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@lynnrucker8.bsky.social
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Blue dot in a red state. Books. Music. Pets. Travel. Cooking. Eating. ADD and proud of it. Former DoDDS Germany teacher. Military brat who won’t back down. Grumpy, old former redhead with Scots-Irish DNA ready to start trouble or finish it.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Infinite respect to Woke Hoth Guy, who freestyled a two-minute Federalist paper.
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Everyone rn
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
What a difference 5 weeks makes for Bianca. No move living on a chain 🔓 She can’t stop dancing 🥰🙏
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lynnrucker8.bsky.social @lynnrucker8.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...
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Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy: DOGE’s Construction of a Surveillance State
DOGE is rapidly assembling a sprawling monitoring system, the foundation of many authoritarian regimes.
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Dammit Doug Smith @dammitdougsmith.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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lynnrucker8.bsky.social @lynnrucker8.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
www.huffpost.com/entry/indian...
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Dolly Parton Urges Indiana Republicans Not To Ax Her Book Program For Kids
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library sends books to thousands of kids across Indiana. A new budget proposal from Republicans could slash its funding.
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Boricua405 on X @estadistarebelde1.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
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Zingamomma @zingamomma.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I just went to the largest music educator conference in the country. 25-30K music teachers in one convention space. Most of us worried we will be unemployed in the next year. #Education #FineArts
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda. Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying. Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
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lynnrucker8.bsky.social @lynnrucker8.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
www.thedailybeast.com/putins-crazy...
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Putin’s Crazy Carve-Up Could Give Trump Greenland and Canada
The Russian leader’s dreams of bringing the world’s strongmen together gathers pace.
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lynnrucker8.bsky.social @lynnrucker8.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/b...
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Tracking the price of grocery staples amid trade talks, avian flu outbreaks | CNN Business
CNN is tracking price trends for various household staples each month as new factors threaten to increase costs.
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Neferast 🦉 @neferast.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
You have to watch this. 📚📕 #BookBans 📚📕 Thank you sharing this @mudpuppy.bsky.social !!! // QP @mudpuppy.bsky.social WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT FROM THE ONLY BOOK THAT HASN’T BEEN BANNED…THE BIBLE. — On a serious note, this is the best public comment ever! (Rutherford County, TN) youtu.be/yV249ExiZpA
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Thank you, Canada!
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Heidi💙🩵 @brodiesmom68.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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lynnrucker8.bsky.social @lynnrucker8.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-orders...
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Trump Orders Schools to Ease Sex Assault Rules
The new Title IX rules will provide more protections for those accused of sexual misconduct, and eliminate LGBT protections adopted under Biden.
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lynnrucker8.bsky.social @lynnrucker8.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
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Trump Administration Shocks Senior F.B.I. Ranks by Moving to Replace Them
Top officials have been told to retire or be fired in the coming days, fueling fear within an agency that has been a target of President Trump and Kash Patel, his nominee to be F.B.I. director.
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Voice of Reason @raggapegs.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The Resistance is strong! #Resist
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
This times a centillion.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Pin this, save it, we’ll need it. “When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” AOC 🔥🎯
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lynnrucker8.bsky.social @lynnrucker8.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
www.thedailybeast.com/anti-trans-f...
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Nancy Mace Reveals Her Post-Congress Career Plan
Nancy Mace said she has a “great relationship” with Donald Trump and hopes he will endorse her.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
USAA has hired private firefighters to help spray down houses near the Hughes Fire in Castaic, California for military members, veterans, and their families who have their insurance. USAA is the best.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I have and will continue to. But you know why I say it here ? Because @bsky.app is 30m strong and growing quickly. The collective wisdom and influence of users here is far greater than any individual democrat. I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.
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Heather Thomas @heatherthomasaf.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Anybody got a can of Bot-be-gone?
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 22/01/2025
This is Moose. He’s had a very long day. Tried to go down some stairs but got stuck. 13/10 someone please help Moose
a little black lab puppy sits on two concrete steps with the most defeated expression on its face. all four of their paws are tucked onto one step, while their booty is plopped on the step above. this could be permanent for all we know.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Can we get a big round of applause for Bishop Mariann Budde? #BishopBudde
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Thinking of starting a Bishop Budde fan club. Anybody in?
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PattiCakes ⚖️🔬♀️♿✊🏾🏳️‍🌈☮️🇺🇸🌎🌊 @warrior-patticakes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
He doesn't want to be guided by God. He thinks he's a God on earth. He is their golden calf. I hope the religious right wake up and walk away from this demon. I am agnostic, but this lady was fierce and unafraid. The eye daggers he gave her shows his insolence and how far away from God he is.
