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German citizen with ties to the US. Mainly here to follow good people.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
👀 MUST WATCH: This video is so well done — and absolutely hilarious! 🤣🤣
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The Survivors’ Truth Commission meets today, Aug. 5, at 1 p.m. MDT to present its interim report and walk through its mission investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. nmpoliticalreport.com/2026/08/04/e...
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Epstein Truth Commission to present interim report Wednesday - New Mexico Political Report
By Kevin Hendricks The Survivors’ Truth Commission — formally the House Special Investigatory Committee — meets Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 1 p.m. in State Capitol Room 307 to present an interim report and ...
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Defensor Pacis 📯 @defpac.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Nobody knows. It's a mystery.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/08/2026
Okay! So hello. My name is Allison Gill. For the last 9 years, you’ve known me as Mueller, She Wrote. I used to have to be anonymous. But not anymore. So, hello world!
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God @thegodshow.com · 02/08/2026
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I can’t help but wonder if we are headed that way as well — and the new Dark Ages won’t be because of arson. It will be because our society has decided to forgo reading for short snippets of information and AI summaries and influencer content. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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Firemen Not Necessary
The end of reading
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/07/2026
This story is terrifying
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Adam Mockler @adammockler.com · 27/07/2026
Among the many lies Elon Musk told, this is one of them.
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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Who decided to call it the male loneliness epidemic instead of incelphalitus?
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Gary Rogers 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦⚛️🎨🖌️ @garyrogersartist.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Polymarket lets people bet on wildfires. Wildfires that those samepeople could easily set in order to win money on this illegal gambling site. Big Tech is organized crime.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In 2001, Walter Cronkite appeared on the David Letterman show and shared his thoughts.
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God @thegodshow.com · 12/07/2026
Lindsey Graham died the way he lived, as a minor distraction from Mitch McConnell
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I have no idea who should replace Platner. (A rematch with Gideon? Dunno.) My concern - and I said this *weeks* ago - is that if Platner is gone, the tribes of the left will never agree to coalesce around someone else. I hope Mainers prove me wrong.
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Spectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
New York City residents are celebrating the reopening of public pools — including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who jumped into the water while wearing a suit at an East Harlem pool on Saturday. Outdoor public pools will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through Sept. 13.
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Defensor Pacis 📯 @defpac.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It's damn hot.
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P. Andrew Torrez @andrewtorrez.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
1/ Future lawyers and judges are going to have no choice but to draw a giant circle around every Supreme Court decision from the Chief Justice Roberts era - that is, from 2005 until whenever we fix this & decide that those opinions DO NOT COUNT in the same way that Lochner Era cases don't count.
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This Aussie is spot on, it will take years or decades to get rid of capitalism from the government. It’s not just Trump, it’s everything behind him, oligarchs, money, corruption, corporations etc. How can we fix this?
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Politico @politico.com · 01/06/2026
The dock that launched America’s offshore wind industry now sits mostly empty. Only remnants of the project remain. As Trump has made combatting offshore wind a hallmark of his second term, a blue-collar town is at the center of it all.
politico.com
It Was Supposed to Be a Lifeline for a Blue-Collar Town. Then Trump Returned.
New Bedford, Massachusetts is ground zero for America’s wind industry.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Installed solar capacity in India has been growing by 40% a year. In March, it passed 150 gigawatts, and by 2030 is set to double again. Analysts say the world’s most populous nation is on the verge of becoming the first major country to power its industrialization predominantly with solar energy.
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A First Among Major Nations, India Is Industrializing With Solar
While China's push to modernize sparked a surge in burning coal, India is turning to increasingly cheap solar to meet its booming energy needs. Though it faces big hurdles, including a rickety grid, I...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/05/2026
BREAKING: I'm suing Todd Blanche and the DOJ to STOP the $1.8B slush fund. The Justice Department violated the Administrative Procedures Act when it established the fund, and it must be set aside. You can read my complaint here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-i...
muellershewrote.com
BREAKING: I’m Suing Todd Blanche and the DOJ to stop the $1.8B Slush Fund
In establishing the “anti-weaponization” fund, the government failed to follow the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), so I'm suing to set the fund aside.
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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Interesting read, even if you’re not a Catholic.
vatican.va
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)
ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Can’t wait to tell the network execs “sorry, I can’t use AI on this project, I’m Catholic.”
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Natanael, Tech janitor @natanael.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
"Medical Waste Management"
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ICE Is Quietly Rolling Out a $55 Billion Crematorium Network
Human life carries no weight in the architecture the president is building.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 23/05/2026
The Arlington National Cemetery Memorial apparently has deleted references and information on everyone interred there who wasn’t a white straight man from their database - attempting to sweep their existence under the rug. My thoughts on this obscenity cannot legally be shared on this platform.
dailykos.com
Missing in Action: Women Service Members “Delisted” from Arlington National Cemetery Website
When visiting Arlington National Cemetery this Memorial Day you won’t find Purple Heart recipient Nicole Leanne Gee, U.S. Marine Corps (1998-2021) on it’s website despite being interred there and…
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David Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
When politicians say they can't hold corporations accountable, remember: they can. They just choose not to.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Erich Vad lag in allen wesentlichen Einschätzungen zur Ukraine völlig falsch, und Roderich Kiesewetter legt hier absolut richtig den Finger in die Wunde. Und zwar so sehr, dass Vad durchdreht.
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Mamdani: I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the govt & I'm here to help'" I think nine more terrifying words are actually, "I worked all day and can't feed my family"
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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
As a guy with half a trillion dollars, I have lots of options: 1. Enjoy a 100% stress-free life doing whatever I please in unfathomable luxury all over the world with people of my choosing 2. Have 87 meltdowns a day on a website
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.”
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
A lot of attention has been paid to the collapse of traffic to The Daily Wire and Ben Shapiro's YouTube channel. But other ragebait sites are also seeing huge drops in audience. According to The Righting, Outkick, The Federalist and The Blaze are down at least 48%. therighting.com/traffic-repo...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
BREAKING: Hawaii Just Killed Citizens United
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Hawaii Just Killed Citizens United and More Great News That Ruined Trump’s Weekend
A grieving son rewrote the law. Small businesses beat Trump's tariffs in court. And Denver told the DOJ to go to hell.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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The Provost / سيدة الفتنة @msentropy.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Some thoughts on War on Iran discourse.
X post reading: “Anecdotal “Iran protesters are chanting ‘death to the regime’; they’ll greet us as liberators!” story time: 

