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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Vote early. Vote in person if possible, or else be sure your ballot is deposited in a secure drop box. But VOTE! deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Trump Just Banned the Election Referees. Only Russia and Belarus Have Ever Done That.
Only Russia and Belarus ban OSCE election observers. Now the United States does too, 28 days before the midterms. “Refusing election observers is what countries in a position of weakness do.”
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Impeach the pedophile rapist Now! Defend Democracy!! @daangrypacifist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can anyone help me with this? I keep getting calls on my cell variously identified as "TEMP40, TEMP29, TEMP37, etc., but always TEMP followed by two digits. I won't answer if I don't know who's calling, but they call incessantly and leave no message. Scam?
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Typical. Back in his NY days he told the builders of Trump Tower not to put braille numbers on the elevators because "there won't be any blind people living here." Trump Fought With Architect Over Ballroom Death Trap Until He Quit newrepublic.com/post/215748/... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump Fought With Architect Over Ballroom Death Trap Until He Quit
Trump believes building codes don’t apply to him or the White House ballroom.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Final Battle for America’s Democracy newrepublic.com/article/2151... via @newrepublic.com
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The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Who Goes Nazi? A Journalist Answered That Question in 1941. I Just Spent Two Weeks in Bavaria Checking Her Work And The Answer Is The Entire Trump Regime. deanblundell.substack.com/p/who-goes-n...
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Who Goes Nazi? A Journalist Answered That Question in 1941. I Just Spent Two Weeks in Bavaria Checking Her Work.
The spoiled son. The scared rich man. The humiliated striver. The guy who smells the wind. Trump is two of them and his entire Turd Reich fills out the rest.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This series of posts is important reading, and it is terrifying. Today on FB I saw two or three threats about the Islamic plot to take over the country that were straight out of the Hitler playbook. It IS happening here. deanblundell.substack.com/p/how-long-d...
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HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? Munich - Day Two: My Gen Z Son Just Summed Up America's Collapse in 11 Words. He Said It Standing in Hitler's Old Office.
Munich, Day Two. The Nazi museum, the 53-day playbook, the AmerikaHaus, and the sentence my 20-year-old said that I can’t stop hearing.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
And more latr summer wildflowers: Big Bluestem, Prairie Ironweed, Touch-Me-Not
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Some late summer wildflowers in Michigan:
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Can anyone help me identify the spider who made this web? And don't say Charlotte, I already thought of that one.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
You Have No Idea Who You’re Dealing With deanblundell.substack.com/p/you-have-n...
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You Have No Idea Who You’re Dealing With
Trump just declared economic war on the one country that has never, in two world wars, learned how to quit or lost. A BRUTAL history lesson for MAGAmerica, written with love, from Canada.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Freedom of the press 10, Bezos the Groveler 0. Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Despicable and predictable. Next Congress should block any nominee that Trump sends them if any justices retire or die. Trump Administration Live Updates: Chief Justice Allows White House Ballroom Construction While Full Court Considers the Issue www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
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Trump Live Updates: Canada Tariff Deadline, White House Ballroom Construction News and More
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Does anyone happen to recognize this glass pattern? These glasses belonged to my mother, and I suspect they were a wedding gift. They're about the size of shot glasses, but probably meant for something like sherry, to judge from the etched pattern. Just curious.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Nolan, Zeus's Law applies to filmmakers and Vikings. A big opening can cause hubris. If you paid, show us the receipts. If not, pay up now or Nemesis will want a word. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/m...
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‘The Odyssey’ Hired Their Viking Ship. They Say It Came Back Damaged. (Gift Article)
A Swedish Viking center said its vessel was used in the filming of Christopher Nolan’s epic but needed repairs when it was returned. Now, the center is seeking compensation.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Larry Mitchell @drlarrymitchell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The two ICE agents who murdered a civilian in Biddeford, Maine today. Let's make them famous.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It Sure Looks Like Trump Was the One Who Damaged Reflecting Pool newrepublic.com/post/212987/... via @newrepublic.com
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It Sure Looks Like Trump Was the One Who Damaged Reflecting Pool
The president has been complaining about vandals destroying the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. But now that the pool is being drained, a different story is emerging.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The evidence of the vandalism is right there in plain sight: the deep tire tracks from Trump's motorcade, when he made the decision to drive over the newly installed sealer. Trump melts down at 'shaky' ABC anchor reporting on latest Reflecting Pool saga www.rawstory.com/trump-reflec...
