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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums2 Bluesky posts on my timeline, one after the other. What a mess the old world is in. And one from facebook
Good morning. As Donald Trump tells reporters he doesn't
— jfordemocracy (@jfordemocracy.bsky.social) 2026-05-21T12:28:43.149Z
know anything about the slush fund he created, as he once again moves to shield his presidential records from everyone; the scale and breadth of the overreach and paranoia finally awake inquiries.
Don't stop asking. Vote.
(I'll copy paste what second poster posted, it was blocked from sharing)
I'm a retired boomer. I cannot believe the state of our country. I cannot believe people are reduced to living in their cars, on the street, homeless. NOTHING is normal anymore. There is something fundamentally wrong, VERY wrong, with our country. I am so ashamed of what our country has become.
And one from facebook

Maraya1969
(23,589 posts)Someone used to post war things here but I would watch and then become confused because I couldn't follow it well. I liked when that person would explain a little of it.
Swede
(40,155 posts)The Bluesky poster obviously doesn't want this to come back to them.
Maraya1969
(23,589 posts)"The Ukraine war is a brutal, grinding conflict with Russia occupying roughly 20% of the country. While Russian forces have made marginal, slow territorial gains in the east, they are paying an extraordinarily high price in manpower. Both sides are currently exhausted by intense attrition, and diplomatic efforts remain highly fluid"
I don't know where that second post got the idea that Ukraine is doing better without Trump in the picture. I wouldn't doubt it but I just never heard it.
Swede
(40,155 posts)The blueskyer did not want it shared, so I copy pasted it, without the members name.