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DDonsdottir

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Video director/editor; Hurricane Helene survivor; critter caretaker; lifelong holder of minority opinions. No DMs please.

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DDonsdottir @macfoto.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The 2026 Tour de France Femmes was the best yet, exciting and beautiful with a dramatic finish in Nice. Winners, L to R: Lorena Wiebes (sprints), Demi Vollering (overall), Puck Pieterse (climbing), and Antonia Niedermaier (best young rider). Well done, all!
The jersey winners with flowers on the podiumA flyover of French air force jets trailing bluer, white, and red smoke. It's called the Patrouille de France.
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DDonsdottir @macfoto.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Slow news day, Washington Post?
Screen shot of a WP headline saying that Trump’s longtime hair loss drug is now missing from his medical records
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MS NOW @ms.now · 31/03/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge has blocked Trump's executive order that ended federal funding for NPR and PBS, calling the move "unlawful and unenforceable"
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Judge blocks Trump’s executive order that ended federal funding for NPR and PBS
Judge Randolph Moss ruled that the president’s move to cease all federal funding for the news outlets amounted to “viewpoint discrimination and retaliation.”
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DDonsdottir @macfoto.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Same non-assistance it gives after disaster strikes...
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DDonsdottir @macfoto.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
An estimated 6000 turned out for the No Kings rally in little Hendersonville, NC, pop.~15k. Drone shot by Richard Labunski
Drone shot of crowd outside old courthouse
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast. They’ll play this in museums in future. (🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
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DDonsdottir @macfoto.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
We wish all our far-flung friends a very happy, healthy, and prosperous 2026! (Clock, Musée d'Orsay, photo by Will & Deni McIntyre)
Ornate clock with its hands pointing to a minute before midnight, Musée d'Orsay, photo by Will & Deni McIntyre)
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
We were married on this day in 1978... soulmates ever since. ❣️ #ForeverGrateful 🙏
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 14/12/2025
Bystander who tackled armed man at Bondi Beach shooting hailed as hero
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Bystander who tackled armed man at Bondi Beach shooting hailed as hero
At least 12 people have been confirmed dead, including a shooter, in the Bondi Beach attack
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it." INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
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CBS News | Breaking news, top stories & today's latest headlines @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy · 14/11/2025
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Only 16 of over 600 detained by ICE in Chicago area have criminal histories
The Trump administration has released the names of more than 600 people detained by immigration agents, and whose arrests might have violated a court order, and only 16 of them have been identified by the federal government as a "high public safety risk" because of their alleged criminal histories.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/11/2025
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
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Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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DDonsdottir @macfoto.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Sometimes it helps to be vested in vestments...
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CBS News | Breaking news, top stories & today's latest headlines @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy · 02/09/2025
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Former CDC directors and acting directors raise concerns in op-ed over RFK Jr.'s decisions
In a New York Times op-ed, nine former CDC directors and acting directors who served under both Republican and Democratic administrations are voicing their concerns over HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This comes after the recent firing of the CDC director. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe and CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder break down the issues the former directors are worried about.
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CBS News | Breaking news, top stories & today's latest headlines @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy · 02/09/2025
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Putin and Kim join China's Xi for powerful show of anti-U.S. force
China's Xi Jinping has invited Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un for a display of power, and the rising tide of anti-Western sentiment.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The next Democratic president should declare that the National Emergencies Act and Article II of the Constitution allow him to: •admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states •abolish ICE •grant citizenship to any immigrant •disband the 5th Circuit •expand the Supreme Court Seriously: Why the hell not?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 called for dismantling the NOAA, which provides warnings of natural disasters, such as the deadly floods in Texas. The irony is that Heritage wanted these cuts because it’s angry that NOAA helps prove the reality of climate change--the thing causing floods.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 24/06/2025
If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I'm not enjoying the reboot of the "Unprovoked War in the Middle East" reality TV show. It's just as pointless, but the actors are even stupider. And, frankly, I didn't think that would be possible.
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DDonsdottir @macfoto.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
No Kings protest in Hendersonville, NC, pop. 15.5k #readtheroomCongress
Drone shoot of >1000 people outside a gold-domed county courthouse in a small town in the mountains of NCHispanic woman wearing American and Mexican flags at the protestMAGA sign: MAGA stands for "Morons Are Governing America"Woman holding sign with Big Bird of Sesame Street saying "Save Our Networks" (PBS)
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Liberal Old Fart @oldliberalfart.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
All this chaos is being used to distract you from another bill passed by the House of Representatives. It cuts HIV assistance/research and PBS. It will be moving to the senate. They don't want you to notice this. www.cbsnews.com/news/house-v...
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House passes rescission package to claw back $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR, PBS
The House is expected to vote Thursday on White House's rescission package to claw back funding for NPR, PBS, foreign aid.
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DDonsdottir @macfoto.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
How cool is Pope Leo? He gave a blessing and a sendoff to the riders In the Giro d’Italia, who started the last stage of the race in Vatican City today.
Pope Leo applauding as bicyclists race by him at the gates of Vatican City
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DDonsdottir @macfoto.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The legislation's official name is "One Big Beautiful Bill". It will add trillions to the national debt, give a tax break to the wealthy, and kick millions off Medicaid. The GOP is so proud of it that the House Rules Committee is holding its hearings at 1 a.m. tonight so nobody will observe them.
Disney's Dopey dressed as Uncle Sam
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Ariana Niko @ariananiko.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Major US retailers like Walmart raised prices by up to 25%due to new tariffs &low inventory From food and clothing to electronics,costs are up.Supply chain stress means families may spend$2,000 more this year Walmart’s CEO said they held out as long as they could.A second wave of hikes may be ahead.
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DDonsdottir @macfoto.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Like Caesar’s wife, US presidents were previously supposed to be above reproach. Donald Trump has twisted that into being beyond reproach.
Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8 of the US Constitution forbidding elected officials to accept presents from foreign heads of state
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/05/2025
"This is naked corruption on a massive scale. But at least the golf stuff is covered by a tiny fig leaf, ostensibly separating the Trump Org and the Oval Office. Now, less than four months into his second term, Trump is ripping the bandaid off and discarding all pretense." -- @lizdye.bsky.social
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Qatar Bribes Trump With Bling Blimp
Can a plane be a presidential record?
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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Why Trump's massive corruption -- crypto, the Qatar jet, using tariffs to pressure countries to making deals with Musk -- is going unchecked by courts to & congress. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Why Trump’s Epic Crypto Corruption Will Go Unpunished
The president is a brazen crook, but Democrats are too compromised to challenge him.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
The Constitution's Emoluments Clause prohibits federal officials, including the president, from accepting gifts, titles, or emoluments from foreign states without congressional consent. A luxury jet from Qatar qualifies as a gift or emolument, so Donald Trump shouldn’t be allowed to keep it.
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DDonsdottir @macfoto.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Robert Francis Prevost was a surprise choice to Americans used to thinking that no native of a superpower would ever be elected pope. Maybe our status as a fading superpower made it more possible? And he's no MAGAt.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 08/05/2025
Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, has been critical of the president and his actions.
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MAGA Melts Down Over New Pope's Anti-Trump, Pro-Immigrant Social Media
Donald Trump's supporters are not liking the social media of Robert Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, which includes several posts critical of the president.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, called out Pope Killer JD Vance.
Pope calls out couch demon
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I don't know what the NEA is supposed to have to do with fostering the skilled trades, or "making America healthy again," or "fostering AI competency," but I'm PRETTY SURE that the federal government is not supposed to direct funding *specifically* at "houses of worship."
The emails were sent to arts administrators from an address at the endowment that did not accept replies. “The N.E.A. is updating its grantmaking policy priorities to focus funding on projects that reflect the nation’s rich artistic heritage and creativity as prioritized by the president,” the emails said. “Consequently, we are terminating awards that fall outside these new priorities.”

