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..💧.. Multilingual linguist. Bibliophile. The real defeat of freedom is everyone's apathy. 📚☕️🌳✍🏻🌲🍃🌷

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 4h
We’re screwed www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 22h
This corruption must be investigated.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
CNN and MS NOW are complicit in Trump’s illegal scheme to steal taxpayer money for political ads. Why are they accepting stolen money to run illegal ads?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wonder why Trump and Republicans are promoting this industry so heavily and are allowing them to operate free from any guardrails or regulation?
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 30/09/2026
Journalistic aside: The TMZ DC experiment continues, and tbh their surprise interviews of Republican and Democratic lawmakers — which the outlet traditionally utilized with celebrities — are quickly turning out to be journalistically valuable. It's interesting, because there was a time…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In addition to having 16 of the wealthiest billionaires in America pouring money into Republican PACs to buy the midterms, Democrats now have to deal with media companies accepting stolen taxpayer money to run illegal government ads for Republicans.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo.
Michael Weiss: Why, that’s Ali Abdelaziz is on the far left. Manages a lot of Russian, Belarusian and Chechen MMA fighters including Khamzat Chimaev, who is close to Kadyrov. Abdelaziz was an FBI informant until the Bureau dropped him because they suspected he was a double agent. Looks like Ka$h (far right) has forgiven and forgotten. These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They're such self important clowns. It's increasingly clear their weird stop-me-before-I-kill-again message is some kind of weird hype strategy.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Amind the hoopla over RFK Jr's MAHA movement and his and Hegseth's fixation on testosterone levels, the reality is that the 2nd most widely used pesticide in the USA has been proven to cause chemical castration and even sex change in various animals. Naturally, no research on people.
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Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds
Atrazine, banned in 60 countries, polluting rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health
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apricity @elusiveapricity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
None of this would be happening if Trump, along with all the January 6 ringleaders, had been sent to prison. Now they are in charge. The "Rule of Law" appears to be a myth, and what will come next is anyone's guess.
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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Marko Mihkelson: Defeatism is not deterrence
The snowball of speculation about an imminent Russian attack on Europe is gathering pace. Isolated facts are being mixed with wishful thinking, worst-case scenarios and, at times, little more than the...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We need to get a full accounting of every dollar each media company accepted of our money stolen by Trump to run his partisan political ads on their channels. Companies who accept these ads are receiving property stolen from the American people & are a disgrace for accepting them
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seriously. That’s no cartoon.
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apricity @elusiveapricity.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Technology doesn't "go rogue." People, who program it, do.
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apricity @elusiveapricity.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Can't wait to see it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Listen, I just think it's weird that the same people who are saying they're worried that AI is going to wipe out humanity are also eager for military contracts that will give AI control of weapons.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Chinese First Lady is more fluent in English than the American First Lady.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
12-16 miles per day, interfaith pilgrimage www.lasacredresistance.org/adelanto-to-...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I used to wonder, "How could someone as seemingly reasonable as Cheryl Hines be married to that obnoxious, stupid kook, RFK, Jr.?" Well, now I have my answer:
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We need to remember this BS when he pretends to be a "normal" Republican in coming years. He lied and enabled.
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MS NOW Public Relations @msnowcomms.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@ms.now statement on its journalists being denied access to the White House grounds:
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Sluggo Smith @sluggosmith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Does anyone else think like I do that this whole bestiality thing with the FBI was a policy change made so that Kash Patel could stay in front of an inevitable leak about some drunken tryst he had within the Animal Kingdom? Patel certainly has a look that could make the sheep nervous.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/09/2026
NEWS: The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion sale of 40,000 2,000-pound bombs and 20,000 penetrator warheads to Israel, with the weapons to be purchased using U.S. taxpayer dollars through the Foreign Military Financing program
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Booker eviscerates Patel: "He's like an 18 year old kid who wants to join a fraternity that he could never be a member of, doing keg stands and chugging with friends. He's an embarrassment. He is a disgrace. This is a mockery and a sham. What's bad are the people enabling him."
