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@porter1964.bsky.social
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Internationalist #Africa #Malawi #USPeaceCorps. Lifelong FDR Democrat Forever. Ukraine birthplace of my mother, home of my ancestors. 🇺🇦 #NoTrump #NoGOP #NoMusk #StateCapture #BlueCrew 💙🇺🇦😺 💙🇺🇦 💙🇺🇦 💙🇺🇦 💙🇺🇦 💙🇺🇦

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MBlue.Bsky.social 🌺MB🌺 @mblue.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Heinous. With $40B we can't feed these Navy crew? #HeinousHegsethPedo47
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
On Wall Street, TACO — Trump Always Chickens Out — has abruptly been replaced as a favorite meme by NACHO — Not a Chance Hormuz Opens. As a result, oil futures have soared. - Paul Krugman
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
After Putin sent drones over Bulgaria, the Bulgarian government signed a 10-year mutual defense pact with Ukraine, just like the one Ukraine signed with the Gulf states.
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Dylan Combelliick on the Russian-occupied Donbas: "Human trafficking runs rampant, as the common people in the occupied territories have no rights and don’t officially even exist. Conscript the men, enslave the women, sell the children."
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Trump and Vance seem to really enjoy throwing Ukraine under the bus if it helps Moscow’s buddy Orban get reelected in Hungary. open.substack.com/pub/twogrump...
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Trump and Vance happily smearing Ukraine to save Orbán
For the Trump administration, Ukraine is now reduced to a cheap punchline - lies and stereotypes they throw about - to help their political ally Viktor Orbán win the Hungarian elections Sunday.
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Israeli settlers are using violence to drive ancient Christian communities from the West Bank www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank
The Taybeh community has survived crusaders and the Ottoman and British empires, but the latest attacks leave its future in question
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Israeli settlers are using violence to drive ancient Christian communities from the West Bank www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank
The Taybeh community has survived crusaders and the Ottoman and British empires, but the latest attacks leave its future in question
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
'I Can’t Forget the Smell': Lebanese Reel After Israel Kills Over 300 in Single Day open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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'I Can’t Forget the Smell': Lebanese Reel After Israel Kills Over 300 in Single Day
Zeteo speaks to survivors of the deadliest day in the resumed war, after Lebanon saw more than 100 Israeli strikes in 10 minutes.
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
How Trump Lost the Iran War open.substack.com/pub/votevete...
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How Trump Lost the Iran War
By Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Threatening to destroy an entire civilization is the definition of genocide. substack.com/@senatorandy...
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Senator Andy Kim (@senatorandykim)
Congress must convene immediately to condemn Trump’s horrific threats against tens of millions of people and stop this unconstitutional war. We must prevent Trump from unleashing the catastrophic and...
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Well now, would you look at that? A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of SEVERE disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Why are we paying $billions for Israel's genocide in Gaza, depredations in the West Bank, assault on Lebanon, and now Israel's war on Iran? Meanwhile, Trumpty-Dumpty is squandering massive amounts of our tax money on an unnecessary 'ballroom' and running his ICE goons into a private army.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
AOC: “I will not support Congress sending more taxpayer💰 and military aid to a government that consistently ignores international & 🇺🇸 law.”
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Hell No, We're Not Giving Jan 6th Traitors Multi-Million Dollar Payouts open.substack.com/pub/leftacti...
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Hell No, We're Not Giving Jan 6th Traitors Multi-Million Dollar Payouts
Not One Penny for Traitors.
