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Swede

(40,093 posts) Thu May 21, 2026, 08:38 AM 6 hrs ago

2 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
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.
— jfordemocracy (@jfordemocracy.bsky.social) 2026-05-21T12:28:43.149Z

(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

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2 Bluesky posts on my timeline, one after the other. What a mess the old world is in. And one from facebook (Original Post) Swede 6 hrs ago OP

I'd like further verification about that second one. Not that I don't believe it, I would just like more information Maraya1969 5 hrs ago #1

When I google searched the second post ("I'm a boomer etc,) only my DU post showed up. Swede 5 hrs ago #2

I asked Google how the war was going and this was the response. Maraya1969 5 hrs ago #3

That's the third post. The second post is a Bluesky quote. Swede 4 hrs ago #4

OK my bad. Maraya1969 3 hrs ago #5

Maraya1969

(23,574 posts)

1. I'd like further verification about that second one. Not that I don't believe it, I would just like more information

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2026, 09:37 AM

5 hrs ago

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

(40,093 posts)

2. When I google searched the second post ("I'm a boomer etc,) only my DU post showed up.

Reply to Maraya1969 (Reply #1)

Thu May 21, 2026, 09:45 AM

5 hrs ago

The Bluesky poster obviously doesn't want this to come back to them.

Maraya1969

(23,574 posts)

3. I asked Google how the war was going and this was the response.

Reply to Swede (Reply #2)

Thu May 21, 2026, 10:07 AM

5 hrs ago

"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

(40,093 posts)

4. That's the third post. The second post is a Bluesky quote.

Reply to Maraya1969 (Reply #3)

Thu May 21, 2026, 10:50 AM

4 hrs ago

The blueskyer did not want it shared, so I copy pasted it, without the members name.

Maraya1969

(23,574 posts)

5. OK my bad.

Reply to Swede (Reply #4)

Thu May 21, 2026, 11:27 AM

3 hrs ago

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