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@jcbeaches.bsky.social
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Gardener, explorer, reader. Tired of the current clown show but ever optimistic we will enjoy a new kind of normal sooner than later.

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JCBeaches @jcbeaches.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
GEO Group opens the front gate, then ICE slams and throws protesters in every direction. POL(ICE) + GEO Group are obsessed with violence and incarceration...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
Wow. We can’t believe this 🥹. Barnes & Noble just put WTF America?! on their Most Anticipated Nonfiction list. We wrote this for this community, and you're the reason it's having this moment before it's even out. Thank you, truly. If you haven't preordered, the link's here 👉 bit.ly/wtf-america-...
Square graphic featuring the Barnes & Noble logo above the headline “Our Most Anticipated Nonfiction.” The cover of WTF America?!: The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy by Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas is prominently displayed in the center, highlighting the book’s inclusion in Barnes & Noble’s most anticipated nonfiction selections.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oil prices rebounded sharply as Iran stepped up attacks on tanker shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, while a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico triggered reductions to offshore production in the US. Shell and Chevron said they were curtailing operations on Gulf platforms as Hurricane Isaias approached.
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Oil price surges above $105 as hurricane threatens US producers
Isaias is menacing the Gulf of Mexico, forcing Shell and Chevron to curtail operations, while Iran steps up attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/10/2026
Trump showed up in Texas looking for cheers. Instead, his rally turned into absolute chaos. Protesters interrupting, Trump supporters getting physical, shouting matches, and security scrambling. So much for that Paxton boost.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🤣🤣🤣💥🙄
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
One of the first things Trump did in Feb. 2017 was set up an office in DHS to *exclusively* publicize crimes committed by immigrants — just as the Nazis used Der Stürmer to publish a special section only highlighting “Jewish crimes.” See this article from 2017: www.thewrap.com/der-sturmer-...
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But mass-slander-by-anecdote has a long tradition. As The Atlantic explains:
In The Nazi Conscience, Duke historian Claudia Koonz notes that the Nazi newspaper Der Sturmer ran a feature called "Letter Box," which published readers' accounts of Jewish crimes. When the Nazis took power, the German state began doing something similar.
Frustrated by the failure of most Germans to participate in a boycott of Jewish businesses in April 1933, Adolf Hitler's government began publicizing Jewish crime statistics as a way of stoking anti-Semitism.
Trump introduced a new government entity Tuesday that will similarly flag and highlight crimes by illegal immigrants - without, of course, providing any context about how many crimes they commit compared to U.S. citizens, or how illegal immigrants as a group might contribute positively to American society.
"The office is called VOICE - Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement," Trump explained. "We are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by our media, and silenced by special interests."
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 08/10/2026
North Carolina Senate candidate Michael Whatley has taken his TV commercials off the air as national Republican groups pull back from the race, according to a report published in The News & Observer.
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Trump-backed candidate pulls ads off the air as polls show grim prospects
North Carolina Senate candidate Michael Whatley has taken his TV commercials off the air as national Republican groups pull back from the race, according to a report published in The News & Observer.A campaign source told McClatchy the break is brief and reflects a change in which voters the campaig...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I sure would like to hear more of this.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Most people use AmEX for the points. In the Amb. Kimberly Guilfoyle texts, it's so the money "won't show" I was an ambassador myself & I've never seen anything like this She denies it, but you can smell this one from Athens! More on @CNN.com 👇
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WATCH: During a recent meeting with U.S. military and diplomatic officials following the arrest of a Marine on suspicion of killing a local woman, Okinawa Gov. Genta Koja delivered a formal protest letter and demanded revisions to the agreement that governs U.S. military personnel in Japan.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/10/2026
Gov. Shapiro: "My opponent stands with RFK Jr. I stand on the side of science. Back in the year 2000, measles was eliminated from the U.S. Sadly, it's come roaring back because of vaccine misinformation and disinformation."
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ohioans know Jon Husted is responsible for the data centers raising our utility rates and they’re ready to hold him accountable.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/10/2026
Shapiro: "The next governor of this Commonwealth is going to have to decide who to certify in the presidential election. I'll certify whoever the people chose. I don't know that we can say the same about my opponent who takes her direction on these matters seemingly from Trump."
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge has ruled DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment when it removed Ahmed Soliman to Equatorial Guinea and must facilitate his return to the US. prospect.org/2026/10/07/f...
prospect.org
Federal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa - The American Prospect
A Trump-apppointed judge ordered Ahmed Soliman must be returned to the United States.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/10/2026
Q: "Do you have reason to believe right now that Pennsylvania's elections are not secure?" Stacy Garrity: "I think that there are always situations that you hear about in Southeast, in Luzerne County, there's always some shenanigans."