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Trump melts down at 'shaky' ABC anchor reporting on latest Reflecting Pool saga
President Donald Trump launched into a fresh Truth Social tirade overnight, this time aiming at ABC News and anchor David Muir over the network's coverage of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool being...
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Because of Lindsay Graham's passing, the Senate seat he held is now open. The GOP will hold a primary to choose a new candidate. Meanwhile, Graham's Democratic challenger, Annie Andrews, is still in the race, and can receive contributions here: secure.actblue.com/donate/loc_a...
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Elect Annie Andrews
Donate to send Annie to the Senate!
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Belgium beat USA 4 to 1. Karma's a b!tch. Too bad it had to happen to the team instead of to the meddling fool who guaranteed that Belgium would go out there mad as hell.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Miracle on First Street NE
The United States Supreme court has upheld birthright citizenship.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Holy cow, they may have spines after all! Supreme Court Lets $5 Million Sex Abuse Verdict Against Trump Stand www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/u...
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Supreme Court Lets $5 Million Sex Abuse Verdict Against Trump Stand
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Earlier today I listened to Dukas's "Sorcerer's Apprentice." The poem by Goethe and Dukas's musical setting is about a hapless schmo who gets in over his head with forces he can't control. "The spirits that I summoned, I cannot now get rid of them!" Remind you of anyone?
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Some nature photos
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
So far, I have read about half of the New Yorker's article about Andrew Tate's "empire of abuse." It is a painful read, but I intend to finish it, because the Tate brothers are not only evil and depraved, but they, like Jeff Epstein before them, have the ear of friends in high places. /1
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Well, finally. They missed tbe midnight deadline, and put up a curtain to foil sidewalk supervisors. They didn't want the eager crowd cheering loudly as each letter came off, or for the video to go viral. Kennedy Center Begins Removing Trump’s Name From Facade www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...
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Kennedy Center Begins Removing Trump’s Name From Facade
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
'Take it down!' Crowd electric as workers tear Trump's name off Kennedy Center www.rawstory.com/trump-kenned...
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'Take it down!' Crowd electric as workers tear Trump's name off Kennedy Center
Workers were tearing President Donald Trump's name off the Kennedy Center on Friday as onlookers nearby chanted and cheered.Thousands tuned in on livestreams from ABC 7, WUSA9, Reuters, Fox 10, the As...
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Friends, Romans and countrypersons, I come to bury the inscription on the Kennedy Center, not to praise it! As we speak, workmen are finally up on the scaffolding preparing to remove the letters. washingtonian.com/2026/06/10/l...
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This Live Stream Will Let You Watch Trump’s Name Come Off the Kennedy Center - Washingtonian
A camera apparently mounted near the Watergate provides a 24/7 view of the arts complex's façade.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Privatizing prisons and detention facilities is one of the worst public policy decisions this country has ever made. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Another bit of self-dealing sleaze by you-know-who. www.rawstory.com/trump-267697...
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Trump has been investing in UFC as he promotes White House event: report
President Donald Trump has snapped up tens of thousands of dollars in stocks in the parent company of a White House event he's heavily promoting.The president purchased between $15,001 and $50,000 of ...
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Whenever the U.S. hits anyone with lethal force, and the victims retaliate, Trump and Miller always seem so surprised! Why didn't they just surrender to the stronger force? They're in the wrong! Men who thought like that were hanged at Nuremberg. The Miller Doctrine prospect.org/2026/05/27/j...
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The Miller Doctrine - The American Prospect
Stephen Miller is in large part dictating U.S. foreign policy, with a mindset of unilateral violence on a maximum scale.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
How Corrupt Is Trump? Here Are the Numbers. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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How Corrupt Is Trump? Here Are the Numbers.
