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Democracy, dogs, arts, gardening and reading. Slava Ukraini. Lifelong Hawaii resident. Interesting stuff at malasadasbooks-collectibles.com

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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 3h
Video of a Russian attack drone making a direct hit on a school in Kyiv this morning. No injuries, as the children were in a shelter at the time. Absolute barbarism from fascist Russia, which almost certainly deliberately targeted the school.
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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 6h
Apart from everything else wrong with executions, does it strike anyone else as bizarre that you try to kill someone and then worry about the care they are getting at the hospital so you can… try to kill them again? Executions are depraved.
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charlenedev.bsky.social @charlenedev.bsky.social · 6h
Two lethal injections and she didn't die??? Incompetence reigns supreme on the right who do like to see people suffer. Can't help but think of it being intentional with this bunch. No word on her condition.
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charlenedev.bsky.social @charlenedev.bsky.social · 6h
Great shot of the injured Capitol police sitting behind Jack Smith during his testimony.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026
⚠️ Trump’s DOJ has not denied that the administration has considered plans to seize ballots during the midterms. It has also not produced any records about such plans — despite a lawsuit requiring the department to do so.
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Trump DOJ responds to DNC lawsuit, offers no records on ballot seizure plans
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 13-page answer did not deny whether the Trump administration has considered such plans, identify whether responsive records exist or offer a timeline for producing th...
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charlenedev.bsky.social @charlenedev.bsky.social · 10h
Hey Doofus, your leadership is not great as evidenced by the sh*tshow in Iran. Lives lost or injured means nothing to you. Where is strategy, historical knowledge, cultural knowledge, of your opponent. Testosterone will not impress. Neither will your pathetic chinups. Such a poser. No substance.
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Army War Department
ALT: Army War Department
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charlenedev.bsky.social @charlenedev.bsky.social · 10h
Of course he did. Add this to his other miserable moves. Why do people keep reelecting someone who is never looking out for THEIR interests????
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charlenedev.bsky.social @charlenedev.bsky.social · 10h
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George Of The Jungle: Now Comes The Laughter!
ALT: George Of The Jungle: Now Comes The Laughter!
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charlenedev.bsky.social @charlenedev.bsky.social · 11h
"Moscow is building a story that NATO is preparing to blockade Russian territory, while European intelligence agencies are warning about possible false flags and military incursions. "
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h
Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h
Nurses and community members are protesting in San Francisco today as part of the "People vs. Palantir" Global Week of Action. Organizers say the demonstration is focused on Palantir's work with ICE and concerns over immigration enforcement.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13h
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit to compel Georgia to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-26. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
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🚨 United States of America v. Raffensperger
Learn more.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21h
Read this thread 🧵
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14h
The RFK Jr. death toll mounts.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13h
In tonight's Ragebait, I look at how MAGA media has responded once the Schmitt hit the fan. After Hannity and other MAGA luminaries quickly covered up their tracks after initially cheering on Eric Schmitt's debacle, Fox News has all but ignored the fiasco. zeteo.com/p/what-snl-g...
Almost immediately after Schmitt finished his performative demagoguery against Smith, complete with props and smugly calling the former special counsel a “dirtbag,” several MAGA luminaries clipped the moment and boasted on X that Schmitt had “CAUGHT” Smith perjuring himself in a “deer-in-the-headlights moment.” It was almost as if Schmitt’s team had coordinated with these influencers in advance.

Of course, it didn’t take long for Schmitt’s supposed bombshell to blow up in his face, leaving his GOP colleagues absolutely crestfallen. (That tends to happen when you confuse a women’s college basketball team from Iowa with the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks.) And once the online mockery went into overdrive, the MAGA chorus that had been singing Schmitt’s praises quickly began covering up their tracks.

Whether it was Fox star Sean Hannity, serial plagiarist Benny Johnson, Mark Levin’s producer, or the far-right aggregator Overton News, they all deleted their tweets celebrating Schmitt placing Smith “on the spot.”Furthermore, instead of spending Tuesday night and Wednesday morning soaking up adulation from Fox hosts while making multiple on-air appearances, Schmitt’s performance was all but ignored by the Murdoch-owned conservative cable giant. Outside of ‘Special Report with Bret Baier,’ which did cover Schmitt’s screw-up, Fox has largely ignored the entire affair through Wednesday afternoon, according to a transcript search by media monitoring service TVEyes. (Hannity, while devoting much of his show to the Smith hearing, acted as if Schmitt wasn’t even there.)

Besides Schmitt’s post-hearing appearance on ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’ (yes, it is still called that), which saw the oblivious hosts give the senator his “flowers” for leaving Smith “dumbfounded,” Fox’s smaller on-air competitors have tried to downplay Schmitt’s blunder while criticizing the liberal media’s coverage of it. (The ‘Charlie Kirk’ hosts tried to clean it up on Wednesday afternoon, shrugging off Schmitt’s rake-stepping as a “little faux pas” and “diversion.”)

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“Meanwhile, Democrats accused Republicans of spreading conspiracies about Smith’s actions. Typical crap,” One America News host Dan Ball huffed last night. “As usual, Democrats defending him time and time again, trying to shield him from any scrutiny, including during a line of questioning from Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt at one point.”

