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@absconditus.bsky.social
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Still reaching for unreachable things. Former (always?) academic, former DoD.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 12/04/2026
Ma este Európa szíve erősebben dobog Magyarországon. Europe’s heart is beating stronger in Hungary tonight.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/04/2026
Buried in the FBI’s 2027 budget is a funding request to hunt so-called domestic terrorists: "Anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity ... extremism on migration, race, and gender. And hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality."
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This Is What Trump Thinks Makes You a Domestic Terrorist
The FBI included a detailed list of what constitutes domestic terrorist activity in the 2027 budget.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I know a lot of this is just a specific problematic person and his enablers, but it's hard not to feel like a dumbass that as a country we seem to have no way to actually halt any of this nonsense
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 17/07/2025
New bombshell from my investigators on Epstein's sex trafficking operation: the Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others.
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This Democrat Won’t Let Go of the Jeffrey Epstein Case, Either
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
They told me if I voted for Kamala we'd have Middle East war, inflation, an economic slump, weaponization of DOJ, no peace in Gaza or Ukraine and incompetents all over govt. Well, sure looks that way now.
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Kent State, where unarmed student protesters were gunned down by National Guard troops, offers stark warning. The federal deployment of military personnel now risks causing the same escalation, tragic error and lasting damage to what’s left of our democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...
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Opinion | I Ran the L.A.P.D. I Know What Happens When Troops Are Sent to American Cities.
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absconditus.bsky.social @absconditus.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Just when you start thinking of rock bottom, the definition changes again.
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Grace Rubenstein @gracenotes9.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Simple, beautiful, true, and shattering. @mcsweeneys.net
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An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Who Thinks My Daughter is a Tragedy
Dear Mr. RFK Jr., (The “dear” is tradition. Don’t mistake it for affection.) You said autistic children are a burden. That they ruin families. That...
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Senseidai2547❌👑 @senseidai.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
MAGAts are delighted that the WH is trolling with this vulgar AI generated photo. They don't care that it's abhorrent to real Catholics, & makes Convicted Felon Donald Trump look like an even bigger chucklefuck on the world stage than he already is. An embarrassment every day. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue
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Senseidai2547❌👑 @senseidai.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Why is Jennifer Hegseth involved at all with the Dept of Defense? Where are the whistleblowers? What does she know that she shouldn’t? Alleged sexual predator and alcoholic Pete Hegseth and his wife need to be fired from the DoD. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Jennifer Hegseth holds unorthodox role shaping Pentagon affairs
Her activities have included coordinating her husband’s media appearances and meeting with job candidates, say people familiar with the arrangement.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
This is the current cover of the Economist. The American eagle, once a symbol of strength and freedom is tattered and sick. Our economy is no longer the “envy of the world”
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Are men okay? They are not
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Gigi✌🏼🌷🤟🏼 @liberalgigi3.sheshed.rocks · 17/02/2025
When Fascism came to America, it was wrapped in the Flag & carrying a cross. We will NOT Bow We will NOT Obey We will NOT Comply We will NOT Kneel We will resist, our voices loud & in unison. Felon47 arrogance is beyond comprehension to think we will stand for this tyranny. We Will Not Forget
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Let's start wondering it loudly
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Reuters @reuters.com · 08/04/2025
Democratic lawmakers sharply criticized President Trump's administration and said it was harming national security, after Reuters reported the firing of US Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, who held a senior position in NATO reut.rs/4cvAWLk
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Democratic lawmakers slam Trump admin after Reuters reports US Navy admiral firing
Reuters first reported on Monday that Shoshana Chatfield, the U.S. military representative to the NATO Military Committee and one of only a handful of female Navy three-star officers, had been fired.
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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
More outrageous, nonsensical anti-science being introduced by RFK Jr. — and now seriously considered by Republican lawmakers. After Calgary (Alberta, Canada) ended fluoridation in 2011, 700 percent more children required intravenous antibiotics to avoid fatal dental infection. Calgary is…
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Iwisha_Beechwood @lori3030.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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The Economist @economist.com · 03/04/2025
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
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absconditus.bsky.social @absconditus.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Rumors that Muskolini might be leaving his WH post? (Tesla stock is rising even with all the bad news.)
