Americaā€™s enemies."

Fired federal workers share the crucial jobs no longer being done Six people describe what they were doing to benefit public health, safety and the environment www.sciencenews.org/article/fire...

why go to therapy when you can drink coffee and buy books as a little treat to fill the void inside.

And it's going to get much worse!

#Krasnov is the sock puppet Putin jerks off into. web.archive.org/web/20250221...

Washington evangelical pastor & chaplain, David Franklin, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for recording himself sexually abusing a 4 year old girl & possessing child sexual abuse material. www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/c...

Drug dealers will get the death penalty? Surely he can't mean the rich white ones on Fifth Avenue? How would his boys get coke? It would be a shame if all the gangs had a truce and stepped up to fight for one cause.

Nailed it.

Nothing to see hereā€¦ Just a fox and his dog toy šŸ–¤ šŸŽ„animalsbeingpets

KEEP PUSHING! If they wonā€™t do a town hall DEMAND ONE

This gets my vote for tweet/post of the year. This is a RED ALERT post. This is exactly why heā€™s doing it.

A whole generation of early career scientists and physician-scientists, including colleagues and myself, are particularly vulnerable to these funding freezes and cuts, with jobs and careers depending on federal grants. #IDsky #Medsky #Episky www.science.org/content/arti...

Literacy is activism. Reading is a political act. Books are tools for liberation.

Trump & Musk belong in prison.

Illinois has proposed a bill that would require anyone seeking the role of public library trustee be a valid cardholder of the library they wish to serve. This is a positive bill, and it's one in a line of pro-library bills being drafted and championed in the state. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Secret Service Thinks One of Trumpā€™s Aides Might Be a Little Too Obsessed With Him, ā€˜Danger to Herself and the Presidentā€™: Itā€™s not quite the ā€œLeave Britney Alone!ā€ girl, but itā€™s close. A new report fromĀ Vanity Fair based on an excerpt from an upcoming book says that the Secret Service at oneā€¦

MAGA wants to dismantle the government because it doesnā€™t work for us. Meanwhileā€¦

RFK Jr. cannot be trusted to oversee or interpret legit scientific research.

šŸ“ŒHappy birthday, George Washington. You couldn't believe this if you tried ...

@sanders.senate.gov simplify the math for people to see with their own eyes. A little quick spreadsheet as well to see the math. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Just like we shouldnā€™t be firing FAA employees when commercial airliners are flipping upside down.

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

There have never been kings in America. The monarchy doesn't start now.

General CQ Brown is a patriot and hero. Firing him makes America less safe, but it will help bring about a Golden Age. For Putin.

President Trump is losing the stock market war to the rest of the world so far. Hereā€™s where investors are taking advantage www.cnbc.com/2025/02/21/p...

C-PAC is a cult gathering, not a convention! This ā€œThird Term Projectā€ poster at CPAC is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. The same people who were screaming about ā€œthe deep stateā€ are now openly fantasizing about a dictator-for-life.

Who is ready to bring it?

A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered by a Chinese researcher. Good thing we are completely prepared this time. www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...

Says the guy who won't even respond to the mothers of his own children

American people are rising up against Trump and Musk.šŸ‘‡

The DoD has never passed an audit and no doubt its spending should be reviewed. But Sec Hegseth knows little about how DoD works, and less about national security. It would be a good idea to bring in some expertise rather than just throwing the axes.Ā  www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

These people all have actual conflicts of interest that should keep them from working on any investigations like this. It's a measure of how tainted and corrupt this Justice Department is becoming and it breaks my heart. I hope it doesn't break our country. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

200 million dollars of waste.

Listen to @radiofreetom.bsky.social! "Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI, the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government."

You have done the Mashed Potatoes, the Watusi, and the Jerk. This weekend, try doing THE MONKEY.

ā€œThat is why Trumpists are so focused on ā€œending DEIā€ in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.ā€