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@caroldumaine.bsky.social
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Retired from3 decades in U.S. federal service, a painter, writer, and Mimi. Believer in public service and public servants!

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Gemini21/Robert Kort @gemini21.bsky.social · 16h
QUOTE OF THE DAY 😎 #ProuBlue
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h
JD Vance running around the country saying he’s fighting health care fraud while his nominee for the senate in TX who he completely supports is partying in Dubai with a guy whole stole over $300 million in health care fraud and gave Paxton $190,000. This is the Republican Party.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 18h
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 21h
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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Menswear Menagerie: Longing for Autumn
Ink and watercolor drawing of a fox wearing a dark green, donegal wool sport coat, wine striped shirt, tan trousers, green socks, and black tassel loafers.Ink and watercolor drawing of a Llama wearing a yellow shawl-collar cardigan, blue oxford shirt, blue jeans, yellow socks, and burgundy tassel loafers.Ink and watercolor drawing of a mouse wearing a dark blue tweed sport coat, yellow oxford shirt, green trousers, orange socks, and two-tone black penny loafers.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
Real America's Voice interviewed a guy at the Trump rally in Ohio who blasted Trump for peddling "lies and garbage." He went so hard on Trump and JD Vance that they cut the interview short.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Damn I miss Obama! MAGA’s heads are exploding over his new ad promoting Abdul El-Sayed for Senator.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is what happens when you elevate “civil discourse” to be the greatest good. All of the sudden, it’s worse to call someone a Nazi than it is to be a Nazi.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“These things are important now to put clearly on the record and, I believe, help voters in Germany and France understand that some of this politics is instigated via our enemies, namely Russia," the Observer reports Burnham saying.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Kathy Mortensen 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 💙 @kathyswords.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Love over hate. Major Watsons words. A nobody, he says, who stood for his oath of the Constitution. Continue to support this hero. #Goodtroublesquadron #Blues #proudblue www.cnn.com/2026/10/09/p...
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Attorney: US moving forward with general court martial of airman | CNN Politics
Air Force Major Jason Watson will face a historic general court-martial—the military’s most severe trial—following his high-profile July arrest for calling for President Trump’s impeachment in uniform...
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Mr. Deal Closer @primelikedeion.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026
Music>>>>>
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socrates stepson @aurasurfer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
in an era of mass shootings we are now expected to assume everyone trying to kill us with a gun is an ICE agent
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
POPE LEO: “The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment…”
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The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.
The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment: effective systems of detention have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption. #NoDeathPenalty
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 08/10/2026
Thailand’s Queen Suthida made history today, becoming the first reigning queen to fly a fighter jet solo. And she already had more than 1,100 flight hours under her belt! ✈️ #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
Two photos of Thailand’s Queen Suthida in a fighter jet, one showing her in flight wearing a helmet and oxygen mask, and another showing her smiling from the cockpit. Text announces her historic solo fighter jet flight.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
“To me it seems H!tler has won. He’s changed us J€ws from being compassionate and caring…into this vicious, Genocidal, nationalist nation,” —Miriam Margolyes, an 84-year-old Jewish Australian-British actor publicly condemns Israelis
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 07/10/2026
I absolutely LOVE this!! Men showing up and standing with women. The El Paso, Texas Fire Department is walking a mile in her shoes to support survivors of domestic violence. #SheShed ♥️👠
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wow. And YES!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’d love to see Jack Smith appointed Attorney General by the next Democratic president! 🇺🇸💙
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every day, Mamdani proves that something better is possible. That we do not have to accept what corporations and their political shills have decided we are worth. He makes doing things that we've been constantly told are impossible look easy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Remember, Freedom of the Press is granted to us by the Constitution. This is a right, not a privilege the President grants. #momsky#sheshed
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Ann @ann.sheshed.rocks · 28/09/2026
Read this again, slowly! This has always been about the grift. Trump is a narcissist, misogynist and rapist. And his billionaire bros are protecting him and themselves! Wake up America! We deserve better and our children/grandchildren do too. #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s 1970 and ELTON JOHN takes out a crumpled piece of paper and plays “Tiny Dancer” for the first time in front of his lyricist BERNIE TAUPIN and Taupin’s wife Maxine (for whom Taupin wrote the song).
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
Of course, New Yorkers have it straight when it comes to Trump‘s authoritarian media ban… 💥 "They bring in the truth. And he doesn't like that." 💥 "He has no regard for free speech, but he has no regard for lots of things." 💥 "Not something that you associate with America."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Remarks from Pontifex maximus this morning
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Damn!!! I love this!!! Go Abdul El-Sayed!!!
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A reminder that the Kennedy Center isn’t just a performing arts center, it’s a memorial to President John F. Kennedy and only an evil vindictive vile weak depraved narcissistic pathetic subhuman would spend every waking day trying to deface it and completely destroy it out of spite and jealousy.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
A Senate candidate talking about the Powell memo???? Pinch me, am I dreaming????
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I always enjoy when Obama gets in on the imagine if Obama did that game
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
20 years of war $2.2 trillion spent, thousands of coalition forces killed and tens of thousands of civilians. This is what your tax dollars paid for. The only winners were the shareholders and CEOs of the U.S. Military Industrial Complex, they did exceptionally well along with many Members of
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 15/09/2026
There’s obviously a lot going on right now, but a Russian oligarch bankrolling the wedding of the president’s son is the kind of story that should dominate headlines in any functioning political culture.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The War on Terror began 25 years ago today, when Congress passed the post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force. Only one member of Congress had the courage and foresight to oppose this blank check for forever wars: Barbara Lee.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NARRATOR: "The funny story about the so-called 'Russia! Russia! Russia! Hoax' was that it turned out the connections between Russia[!] and the Trump Family were far deeper and numerous than was originally thought."
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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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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#Poetry #Painting #Morning It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it - Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada
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Toby /𝓸𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝔂 𝓸𝔀𝓷 @tobyhark.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 13/09/2026
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has called the state’s current system of felony disenfranchisement “a shameful relic of our Jim Crow past” and expressed support for a ballot measure this November that would end it.
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Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - Bolts
This is the only state that was banning people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November.
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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Robert @helderweb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Another lady in the beginning talked about the cover-up of the Saudi Arabian government's role in 911. Such brave people.
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twistedphilosopher.bsky.social @twistedphilosopher.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
BRAVO. Why is it that our leaders don't have the guts to say this but this poor guy who lost his father to this tragedy does. Shameful really. We need to remove ALL these MF's from office.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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