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NYC-40 Grit Primarily here for the war in Ukraine but also giving my attention to trump’s assault on our country. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 Free Palestine Artist/woodworking Politics/anti-fascist NY Knicks/NY Liberty Daily Kos is a bad joke

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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Daily reminder
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
James Talarico walks out to a standing ovation from 50,000 Texans at the State Fair Classic.
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
⚡️JUST NOW: MASS UN WALKOUT ON NETANYAHU
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Rubio: “We’ve invited Putin to the G20.” You’re an indicted war criminal, a mafia dictator, a bloody invader, and biggest monster of 21st century? Your army's committed thousands of war crimes? You’re helping Iran kill Americans? No problem, US will roll out red carpet for you!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TALARICO: “The richest 1% now owns more wealth than the entire middle class. 3 dudes (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos) now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined… they aren’t just buying yachts and jets anymore. They’re now buying power.” 🇺🇸 (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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40 Grit @misericord-discord.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yup, donate to Talarico's campaign so ICE will be held accountable
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Art of the Deal is buying fertilizer from a Putin-aligned repressive dictator and paying to ship it 6,000 miles from his landlocked and sanctioned country so you can teach Canada a lesson.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
An unusually broad concentration of Ukrainian long-range weapons was used in today’s strike on the Moscow Oil Refinery: from long-range kamikaze UAVs such as FP-1, Liutyi and Sichen, to jet-powered missile-drones such as Palianytsia and Bars, and the Flamingo
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🔥🔥 BREAKING: A major fire is burning at Moscow’s Kapotnya oil refinery following reports of a Ukrainian drone strike. The facility is Moscow’s only oil refinery and has a capacity of roughly 280,000 barrels per day. Another significant hit to Russia’s already strained refining system.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🔥 MUST-READ — A WARNING ⚠️ from @AOC: “Heads they win, tails we lose… should the A.I. bubble congress must not bail them out… the biggest threat to humanity isn’t A.I. — it’s the tech oligarchs themselves… @RepAOC points out A.I. companies are demanding massive investments from 🇺🇸 while LOSING money
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🔥🛢️One of the most incredible sequences from today’s attack on Moscow: a Ukrainian MICH-2000 long-range strike drone pushes through a wall of Russian air-defense fire and successfully reaches the Moscow Oil Refinery grounds.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
For the first time, footage has been released showing the successful combat use of Ukrainian jet-powered interceptor drones against Russia’s jet-powered drone, Geran-5 jet-powered kamikaze drone. The Geran-5 has a reported cruising speed of around 450–600 km/h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“My badge didn’t work, the officer asked me to hand it over.” MS NOW White House reporter Akayla Gardner says she has indeed been banned by authoritarian fascist Trump, as he throws a tantrum over the coverage of his countless failures.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump confirms a Putin ally paid for Junior’s wedding party — but claims he paid him back (LOL OK) Translation: he knows how bad it looks (P.S. Russia was never a hoax)
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/09/2026
🚨IT BEGINS: Costco is now rationing Kirkland motor oil. A 10-quart pack that once cost as little as $30 is now nearly $58, and members are limited to two every seven days due to the impacts of the Iran War.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
⚠️ Be careful with VoteSafe .org. It is NOT an official voting website. It’s tied to Elon Musk’s America PAC and collects a lot of personal information from people who use it. Before you hand over your name, address, phone number, email and voter information, know who you’re giving it to.