He’s the swampiest swamp creature ever.
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Lu 💙 @ladyinred50.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/05/2026
So once applications open for the $1.7B slush fund, we're all going to apply and break their portal, right?
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
So, Trump is dropping his lawsuit against his own IRS, which I'm sure will be delighted to give him 1.7 billion for victims of "politicized justice." But I doubt any of his 1/6 goons will see a penny. That cash will go to the most innocent victim, the most unjustly persecuted man in history/1
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Heaven help us, can't he even finish losing one war before he loses another? And if it's "humanitarian concerns" he cares about (yeah, right 😆) he could just stop his cruel, pointless blockade.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Just in case you wondered where your Federal income tax payment went this year . . . The Justice Department’s Appalling Grift Store open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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The Justice Department’s Appalling Grift Store
Settlements with the president's friends and the possibility of payouts to him are an affront to every taxpayer.
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Not one penny of taxpayer money would have been needed for a bunker if Trump hadn't destroyed the existing one. Make him pay for the new one out of his own pocket. He's surely scammed enough money with his Crypto grift to cover it, hasn't he? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...
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G.O.P. Proposes $1 Billion in Immigration Bill for Trump’s Ballroom Project
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
After 1991, Russians joked about a man who came to a newsstand every day and asked for Pravda. The clerk told him day after day that there was no more Pravda. Finally the clerk asked him why he did this. The man said "I just need to hear it over and over." www.rawstory.com/bari-weiss-2...
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CBS News a 'sinking ship' as pro-Trump turn drives ratings to 'unthinkable' lows: report
CBS Evening News is experiencing a catastrophic collapse in viewership under Bari Weiss's leadership and veteran television executives are sounding the alarm that the controversial Free Press founder'...
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Actually, Iran could and did sign a perfectly good nuclear non-proliferation pact that was working fine. You tore it up because you hated Obama. Trump signals major war move with violent AI image overnight: 'No more Mr. Nice Guy!' www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2...
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Trump signals major war move with violent AI image overnight: 'No more Mr. Nice Guy!'
President Donald Trump issued Iran a warning Wednesday by demanding that they “better get smart soon” as it relates to reaching a deal with the United States on de-nuclearization, posting an image of ...
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
But Amanda, Vance DOES have a card he can play. It's the 25th amendment. By law he has the authority to initiate that process, and once he does, a great many R's will fall in behind him. www.salon.com/2026/04/27/j...
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JD Vance can't escape the Iran war
The more the vice president tries to distance himself from the conflict, the further he gets sucked in
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The only cards trump has are jokers, and he knows they'll never negotiate the off-ramp that he wants. Mainly because Iran has no reason to make a single concession, even if he sent the best negotiators in the universe. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/w...
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Trump Cancels Aides’ Trip for Iran Talks, Saying, ‘We Have All the Cards.’
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Thank you, NRA, for making it so much easier for domestic abusers to own weapons. Another victory for the 2nd Amendment. www.cbsnews.com/news/louisia...
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8 children killed in mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, as father targets his family, police say
The gunman, who is also dead, shot 10 people in total, according to police. All eight who died were children from 3 to 11 years old, police said.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
"She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide..." "One of her children recently enlisted in the military... www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Well, after he depicted himself in Papal vestments, claiming that "many people are saying" that he should be the next Pope, there was only one more step to go. MAGA Freaks Out After Trump Posts AI Photo of Himself as Jesus newrepublic.com/post/208979/... via @newrepublic.com
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MAGA Freaks Out After Trump Posts AI Photo of Himself as Jesus
One former Donald Trump fan warned they had “elected the Antichrist.”
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cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social @cassandrasilvestra.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
YES! And he conceded graciously. This is the way you do it. Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Defeat in Hungary’s Election www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...
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Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Defeat in Hungary’s Election
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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
#BidenFundedNASA In 2025 Chump tried to defund NASA but he failed. He is trying again this year.
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