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Orla McCool 🇨🇦

@orlamccool.bsky.social
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#620,774 🎉 Bluesky Elder, Jerrified! Expat, friend of crows, intolerance will not be tolerated 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 12h
"Those in attendance...received a book called “The War Department Field Manual,” a compilation of Hegseth’s past speeches. In a forward written by President Trump, the troops were told: “As your commander in chief, I will not ask you to fight dumb wars.” Perfect www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Five Takeaways From Hegseth’s Speech
The defense secretary gave a “State of the Force” address to hundreds of officers and enlisted servicemembers at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 12h
thank goodness someone with this absurd set of priorities isn’t in charge of anything important
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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The Capybaron @thecapybaron.bsky.social · 15h
Like, the US is very publicly losing a war of choice that rocked the global economy and is going to cost his party a massive election loss. And the SecDef’s priority is getting a bunch of subordinates together to lecture about how important lifting weights and tucking in your shirt is. Pathological!
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 12h
Farm workers really, really, really need you to vote. Farm slavery is a very real multi-million business in this country. And Trump struck down major anti-slavery rules for farms last year. "Both parties are the same" Ok... Not for farm workers, they're not!
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 12h
If anyone's ready for a break from "elections don't matter, we can't win, & both parties are the same anyway," here's one. youtu.be/GlxveqpM4iM
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Stop The Doomerism. Do It For Farm Workers.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13h
The RFK Jr. death toll mounts.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h
do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 15h
We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 13h
Story is up now on the site! jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-p...
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BREAKING: Republicans File Supreme Court Suit to End Shield Laws
9.30.26
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13h
77 million Americans voted for national suicide in 2024. We're seeing it unfold right now: The economy vandalized, the military weakened, politicians bribed, tech run wild, immigrants terrorized, and government goon squads committing murder. Vote against all Republicans. It could be our last chance.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15h
I thought this guy said no fatties and no weirdos.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 15h
BREAKING: Republican attorneys general from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas have filed two sweeping lawsuits targeting dozens of providers who ship abortion pills—and the blue states that protect them.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15h
Every single person needs to read this book ASAP.
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End Times Fascism
A New York Times BestsellerA scathing investigation into the apocalyptic thinking of the Christian nationalists, tech-bro reactionaries, and populist surviva...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15h
Only in a completely upside-down world would the U.S. defense secretary announce he was banning all weirdos from the military yet giving a big job to Elon Musk.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 15h
I can't stop thinking about this. American farmers have lost $30 billion since Trump took over. Thirty. Billion. Thirty thousand millions. Holy shit.
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Alberduh is free to be dumb @alberduhfreedumb.bsky.social · 20h
On this day of Truth and Reconciliation, never forget who PP really is.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h
Every single member of this administration sees themselves, first and foremost, as a Content Creator™ It's like they staffed an administration with homeschooled aliens who learned about humanity through mainlining TikTok accounts. Just unbelievable levels of sweaty dorkiness.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 14h
The common thread in Pete Hegseth's rant to the troops, JD Vance suggesting Talarico is a pedophile, Brendan Carr calling the Trump ads aired with tax dollars "normal force PSAs," and Eric Schmitt fabricating a Jack Smith conspiracy is the whole GOP is incentivized to be performatively evil.
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Schwantz 👊🔥🇨🇦 @schwantz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dear Americans: If you want to buy or support Canadian whisky that Trump banned in a triggered tariff tirade, apparently it is exempt if imported in containers larger than 4 litres (~1 gallon).
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We aren’t mad enough www.cbsnews.com/news/cornell...
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Details emerge in case of former Cornell student alleging gang rape by fraternity members
A woman, identified only as Jane Doel, alleges she was gang-raped by seven fraternity members in 2024 and accuses Cornell University of failing to protect her.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If a sentence in your newscast starts with “President Trump says…” you’re failing your audience.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I repeat:
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Brian Foley @kansashoops.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You have no future as a right wing conspiracy theorist. The rules of logic do not apply.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It all tracks.
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Ethan Harper
Ethan Harper is Chief Counsel to U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt and for the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution. He oversees all legal issues and advises the Senator on his Ju...
