A Rational Rustic

A Rational Rustic

@macdaddy93.bsky.social

A rural moderate who loves family, hiking, and swimming. A believer in democracy and an ethical, just society framed by our republic's North Stars, the Constitution, and the rule of law.

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A Rational Rustic
@macdaddy93.bsky.social

Sticker shock! Trump's decision to rescind the exemption of duties and customs charges on overseas items under $800 is a much bigger deal than I realized. I just priced $797 of William and Morris wallpaper for a project - the added duties were $224. Ouch.

A Rational Rustic
@macdaddy93.bsky.social

Here's hoping the jackasses who voted for this knucklehead decide to open up factories and find plenty of ultra-high-efficiency workers to staff them before Christmas...or a lot of folks are going to get a lot less this year. Ironically, at least ICE will be well funded...(that's sarcasm).

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Justin Elliott
@justinelliott.bsky.social

NEW: Kristi Noem secretly took a cut of political donations and then failed to disclose it www.propublica.org/article/kris... w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social

propublica.orgKristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political DonationsA dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Replying to @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

6/ And this is just a sample. The campaign is relentless and planned. Democracies don't die in a single moment. You just wake up one day, and the regime has so badly crippled the opposition that they can't compete in elections. This is where we are heading if we don't wake up.

A Rational Rustic
@macdaddy93.bsky.social

At a time when this country needs tough fighters willing to stand up to a bully, you gave that bully your lunch money in the vain hope it would preserve a few guardrails—guardrails the bully and his MAGA henchman are already willfully ignoring. This was a false choice.

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen@shaheen.senate.gov

My statement after voting to advance the continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown that would have hurt Granite Staters and enabled President Trump and Elon Musk to do more harm:

A Rational Rustic
@macdaddy93.bsky.social

It is time for Schumer (aka Neville Chamberlain) to go. The Senate needs new leadership that has a spine. Dems caught between Scylla and Charybdis should take the road that shows some fight. Senate Dems must vote "no" today and force the Republicans to own this shut-down and negotiate.

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@macdaddy93.bsky.social

From our financial advisor re: Trump's tariffs: "...we expect a drop in GDP of approximately 0.4% - which is a pretty big number....if the US economy slumps under the weight of a volatile stock market and a timid consumer, we could see a recession manifest quickly.” Uncertainty = timid consumer.

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CNN
@cnn.com

A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office for President Trump’s sit-down with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters were barred from the high-level meeting.

cnn.comA Russian state media reporter gained entry to the Oval Office for Trump-Zelensky sit-down | CNN BusinessA member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office on Friday to cover President Trump’s sit-down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters wer...
A Rational Rustic
@macdaddy93.bsky.social

Power of the Pardon: Trump sent the clear message that any illegal and/or violent act supporting his agenda will be pardoned. If we are to rely on judges to stop the worst of his decrees, I ask you: How independent is that judge when their daughter's picture is posted online by Trump's cronies?

A Rational Rustic
@macdaddy93.bsky.social

Local news gets to what is real in the way only local news can. We all need to recognize and hold dear our sources of support and normalcy amongst the artificial chaos being generated by the current administration...https://www.vnews.com/Column-It-takes-a-village-to-find-a-water-bottle-59555131

vnews.comColumn: A water bottle goes missing and a community shows upWhen I leave the house, I try to remember three things: my phone, my wallet (attached to my keys) and my water bottle.

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