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retired bitch, voluminous reader, tacky art lover, fountain of useless information

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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Im sick of Trump photos and his voice. No loss.
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 14/09/2026
RFK Jr. mocked vaccinations in Lancaster County. Now two are dead of measles, and Pennsylvania’s outbreak is spreading.
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Amish Country Is Seeing a Major Measles Outbreak. RFK Jr. Is Making It Worse.
RFK Jr. mocked vaccinations in Lancaster County. Now two are dead of measles, and Pennsylvania’s outbreak is spreading.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I'm more worried about ICE. The location where I usually go as a poll worker is Black, Haitian & heavily Hispanic. Mixed economic. working class and professional. I am so afraid of ICE and/or a guy with a gun. Florida allows guns in polling places.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
WOW. The ex-wife of the ICE officer who shot a 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine has come forward to say that he had mental health issues and was abusive in their relationship. She says after the shooting he called asking her to vouch for him — instead, she went to the press.
Ashley Brouillette told the Portland Press Herald in a phone interview Thursday afternoon that her ex-husband called admitting to the shooting and defending his actions. The Press Herald reviewed a screenshot of incoming calls Ashley Brouillette received from her ex-husband’s current wife’s Facebook account on Wednesday.

“He was asking me to lie for him and to cover for his character,” Ashley Brouillette said. “I told him that I was not going to lie for him. And then he tried to say that it was a justified shooting because the guy tried to hit him with his car.”

She said she has seen videos of Brouillette on the scene of the shooting and confirmed that was him on scene, telling him: “nowhere in there does it show that this man charged at you with a car.”

