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Rick O’Brien

@richardjobrien.bsky.social
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REMOVE, RESET 𝔸𝕃𝕃𝔼ℝ𝔾𝕀ℂ 𝕋𝕆 𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸𝕥𝕤 The cost of inaction is everything. I try to be kind and understand. Don’t distract me!

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Michelle @michellesea.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 3h
Facts.
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Stephen Wunderlich @swonder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Todd Blanche Disastrously Admits Trump’s Supreme Court Shadow Docket Scam
Attorney General Todd Blanche was asked if using the Supreme Court’s shadow docket was doing an end run around the court system, and said it wasn’t but his description was an admission it was.
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scubapopeye.bsky.social @scubapopeye.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I know you’re tired. Exhausted even. The madness that has gripped this country is tiring A thought Take some time for yourself Hug your family and friends Eat the cookie Snuggle with your pets You have to protect your mental health Not for anyone else but you Whatever it takes 💙
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
michaeljochum.substack.com/p/the-music-...
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The Music Gives Me Hope
The Work is Still Ours
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia is working on bio-weapons in Siberia.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 01/10/2026
When Time asked Trump whether he’d rule out declaring a state of emergency in the runup to the midterms, he should’ve said, “Of course that won't happen.” Instead, he hedged. Given the broader pattern, I find it tough to shrug off stuff like this. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Trump hedges when asked about using the Insurrection Act ahead of midterms
In light of his track record, it’s tough to shrug when he dodges a question about possibly declaring a state of emergency ahead of the elections.
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Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Rick O’Brien @richardjobrien.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“…We’ll see where this goes, but it WAS an interesting day!” Bravo, Senator!
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Sandy Wolf @sandywolf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 01/10/2026
i am having trouble articulating this but a system that excuses gang rape as a youthful error on behalf of college men with ~ bright futures ~ does so because it is served by producing older men who are comfortable with, even enthusiastic about, torturing people at the system's behest
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Heroine
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Nurse charged with helping man in hospital escape from ICE custody
FBI accuses Chloe Freeman of federal misdemeanor in case of undocumented Mexican migrant arrested in Michigan
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If the Baltic states, the UK and France are not invited to discuss the state of NATO with the USA, then the other European NATO states should refuse to attend as well. European security needs to be seen as a whole, only Putin (and Trump) wants to divide it up. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting
Some of Europe’s biggest defense spenders — and U.S. allies — were not invited to a Pentagon-led meeting to discuss the alliance.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I for one feel so much safer knowing that the future of the American military will be determined by the reanimated corpse of Henry Ford, Temu Isaac Asimov, and Matt Gaetz’s Hawaiian shirt and flip flop wearing gamer bro brother in law.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
HOLD MEN ACCOUNTABLE.......💪🏻
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anything "guard", "protect" etc that comes out if THIS administration mouths, is immediate cause for concern... 😏
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a political time to wake up EVERYDAY prepared to Speak Truth to Power!..
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes.
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Derek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution truthout.org/articles/ita...
truthout.org
Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution
Amazon is huge and powerful, but Italian workers have shown it can be forced to negotiate. Could US workers do the same?
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why pick one when its clearly both....
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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
By keeping Mahmood, not proscribing the balaclava racists as terrorists, & pushing all the stuff THIS COUNTRY needs fixed RIGHT NOW off until a mythical win in '29 you're destroying us. You'll never have this majority again. Never have this opportunity again. Grab it. Now.
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 24/09/2026
We're doing infrastructure all wrong. Just a few well placed high speed rail lines, with of course wildlife overpasses in key places, and we'd alleviate some of that highway congestion. But nooooo We gotta prioritize fossil fuels.
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Belana @belana9.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
 Miles Taylor, was in tRUMP 1.0 Denounces🍊🤮 I agree with him 💯 that🖕🏽Hakeem Jeffries🖕🏽must be jettisoned‼️ To quote Jen Welsh, “We have to vote for good people instead of prostitutes” Taylor states why 🍊🤮 was an outta control train in 1.0 & now a 🚆w/t no brakes #USDemocracy youtu.be/ixuH-GbSlnM?...
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🚨 INSIDER REVEALS the LEAKS in WH and Trump’s HIDDEN SECRET!
YouTube video by I've Had It
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Meet the real AI ‘rogue agent’: Lord Watson of Palantir. I am sick to the teeth of this current AI hype cycle & its perversion of language. The only thing going ‘rogue’ right now are AI boosters, a gullible & compliant press & a Labour Lord 1/ broligarchy.substack.com/p/meet-the-r...
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Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson
A Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now
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Rick O’Brien @richardjobrien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Alexander—Thinkin' Texan (I discuss ideas, not people) @alexander001a.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🤔 While the GOP claims the lineage, there have been major shifts that can demonstrate that while the 'brand' is the same, it's not the same ownership or product. This is like saying I bought an RCA TV today thinking that it's the same company, standards, & ownership, of the original pre-1986 entity.
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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"there is a clear hierarchy where quantitative metrics sit atop qualitative assessments of change. It is also worth noting that engagement is easily conflated with reach rather than actual audience interaction." pulitzercenter.org/sites/defaul... Much good data here
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
780,000 Records Vanished Texas bans online voter registration with one exception: the DPS portal. Renew or update a license online, check a box, and you're registered. For about a year, many registrations went nowhere. The system produced "incomplete" records. So they never reached the Counties.
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Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Speak Truth....
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blackskin6.bsky.social @blackskin6.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
To be awake, to be woke, to be consciously aware is a threat to those up to no good. The Republican mantra is: Americans take your ass back to sleep
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Rick O’Brien @richardjobrien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s worse for 45-47 and his enablers that it’s reported now so soon to Election Day
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AI Climate Project @aiclimateproject.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A sh*t-ton of famous people being right youtube.com/shorts/oQvJO...
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Hollywood Stars Warned Voters About Trump Back in 2016 #Trump #Hollywood #Politics
YouTube video by Lamont Tyson
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This just keeps getting bigger.
bbc.co.uk
OpenAI bots meddled with US government agencies, including SEC and Census
OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.
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KimberCanada @kimberleybsb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Everyone should support this
A screenshot from YouTube, ABC channel, of Macklemore, who has blonde, short hair, and a moustache, and is wearing a white shirt with blue and purple geometric designs on the shoulders, and a white and purple neckerchief. 

