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Ken GRIFFITHS

@kengriffiths.bsky.social
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Dad of three beautiful daughters. Papa to 6 amazing grandkids. Former technical CBCer. Outdoor Lover. Old Torbayman.

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Ken GRIFFITHS @kengriffiths.bsky.social · 1h
He has his directions. “Act crazy. Tear it up. We have less than 30 days to cause unrepairable damage to America. You know what you have to do. Do a good job and I won’t release the tapes” -Putin Oct 2026.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h
“.. the deadliest attack in a Gulf Arab country since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began in February.” @nytimes.com #Riyadh www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/w...
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.
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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
DHS is simply buying local cops’ support with our tax dollars. Like I’ve been saying, they own a lot of these cops. www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...
Even if Boring's deputies don't take any others into custody, his department is eligible for a payment equal to more than a quarter of its annual budget. Those are the terms of a Department of Homeland Security task force program that enlists local police as paid partners in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Jurisdictions similar to Doddridge County-sparsely populated with few immigrants-make up the majority of new recruits to the
DHS task force program, which has become a cash cow for state and local law enforcement agencies nationwide. After turning over a single deportable immigrant, departments qualify to receive $60,000 a year for each deputized officer, regardless of additional arrests.The Venice Police Department in Venice, Fla., tallied one federal immigration detention in September 2025 and has since requested a total of $895,000. The department can continue collecting funds every quarter as long as it remains on the task force.
The program is most profitable for large departments. The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office in Florida signed up more than 970 deputies, making it eligible for roughly $14.5 million in DHS funds from April to June, state records show. That pencils out to more than $2 million for each of its seven immigration arrests in that quarter.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Daragh Fleming gets the last word tonight. Good night friends. "Men being silent needs to stop. Silence is enforced by shame. You’re shamed for speaking, calling problematic behaviour out. We need to call out other men who are saying fucked up shit."
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I showed a male friend the résumés of Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris with their names and gender removed. He was blown away: “These candidates are Democrats? They’ll get in in a heartbeat.” Then I revealed who they were. Their qualifications were “unbeatable” until he learned they were women.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Referring to the Chinese president, the host asked “If you were president, would you throw him a big dinner?” “I would not be throwing him a dinner,” Trump declared. “I’d get him a McDonald’s hamburger.” 😂 www.mediaite.com/media/tv/jak...
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Jake Tapper Digs Up Clip of Trump Mocking Obama-Xi State Dinner: ‘Get Down To Work’
CNN’s Jake Tapper aired an old clip of President Donald Trump blasting then-President Barack Obama for hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state dinner in 2015.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Scientists didn't invent vaccines to trick you, or for political purposes, or to make your babies ill, they invented them because people were dying. That's why they exist.
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Vaccine Diplomacy
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 22/08/2026
Carney says the US tried to restrict Canada's ability to make trade deals with other countries as a requirement for negotiation. Sources tell CBC this included making Canada impose new tariffs on other non-US trade partners in compliance with the United States www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...
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U.S. tried to restrict Canada's ability to get new trade deals - Carney says U.S. 'asked too much and offered too little' after trade talks fall apart
In the final hours of negotiations, the U.S. tried to include restrictions on Canada's ability to strike trade deals with other countries, Carney said. "Unacceptable," the prime minister said flatly.....
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I think certain kinds of machine learning AI tools have utility and benefits but I don't post about that on Bluesky because so many other large language model AI tools are clearly bad for society. I also think anyone who tries to justify being an active Twitter user in 2026 has made a choice.
