Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026english.nv.ua/nation/mosco...english.nv.uaMoscow airports cancel nearly 500 flights amid drone attackMoscow's Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports temporarily restricted arrivals and departures amid a drone attack on Moscow Oblast, Russia's aviation authority Rosaviatsia said, according to the Astra Teleg... 0122
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026english.nv.ua/nation/mosco...english.nv.uaMoscow airports cancel nearly 500 flights amid drone attackMoscow's Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports temporarily restricted arrivals and departures amid a drone attack on Moscow Oblast, Russia's aviation authority Rosaviatsia said, according to the Astra Teleg... 070
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026news.sky.com/story/ukrain...news.sky.comUkraine war latest: Passenger ferry hit by Ukrainian drone, Russia says - after Zelenskyy warns of 'massive attack' by MoscowFive people have been killed in Ukrainian strikes in the Russian-occupied peninsula of Crimea and in Russia's Krasnodar region. It comes after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of an impe... 151
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Why, because they stopped reporting about this www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/w...nytimes.comThey Fled to Safety in Palestinian Territory, Then Settlers Attacked Again 000
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 17/05/2026So a political party can gerrymander for political gain, but a group of black voters may not? Huh?🤔 131
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/w...nytimes.comThey Fled to Safety in Palestinian Territory, Then Settlers Attacked Again 012
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/w...nytimes.comThey Fled to Safety in Palestinian Territory, Then Settlers Attacked Again 020
Reposted by Ray de GroatMarie In Atlanta @marie-atl.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Thank you Swedish Friends for supporting our fight against dictatorship! #NoKings 🇺🇸💙🇸🇪 021
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Democracy NOT dictatorship! No Dictators protest in Stockholm, Sweden @demsabroad.bsky.social @iceoutstockholm.bsky.social #ICEout #NoDictators #NoKings #DemocratsAbroad 212230
Reposted by Ray de GroatUSA TODAY @usatoday.com · 28/03/2026'No Kings' protests, the third of their kind, are happening across the country today, including in Atlanta. Here are event locations.bit.ly'No Kings' protests happening today in Atlanta. See event locations'No Kings' protests, the third of their kind, are happening across the country today, including in Atlanta. Here are event locations. 06020
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 06/03/2026This is my house rep from California. He’s not perfect, but neither am I 000
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. News of Noem firing amounts to a nothing burger. Are they still chewing their Noem nothing burger on CNN? US media is part of the problem. Meanwhile Dominion owned by Republicans. The fix for the midterms is in. 000
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Nice message. On another topic, even as an amateur, amateur astronomer, that moon don’t look right. 000
Reposted by Ray de GroatAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 30/01/2026Let’s give him credit…. At least the corruption isn’t hidden. He’s doing it right out in the open. The name “Trump” will be treated like Benedict Arnold’s name within the decade 3784180976
Reposted by Ray de GroatGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/01/2026After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime. 6303561012728
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 28/01/2026I’m wondering how information on leased or rental vehicles is handled. Suppose the vehicle belongs to Hertz or Avis. Can ICE immediately cross check data from these private companies as well? 000
Reposted by Ray de GroatPeter Andringa @peter.andringa.me · 10/12/2025NEW: We took a deep dive into ICE's data dragnet: the data brokers, biometrics tools, and license plate readers powering Trump's deportation effort. Some of the contracts are for tools previous administrations deemed too intrusive.ig.ft.comTrump’s immigration data dragnetThe US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year 33849459
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 26/01/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o... The New York Times Editorial Board: Truth is a line of demarcation between a democratic government and an authoritarian regime.nytimes.comOpinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act. 000
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 28/11/2025www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-lo...voanews.comUkraine looks back with regret at 1994 deal requiring it to give up nukesUkrainian officials call the Budapest Memorandum 'a monument to short-sightedness in strategic security decision-making' and ask for a NATO membership 010
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Because Trump has already shown he will fund parts of government he wants, and defund the rest. No, there’s no negotiating with the Republicans. It’s Trump’s agenda regardless of what you do. Short answer: It ends when the American people stand up and say they’ve had enough. 170
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 21/10/2025It certainly makes a good case for open source, open hardware and open infrastructure rather than reliance on a handful of closed source proprietary platforms. #openinfra 130
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 20/10/2025I highly recommend the Cisco certification path for everyone who needs to understand networking. 010
Reposted by Ray de GroatMother Jones @motherjones.com · 20/10/2025Miners and their advocates are begging the administration to enforce a Biden-era rule meant to protect them.motherjones.comBlack lung keeps killing America's coal miners. Does Donald Trump even care?Miners and their advocates are begging the administration to enforce a Biden-era rule meant to protect them. 38346126