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
CDC moving forward with “wholly unethical trial” in African babies. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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JCBeaches @jcbeaches.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Makes sense.
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JCBeaches @jcbeaches.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yes! Her eyes really stand out.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Saying "artificial is not a very flattering thing" when your wife looks this is crazy!
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Saudi Arabia: Due to the ongoing security situation in Saudi Arabia and Houthi public threats against airports and airspace across Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Mission reminds all U.S. citizens to exercise heightened vigilance.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“.. the energy watchdog said these 100mn barrels would come from the 400mn barrel stock release agreed in March, and would not include additional barrels.” @financialtimes.com ⛽️ www.ft.com/content/2761...
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JCBeaches @jcbeaches.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yes! I knew I knew the movie but could not come up with it!
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 07/10/2026
Can you believe these people actually thought this would be “cool?”
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I hope you’re sitting down for this. Remember when President Pedo promised to stop using taxpayer money for ads? Well, he lied again.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BILELLO: “.. Tariffs were pitched as the fix for America’s trade deficit. Instead, .. The deficit didn’t shrink. It increased 8%.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: Trump’s DOJ put a convicted election hacker on poll duty. Yes, really.
meidasnews.com
Trump’s DOJ Put Convicted Election Hacker on Poll Duty
As Harmeet Dhillon rebuilds the Civil Rights Division after roughly 300 career employees left, Justice Department records place David Michael Levin in the federal election-monitoring operation.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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JCBeaches @jcbeaches.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What's up with the pose?!
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JCBeaches @jcbeaches.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wow, she was pretty! Why did she fuck herself up like she did?!
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The purpose of a thing is what it does. I call them torture gloves because that’s what they do. They use escalating amounts of pain to force the victim to comply or confess while giving the perpetrator a feeling of power and sick gratification.
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tor•ture |tôrCHar |
noun
the action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something: the torture of political prisoners | confessions extracted under torture | [as modifier] : a torture chamber.
• great physical or mental suffering or anxiety: the torture I've gone through because of loving you so.
• a cause of great suffering or anxiety: dances were absolute torture because I was so small.
verb [with object]
inflict severe pain or suffering on: most of the victims had been brutally tortured.
• cause great mental suffering or anxiety to: he was tortured by grief | (tortured as adjective) : his tortured mind.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Markwayne Mullin blasts the sanctuary city of "Minnianapolis"
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/06/m...
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Protesters barricade road to Vermont ICE facility with ‘community gardens’ - The Boston Globe
About 40 protesters built flower boxes in the middle of a road to block access to ICE facilities in Williston on Tuesday.
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"It is such a rapid and fatal infection that can kill within 24 hours, and he cautions that antibiotic treatment may come too late once the infection has taken hold." www.sciencealert.com/a-russian-la...
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A Russian Lab Worker's Death Has Sparked Plague Fears. We Asked Experts What's Actually Going On.
A broken test tube is an unsettling image: shattered glass, spilled liquid, a dangerous bacterium suddenly outside its container.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've played poker at dozens of casinos in my life, from the fanciest palaces in Las Vegas to crappy riverboats in the Midwest, and I can say that the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City was -- by a fucking mile -- the dirtiest, dingiest, cruddiest casino I have ever experienced in my life.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pe[low]te Hegseth can’t keep up with women he claims aren’t strong enough to compete with men in his “warrior” military.
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🌮 Old Salt @exile57.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
static.klipy.com
Enthusiastic Standing Ovation
ALT: Enthusiastic Standing Ovation
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💙Christine Slemmer💙 @slem63.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/10/2026
NEWS: The DNC is suing Trump for illegally diverting $20 million in taxpayer funds—including money intended for line-of-duty memorials—to air pro-Trump propaganda ads ahead of the midterms.
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DNC Sues Trump Over Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda Ads Ahead of Midterms
The lawsuit alleges Trump personally ordered $20 million in federal funds diverted toward campaign-style TV spots—including money budgeted for commemorative events such as line-of-duty memorials.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
4,000 people attended James Talarico's rally. He stayed to meet every single Texan.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
WKRN: “A Utah school admin filed a federal lawsuit alleging she was pepper-sprayed, sedated, beaten, sexually assaulted by correctional officers inside Nashville Detention Center after an arrest last year… officers remain employed by sheriff, no criminal charges filed…” www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
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JCBeaches @jcbeaches.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I can never capture things like this!
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Add Karen Smith to my list of badasses whose mouthy approach I respect. Actions usually speak louder than words. This is a hero, Y'all. Well done, Ma'am. You're gonna kick ass in your new position. ✊📖
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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JCBeaches @jcbeaches.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Eeeeeek. She looks awful.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Who could’ve have foreseen Kim Guilfoyle would go on a grifting and crime spree after Trump named her as Ambassador to Greece to get her out of the country after Junior hooked up with a younger woman?
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