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John D Buell

@johndbuell.bsky.social
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Just shy of 50; been living in Illinois since Aug. '82. Born in Oklahoma, lived in Kansas, College years in Indiana. Married, 2 kids. Daughter an aspiring vocalist, special needs autistic son loves imitating every cartoon character he's ever heard.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/06/2026
He used our tax dollars to pay for it. He ruined it. Now we’re being treated like trespassers.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 23/06/2026
A wildlife rehab center collected the dead ducks to conduct necropsies.
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What Killed The Ducks In The Reflecting Pool? Here’s What We Know
A wildlife rehab center collected the dead ducks to conduct necropsies.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 23/06/2026
I’m proud to have joined Minnesotans in exercising our fundamental American freedoms - of speech, assembly, to disagree with our government. These rights are enshrined in our Constitution. And, they are what makes America great.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
JUST IN: Aliya Rahman, the Minneapolis woman whose image went viral after ICE agents inexplicably dragged her out of her car on her way to a doctor’s appointment, just hit DHS with a federal complaint alleging its officers violated disability and human rights laws. www.huffpost.com/entry/aliya-...
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Aliya Rahman Hits DHS With Another Federal Complaint Over ICE Assault In Minneapolis
The Minnesota woman, whose image went viral after she was dragged from her car, alleges federal agents violated disability and human rights laws.
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Crime and Punishment Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com For @contrariannews.org
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John D Buell @johndbuell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
MORE THAN MEETS THE VOICE: A TRANSFORMERS LEGACY, via @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/ber...
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MORE THAN MEETS THE VOICE: A TRANSFORMERS LEGACY
The iconic voices behind Transformers: The Movie are coming together to share their personal stories.
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newmexicanextexan.bsky.social @newmexicanextexan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Giants Pitchers Protested Pride Night and Got a Warning. Colin Kaepernick Knelt for Black Lives and Lost His Career. open.substack.com/pub/historyc...
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Giants Pitchers Protested Pride Night and Got a Warning. Colin Kaepernick Knelt for Black Lives and Lost His Career.
San Francisco Giants players protested their team’s Pride Night and went unpunished. Throughout history, sports leagues have come down far harder on athletes who stood up for marginalized people.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Americans are dying so that Kushner can make money
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 13/03/2026
The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. It would take away the rights of working people to make their voices heard at the ballot box. The Senate must reject this bill.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/03/2026
Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 09/03/2026
Donald Trump is preparing to hold our government hostage unless we help him undermine our right to vote, our elections, our democracy. This is what he does. He's a thug and a bully. Democrats will not support passage of the SAVE Act under any circumstances.
A headline by The Hill reads: "Trump says he won’t sign any bills into law until SAVE America Act passes"
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/03/2026
NEW: Trump is urging House Republicans to block all legislation until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act — a bill that would disenfranchise eligible voters. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R) says he doesn’t see a viable path for the bill to pass.
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Trump doubles down: ‘I’m for not approving anything’ until Senate passes SAVE America Act
Some House Republicans are embracing the confrontational approach Trump outlined.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Chicago Archbishop Condemns White House’s ‘Horrifying’ Video On Iran War #HuffingtonPost
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Chicago Archbishop Rebukes White House For Turning Iran War Into ‘Video Game’
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/03/2026
NEW: Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) and several Democratic officials have denounced the FBI’s decision to subpoena records related to the 2020 election in Arizona’s Maricopa County, characterizing it as an attempt to undermine trust in elections.
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‘Lies that undermine our democracy’: Arizona governor slams FBI election probe
“Arizonans are tired of election conspiracies."
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Three million pages of Epstein files were released. Around the world: arrests, investigations, resignations. In the U.S.? Officials say there’s “nothing there” and the person who appears in the files the most goes unscrutinized. @gloriouslygloria.bsky.social examines the silence.
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Everyone Sees It But Us
The Epstein files and the great American silence
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Expert warns sleeper cells could be activated in US over Trump's war: ‘The threat is real'
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Expert warns sleeper cells could be activated in US over Trump's war: ‘The threat is real'
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CBS News Chicago @cbschicago.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Weather experts and the CBS News Chicago First Alert Weather Team said that Tuesday will be a very different story, with heavy rain expected and possible flash flooding, wind damage, hail, and even tornadoes.
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Preparations underway as Tuesday's severe storms could bring possible flooding, hail, and tornadoes
The Cook County Department of Emergency Management and Regional Security and the Office of Emergency Management and Communications said they're preparing for Tuesday's storms.
