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Scientist, Engineer, Chemist, Cold War Veteran. Just want to make this world a better place then when I got here. “Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience”- George Washington Resist 💙

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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I am not into another 4 years of GOP bullshit. We get rid of them now or we are done for
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So I am saying this only because I am not such an optimist. Are we willing to do what is necessary to rid the GOP and Trump after the midterms when they decide not to seat duly elected officials? Are we going to sit by and wait months for the courts to decide things? My kudos to Marc Elias but …
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Have the fucking GOP explain this one. We aren’t talking about cost, we’re talking about profit margins. The vicious circle of lobbyist asking for quality bonuses for the insurers, they donate to the politician’s campaign so they can try to keep their job.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For those that want Trump impeached and removed (which I am one). The democrats need a net gain of 20 senate seats to have the 2/3 supermajority. So they need to re-win their 13 seats and pick up 20 additional seats. Anything less and they shouldn’t even try. This includes a simple majority in house
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is complete bullshit. As a veteran I am appalled at the disinformation the current pentagon administration has spread. This is worse than treason. Every American regardless of party should be appalled. thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com
Pentagon’s count leaves out some deaths in Middle East during Iran war
The Pentagon’s public database left out two deaths of U.S. service members deployed in the Middle East during the war against Iran, who took part in missions unrelated to the conflict in the Middle…
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
There needs to be a plan B. Even with landslide victories may not stave off the GOO’s final assault. newrepublic.com/article/2151...
newrepublic.com
The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Why am I not surprised. apnews.com/article/isra...
apnews.com
UAE warned Netanyahu of major Hamas operation days before Oct. 7 attack, news report says
An Israeli newspaper says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was directly warned by the president of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a major offensive just days before the militant group attacked on Oct. 7, 2023.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
And so it begins….
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So let’s get this straight. To support the white Christian trad-wife philosophy, we pay one spouse to stay home with the kids and take the funds away from the program to help working parents and single mothers pay for child care. Vance, you are an idiot. democraticunderground.com/100221487680
democraticunderground.com
Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones - Democratic Underground Forums
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Something to think about. GOP lose midterms. Trump resigns leaving Vance as president. Trump gets preemptive pardon from Vance. Any attempt at being held accountable for his crimes evaporates. www.themirror.com/news/politic...
themirror.com
Trump 'will quit within weeks and issue demand to JD Vance', expert predicts
Faced with a potentially crushing midterms defeat in November, Donald Trump could 'walk away' from the White House, predicts political strategist James Carville
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Governers need to hold the line. The response should be “fine, you take federal funding from free lunch programs. We will then increase taxes 200% on all data centers and tech companies to make up the difference”. See how far that goes. open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
open.substack.com
Trump threatens to starve poor kids if states don’t help with mass deportation. This is not a joke.
DOJ orders states to snitch on illegal aliens or lose federal funds for needy families
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
But there is enough fucking money to build a fucking ballroom that no one wants except a senile shithead in the WH www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
NASA’s New Horizons mission may shut down two instruments over lack of funding
Decision risks “incalculable loss” of data from the edge of the Sun’s influence, scientists say
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Someone is pissed. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
politico.com
Netanyahu son evacuated from US over threat
Yair Netanyahu moved to Miami in 2023.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
There is no way in hell Trump can get his legs to move enough to kick down a sign. He can barely get off the commode. www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...
mediaite.com
Trump Kicks Down Lake Ontario Sign in Wild Anti-Canada Video
President Donald Trump kept the shots at Canada coming by posting a video of himself kicking over a sign reading "Lake Ontario" and planting a Lake America sign
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I say we return the favor and start with the ankles. www.alternet.org/trump-dc-gol...
alternet.org
Trump cuts down oldest cherry blossoms in DC for his golf course
A few years ago the cherry blossoms given to the U.S. from Japan in 1912 had to be removed to rebuild the flood wall on the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C. The oldest trees left remained within East Po...
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The GOP is a bunch or cowards. The exceptional good that Dolly’s reading program has done for children of all backgrounds is written in stone. Now that she has passed it didn’t take long for the GOP to show their true colors. Chickenshit bunch of freaks. www.newsweek.com/republicans-...
newsweek.com
States cut funding for Dolly Parton’s child reading program
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library promises to keep sending free books to kids, but the program has been weakened by budget cuts.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Now here is Trump speaking to law enforcement. Do you see anything but a white Gestapo looking crowd? No offense to law enforcement personnel it’s the people he stacks his crowd with.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Trump gives speaches where he tells Americans to suck up the climbing prices. Justifies that our pain is necessary because Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon. So why doesn’t he put his grift ventures on hold to suffer along with us. No, he grifts more. Why do MAGATs believe what he says?
