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@ablecitizen.bsky.social
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Native NYer. PoliSci PhD. Pugnacious progressive. NY Mets / Giants fan. Currently in the Rio Grande Valley delivering the goods daily at UTRGV. Have not perfected any student indoctrination spells. US Navy vet (87-93). Opinions my own.

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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 17h
Dang . . .
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Stealing this.
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm sure I'm late to this party, but I can totally see the resemblance! LOL Uh, Manaea, right? #Mets #LGM #MetsSky
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So is that scored a 1-1 double play? LOL! That's awesome . . . 😎😂🤣 #Mets #LGM #MetsSky
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Now THAT was a HELL of a play by Young at first. Wow! It's why you play the game, yo. #LGM #Mets #Metsky
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Poor Manaea . . . He actually pitched a good game, but they figured his shit out by the 5th, I guess. LOL #LGM #Mets #SNY
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Gary's "PLAYOFFS?!?" Jim Mora imitation was spot on. That was a deep cut, Gary. Nicely done! 😂😂😂😎😎😎 #LGM #Mets #SNY
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Playoffs Nfl Playoffs
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Mmmm . . . That's a sticky wicket, I guess. When he came BACK up from his last stint in the minors, he was showing improvement, but the chasing at bat . . . That's gotta be beaten out of him somehow.
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I take back every bad thing I've said about Morel. 😜😎😂 #LGM #Mets
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yeah, I'm struggling with Alvy. Torrens is a better all around every day player in my view. At 24, Alvy's still got room to grow, but . . . #LGM #Mets
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#LGM Anyone out of the NYC area watching on MLB: is it just me or are they playing more antidepressant commercials because we're #Mets fans? 😂😂😂
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Did your feed go out when Lindor made that great catch a few games ago? That happened to me! 😭😂 #LGM #Mets
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#LGM Definitely impressed with Robert Stock's performance today. He got clobbered last time out, but really pitched a great game today.
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#LGM #Mets Did anyone GIF that home run reaction from Nolan McLean during last night's game?😂
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#LGM #Mets Did y'all hear that tepid crowd response when they played the "CHARGE!" music? At least on TV it sounded like three people yelled "charge"in the entire stadium. Sorry Cleveland, y'all got NOTHING on Mets fans.
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Weak Sauce Lame Meme
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Couldn't happen to a scummier fellow.
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
She's so CLOSE to getting it . . .
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The reporting on this incident is precisely why we NEED a free press and not just stenographers who will ape the talking points that electeds spew forth from their pie holes.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Pat Bagley Cartoon: "Commander in Thief"
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 10/07/2026
6 months ago, I predicted that the biggest bailout in corporate history was going to be Nadella, Altman, and Dario Amodei,,, and that it would be dressed up as investment/growth. It's a bailout.
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
They're SO CLOSE to actually "getting" it. 🙄🙄🙄
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/07/2026
As ICE agents kill more people, it's worth remembering that, according to former members of the agency, this kind of violence isn't a fluke; it's "by design" under Trump. “They’re essentially operating now in a resource constraint-free environment and doing very dangerous things."
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Former members of ICE say recent violence is "by design"
"What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement."
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
KEY: all three witnesses are being detained apart, and their story is consistent. They say that there were agents along the side of the vehicle but none in front. When you add the videos showing a lack of evidence of damage to the front despite ICE's ramming claim, ICE's story is falling apart.
“That is a lie,” wrote Jose Trinidad Rojas, 51, in a handwritten statement. “It is impossible for them to say that they were going to get run over … there were no officers in front of or behind the vehicle. They were on the sides.”

Balderas-Ibarra spoke to Rojas, Daniel Tirado Pantoja, 43, and the shooting victim’s brother, Victor Salgado, 44, and said he heard the same story from each as he interviewed them separately. The men are not being housed together, the attorney said. All three are undocumented Mexican immigrants who are now facing removal proceedings.

“All of them reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van,” Balderas-Ibarra said. “They came in and started shooting from the sides.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. the President is right that his tariffs are at work — in destroying U.S. jobs .. The U.S. has lost some 75,000 manufacturing jobs since January 2025 .. “His trade oscillations and border taxes are a major reason .. why Americans are so unhappy.” www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
There is NO substitute for actually being physically in the places we read about. I recently returned from Ireland and it was AWESOME.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Such good news. Human beings are capable of magical and wonderful things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/06/2026
March 9: "We're now totally independent of the Middle East. We don't need their oil." April 1: "It doesn't really affect us. We have so much oil, much more than we need." June 17: If I didn't agree to the MOU, we "would run out of reserves at about 4 weeks..."
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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Political cartoonists are better than mainstream media
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#StudentsTalkPolitics
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AFT @aft.org · 12/06/2026
On this day in 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark Loving v. Virginia case, legalizing interracial marriage across the country. We celebrate love, freedom, and this important moment in the fight for equality today.
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Pollitical Cartoonists keep us sane. This gem is from Mike Lukovich. Now we know where they hid the Epstein files. Trumpy should know we ain't forgetting what he did to all those kids. Not now, not ever.
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 12/06/2026
OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#StudentsTalkPolitics
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
These sewer clowns have debased themselves to be close to the seat of power. May their microwave popcorn NEVER fully pop.
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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Keith Morrison: I See What You Did There
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Cartoon by @stevesack.bsky.social
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#LGM
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/o... I've been accused in the past of being "a fan of the guilty" in stating my opposition to the death penalty. Aside from being untrue, my opposition is not because I don't want to see justice done. It's because the state is an imperfect institution. To wit:
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Opinion | In a Tennessee Execution Chamber, I Saw Chaos
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Devastating.
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W. B. Yeats Word. My senses have grown a bit sharper on this trip.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Trump says the White House lawn is safe enough for a UFC fight, but somehow too dangerous without his taxpayer-funded ballroom. That is not security. That is a grift with chandeliers.
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Totally normal, right? Nothing to see here . . . 🙄🙄🙄 #CorruptiinLikeNoOneHasEverSeenBefore
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Robert Downey Jr. Rolling Eyes
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
And none of us are surprised. The corruption is "like nothing we've ever seen before"
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This tracks . . . LOL
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This is stupidity, sure, but even more than that, it shows that #CheetoJesus has no loyalty to our country. His loyalty is to approval ratings and those who heap praise upon him.
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"Just seeing a lot of stinky baseball tonight." #LGM #Mets Oh, Keith . . . You scamp! 🤣
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
#LGM The boys had been . . . Er . . . "Backed up" a bit. Nice that they got some release. #Mets
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
#LGM Semien really displayed excellent fielding fundamentals in that out. Get the body in front of it! #Mets
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ablecitizen.bsky.social @ablecitizen.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
#LGM Gary Cohen did a great Bob Uecker there. "Juuuuust a bit outside" #Mets
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