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1SG(Ret). USMC & US Army. Disabled Veteran. #Duty #Integrity #Honor #Courage #Responsibility #SelflessService Semper Fi 🇺🇸 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 Central Maine on the Penobscot, just this side of Downeast & the Deep Woods 🌲

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Needless to say, if a coating can be destroyed by someone doing this, it was already failing.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
BREAKING: Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz, accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire with continued strikes in southern Lebanon. The statement on state television warned that “if the aggression continues, subsequent steps have been planned.”
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Footage of UK Royal Marines boarding the Smyrtos tanker, carrying over 100,000 tons of Russian crude, overnight in the English Channel. First time Britain has physically seized a Russian shadow fleet tanker in its own waters.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Senior U.S. officials making audio recordings in the Situation Room and leaking them to the press. Totally normal stuff.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
1. Looks like Trump cried "uncle!" The details are still being reported out, but Reuters got the scoop Friday. Sources described for the newswire the text of the peace terms that Donald Trump appears to have agreed to. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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U.S., Iran signal peace deal near as Tehran claims victory
The United States and Iran signalled on Friday that an agreement to ​end their war was close, with a senior U.S. administration official saying both sides had agreed on a text and that Washington expe...
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Exactly this 👇👇👇
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mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
#WomenForward🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Immortan Joe vibes
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Veterans For Responsible Leadership @vetsforrl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
CNN just exposed it: the Pentagon told America the USS Gerald R. Ford fire was "no big deal." The reality? The fire-suppression system FAILED. Sailors fought the blaze for 30 HOURS. 600 lost their bunks. @meidastouch.com @valormedianetwork.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=8LMJ...
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Trump PANICS as WARSHIP Damage COVER UP Gets EXPOSED!!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Vet Voice Foundation @vetvoicefoundation.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The sweeping ban on DEI and cultural events is actively minimizing the service of military women. A 28th annual wreath-laying ceremony honoring female troops was forced to cancel after the Air Force cited Pentagon and Trump administration mandates to pull out. Shameful.
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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Maine veterans brought 168 lunchboxes to Susan Collins' Portland office this weekend. One for each schoolgirl killed in the Minab school bombing. Thirteen portraits for the thirteen American servicemembers killed in the Iran war. Thank you to Veterans For Peace for standing with us.
A person is speaking into a megaphone during a protest. They are wearing a cap and a "Veterans for Peace" hoodie. Nearby, another individual holds a sign that reads "No War With Iran," detailing costs and lives affected. A Veterans for Peace flag is visible in the background.A person wearing a "Veterans Against Fascism" T-shirt is crouched down, holding yellow flowers. They are surrounded by striped bags with more flowers inside.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"It's a race against time. ... People like Donald Trump, narcssistic sociopaths like the ones we've seen throughout history—the Hitlers and the Stalins—they blow themselves up in the end. And the question is the blast radius, and the longer we let this go on the bigger the blast radius is."
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"This is a battle for the nation's soul. It's a battle of morality— whether or not we are going to stand against the government that lies to us, that oppresses us, that tries to stop free speech, that shoots protesters in the face, that is basically stealing from us."
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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country. I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The only thing the DC establishment can agree on is a love of Jeffrey Epstein — and a hatred of me. Together, we will take back our government from the Epstein class. WATCH: Our new TV ad
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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Trump going after Platner is a gift to Platner's campaign. #mepolitics
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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is because of you. I am deeply humbled. I will not let you down.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
psycho
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Axios @axios.com · 10/06/2026
NEW: Hegseth says the U.S. military will strike Iran for the second consecutive evening
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U.S. to bomb Iran for second straight night: Hegseth
"We will strike them hard tonight and hopefully Iran makes a good decision."
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
German Chancellor Merz: Tomorrow is June 6th, D-Day, when the Americans once ended a war in Europe Trump: “That was not a pleasant day for you." Merz: “This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship” (2025)
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 08/06/2026
www.npr.org/2026/06/08/n...
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The red state, blue state divide is real. But it's driven by more than just politics
Recent research suggests there's more going on with "ideological sorting" than simply moving to places that match one's politics. It's often one of many deciding factors, such as taxes or safety.
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Gerrymandering Is Only Going to Get Worse Legal experts warn that the current partisan redistricting efforts could signal the beginning of the end for fair representation. ...
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Gerrymandering Is Only Going to Get Worse
Legal experts warn that the current partisan redistricting efforts could signal the beginning of the end for fair representation.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 08/06/2026
⚡️ Ukraine strikes Russia's oil depot, radar station, other military targets, General Staff confirms. Ukraine's military reportedly launched another onslaught of middle strikes on Russian and Russian-occupied regions overnight on June 8, striking multiple oil depots and electrical substations.
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Ukraine strikes Russia's oil depot, radar station, other military targets, General Staff confirms
Ukraine's military reportedly launched another onslaught of middle strikes on Russian and Russian-occupied regions overnight on June 8, striking multiple oil depots and electrical substations, Russian...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This is really well done by @vanhollen.senate.gov. A litany of Trump’s foreign policy disasters and documentation of Rubio’s hypocrisy. You all ought to take a few minutes and have a listen.👇
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
So the guy who invited the Taliban to Camp David and gave control of the Strait of Hormuz to Islamic Republic of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is now telling us he just had "a very good call with Hezbollah." Sounds great.
