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Doppelganger75

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Retired semi-geek, keeping busy restoring and enjoying classic cars. Dad to near-twin tabbies, Romulus & Doppelganger, and a double merle auggie.

I post occasionally about cats and cars, but finding it harder and harder to hide my total disgust of the orange idiot and his traitorous MAGA minions.

Avatar features Paisley, our sweet pointer/dalmatian mix.

In a world of Donald Trumps, be a Jimmy Carter.

#classiccars #aviation #ettd #DanFan #BoycottMusk #ArrestBillBarr

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@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

Thursday the FBI denied that Kash Patel used the official FBI jet to fly to Italy to watch his favorite sport ice hockey, saying he was on a work trip to visit Italian law enforcement.

This actual Olympic locker room video after the US-Canada game tells quite a different story.

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@randahl Sure, and there just happened to be a hockey game going on nearby.

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American tax payers will now pay for a hospital ship which will be sent to Greenland, Trump claims on Truth Social.

Let me rephrase that: The US, which does not offer free healthcare to its own people, wants it's own people to offer free healthcare… to Greenland… which already has free healthcare.

Maybe it is time for another brain scan for the US president.

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@randahl Trump said previously that they did one and didn't find anything. 🤣 🤣 First honest thing I've ever heard him say.

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And they will not succeed.

Screenshot of an X post by No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen stating, “They’re trying to stop women from voting ahead of the midterms.” It quotes a post from Headquarters claiming Republicans introduced a bill that would disenfranchise millions of women if their married name doesn’t match their birth certificate. Below are two images: one of Donald Trump posing with a suited man, and another of a woman casting a ballot at a voting booth with an American flag.
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@georgetakei I predict this will backfire on them, bigly.

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Reporter Hannah Natanson has been writing articles about the corruption of the Trump regime. The result: Now Trump has sent the FBI to raid her home and seize all her devices, so they can identify her sources.

The insightful Liz Oyer has the story: https://youtube.com/shorts/2CkE7YXpaL4?si=sGiMkyEo3HiuNWo8

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CBS News’ Nancy Cordes: Your DoJ OIG “reported this year that there was thorough vetting by DHS and the FBI of these Afghans who were brought into the US so why do you blame the Biden administration?"

President Trump: “Because they let them in. Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person?”

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@w7voa Wouldn't you love to see someone just haul off and punch him in the face after a comment like that?

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If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.

Screenshot of a CNBC headline that reads: “How device hoarding by Americans is costing economy.” The subtext says Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever, which may be smart for consumers but can reduce productivity.
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@georgetakei My previous phones were usually replaced because the USB charging port died. Since I went to a wireless charger that issue is gone, so perhaps my current phone will outlast me.

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But Sleepy Joe!

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@georgetakei At least he's not finding new ways to f*** things up when he's asleep.

@stux@mstdn.social avatar stux , to random

I sincerely hope so much that within some years will be just a very dirty stain in the history

It's gonna take a looot longer to restore everything the dictator has broken I know, but let's hope MAGA will become such a dirty word like nazi's because they're the same thing

And yes I went there:
MAGA = NSDAP = NAZI

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@stux At age 79, odds are Trump will be dead within ten years. It brightens my day just to know that.

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“A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone,” announces President Trump in a Sunday morning social media post.

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@w7voa What a clueless f'ing idiot.

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DOJ tried to subpoena an online trans health care provider. A judge quashed it.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/29/doj-subpoena-gender-affirming-care-ruling-00627891

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@transworld Department of Just Us.

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CNN editor-in-chief Mark Thompson, following a While House meeting, sought to soften the news network’s coverage of President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing, claiming viewers aren’t that interested in the story, according to the Status newsletter.

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@w7voa Also nicely expresses why I'm not interested in CNN.

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Staffing shortage triggers a ground stop this morning affecting LAX flights. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ground-stop-issued-for-lax-flights-due-to-staffing-issues-faa/

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@w7voa If this is greatness, I'd just as soon go back to mediocrity.

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NYT - President Trump says he has commuted the sentence of former Representative George Santos, the disgraced Republican fabulist from New York who was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for financial fraud. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/us/politics/trump-george-santos-sentence-commute.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE8.VHTY.wJK4YSoECsCY&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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@w7voa Makes sense. He didn't do anything that Trump himself hasn't been doing for decades.

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US presidents can only be depicted on $1 coins if they’ve been dead for at least two years. But the treasurer of the United States plans to mint a “Fight, Fight, Fight” Trump $1 coin for America’s 250th anniversary. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5112

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@w7voa Pathetic, but if he agrees to die I'm all for it.

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What makes me deeply worried for the US is not how many I see scream in terror, because they know what Trump is doing.

What really scares me is, how many US citizens are silent, because they do not even realize that a fascist gang is tearing down every pillar of democracy in their country.

Apathy and ignorance is what made the Russian dictatorship possible.

The Russians did not wise up before all was lost. I sincerely hope the Americans are brighter and quicker.

