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erickoszyk.bsky.social @erickoszyk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hello, I have some big news. I am going to be volunteering for humanitarian missions to Ukraine. First I will be driving a 4WD vehicle from Scotland to Ukraine for the non-profit Jeeps for Peace. The vehicle will then be given to the local authorities, in order to be used to save lives.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

BREAKING: Judge Nichols, a Trump appointee in Washington, D.C., has *blocked* the administraiton's mail-in ballot plan, saying USPS lacked the authority to issue it. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

ominous: Americans have collectively spent >$100 billion more on gasoline and diesel since March 1 compared to the same period a year ago. $109.2 billion through the end of today thus far, and currently adding ~$730 million more each day.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If you want to know to what Donald will say tomorrow, listen to what the Kremlin says today.

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

NEW: The Houthis are setting conditions to establish the Bab al Mandeb Strait as an Axis of Resistance-controlled body of water as part of the Axis of Resistance’s effort to assert control over regional oil exports. (1/5) Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate09...

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 07/09/2026

Holds up

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

You all know I hate it when my trolls claim the US promised that countries would be forbidden from joining NATO, thus anti-imperialistically limiting their sovereignty. I have to post this video of Gorbachev saying it's rubbish.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Only a shithole country would betray the Canadians.

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🚨 Kentucky has announced the finalists in its "I Voted" sticker contest. 🚨 Per the Secretary of State: Kentuckians can vote for their favorite sticker at the SOS's booth at the State Fair from August 20-30.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

8 years after scrapping the Iran nuclear deal gotten with global economic isolation. 5 months after bombing, which failed. 2 months after post-bombing economic isolation failed, leading to an MOU favoring Iran. And weeks after scrapping that to bomb again. We have a new plan: economic isolation.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Eric Edelman: "Hegseth interfering with promotion lists [means] if you curry favor with political masters and tell them what they want to hear, you get promoted. It strains out officers of character and integrity willing to tell them what they may not want to hear." youtu.be/YnLOlq4SV00?...

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Eric Edelman on politicizing interference with military appointments and promotions

YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Perfect summary

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Live at noon (or watch or listen later at your convenience): How Much Harm is Hegseth Doing? Retired Col. Bree Fram discusses the damage Hegseth is inflicting on the U.S. military, and how she was forced out of the military after 20+ years of service. www.youtube.com/live/ILBD6Ad...

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How Much Harm is Hegseth Doing? (w/ Col. Bree Fram)

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

We are all going to have so many kinds of diarrhea

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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Alex Jones (1974-2026) was the biggest supporter of iodine. So why did Big Iodine blow him up?

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I saw yesterday that some right-wing outlets were running stories about me, which I’m used to. But this time I’m going to say something about it, because these were framed to imply that I was aligned with their own transphobia. ⬇️

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/07/2026

Brandon Herrera, Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Texas, called babies "cum trophies." Do congressional Republicans agree? Our Brendan Hartnett went to Capitol Hill to find out if "cum trophies" is just a Texas thing.

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A Ukrainian F-16 has shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet in a dogfight for the first time. US General Dan Caine reported this during a hearing in the US Senate.

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

So much winning: A US service member was killed today in Iraq, and more remains were found in Jordan. A source tells Washington Post the US stockpile of munitions is insufficient to safely sustain operations and “I don’t think the White House is aware of that.” wapo.st/4puMk0b

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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

56 years ago I created a fake macho character that spoofed macho characters of the 50’s. Like many things, this performance art got somewhat misinterpreted over time. But while Pete Hegseth, Joe Rogan & Donald Trump make a mockery of masculinity, I thought you should know that.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The Odyssey is pulling $260 million this weekend, well on its way to becoming the biggest movie of the year. It has a 95%/97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Everyone loves it. Please enjoy this exchange.

Wall Street Mav on X: Christopher Nolan has cancelled all screenings of The Odyssey with movie influencers.

He is only allowing approved critics to see it in advance.

He is waving the surrender flag. They know they have a financial disaster on their hands.

@elonmusk on X: How pathetic

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 06/07/2026

To anyone considering helping President Trump interfere with our election or our count: You will be prosecuted. That’s why I’m moving forward with new legislation that would make it a FELONY to seize ballots before the vote has been certified by state and county officials.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

the National guard defending Pete Hegseth’s church between the Hunan Dynasty and the Jersey Mikes

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 19/07/2026

An analysis of the Supreme Court’s 2024–2025 term shows its transparency problem is getting worse. Americans deserve an open and honest high court. bit.ly/4eXCGQi

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The Supreme Court Is Moving More Cases into the Shadows

For the first time, the Court decided more substantive cases on its shadow docket than on its traditional merits docket.

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Our News Media needs to get it together….

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

ICE contractor apparently got mad at protestor outside ICE facility he worked at and opened fire with personal firearm. Arrested, facing charges of assault and attempted murder. www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Now @apnews.com has a deeply reported story confirming the recently-hired ICE officer who shot a man in Maine had serious mental health issues and a long history of violence against women. This comes after ICE slashed hiring standards and rushed some into the field before background checks cleared.

