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A.L.P. In Geauga

@alphawg.bsky.social
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Ohioan/occasional New Mexican. Former local newspaper reporter. (Politics/Ed./beat) Obligate Yarnivore. 🧶 Big nerd. #AlfHog

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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 5h
(rural man also loves spending that limited government's money on millions of dollars worth of artillery, chemical munitions, and training equipment/facilities for the local sheriff's office, whose greatest actual danger is, perversely, said rural man and his unregistered automatic weapons arsenal)
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Han Solo's Truth: Rey and Finn React
Alt: Han Solo's Truth: Rey and Finn React
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 8h
It should alarm us that the civilian head of the military gathers together troops to give them a political speech in which he calls the free press treasonous. He should be removed from office for doing so.
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 8h
And only desperately insecure men follow a desperately insecure man like this.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 9h
Schmitt Kennedy hearing meme with Kennedy holding the Lemon, it's Wednesday meme on the sign
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 16h
This is why the protection of an impartial civil service is so vitally important. They are very much the machinery of how the government carries out its will. Elections swap out the brain but the federal workforce is the body.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
The trans women in sports panic has got to be one of the GOP's most successful manufactured culture war campaigns. Somehow they got a lot of people who would otherwise say they support trans rights to somehow fear "fairness" in sports. It's a non-issue.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pope reminds me of a version of Catholicism I knew growing up as a young man attending anti-war and anti-death penalty protests, where I met elderly Catholics who shared their version of faith with me. I learned that Catholicism was about love and mercy for the weak, the condemned, and the poor.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 24/09/2026
Holy Hell. Trump has lost the support of Ohio ICE Hitler on IMMIGRATION. www.wcpo.com/news/local-n...
wcpo.com
Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones says Trump administration ‘went about it the wrong way’ on immigration
Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones has spent more than two decades making immigration enforcement central to his public profile.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
federal immigration agents beat up a US citizen in Evanston on Sunday morning and left him lying in the street or as Kavanaugh would put it, he experienced as "brief investigative stop" ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org
Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day
The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 22/09/2026
This is also what makes the voucher/bussing requirements so nefarious in Ohio. “Oh, those parents pay taxes on those services so they should be entitled to them too!” Not how taxes work. And public school parents pay those same taxes too, and their kids are being harmed twice over.
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Dennis Reynolds getting off on being Brian LeFevre
(IASIP S8E7)
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If executive branch creates a system so that people under government control can be located and then just stops listing some people in that system — despite their still being under government control — that should be a five-alarm fire for the other branches, the states, and the public.
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
$40 trillion in debt and he is stealing more of my money to turn our capital into a democracy-proof Führerbunker. Great.
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 20/09/2026
Andrew Havas has threatened to sue me for calling me a pedophile and I was like sure man, can’t wait to see your lawyer explain how getting jailed for “consensually dating” a 15-year-old at 24 doesn’t by definition make you a pedophile.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
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A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The NY Times is in “but her emails” mode regarding Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker. Relentless and unfair. Where’s the big story about a Republican megadonor who is a white supremacist? Maybe NYT has heard of him. His name‘s Elon Musk.
NYT headline: A provocative streamer creates headaches for El-Sayed in key Senate race
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026
Surely one of those hypothetical "race-neutral justifications" Sam Alito spoke about can explain this ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/mulli...
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The Republican Justices Are Pretending They’ve Never Heard Donald Trump Speak
No comment about “shithole countries” is too racist for this Supreme Court to decide that it might be legally significant.
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It's almost like the person a bunch of idiots elected because "Number Go Up" is as much of a traitor as we told them he is. 🤷‍♀️ Shocker.
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 15/09/2026
An Ohio Republican who you've heard of just called me, bewildered: "His Jet is Canadian!?!?!" "Yeah, brother. Bombardier." *such a long silence that I thought we got disconnected*
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
$736MM
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
When a story doesn't quote the person that the story is about, doesn't say the person declined comment and quotes someone else from that person's office, it's a very good bet that the person in question is an anonymous source for the story.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Seems obvious that JD Vance or a close aide is a key anonymous source for this NY Times story. Vance apparently wants NYT to help him create the impression he's blameless in the war. Note that NYT does not say Vance declined comment. Surely he was contacted, considering the story is all about him.
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Behind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War (Gift Article)
Vice President JD Vance received sobering assessments about the war that did not line up with what he, President Trump and other top administration officials were saying publicly.
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 10/09/2026
Brother has spent $430K on jet fuel at least this year. Like it’s so funny to see a professional politician pretend that he doesn’t understand why most Ohioans would find that off-putting in the middle of an affordability crisis.
jetspy stats showing vivek has spent $430k in fuel, flown 142 hours and pumped 686 tons of carbon into the air
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Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The protests in Camp East Montana over conditions and long-term detention are not the first, there have been many since the site opened last year. The first one I was able to confirm was in December 2025. But so many of these protests are not known about due to the secrecy that surrounds the camp.
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Knitting. Taking & then quitting jobs. Plotting a way to live half the year back in the desert, and half somewhere else... but not having the money to do it 🫠
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Absolute truth. The guy is a wrecker.
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ah yes. The Great Khan is known to many men. I, for one, welcome our IL-Khanate overlords, @nomads.bsky.social
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I left a toxic job situation today. I realized, at some point, that I had taken it as a rebound-relationship type thing after leaving almost a decade of insanity at the local newspaper. I don't know what's next, but I'm grateful to have the freedom to find out.
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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I want to #SOCORROmentioned! But... 🤦‍♀️
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🥲💔 youtu.be/13HINsKkIX4?...
youtu.be
EHS Farewell Final
YouTube video by Euclid Alumni
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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’d never really experienced it much before but holy shit now I know what people mean when they say the Rotary Club has a sex trafficking problem
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ah, this tragicrafting makes me miss Regretsy
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Kuhestak wedding strike is the fourth episode reported by @nytimes.com in which U.S. strikes with no military use were bombed and civilians were killed. Feb 28: Tomahawk on Minab school Feb 28: PrSM on Lamerd sports hall July 31: 2K bomb on residential area
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Rex Huppke: “What kind of people make light of a war that's leaving hundreds wounded? ... Trump and his lackeys possess a twisted ability to ignore the lives that hang in the balance, to ignore the will of the American people and to brush off the economic pain this war is causing us all.”
usatoday.com
Iran is a joke to Trump. Our US casualties aren't laughing. | Opinion
The 'Trump Strait'? Americans hate his war with Iran that has left hundreds injured, but that doesn't keep our president from treating it like a joke.
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
*Sighs in Ohio*
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
These sick fucks. www.wdtn.com/traffic/i-70...
"ICE can confirm that Ohio State Highway Patrol notified the agency on August 31 regarding the death of Pierre Damas Bel, a non-detained illegal alien from Haiti. The circumstances of his death remain under investigation by OSHP. ICE does not comment on the cause of death while that investigation is pending, and we will not speculate about unverified claims regarding other individuals.

