Wokebloke for Democracy
dougiec3@libretooth.gr
<p>Semi-retired commercial artist living the life, painting, hiking, biking and spending way too much time on politics. <br />I read A LOT, and continually.<br />I post on a lot of different things, but mostly politics.<br />Ex-Texan.<br /> I don't automatically follow back. There has to be some info on your profile.<br />hee-haw</p>
Posts
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Post #4400086
" The Bank for International Settlements has warned that an AI bust could hit credit markets as hard as 2008, precisely because so much of the buildout runs through debt and circular deals. Those interlocking arrangements are what unsettle regulators. When chipmakers, cloud providers and model developers invest in one another, a stumble at any one node can ripple outward, and the exposure is harder to see from the outside." https://thenextweb.com/news/a-fed-official-is-asking-whether-...
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Post #4395835
Tesla's cutting edge self-driving mode program fails first test. https://newsthump.com/2026/08/05/spacex-rocket-crashed-into-moon-after-being-equipped-with-teslas-full-self-driving-mode/ #Tesla #Musk #Xitter #X
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Post #4395795
Will Democrats be able to complete such an investigation into Trump family money laundering already revealed by Capital One? https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-releases-new-report-on-failure-of-wall-street-banks-to-blow-the-whistle-on-jeffrey-epsteins-sex-trafficking-and-money-laundering-schemes #TrumpAndEpstein #MoneyLaundering #Banks #CoverUp #SexTrafficking #Pedophiles
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Post #4364204
Mitch McConnell clings to his Senate seat. https://www.salon.com/2026/08/03/mitch-mcconnell-is-never-coming-back-to-the-senate/ #McConnell #Congress #Senate #Grayhairs #Corruption
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Post #4363365
From The New Yorker- by Roz Chast #NewYorker #RozChast #Humor #Cartoons
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Post #4242884
Trump continues breathing underwater. https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/29/politics/cnn-poll-donald-trump-midterms-polls-iran-war #TrumpAndEpstein #Iran #Economy #Inflation
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Post #4205834
Mighty musician Glen Hansard is gone. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ekn9d37qvo #Once #Music #GlenHansard #Obituary
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Post #4176136
Sack! #MitchMcConnell #Death #Mortality #GrayCongress
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Post #4150686
Mitch McConnell is still not dead, thanks to access to the best health care in the US, as all of Congress has. If he was in the situation millions in the US are in, uninsured, McConnell might still be dead today. https://www.courier-journal.com/videos/news/politics/2026/07/27/new-photo-mitch-mcconnell-recovering-rehab-alive-senator-kentucky-update-fancy-farm-congress-votes/91066754007/ #MitchMcConnell #Healthcare #UniversalHealthcare #Medicaid
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Post #4142097
Col.E. John Gregory has no interest in upholding the US Constitution. " 'Stop talking,' Gregory, a deputy department head, said in a raised voice, 'and sit down.' Bakken, a 68-year-old who had never served in the military, did not sit down. He reminded the colonel that he had sworn an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution when he accepted his teaching job. "We're a military institution," Gregory interrupted, 'We follow orders.'" https://www.yahoo...
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Post #4142092
US military literally running out of gas? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/26/us-pauses-trump-netanyahu-attacks-on-iran-talks-hormuz #TrumpAndEpstein #EpsteinWar #Iran #Munitions
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Post #4122160
Resist! #Fascism #Resistance #Speech
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Post #3989746
From the Department of Denial at Los Alamos National Lab- " The tally of former workers who have joined a pending lawsuit against Newport News Nuclear-BWXT Los Alamos — better known as N3B — is now at 15. They include the company’s former chief of staff, project managers and directors." https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/lanl-nuke-waste-cleanup-contractors-ex-employees-allege-safety-lapses-retaliation/article_94feec07-441e-413b-bef2-32b0ff8bb4b3.html?utm_source=santafene...