By JACK BROOK, MICHAEL R. SISAK, AMANDA SWINHART and CLAIRE GALOFARO
Updated 7:59 PM EDT, July 16, 2026
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood and never should have been given a badge and gun to patrol American streets, several of his close relatives told The Associated Press.

David Brouillette has a history of terrifying and violent behavior, according to those relatives. They accuse him of attacking women in his life over the years, and one shared a voicemail with the AP from last winter in which he told her that he thought someone should slit her throat.

Brouillette’s troubling past further challenges how thoroughly the Department of Homeland Security has vetted recruits as it went on a hiring spree to help carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

At least 10 people have died in encounters with immigration agents since Trump launched the crackdown after retaking office, including 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a Colombian national who was shot and killed by Brouillette on Monday while in his car near his home in the coastal Maine city of Biddeford.

DHS, which hasn’t released the name of the officer who killed Durán Guerrero, has said the “vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon.”

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us."--Abraham Lincoln (1864) www.nps.gov/liho/learn/h...

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Lincoln on the 1864 Election - Lincoln Home National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

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icookfood2023.bsky.social @icookfood2023.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

@janetmillsforme.bsky.social actually fought the “fascist in chief” and won. Is this not what Platner stans are running around the internet saying they want him for? I guess it’s #WhitemenAtaLLCost 😒 www.advocate.com/news/janet-m...

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills beats Donald Trump, gets school meal funds restored while defending trans kids

<p>She said she would see him in court. She did. She won.</p>

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"Brouillette has a history of terrifying and violent behavior, according to those relatives. They accuse him of attacking women in his life over the years, and one shared a voicemail with the AP from last winter in which he told her that he thought someone should slit her throat"

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It took a team of AP reporters about 2 days to get this information. The same information ICE could have gotten before they hired the man who said he shot and killed an immigrant in Maine.

In late 2025, around the time he joined ICE, his ex-wife Ashley said he left a three-minute voicemail mocking her for taking out a restraining order against him. According to the message she shared with AP, he repeatedly called her "disgusting" and suggested that she and the other women and girls in her "bloodline" should die.
"And all of you should have your f----g throats cut," the voicemail said. "Yeah, you should. Am I threatening that I'm gonna do that? Nope. Nope. But do I think that you should have your f——-g throats cuts? Or should have had them cut? Yep."

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Tamara Keel [Scary Remix] @tamslick.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Getting into dumbass avoidable wars to suck up to a draft dodger is penis. Listening to NatSec experts is vagina.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This full clip speaks to me. Pocan knows what he's talking about with respect to small businesses because it's his area of expertise outside of Congress. I know because it's also *my* area of expertise. Having representatives who share your lived experience is a very important piece of governance.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hungary’s new government also passed this constitutional amendment to “remove Constitutional Court judges who are over the age of 70.”

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Remember back in May, when Hungarian results were coming in, we were watching if the opposition to Prime Minister Viktor Orban would manage to win a supermajority? They did, & they just used it to pass a constitutional amendment to also remove the president from office. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Hungary parliament votes to remove president from office

Tamás Sulyok was widely seen as a loyalist of former prime minister Viktor Orbán, who lost power in April after 16 years.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Retired Atlanta Police Sergeant T.M. Austin (Sex Crimes Unit): Mike Collins voted against releasing the Epstein files to protect powerful elites instead of our children. Jon Ossoff is going after the powerful and passed a law to stop child sex trafficking. We need Jon in the Senate.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 14/07/2026

An incredible euphemism here for “the government is doing illegal discrimination”

Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

you have no idea how many federal agents watched me take this picture

Green reflecting pool with Washington monument in background.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

On the same day Graham Platner announced his withdrawal from the Maine Senate race under Democratic Party pressure, Colorado MAGAs nominated for governor a man who won't reveal how many people he's killed, conducts exorcisms by phone and claims he can call in Air Force airstrikes

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Trying to do a statewide caucus with one or two weeks to spin it up is nuts. Doing a pop-up convention is possible but still a huge pointless hassle, all you're doing is effectively gathering a slightly larger number of the same people who chose and are represented by the state committee members.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It is not undemocratic, not even a little bit, for a candidate to voluntarily drop out of a race and be replaced by their party using the legal procedure that exists for that purpose. Don't concede the premise as if you have to dress it up somehow and apologize for a party being a party.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This is one of the things they legally exist to do, and a state party committee with ~100 people on it is not some tiny smoke-filled room of party bosses. It's not like a convention would produce a meaningfully different result anyway, it's the same set of party activists and minor officials.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Turns out the guy with the massive Nazi chest tattoo is a bad dude. If only there was some sort of sign.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I confess I had not anticipated that living in DC during the second Trump term would involve quite so much immediate physical danger

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

crikey www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-july...

The Brief
• D.C. dispatchers handled 6,009calls citywide, with the 9 p.m. fireworks hour officially marking the single busiest hour of the entire year.
• First responders and health officials managed nearly 700 patient contacts on the National
Mall alone.
• Despite the massive crowds, the National Mall remained largely peaceful with only 4 total arrests.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Right now trump and co are being pulled between the real heat threat that forced them to close it today and Trump's absolute burning desire to do a big rally for the 4th.

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