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Michael Kompanik

@ridgerambler

Retired O-6 Navy Captain. History buff, travel editor, nature lover, adventure and world travel. Dinosaur fanatic, Ohio State Buckeyes fan, live in beautiful California.

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Deny, deflect, call it a hoax, and attack the editor. Its the Trumpian way.

27.03.2025 17:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump values only loyalty. Competence does not figure into the equation.

27.03.2025 17:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What ever happened to free speech in this country? And for God's sake, criticizing the acts of the Israeli government's persecution of the Palestinians in NO WAY equates to Antisemitism. It is criticizing the actions of a nation state, not the Jewish culture or religion.

27.03.2025 17:04 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It makes no sense not to just end the cap and make it a flat tax. These people will never miss the money anyways.

27.03.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These people are so willingly to throw away our democracy. They are traitors, not patriots.

27.03.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Proposed new child labor laws in FLA. The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. Are you OK with this?

27.03.2025 16:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

We’re only two months in, & they’re cancelling research into pediatric brain cancer. They’re deporting US kids with brain cancer. They’re putting millions at risk of malaria, TB, & polio.

I for one will never forgive or forget those who said β€˜it won’t be that bad’.

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16.03.2025 15:30 πŸ‘ 31812 πŸ” 8283 πŸ’¬ 939 πŸ“Œ 389
13.03.2025 20:30 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired employees at VA, Defense Department and other agencies | CNN Politics A federal judge has ordered half a dozen federal agencies to β€œimmediately” reinstate probationary employees fired last month as part of the Trump administration’s effort to rapidly shrink the federal ...

I'm all for downsizing a bloated bureaucracy but DOGE and OPM did it the wrong way by lying those probationary hires had poor performance when the vast majority had stellar performance records. What a sham!

www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/p...

13.03.2025 18:26 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Amen

12.03.2025 15:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If this is true, this is a good way to start the resistance.

12.03.2025 14:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So many of them have things in their hidden closet.

12.03.2025 14:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump imposes sweeping 25% steel and aluminum tariffs. Canada and Europe swiftly retaliate | CNN Business President Donald Trump imposed sweeping 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imported into the United States Wednesday, a policy aimed at leveling the playing field for US manufacturing but a move th...

Prices going up? Kamala and ALL the economic experts told us this would happen with tariffs, but the gross ignorance of the voters and a pied piper told them otherwise, www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/e...

12.03.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Proposed VA cuts spark veteran anger: "Deserve better" Widespread cuts across the Department of Veterans Affairs are letting veterans down, laid-off employees and advocates say.

Darn right we veterans deserve better. I don't believe they are cutting only waste, fraud and abuse. Critical services to veterans will be seriously impacted. Time to engage elected representatives. They serve US! www.newsweek.com/proposed-va-...

12.03.2025 00:33 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The arrogance and ignorance of Trump's cabinet selections are appalling. Do these people just mimic Trump's antics or are they themselves really this insensitive and cruel? www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

04.03.2025 16:06 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I am a retired US Navy Captain, once a moderate conservative. I got tired of the zero-sum game mentality of the right. I also despised their inability to put themselves in others' shoes and see the world from a different perspective. I am today a proud liberal. Look forward to connecting with others

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