"I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut... I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop." - President Donald J. Trump
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Israel says it has received the greenlight from Washington to attack southern Beirut. Civilian evacuation of Dahiyeh is now underway.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 01/06/2026
A senior White House official confirms to MS NOW that the Trump administration plans to drop the controversial $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization fund." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/06/2026
Starting in October 2026, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will shift billions in SNAP costs from the federal government onto states, some of whom could be forced to deeply cut or even shutter their SNAP programs altogether. (Published Dec. 2025)
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Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, the...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/05/2026
The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 45,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal. We're continuing to track the increase in these cases:
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Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 30/05/2026
A key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years, squeezing Americans' finances and creating political challenges for President Trump and congressional Republicans with midterm elections just five months away.
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America In Focus: Inflation gauge hits multiyear high as American consumer confidence slides
A key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years, squeezing Americans’ finances and creating political challenges for President Trump and congressional Republicans with midterm elections just five months away.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Looking at what he's done to the People's House (without Congressional approval, of course), I feel equal parts rage & embarrassment for our country. The Midterms can't come soon enough... #Register&VOTE 🌊
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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
There’s nothing more Orwellian than voting to send 18-year-olds to die in another forever war – and then blaming them for it. Real leadership is admitting when you were wrong, not doubling down for decades.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
“One U.S. official acknowledg[ed] that some form of financial relief would be required for Iran.” So Trump’s war will end not just with the Iranian regime in power but with Trump paying them off far more handsomely than Obama ever did. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/w...
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U.S. and Iran Move Toward Agreement to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Sen. Ruben Gallego (another veteran) would like a word. If there's been a groundswell of veteran support for Susan Collins over her viral comments that seemed to shrug off her responsibility for the Iraq war...we haven't been able to find it. #MEpolitics
Sen. Ruben Gallego tweet: "It was Collins decision to vote and support the Iraq War.  
Not understanding the difference between the power of a Senator to send  our men and women to war and teenagers signing up to serve their country is disqualifying."
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 29/05/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge temporarily blocks any payouts from the Trump administration's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" settlement fund.
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Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trump's $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' settlement fund
A federal judge has temporarily blocked any payouts from the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” settlement fund.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/05/2026
BREAKING: A Russian attack drone has struck a residential building in Galați, Romania, according to reports from the scene. Romania is a NATO member state. Initial reports indicate multiple people were injured.
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Wolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
(cartoon Clay Bennett) #politics
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Platner has successfully baited Susan Collins into publicly absolving herself of responsibility for the Iraq war she supported and voted for -- at a cost of thousands of American lives and trillions of dollars. Clip seems bound to wind up with lots more attn than her Reddit attacks. #MEpolitics
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Graham Platner out with a video response to Susan Collins's viral moment distancing herself from responsibility for the fates of soldiers who enlisted to serve in the time of the Iraq war which she voted for and supported. #MEpolitics
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
This gave me chills. Watch.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/02/2026
Vance: “We have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of Minnesota, in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people’s tax money.”
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PolitiFact @politifact.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Delivering the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger said Trump’s tariffs cost each American family more than $1,700. Research mostly backs her figure. www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
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Fact-checking Spanberger on $1,700 Trump tariff cost
Delivering the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger said Trump’s tariffs cost each American family more than $1,700. Research…
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
What is the state of Trump? He is failing at fascism. For Trump to succeed in his fascist transition, he needs a bloody, popular, victorious war. And that is out of his reach. The State of the Union was full of fascist atmospherics. It was also blowhard exhaustion snyder.substack.com/p/fascist-fa...
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Fascist Failure
The State of Trump
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/02/2026
Dani Bensky, Epstein survivor: “Why is the FBI director out there partying like a college kid when he should be investigating the vast criminal enterprise?”
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Freud must discuss this somewhere: The compulsion of the guilty to almost confess or to hint at the truth. Trump does this a lot. And in light of all the Epstein news, when Trump says “Women—I like,” he’s unable to help himself from kind of confessing and admitting to his complicity with Epstein.
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Seems like a good day to remind folks that Susan Collins could get together with Murkowski and Tillis and Mitch at any time and put an end to much of the awful stuff coming out of the Trump administration. But day after day she chooses not to. #MEpolitics
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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I won't stand by and watch Maine get ripped apart. I'm with working Mainers, not the billionaires and corporations. Watch our new TV ad:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
“We’ve gotta give ‘em the mark of the beast. Team 6.” Nashville banner with VIDEO of @TNHighwayPatrol & ICE “Hunting” immigrants and writing in MARKER on their skin as they compete for who arrests more. (Few with criminal records) Full: nashvillebanner.com/2026/02/19/i...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
TEXAS — man with two guns, openly brandishing one, arrested for harassing protesting kids. (A commenter says word is he was released, we have not confirmed) Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DU9Pm7S...
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