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@hardknoxfirst.bsky.social
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Elder disabled Furdad, caring for a large furry family of elderly kitteh's. Columbus native. Blue Dot in a lilly-white Appalachian town in southern Ohio now. ME/CFS suffering. 🇺🇦🎸

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h
The Trump Crime Family
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"‘Oh God no!’ Horror as Trump ally assembles ‘deeply evil’ team with Epstein-linked hire" (RawStory) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DF1IjCg/a... #SmartNews
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'Oh God no!' Horror as Trump ally assembles 'deeply evil' team with Epstein-linked hire (Raw Story)
Critics reacted with horror after billionaire David Ellison, a strong ally to President Donald Trump, tappeda controversial figure to help lead his newly for...
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 2h
SPOTLIGHT OHIO !! Taking back your state STARTS TODAY EARLY VOTING BEGINS VOTE for Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social Go to ohiosos.gov Or Iwillvote.com
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 1h
"“The MAGA Plastic Surgery Face”: People Are Sharing The Strange Cultural Trends That We Should Have Never Made Popular And Will Absolutely Look Back On In Regret" (BuzzFeed) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DHqhn4A/s... #SmartNews
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"The MAGA Plastic Surgery Face": People Are Sharing The Strange Cultural Trends That We Should Have Never Made Popular And Will Absolutely Look Back On In Regret (BuzzFeed)
Keeping up with the latest trinket, water bottle, and coffee order these days feels damn near impossible. With an oversaturated market of fad products and an...
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 2h
It won't be much of a debate if she has to spend most of the session correcting his continuous lies.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h
Hilarious. Mike Rogers is now running against … Donald Trump.
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 2h
Pecking his pecker > "Man with ‘Unexplained Bulge’ at Miami Airport Was Smuggling 10 Live Birds in His Underwear: Complaint" (People) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DGmG60E/b... #SmartNews
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Man with ‘Unexplained Bulge’ at Miami Airport Was Smuggling 10 Live Birds in His Underwear: Complaint (People)
Alberto Hernandez Castillo was charged with smuggling goods, released on a $25,000 bond, and is due in court Oct. 26
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 3h
"Doctors Warn The Flu Is Having A ‘Very Early’ Surge In This Region. Here’s What You Need To Know." #WestCoast (HuffPost) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DG1EOIw/p... #SmartNews
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Doctors Warn The Flu Is Having A ‘Very Early’ Surge In This Region. Here’s What You Need To Know. (HuffPost)
We’re creeping into flu season in the United States, but certain parts of the country, namely the West Coast, are seeing an earlier-than-usual start to flu s...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h
🚨BREAKING: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 4h
Happy 75th, John Cougar Mellencamp! 🎶 What's one of your favorite Mellencamp tunes? 🎶 Born in Seymour, Indiana, on October 7, 1951, Mellencamp is a singer, songwriter, artist, activist, and one of the original founders of Farm Aid in 1985. He found mainstream success in the late
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Oh mom @ohmom.bsky.social · 16h
Remember that Mike DeWine refused to debate in his last election.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 16h
📌America has not been in this much danger since the Civil War. I bet I have typed that 155 times the past decade, because it is undeniably true. Yet our mainstream media has treated this full-blown emergency like a series of cloudy days ...
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REMOVE HIM NOW
Calling for an attack on U.S. cities better be the end of Trump, or the danger we are in today is only just beginning ...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 16h
Venezuela's Cardon Oil refinery, the country's second largest at 310,000 barrels per day, just unexpectedly exploded and caught fire, forcing a full shutdown. The fire started at a gas line connecting the refinery's diesel hydrotreater and halted the whole plant, including the boilers. #ETTD
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 16h
When Trump took office, there were roughly 40,000 Flock cameras. By the end of 2025, Flock’s own internal data showed more than 170,000 cameras. Say the line: “This is what we voted for!” www.newz.com/map-reveals-...
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 16h
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 15h
"‘I’m getting fed up’: early US midterm voters line up before dawn in #Ohio" (Reuters) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DtFtDH2/C... #SmartNews
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'I'm getting fed up': early US midterm voters line up before dawn in Ohio (Reuters)
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 16h
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 15h
"Judge Mathis Tells Judge Judy Black Americans Built This Country So She Should Be the One to Leave" (Baller Alert) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DtBTP1u/c... #SmartNews
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Judge Mathis Tells Judge Judy Black Americans Built This Country So She Should Be the One to Leave (Baller Alert)
Judge Mathis is firing back at Judge Judy after she told Americans who don’t like the country to go somewhere else, reminding her that Black people built it....
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 16h
"#Ohio Dem Refuses to Debate ‘Chronic Liar’ Ramaswamy In What’s Being Called the ‘Ugliest’ Race In the Country" (Mediaite) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DsrBYxq/E... #SmartNews
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Ohio Dem Refuses to Debate ‘Chronic Liar’ Ramaswamy In What’s Being Called the ‘Ugliest’ Race In the Country (Mediaite)
Dr. Amy Acton, the Democrat running against Republican Vivek Ramaswamyfor governor of Ohio, made it absolutely clear on Tuesday she will not debate her oppon...
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 16h
"Punk Band Speaks Out After Ditching Show When Trans Band Member Was Denied Access To Women’s Restroom At Venue" (Comic Sands) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8Dso6xZ6/p... #SmartNews
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Punk Band Speaks Out After Ditching Show When Trans Band Member Was Denied Access To Women's Restroom At Venue (Comic Sands)
Superman may still be trying to prove he’s punk rock, but Rougaroux just made a pretty convincing case. The Vancouver punk band refused to play a scheduled s...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 17h
Me and 1,200 of my friends in St. Clair County. This movement will win on November 3rd.