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 13/10/2025www.youtube.com/shorts/fD5GM...youtube.comIn 2013, Trump Said the President is Always to Blame for Government ShutdownsYouTube video by NextGen America 010
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 28/09/20251) plutocrats and their political action committees, (2) petrostates and their politicians and polluters, (3) fake and venal professionals—physicians and professors, (4) propagandists, especially those with podcasts, and (5) the press. The general tactic is that (1) and (2) hire (3) to generate… 010
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Trump attacks Tom Hanks after West Point cancels event honoring actor - The Guardian apple.news/AK6S5e0r9TaW...apple.newsTrump attacks Tom Hanks after West Point cancels event honoring actor — Guardian USPresident calls Hanks ‘woke’ in vitriolic post after US Military Academy calls off ceremony with little explanation 020
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Oh so now she’s a diplomat and expert in foreign investors 000
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Then tell him to put his differences aside and support the Democratic nominee for city Mayor now! You cannot expect votes from progressives when you don’t respect the Democratic primary process yourself. Endorse the Democratic primary winner Zohran Mamdani now! 110
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 08/09/2025And he will continue to take AIPAC money and withhold support from the Democratic nominee for New York City Mayor. I say you can’t call yourself a Democrat when you withhold support for our nominee whenever it suits your big Israeli donors. 010
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Hot mic picks up Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality. "Human organs can be continuously transplanted. The longer you live, the younger you become, and (you can) even achieve immortality." Creepy. apple.news/AiW_IUEpxSe-...apple.newsHot mic picks up Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality — Reuters(This Sept 3 story has been corrected to withdraw videos, with no changes to text) 020
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 06/09/2025youtu.be/IcvxBDiC8QQyoutu.beFawlty Towers - HammerYouTube video by Djembawemba 1140
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Yeah, there must at least be a plan in place to bring back highly exploitable non-unionized construction laborers. The US economy depends on cheap labor. 2150
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 06/09/2025But then they wouldn’t be undocumented and exploitable. They would be documented and unionized right? 390
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 06/09/2025This isn’t Korea. If the US really needs so many foreign workers, why not document and unionize them? And if it’s a crime, how can the company get away with this? Where’s the accountability with the management? 150
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 04/09/2025And you're on again in less than an hour. www.youtube.com/live/MPX0WEU...youtube.comTrump DOJ Pressures States, Demanding 2020 Voting Machines Despite Local Pushback 9/4/25YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show 010
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 23/08/2025National ownership of factories (the means of production) is the definition of socialism. If you’re confused by this, it’s because they’ve been falsely conflating socialism with welfare. Like corporate welfare. 010
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Vladimir Putin will face “very severe consequences” if he does not agree a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine at his summit with Donald Trump in Alaska, the US president said on Wednesday. Well? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...theguardian.comPutin faces ‘very severe consequences’ if no Ukraine truce agreed, Trump saysUS president also says he would push for three-way summit with Volodymyr Zelenskyy if Alaska meeting goes well 020
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 15/08/2025And withdraw troops from Ukraine! Like, not invade Ukraine, would and the war right there. Tell Trump if he wants to end the war, he should tell Putin to withdraw troops from Ukraine and go back to Russia. 010
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 15/08/2025I hope Europe isn’t expecting too much from the US. apple.news/AVF3nlG5gQri...apple.newsPutin to offer financial incentives to Trump at Ukraine summit — Guardian USRussian leader plans to discuss economic ties, in appeal to Trump’s business instincts, alongside future of Ukraine 010
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Remember: The purpose of a museum is to exhibit, history, culture, art and science, some of which may not always be in alignment with what the president wants. White House orders review of Smithsonian exhibits to ensure alignment with Trump directives - CNN apple.news/A6xSTDR1hS0C...apple.newsWhite House orders review of Smithsonian exhibits to ensure alignment with Trump directives — CNNThe White House is conducting a comprehensive internal review of exhibits and materials at the Smithsonian Institution in an effort to comply with President Donald Trump’s directive about what should ... 010
Reposted by Ray de GroatAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Newsom: If California, one of the most un-Trumped states in America, is not successful, it’s at our peril. We may not get this back. I’m telling you, we may not. He is rigging this next midterm election before one vote is cast. He tried to wreck our democracy after the last vote was cast last time. 567270118011
Ray de Groat @raydegroat.bsky.social · 14/08/2025It seems a very “in your face” response to the whole “manosphere” thing. 110