“In his head it’s justified. He’s unusually calm about it,” she said.Ashley Brouillette told a reporter that she wanted to speak publicly because she had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health. She said he was abusive in their relationship. She said that she’s been inundated with calls, since reports of Brouillette’s involvement began circulating online, threatening her and her family.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 10/07/2026
With each of these killings by ICE, the administration is telling us: they decide who is worthy of citizenship, they decide whose lives have value.
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ICE Is Hoping You Won’t Notice the Man Agents Killed In Texas
The administration may have changed its P.R. strategy for Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The violence hasn’t changed at all.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Like a dung beetle’s ball rolling down a hill, the reflecting pool keeps picking up more layers. Incompetence, antiscience, corrupt contracting, and now now the self-protective police state and sabotage conspiracy theories.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Greenwater Services. Temu Corleone
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 19/06/2026
The NYT photo is from 2002. If you’re wondering “Has this guy been turning more into Paul Bearer since then” you better believe the answer is yes
Patriot Takes post (https://x.com/patriottakes/status/2007259008336318819) of the Cafaro guy who did the reflecting pool dye job and a mean looking lady at Mar A Lago. Cafaro is in a red velvet suit with a worse dye job than the reflecting pool and a cigar that somehow looks photoshopped into reality
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Remember the series Rubicon? Damn sounds the same. Rubicon share.google/sLHMYtdObg8e...
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
should i go out there and get pieces to sell on ebay
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
It's interesting that many who favor Trump's MAGA policy narrative are the same folks who were protected in 1964 with the Civil Rights Legislation. Italians were not considered white nor were those with Mediteranean & S American heritage. ncrc.org/the-new-york...
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The New York Times: How Italians Became ‘White’ » NCRC
Congress envisioned a white, Protestant and culturally homogeneous America when it declared in 1790 that only “free white persons, who have, or shall migrate into the United States” were eligible to b...
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
My fat boy is about 12. I remind him daily that he should be going middle school instead of clinging to my shadow. He just doesn't want to leave mommy.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
All in the Family would never air these days.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Strikes me how a gay woman can be so supportive of an admin that hates gay women.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Better still. I can compliment a young person or chat in a bar without them thinking it's a pick up ploy.
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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
If you can safely attend a game at Madison Square Garden, you don’t need a ballroom.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
What's the over under there will be a fake assassination drama?
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
OMG watch the tours of mega million dollar homes on YouTube. I keep saying I'd never want any of them
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
It can't Happen Here. 1935. Sinclair Lewis. The book that predicted Trump. You have to read it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/shor...
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The 1935 novel that predicted the rise of Donald Trump
Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here features an antihero who whips up support among angry voters on the back of firebrand rhetoric, fearmongering populism and anti-Mexican sentiment. Sound familiar?
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 07/06/2026
Bari Weiss tried to get “60 Minutes” to make Minneapolis protestors look more violent, AFTER the Feds killed two of us. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m... (Gift link)
From the NY Times interview with Scott Pelley: You've now accused Weiss of injecting "falsehoods and bias" into at least one of your politically sensitive stories. What did she specifically ask for? What story? That's February, and my team and I are doing a story about the protests in Minneapolis against the ICE crackdown there. We've interviewed Senator Rand Paul, Republican, because he's going to hold hearings into this, and the
fact that a Republican was going to do that was quite newsworthy. So, we interviewed Senator Paul and then built out a story about what had happened — the killing of Renee Good, the killing of Alex Pretti, the protests. I felt it was very important to identify that the protesters themselves were being very aggressive and that they were half of these confrontations, and so I instructed my producers
to find images in which we see the protesters acting aggressively. We found a picture of a protester chest-bumping an officer. We
found a picture of an officer being hit in the head with a snowball. We culled together a lot of video of protesters screaming in the faces of officers because we were going to talk about the killing of Pretti and the killing of Good, and it seemed to me important to tell the audience about the entire context. I thought we'd done a really good job with this. We also included a picture of Alex Pretti before he was killed kicking out a taillight on a police car and made a point
of saying, this is Alex Pretti and this is what he did.So, the story goes through screenings. It's very well received. There are notes as always and we do rewrites as always. But this is on a very tight deadline. It's Sunday; we're going on the air that night. And in the case of stories that are, as we say, crashing, our deadline on Sunday is noon. So, we work on all of these things. We get the piece approved by everyone. And about four hours after our deadline, Bari Weiss sends an email to my boss, Tanya Simon. Two of the things in the email include, can we make the protesters look more violent? Now, I'm paraphrasing. I don't have the quote, but that's what was communicated to me. And the other thing, Renee
Good's car. You need to describe her as driving toward the officer. This is not what you see on the video. On the video, you see the officer standing slightly off the front of the car. And you clearly see Ms. Good's wheels turned completely as far as they will go, away from the officer. But he shoots her in the head, kills her, and says
something about her that I can't repeat in polite company. We have gone out of our way in our plan from the very beginning to show the protesters for the responsibility that they had. We had
already scrubbed the video archives, looking for those scenes. Somehow that wasn't enough for Ms. Weiss. The video showed that the officer wasn't standing in front of the car and she wasn't driving toward him, but that's what the president said about that,
and that's the way she wanted it described.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Free Speech Champion(tm) Bari Weiss demanding CBS News smear an American executed by her government for protesting bsky.app/profile/elio...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
What the actual hell
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
In 2024, Bill Pulte, the acting Director of National Intelligence received a trophy declaring he “fu¢ks only the young” at a bizarre event focused on dildos. He organized this to promote his conspiracy theory that Bed Bath & Beyond never actually went bankrupt. Only the best people, amirite?
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Forbes @forbes.com · 03/06/2026
Former Rep. George Santos repeatedly claimed in posts on X he would attend the State of the Union address, only to miss the event and place a bet on Kalshi that he would skip it.
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George Santos Under Investigation Over Kalshi Bet On His Own State Of The Union Attendance
Former Rep. George Santos repeatedly claimed in posts on X he would attend the State of the Union address, only to miss the event and place a bet on Kalshi that he would skip it.
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 24/05/2026
Water this dirty should never be treated like a secret. Texans have the right to speak up when something looks wrong in their community without fearing intimidation or arrest. We need clean water, transparency, and leaders willing to stand with people over the Greedy Few.
A graphic featuring a screenshot of a bathtub filled with murky brown water covered in patches of white foam. At the top is a headline from The Dallas Morning News that reads: “North Texas woman sues town after arrest over Facebook post about water quality.” The image highlights concerns about contaminated or unsafe water conditions.
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Jim Acosta just trashed Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld for gloating over a photo of the staff of Colbert Show - dozens of people. "You are celebrating the fact that all of these people are losing their jobs. All because your dear leader can’t take a joke. Seriously, wtf is wrong with you,"...
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Do it already. Stop threatening. MTG ran away after her threat.
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Rick Paisano @sicilianrick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admitted that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from the Epstein files release. DEATH? The truth is probably far worse than anyone can imagine. Blanche needs to be prosecuted as well.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Guess what? We are not in a "war" and it's unclear whether injured soldiers or spouses are going to qualify for VA Wartime Veterans Pension where requirements must serve 1 day in a recognizable wartime period.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I want to live in a bubble. The daily news feeds are unbearable. There isn't a day without something really awful. Where can I find that bubble??
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/05/2026
NEW: You've asked for the text of my $8.647 million dollar claim to Todd Blanche pursuant to the $1.7B slush fund so you can write your own. Here it is: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ive-fi...
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NEW: I've Filed a Claim with Todd Blanche's $1.776B Slush Fund. I'm Seeking $8.647 Million in Damages
I posted my claim on social media and have received tons of requests for the template.
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M.K.McDaniels @mkmcdaniels.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I can't believe the people of this country are allowing him to get away with this nonsense.
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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
HOLY SHIT prosecutors kicked off grand jurors and then re-presented the case against the Broadview 6, then altered the grand jury transcripts to hide it from the judge. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Parente said during the grand jury sessions, prosecutors used vouching, which he called a "101 no-no for any prosecutor," kicked out grand jury members who disagreed with them, did not disclose that a No True Bill – which indicates no indictment – had been returned to either the defense or the public. Parente also said that after receiving the No True Bill from one grand jury, they re-presented their case after excluding grand jurors who disagreed with them. The grand jury then returned a True Bill to indict the "Broadview Six."

