he/him/it. Old white bi guy. Currently in Raymore, MO. Looking to move back to #Arizona Retired. Former PR pro. Former state level PIO (Nebraska). Thick skin […] [bridged from https://mstdn.social/@JamesWNeal on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gyhttps://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzenls77nw62Trump Delivers a Closing Midterm Message. Mostly About Landscaping. On the eve of the election, the president held forth in great detail on columns, drain pipes and granite at the newly refilled Reflecting Pool. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/02/us/politics/trump-reflecting-pool-midterms.html03 Nov 2026 01:07 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzenls77nw62https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzen7yu4mdn2“In purchasing oil from Russia, a known supplier and financial supporter of Iran, Donald Trump is providing funding for a country that is engaged in hostilities with America, up to and including killing American soldiers,” she wrote, adding: “Any effort to profit from the illegal trade in […] https://mstdn.social/@JamesWNeal/11754980378284352503 Nov 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzen7yu4mdn2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzelw63pw3h2I'm not gonna burn a gigawatt making it, so please just imagine Trump as a trick-or-treater coming to #SCOTUS' door and before he can even ask for California candy, #Kagan slams the door in his face.03 Nov 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzelw63pw3h2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzeg733j6sr2#SCOTUS just told Trump no with respect to his California gambit.02 Nov 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzeg733j6sr2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mze7lfy6ty72If you haven't voted and are thinking it's all gonna work out without you because "polls," know that the other side sees those polls, freaks out and decides to go vote. We need you.02 Nov 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mze7lfy6ty72https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mze7akugo432Look, I'm not absolutely certain I'm down with "no kings," but I sure as hell think "mad, rapist kings" need to be neutered.02 Nov 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mze7akugo432https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzdwzrdx6it2Search for this: what are the political affiliations of singers Paul Anka & Barbara Mandrell, music producer David Foster, actor Andy Garcia, & playwright David Mamet? You'll find they're either conservatives or people who have personal relationships with Trump. Kennedy Center honors are rigged.02 Nov 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdwzrdx6it2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzdscg3boz32Unhappy toddler goes to daddy because daddy almost always lets him do it. https://apnews.com/article/midterm-elections-immigration-voter-fraud-trump-48998968a23a4af2f59eaea3dba4d2f302 Nov 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdscg3boz32https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzdpgwa426t2“What has transpired here cannot be described as anything other than weaponization,” Faruqui said as he dismissed the case Monday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/11/02/judge-dismisses-charges-against-fbi-agents-hunter-biden-laptop-investigation02 Nov 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdpgwa426t2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzdn24seypa2Texans have not forgotten what happened to Salgado Araujo and are driving to his memorial after voting to place their “I Voted” sticker on it to make a very clear statement: They voted blue […] https://mstdn.social/@JamesWNeal/11754753910757277002 Nov 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdn24seypa2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzdjfae7ol72About the only thing he hasn't done is use taxpayer money to build an underground bunker at Mar-a-Lago.02 Nov 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdjfae7ol72https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzdj7hxltfk2Every time he gets up on stage and starts saying the most insane shit, I watch the crowd behind him and honestly, given the general lack of reaction I'm torn between thinking they just tune him out and he's doing it all from Mar-a-Lago in front of a green screen.02 Nov 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdj7hxltfk2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzdhqmoaryr2(AP) What many of them see is that the America they’ve known is slipping away. They see lawlessness coming from those who create the laws. They see hate stirred by politicians among neighbors, corruption at every turn, billionaires ruling the roost and a culture that doesn’t speak to how they […] https://mstdn.social/@JamesWNeal/11754716643185770202 Nov 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdhqmoaryr2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzdgltznfz52In a perfect world, Haley Stevens would be in #Kansas today announcing her support for Roger Marshall.02 Nov 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdgltznfz52https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzdeowcw6lz2It's like Republicans in tight races have been told to use these last hours doing all they can to widen the gap in favor of their opponents, with Trump using his rallies to help that along.02 Nov 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdeowcw6lz2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzdcuy64e3t2Did Trump use taxpayer money to buy fool's gold?? https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/trumps-multimillion-dollar-renovation-appears-209094502 Nov 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdcuy64e3t2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzckarh5kxf2Tonight on CNN: Anderson Cooper channels Jonathan Swan as he interviews former Democrat Haley Stevens.02 Nov 2026 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzckarh5kxf2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzbzreqwy4e2I don't know why I keep thinking the boyfriend was on a mission and pretty soon he's gonna just . . . disappear.02 Nov 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbzreqwy4e2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzbzmqj7lfe2I can't be an #audiophile b/c today I compared the UHQR pressing of Who's Next, 2022 remaster, to the high rez file on Spotify and then the higher rez 2022 remaster on Qobuz, both streams through an Eversolo with room correction and Qobuz won hands down. My vinyl rig's no slouch, either.02 Nov 2026 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbzmqj7lfe2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzbz6px7j7r2You do know, right, that if getting elected didn't result in a lot of money coming their way, a lot of politicians on both sides of the aisle would follow the money - elsewhere. We get to where holding political office is something only people who want to serve the country do and man . . .01 Nov 2026 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbz6px7j7r2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzbwaxi23rp2Look, it wasn't that long ago in the last days of a campaign everybody was talking about how small his crowds were, how tired, confused and depressed he seemed - and then . . . so forget how good things look. Your #vote matters and if you're tired of hearing that, just do it so we can move forward.01 Nov 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbwaxi23rp2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzbtyf6wxhk2If he loses Congress, I fully expect before the door slams shut, there will be legislation to make it even harder for people who obey the rules to fire all the people he brought in. And he brought in a LOT.01 Nov 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbtyf6wxhk2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzbtpvvfvre2Decades ago, while going up an escalator in a Reno casino, I saw James Carville coming down. I didn't turn around, catch up to him and ask him for an autograph. Current me thanks former me for seeing decades into the future.01 Nov 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbtpvvfvre2https://bsky.app/profile/jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mzbtkuf7bak2Reading about how #Scottsdale is going to deal with a cutback in #CAP water and I just keep coming back the piece referring to it as "drinking" water. That's going to come as a surprise to the bottled water industry in Phoenix - not to mention every corner water store.01 Nov 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:5c25he3u7ksbt33cjmgtzp33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbtkuf7bak2