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Now this is just we fucking need in this day and age. www.zmescience.com/medicine/gen...
zmescience.com
Don't Mean to Alarm You, But Researchers Just Used AI to Create the First Synthetic Viruses
The study's authors mean well. But the technology is unnerving.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Always remember www.ms.now/opinion/jan-...
ms.now
Opinion | Jan. 6 officially ended with this judge’s dismissal — proving the system did not hold
Anthony L. Fisher: The institutions that held the line on Jan. 6 are all now led by election-denying Trump loyalists.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
For those that don’t see the parallel between now and Nazi Germany, this is a good read. Think before you accept. www.huffpost.com/entry/dad-na...
huffpost.com
When I Was 8, My Dad Told Me That He Was A Nazi During WWII. He Made An Even More Shocking Confession Before He Died.
“The atrocities my father committed are more than historical abstractions to me. They are part of my bloodline — a legacy.”
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
General Kim Fuc Trump www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
‘Trump 2028’: President poses as general and threatens to run again in wild AI posts
The president has acknowledged he can’t run again but frequently talks about ‘Trump 2028’
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I fly out of Dulles every other week. Some of the upgrades will be welcome. But now that nearly every flight goes through CLT or DFW not sure it is worth it. Even when I fly out of Regean I park at Dulles and take the metro. Parking isn’t the problem. Cost is. wjla.com/news/local/d...
wjla.com
The largest parking garage in the world? A deeper look at the plan for Dulles Airport
Although the plan to eliminate Dulles International Airport’s infamous “people movers” has grabbed many of the headlines, there are a lot more elements to a $22
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
These people have no business changing anything having to do with educating soldiers. Stick to chest thumping and acting like asses. www.cbsnews.com/news/dod-pen...
cbsnews.com
Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum, draft memo says
The Pentagon is considering a sweeping remake of military higher education, including an end to civilian tenure and a "line-by-line" review of courses, according to a draft memo obtained by CBS News.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Beyond bullshit. This country is now a shithole country. The constitution is under full assault. www.thetravel.com/us-customs-a...
thetravel.com
U.S. Customs And Border Protection Faces "First-Ever" Type Incident After Traveler's Phone Search Goes Wrong Due To Passcode Hack
The use of a "duress passcode" has led to legal issues for one U.S. citizen.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I don’t know how this could be legal. finance.yahoo.com/energy/artic...
finance.yahoo.com
Energy Department Says Grants Were Cut Because States Voted Blue
(Bloomberg) -- Democrats are demanding that the Trump administration release billions in funding for energy projects after a top Energy Department lawyer conceded in court filings that the only reason...
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Can’t believe this idiot was allowed to breed. www.huffpost.com/entry/sean-d...
huffpost.com
Trump Ally Raises Eyebrows Sky-High After Calling For 'Sterilization Of All Foreign Visitors': 'BONKERS'
"What’s wrong with these people???" one post on X read.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Really? Now he thinks there are organized efforts to bring people here just to have kids? I can think of a lot of different countries I would rather have a child in. This country isn’t what it used to be. www.reuters.com/world/us-doj...
reuters.com
US DOJ directs prosecutors to prioritize 'birth tourism' probes following court ruling
The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday directed federal prosecutors to prioritize investigations of so-called birth tourism schemes after the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to...
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
It won’t be on his shoulder. More likely it will be a Trump portrait on his ass so Trump can look at it while he has him bent over. www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
rawstory.com
Mike Johnson floats permanently branding own skin in honor of Trump: 'On my shoulder'
House Speaker Mike Johnson floated the idea of getting a tattoo Sunday in honor of President Donald Trump and his agenda, telling Fox News exactly what it would say and where he would get it.Speaking ...
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Now the shithead’s administration wants to take away funding for proven substance abuse and prevention programs. They want you stoned out of your head. You’re more pliable then. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Trump administration orders US health programs to move away from overdose prevention
Experts say move signals greater political interference into public health and will exacerbate opioid overdose crisis
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Another abuse of the Trump admin and RFK Jr’s idiocracy based non-thought process. Part of me wants to invoke evolution’s “natural selection” idea. If you are so stupid to be injecting stuff that “is not fit for human consumption” so be it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
FDA to discuss easing restrictions on peptides despite safety concerns
Committee will meet in July to discuss peptides now sold in gray market despite limited evidence of safety and efficacy
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
If you think that the technology in this article is being used for immigration only then you are a fool. This is dangerous, no oversight, essentially unlimited funding to target anyone. Your personal data has already been sold by DOGE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
‘We should be worried’: report sheds light on ICE’s booming arsenal of hi-tech surveillance tools
Spending on government contracts with tech firms that use AI-powered tools to track immigrants has soared to record levels under Trump 2.0, report says
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Imagine this in the hands of RFK Jr. na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Not only is the government hijacking your health care but now they are after your utilities. These AI companies need to pay their fair share to improve the grid and consumption of power. AI companies haven’t even turned a profit but you will pay for it. finance.yahoo.com/technology/a...