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John D Buell @johndbuell.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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Live updates: Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda
The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 27/01/2026
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Woman born in concentration camp shares story on Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Woman born in concentration camp shares story on Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The United States gives far too much power, money, and influence to silly people with heads full of nonsense.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Same headline. Seven years apart. 🤡 @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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CBS News Chicago @cbschicago.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
A man was charged with impersonating a police officer and other counts after a chain of events that led to gunfire from real police officers in Aurora, Illinois.
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Man charged with impersonating police officer in events that led to gunfire from real police in Aurora, Illinois
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WGN NEWS @wgntv.com · 01/11/2025
Paul Sirvatka, a renowned meteorology professor at the College of DuPage, is retiring after 38 years of teaching, during which he founded the first undergraduate storm-chasing program in the US and more.
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Paul Sirvatka, Father of Storm Chasing, set to retire from teaching after 38 years
Paul Sirvatka, a renowned meteorology professor at the College of DuPage, is retiring after 38 years of teaching, during which he founded the first undergraduate storm-chasing program in the US, re…
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Climate Crisis Info & Progressive Politics (by Bryan Godbe) @bryangodbe.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a University of Minnesota expert on infectious diseases and pandemic preparations. apnews.com/article/kenn...
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RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Most of these people should NEVER be in the same room together. THIS IS A MASSIVE COVER-UP STRATEGY SESSION.
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CNN @cnn.com · 07/08/2025
The Department of Veterans Affairs is terminating collective bargaining agreements with several key government unions representing its employees. cnn.it/4fqBfIt
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VA terminates key union contracts | CNN Politics
The Department of Veterans Affairs is terminating collective bargaining agreements with several key government unions representing its employees.
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BrewedFlames @brewedflames.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
White House has instructed NASA employees to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions. They've been collecting widely-used data, providing both oil and gas companies and farmers with detailed information about the distribution of carbon dioxide and how it can affect crop health
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White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite
The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Well, and terrifyingly, said.
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
This was not just fraud – it was a calculated con. This verdict is a reminder that if you lie, cheat, and steal from Arizonans, my office will find you and hold you accountable under the law. Press release: www.azag.gov/press-releas...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/08/2025
This is why so many in Gen Z don’t believe homeownership is part of their American Dream. They saw their parents lose homes in record numbers during the Great Recession.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Berman: Was the President right about the polling? Enten: No. If we are comparing him to other presidents at this point in their presidencies, he is the second lowest on record compared only to himself.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/08/2025
Kevin Hassett just lies out his ass on Maria Bartiromo's show: "It's the highest priority of the president and economic team to get people in there who are gonna play it straight with the data but also be super transparent with how they do that so everybody once again has faith in the numbers."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/07/2025
I think people are misinterpreting this wonky headline. The bombshell story CBS is reporting is that the Epstein jail tape the public got IS missing time and the FULL video exists. The FBI and DOJ have it. So when Bondi said the missing minute is normal, she lied. www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
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There was no "missing minute" in the original Epstein jail video, government source says
FBI officials promised raw, unaltered video to quell speculation about Epstein's suicide.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
“Trump wrote on Truth Social … that he warned the Journal and ‘Rupert Murdoch, personally’ … and that he ‘will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch.’ The president … described the Journal as a ‘Disgusting and Filthy Rag.’” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Redstone cancelled Colbert to appease Trump and MAGA and seal the merger with Skydance.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
CBS will be ending Stephen Colbert's run as host of The Late Show, days after he criticized parent company Paramount's $16 million payment to Trump. Here's why the Left has a censorship problem.
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JOY2U2> Book Author 📚🎨💙😉🦆❣️ @lookingforjoy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
gop or magats: Do you know how to read or count? Let's see if this list makes impression on your tiny little minds., eh?
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GJRboston @gjrboston.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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boneyardz.bsky.social @boneyardz.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
PAY ATTENTION: Stephen Colbert dragged Paramount for cutting a $16M check to Trump—and THREE DAYS LATER, CBS canceled The Late Show. You’re telling me that’s a coincidence? This smells like corporate bribery and media censorship in real time.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The man who hasn't moved on from an election FIVE YEARS ago is angry that you won't move on from the Epstein List mentioned by Pamela Jo Bondi just FOUR MONTHS ago.
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Hate Liberals? Bite Me. @happyliberal.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 18/07/2025
US House gives final approval to a measure that fulfills a longtime wish of many conservatives: ending government support for public television and radio.
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House Strips PBS, NPR of Funds as Trump Vows More DOGE Bills
A half century of US federal funding for public television and radio came crashing to an end as the House approved a $9 billion package of spending cuts inspired by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency task force.
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thegregshea.bsky.social @thegregshea.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
But hasn’t burned the hungry. Yet.
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