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
When I got to Congress, I was genuinely shocked by how the place worked. We have somehow conditioned ourselves to believe that it is normal for members of Congress ... to day-trade individual stocks and make millions with the sensitive information we are entrusted with to serve. - AOC
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The Iran War has also further exposed Pete Hegseth’s shady financial dealings. Hegseth’s Morgan Stanley affiliated broker, as the Financial Times reported on Monday, looked into making a multi-million dollar investment into defense firms shortly before the U.S./Israeli attack on Iran.-from The Siren
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
7 Ways Israel Is Turning Lebanon Into Gaza From targeting journalists and health workers to forcibly displacing over a million people, here’s how Israel is carrying out its genocidal Gaza playbook to kill, destroy, and occupy parts of Lebanon. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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7 Ways Israel Is Turning Lebanon Into Gaza
From targeting journalists and health workers to forcibly displacing over a million people, here’s how Israel is carrying out its genocidal Gaza playbook to kill, destroy, and occupy parts of Lebanon.
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Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Slava Ukraini 💛💙💛💙
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Participants in Jan. 6 US Capitol riot file lawsuit in Florida against DC police floridaphoenix.com/2026/03/30/p...
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Participants in Jan. 6 US Capitol riot file lawsuit in Florida against DC police • Florida Phoenix
Dozens of people who participated in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, have filed a federal class action in Florida against the U.S. Capitol Police and D.C. Metropolitan Police, alleging...
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
We're attacking civilian targets in Iran - a war crime. Israel has used it in Gaza and Lebanon, Putin uses it in Ukraine, and they also don't care if it's a war crime. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...
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New U.S. Missile Hit Iranian Sports Hall and School, Analysis Shows
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Ellie Leonard (@redpencilscript)
Feels like a good time to remind everyone that Donald Trump still owes @E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million. #nokings
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Corruption!
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
New Jersey Becomes Third State to Ban ICE Agents From Wearing Masks newrepublic.com/post/208183/... via @newrepublic.com
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New Jersey Becomes Third State to Ban ICE Agents From Wearing Masks
The new law comes as a record-high number of Americans want to abolish ICE entirely.
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
From Aaron Parnas on Substack: According to The Daily Beast, Pete Hegseth is reportedly being mocked by Pentagon staff with the nickname “Dumb McNamara,” reflecting criticism of his strong support for military action in Iran and comparisons to Vietnam-era Defense Secretary Robert McNamara.
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
If you’re not reading Jojo’s Substack, whether paid or unpaid, you’re really missing out! Welcome to the Pedoligarchy open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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Welcome to the Pedoligarchy
where chaos is currency and accountability is nowhere to be found.
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Air Force Academy Prepares Ideological Overhaul, With Erika Kirk Bringing “Bold Christian Faith” theintercept.com/2026/03/19/a...
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Air Force Academy Prepares Ideological Overhaul, With Erika Kirk Bringing “Bold Christian Faith”
As the Air Force Academy dismantles DEI, critics warn the military is becoming "a Christian nationalist praetorian guard.”
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Ukraine Sought to Halt Iran Drone Supplies to Russia, Zelensky Says - www.kyivpost.com/post/72183
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Ukraine Sought to Halt Iran Drone Supplies to Russia, Zelensky Says
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine repeatedly tried to engage Iran to stop drone supplies to Russia, but Tehran expanded its cooperation with Moscow.
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Ukraine is creating new allies in the Middle East. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/w...
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Over 200 Ukrainian Experts in Middle East to Help Fight Drones, Zelensky Says
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
For the first time, a major Putin supporter sent out a manifesto calling Putin rule illegitimate, proposing that Putin leave office, pointing out Ukraine war losses and declining economy. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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‘Put him on trial’: pro-Kremlin loyalist turns on Putin in rare outburst
Ilya Remeslo sends Telegram post titled ‘Five reasons why I stopped supporting Vladimir Putin’ to his 90,000 followers
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Don't you feel safer now?
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Macron Takes Control. Ukraine Moves With Him. open.substack.com/pub/shankarn...
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Macron Takes Control. Ukraine Moves With Him.
As a result, the democratic world did not lose the Middle East.