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William Buecker @wcbuecker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sen. Eric Schmitt: “Mr. Smith, do you think I’m an idiot?” Jack Smith: “No sir” Schmitt: “Ah ha, you just committed perjury, everyone thinks I’m an idiot!”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
GOP campaign pitch: we defunded Planned Parenthood and will arrest you for owing your OB/GYN $50! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/roger...
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Roger Marshall May Rue The Day: Arresting Pregnant Moms Edition
I’m figuring this will end up as a big mistake. You probably...
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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump would sell bullets to school shooters if there was a buck in it for him, he offered to sell weapons to China because his sons own companies with Defense Department contracts. He DGAF about you, MAGA. VOTE Blue.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do not believe anything until the Kremlin denies it™️
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The arguments you've heard against California's billionaire tax are utter BS. Here to debunk them — and explain why you should vote YES on Prop 40 — is renowned economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It cannot be said any more clearly. Trump should have been arrested on January 20, 2021, and held without bail. Trump should be arrested now, or at least on January 20, 2029, if a Democrat wins. Let the justice system go to work. And if SCOTUS frees him, send him to prison in New York.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Grandiose delusions of narcissism so severe they're implausible. He thinks his name change of a Great Lake gives him power over 🇨🇦. 
Trump’s executive functioning, which was never great, has now deteriorated to the point where we get unchecked narcissistic/grandiose absurdity.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social tells @mpolymer1.bsky.social how Alina Habba’s wedding put FBI Director Kash Patel in the same room as a former FBI informant suspected of being a double agent. "These MAGA weddings are like the Star Wars Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence."
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
absolutely gutting
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith's wife, Katy Chevigny, is a documentary filmmaker and producer. She's neither currently nor has she ever been a federal or state employee. She's produced or directed more than 30 documentary films and won a number of awards for her work. Kennedy is grossly abusing his position and power.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why do I feel like this meeting is more, “What can you and your magic machinesdo to fix the midterms for me?”
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
On today's brief, Hamilton has dropped off but Brett Shumate and Brantley Mayers continue. I think these lawyers should be remembered.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Michael Tracey is actively attempting to dox Jane Doe in the Cornell 7 rape case
Michael Tracey : If you happen to know who this Cornell "Jane Doe" is, get in touch and I would be happy to publish her name and identifying information. And yes -- this is 100% permitted under the First Amendment, whatever threats or emotional blackmail people might want to deploy"Report" me for what, exactly? Save your breath, scumbag. Sorry you hate the First Amendment so much. Her identity is obviously newsworthy at this point, and I will take extreme pleasure in reporting it. (Not "doxing" -- that's a total canard)
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you happen to know if Michael Tracey ever sexually assaulted anyone, get in touch and I would be happy to publish the information. And yes -- this is 100% permitted under the First Amendment, whatever threats or emotional blackmail people might want to deploy
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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Had to re-read this a couple of times.
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Maciek Hamela @maciekhamela.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In case you missed it, Polish FM Sikorski addressed the Russian ambassador directly at the UN a few days ago. Nothing new, but the delivery landed like a slap in slow motion. He could have been President of Poland, had his party not gone with the safe option, Trzaskowski, in the 2024 primary.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
TMZ reports that Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, has been fired from his job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation
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Cornell Student Diego Sarabia Loses Wells Fargo Job Amid Alleged Sexual Assault Case
Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, is suddenly out of a job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation of the alleged 2024 incident ... TMZ has learned...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Where could these men have gotten such a sense of entitlement about touching women?
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Trump On Tape: I Grab Women "By The Pu**y”
YouTube video by TDC
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: At least six (I'm hearing 8) prosecutors - including Kurt Olsen - have QUIT the "Grand Conspiracy" case in Florida overseen by Judge Aileen Cannon. I know this is the Daily Mail, but there are well-placed sources. Waiting for more developments. www.dailymail.com/news/us-poli...
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Trump 'grand conspiracy' case in crisis amid mass exit
Trump loyalist Kurt Olsen has resigned from the 'grand conspiracy' probe in Miami, along with at least six other prosecutors assigned to the investigation.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Fake polls" set the stage for "rigged elections".
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