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@bobruth12.bsky.social
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❌👑 Pragmatic idealist. Not cheerleader. Crave info (esp nuances & below the radar items)/solutions. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." MLK 12/25/57 🚫👑

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Olivia of Troye @oliviaoftroye.com · 24/09/2026
There’s a storm brewing, but that harvest moon on its way is majestic. There is still hope. There is still light.
Beautiful moon shining through storm clouds in Virginia…in the United States.
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump says AI co's will all police each other and it'll be fine Just like his family all polices each other? That's fine too? Not corrupt at all www.npr.org/2026/09/29/n...
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Trump hosts tech executives as administration doubles down on AI
President Trump met with AI CEOs at the White House on Tuesday and promoted a new government AI tool even as concerns about the technology's risks grow.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Betting had been rife in MLB in 1920's. 2019 Black Sox scandal was the culmination. Part of cause was horribly poor salaries for players, esp those on White Sox. This brought realization that if you didn't pay the players, someone else would & undermine the integrity of the sport. Salaries ⬆️ 1/2
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not every Billionaire is a bad person. Meet one right here
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So "Lindell News" is providing pool coverage. Yes, that's Mike Lindell of My Pillow. Will be a real "professional" job today one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5981...
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🔊 Listen Now: Press pool dispute escalates as White House cuts CNN from Air Force One travel
Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR One | 4:30
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sniper nests on proposed Arch in DC is set up "to kill Americans"- ret US General Another in Trmp's myriad of steps toward setting up his coup when ppl vote & mass demonstrate against him. Lukasthenko would be proud www.npr.org/2026/09/21/n...
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Retired major general questions Trump's plan for a militarized monumental arch
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with retired Major General Randy Manner about President Trump's militarization plans for a monumental arch.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
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. He praises Stalin on social media 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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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump goes full media constriction, embracing the propaganda state, just like the Nazis did Trump says he's banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from White House www.cnbc.com/2026/09/18/t...
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yes, it is. Why so little traction?
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Lonnie Bunch, outgoing director of Smithsonian,  commenting on current efforts to whitewash U.S. history
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trmp is trying to punish U.K. Restarting the Troubles ⬇️ would be his most likely hope, tho he'd also be fine w tearing N Ireland away from England. Either way, it really helps Trmp CV for Nobel Peace Prize www.npr.org/2026/09/12/n...
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Lying again
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
👍👍👍
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Promising a bribe to vote 🤑😱😳 Musk did this a few years ago, but at least w his own $. Crooked as sin⚡ 1/4 www.npr.org/2026/09/10/n...
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After Trump promised to pay $5,000 if Republicans win, here's what to expect Thursday
President Trump promised to send every adult citizen $5,000, but only if Republicans maintain control of Congress in the midterm election, setting high expectations for the convention's final night.
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Actually i didn't know this until a few years ago bc i wasn't paying that much attention then. But true
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And Trump aligns w this neo-Nazi party www.npr.org/2026/09/06/n...
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Germany's far-right achieves an electoral breakthrough in key state election
Germany's populist, far-right Alternative for Germany party has declared victory in the state of Saxony-Anhalt after more than doubling its share of the vote in the first of several regional elections...
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If you think Trump's going to do anything about inflation, just consider this. Historically governments have gotten themselves out of debt by inflating their way out. You're not familiar with the concept, pretend you owe someone $100. If over the next 5 yrs, inflation runs 50%, you need $150 1/2
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The King pressures Fed again to cut rates. Hasn't learned from watching his buddy Erdogan cut rates into soaring inflation. No Kings www.cnbc.com/2026/09/04/t...
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Trump doubles down on threat to halt trade with top partners unless Fed cuts rates
President Donald Trump demanded that the Fed slash interest rates or else he will cut off trade with countries with which the U.S. maintains trade deficits.
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
And millions of little dents may actually change the world. Don't devalue *your* efforts
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is more than a national embarrassment. It's a moral transgression. And it is getting lost in public consciousness in the firehose of other trangressions
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If Mulkey knew she had Minaeva's commitment earlier, it's despicable she didn't inform Koval earlier. "Koval said she wasn’t told about the addition of Minaeva until April, days after the transfer portal had closed" www.nbcnews.com/sports/colle...
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Ukrainian LSU women’s basketball player leaves team over signing of Russian recruit
Kate Koval departed the program “to remain true to myself, my values and my country.”