My ex-husband was born in Iran to a communist / leftist secular family that participated in the 1979 revolution against Shah Pahlavi — and who were among the first victims of Khomeini’s Islamic Republic consolidation purge. 

At 10 years old, he was arrested and sent to prison for burning a photo of Khomeini and chanting ‘marg bar khomeini.” 

His older brother’s exposure to nationalist indoctrination in schools was sufficient to convince him that he needed to participate in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war — as a child soldier sent to the frontlines, given a ‘key to heaven’ to be worn around his neck and told that should he die, he would go straight to paradise and feel no pain. 

Both of them, as well as their extended family, despise the Islamic Republic and the majority of members are either atheists, Zoroastrians, or Christian converts. 

But the moment Western military intervention is raised in a discussion, they take on a “no one talks shit on my family but me” stance and default to invoking BOTH Persian nationalism (“7000 years of civilization,” etc) AND Iranian Shia nationalism (“Ya Ali, Iran is the liberator and leader of all Muslims” / “the road to Al Quds — Jerusalem — is through Karbala,” etc). 

Granted, I’m much more versed on the Arab world in terms of Middle Eastern geopolitics — and definitely NOT an Iran expert, but lately, my mind circles back to these memories more and more as the War on Iran Discourse keeps raging.”X post reading: “Anecdotal “Iran protesters are chanting ‘death to the regime’; they’ll greet us as liberators!” story time: 

My ex-husband was born in Iran to a communist / leftist secular family that participated in the 1979 revolution against Shah Pahlavi — and who were among the first victims of Khomeini’s Islamic Republic consolidation purge. 

At 10 years old, he was arrested and sent to prison for burning a photo of Khomeini and chanting ‘marg bar khomeini.” 

His older brother’s exposure to nationalist indoctrination in schools was sufficient to convince him that he needed to participate in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war — as a child soldier sent to the frontlines, given a ‘key to heaven’ to be worn around his neck and told that should he die, he would go straight to paradise and feel no pain. 

Both of them, as well as their extended family, despise the Islamic Republic and the majority of members are either atheists, Zoroastrians, or Christian converts. 

But the moment Western military intervention is raised in a discussion, they take on a “no one talks shit on my family but me” stance and default to invoking BOTH Persian nationalism (“7000 years of civilization,” etc) AND Iranian Shia nationalism (“Ya Ali, Iran is the liberator and leader of all Muslims” / “the road to Al Quds — Jerusalem — is through Karbala,” etc). 

Granted, I’m much more versed on the Arab world in terms of Middle Eastern geopolitics — and definitely NOT an Iran expert, but lately, my mind circles back to these memories more and more as the War on Iran Discourse keeps raging.” Kid
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This is Trump's #1 tell. He spends zero time attacking the pedophiles—and instead attacks the Republican congressman who helped expose the pedophiles.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families. Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota. The cruelty is endless.
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‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and send
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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Lady Gaga has put out a gorgeous anthem for Minneapolis. youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...
youtu.be
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Lady Gaga Original
YouTube video by Rocket
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
thezebra.org
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 17/01/2026
Judge Friesler condemned thousands of people to death under Hitler's regime, and his reign of terror ended when an American B-17 dropped a bomb on the Berlin courthouse where he was presiding. Friesler had ordered the courthouse evacuated and then returned to retrieve the prosecution files.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
Post from Amanda Gorman’s Instagram that says 

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Minneapolis, Minnesota
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by ICE. on January 7, 2026
by Amanda Gorman
They say she is no more, That there her absence roars, Blood-blown like a rose.
Iced wheels flinched & froze.
Now, bare riot of candles, Dark fury of flowers, Pure howling of hymns.
If for us she arose,
Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief, Crouches our power,
The howl where we begin,
Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater Of the worst of what we've been.
Change is only possible, & all the greater, When the labour
& bitter anger of our neighbors
Is moved by the love
* better angels of our nature.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
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