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 17h
"FDA Announces Massive Eye Drop Recall—Millions of Bottles Sold Nationwide May Not Be Sterile" (Health) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DrOM47e/G... #SmartNews
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FDA Announces Massive Eye Drop Recall—Millions of Bottles Sold Nationwide May Not Be Sterile (Health)
What we’re talking about: Millions of bottles of eye drops sol...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20h
BREAKING: Christa Pike - who survived two botched executions in Tennessee - is AWAKE and able to speak. apnews.com/article/chri...
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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after Tennessee failed execution, her attorneys say
Attorneys for Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her, say she is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 20h
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20h
JUST NOW: Trump announces that OMB Director Russ Vought, the man responsible for Project 2025, has some surprises coming 'in a few weeks! This will make him 'one of the very important people in the history of our country, according to the president.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 20h
Just saying 👇
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 20h
Here’s Newt with the crooked Snoot. I love him
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 18h
"Eva Marie Saint, Oscar-winning star of ‘On the Waterfront’ and ‘North by Northwest,’ dies at 102" (Los Angeles Times) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8Dq5AmVq/A... #SmartNews
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Eva Marie Saint, Oscar-winning star of 'On the Waterfront' and 'North by Northwest,' dies at 102 (Los Angeles Times)
Eva Marie Saint, a graceful actor best known for her Oscar-winning film debut in “On the Waterfront” and for her turn as a sultry spy in an...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 19h
Seriously 👇
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 19h
"12 Men Arrested After Allegedly Stealing 2,700 Cats from Residential Neighborhoods to Sell for Human Consumption" #Vietnam (People) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DpMZI9X/x... #SmartNews
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12 Men Arrested After Allegedly Stealing 2,700 Cats from Residential Neighborhoods to Sell for Human Consumption (People)
The sale and consumption of cat meat is legal under Vietnamese law, but stealing the animals is notNEED TO K...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23h
The Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old.
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 22h
"Scientists Just Found a Strange Link Between Cats and Happiness" (Vice) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DmRTqF3/4... #SmartNews
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Scientists Just Found a Strange Link Between Cats and Happiness (Vice)
Cat peoplehave long been cast as lonely weirdos, devoted to an animal that would probably eat their face if they died on the kitchen floor. Now there’s resea...
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"AI scams are getting scary realistic — 4 red flags to watch out for" (Tom's Guide) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DjWUpWw/I... #SmartNews
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AI scams are getting scary realistic — 4 red flags to watch out for (Tom's Guide)
AI scamsare so realistic that even the most tech savvy person might fall prey to them. AI development increases by the day, and of course with any new techno...
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The sitting president of the United States just stood before a “crowd” of his supporters & suggested Iran “take out” two American cities, adding that it would be a “small price to pay”, and somehow that’s not the lead story on every newscast this morning. Not even in the top 5.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Remember that time Biden said, “To hell with it; someone please nuke Texas.”? Yeah. Neither does anyone else. Only. Donald. Trump. Wants. To. Kill. Millions. Of. US. Citizens. He should be in prison. PRISON.
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"$30 piece of junk in ‘dark corner’ of Michigan home turns out to be $1.5M masterpiece" (Daily Express US) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DjJhBDy/q... #SmartNews
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$30 piece of junk in 'dark corner' of Michigan home turns out to be $1.5M masterpiece (Daily Express US)
An oil painting purchased for just $30 at an estate sale was just fetched for over $1.35 million at an auction after it was confirmed to be the work of famed...
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 06/10/2026
Donald Trump’s remarks were dangerous — if not treasonous — putting a target on two of our biggest cities and one of America’s largest naval hubs.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm having quite the day in right wing media.😂
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
If Joe Biden got one word out of place, Jake Tapper would write a book about it. If you’re tired of the double standard- try independent media. It’s free. It’s award-winning. It has swearing. substack.com/@muellershew...
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Headlines for October 6, 2026
The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Scientists find planet unlike anything ever seen before – and it was born in the strangest way" (Independent) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DjuhYOI/M... #SmartNews
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Scientists find planet unlike anything ever seen before – and it was born in the strangest way (The Independent)
Astronomers believe they have found a planet unlike any previously seen – and it is made up of the pieces of a dying sun. They believe that it is the first t...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump ran $10M+ in TV ads promoting himself, paid for w/ your tax dollars Facing backlash, he now says his super PAC will cover it Small problem: presidents can't direct super PAC spending either I'll get into it w/ @ms.now at 11AM ET👇 -TN
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Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Clever twats
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Listen to Jim, he’s 100% correct.
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"‘What the hell?’ Shock as USPS gets armed guards from firm accused of human rights abuses" (RawStory) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DinOgOQ/N... #SmartNews
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'What the hell?' Shock as USPS gets armed guards from firm accused of human rights abuses (Raw Story)
The United States Postal Service is hiring armed security guards through a multinational private contractor with a history of alleged human rights abuses and...
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Fallon Finds the ‘Exact Moment’ MAGA Star Killed His Campaign" #Ohio (Daily Beast) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8DhPHuVO/C... #SmartNews
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Fallon Finds the ‘Exact Moment' MAGA Star Killed His Campaign (The Daily Beast)
Jimmy Fallon is ripping into MAGA candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's most awkward campaign moment. The late-night host roasted Ohio's gubernat...
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hardknoxfirst @hardknoxfirst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"7 Unreliable Appliances Our Expert Warns To Avoid At All Costs" (Hunker) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8Dgh55FS/S... #SmartNews
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7 Unreliable Appliances Our Expert Warns To Avoid At All Costs (Hunker)
Andrew Kuznetsov is the kind of guy you want to ask for appliance advice. When he loves something, you're not left wondering about it, and he's just as unfil...
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