“Now, clearly there wasn’t a good moment for Senator Eric Schmitt, but the leftists at MS NOW spent more than five minutes on it this morning, like it was the only thing that came out of this hearing,” Newsmax’s Marc Lotter complained earlier today.

Indeed, why not use that airtime to cover more pressing topics, like non-existent trans athletes in the WNBA or the latest offhand remarks made by a leftist Twitch streamer from California?
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charlenedev.bsky.social @charlenedev.bsky.social · 13h
Big Island, Hawaii: All the activity in the ocean the past few months and now this arch falls when Nolo was in the neighborhood.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw
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morgfairsdogs.bsky.social @morgfairsdogs.bsky.social · 17h
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morgfairsdogs.bsky.social @morgfairsdogs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15h
Way to go, California! Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill yesterday banning law enforcement (ICE) from using electric shock gloves.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14h
Pennsylvania health officials report the death of an unvaccinated resident of Lancaster County who tested positive for measles, the fifth measles-related death in the state since August.
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Pennsylvania reports 5th measles-related death in the state
The state’s outbreak is currently the largest in the U.S.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h
See what I mean when I say the system is rigged?
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charlenedev.bsky.social @charlenedev.bsky.social · 14h
Yes! Jack Smith as AG would be great.
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charlenedev.bsky.social @charlenedev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sen. Cory Booker on Jack Smith saying Trump incited Jan. 6: "Oh my gosh, that statement should be chilling to every American that the commander in chief currently did everything he could to undermine the legal transfer of power--We're now persecuting the prosecutors." youtu.be/IGEBfgL8xHY?...
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Sen. Cory Booker on Jack Smith hearing: "This hearing is a farce"
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This memo is incoherent. Curriculum at the service academies, as well as all the PME school houses, is dictated by congressional mandates, Service requirements, & the Officer Military Education Program (OPMEP) & enlisted equivalent. The schools have to regularly demonstrate they're in compliance.
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charlenedev.bsky.social @charlenedev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"NATO is also finally realizing that Russia’s threat extends far beyond its unfortunate neighbors. As Grynkewich put it, “we are all eastern flank countries these days.”"
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charlenedev.bsky.social @charlenedev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kilauea still putting on its show on the Big Island of Hawaii
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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charlenedev.bsky.social @charlenedev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Residents Near Maui Wildfires Show Elevated Metals Linked To Impacted Lung Health, Study Says www.civilbeat.org?p=1812314&mc...
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Residents Near Maui Wildfires Show Elevated Metals Linked To Impacted Lung Health, Study Says
A study of 1,400 adults found higher internal metal levels associated with respiratory harm up to a year and a half after the fires.
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charlenedev.bsky.social @charlenedev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Of course he did. When has he ever been on the right side of history.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Of course the big MAHA Summit would kick out an actual reporter who does real journalism - but they'll surely admit MAHA bloggers who will write glowing puff pieces on beef tallow, peptides, & testosterone & who will stay on message when it comes to peddling kooky anti-science, anti-vaccine tropes!
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Haters_gonna_hate (Princess Kim K) @princesskim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bleu is in TROUBLE! She’s now euth listed #nycacc - upgraded 2Urgent ‼️‼️ This girl needs a FOSTER ASAP! Medical/training/transport provided! All info in reposted post! SMASH 💥 THAT MIDDLE BUTTON! We need 2save her! DM me if u can save her!
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here’s a gift link for this piece, which hits on so many themes I have been struggling with recently. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. (Gift Article)
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have engineered a virus that invades and destroys glioblastoma one of the deadliest brain cancers while turning the immune system into a relentless tumor-killing force. This could be a historic shift in cancer treatment.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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This virus therapy supercharges the immune system against brain cancer
Scientists have found a way to make one of the most aggressive brain tumors vulnerable to the immune system. A single injection of a modified virus can invade glioblastoma, kill cancer cells, and summ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Russell Brand is currently charged in the UK with 3 counts of rape, 3 counts of sex assault, and 1 count of indecent assault. He is set for trial in London in two weeks.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Schiff is up. Apologizes to Jack Smith. “My colleagues have attacked you, but NONE of them have tried to deny what happened on January 6th. They attack you because they don’t want to address the facts. The Barr DoJ sought toll records without a peep from my colleagues.” 1/
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Judging by a quick look at Twitter, the right has decided just to pretend that Eric Schmitt did not, in fact, just shoot himself in the dick and that he totally owned Jack Smith.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
this gaffe should follow Eric Schmitt around for the rest of his political life (Jack Smith was actually in Maryland at a HAWKEYES game, not in Atlanta colluding with Fani Willis as Schmitt alleged) (Win McNamee/Getty)
photo of Schmitt's team holding up a poster board that made false claims about Jack Smith's whereabouts in February 2024
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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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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HawaiiDelilah™ 🌊 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @hawaiidelilah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s quite something to watch a US senator make such an utter fool of himself. And all because of his craven desire to grab a gotcha moment.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar: “For a US senator to have false information and imply, based on a confusion about the name of a team … and imply that you were in another city, that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia, and then call you a dirtbag, is something that deserves an apology.”
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