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Ell2Bee

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Retiree - I respond to ill-informed, ignorant tweets that trigger me and those others that I just find amusing, humorous or otherwise worthy of a response!

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 22h
Russian missile and drone attacks damaged homes, an office and an educational facility in Kyiv, while two people were rescued from a burning home in Kyiv region. In Vinnytsia region, a railway facility was hit, leaving over 15,000 consumers without power. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 22h
Ukrainian units using the Bulava Loitering Munition system to destroy 10 Russian military cargo vehicles. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 22h
Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief Mykhailo Drapatyi has launched a personnel review of General Staff officers, Ukrainska Pravda reports. By Oct. 2, commanders must identify officers and generals who have lacked practical combat experience since 2022. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 22h
Another railway bridge was damaged in Russia’s Bryansk region, this time on the Rzhanitsa-Trosna section. The incident follows damage to another railway bridge in the region yesterday. #Russia
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 21h
⚡️Update: 1 injured as Russian missiles strike Kyiv educational facility Multiple missiles and drones struck Kyiv overnight on Sept. 29 amid a multi-day attack by Russian forces on the capital, wounding one person, the State Emergency Service said.
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Russian missiles strike Kyiv educational facility in overnight attacks, injuring 1 person
The victim was injured in a six-story apartment building that was hit in the Holosiivskyi district, where 10 others were also evacuated, according to the State Emergency Service.
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David Jolly @davidjolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BIG NEWS: Another new poll has us leading 48% to 46%. Be a part of history. Share the word, make a plan to vote, and let's get this done!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20h
Hi Bluesky friends. I wanted to share this video clip I shot during my recent Danube River cruise. This was in Austria, just before we crossed into Germany. Note the castle on top of the hill in the distance, and the fog in the valley. So beautiful! 😊
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Extraordinary for any American president: Trump offered to sell weapons to Xi Jinping of China. That was revealed by David Perdue, US ambassador. Trump is withholding a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan approved by Congress. China aids Iran and Russia. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says (Gift Article)
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the U.S. ambassador to China. Trump is withholding a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20h
Estonia can say "with certainty" that the attack overnight on Aug. 15 "was an act of sabotage ordered by the special services of the Russian Federation," Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said in a statement shared with the Kyiv Independent.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20h
⚡️Estonia says Russia responsible for arson attack against defense tech company
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Estonia says Russia responsible for arson attack against defense tech company
Estonia can say "with certainty" that the attack overnight on Aug. 15 "was an act of sabotage ordered by the special services of the Russian Federation," Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said ...
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 20h
Slidstvo.Info identified Russia’s 126th Coastal Defense Brigade and 331st Guards Airborne Regiment as units that may be deployed around occupied Oleshky, where residents face severe shortages of food, medicine, electricity and gas amid an alleged blockade. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 19h
Ukraine asked EU states to transfer Patriot missiles from their own stocks in exchange for replacements Kyiv is due to receive under existing contracts. Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara also urged EU funding to scale interceptors against jet-powered Shaheds. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 19h
❗️Russia plans to raise defense spending by 27% to 17.1 trillion rubles, about $203 billion, in 2027, Reuters reports citing government documents. Moscow also plans around 50 trillion rubles in defense spending over 2027-2029 as borrowing and taxes rise. #Russia
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 19h
Ukraine’s Alter Ego unit of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade completed its first logistics mission using an amphibious UGV. The vehicle covered more than 40 km across land and water, switching to amphibious mode within seconds to deliver ammunition and supplies. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 19h
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian 39N6 Kasta radar in occupied Manhush, UAV command posts in Kyrnosove and Novoaidar, and ammunition depots in Druzhne, Novoyehorivka and Kachkarske on Sept. 28-29, Ukraine’s General Staff reported. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 19h
Ukraine’s Besomar unveiled the Besomar 1100 reconnaissance drone with a claimed range of up to 100 km and endurance of around four hours. It can reach 160 km/h, operate at altitudes up to 5.5 km and uses technical solutions designed to counter EW. #Ukraine
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today, Marist's midnight poll drop is from Ohio: Sherrod Brown leads Sen. Husted 51% to 43%. Amy Acton leads Vivek Ramaswamy 50% to 44%. A key stat: 50% *strongly disapprove* of Trump, in Ohio. maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/midter...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner think the way to negotiate with these barbarians is to offer them business deals.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19h
🏛️ The Supreme Court’s fall term has officially kicked off. The Court will decide which cases it will hear over the coming months. This time around, some of them could impact U.S. democracy. Here are the voting rights and elections cases we’ll be looking out for:
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Supreme Court could take up these critical election cases as new term begins
The decisions made at Monday's "long conference" could have a huge impact on American democracy.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 18h
❗️Estonia’s Internal Security Service says Russia’s intelligence services ordered the Aug. 15 arson attack on a Milrem Robotics facility in Tallinn. Three Latvian citizens suspected of directly carrying out the attack have been arrested and extradited to Estonia. #Russia
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 18h
⚡️Russian attacks kill 1, injure 56 across Ukraine over past day, as yet another overnight attack pounds Kyiv The Air Force said that Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with an anti-ship missile, two Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles, and 152 attack drones, 82 of which were jet-powered.
kyivindependent.com
Russian attacks kill 1, injure 56 across Ukraine over past day, as yet another overnight attack pounds Kyiv
The Air Force said that Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with an Onyx and Zircon anti-ship missile, two Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles, and 152 attack drones, 82 of which were jet-powered.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 18h
Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade converted two Soviet BTRs into unmanned kamikaze vehicles during Operation Vivaldi near Nove and Katerynivka. The 3rd Army Corps says Russian troops mistook them for reinforcements before the vehicles detonated against fortified positions. #Ukraine
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 19h
A very productive night for Ukraine’s Defense Forces! ▪️Two defense plants were struck in Russia’s Tula&Voronezh regions. ▪️The SSU hit four oil depots in Russia’s Krasnodar region-Edelweiss-95,Din-Yug-Oil,LUKOIL-Yugnefteprodukt,Angelinskaya. ▪️The Prymary unit of Ukraine's Defense Intelligence struck:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Kimmel to Mamdani: "I live in Los Angeles and that is not the reception our mayor would get"
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18h
How long until the Iran War ends? “About two weeks.” youtu.be/8ndmDTVM9gM?...
