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History nerd, political junkie, karaoke queen, KS native

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h
Jesus Christ, I didn't think we'd actually get to the "public executions" stage of Trump's project to roll back the last 100 years of societal development.
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gretialee.bsky.social @gretialee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I remember when the GOP was horrified at the (fake) votes for phones program they accused Obama of creating.
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gretialee.bsky.social @gretialee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wtf
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And on it went, with Hegseth spinning one bad idea after another, and managing to insult any number of Americans in the process. A bad idea hamster www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy
His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist
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gretialee.bsky.social @gretialee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How did we come to this?
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 24/09/2026
August 2026 saw another sixty-nine cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes committed by Trump and his administration. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors buff.ly/tl8KxXX
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Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: August 2026: Atrocities 1211-1280
August 2026 saw another sixty-nine cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes committed by Trump and his administration.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Trump asked Xi Jinping if China would like to buy US weapons, American ambassador says
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Trump asked Xi Jinping if China would like to buy US weapons, American ambassador says
David Perdue’s remarks come after a Taiwanese minister spoke of the ‘severe’ military threat posed by Beijing to the self-ruled island Donald Trump offered to sell weapons to China while hosting its leader, Xi Jinping, last week, the US ambassador to China said on Sunday. David Perdue told Fox News on Sunday: “President Trump continues to say, hey, we sell arms to other people around the world. He actually asked President Xi, would he like to buy some at one point.” Continue reading...
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 27/09/2026
I'm just happy/sad/thankful/angry that the Strait is open/closed/partially open/mostly closed so that the tankers can/can't traverse through it I'm really tired of/happy about all the winning/mostly winning/some winning we're doing every day/week/month in the war/not war/conflict in Iran
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🇺🇸❗️WP: The U.S. and Russia weakened a U.N. effort to regulate lethal AI weapons by removing key safeguards, including requirements for predictable systems, ethical considerations and human review before AI-assisted strikes.
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spleenly @spleenly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It was the what the fuck are we even doingest of times...
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
join the military, you get to starve on a rusting ship that repeatedly sails into and out of the range of enemy missiles in order to manipulate gambling websites where people bet on your death
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Fox is reporting on a threat to exterminate a country like it’s fucking horserace coverage
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/09/2026
White House official Peter Navarro says it's "treasonous" for White House reporters to accurately report things like the fact that the Iran war is going poorly for the US
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100% Samfucious - with added ingredients @samfucious.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Forget everything about super intelligent AGI. That's all bullshit. THIS is the way AI kills us. It's a power multiplier for our own laziness and stupidity.
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gretialee.bsky.social @gretialee.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Do o need to get her?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
MORGAN STANLEY CO-PRESIDENT: “.. Second quarter of this year was pretty exceptional in markets. .. And I think it’s safe to say — 3Q is no 2Q.” @financialtimes.com $XLF www.ft.com/content/3bb7...
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 17/09/2026
Governor Newsom signed the nation’s FIRST frontier AI SAFETY LAW, taking effect this year — requiring companies to disclose safety plans, report critical incidents, and protect whistleblowers. These guardrails help expose the real risks of AI. The federal government must act!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Insane. The most corrupt president in American history, with no close 2nd. 🏆 🇺🇸
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Doug Pennington @morfaleji.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A tornado inside a hurricane inside a firestorm. Agenda-setters would allow virtually nothing else to be discussed on the natl level
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
💚 HCR
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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ALT: Tedlassogifs Roy Kent
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
(WSJ) - American oil executives warned for months that the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz was bound to cause a fuel crisis. Now, they say it is here. @wsj.com $CVX www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
Half of all Americans die in hospice care. Easy money and a lack of regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into an industry rife with fraud and exploitation. (From the ProPublica archives)
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The Hospice Hustle
Half of all Americans now die in hospice care. Easy money and a lack of regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into an industry rife with fraud and exploitation.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The US secretly flew an American diplomat out of the UK after he was found with child abuse images during a dawn raid, reportedly without notifying British police beforehand. mol.im/a/16127415
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US flew diplomat out of UK after he was found with child abuse images
The ex US serviceman, who was working at the American Embassy in Nine Elms, south London, was allegedly taken from his flat in Putney on August 25.
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Josh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Don Trump Jr’s luxurious wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin. A saga involving private islands, the Olympics, and a Russian government-backed biker gang: 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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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/09/2026
Breaking News: The E.P.A. is said to be planning to announce that the U.S. will no longer limit climate pollution from power plants.
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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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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Doug Smith @genejockey57.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We did it the last time the Nazis lost.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's not easy to blaspheme monotheistic religion and the American civic religion at the same time, but by leading a pledge of allegiance to himself, Trump pulled it off.
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gretialee.bsky.social @gretialee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Totally normal exchange
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Q: On the checks, we have $40t in debt. If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote? T: I'm doing it as a reward for having to put up w/Biden Q: You also offered tariff refunds-- TRUMP: Not you Q: And that didn't happen T: You're the worst
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 11/09/2026
New documentary about Israel's AI-powered mass killing of civilians in Gaza from two Oscar-winning Israeli filmmakers receives a 25-minute ovation at its premiere at the Venice Film Festival u.afp.com/SjYf
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is like Cookie Monster renouncing dessert
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Wow -- RNC video: "On June 14th, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, 'I need a caretaker,' so God gave us Trump." It only gets more unhinged and culty from there.
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bijan (spooky version) @bijan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
yeah it's the stuff like this that i'm actually concerned about prospect.org/2026/09/09/a...
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Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect
New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I hope everyone is paying attention to Yemen. If the Houthis are able to hold Mokha and significantly impede Bab al-Mandab, this gets really, really bad.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his ̶s̶a̶l̶a̶r̶y̶ trillion dollar IPO depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair (paraphrased)
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gretialee.bsky.social @gretialee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yikes
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God @thegodshow.com · 08/09/2026
If you can look at this photo without your heart breaking, then you don’t have a soul.
Palestinian children watching Lion King in Gaza
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Xavier Becerra @xavierbecerra.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
When I established 988 as HHS Secretary, I wanted people to have a simple way to get help in a mental health crisis. On 988 Day, I’m proud of that work and committed to making sure people have an opportunity to reach someone who can help, understand, and listen.
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gretialee.bsky.social @gretialee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Bombardier employees 1200 people in my hometown, Wichita KS. Happy Labor Day!
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