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Macklemore announces
'Free Palestine' tour after Ed Sheeran controversy
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 25/09/2026
“We’re not conceding. We’re just increasing the morphine.”
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Rick O’Brien @richardjobrien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Human Rights, Privacy, Public Health suffer under glorified Property Rights
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Will Newsom side with Property Rights aficionados or Human Rights protectors?
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Rick O’Brien @richardjobrien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Veritas vincit "Truth conquers"
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Veritas vincit "Truth conquers"
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PNW Cat Mommy @shks12.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Nike co-founder gives $1bn to University of Oregon in historic donation
Phil Knight and wife, Penny, make largest known donation to a public university to fund a new engineering school
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/09/2026
Nolan Wells was murdered. No doubt in my mind.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
DOGE fired thousands of FDA employees, our food is constantly contaminated, companies are donating millions to a MAGA super PAC, and grocery’s continue to become more expensive. Am I supposed to blame Biden?
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
it is genuinely obscene that prior to this point it was considered good for american democracy that nixon and reagan were never prosecuted
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
tech ceos are openly salivating about the idea of kids losing basic literacy and numeracy. this tells you pretty much all you need to know
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Wayne A. Lawson, PhD @docwaynealawson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Rick O’Brien @richardjobrien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Truth paraphrased: “40 jobs, max, their own fire department, razor wire, MASSIVE fiber…” Why is this not a front page / headline story on all forms of media? Oh, Well worth watching
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Slow tourism in Kyrgyzstan really should be a bigger thing
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