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Post #3973507
" What makes this caption so funny — whether the Guardian intended it to be or not — is what unfolded moments before the photo was shot." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-guardian-writes-1-caption-of-trump-at-world-cup-thats-so-diabolical-its-going-viral_n_6a5e3aede4b03e444876f14f?origin=home-whats-happening-unit #TrumpAndEpstein #Ego #Narcissism #WorldCup
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Post #3916639
"Together they formed Texas Cob, dedicated to natural building. They design, construct and restore using building methods that use traditional, nontoxic materials, such as adobe, lime plaster, limewash, and cob, which is a mix of clay, sand, straw, and water used to construct homes and other buildings. They built about 10 houses before deciding it was time to create one of their own." https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/built-texas-home-sand-straw-170007145.html #Construction #Ho...
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Post #3754088
Mitch McConnell is still, unofficially, undead. #MitchMcconnell #Traitor #Fascism
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Post #3751399
Hunter Biden wins defamation judgement against former Overstock CEO who was also a boyfriend of a convicted Russian spy. https://www.courthousenews.com/hunter-biden-wins-1-7-million-in-punitive-damages-against-patrick-byrne/ #HunterBiden #Defamation #PatrickByrne #Russia
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Post #3747361
Heather Cox Richardson! "Like many other observers, Nichols noted that Trump was “incoherent” in Ankara. He referred to Iran as the “Islamic Republic of Japan” and referred to Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky as “President Putin.” In an off-with-their-heads! moment, he also announced he had ordered Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cut off all trade with Spain." https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/july-8-2026?r=63j6s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #T...
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Post #3709828
Wexler! #MitchMcConnell #Death #Hell #Fascism #SCOTUS
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Post #3683079
Pett! #Democracy #MitchMcConnell #Trump #Fascism #SCOTUS
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Post #3652566
Trump does not actually care about who wins the World Cup, or anything else as long as a qui pro quo is involved, like last year's trophy. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/did-donald-trump-really-keep-original-fifa-club-world-cup-trophy-and-chelsea-receive-replica-8882268 #TrumpAndEpstein #FIFA #WorldCup #Football
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Post #3636569
Carlyn Beccia- "MAGA Republicans. ...the researchers defined the term with clinical precision: Republicans who voted for Donald Trump in 2020 and deny the results of that election. The dividing line is the denial itself: the willingness to hold that an election was stolen in the absence of evidence. That single belief turns out to be a genetic marker. Everything else travels with it. The group is about 15 percent of American adults — roughly 38 million people. " https://open.substack.c...
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Post #3561261
" Nehls, who isn’t seeking reelection, also noted he will be 'celebrating the greatest president of my lifetime,' referring to President Donald Trump." https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-republican-rep-troy-nehls-what-affordability-crisis-im-eating-lobster/ #MAGA #Texas #Affordability #Trump #Inflation #Economics
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Post #3540230
"She wasn’t sure whether the two women who recently alleged abuse at Zorro Ranch have spoken with officials investigating activities there during the time it was owned by Epstein but said she 'would not be surprised if they had.' ” https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/epstein/director-two-women-have-called-santa-fes-solace-about-epstein-abuse/article_2209d4d2-5bf9-4bb6-a1e1-50ae751b4a1c.html?utm_source=santafenewmexican.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletters%2Fyour-morning-headlines...
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Post #3540118
Clay Jones! #USPS #Fascism #MailInVoting #Vote #MidTerms
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Post #3518600
Luckovich! SCOTUS #Fascism #Capitalism #Oligarchs #Election #Democracy
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Post #3415743
“If there was any doubt before, there should be none now: The Supreme Court is part of the anti-democracy movement led by Trump and the billionaires behind him.” https://hartmannreport.com/p/six-unelected-justices-just-gave-c04?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #Constitution #SCOTUS #Fascism #Racism #Roberts #Barrett #Alito #Thomas #Grosuch #Kavanaugh
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Post #2722117
A relatively large (and stuffed) Little Free Library. #Books #LittleFreeLibrary #Read #Literacy
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Post #2722116
Luckovich! #TrumpAndEpstein #Jan6 #EpsteinWar #Pedophiles #Taxes
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Post #2722115
A must read by Frank Bruni on understanding the real priority in the White House. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/opinion/trump-image-administration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.KbFq.rUOQg6qyJbw3&amp;smid=url-share #TrumpAndEpstein #LauraLoomer #Optics #Makeup #Perception #Appearances