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Outdoor Solace

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Nature is where I find my inspiration, solace, and wonder throughout my life.

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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 18h
They warned us in 2017. They are still sounding the alarm, bandylee.com/books/
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BOOKS - Bandy X Lee
A selection of books by Dr. Bandy Lee, including, "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President" - Updated and Expanded with New Essays (2019 Editi...
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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Take 18 min to listen. Share with your circle. Demand it from your representatives. Support a new coalition to protect America. This is the playbook. senatorslotkin.substack.com/p/watch-how-...
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WATCH: How to protect democracy 🇺🇸
Take a few minutes to watch my speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 07/10/2026
There’s a term for Trump’s bullying, often racist sneers and attacks, accompanied by indirect (always indirect) calls to violence: stochastic terrorism, defined as hostile rhetoric that raises the statistical risk of ideological violence. Here’s how it works:
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Don’t Dismiss Trump’s Los Angeles-San Diego Comment as a ‘Joke’
No normal American would say those words. A president shouldn’t even think them.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gift link to Lina Khan’s op ed on regulating AI. While existing law can provide some accountability, it is absurd to think private companies can police themselves. Give Congress funds to hire real experts and legislate, just as we do with other dangerous products. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Opinion | Trump Wants A.I. Companies to Police Themselves. What Can Go Wrong? (Gift Article)
Government enforcers have the laws and the experience to control A.I.
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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Part of his pathologic narcissism & mounting delusions of grandeur on display. He sees himself as the nation’s primary/only beneficiary. He’s a severely mentally ill autocrat with accomplices “humoring” him while they destroy our democracy & enrich themselves. This corruption is off the charts!
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Galveston @brucelcarter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@theweekendmsnow.bsky.social Why doesn’t the White House Press Pool just leave the White House is solidarity with MSNOW, CNN and Politico? Deny the President the attention he craves?
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 17/09/2026
@frost.house.gov joined April Ryan to discuss Haitians in Florida affected by Trump's inhumane reversal of Temporary Protected Status. Tune in to The Tea with April Ryan LIVE today at 5:30PM ET on Substack for more: www.contrariannews.org
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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Explains via history how U.S. has come to this current crises. If you haven’t watched the whole class, at least take time to really listen to this wrap-up. We are an imploding empire, like many past. What we do now as citizens is CRUCIAL. Vote Blue for democracy snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchy-...
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Oligarchy, Neo Fascism, and Liberation
Lesson ten in my lecture series
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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I hate what McConnell has done to America, but this is elder abuse. Using his incapacitated body as a literal meat-puppet to advance the democracy killing agenda of this regime, is despicable. It speaks to the immoral and criminal lengths this anti-democratic, unpopular party will go. Pathetic.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Vote like your life depends on it. Because it does.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory self-regulated.
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Rasta @rastasack.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Voting isn't marriage. It's public transport. You're not waiting for "the one". You're getting on the bus. And if there isn't one going exactly to your destination, you don't stay home and sulk. You take the one that's going closest to where you want to be." #Vote for the Non-Felon #Voting #USPoli
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Don’t believe the lies. Trump is *not* selling $2.8 billion of bombs for Israel’s genocide. It’s worse. Trump is *giving away* $2.8 billion of bombs for Israel’s genocide. American taxpayers are paying for those bombs.
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Barron W. Tramp @barronwtramp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If a corporation has 5% or over of staff on SNAP then that company's taxes should be raised by 25%
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I am a one-issue voter: Get Republicans out of office.
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Space Force Commander Bone Spurs @sfcaptbonespurs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
WHAT DO WE DO WHEN THEY REFUSE TO SEAT THE NEW DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN JANUARY?
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Otan @otaniam.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The 14th amendment is clear. Trump is ineligible. And pretending like 3 judges appointed by traitor and a 4th whose wife actively participated in fraud conspiracy that led to coup. Can grant immunity. Is an afront to the law. The constitution. And the principles this nation was built from
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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And how many will be removed from the rolls or otherwise disenfranchised, intimidated, misinformed, etc. They are desperate authoritarians knowingly killing democracy to line their pockets. Vote blue, early, if you can. Hand deliver an absentee ballot to your local elections office.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hillary Is Spot On.......
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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We need these programs in all cities/towns with Farmers Markets. Use what will go to waste to feed the hungry nutritious meals.
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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Love my gov!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026
Hillary Clinton: "Xi is thinking, 'They they can't defend anybody anymore bc they don't have capacity. Maybe we can coerce Taiwan into giving up bc there's not going to be support.' If you look at the world map, it's not favorable to the US largely bc of wrongheaded decisions by this administration"
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Deliberately crashing the American economy—costing American families well over $5,000 each—and then promising to pay those families back $5,000 but *only if* they keep letting him abuse them and the country for two more years... ...is some *seriously* dark, domestic-abuser shit.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
❤️🤍💙🇺🇸
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Home of the Brave is proud to join @votevets.org and The Cultural Landscape Foundation in the effort to educate Americans about the controversy surrounding Trump's proposed 250-ft arch at Memorial Circle and give a voice to the veterans, Gold Star families, historians, and others opposed to it.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
HARDING: Trump cut US assistance to Ukraine, repeats Kremlin talking points, actually supports Russia. He’s most pro-Russian president in US history. O’BRIEN: I mean, if Trump were a Russian agent, what exactly would he do differently? When you think about that, it’s terrifying.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
RAMPELL: “.. I initially assumed this must have had some boring technical explanation—until I talked to the experts and learned just how truly insane the story is.” @crampell.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/europe-gol...
