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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶

@blueridgehippy.bsky.social
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Formerly AuntArctica, now summer's here! 🇺🇦SLAVA UKRAINI🇺🇦 Activist! 🇺🇸💙Dem Granny in #VA06 Blueridge. 🚫MAGA. ✊🏽 #BLM 🏳️‍🌈 #LGBTQIA+ 🪶 #NativePride 🤜🏽🤛 #Antiracist #TransAlly ⚧️

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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 17m
Happy Birthday to both @adammockler.com and @jackcocchiarella.bsky.social Thank you for all your work to bring Independent Media to the masses! Keep kicking butt, Gentlemen.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WTF w/these Stink bugs 👿 !
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨🚨BREAKING-SO DISGUSTING. Trump offered to sell weapons systems to Chinese. Are you fucking kidding me? But sure, tell us how it's Democrats who are Commies? youtu.be/ASZhwtbKWjk?...
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‼️TRUMP TRICK! I figured this out. This program of federal matching $ on IRAs was created & funded through the Biden administration. Trump has just changed the branding to his name and is sending out letters to everybody to trick them into thinking it's something he did. What a douche. TrumpIRA.gov
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Discover TrumpIRA.gov: President Trump's initiative for easy access to high-quality, low-cost IRAs. Get up to $1,000 in federal Saver’s Match contributions and build your retirement savings—especially...
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They are not "anonymous sources." They are "unnamed sources." Big difference.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump is not himself the disease of our politics. He’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows corporations to buy and sell politicians so they can rig it against the rest of us. Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All.
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‼️WTF Why the hell are you guys allowing Chapter to advertise on your broadcast when they are founded by Vivek Ramaswami W/JD Vance & Peter Theil? UR READING OUT THESE ADS DIRECTLY! @jackcocchiarella.bsky.social @michaelfanone.bsky.social And others? ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/chapter...
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Chapter, a Medicare startup with links to Vance, Thiel, and Ramaswamy, just raised a round at $1.5B valuation
At Yahoo Finance, you get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, social interaction and mortgage rates that help you manage your financial life.
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You’ve likely seen the news: The U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. Almost as troubling: Plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision’s importance. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This week at Democracy Docket: The Supreme Court boosted Trump’s voter suppression. Legacy media shrugged
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. And plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision's importance.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
According to Trump, Iran wants to make a deal badly and is begging to surrender to him because they are completely destroyed but he doesn’t want to accept that so the war must continue and he will bomb them again very strongly and powerfully right after the midterm elections.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Meet the Historic All-Black Surgery Team at Johns Hopkins" www.theroot.com/meet-the-his...
Picture showing first all Black Surgical team at Johns Hopkins
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#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#Blues @teddyz56.bsky.social @gatorgrad.bsky.social @babs610.bsky.social @lovelyleah75.bsky.social @sheilaharris.bsky.social @tdssister.bsky.social @waysideleslie.bsky.social @jeryzner.bsky.social @freddierose.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @srosnato.bsky.social @juliindica.bsky.social
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Snagz @snagzsong.com · 27/09/2026
Just a lil to the right my guy... you can do this!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who’s ready for No Kings? We’re getting an early start on making signs! ✊💚
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026
THIS SHOULD BE NATIONAL NEWS This has been public for more than a week, and I can’t find a single national TV report. Just local. Why? REPORT: A female Cornell student alleges she was pressured into taking ketamine, then sexually assaulted for hours by multiple Chi Phi fraternity members in 2024.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton National Park this week and looked at three potential locations for a baseball park within the park’s boundaries” WTF 🤬 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
“Judges simply don’t believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys and the like,” a former federal judge said. “I don’t think...in the history of jurisprudence in the United States, we’ve ever seen anything close to this.” (Pub. July)
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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Kennedy: "I don't think any public official, including Trump or Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves ... I may end up with a sombrero on my head, but I also think we ought to have a rule that no politician can have a building named after him when he's alive"
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.vote.org/voter-regist...
