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John R. West

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wanderer & wonderer

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2h
Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.
Chart showing online talk about the AfD going off a cliff edge
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 4h
“'The recent decisions to shutter nearly complete offshore wind projects and to pay Total Energies hundreds of millions of dollars to renounce wind leases are an assault on logic and the American taxpayer,' he wrote...” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h
Absolutely insanity. How the hell can this person possibly be employed with this level of malicious lying? Unless of course that is what your network is all about. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Politico @politico.com · 21h
Attack on Riyadh airport killed 12 people and wounded over 300 more, Saudi authorities say politi.co/3VYoVcT
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Attack on Riyadh airport killed 12 people and wounded over 300 more, Saudi authorities say politi.co/3VYoVcT
Attack on Riyadh airport killed 12 people and wounded over 300 more, Saudi authorities say politi.co/3VYoVcT
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Even the Polish foreign minister is questioning Trump’s alleged diesel oil deal with Russia. America is quickly waking up to see through Trump’s gaslighting to desperate, absurd and foolish attempt to score publicity points prior to midterms. No doubt that Putin doesn’t have the supply.
Social media post from foreign minister of Poland (translated): 

Radosiaw Sikorski MI %
@sikorskiradek
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Our embassy reports fuel shortages even in Moscow, which is always prioritized for supplies. Moreover, serious sources report that Ukraine has already damaged about 50% of Russia's refining capacity. So where will the surpluses for export come from?

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Zelenskyy approval rating: 54% Trump approval rating: 32%
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 10/10/2026
Russia just bought large quantities of diesel from South Korea because it has run out of the fuel. Could Putin be defrauding a gullible Donald J Trump? Perish the thought!
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Putin is playing Trump…again.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
WATCH — Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social on Fox: “Obama had contained the Iranian nuclear threat. Trump came in and tore the JCPOA agreement up… and started a war people in the state of Michigan are now paying for.” (Piker: “and never wanted”)
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump just caved — claiming online that his super PAC will now pay for those propaganda ads taxpayers had previously been funding.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 06/10/2026
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is the "biggest regret of my career" and that he also "should've stopped" RFK Jr. from becoming Health and Human Services secretary. to.pbs.org/4i4JblK
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Sen. Tillis says his vote for Hegseth was 'biggest regret of my career' in new book
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career” and that he also “should’ve stopped...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, the White House sometimes serves as a branch Kremlin press office, which would be humiliating for anyone who had the slightest hint of patriotism or for that matter personal dignity.
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fascinating new study of New Mexico's universal childcare program, first of its kind, finds the program dramatically increased work for lower-income moms www.the74million.org/zero2eight/n...
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Nearly a Year In, Universal Childcare Is Reshaping Work for Moms in New Mexico
A new study highlights some early impacts of universal childcare on labor supply for mothers in New Mexico.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fair Q
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thread.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Exit polls showed that 75% of truckers voted for Trump in 2024. Now they are struggling to survive.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
Weeks after Russell Vought told Congress that Bilt had fixed its problems without the need of CFPB enforcement, nearly 1,900 Bilt customers received mistaken debt collection notices saying they owed hundreds or even thousands of dollars on their cards.
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The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.
Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Custo...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 30/09/2026
Just two years ago, NASA had some grand ambitions for an economy in low Earth orbit. These days, for both the agency and its partners, it seems that plan has gone sideways: arstechnica.visitlink.me/LAPfEl
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NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers
So is SpaceX just being selfish or what?
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Chris Conaton @conatonc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”
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Texas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.
Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable.
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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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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/09/2026
UN trade body report says consequences of Israeli occupation have 'skyrocketed' with 90% unemployed in Gaza.
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Gaza's recovery needs reach $71.5bn amid ‘most severe economic crisis': UN
UN trade body report says consequences of Israeli occupation have 'skyrocketed' with 90% unemployed in Gaza.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 25/09/2026
America's allies no longer think the country's isolationism and protectionism will end with Trump, Vivian Salama reports. theatln.tc/XHfekVfK
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Look at this photograph.
Reuters caption: President Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping after watching a military demonstration from a balcony of the White House in Washington. REUTERS/Evan Vucci