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Ken GRIFFITHS @kengriffiths.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Pure evil. This administration revels in the suffering of immigrants and those they disagree with. A stain that America will have to deal with for years.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
If you distrust doctors, dismiss medical science, and reject the inventions that came from it, why do you see a doctor when you’re sick? Why rely on antibiotics, vaccines, anesthesia, imaging, or surgery? You don’t get to reject science until you need it.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Jeanine Pirro should be disbarred. It is absolutely indefensible and gross misconduct to rush through a criminal indictment for political reasons before an investigation has been completed, which resulted in false evidence being presented to a grand jury.
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Pam Nash @pamnashes.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Watch the orange felon drop Infantino like a hot potato now that Kushners can no longer buy the World Cup.
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Fifa World Cup plans: Gianni Infantino scraps private investment proposal after widespread opposition
Football's world governing body Fifa abandons plans to sell off stakes in its major competitions after widespread opposition to president Gianni Infantino's proposal.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
All 55 UEFA nations have unanimously agreed to boycott FIFA competitions if plans to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors move forward. European football is drawing a line in the sand: the World Cup belongs to the players and fans.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is crucially important.
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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I blame the internet for giving people access to information that they aren’t capable of interpreting or understanding. Those people now think they’ve conducted research and are now on par with experts
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Dr. Fauci worked to protect Americans during an unprecedented public health crisis, following evolving science to recommend temporary measures like travel restrictions and masks while helping make vaccines available. The endless Republican congressional attacks on him are political theater. Stop.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Crazy FIFA plan to sell stake in the Football World Cup to a private equity firm founded by Joshua Kushner, the brother of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared. It is about money and bungs, nothing to do with supporters. Get rid of FIFA leaders.
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World Cup: Uefa furious at Fifa plan for private investment in tournament
Uefa and Prime Minister Andy Burnham criticise proposals from Fifa to seek private investment in its competitions, including the World Cup.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
TIL Jacob Tsimerman, the 2nd Canadian winner of the Fields Medal, was such a math prodigy in HS "he won two gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad, incl. a perfect score", started his bachelor’s degree at 16 and finished in two years, and then earned his PhD from Princeton in 2011.
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‘Nobel Prize of mathematics’: U of T mathematician Jacob Tsimerman awarded prestigious Fields Medal
Jacob Tsimerman, a professor of mathematics at the University of Toronto, has won the prestigious Fields Medal.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/07/2026
The FBI has ADMITTED it has the Epstein Files redaction TRAINING VIDEOS that an anonymous FBI source told me about last year. TODD BLANCHE was required to release these under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. TODD BLANCHE is unfit to serve as Attorney General. VOTE NO. @judiciarydems.senate.gov
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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The White House says Trump was "totally exonerated" on Epstein. Exonerated means cleared by a proceeding. No court, grand jury, or investigation has cleared him. He was never charged, which is not the same. The DOJ withheld the FBI interviews until it was forced to release them.
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Stay the hell away from Elon Musk and especially his cars, rockets and software….
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Zelensky says that Russia is helping Iran kill our troops. In the Oval Office on Friday, Trump said Putin told him he wasn’t and he trusts him that he was telling the truth.
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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Beautiful, España. Good for you, good for sport, good for the world.
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's last words were "me están matando"—they are killing me.
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Andrea LaFlamme @andrealaflamme.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I’m ready to answer the call.
Andrea LaFlamme for US Senate 2026