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Voter Registration Deadlines - Vote.org
Voter registration deadlines for all 50 states. Register now so you can vote in the next election.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Do you know your voting deadlines? Depending on your state, you may be running out of time to register to vote in the midterm elections. Take 10 minutes today to make sure you’re ready to vote by November 3 & vote early if you’re able. #HandsOffOurVote
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
RADDATZ: I'd also note that you let the Chinese press into the White House BLANCHE: *I* did not let the Chinese journalists in! You got the last word. I hope you feel better now RADDATZ: Let's move on
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Steve wants something. I can tell...
Visual scene: A color photograph of Steve the otter standing upright on grassy ground in a zoo-like enclosure with paws clasped and head tilted upward, eyes closed, as a second otter blurs in the background.  
Text baked into the image: None.
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
NBC News correctly (unlike Cook Political et al) has VA01 as a tossup, VA02 as lean D. bluevirginia.us/2026/09/with...
Screenshot from NBC News - "House battlegrounds" (VA01)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/midterms?taid=6ab9054633163b00017b36b3&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#house-sectionScreenshot from NBC News - "House battlegrounds" (VA02)

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/09/2026
And a witness spotted a forklift repeatedly crashing into the building’s pillars. trib.al/aBI4bhm
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Photographer Exposes Trump’s Kennedy Center Plan—and It’s a Bombshell
And a witness spotted a forklift repeatedly crashing into the building’s pillars.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
WELKER: Did President Xi actually commit to stop China's support of Iran with this war? MIKE WALTZ: They've had, uh, good, strong, and I think fulsome conversations about that support, but I'll leave that to the president to detail (So, no!)
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‼️🚨RACIST ICE Agent arrested for DUI and actually threatens to send one of the cops to Haiti, simply because he's not white. Imagine what these ice agents are doing when the cameras aren't running - in your neighborhoods.  youtu.be/Q7lIgPSUJw0?...
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ICE Agent's DUI Arrest is MUCH WORSE Than We Thought (UPDATE)
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🚨‼️BREAKING!!: If anyone ever doubted that we need to end the filibuster & rebalance SCOTUS, this WILL DISPEL THAT! This is a move that throws the midterms into total chaos!!! We must all check our registrations constantly from here on out!! 👉🏾👉🏼FOLLOW DEMOCRACY DOCKET DAILY! @democracydocket.com
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero. The Trump admin claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens had been registered to vote in Nevada. Then DHS came back and said the number was actually 185. This week, Nevada told the admin every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
War Pig Pete Hegseth has reported more than $1 Million in an account that he previously listed as holding no more than $50,000, according to his newly released annual financial disclosure. 9/25/26 www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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Testosterone-obsessed Pete Hegseth has a bank account that jumped from under $50,000 to over $1 million
Plus, he might also be a crypto bro.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/09/2026
⚠️ Tens of thousands of Texas voters are missing from the voter rolls after the state failed to process their voter registration applications properly. But it doesn’t mean they won’t be able to vote in the midterms: demdock.com/46PkXFM
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‼️URGENT: we all must check our voter registration ASAP. Watch this short video to understand how this Supreme Court ruling could enable Trump to disqualify your registration. youtu.be/9HC8deDvFPw?...
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🚨Massive Efforts to UNDERMINE Elections Begin, Time to PREPARE
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‼️This DRUNK ICE AGENT THREATENS TO DEPORT THE COP to HAITI! This will piss u waaaay off!
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‼️BREAKING NEW TRUMP SCAM! I just got a letter from the IRS saying the Government will match 50% of my IRA contributions. Just open an IRA at: 👉🏼TrumpIRA@Gov.Com CAN U BELIEVE THAT?!?! I will post the letter soon when I get home. Anyone else get one of these?
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
An ICE official desposed for this case was so evasive during a deposition that the judge declared her not credible. At one point, when asked to give a rough estimate of how many people were being held at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC in June 2025, she responded with "there's no such thing as an average."
