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@rariel81.bsky.social
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DC refugee in Texas working on transportation planning, MPA candidate, car guy, TOD enthusiast, California native. Former defense lobbyist, congressional/campaign staffer, federal employee. Skeets represent only what’s in my brain.

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U.S. Secretary of Hockey @rariel81.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Gina has 200k on Threads, 10k on here…. Shes going to beat Abbot and be the next Governor of Texas, and the first from the RGV.
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U.S. Secretary of Hockey @rariel81.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Whats going on in the Blue Skies? Been wilding out on Threads in the chaos.
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U.S. Secretary of Hockey @rariel81.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
www.economist.com/culture/2026...
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Amorality and greed at Silicon Valley’s favourite university
A student journalist examines the culture at Stanford
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This sick fuck lives in NYC, and I just don't understand how anyone can go outside every day and see the children playing and respond with this kind of vitriol, and I simply reject the values of any society or philosophy or ideology that cannot condemn that unreservedly.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
When you’re evil, criticism can be hard to stomach www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/p...
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Supreme Court says Alito’s verbal reaction to Sotomayor was based on a ‘misunderstanding’ | CNN Politics
The highly unusual exchange between Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Sonia Sotomayor over a dissent read from the bench was based on a “misunderstanding” by the conservative justice, the Supreme Court...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/06/2026
I've been a broken record on this for three years and I'll be a broken record for as long as that fucking website exists: X is a viciously racist far-right organising platform that ONLY WORKS because a huge number of centrists, lefties and progressivs cannot stop propping it up
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Elon Musk accused of fuelling unrest after Belfast knife attack
The use of social media in planning violent protests over the Belfast knife attack has drawn condemnation, with Britain's ruling Labour Party accusing Elon Musk of stoking divisions. The tech billiona...
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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
“They have the guns and the money,” he said of the government. “I got the truth and the moms.” Absolutely wild reporting from @anniewaldman.bsky.social. www.propublica.org/article/mark...
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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 31/05/2026
The bubbles floating on the far right of the candidate but right next to the candidates in the following column is giving me Florida 2000 anxiety.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 31/05/2026
@mikiesherrill.bsky.social you could stop this at literally any moment. You could give the order Right Now.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Any felonies taking place at Delaney Hall are the crimes against humanity by ICE and the GEO Group, who kidnap and abuse human beings who've done nothing wrong and brutalize anyone who protests Gov. Mikie Sherrill's goons are attacking people trying to stop this injustice. She is an utter disgrace
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 24/05/2026
Do not buy or use this terrible surveillance product.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Wealth does not preclude a person from falling victim to the Dunning–Kruger effect
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
leftists who oppose gas taxes are genuinely the dumbest people on this site
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U.S. Secretary of Hockey @rariel81.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Good.
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
An 18-year-old high school student just built a water filter that removes 96% of microplastics from drinking water. Not in a billion-dollar lab. In her garage. Meet Mia Heller from Virginia. Her secret? A magnetic liquid called ferrofluid that grabs microplastic 1/3
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This High School Student Invented a Filter That Eliminates 96 Percent of Microplastics From Drinking Water
Virginia teenager Mia Heller’s filtration system harnesses the power of ferrofluid, a magnetic oil that binds to microplastics in flowing water
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
And I was driven slowly nuts during the whole hearing that no-one asked why Todd Blanche refused to open an investigation into Renee Good’s death. He is the one folks: www.yahoo.com/news/article....
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'We Are Not Investigating' the Shooting of Renee Good, the Deputy Attorney General Says
Todd Blanche joins other top administration officials in declaring that ICE agent Jonathan Ross was justified in killing Good. Most Americans disagree.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 17/05/2026
Trump couldn’t be bothered to attend. He sent a video. But he couldn’t be bothered to record a new one so they sent an old video he recorded for a previous event.
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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Kinda blowing my mind to know that this admin is so corrupt and doing so many crimes we’ll never know about much of it.
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U.S. Secretary of Hockey @rariel81.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Mitt Romney, the “good” republican, is fundraising for Susan Collins to stay in the Senate after everything. This only good Republican is a former republican who had repented and denounced. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Mitt Romney is back (sort of)
Since retiring in early 2025, Mitt Romney avoided national politics — until his old friend Susan Collins needed help.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/05/2026
this is also one of my hobbyhorses. you want a better caliber of lawmaker? you want to reduce the odds of corruption? pay them more. a lot more.
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
*Tennessee* politics has been *dominated* dawg what
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 07/05/2026
GET HIS ASS
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Surprise! The GOP's budget package funding ICE + Trump's ballroom adds nearly $72 billion to the deficit, says CBO. And if you tack on interest, the price tags jumps to nearly $94 billion, says a nonpartisan watchdog group. www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-ba...
huffpost.com
GOP Ballroom and ICE Bill Would Add $72 Billion To Deficit
The price tag jumps to $94 billion if you include interest, a nonpartisan watchdog says.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
As Trump’s effective fuel blockade chokes Cuba, a few moms are opening a rare unmoderated glimpse of everyday struggles on the island Great reporting from @schmidtsam.bsky.social
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Cuba’s mom influencers share rare view of struggles under U.S. fuel embargo
A growing cohort are using Instagram and TikTok to share unmoderated coverage of the beleaguered island.
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I hope everyone had so much fun at their Bezos party.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/05/2026
The Supreme Court decision on gerrymandering points in one direction only: Come 2028, Democrats have to declare a take-no-prisoners redistricting war on the GOP. trib.al/RxCnYtW
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The Plot to Enslave America:
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Kristin Wilson @kristin-wilson.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Very grateful to these incredible journalists who, in addition to their jobs at @puck.news and @notus.com and their own independent outlets, are also sharing their time and reporting with @535news.bsky.social. Sign up at 535.news to get updates.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Remarkably, much of political science doesn’t consider this to be “money in politics”
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Jacob Rubashkin @rubashkin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Burchett is right: the most DC thing ever *is* a member of Congress blaming the city for something he and his colleagues did themselves.
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U.S. Secretary of Hockey @rariel81.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Congrats to all the nAvaLisTs commending the great leadership of this Administration.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Amazing what happens - when Democrats fight back hard.
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Luke Ranker🚶‍♂️ @lukeranker.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A federal jury found that Live Nation, the concert giant that owns Ticketmaster, has operated as a monopoly in violation of federal and state antitrust laws, ending a closely watched trial in New York that could have far-reaching consequences in the music industry. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/a...
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Jury Finds Live Nation Acts as a Monopoly in a Victory for States
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U.S. Secretary of Hockey @rariel81.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Liberal reform Jewish organization doing Trump/MAGA's work for them. This is a horrendous statement. urj.org/press-room/u...
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URJ Statement on AIPAC, Campaign Rhetoric, and Antisemitism
We are deeply concerned by efforts to single out AIPAC as a particularly malign influence in campaign finance.
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U.S. Secretary of Hockey @rariel81.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Finally!
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Workers are pruning trees in upstate New York before season begins. "We have to climb up and down the ladders to reach all the branches. The mud makes it difficult to stabilize the ladder and the work is much harder." #WeFeedYou
Apple trees in upstate New York on a rainy day
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
It's going to be fitting if Trump eventually negotiates all the way to "the Obama Deal but gas is now $10 a gallon"
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 09/04/2026
NEW: Pots, kettles. www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-influ...
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MAGA Influencers Are Salivating Over Jailing Each Other
And it’s all over a supposed DOJ probe into whether foreign money is influencing conservative content on Iran.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"Many of those governments will gather in Colombia on 28-29 April for a conference to begin a global transition...Critically, the First International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels will not be governed by UN rules, which require consensus, but by majority rule"
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
There is no safe level of exposure to content on X. Toxic effects present within days as you mistakenly retweet a "good point" by an anti-semite you never heard of. Sound political views are compromised within months. After a year, brain poisoning has taken hold and you're promoting Tucker Carlson.
@jonfavs on X: The entire monologue is worth watching