As a victim of sexual assault, myself, I'm still processing the news that came out yesterday about Graham Platner. I have a lot of feelings about the public reaction to it, but I want to focus my energy on the path forward and the needs of Maine.

Mainers showed up in a huge way in the primary. That's really exciting and it's necessary if we're going to beat Susan Collins. Maine voters made their voices heard. They made it clear that they want a candidate who isn't a part of the political realm--someone who supports Medicare for All, workers' rights, and reproductive rights, a person that fights with our communities against ICE, and, most importantly, someone who isn't afraid to speak truth to power. All of those things bring me so much hope. I'm proud of Maine for stepping up and I'm hopeful that we can use that energy to make some incredible policy changes, bring relief to struggling Mainers and beat Susan Collins in November.

If you've been following along on social media, you've seen that even after the primary, l've continued to show up for Maine in any way I can. As a young voice, a union leader, public health professor, and lifelong feminist, I've championed all of the things that Maine has said that they want in a candidate. I want to thank you all for your incredible messages of support since the primary.

I'm still here and I still believe that I'm the best person to take on Susan Collins.

We're going to see things start to move really quickly over the next week. We don't know what the future of the Senate race looks like, but one thing I can say with certainty is, whether l'm in an elected position or not, I'm always going to be here-standing up for Mainers and leading us forward.

Together, we lead.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/06/2026
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🇨🇦CanadaResists🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇪🇺 @rc16921.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This isn't the flex he thinks. At 18 Barack Obama was a freshman at Occidental College in Los Angeles ('79). He transferred to Colombia in '81, got a B.A. major in Poly Sci w/ international relations and Eng. lit. followed by a law degree at Harvard. Trump? Played dress up and was a draft dodger!🫡
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I so appreciate her for this. Call a thing a thing.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"The only lasting truth / Is Change." On thys daye yn 1947, Octavia E. Butler was born in Pasadena, California, USA. Her giftes to literature, the art of science fictioun, and the worlde of ideas are immeasurable. Her worke prepared us for thys tyme. www.womenshistory.org/education-re...
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Biography: Octavia Estelle Butler
Octavia Butler was a pioneering writer of science fiction. As one of the first African American and female science fiction writers, Butler wrote novels that concerned themes of injustice towards Afric...
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Frankiam @frankiam.eurosky.social · 20/06/2026
Netherlands🇳🇱 - Sweden🇸🇪 Hydration break... On a match played indoor 🙄 What a joke.... It's American commercialism ruining football.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 20/06/2026
The World Cup advertisement breaks are bad because they take a game that's premised on building momentum over time and arbitrarily interrupt that flow to sell people on degenerate sports gambling sites.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Happy Juneteenth! To the descendants of enslaved Africans like me and to everyone who shares in the truth of #freedom.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses Canada men’s soccer team after their 6-0 win against Qatar in Vancouver. What an inspiring message from an inspiring leader. 🥹 LETS GOOOO CANADA 🇨🇦 ALLEZ CANADA🇨🇦 🎥 Credit CANMNT_Official via 𝕏 ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
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Ken GRIFFITHS @kengriffiths.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Art of the deal!
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
To everyone who helped bring the Obama Presidential Center to life, thank you. Michelle and I are so grateful for all your dedication and hard work over the years. I got a little teary-eyed tonight thinking about my mother-in-law, Marian Robinson.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
You don’t have to accept her framing wholesale to see the point: the language we use isn’t neutral, it reflects who has power to define it.
"Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes you an activist, and why proposing to destroy water with chemical warfare doesn't make a corporation a terrorist."
-WINONA LADUKE
AJ-GENERATED IMAGE FOR ILLUSTRATION
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A Michelle Obama Appreciation Post: I deeply admire your elegance, graciousness, beauty, accomplishments, relatability & effortless class. Thank you for being one of the greatest First Ladies of all time!🙏 Much ❤️ from one of your countless fans, Mar🐫
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Ken GRIFFITHS @kengriffiths.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Serious question. Trump consistently still has 30+ percent support. Inquiring minds outside of the US want to know who can still support this man? It isn’t just uneducated and racist? The market’s manipulation shows some folks use him to make money. Who are these people?
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Ken GRIFFITHS @kengriffiths.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
America needs to recognize the contributions and battles that Black women and other POC have fought on their behalf in defending democracy. For MAGA, freedom is just a buzz word, a rally cry to defend hatred. These folks are the true defenders of liberty.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Part 2 Warning: Trump's Rolling Coup Is Already Underway And what must be done to stop it By Robert Reich In the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, U.S. forces have killed more than 200 people across nearly sixty strikes on small boats designated as “narcoterrorists” without indictment, trial
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
There was more outrage in the Qatar World Cup for alcohol being banned than there is in this World Cup for people being banned.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
there were already many reasons to do this but Elon Musk actively encouraging racist violence in Belfast should be the final straw for every UK government institution to stop doing business - including being on X - with him in any way, and for him to be barred from entry to the country.
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