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NPR @npr.org · 2h
Japanese police arrested a U.S. Marine in the alleged robbery and murder of a woman on Okinawa, officials said Sunday. n.pr/4zeRQrC
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U.S. Marine arrested for alleged murder of a woman in Okinawa, Japan
Japanese police arrested a U.S. Marine in the alleged robbery and murder of a woman on Okinawa, officials said Sunday.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
The White House is coordinating with the Justice Department to hide its abortion agenda from voters until after they've voted in order to try to influence the results of the election.
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rollins. Was and always will be, the man. Things haven't changed much. The world is much more dangerous. People, killed by ICE or deported to a 3rd world country, for nothing. Soldiers, dying in a war to cover up the Epstein files, for nothing. youtube.com/shorts/6Kea_...
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Henry Rollins Gave This Message in 1992... It Still Hits Today
YouTube video by BBCards
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Republican Congressman Mike Collins signals his intent to end Social Security: "[Old people need to] get off of Social Security [and] get back into the workforce."
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bruh, you literally JUST SAID "no fatties" and "no weirdos"
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Skynet coming online soon. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk, Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey and former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) will lead a new Pentagon effort to study the future of warfare, dubbed “Project Meridian.” thehill.com/policy/defen...
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Hegseth puts Musk, Luckey, Gingrich in charge of military future warfare review
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced that SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk, Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey and former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) will lead a new Pentagon effort to study…
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Zach Panther's story and his tragic unsolved death on #Nebraska Governor Pillen's farm. The family still has no answers. open.spotify.com/show/23jbCiQ...
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Death at the Governor's Farm
Podcast · NAH Productions · Zach Panther, 17, went to work at Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen's family hog farm. By lunch he was dead. Two investigations. No answers. This series tells the true story o...
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 1st of October brings us, not only closer to Devil's Night and Halloween, but it kicks off Positivity Month. During the month of October we should all shut out Trumpty Dumpty and focus on positivity, lowering stress and improving coping skills. nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations...
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POSITIVE ATTITUDE MONTH
Positive Attitude Month is an annual designation observed in October encouraging everyone to start looking at things with a "glass half full" perspective to make a big difference in your daily life!
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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Y'know what would be really simple in this Jack Smith witch hunt? Release the files. All the evidence for both the classified documents theft case and the Jan 6th insurrection plot. Include the phone records of the senators, etc that were searched in THE DOJ probe. Let the public see the files.
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Nebraska Senator Ricketts pardoned a rapist while on the pardons board. He cited the rapists 'work with a veterans group' as one of the reasons to approve the pardon. Legion members protest pardon for fellow veteran for 'heinous' sex assault • Nebraska Examiner share.google/ECWoCgcRTH9R...
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Legion members protest pardon for fellow veteran for 'heinous' sex assault • Nebraska Examiner
A group of American Legion members are protesting the September pardon of a fellow Legion member, saying John Arias didn’t deserve it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why did Nebraska Senator Ricketts vote to pardon a rapist? #voteosborn www.rickettspardon.com
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Pete Ricketts and the John Arias Pardon | Nebraska
Pete Ricketts voted to pardon John Arias, convicted of first-degree sexual assault and originally charged with weapon use, terroristic threats and false imprisonment, while victim Jody Snogren was not...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's difficult to engage in diplomacy when you're too simple-minded to think about anyone except yourself . . .
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My trip to the gas station today
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
37 more wounded troops. Added quietly. No explanation. Here's the No B.S. truth: when anyone (a vendor, a CEO, a government) revises the numbers without telling you why, the silence IS the message. 861 wounded. Their families deserve the full story.
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another classic from the Dead Kennedys. We've learned nothing in the 40 odd years since this album came out. music.youtube.com/watch?v=VmJY...
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We've Got a Bigger Problem Now
YouTube video by Dead Kennedys - Topic
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These hockey players also participated in gang rape, their names and faces should be everywhere as well. THEY ARE STILL WALKING FREE!!!!
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This goes for Nebraska also. Pillen won't debate. Pillen CAN'T debate. Pillen is a GOP & Ricketts controlled puppet. Vote him out in November.
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 25/09/2026
Dr. Oz is on my flight right now. He is sitting in the very first seat, front row. I saw him get on the plane. So when I stepped off the jetway onto the plane I approached him and put my hand out. What the man in charge of healthcare for the people on the very margins of society said…was revealing
Dr. Oz on flight
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Even when the evidence is right in front of them rural Nebraskans refuse to believe it. This is why we don't feel bad for rural Nebraska. #leopardsatemyface www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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A clinic blames its closing on Trump’s Medicaid cuts. Patients don’t buy it.
A clinic in rural Nebraska has become a political flash point after tying its looming closure to Trump’s law cutting Medicaid.