On March 5, 2024, Bel applied for admission into the United States at the Gateway Port of Entry via CBP One appointment, and he was released into the country by the Biden administration. On July 29, 2026, ICE placed him on alternatives to detention program with an ankle monitor while he continued in his immigration proceedings.

No one is required to stay in the United States illegally and wear a monitor. Illegal aliens have a lawful, voluntary option: they can self-deport through the CBP Home app. Eligible participants receive a government-arranged flight home, a $2,600 exit bonus after departure is confirmed, and forgiveness of civil failure-to-depart fines.

Remaining in the country illegally, while fighting removal, is a choice. Leaving with a free flight home and $2,600 is also a choice. ICE will continue to use detention or alternatives to detention as needed those illegal aliens who stay in violation of the law."

- DHS spokesperson in response for comment by 2 NEWS
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Damn. Okay. I appreciate Gov. Mike for this. I know he, at least, has a heart. I'll tentatively withdraw my earlier contempt. I do wish he would use his bully pulpit to shut down the jagoffs in the statehouse more often.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
How would you feel if you did nothing wrong but were fitted wth an ICE ankle monitor because you happened to come from one of Donald Trump's "shithole countries"? You might feel dehumanized. You might become despondent. You might do what this poor young man did.
springfieldnewssun.com
Springfield Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor, advocates say
A 20-year-old Wright State student took his own life on Interstate 70 out of anguish over a required ICE ankle monitor, according to local community advocates.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026
It’s not suicide it is social murder. It is the result of policy that is explicitly designed to Inflict maximum pain & make a class of people feel as life isn’t worth living.
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The... consulate?!? There's probably no point in worrying about how Trump would respond to Article V if none of the NATO countries are even willing to invoke it. 🤦‍♀️
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Gov. Mike could go out on a high note, with something like a "Pierre Damas Bel Immigrant Protection Act," forbidding Ohio LEOs from working with, or supplying information to, federal immigration authorities. He's not up for re-election. He has nothing to lose... ...except his staggering cowardice.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Woof. @wedemandjustice.bsky.social with a fire statement: "Justices who take luxury gifts from billionaires just made another giveaway to the oligarchy and the corporations buying a president."
STATEMENT FROM DEMAND JUSTICE PRESIDENT JOSH ORTON ON SUPREME COURT ALLOWING TRUMP TO MOVE FORWARD WITH $400M BALLROOM

"The Supreme Court just rubber-stamped a monument to corruption: a $400 million ballroom bankrolled by Lockheed, Palantir, Amazon, and other corporations with billions in federal contracts riding on Trump's goodwill. Justices who take luxury gifts from billionaires just made another giveaway to the oligarchy and the corporations buying a president.

“The Supreme Court's legitimacy crisis just got worse, and it won't end until we expand the Court and get a majority dedicated to honesty, fairness, and justice for all."

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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The US lost the "arms race" all by itself. What Trump and Hegseth have done to our military is like if Usain Bolt got within half a meter of the finish line, then pulled out a gun and shot himself in both feet. My big question is still - whose idea was this anyway? The timing here... Idk
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Ah, the sneering contempt of the intellectually and morally inadequate losers at the bottom of the DC staffer barrel. We're gonna have to re-purge, aren't we.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The president’s brain is broken. The Republicans who control our government refuse to do anything about it because they care more about their money and power than the nation’s safety.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Shock gloves and robot dogs. Trump's ICE Gestapo is using our money to terrorize us.
abcnews.com
ICE plans to purchase robot dogs
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is looking to spend up to $2 million on robot dogs, according to a federal procurement notice.
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