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Let's suppose for a moment Trump is *not* a moron. People go on & on abt how he's alienating his voter base w his present policies- particularly tariffs, war, inflation at the moment- stating this doesn't make sense. But let's look at it this way: if Trump alienates enough ppl, he'll ensure...1/2
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Honor & reliability are the last words one associates w Trmp
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is the kind of legacy i wish all wealthy ppl sought. I salute her & all others trying to do same. Respect, 💜
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Richard Ferro, MD MSc @richferro.com · 25/08/2026
I’ll always remember Dolly Parton for the fact that she donated $1 million in 2020 to the research that led to Moderna’s COVID vaccine, as well as millions more for childhood vaccine and cancer research. She was an immensely talented, kind, and giving person.
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Trump's bunker beneath his tacky ballroom is the perfect place for him to hide/launch assaults when people take the streets while he launches his coming coup in earnest
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Treasury's attempt to intervene by buying bonds is being interpreted as panic...bc they know we're in deep doo-doo.
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Classic. Day after scoring career-high 35 pts, Natasha Cloud is propping up a player on the other team. Natasha Cloud calls out WNBA fans for ‘crazy’ disrespect toward Breanna Stewart - Yahoo Sports share.google/mPEiIaUVxj6D...
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Natasha Cloud calls out WNBA fans for ‘crazy’ disrespect toward Breanna Stewart
Natasha Cloud stepped up to defend fellow WNBA star Breanna Stewart against persistent online critics. Natasha Cloud was unstoppable in her last outing, exploding for a career-high 35 points to lead t...
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Just a reminder since the 2 yr anniversary is coming up. This is what an ear looks like when you lose part of it through trauma. <Holyfield after Tyson bit off part> Also, remember Russian advice to Orban ⬇️ 1/2
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It'll happen
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
National Security? Sure. Profit in stock mrkt? No doubt. I just wonder how long these stocks will be held... or is sell the news?
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
True. That Qatari jet might come in real handy
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Another no-bid lucrative contract awarded to org w absolutely no experience... and a very, very questionable history www.npr.org/2026/08/12/n...
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Controversial group wins $158M-contract to represent unaccompanied immigrant children
Utah-based Our Rescue was founded by activist Tim Ballard. It was previously known as Operation Underground Railroad and it says it helps law enforcement perform sting operations and rescues human tra...
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Bc Trmp loves the mystery so much
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I did not know that either. That's super important context. Not the invasion depicted
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
If you're conflating Trump & Jesus, I'd just like to point out: there was a clamor for Jesus to be King. Repeatedly He Refused. Also core tenant of Gospel: Love your Neighbor
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Sideways, lawless entrance to Greenland www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Beautiful pic of Greenland coastSocial media post by Trmp, w himself hovering over Greenland mainland
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Kudos to Hayley Stevens immediately switching gears to supporting El-Sayed once results came in Fund-raising: $60m to <6m. Of the $60, *half* from AIPAC!
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Child killers. Netanyahu, like Trmp, brings out the worst in his people. He gives them permission to indulge in their most depraved urges. "Men of God"??? They groom the unholy www.npr.org/2026/08/06/n...
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U.N. commission report accuses Israel of deliberately targeting Palestinian children
NPR's Leila Fadel asks the chair of a U.N. commission, Srinivasan Muralidhar, about a report alleging that Israel targets Palestinian children, which Israel denies.
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
What they don't mention is that this admin is also cutting the # of people paying into social security by deporting so many immigrants--> young, working, contributing www.npr.org/2026/08/06/n...
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Senate Finance Committee wrestles with how to sustain Social Security benefits
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing yesterday on how to prevent deep cuts to Social Security benefits in a few years. The math is simple but the politics are not.
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
✊Anna King. And the problem isn't that these Natl Guards aren't trained to do policing- it's the orders from abv, the explicit or implicit instructions they were given, and the wholly unnecessary violence exhibited in the execution of their orders Fascist tactics www.npr.org/2026/08/04/n...
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A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suing
Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home.
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Trmp et al=> "Drown them in our Firehose, don't let them focus on any one thing. Distraction, Distraction. Create artificial ADD state in media,-> consequently the country. Genius‼️"
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
partial summary: Trump's actions have resuscitated a previously dying Anti-American regime in Iran. Trump's inconsistency has buoyed a very consistent, belligerent response from Iran's new hierarchy. Great job in the interests of US. 🙄 At great expense- human & fiscal www.npr.org/2026/08/03/n...
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Iran expert on Tehran's view as Trump says there's a pending deal
NPR's A Martínez speaks with Iran expert and analyst Karim Sadjadpour about the view from Iran as President Trump says there is potential to wind down the war.
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Yes, it does
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The hypocrisy of this admin runs so pervasively & deep, it almost goes unnoticed these days
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Todd Blanche is Matt Gaetz in a better suit (figuratively and literally)
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bobruth12.bsky.social @bobruth12.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
AI doctored videos are an authoritarian regime's dream.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Karavshin Valley in Kyrgyzstan, also known as the "Asian Patagonia," famous for its dramatic granite peaks and nomadic culture
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