Parente also said that while Judge Perry thought only 30 lines in the transcript had been redacted, prosecutors actually left out entire pages and never informed her.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Nobody got their homes, real property or businesses back. Instead, victims are paid reparations by Germany. Art was seized from individuals who were aware it had been stolen.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
If he's my cat, he will let you open a can. Eat it, letting you believe he likes it. Then when you buy it again, he won't eat it.
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Susan @artlovergirl.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Let that sink in…🤔 #ReleasetheEpsteinFiles #Epsteinvictims #justice #womensrights
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, 412 women have been arrested for pregnancy-related prosecutions. Since the Epstein files were released, there have been ZERO arrests.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
And the US is not far behind. The behavior of ICE is THE SAME
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We see it every day; in our communities and news media. We don't need to see more cruelty and idiocy.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The guy knew he was sick, cut a sweetheart deal with UF, lasted a year and walked away with 1.3 mil through 2028 and full benefits. He fleeced Florida.
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I. Antifa @lion-mane101.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
It's because most people don't read. They don't teach fairy tales, aesops fables, give kids time to pretend and express themselves. We are driven to be something concrete and monetized.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Marco just wants to be President of Cuba.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Could be your neighbor has an insect issue.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
There are no consequences. Anyone breaking laws or defying Congress gets a pardon. Except you. You will go to prison.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
That sentiment alone is disgusting. Trump pretends we are a growing empire when in fact we are a failing republic. This regime has hurt Israel forever. I am sad about that. Very sad.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
After reading the Afghanistan Papers, which outlines all the failures by educated military and experienced diplomats, the debacle we are facing with complete morons in control is beyond frightening.
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Just a Cog @eclecticlynn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Jesus is not coming. There is no Messiah. There is no Rapture or Train to Jordan.
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Tara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com · 07/04/2026
I have a father and mother in law in Iran. I have a sister in law. A niece. She's 14. She likes silly pink headbands and purses and dresses, just like kids her age all over the world. There are 93 million people like her in Iran. People who do all the normal mundane life things as the rest of us.
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