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Rachel Reid @rachel-reid.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"...no one would try this hard to take your vote away unless they were desperately afraid of the outcome of a free and fair #election. Whatever else you do, make sure you #vote. Let’s be the result that they’re afraid of. We’re the cavalry." @joycewhitevance.bsky.social #midterms #USPS #voteblue
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I Doubt You’re Surprised
There’s a whistleblower addressing the USPS plan to implement Trump’s EO on mail ballots
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 01/09/2026
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is setting off on what’s shaping up as his busiest travel schedule in more than seven years, partly in a bid to convince nations that Beijing offers better global leadership than the US
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Xi’s Busiest Travel Itinerary in Seven Years Is All About Trump
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is setting off on what’s shaping up as his busiest travel schedule in more than seven years, partly in a bid to convince nations that Beijing offers better global leadership than the US.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"Nepal’s glacial collapse foreshadowed a future of climate disaster" | My latest op-ed for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Nepal’s glacial collapse foreshadowed a future of climate disaster | Michael Mann
The deluge capped a summer of extreme climate events, from deadly heatwaves to wildfires. We must take action now
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 01/09/2026
Litigation is great. But it will never replace the power of the people. Skye Perryman’s new book is all about how the greatest threat to democracy isn’t disagreement — it’s disengagement.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/09/2026
"Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do." Thank you, and RIP, Wendell Berry.
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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Vote the bastards out & consistently demand accountability from those who are elected. If you don’t tell your representatives what YOU want, they will only do what THEY want. A gov of, by & for the people needs our voices on more than just Election Day.
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 24/08/2026
Underappreciated: US farmland *already substantially produces energy, not food*, and does so very inefficiently. Corn ethanol (~40% of all US corn) requires about 100 times more land per vehicle-mile driven than solar photovoltaics -> electric vehicles. Shifting corn to solar *would free up land*.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 19/08/2026
Wildfires are 4 times more likely to start near roads than in roadless areas. More roads = more fire. Trump is selling out your public lands for development while over 2.6 million acres of Oregon burn in a record wildfire season.
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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Such important ideas in here as we strive to ID the problems, overthrow autocracy, build a “more perfect union” in democracy. No going back to the politics that got us in this crap. New vision, radical change that brings relief to the people & holds these destroyers of America accountable.
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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The fight for equal rights for ALL is on-going as the GOP pushes patriarchy aggressively to new restrictions.
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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Time for all to comment against this authorized corruption of the grifting fox managing a money-laundering scheme under cover of a crypto hen house.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 14/08/2026
Some analysis of what that means—
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Trump’s Family Crypto Firm Is Expected to Get Federal Banking Privileges
Trump-appointed bank regulators’ crypto-friendly approach is likely to extend to World Liberty Financial, despite ethics concerns.
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LadyCat311🇺🇲 @coffeecat311.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Here's a link to the newsletter Heather Cox Richardson mentioned 32 minutes into this video on the insider training of Trump's no-bid buddies destroying our national monuments. Resist. @wessiler.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/coff...
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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Next time you hear opponents of Gov provided healthcare: Admin cost Medicare 1.4–3.4% Medicaid 4-4.2% Private 12-22% Krugman notes, private is heavily subsidized by tax write-offs. We are footing the bill for corporate gains from lost revenue. Need a better deal now! substack.com/@paulkrugman...
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The U.S. Healthcare System is Already Mostly Socialized
And there’s nothing radical about wanting to end insurance company parasitism
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Third Way — which has declared "war" on progressives — is a Trojan Horse for corporate America. Their funding sources are a Star Wars cantina of billionaire megadonors, Fortune 500 CEOs, giant corporations, and corporate dark money bundlers.
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The Moronic Bullshit of the "Third Way"
There's no "middle" between neofascist corporatism and democracy
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Internal National Park Service records shared with us: 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades ===>
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Veterans For Responsible Leadership @vetsforrl.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🚨🚨🚨After successful billboard campaigns in NC, MI, and TX earlier this year, VFRL is excited to launch our next campaign in the great state of Iowa coming in August. We will be starting in the Des Moines area with the simple message:
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 07/08/2026
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Andres Gowan @andresgowan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Progress that was so hard won by 100+ years of struggle, so easily undone in only a decade by a partisan SCOTUS willing to push its agenda from the bench. A stain that is Roberts’s legacy. SCOTUS reform MUST be a top priority if we are to form a more perfect union.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/07/2026
Bernie Sanders: "People are sick and tired of the Democratic establishment and the Republican establishment ... the American people are tired of a rigged economy, a corrupt campaign finance system. They want real change. They don't want Rahm Emanuel and the establishment maintaining the status quo."
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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
When Dems take back Congress, I want to see a law passed that criminalizes elected and appointed federal officials knowingly lying to their employers (the American people). With mandatory minimum penalties such as disqualification from holding Gov positions & fines. Other countries do it.
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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Before they embraced racist hate & corruption as a their central policy. 🤦‍♀️ This is now considered “far left” & “communist” by the craven lickspittles that make up the GOP.
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