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@randahl @taatm Sorry, but Hakeem has been an ineffective disappointment. People want a strong leader, which is a big part of how Trump got elected, but of course he's a complete idiot too so I can't explain the thought process behind voters on that one. Point is, Democrats need a JFK, not a Jeffries or Schumer.

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@randahl @Pineywoozle I hope you're right!

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MSNBC - In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help win government contracts in a second Trump administration. https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568

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@w7voa That ought to be enough for a trip to El Salvador.

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@georgetakei Drinking early today, are we Ronny?

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Malignant narcissists can't stand when you make fun of them because they lack any real sense of humor or introspection. And they're totally fine with trampling on the First Amendment if it makes their critics quiet down and self-censor. From NYT:

"President Trump threatened on Thursday to revoke broadcasting licenses over late-night hosts who speak negatively about him, escalating an assault against the media. “They’re giving me all this bad press, and they’re getting a license,” Mr. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, after ABC suspended the late-night Jimmy Kimmel Live show. “I would think maybe their license should be taken away.”

Then you have his lapdog FCC chief Brendan Carr doing his best mafia tough guy imitation threatening ABC's broadcast licenses if they didn't cancel Jimmy Kimmel, which of course they did. In some ways that's appropriate, because this entire administration is operated a lot like a mafia organization -- shaking everyone down for money and extorting companies and universities over speech they don't like.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/18/us/trump-news

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@briankrebs I hope to live to see the day when Shitler pays for his crimes.

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Allies of President Trump and Kash Patel’s harshest critics have begun to circulate word that contingency plans for the FBI director’s ouster are forming, reports Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/knives-out-embattled-fbi-director-kash-patel-despite-trump-support

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@w7voa Can you imagine how bad you have to be to get fired from this cabinet? Telling the truth will give you a quick exit too, but this isn't Kashyap's crime.

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@w7voa Should give you some idea of what Trump's got in mind.

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Germany has nearly completed a rail network designed for rapid troop & equipment transport to NATO's eastern flank & Ukraine, reports Tagesspiegel. Military cargo already moves from Baltic ports to a hub near Krakow, then onward to Lviv via European-gauge tracks.

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/verkehrsinfrastruktur-an-der-nato-ostflanke-wie-sich-bahn-und-bundeswehr-auf-den-kriegsfall-vorbereiten-14223578.html

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says Germany is ready to be NATO’s central transport hub. With new U.S.-funded rail links from Lviv to the EU, and Germany’s national railway teaming up with its army, Berlin is preparing to move troops & aid east quickly if the NATO bat signal lights up.

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@kevinrothrock The western flank may be just as important now that the U.S. is a Russian ally.

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@kevinrothrock You may think the U.S. becoming an authoritarian state is a snooze, but I don't share your views.

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@kevinrothrock Yes, that's a simplistic generalization, but Trump's affinity towards Putin, his hostility toward many long-time U.S. allies and threats to annex Greenland certainly raise questions about where America now stands. Putin must be thrilled.

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@kevinrothrock Apparently I'm not the only one who feels this way. https://mastodon.social/@flexghost/115112162413889430

@anneapplebaum@journa.host avatar anneapplebaum , to random

US accused of conducting hostile campaign designed to destabilize Denmark, a close democratic ally

https://amp.dw.com/en/denmark-summons-us-envoy-over-greenland-reports/a-73777456

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@anneapplebaum The dumb orange bastard is going to cause us to go to war with NATO.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , (edited ) to random

My hero this week is teacher Shane Parmely.

Stopped at one of Trump's fascist checkpoints, and asked about her citizen status, she just calmly explains to the agents that she does not comply with fascism and they can detain her for as long as they want, but she is not complying with their Nazi agenda.

Realizing they have lost, they finally let her go.

Resist America — every inch of the way!

https://youtu.be/aqEBTG9hJzg

UPDATE: While the video is new, the episode is from Trump’s first presidency.

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@randahl I love this woman!

@ProPublica@newsie.social avatar ProPublica , to random

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old staffer and college dropout.

On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.

This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the took his family. 🧵

Photo of 53-year-old Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi. He is sitting, wearing white pants and shirt with a brown vest.

Photo of 53-year-old Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi. He is sitting, wearing white pants and shirt with a brown vest.
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@ProPublica Just a reminder that buying anything associated with a Musk company is supporting a scumbag.

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JD Vance already has been on 8 vacations in just the past 7 months

They’re not only fascists, they’re lazy fascists

Don’t let me get started on orange dictator

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@stux He needs a hunting trip with Dick Cheney.

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Turns out, unsurprisingly, that American fascism is bad for tourism and U.S.-based conferences. (You'd have to be an idiot to organize an international gathering inside the U.S. at this point.)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/las-vegas-tourism-decline-trump-immigration

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@dangillmor I'm told that this guy is really good at bankrupting casinos.

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WaPo - The IRS clashed with the White House over using tax data to help locate suspected undocumented immigrants hours before Trump administration officials forced Commissioner Billy Long from his post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/09/trump-administration-irs-data-dispute/

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@w7voa "He was the sixth IRS leader since the start of the year." Elect a clown, expect a circus.