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Direct evidence of criminal election bribery under Wis. Stat. §12.11: “‘My name’s Ekaterina Deistler,’ she said in a video posted Monday morning. ‘I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars.’”
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Bice: Elon Musk group removes video from $1M winner after she says she got money to 'vote'
Elon Musk's super PAC removed an X video from a $1M giveaway winner in which she said she received the money, in part, to 'vote.'
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Turquoise Cat 💙😻✌️ @turquoise-cat.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Trump doesn't like this being reposted! Y'all know what to do! ⤵️ Repost, repost, repost, and repost again! 🤣😂🤣
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The founder of Signal releases a response to SignalGate: “There are so many great reasons to be on Signal. Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations.”
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ANTIFA BEVERLY @stewardship.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Bahahaha 🤣 Bahahaha 🤣 Bahahaha 🤣 Bahahaha 🤣
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Senseidai2547❌👑 @senseidai.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Disabled people are our parents, siblings, co-workers, friends. We must make sure that they are able to live their best lives, just like everyone else. Convicted Felon Donald Trump is taking another page from the Hitler playbook. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #FuckTrump www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
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The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone
Trump’s administration is dismantling disability rights and education. History has shown this can be a warning sign for all civil liberties
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 28/03/2025
#UPDATE The UN's World Food Program has warned it is facing an "unprecedented" crisis with a 40 percent drop in funding this year, which risked life-saving aid for 58 million people.
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absconditus.bsky.social @absconditus.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Gravity doesn't affect them, they just keep sinking down.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Imagine being Europe and reading this
Pete Hegseth talking about European freeloading
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 25/03/2025
Trump suddenly scheduled a meeting with the US ambassadors for today at 2:45pm ET
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absconditus.bsky.social @absconditus.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
This post is a work of art.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 24/03/2025
French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has faced a string of assault and rape allegations, goes on trial in Paris on Monday accused of sexually abusing two women during a film shoot in 2021. tinyurl.com/p2f4kpxs
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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absconditus.bsky.social @absconditus.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Travelers watch this thread.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 20/03/2025
Twitter’s loss, Bluesky’s gain. If you’re not following @therickwilson.bsky.social you should be.
Rick Wilson suspended from Twitter.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 20/03/2025
The Pentagon just erased history. 🤬 Holocaust, 9/11, cancer awareness, sexual assault, suicide prevention—gone. This isn’t a mistake, it’s a deliberate attack on truth. They want ignorance through whitewashing. Thank Drunk Hegseth for this vile act. tinyurl.com/PentaPurge
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Massive purge of Pentagon websites includes content on Holocaust remembrance, sexual assault and suicide prevention | CNN Politics
Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites as the ...
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absconditus.bsky.social @absconditus.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Sounds appropriate for a car "made by idiots, for idiots."
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/03/2025
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
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absconditus.bsky.social @absconditus.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Ushering in a new Hippocratic Oath: "If someone is sick, I will NOT intervene."
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MarysBoutique @marysboutique.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue 🧵WTAF -Segregated facilities are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts which means this would NOT prohibit contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains, a 1/3 www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Just blocked someone who told us to go fuck ourselves. There’s been lots of disagreement on conserv scientists, and agreement too. Disagreement is fine, but if it turns to insults or unfair attacks we will block👍 We are all in this together now against Trump. Let’s find ways to work together.
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absconditus.bsky.social @absconditus.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Seriously.
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Must love 🐶 @rojorurba002.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Keep calling, please
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Here is a public Senate vote tracker on who has declared their votes on the budget resolution and who is leaning Yes or Unknown. Target your calls to those who are undecided or Lean Yes. Have at it. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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[PUBLIC] Senate CR Vote Tracker
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!
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