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🇺🇦 🇨🇦 ⚾️ Native New Yorker (City, that is) I bleed Blue

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
salty sherrod brown is my favorite sherrod brown
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
On September 9 or 10, someone staged this protest at the Dallas Fort Worth airport ahead of the GOP midterm convention. Does anyone know which organization was behind it? We would love to speak with them. Please share widely!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I just checked my voter registration. I encourage all of you to do the same. Try your state's official site. AVOID VoteSafe.Org. It's an Elon Musk scam to harvest data.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The surest sign that a majority SCOTUS decision was moral, fair, and based on existing law:
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026
It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.
The mayor’s office says that it does not pay the influencers. Still, their proximity and access to a figure as popular as Mr. Mamdani can help increase their own social media following and, by extension, potentially put them in a position to attract paid content sponsorships from commercial brands. Some influencers said that when they feature Mr. Mamdani, the videos get more likes and viewers watch longer.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem pushed open doors not just for herself, but for literally millions of women behind her.

She wasn’t going to be an astronaut, but she made it possible for Sally Ride to be an astronaut. She wasn’t going to play college sports, but she stood behind the women in Congress who passed Title IX. And she wasn’t on the Supreme Court when Roe v. Wade was decided, but her voice and her activism was behind that advancement for women's rights. 

Gloria was, at heart, an optimist. Her activism was rooted in optimism, and that’s a moral choice she made every day. 

I want her voice to remain in our heads. It’s wonderful to do what you can to further your own future, to get the best education you can, and to pursue your dreams. But it’s even better to bring other people along with you.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Egregious omission by NYT: Its report on Vance-AES feud quotes AES's barb about Usha and Papaw without including the original Vance quote that AES was responding to. That makes it look like AES brought up Usha out of the blue and drains his quote of its real meaning: newrepublic.com/article/2149...
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Walmart’s Bettergoods Pistachio Nut Butter has been hit with the FDA’s highest-risk Class I recall due to possible Salmonella contamination
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Just because someone you're related to died, shouldn't give you free license to be a bigot to people who had nothing to do with that death, nor should it merit a sympathetic response to that bigotry from the press. (Especially if you're a fan of Trump, a man who accepts millions from Saudi Arabia.)
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on - if your position is that the president of the United States and his family should be immune from IRS scrutiny, you’re unqualified to be the Attorney General. It’s an indictment on our entire system that 50 GOP Senators don’t agree.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
As far as I can tell, there was a lot more media interest in the original bogus leak than there is in this coming out now.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
is there a pulitzer for photo captions because if so @theguardian.com just won it
Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the spanish national team.
Photograph: Javier García/Shutterstock
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
United Airlines is quietly letting travelers switch their flights from Palm Beach International Airport, recently renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport, to Miami or Fort Lauderdale for free if they don’t want to fly there.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 15/07/2026
Contender for the most remarkably bonkers sports photo of all time: a 20-year-old Lionel Messi bathing a five-month-old Lamine Yamal (taken in 2007 for a UNICEF fundraiser). [kottke.org]
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Lionel Messi Bathing a Baby Lamine Yamal
These have to be some of the most remarkable sports photos of all time: a 20-year-old Lionel Messi bathing a five-month-old Lamine Yamal. Two of the best football players in the world, one a Barcelona lege
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Scarborough to Spineless Speaker Johnson: “I’m not gonna mock you, Mike, I’m just gonna call you a liar. Because that’s what you are. You know EXACTLY what happened in Maine.” #AbolishICE
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
“We all know It’s long past appropriate for Dems in the senate to demand proof of life… The day his office said 84-year-old Senator McConnell was hospitalized, EMS answered a 911 call at his address for an unconscious person who received CPR.” (From @perezbrenna.bsky.social )
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Olivia of Troye @oliviaoftroye.com · 10/07/2026
I heard a bus full of judges was traveling across America so I got in my car and chased it to Ohio. What I witnessed was extraordinary. Inspired by Poland’s March of a Thousand Robes, retired judges walked through Columbus to stand up for the rule of law. Carlo 🐾 was a fan favorite. Watch:👇
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LIVE from Ohio: I Followed a Bus Full of Judges. Here's Why.
Watch now | What I witnessed gave me hope for America.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
WOW!! JD Vance got the Iranians to AGREE to the SAME thing we had under OBAMA in the agreement that TRUMP pulled out of! All it took was months of war, 300 billion to Iran, and one of the biggest US capitulations in history. ART OF THE DEAL, BABY!!
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21/06/2026
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How a Florida City Saved Its Pride Symbol from MAGA Erasure
Ron DeSantis met his match in a coalition of LGBTQ activists and straight city commissioners who refused to be bullied.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Knicks watch parties canceled… Trump ruins everything….
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
CONAN AT HARVARD: “No university in our nation has produced more Nobel laureates or white collar criminals… so whether you choose good or evil, know that you are among the very best.”
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
In case you need any more motivation to hold the most corrupt "president" in U.S. history accountable. #Register&VOTE 🌊
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is insane. The terms of DOJ's slush fund appear to transfer control of $1.8 billion beyond US government entirely. Unless I'm misreading this, that would circumvent Congress *entirely* and put the money outside of *any* constitutional and/or legal constraints ofany kind. Straight up theft.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/05/2026
Obama: "What I'm more interested in for Democrats is, do you know how to just talk to regular people like we're not in a college seminar? Can you talk in plain English to folks? And not have a bunch of gobbledygook around it. Just talk like normal people talk. 'The rent is too high.'"
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Chrysostom @chrysost.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
No. Charles as King is actually the prosecutor against his brother if a case comes to court. If he speaks to one of the women Andrew is accused of abusing then Andrew’s lawyers could collapse the case. That’s why.
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Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
From new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar's acceptance speech tonight. This is the absolute BARE MINIMUM platform for any Democrat running for President in 2028.
A series of posts from journalist Mark Chadbourn reporting on the acceptance speech of Péter Magyar after Hungarian elections:

Péter Magyar: "Our country wants to live again. It wants to be a European country again."

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Magyar's speech is powered. From a contact in the audience: "He's basically just asked all the puppets, all the supreme justices, all the heads of media, all the heads of the ministries to leave their jobs tomorrow and not wait to be fired."

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He's announced that Hungary will join the European Prosecution Office so anyone in the country can be charged.

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Magyar: "No mercy, they will need to take responsibility for all their actions."

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Magyar says he's starting work with the EU and NATO immediately.
"The EU doesn't have to worry anymore."
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Lying from the White House Podium is now a family tradition.
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barretny.bsky.social @barretny.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
SPLASHDOWN !
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Kim: Three weeks of the war in Iran could have funded vision, hearing, and dental coverage for every senior in America on Medicare. I mean, it just gives you a sense of the trade-off.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/04/2026
ATTN LOS ANGELES:
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/03/2026
wurman, basically: “just because you can find a bunch of ideological white supremacists trying to redefine the 14th amendment to write ideological racism into its substance doesn’t mean you can’t rely in their arguments to, uh, advance the interests of ideological racists”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I love that Nathan Lane said, "I got news for Timmy: If you think nobody cares about opera and ballet, I can’t tell you how much we don’t care about ping-pong.”
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barretny.bsky.social @barretny.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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Olivia of Troye @oliviaoftroye.com · 11/03/2026
Grateful for this moment with one of the real heroes of our time. José Andrés reminds the world that compassion is action. Always inspiring. 🌎 #worldcentralkitchen
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Jeff Galvin @docgalvin64.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
You will never find a more joyful performer on the planet. Love her to death! youtube.com/watch?v=lpc1...
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canon in D but it keeps getting jazzier
YouTube video by George Collier
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
We desperately need an Alexander Butterfield today to bring down *another* corrupt Republican president. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
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Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99
The recordings exposed President Richard Nixon's role in the cover-up that followed the 1972 burglary at Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate building – and hastened his resignation.
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barretny.bsky.social @barretny.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Roger Federer’s commencement speech wasn’t just a viral moment. It was masterful www.nytimes.com/athletic/641...
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Roger Federer’s commencement speech wasn’t just a viral moment. It was masterful (Gift Article)
Around the one-year anniversary of Roger Federer's viral commencement speech, The Athletic tried to find out why the speech was resonated.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Here’s the info for a call to bring NASHVILLE NOTICIAS reporter Estefany Rodriguez home after she was snatched by ICE (she is here legally, married to a citizen, applying for a green card): www.instagram.com/p/DVhw2x4Dbh...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Imagine being told you are worse than RFK, JR., Pam Bondi, and Pete Hegseth. OUCH!
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
zendaya and tom reportedly got married recently. mazel! (but years ago we all knew it was for keeps)
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
the guys can keep their cold burgers at the white house, this will be the REAL fukkin party
U.S. women's hockey to celebrate gold in July with Flavor FlavThe United States women's hockey team has a date with Flavor Flav in Las Vegas in July to celebrate its gold medal victory in the Milan Cortina Olympics.
Under the heading "IT'S HAPPENING," the rapper posted a note on his X account on Thursday, announcing he's hosting a "She Got Game" weekend event from July 16-19 in partnership with MGM Resorts. The post said the event was being held to honor the women's hockey team and other female athletes, with details to follow. The message featured a picture of the U.S. women's hockey players celebrating in a circle.
A publicist for Flavor Flav confirmed the event without providing further details.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
If I sent a letter saying I would continue to inflict violence and murder on a community unless that community made legal concessions to me, I would go to prison. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read Bondi’s Letter to Minnesota’s Governor
Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota on Saturday that blamed him and other Democratic officials for allowing “lawlessness” in the state. It was not immediately clear ...
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
It's time to identify those 23 people and begin the pressure on them. This administration will not stop, even if the courts order it. That much is clear.
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