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RayHether

@rayhether.bsky.social
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I’m a former high school drop out who was rescued by federal social service programs (Upward Bound). Ultimately completed MBA in finance and retired in 2021 after years in retail, energy, and state regulatory positions.

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RayHether @rayhether.bsky.social · 2h
Remember the Metaverse? Tech’s Hunger for the Next Big Thing Long Predated AI talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/remem...
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Remember the Metaverse? Tech’s Hunger for the Next Big Thing Long Predated AI
We’ve been following this conversation here in The Editors’ Blog about what...
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RayHether @rayhether.bsky.social · 4h
Bill Pulte Guts the IG Office That Investigated Him talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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Bill Pulte Guts the IG Office That Investigated Him
Cuts Would Put IG Office Out of Business In a move that...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 7h
Wow, these job numbers are TERRIBLE. Many people are saying we must have an “incompetent” president who is “asleep at the wheel”
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Marcus SOBER 5 YEARS @papacitogordo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Who thinks the United States Supreme Court is corrupt and illegitimate?
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 6h
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Meidas Paul Wigton 🫘 🇺🇳🇺🇦 @rvroomie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
TODAY IN SPORTSBALL: The Iowa Hawkeyes play the Atlanta Hawks in an exhibition game to raise awareness of GOP stupidity. 🫩😵‍💫🙄🤬
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h
“.. shifting away tens of millions of dollars in a move that signals that Republicans no longer see a path to winning the state ..” @nytimes.com #NCsen www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 6h
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David Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 6h
How Desperate To Delete Voters Are Nativist Bigot Republicans? THIS Petty And Desperate. www.wonkette.com/p/how-desper...
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How Desperate To Delete Voters Are Nativist Bigot Republicans? THIS Petty And Desperate.
If you are an American citizen living abroad, you have the right to vote. And you still have time.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
🚨 The last jobs report before the midterms is a disaster. Just 29,000 jobs added in September. Unemployment rose to 4.2%. July was revised down to a LOSS of 10,000 jobs, while August was revised down by 29,000 jobs, from 162,000 to 133,000. 1/
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
CNN on the last jobs report before the midterms: "It came in cold -- surprisingly cold. Job growth weaker than expected, unemployment unexpectedly went up, and paychecks aren't keeping up with prices. This was disappointing all around."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
Exit polls showed that 75% of truckers voted for Trump in 2024. Now they are struggling to survive.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.
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Love @celiebug.bsky.social · 7h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h
“Could be a major conflict of interest” Lol ya think, @CNN? The Trump family is the most brazenly corrupt family ever. American kleptocracy. www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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TelecomOne @telecomone.bsky.social · 6h
I am surprised Trump didn't instruct the labor department to lie about the numbers.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
DUN DUN DUN -- Fox Business on the September jobs report: "The numbers do not look good. I'm looking at 29,000 jobs added. That is well below expectations for 90,000, and our unemployment rate jumps up to 4.2%. A significant slowdown."
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Michael Banach @m1db.bsky.social · 6h
Trump and Only Trump did this....
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 6h
What is this guy anyway? Who and Why? 💰⛽️💰⛽️💰☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 6h
NEW AD: Are you a data center company looking to take over rural Texas? Are you a crime-loving millionaire looking to throw the FBI off your scent? Are you a child predator looking to get out of jail after just 1 day? Call 844-WHOS-KEN to hear what Ken Paxton can do for you!
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 17h
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 6h
My kind of library
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A Christian Resistance @xianresistance.bsky.social · 7h
"Someone who says, ‘I am against abortion’ but says, ‘I am in favour of the death penalty’ is not really pro-life." ~ Pope Leo XIV #BlessedAreTheMerciful #AbolishTheDeathPenalty
Color photo of Pope Leo smiling & waving to the crowd during outdoor mass. He is wearing white liturgical vestments & a matching miter embroidered with blue stripes & gold hems, black crosses, & green leafs. He is holding a silver crozier (Bishop's staff) topped with a crucifix. 📸 Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media/Getty
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Tisiphone @tisiphone.bsky.social · 9h
Rape apologist off the port bow.
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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 9h
Last I checked, America belongs to Americans. Period. But more importantly, one American disagreeing with another American’s politics doesn’t mean that either of them hate America, and it never has.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h
Today's jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy. What's required is investment in working people — and better wages. When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs. Remember this.