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How long until the Iran War ends? “About two weeks.”
YouTube video by Home of the Brave
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18h
A joint project of Home of the Brave and VoteVets: A compilation of Trump's promises that the Iran war he started would be over soon, at AboutTwoWeeks.com. And an excellent short new video showing Trump’s broken promises of peace, which can be spread far and wide. open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...
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How long until the Iran War ends? “About two weeks.”
Donald Trump says it all the time. So we decided to fact-check.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18h
Trump Crimes on Our Dime. "After six years of Trump’s flagrant corruption, it shouldn’t surprise us that he’s diverting public funds to boost himself and his party. It’s just another legal and moral line he thinks he can cross with impunity." www.thebulwark.com/p/congratula...
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Congratulations, You’re a Trump Campaign Donor
Your tax dollars are funding his TV ads. And the White House says you should be proud to pay.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 17h
After attacking Ukraine when it gave up nukes, Russia says Iran shouldn't have them, failing to connect the dots on non-proliferation works...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17h
Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington: We have failed to live up to the command in Deuteronomy, “you shall not violate the rights of the alien or the orphan,” and to the words on the Statue of Liberty. And so “we are losing our soul as a nation.” www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-los...
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‘We Are Losing Our Soul as a Nation’
What we saw in Springfield, Ohio.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 17h
I can’t defeat Ukraine on battlefield. My strategy is: 1 Bomb hospitals, schools,power & stations to create refugees 2 Fund anti western & anti refugee parties in west 3 Humiliate western leaders who want appeasement 4 Repeat www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘This is terrorism’: daytime Russian strike hits science academy in Kyiv
Jet-powered drones are increasingly targeting Ukraine’s capital, with medical centre also hit
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 17h
As the world burns this is all they got
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17h
Last weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff posted this. Today Trump yucks it up at the White House with the richest men in America. Cut-rate Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette come to America.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 17h
…or, like Russia, spent every night tearing down Russian apartment blocks with sleeping residents inside with Flamingo missiles.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 17h
Just imagine the amount of squealing, hands thrown up to the heavens, and shirts torn open in righteous indignation if Ukraine, even once (!) responded to Russia’s mass killings and barbaric bombardment of historical heritage by striking the Bolshoi Theatre or the Hermitage…
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17h
One obvious point about the Republican rats desperately deserting the sinking Trump ship: They're still rats.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
New in PN: Will Dems offer a New New Deal? "Today's situation — in which the economy continues to grow but working Americans have an ever-shrinking share — has been a long time coming. But Trump’s nihilistic policies have put the lie to the Reaganite promise of prosperity through assaulting govt."
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Will Democrats offer Americans a New New Deal?
A new social pact will be needed in the wake of Trump’s trail of ruin.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17h
NEW: A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17h
Rep. Mike Collins, the Trump-endorsed GOP candidate for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat, said he was “fine” with the idea of federal troops at voting sites. In reality, deploying armed federal agents to polling places isn’t “fine” — it’s illegal: demdock.com/4ykNqzg
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Kevin Hassett claims that during Trump's first term he "managed the recovery from Fauci shutting everything down ... Fauci dug a hole"
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 16h
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Mike Johnson: "Operation Epic Fury was an epic success"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Mike Johnson: "The feat and the banquet will be in the economy in 2026. Just as we predicted ... and then the Iran conflict began. We had to do it."
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 16h
Republican closing argument: "we crashed the economy to start an unending war, re-elect us please"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Mike Johnson: "This will be a battle between whether or not we're gonna keep the republic, or we're gonna break this thing down and go down this dark, dangerous road to Marxism"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Mike Johnson on what Republicans will do if they hold the House: "What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Mike Johnson on cutting $1 trillion from Medicaid: "We did program integrity measures, took those people off the system, and you know what it did? It strengthened Medicaid. We have to do more of that work."
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 16h
⚡️Russian troops allegedly using civilians as 'human shields' to flee via Kupiansk pipeline, Khartiia Corps says. Children, elderly people, and a person on crutches walked alongside draft-age men who were likely Russian soldiers wearing civilian clothes, according to Khartiia Corps' drone footage.
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Russian troops allegedly using civilians as 'human shields' to flee via Kupiansk pipeline, Khartiia Corps says
Children, elderly people, and a person on crutches walked alongside draft-age men who were likely Russian soldiers wearing civilian clothes, according to Khartiia Corps' drone footage.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16h
Persuasion isn't about saying "I told you so" - it's about bringing people together to make things better.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 16h
Protecting child predators, facilitating extra-judicial murders, jacking up everyone's prices through tariffs and military misadventures all so that Donald Trump can get rich and he doesn't yell at you is a hell of a closing message. But totally on brand for Mr. Johnson.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 16h
Mike Johnson promises permanent vacations if Republicans win.
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