The emails went on to say that the endowment would now prioritize projects that “elevate” historically Black colleges and universities, and colleges that serve Hispanic students. The emails also said the endowment would focus on projects that “celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, foster A.I. competency, empower houses of worship to serve communities, assist with disaster recovery, foster skilled trade jobs, make America healthy again, support the military and veterans, support Tribal communities, make the District of Columbia safe and beautiful, and support the economic development of Asian American communities.”

Highlighted: "empower houses of worship to serve communities"
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NPR @npr.org · 02/05/2025
It is not clear that the president has the authority to make such orders to CPB under the law. From @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
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Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS. They say he can't. PBS chief Paula Kerger calls it "blatantly unlawful".
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DDonsdottir @macfoto.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Pogaçar and van der Poel in the lead, Liggett and Roll commenting live—it’s a great Paris Roubaix! #bikerace #cycling #hellofthenorth
Screenshot of the race leadersScreenshot from in front of the race leaders
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DDonsdottir @macfoto.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 09/04/2025
You lost your 401k... and did Trump make money doing it? He posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" just hours before pausing the tariffs. It's time for everyone to ask House Republicans why they aren't fighting for an investigation into this.
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Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
you can't spell "tariffs" without "FFS"
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
One of two things is happening. They don’t understand what’s happening. They want it to happen. Pick your poison
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
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Faith Paige @faithdenise.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com This is what democracy looks like HENDERSON COUNTY NC
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Faith Paige @faithdenise.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com #Henderson NC
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/04/2025
WOW: Thousands are currently protesting in Boston. This is just one of more than 1200 'Hands Off' protests underway today across the nation as people rise up against the Trump-Musk regime. (via Rob Way)
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NPR @npr.org · 25/03/2025
President Trump's alienation of allies and dismantling of U.S. Agency for International Development are welcome news for China, a scholar in Beijing tells NPR.
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A Chinese scholar shares some thoughts about what Trump is doing to the U.S.
President Trump's alienation of allies and dismantling of U.S. Agency for International Development are welcome news for China, a scholar in Beijing tells NPR.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/03/2025
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects. (Published July 2024)
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School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state…
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 18/03/2025
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Last known Battle of Britain pilot, Irishman John Hemingway, dies aged 105
Born in 1919, the Dubliner flew Spitfires during the Battle of Britain
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
They installed the TV... At his request... So he can play video games... In his office... In the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Rhiannon Giddens @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Here’s my take on "Georgia Buck." I learned this tune from my mentor, the late Joe Thompson, whose old-time banjo tradition still inspires me every day. I’m honored to carry on his legacy through this song. Love, your #BanjoAuntie
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