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Seriously? What. The. Fuck. A UN-backed mission finds grounds U.S. committed war crimes in two Iran strikes, including Minab school. U.S. formally withdraws from the UN Human Rights Council after the report.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 25/09/2026
The denial comes after a judge restored the outlet's press access to the White House.
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CNN Denied Access To Cover Guest Arrivals At Trump, Xi State Dinner, Network Says
CNN Denied Access To Cover Guest Arrivals At Trump, Xi State Dinner, Network Says
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sounds right to me 👍
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In Another Instalment of: “Didn’t Age Well” 🤭
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Vote Osborne. #Ricketts is not for Nebraska. youtu.be/N-zCRPoU4iU?...
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Greed Pricketts Ad
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Nebraska Farm Bureau has decided not to endorse Republican incumbent Governor, Jim Pillen. The Nebraska Farm Bureau has never chosen to withhold its endorsement from a Republican gubernatorial nominee in a generally election.
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just because #Epstein is gone doesn't mean his operation stopped. bekahdayyy.substack.com/p/epsteins-n...
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Epstein’s Network is Alive and Evolving
What happens when you stop looking at the people at the center — and start looking at everyone who kept showing up around them?
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump greeted by protesters as he leaves UN assembly youtube.com/shorts/1pOtS...
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Trump & Melania EXIT the UN, GET STUNNED!🚨
YouTube video by Occupy Democrats
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Ossoff: "I have zero interest in running for president. Georgia voters have an immediate interest in understanding the full extent of Mike Collins's ties to some of the nation's most notorious white nationalists ... these are not allegations. These are facts."
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As usual, everything Trump touches turns to shit. NFL Network: Giants' Jaxson Dart potentially out for season after testing shows worse knee injury Giant's season US men's world cup Knicks sweep of NBA US Ryder Cup loss Indy 500 4 hour weather delay Etc
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#SusanCollins This explains why she rubber stamps everything the Trump regime needs. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🧵Lauren Boebert had sex with three of her staffers. Two of them were women. Her sex partners were Clarisse Navarro, Jeffrey Small and Raven Finnegan. Navarro's husband Jace Ratzlaff: "I assumed this would eventually surface. I’ll have no further comment on this topic.”
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is why we have no sympathy for the farmers who are struggling. Ricketts is a billionaire nepobaby who has done nothing for the state. The 3 supporters interviewed, all 70 yrs and up, are terrified of an ultra liberal agenda. nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/09/21/w...
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Why Nebraska Republicans say they want to reelect Sen. Pete Ricketts • Nebraska Examiner
Some of the people who showed up for Pete Ricketts' annual steak fry said they’ll vote for him because he shares their conservative values.
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ᑎᗩTᑌᖇᗩᒪ, ᒪIKE ᐯEᖇᑎOᑎ @naturallikevernon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump died and got buried at Mar-Lago. A man went to the airport and said, "I need a ticket to go piss on Trump's grave." The agent said, "Yes, sir. Here's a ticket to Los Angeles." The guy said, "Los Angeles?! But Trump's buried in Florida!" The agent said, "Yes, sir, but the back of the line..."
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Signs of Fascism" originated in my town. (Sequim, WA) I filmed it. I remember getting a call, "hey your video got 5,000 views." By the end of the day it had 60K. Over 100K in a few days from just one platform. Then my DM blew up! Everyone wanted to replicate the signs. Nice to see the signs today.
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I get weary. music.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwz1...
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The Nerd Reich
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky describes the isolation she experienced and the realization that came from finally seeing the scope of the case: “It’s weirdly vindicating to sit here and see in the files like, ‘Oh no, I’m not crazy. This really happened and it happened to so many people.’”
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Happy #NFL Sunday. Here's a nice story about Patriots owner, Robert Kraft who kicked Macklemore off of Ed Sheeran's tour. (Ed didn't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up to Kraft, but that story has been told already.) theintercept.com/2026/09/18/r...
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Robert Kraft Claims His Donations Help Palestinians. Turns Out He’s Funding Friends of the IDF.
An analysis of tax forms by The Intercept show Kraft’s charity and LLC have donated to Friends of the IDF and AIPAC’s super PAC.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Allegations against Lauren Boebert include sexual relations with Congressional employees, hush money payments, and thousands of dollars in misused official and campaign funds. Here's the redacted complaint: media.coloradotimesrecorder.com/wp-content/u...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fascinating
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Mark Somers @marksomers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 17/09/2026
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On my soapbox @jmead13.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every day gets harder to get out of bed. I procrastinate each night, putting going to sleep off sometimes for hours. I don't want the next day to begin & reveal whatever horrors the trump regime has planned.
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