Despite these facts, ICE officials – particularly Zanello – at other points in this case have attempted to downplay the level of overcrowding that existed during the summer of 2025. As the day-to-day supervisor of the tenth-floor hold rooms who was present on the tenth floor on at least most days from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., she was quite evasive about how many people generally were held there at a time. [see Footnote 114 in next image] 

She would not provide even an estimate. In addition to her unbelievable claims that she could not recall approximately how many people were being held at any given time and that there is no such thing as an average number of people who were being heldFootnote 114: (“Q. Over the summer of 2025 while you were there . . . there were often 100 people held on the [tenth-]floor hold rooms at a time. Right? A. I would have to look at the day. Q. What is your best recollection as you sit here of the average number of people who [were] being held in the [tenth-]floor hold rooms in July 2025? A. There is no average that you can provide . . . . [T]he best I could do was a high and a low. Q. Okay. What’s the high and the low? A. I don’t know. Q. . . . [L]et’s take one time period each day. Let’s take noon . . . . What is your best recollection of how many people were being held there at noon in July? A. . . . . I would have to look at a specific date and time to give you that number . . . . Q. Okay. I’m asking you how many people do you recollect being held? A. It depends on the day. I would have to look at the day. Q. But you have no recollection of what the numbers were like as you sit here today under oath? A. It could have been zero. It could have been max. I don’t know. I would have to look at the day. Q. Okay. Give me a rough estimate of one of the most crowded days you can remember? A. I would have to look at the day. I’m not going to guess on a number. Q. Fair to say that at times there were more than a hundred people at a time? A. I would have to look at the day . . . . Q. But sitting here today you cannot even give a rough estimate of how many people were there? . . . . [A.]Footnote 14 continued.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great question 👇
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Colorado voters, a federal court dismissed an anti-voting lawsuit challenging the state's voter roll maintenance practices, finding that the right-wing group behind the lawsuit lacked standing to sue. www.democracydocket.com/cases/colora...
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🚨 United Sovereign Americans v. Griswold
Learn more.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Translation: He thinks we’re all gullible idiots
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 24/09/2026
Texas mothers are dying, and instead of giving us answers, Abbott’s administration is hiding that data. Texans deserve the truth. They deserve transparency. And our state officials have a legal obligation to give it to them. I’m demanding the report be released immediately.
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‼️ DRUNK ICE AGENT HAS A meltdown when he gets pulled over for a DUI. If this is the example of the pieces of garbage they've been hiring, good God. youtu.be/V_t-RWRb4G4?...
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ICE Agent’s DUI Meltdown Ends with Threats of Revenge
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‼️WHY DIDN'T TRUMP GO TO DON JR.'s WEDDING? It's starting to make a lot more sense NOW!!! youtu.be/BQ6eh5AShBU?...
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Don Jr.’s Russian Wedding Scandal Just GOT BIGGER…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the White House to IMMEDIATELY restore the press credentials of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO reporters after President Trump barred the outlets from the White House. 1/
Screenshot of page 8 of a September 24, 2026 federal court order signed by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly. The order grants the plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order and directs White House officials, excluding President Trump, to immediately restore the “hard pass” press credentials of employees of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO that were revoked around September 18, 2026. The temporary restraining order remains in effect for 14 days. The plaintiffs are also ordered to post a $1 bond by October 1, 2026. The page ends with “SO ORDERED,” Judge Kelly’s signature, title, and the date September 24, 2026.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kings grant privileges. Constitutions grant rights. The difference is stark. And un-American. Today, a Judge held a hearing on whether the press can still criticize the president. Here’s what happened: joycevance.substack.com/p/king-trump...
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King Trump: Privileges, Not Rights
It’s all about whether the press can criticize the president
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‼️BREAKING-FBI out of Manhattan have opened a new EPSTEIN investigation! @aaronparnas.bsky.social youtu.be/zRDGwJaqu_A?...
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Major New Epstein Investigation as Trump DOJ RACES to Stop Release of Files, this is HUGE!!
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you aren't watching Brian Tyler Cohen's show, "Just Another Day," you're missing the most hilarious, and very newsworthy, broadcasts on YouTube. Everybody needs this every day! @briantylercohen.bsky.social youtu.be/uqem6Y5YVu0?...
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BACKFIRE: “Trump TV” dealt HUMILIATING blow | Another Day
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is how you put people in office that make the government work for us.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
NEWS: Retired four-star Admiral William McRaven, who oversaw the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, is sounding the alarm about Trump’s treatment of America’s allies.
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Admiral Who Took Down Bin Laden Sounds Alarm on Trump’s NATO Damage
As NATO pours billions into collective defense and Ukraine’s survival, William H. McRaven warns that Trump is burning through the personal trust an alliance needs when a crisis arrives.
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