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@formerpaperboy.bsky.social
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I worked for a major metropolitan newspaper for 44 years. I miss the days of reading the morning paper with a cup of coffee.

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Billy Bob @billybob5.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Adam Hamilton @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Overdue medical bills should not ruin your life. They should never land you in handcuffs. In Kansas, patients have been sued and arrested over small medical debts. I'll fight to change that. We will cap interest on medical debt, limit wage garnishment, and keep medical debt off credit reports. – AH
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Adam Hamilton @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here are the facts.
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Sukie 💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🌊 @froggybottompond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
''I'd like to go ahead and solve it. The Atlanta Hawks.''
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, claiming he had evidence Smith secretly went to an Atlanta Hawks game. Then it all backfired in real-time.
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GOP Senator’s Jack Smith ‘Gotcha’ Blows Up in His Face
Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over supposed evidence placing him at an Atlanta Hawks game. There was just one problem: It was the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pathetic Weak Sauce 😡
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The average price per pound for turkey last Thanksgiving was $1.35 a pound. The projected price for this year is $1.70 a pound.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FOX: We’re active with Iran—how do you get out? El-Sayed: You don’t get in in the first place. We had an agreement that had contained nuclear weapons. We did not need to do this, so the first time the dunce got elected he pulled back on the agreement.
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Mark Tolman (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 🖖 @mtolman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is true, that's what makes it both funny and sad.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...
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GOP Senator CAUGHT RED-HANDED In MASSIVE BRIBERY SCHEME Probe!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Resistenza @resistenza.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More corruption.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 11/09/2026
DOGE is still running the show: The Bureau of Land Management gave its state directors *3 days* to list public lands that could be turned over to Big Tech to build AI hyperscalers, after Interior Secretary Doug Burgum met with Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy
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Inside Trump’s Aggressive Push to Build Data Centers on Public Lands
The Interior secretary is quietly meeting with AI hyperscalers while seeking to accommodate them on his department’s land.
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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sweet Lord, is this getting bad... $4.44 Unleaded. $6.40 Diesel. Where are all the republicans who were putting out daily "Gas is too expensive" videos when it was $3.20 a gallon under Biden? gasprices.aaa.com
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AAA Fuel Prices
Today’s AAA National Average $4.4386
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 16/09/2026
Extremely grateful to all of our incredible firefighters, public safety officials, and volunteers who have worked around the clock since July to contain these fires and protect this land that we cherish so deeply. www.startribune.com/boundary-wat...
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Boundary Waters fires now 100% contained
The U.S. Forest Service has concluded its special operations. Some areas remain closed for the season.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
After nearly two years of economic failure and broken promises, JD Vance’s midterm pitch these closing weeks is “give us another chance.” The American people cannot afford another round of this - and the good news is we don’t have to.
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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 17/09/2026
If they’ve wanted a deal so long, he must be the one keeping this war alive. And if he’s keeping it alive, he’s the one soaking you through high gas prices and high everything prices while depleting our munitions and inviting chaos. It’s all bullshit.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m on a quiz show that only tapes 46 days a year and even I think this schedule is a little light.
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 16/09/2026
If people would just follow the rules everything would be fine, but no. And lethal management is the result So unescessary
Long story short, a bear was euthanized in the Titon's because so many people fed it, it wouldn't stop begging.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
🚨BACKFIRE: James Talarico’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! has now surpassed 4.5 MILLION views on YouTube after Trump’s FCC pressured Kimmel not to air it on broadcast television.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
Scott MacFarlane reports from Trump’s Reflecting Pool renovation, which remains a mess. There’s no date certain for when it will be fixed, and the only people coming by are “rubberneckers” who want to see “the scope and size of the damage.”
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘ken paxton owns 15 homes while most texans can‘t afford one‘ so refreshing to hear a from james talarico, a candidate who doesn't accept corporate pac money
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Jessica Riedl: The claim that federal budget is so overrun with surplus cash that Washington can afford to spend $1.3 trillion on "rebates" is so detached from reality that I refuse to waste my time walking through the math. 

If that makes sense to you, you are beyond help.
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Adam Hamilton @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Kansans deserve answers.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump called for a national boycott of a Canadian company that employs hundreds of Americans at plants in Kansas and Indiana, which pays their bills and feeds their families. Which would put them all out of work if successful. On Labor Day. Because he’s mad at Mark Carney.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If the American people don’t overwhelmingly reject and repudiate what is happening with this govt, Republican Congress, and Supreme Court this November, then this Republic is doomed. We can survive a criminal regime for a short term, but we can’t survive an ignorant populace.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026
Newsom: "He's not screwing around. He wasn't screwing around when he called Greg Abbott for 5 seats, said he was entitled to 5 seats. Why does he do that? Because he knows he's going to lose the election unless he rigs the election before one vote is cast. That is what we're up against."
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Moving Art - by Louie Schwartzberg
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Each moment is more embarrassing than the last.
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Photo Of Trump Aide Natalie Harp Sprinting After Trump's Golf Cart Has Critics Shaking Their Heads
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Kelly Guinan @kellyguinan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
New, fun, one-minute learning, the modern School House Rock® of American History by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team #250to250 Lemon Grove Narrated by Marianna Vinson #WeAreAmerica250 #Education #SeparateIsNotEqual #CommunityOrganizing youtu.be/a3fUrjDaZFM?...
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Lemon Grove, Narrated by Marianna Vinson
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KC @kcwinters.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Professor John Ebel, Weston Observatory scientist at Boston College - the go-to source for reporting - takes us back to 1980, when Mount St. Helens erupted in the most destructive volcanic event in American history, in this 250 to 250 from @hcrichardson.bsky.social & team. youtu.be/dvNZQdrJbUQ?...
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Mount St. Helens Eruption, Narrated by John Ebel
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Sadly, this is where we are at. How far we have fallen in such a short period of time.
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Gustavo @agusnox.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Hunter Biden dropping some serious shade
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 05/06/2026
COMING SOON!
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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"Working class" in 2026 means a blue haired barista with they/them pronouns, a Asian immigrant nail technician, and an undocumented hotel cleaner. And we are going to keep having the same fights until we let the midcentury illustrator mirage of the white guy in plaid with the lunch pail go.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The President of Kazakhstan calls Donald Trump…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/06/2026
Rep. Angie Craig demolishes Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins: "Joe Biden is no longer the president. Mr. Trump is. Your party controls Congress. You own these numbers at this point. I'm sick of hearing you blame an administration from a year and half ago. You own every single bit of this."
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