Southpaw adds: Melania and Trump each look into the camera lens; Trump is intensely bug eyed and stiff while Melania looks desolated and betrayed. Xi watches them impassively.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For just a moment, the world saw their true nature. This is a real photo. F*cking chilling.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The chemistry is so real
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fox News hosts spend their day telling their audience that Democrats are communists and communists are evil people, then in the evening they all got dressed up to attend a state dinner honoring a communist.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every. F*cking. Time. The. Same. Story. Make a big fraud claim that doesn't hold up on inspection. The goal is to create doubt, not provide truth www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s not just weird; it’s delusional. HE. IS. PSYCHOTIC. If your grandpa said things like this, you’d take him in for a full neuropsychiatric workup. And it’s time the media starts interviewing psychiatrists and psychologists to talk about it. DO. YOUR. JOBS.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?" Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.
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The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 21/09/2026
ICE agents may have to pay back their $50,000 signing bonus because they're being fired before fulfilling their service contract. This could lead to federal collection measures such as wage garnishment at future employment. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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ICE Fires New Hires After Vetting Red Flags Emerge
ICE Fires New Hires After Vetting Red Flags Emerge
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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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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 18/09/2026
"Section 14 of the Press Law ordered editors 'to keep out...anything which in any manner is misleading to the public, tends to weaken the strength of the German Reich, outwardly or inwardly, the common will of the German people, the defense of Germany, its culture and economy'" -Shirer, p. 404
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/09/2026
US government paid federal employees $9.5bn not to work amid Doge cuts – report
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US government paid federal employees $9.5bn not to work amid Doge cuts – report
GAO report shows how use paid administrative leave rose by 435% from 2023 to 2025 and incurred a sixfold cost The US government paid federal workers $9.5bn not to work in 2025 as part of the Trump administration’s attempts to shrink the federal workforce. As part of efforts by the “department of government efficiency” (Doge), spearheaded by Elon Musk, federal agencies’ use of paid administrative leave rose 435% from 2023 to 2025 – costing six times what the government spent in 2023 – according to a new report released on Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent watchdog. Continue reading...
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15/09/2026
A former White House official who worked with Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoys, was aghast at their lack of preparation for negotiations with Iran. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Safe to say the people of Kentucky are not being represented properly
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 15/09/2026
#medsky
COVID heat map, based on CDC wastewater data & standard levels
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm serious when I say I've lost track of all the recent revelations of literal Nazis working in high-level positions in Republican congressional campaigns and I would very much appreciate a journalist who took the time to detail as many of them as can fit into an article.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sure seems like we should revisit that whole "lying president tried to have his goons put an Olympic athlete in prison for his own incompetence" thing
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Atlantic Industrial Coatings, the contractor that renovated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, admits errors in its own work and flaws in the repair plan, NOT VANDALISM, caused the pool’s blue liner to peel and break loose. Atlantic is being paid $14.7 million. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/c...
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Reflecting Pool Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Damage
The contractor said the pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yuuuuup…
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Stop stop stop treating this $5k check thing like it’s real. It’s just…not.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
thinking about this quite a bit right now
Mass suicides in Nazi Germany
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During the final weeks of Nazi Germany and World War I! in Europe, many civilians, government officials, and military personnel throughout Germany and German-occupied Europe committed suicide. In addition to Adolf Hitler and many high-ranking Nazi officials like Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, and Philipp Bouhler, others chose suicide rather than accept the defeat of Germany.!"! Motivating or triggering factors included fears of execution for Nazi war
crimes or reprisals and atrocities by the Allies and the Soviets, Nazi propaganda glorifying suicide as preferable to defeat, and despondency after Hitler's suicide. For example, in May 1945, up to 1,000 people killed themselves in a mass suicide in the German town of Demmin, before and after
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Not a word of this is true
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I think nix the "basically"? Pretty sure this is an election crime.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Halfway through Trumpz-A-Loser, and the empty seats are clearly the most enthusiastic attendees.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Nailed it
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So...... the promise was both a crime *and* a lie?
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