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Everything is corruption. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I doubt they disclosed that Larry Ellison, de facto owner of CBS, owns Oracle, which is deeply, deeply in debt building AI data centers - and any AI bust will likely bankrupt Ellison. Complete corruption of CBS to become corporate propaganda for its owner.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Douthat piece where he talks about the importance of AI closes with a sponsorship notice from a healthcare company using AI to deny claims.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
There's always a new grift www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Boris Johnson was aboard the train hit by a Russian drone near the Polish border today, but he's thought to be unharmed - DerSpiegel
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thousands of immigrants did the hard, dirty work of clearing rubble and toxic dust and debris from Ground Zero. Many were undocumented laborers sent to work every day with no special PPE, and got cancer as a result. Now some of those same people are living in fear of ICE. www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...
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They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026
You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is what Natalie does all day for $150,000 salary from us. Troll the internet for weirdo twisted memes & videos from the cultists, show them to Trump, he approves them, then she puts them out to the world. People who claimed that criticism of her was unfair are morons. M bsky.app/profile/atru...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/09/2026
A tale of two Labor Day messages today
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David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It’s the honor of my life to be on the ticket with this incredible woman and leader.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Whether it’s Chuck Schumer’s daughter getting a spot on OpenAI’s board or it’s Kirsten Gillibrand’s son getting millions in backing for a crypto startup, the children of New York elites always prove that with hard work, anyone can beat the stimga of a family name by A. G. Sulzberger
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“Kirill Dmitriev, an envoy for Mr. Putin who handles informal negotiations with the White House” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/w... Dmitriev’s press notices have come a long way from ‘some Russian guy who had a beer with Erik Prince when they both happened to be in the Seychelles.’
Dmitriev and Kushner shaking hands in front of a US diplomatic plane.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
RIP Gloria Steinem, who worked with CIA. Re Wikipedia, She worked at the CIA funded Independent Research Service. Steinem defended her relationship, saying: "In my experience the agency was completely different from its image; it was liberal, nonviolent and honorable."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Why does Susan Collins refuse to appear at any events with Trump or Vance? Isn’t she proud of her party’s president and VP, whose agenda she has supported completely on every single meaningful vote? Why is Susan hiding from her party leaders?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
All government contracts obtained during the Trump administration by any company with ownership stakes held by members of the Trump family must be canceled immediately by the next Democratic president. Reverse the corruption on day one.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Germany has accused Russia of being responsible for a drone carrying explosives that was discovered within the cargo area of Leipzig Airport last month, according to media reports. www.aircargonews.net/cargo-airpor...
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Reports: Germany says Russia to blame for explosives found at Leipzig Airport - Air Cargo News
Germany has accused Russia of being responsible for a drone carrying explosives that was discovered within the cargo area of Leipzig Airport last month, according to media reports. The Saxony State ha...
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Jesus, Google Earth: Have some dignity. Two views just now:
Map with Lake Ontario simply listed as Lake America.Map with "Lake Ontario (Lake America)"
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
WAPO: “.. Several U.S. military leaders have advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that prolonging large-scale operations against Iran is unsustainable and risks weakening their ability to confront threats elsewhere, including the U.S. homeland ..” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Russia has no plans to invade: Moldova.. Ok. But not Georgia Ok but not Ukraine. Ok, Just Crimea Ok, just Crimea & part of Donetsk Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk & Zaporizhzhia Ok, all of Ukraine But not NATO…
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apricity @elusiveapricity.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"It was catastrophic for Ukraine when Mr. Musk declined to enable Starlink coverage near Russian-occupied Crimea. SpaceX has at various points continued to restrict military uses of the network according to Mr. Musk’s whims." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
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Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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Eugen 🇨🇦 @eugen.ca · 27/08/2026
This is the first European cartographic mention of Lake Ontario. The year was 1688. It’s Lake Ontario.
First European cartographic  mention of Lake Ontario - 1688
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My suggestion is to cancel your subscription to any media company that refers to Lake Ontario as Lake America.
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