finance.yahoo.com
AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid
FERC told grid operators to give data centers a fast lane for interconnections, but it failed to address electricity supply shortages.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
While I don’t like to advertise for things, I am buying this shirt. It’s on Etsy.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Nice! open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
open.substack.com
The Kennedy Center
A Reason To Smile
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This should really piss Trump off as I bet it won’t be flattering for him. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
theguardian.com
Sean Penn to direct January 6 drama with Bradley Cooper set to star
Oscar-winning actor to write and direct fact-based movie that will follow a police officer mixed up in 2021 Capitol riot
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This should be required viewing for all in the administration as they know not what they do. www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
New documentary follows researchers’ increasingly fraught career path
The Endless Frontier traces the lives of three scientists as they train students and deal with funding pressures
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I can believe this. It’s rare to ever see Exdcutive level decisions of being anything but perfect. How else would they be worth multi on million dollar annual packages. www.businessinsider.com/ceos-pretend...
businessinsider.com
Palantir cofounder says CEOs are pretending layoffs are about 'AI productivity' when they're not
Investor Joe Lonsdale said CEOs who over-hired or "lowered the bar too much" are now masking their layoffs with "AI productivity."
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Another no evidence referral to the most corrupt agency in DC. The DOI (department of injustice) has already been sanctioned in court for lying and bringing BS cases to the bench. Impeach Trump first and then Vance right after. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
nbcnews.com
Vance refers Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota attorney general to DOJ for fraud investigation
The Justice Department opened a separate investigation this year into the Democratic governor over allegations he helped impede immigration enforcement.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
As long as we can have weekend cage matches between Trump and the biggest dudes on the circuit to kick the shit out of him? Leave it up. www.themirror.com/sport/mma/do...
themirror.com
Donald Trump threatens to never take down UFC White House cage
President Donald Trump suggested the UFC octagon built on the South Lawn of the White House could become a permanent fixture, comparing it to the Eiffel Tower ahead of the UFC Freedom 250 event on Jun...
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Seems not only Congress are chickenshits. This will be the nail in America’s coffin na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
Pharma CEO silence is complicity in the destruction of U.S. science
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has poured gas on the foundations of science. Pharma CEOs should demand that President Donald Trump...
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
So not only does this shithead ruin our country he has to displace 4000 residents and dig up graves so he can develop a golf course and hotels in Vietnam. www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
themirror.com
Outraged families scream 'it's painful' as graves dug up for Trump golf course
Families in the Chau Ninh commune near Hanoi have already begun exhuming their loved ones
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
And here you go. This explains the entire family’s attitude. www.snopes.com/fact-check/d...
snopes.com
Donald Trump Jr. said Arlington National Cemetery visit reminded him of family's financial 'sacrifices'
The eldest Trump child made the statement in his 2019 book.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
While it’s good to read the whole thing, evidently the Pope is receiving the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal. I would love to see Trumps face when this sinks in. www.osvnews.com/pope-leo-tel...
osvnews.com
Pope tells graduating Villanovans to uphold Augustinian values, recall US guiding principles
"The world beyond Villanova is waiting for you, sometimes with open arms, and sometimes with truly dangerous intent," the pope told the class of 2026.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Way to go MAGAt brains. Isolate the US from scientific achievements. China is already ahead of you. If you believe anything is discovered in one lab by one person you have watched too many science fiction movies www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators
NIH, NASA grantees are confused and concerned amid agencies’ piecemeal communication
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Time to take the gloves off
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Just sickening. There really needs to be an intervention in the psych ward.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This little piece of shit Hedghog needs to keep his little cowards ass mouth shut especially commenting about Captain Kelly. Hedgehog isn’t even even in the the same sphere as the toilet paper Kelley wipes his ass with. Shut your coward mouth.
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First Name-Last Name @estover.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I hear a lot of state and federal candidates running (in part) on holding the current admin accountable. Exactly how are you going to do that. Even if they are in the majority, how are you going to do that. Get rid of SCOTUS? Impeachment? What process is even viable to cleanse the government?
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