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They’re threatening the refs because they don’t like their calls.

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@georgetakei There's a special place in hell waiting for Pam Bondi.

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Texas Tribune - Texas State Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, on grounds of adultery. The state attorney general is challenging incumbent US Sen. John Cornyn in next year’s Republican primary. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/angela-paxton-divorce-texas-attorney-general-ken/

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@w7voa I wonder how long it took her to figure out that he's a weasel. I could tell within two minutes of the first time I heard him speak.

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"Sanctions are disappearing, weapons are diminishing, counterpropaganda is harder to hear. All of that will encourage Putin to go further—not just to try to defeat Ukraine but to divide Europe, mortally damage NATO, and reduce the power and influence of the United States around the world"

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/putin-trump-russia-ukraine/683414/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK38jq6vvO2FygkuCulUcodbA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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@anneapplebaum Agent keeps paying dividends for Putin.

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Salon - Kari Lake was dressed down by representatives from both parties on her handling of government-funded media. https://www.salon.com/2025/06/25/you-have-no-credibility-lake-grilled-by-house-committee-over-voice-of-america-cuts/

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@w7voa That woman is a waste of oxygen.

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

This…this is real. He really typed this with those greasy fingers.

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@georgetakei Is it just me or does this guy have some issues?

@stux@mstdn.social avatar stux , to random

For the last few months I was really really worried about the rapid decline of the US right before our eyes

A lot of officials remained silent, companies kissed the ring etc

The recent rise up against Musk was a great start but I think today was a day that really gave hope!

So many people showed up across the US, that really shows we're not alone in this and that we're all sick and tired of it

Keep it peaceful, keep protesting and keep resisting!

You are truly wonderful!❤️

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@stux Yes! I have hope again. Seeing these pictures of millions of people at these protests makes me realize the real power we have over these miserable tyrants. If we chose to physically remove them, they'd be finished.

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@georgetakei I'd move west tomorrow if that ever happened.

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President Trump tells White House reporters if there are protests in DC against his military parade Saturday they “will be met with heavy force.”

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@w7voa I hope a MILLION people show up!!!

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Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard against protests the LAPD commended for their nonviolence is a clear attempt to escalate, sow chaos, and chill dissent.

First with the ICE raids, then with this militarized response, we're seeing the tyranny of the Trump regime on full display. Tyranny against our unions, our cities, and our neighbors.

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@indivisibleteam "No fascists" would be more to the point.

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(Reuters) - FEMA staff left baffled after the disaster agency’s head said during a briefing that he hadn’t been aware the US has a hurricane season. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/

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@w7voa Is this from The Onion?

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Kyiv Independent- A drone operation by Ukraine’s SBU has hit 40+ Russian bombers at distant air bases and the planes are burning en masse. https://kyivindependent.com/enemy-bombers-are-burning-en-masse-ukraines-sbu-drones-hit-more-than-40-russian-aircraft/

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@w7voa Slava Ukraini!

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Narrator: They are not considering the offer.

A tweet by Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump ) reads: "I told Canada, which very much wants to be part of our fabulous GOLDEN DOME SYSTEM, that it will cost $61 Billion Dollars if they remain a separate, but unequal, Nation, but will cost ZERO DOLLARS if they become our cherished 51st State. They are considering the offer!"
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@georgetakei In his dreams, perhaps.

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The bronzer is looking rather Wonka lately.

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@georgetakei Does he really think he's fooling anyone? Oh wait...

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President Trump announces he’s ordering the Bureau of Prisons, together with the DoJ, FBI and DHS, to reopen “a substantially enlarged and rebuilt” Alcatrez island prison in California. It closed as a penitentiary in 1963 and was purchased by the National Park Service in 1972.

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@w7voa Government efficiency at its finest. "On March 21, 1963, USP Alcatraz closed after 29 years of operation... An estimated $3-5 million was needed just for restoration and maintenance work to keep the prison open. That figure did not include daily operating costs - Alcatraz was nearly three times more expensive to operate than any other Federal prison." https://www.bop.gov/about/history/alcatraz.jsp#:~:text=On%20March%2021%2C%201963%2C%20USP,too%20expensive%20to%20continue%20operating.

@TonyStark@progressivecafe.social avatar TonyStark , to random

There's a myth that the carmakers have tons of empty factory space and they just need to fire up the old assembly lines and it will all work out.

However at best it will take years and years and hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars and no company is going to commit that kind of money when GOP policy is so erratic.

You get the government you voted for.

Another round of auto tariffs just went into effect. They could change the industry forever |
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/03/business/auto-parts-tariffs

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@Aurani @TonyStark Yes, it's the Chrysler Pacifica and Voyager minivans. 129k of them were built in Ontario last year, and all but 10k of those went to the U.S.

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A Justice Department attorney has sent an email to our lawyer, David Seide, informing him that USAGM expects VOA staff to begin a “phased return” to work and programming to resume next week.

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@w7voa Great to hear, but makes me mad to think of all the unnecessary disruption to people's lives because of one or two power hungry idiots who don't think laws apply to them.