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40 Grit @misericord-discord.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How many ways van you spell POS. Mike Rogers is beyond worthless www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Republican seeking to implicate Abdul El-Sayed over 9/11 voted twice against benefits for first responders
Mike Rogers has also helped kill other bills that would have provided healthcare to responders and survivors
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 09/09/2026
The Attica prison uprising began on September 9, 1971, before being brutally shut down. Incarcerated people released a list of demands ranging from pay raises to better food and parole reform — demands that people in prison are still fighting for over 50 years later. 🧵
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40 Grit @misericord-discord.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Some excellent news www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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More voters identifying as Democrats and not calling themselves Republican
Latest data from Gallup, showing 49% leaning Democrat and 39% Republican, marks sharp reversal from 2024
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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itried1.bsky.social @itried1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Isn’t the real issue that he is not a fighter and will deliver a bunch of half-measures that won’t really do much of anything?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/09/2026
Trump says 18 Americans dying fighting Iran is “small potatoes”
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Tasha @toshyou.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
NO media 1000s are marching in DC to defend voting rights; 90 orgs signed on, Reuters sent photographers, but local media Bernie Sanders, AOC and Martin Luther King III attended Wa Post buried it A Black-led march is visible in DC only after somebody else reports it Repost the march they buried
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40 Grit @misericord-discord.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Democrats need real leadership, not those willing to meet with corrupt non government officials. There are plenty better options for us than Jefferies www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Democrats incredulous over Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner meeting
Critics include Senator Chris van Hollen, ex-aide to Obama Tommy Vietor and ex-Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, which is stationed in the Middle East, are so poor that sailors have tried to jump overboard. Trump also gutted the VA, firing thousands of workers who are veterans themselves. Remember this when Trump and Republicans claim the mantle of patriotism.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This should worry every American.
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Critics Sound The Alarm After Trump Floats Idea Of Declaring 'National Emergency' For Midterm Elections
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🇺🇦‼️🇺🇸 WSJ: Ukrainian drone units decisively beat a U.S. armored brigade in a major exercise in Germany. Ukrainian operators quickly detected U.S. vehicles, then simulated destroying them with explosive and FPV drones—so effectively that U.S. units had to repeatedly “respawn.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Yes
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Tell that to the families of the dead American soldiers.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I would never eat dinner with Donald Trump. I would never clap or laugh at his jokes. I would never shake his hand. When he attacks me, I wear his scorn as a badge of honor. I founded Democracy Docket to never back down or obey. Subscribe now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🔥DR. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “ICE has nothing to do with immigration. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets, weaponizing the idea of immigration against the Constitution. ICE cannot be reformed, retrained… ICE has to be ABOLISHED.” (And held accountable)
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened top election officials in all 50 states and D.C. with criminal charges if they do not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to feed their voter rolls through a flawed federal database. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS Secretary Mullin threatens to prosecute election chiefs who refuse voter roll demands
His speech marked a major escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to assert federal control over state election procedures.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Fascism is here. If you’re not alarmed you’re not paying attention. “Left-wing political terrorism” will mean those who oppose the regime — while actual right-wing extremism is allowed to grow and thrive. We are very far off the cliff, folks.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
WATCH — Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social on being detained: “The arrogance in the eyes of those settlers… the arrogance of those IDF soldiers that my tax dollars are funding… the arrogance of power, and no accountability. Total impunity.” (From @mintpressnews.bsky.social )
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/07/2026
SHOCK NYT REPORT: DHS now admits the man ICE killed in Houston wasn't even their target. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 35-year U.S. resident, was just driving to work when agents — with no body cameras — shot him dead searching for two other men who weren't even in the van. Gift link in reply.
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/07/2026
Mamdani got into office and instantly: • Froze rent for 2 million New Yorkers • Cut subway fares in half for low-income riders • Fully funded NYC parks • Added $680M for public schools • Launched free child care for 2-year-olds If establishment politicians actually wanted to help you, they could.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
💔 www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
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Regal👑Beagle @rbeagle.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Racists shouting hate speech through the streets get a police escort. A patriot protesting fascism gets arrested. 400 cowards calling themselves patriots while hiding their identity. 1 patriot calling out fascism in full military uniform.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It's weird to me how trump never lets go of a grudge, he still bitches about Obama, Biden, Hillary, and even Rosie O'Donnell for some reason. He never says a word about any of the people who supposedly tried to assassinate him. Nothing. Weird.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
They are arresting U.S. Air Force Officers for free speech and U.S. Olympians for curiosity—but not rich men for raping children with Jeffrey Epstein.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Democratic socialists are still partying in New York City… 🎉 Wait — *checks notes* — sorry this is Colorado. Apologies! We got confused since we were told this only happens in NYC 😬 @melatkirosco.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DaO9NqR...
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