[Tucker Carlson]
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/04/2026
STUNNING: Trump is now bragging about agreeing to use Iran’s 10-point peace framework as the basis for negotiations. Here’s what that 10-point framework includes. There’s no other way to spin this—it’s complete and utter capitulation.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The [Florida] Bar rejected a well-founded complaint against her last year on the premise that it doesn’t go after lawyers while they occupy federal constitutional office. Now the disciplinary complaint will have to go forward.
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Editorial: The spectacular rise and sudden fall of Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi deserved to go. She ranks among the worst attorneys general in history for her politicizing of the Justice Department. But Trump appears to have fired her for not being bad enough.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to Alex Jones. But there is nevertheless a very real schism ongoing around Iran. Marjorie Taylor Green (whose influence among the MAGA faithful appears massively reduced) called for the 25th Amendment this morning.
Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸
@FmrRepMTG
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25TH AMENDMENT!!!
Not a single bomb has dropped on America. We cannot kill an entire civilization. 
This is evil and madness.

[underneath is Trump's "whole civilization will die tonight" post]
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is a remarkable story of a longtime DOJ prosecutor, portrayed here as not especially competent, who has become a big star in this administration because he will eagerly do preposterous things for them. GIFT LINK: www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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This Prosecutor Was Floundering. Now He’s a Go-To Guy at Trump’s DOJ.
After Pam Bondi’s ouster, the administration will likely lean even more heavily on lawyers such as Robert Keenan.
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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The war in Iran is also doing this if you want to throw in some dumb shit about gas prices but that's too much to ask for a Senator's staffer I guess
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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Andrea Pedro-Francisco was detained in Burnsville, Minn. without a warrant on her way to work cleaning houses on Feb. 5 — a week before she was scheduled for surgery to remove the cyst, which if left untreated could result in the loss of her ovary. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/07/t...
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Texas judge denies petition to release woman detained in Minnesota with medical condition • Minnesota Reformer
A woman arrested in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge must remain in an immigration detention facility in Texas pending deportation proceedings even as she suffers excruciating pain from a large ...
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
No Kristi Noem, no Greg Bovino but still no change in how ICE unlawfully attacks and brutally, permanently harms innocent American citizens This is why Democrats refused to fund DHS. They didn’t want money going to this rogue outfit. And they were 1000% right Disband ICE
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