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lynnrucker8.bsky.social @lynnrucker8.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/c...
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Cameron Hamilton to Be Temporary Head of FEMA
Cameron Hamilton does not appear to have experience coordinating responses to large-scale disasters, like the wildfires in California.
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Karen Sontag @sonka60.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
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Opinion | Lessons on Authoritarianism From Around the World (Gift Article)
Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.
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Tobita Chow @tobitac.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Arendt failed to consider that maybe Eichmann was just autistic
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Richard Signorelli 🌱💙🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @richsignorelli.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Yesterday, we witnessed the most dangerous use of the pardon power in our nation's history. The monster has been restored to power and has released from prison some of his most violent and devoted followers. For the record, not one person has been held accountable for the 1/6 insurrection.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Trump pardoning cop-beating rioters from January 6th isn’t going to make anybody in this country safer. Hold him accountable to that.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Just saying.
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Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Happy MLK Day.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025
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Dr. Canuck, MD @drcanuckmd.medsky.social · 20/01/2025
As a doctor, I just wanna take a minute today to say:
To my refugee, immigrant, LGBIQ, brown, black, those seeking contraception and abortion, and all other youth and your families- I promise to continue working every day to deliver the best care I possibly can. You are valuable, you are important, we see you
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lynnrucker8.bsky.social @lynnrucker8.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
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Biden Left Trump A Quiet Border. Will Trump Keep It That Way?
Trump’s promised crackdown could depend on maintaining Biden administration policies he has pledged to end.
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PattiCakes ⚖️🔬♀️♿✊🏾🏳️‍🌈☮️🇺🇸🌎🌊 @warrior-patticakes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Kick rocks! 🥾🪨
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lynnrucker8.bsky.social @lynnrucker8.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/01/18/p...
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House conservative defies Johnson over remote voting for new moms in Congress | CNN Politics
GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna repeatedly tried to convince Speaker Mike Johnson that he — as a pro-family champion — should back her push to allow new mothers to vote remotely for six weeks while they ar...
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lynnrucker8.bsky.social @lynnrucker8.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
www.huffpost.com/entry/3-thin...
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3 Things Trump Wants You To Forget Before He Takes Power
President-elect Donald Trump has made revisionism a cornerstone of his political career. Here’s why that’s so dangerous.
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Lil A 🐴💙 @lilatheofficial.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Isreal and Hamas has agree for a ceasefire. Thank you, President Biden! 💙 We're gonna miss you!
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Adoptable Dogs @adoptabledogs.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Nyssa 🐕 Adult female Mixed Breed mix Adoptable from Pacific Animal Welfare Society (PAWS of Coronado) (Coronado, CA) www.petfinder.com/dog/nyssa-7479785…
Nyssa is a Adult Mixed Breed mix described as: Affectionate, Loves and LoyalNyssa is a Adult Mixed Breed mix described as: Affectionate, Loves and Loyal
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lynnrucker8.bsky.social @lynnrucker8.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Is Walking Back His Biggest Campaign Promises Before Taking Office
From lowering the costs of groceries to ending the war in Ukraine "in 24 hours," the president-elect is backpedaling on the things he said he would do.
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lynnrucker8.bsky.social @lynnrucker8.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-snubs-...
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Trump Snubs Elon With Decision on White House Digs
The tech mogul is reportedly getting an office space in a separate building beside the White House.
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 13/01/2025
I’m sorry but the fact that Congress is about to throw immigrants under the bus at the very same time that countless immigrants in California are risking their lives to protect neighborhoods many of them could never aspire live in is breaking my brain in a whole new way.
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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
The reality is that for many of us, who are from a traditional, religious, culturally conservative background, the world has irrevocably changed from 2016 until now. The things we thought were solid turned out to be but shifting sands. I feel like a stranger among my own people, most of the time.
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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Trump’s pick for national security adviser, Fl. Rep. Mike Waltz, in recent days publicly signaled his intention to get rid of all nonpolitical appointees and career intelligence officials serving on the NSC by Inauguration Day to ensure the council is staffed with those who support Trump’s agenda.
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Incoming Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about their loyalty
WASHINGTON (AP) — Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2…
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Adoptable Dogs @adoptabledogs.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Meatball 🐕 Senior male Yorkshire Terrier Adoptable from Kitty Puppy Alliance (miami, FL) www.petfinder.com/dog/meatball-7476…
Meatball is a Senior Yorkshire Terrier  described as: Affectionate, Gentle and QuietMeatball is a Senior Yorkshire Terrier  described as: Affectionate, Gentle and QuietMeatball is a Senior Yorkshire Terrier  described as: Affectionate, Gentle and Quiet
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