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
In Front of Trump's Nose - Noted Economist Paul Krugman on the Iran Debacle open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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In Front of Trump's Nose
How George Orwell foresaw the Iran debacle
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Moira Donegan's editorial today in The Guardian lays out the awful mess of Trump and his regime, especially the ill-advised and unplanned war on Iran. A must read! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump is the weakest he’s ever been. That makes him so dangerous on Iran | Moira Donegan
Why would Trump launch a foreign war when he is so domestically weak? Precisely because he is weak
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Why the Kremlin Fears Moscow open.substack.com/pub/jasonjay...
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Why the Kremlin Fears Moscow
Why Putin is hiding Russia's blackout in Moscow looks less like maintenance and more like a regime trying to contain panic at the center.
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
from Meidas: "Trump posted on Truth Social today that Americans shouldn’t be concerned about high gas prices: “The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money.” Yes, Mr. President, we Americans really love paying more for gas!
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
USF Commander: Ukraine Knocks Out 19 Russian Air Defense Systems in 12 Days - www.kyivpost.com/post/71816
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USF Commander: Ukraine Knocks Out 19 Russian Air Defense Systems in 12 Days
The USF say they destroyed 19 elements of Russia’s air defense network in early March – including S-300V and Tor systems – as drone strikes find their targets across the occupied territories.
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Ukrainian War Industry Gains a Presence in Arab Countries and a major win for Ukraine is a major loss for Russia open.substack.com/pub/shankarn...
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Saudi Arabia Signs Major Drone Deal With Ukraine
Did the United States just lose the Middle East too?
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Ukraine on the offensive against Putin substack.com/@porter68156...
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Porter (@porter681562)
https://shankarnarayan.substack.com/p/isw-confirms-ukraine-pushes-russia?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Three points on Trump’s war — and how we take action substack.com/@ezralevin/n...
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Three points on Trump’s war — and how we take action
Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Phillips O'Brien: The Week In Which Ukraine Stood Up To Help The USA And The USA Stood Up To Help Russia open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Weekend Update #175: The Week In Which Ukraine Stood Up To Help The USA And The USA Stood Up To Help Russia
Also, Ukrainian Territorial Gains And Russian Personnel Losses in February
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Kristi Noem is a Crook! substack.com/@calltoactiv...
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CALL TO ACTIVISM (@calltoactivism)
Kristi Noem gave $143,000,000 of taxpayer money to a company with no address, incorporated 8 days before it received the contract, and owned by her friends. Was she in on the take? Awfully convenient...
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
What a mess Trump has made! open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Tuesday Afternoon Updates: Trump's Trapped as War Keeps Growing — 3/3/26
Hi all, Ben here.
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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
"If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it’s not freedom you’re after.”🌠
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#VeryAsian Eric @ektaka.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Trump at his war crime tribunal...
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a close up of a man 's face with the words oops written on it
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words oops written on it
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Our armed forces are not the private army of Donald Trump, to use wherever and whenever he feels like it. They are the armed forces of the people of the United States, and their use abroad must be approved by Congress. Trump, read the damn Constitution, for God's sake!
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Ukraine’s Drone and Cruise Missile Bombardment of Russia Is Accelerating - www.kyivpost.com/analysis/71054
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Analysis: Ukraine’s Drone and Cruise Missile Bombardment of Russia Is Accelerating
Kyiv’s recent deep strike campaign against high-value targets within Russia features longer-range drones, improved warheads, cleverer tactics, and bigger kamikaze aircraft swarms.
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Katharina Holler @katho333.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
youtube.com/shorts/WGWU6...
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Governor #Newsom Slams #Trump's Reckless War with #Iran  #shorts #donaldtrump #iranwar #news
YouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Wow! Trump is really a tough guy! He sure taught the 150 dead children a lesson they won't forget. Tough guy indeed!
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
OH CANADA open.substack.com/pub/marianne...
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OH CANADA
You tell 'em, Mark
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Porter1964 @porter1964.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Huge win for Donald Trump, who has publicly defamed and detested CNN's fair and honest reporting for years. Now he'll do a CBS on CNN and load it up with false and nonsensical far-right wing crud. No longer the news, just another FOX. Heaven help us all.
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