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Hypno Dude @hypno-help.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
My dog is being a dick again…
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h
Okay but you understand that there are very meaningful differences between the President and Congress, right? You can't just say "Well if the President can break the rules then Congress can do anything it wants," because one does not follow the other.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h
Similarly, people keep asking me if immigration will get much better if Democrats retake Congress and the answer is "probably not." ICE is largely insulated from Congressional pushback (the 2026 budget reconciliation bill funded them through 2029) and hearings and subpoenas can only do so much.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 8h
To everyone who's stood by my friend Davey Hearn: he's so grateful & so are we Davey says if it can happen to him, it can happen to anybody, & you showed up like you knew it @democracydefendersfund.org, @washlitgroup.bsky.social & Steptoe are proud to stand w/ him & w/ you Davey on GMA👇 -TN
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 6h
Call the Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline at 844-WHOS-KEN. Learn about his record and leave him a voicemail. (It’s a real number.)
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h
Hard to disagree with this.
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RayHether @rayhether.bsky.social · 7h
Yet More … talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/yet-m...
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Yet More …
We’re seeing article after article now restating in slightly different ways the...
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MS NOW @ms.now · 01/10/2026
Bruce is headlining the “Power To The People” concert THIS SATURDAY! One chance to see it live. SET YOUR REMINDER AND WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLnT...
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Debby Williams 💙♐️ @dwilliams1210.com · 8h
U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, the government reported Friday, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a time of discontent over the high cost of living and the state of the economy.
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US adds disappointing 29,000 jobs and unemployment ticks up to 4.2% in September
U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, the government reported Friday, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a...
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 9h
In response to the mad, boorish, wanna-be king, repeated, public displays of affection for the Kennedy Center have erupted.
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Undaunted Arts in D.C.
🚨32 Days to the Midterms🚨
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mariaevajarrous.bsky.social @mariaevajarrous.bsky.social · 8h
We've paid enough for his illegal involvement in our government. Nobody wants this bastard in there. We have enough of them right now. Call your representatives.☎️
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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 7h
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h
NEW: Oregon’s top housing official failed to report her husband’s involvement with projects that her agency funds. She disclosed this only after we asked. “In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need ProPublica for this kind of thing,” a former official said.
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Oregon Housing Director Failed to Report Husband’s Related Business Interests
Andrea Bell, executive director of Oregon Housing and Community Services, filed amended state ethics paperwork after ProPublica asked about her husband’s work at a firm that’s consulted on projects re...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21h
A federal judge has ruled that Roger Rogoff, the judicially appointed U.S. attorney in Seattle, has been illegally fired by the Trump admin and must be provisionally reinstated by the Justice Department.
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Trump illegally fired Seattle’s U.S. attorney, judge rules
The ruling is the latest in a string of decisions finding that the administration bent federal law to keep loyalists in key prosecutorial posts.
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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 7h
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19h
Rep. Mike Collins, a GOP U.S. Senate candidate, recently said he was “fine” with the idea of Trump sending federal troops to voting sites. “It may be fine with you,” Marc Elias says, “but it’s not fine with federal law.” Keep watch on the people rewriting the rules: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 7h
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RayHether @rayhether.bsky.social · 8h
JD Vance Says Black, Socialist Candidate for Senate Doesn’t ‘Belong in America’ talkingpointsmemo.com/the-brief/jd...
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JD Vance Says Black, Socialist Candidate for Senate Doesn’t ‘Belong in America’
A New Chapter in Vance’s Effort to Police Who’s American JD Vance...
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ravindave63.bsky.social @ravindave63.bsky.social · 11h
Yeah should be a no-brainer this f****** guy should have been impeached let's see right after January 6th so he could have been locked up and put in a f****** jail cell where he belongs
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RayHether @rayhether.bsky.social · 8h
Bain & Company Brainstorms Where The AI Revenue’s Gonna Come From talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bain-...
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Bain & Company Brainstorms Where The AI Revenue’s Gonna Come From
A friend sent me this new Bain & Company study on the...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
MAGA says they only want judges born in the US. Fine. Start with Trump’s BFF, Aileen Cannon, who was born in Cali, Colombia. Let’s see how long that rule lasts.
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RayHether @rayhether.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why would “Left Action” go after my MN U.S. Senator Tina Smith for MO U.S. Senator Schmitt’s actions?
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The former head of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee alleged that Vladimir Putin possesses a comprehensive kompromat file on Donald J. Trump. He didn’t suggest it. He stated it. The file, he said, is extensive, meticulously documented, and designed not to destroy Trump — but to control him.
According to Mussayev, the kompromat includes financial records showing illicit transactions connected to accounts either owned by Trump or clearly affiliated with his name. It also contains statements from operatives who were directly involved in kompromat operations — individuals who could, if necessary, provide witness testimony confirming the authenticity and intent behind the material. Most damning of all, he claims, are the recordings: audio and video documentation of sexual crimes against minors and acts of violence against women.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’ve known many other defense secretaries, starting with Cap Weinberger, who served as defense secretary under Reagan. I can say without fear of contradiction that Pete Hegseth is the stupidest and least qualified of them all. He is a danger to the entire world. He must be impeached.
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