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@ritaswartz.bsky.social
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Writer (fiction, nonfiction, poetry); lover of compassion, justice, truth, and freedom.

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Lavonne @loveon9.bsky.social · 14h
2 FBI Agents Killed Who Were Investigating Epstein and a Seal Team 6 Commander: Ken Turner was part of a task force investigating... Epstein, Richard Marcinko (Seal Team 6 Commander), Earl Anthony Wayne (US Ambassador), and other US officials. ...and multiple people were killed.
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2 FBI Agents Killed in Mexico Investigating Epstein & Seal Team 6 Commander Richard Marcinko - How Is This Epstein File Not Front Page News
Watch now | "Prince Philip is a small fry compared to what we have uncovered.”
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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And here's the job loss announcement on day 1 of the shitty Paramount/Warner Bros. merger. Fear not. The billionaires will slash a bunch of jobs for their own selfish aims, but they'll do it "respectfully." This is what Newsom et al. folded to. Billionaire capture. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Skydance CEOs Acknowledge Layoffs Will Be Coming After Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: Read the Full Memo
Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery have officially merged into Skydance Corp. And the top leaders have notified the new company's staffers that layoffs are in the offing.
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 14h
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Laurie True Blue, PHR, SHRM-CP @laurietrueblue.bsky.social · 14h
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praying mantis @gentlem.bsky.social · 15h
www.erienewsnow.com/news/father-... The family of Angelina Stone has identified her, her 5-yo son Isaiah, 22-mo daughter Amari’anna, & unborn son Kyrie as amongst those killed in Erie, PA. Angelina’s father was the shooter. Article above has link to GFM for funeral expenses.
photo montage of Erie, PA family annihilation victims courtesy Black Community News FB
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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 18h
Iowans deserve someone representing them in Washington who actually fights for them and works on bipartisan solutions to people’s problems.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 17h
Sounds like a fair trade off. Whaddya say, rapist fuckheads? Ready to quit being sick bastards? Somehow, I doubt it.
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Dr. Laura Andreson, DO, FACOG (she/her) @lauraandreson4tn.bsky.social · 16h
I agree. Public dollars should stay in public schools. Vote to keep our Williamson County public schools strong!
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Democrats Abroad Canada @demsabroadcanada.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Thanks to our friend @brittlestar.com for this funny #VoteFromAbroad reminder. 🤣🤣🤣 We might live north of the border, but we can still vote in US elections. When we vote from abroad, Dems win! 🇺🇸🇨🇦 Do you know an American in Canada? Make sure they vote! votefromabroad.org @demsabroad.bsky.social
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GOP==CRIME @yd52.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The GOP has made the USA a global joke: A VERY BAD, NOT FUNNY, JOKE! #usdemocracy www.youtube.com/shorts/O-HKK...
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EU PARLIAMENT TROLLS TRUMP WITH GOLD STATUE
YouTube video by Tony Dortie
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 15h
The MAGA Trump Republican bought and paid for mainstream media. Do any have the cojones to actually fight back?
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h
BREAKING: In responding to one of two lawsuits challenging the legality of the Trump-praising DHS propaganda ads, DOJ tonight does not defend the ads on the merits — instead arguing that the ads are set to end on Sunday, so there will be no irreparable harm. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
Plaintiffs' motion should be denied because the alleged improper final agency action of which they are complaining "run[ning] partisan political ads, funded by U.S. taxpayers," Plaintiffs' Brief in Support of Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Section 705 Stay (Pls. Br.") (ECF No. 26) at 1-will not continue past tomorrow, the date on which briefing on their motion for a TRO will close. As such, Plaintiffs cannot demonstrate that a TRO is necessary to prevent imminent irreparable harm to them from Defendants' future conduct.
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GOP==CRIME @yd52.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If YOU value YOUR own rights, YOU must protect YOUR rights and the rights of EVERYONE! Without constitution-based rule of law, YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS! #usdemocracy www.youtube.com/shorts/EoOxV...
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NEW whistleblower EXPOSES TRUMP On CONGRESS FLOOR!🚨🚨🚨
YouTube video by Occupy Democrats
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Belana @belana9.bsky.social · 23h
Markwayne Mullen is a fraud  September 2012: Mullin Plumbing Received Federal Stimulus Funds • In September 2012, it was reported that Mullin Plumbing had received approximately $370,000 in federal stimulus funds through the Cherokee and Muscogee Nations. populartimelines.com/timeline/Mar...
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Most Talked-About Controversies Linked to Markwayne Mullin - Popular Timelines
Explore the public debates, scandals, and controversies that defined Markwayne Mullin's public image.
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 14h
Nail. Head. HIT.
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A 70% increase in families using food pantries is a bigger indicator of the economy than the stock market
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 14h
UN’s development arm calls for urgent action as crises could ‘throw tens if not hundreds of millions back into poverty’
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Developing nations face triple shock from energy crisis, El Niño and borrowing costs, UN warns
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crooksandliars.bsky.social @crooksandliars.bsky.social · 14h
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Sen. Marshall Stiffs Kansas Baker For Campaign Cookies
Sen. Roger Marshall stiffed a Kansas baker who made cookies for his campaign. The owner of a small Hutchinson, KS, bakery was left holding the bag after she made Marshall almost $700 worth of cookies.
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SweetWitch2697🔮🎱🪄-MY OPINIONS ARE MY OWN BEASTLY CONCOCTIONS! @sweetwitch2697.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
President Donald Trump has gotten worse day by day! He started defying our democracy and the Constitution during his 1st term. At the time he was the "change" candidate! He bungled the COVID response & attempted a coup on January 6th! What is next? deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/nobel-priz...
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Nobel prize winning psychiatrist: The more Trump’s dementia takes hold, the more likely he uses a nuclear weapon
We are being warned!
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ROCK OR SOMETHING @admiraljack.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
mfer’s seriously up there like “Yeah but what about all the people we DIDN’T shoot”
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 15h
Do any Republicans running Texas actually care?
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ritaswartz.bsky.social @ritaswartz.bsky.social · 14h
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
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Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18h
The police said she lied about being raped. Then she hit record.
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Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
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Lisa ⚖️🌎 @lhalljd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Surprise ! Democrats for Biggs is total farce! Lots of Russian propaganda!
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 15h
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Asked if he approved of the public execution,Trump said, “Absolutely.” After all, he’s been imagining executions since at least 1989 when he bought a full-page newspaper ad demanding that the Central Park Five be put to death. open.substack.com/pub/america/...
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How Much Lower Can Hegseth and Trump Go?
A Saturday Prompt
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 15h
An excerpt from American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World by David E. Stannard ⬇️
Page 69 of American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World by David E. Stannard. Describes the horrors inflicted by Columbus and his parties upon indigenous peoples.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This guy has been and still is my ‘human university’. By that I mean he’s taught, inspired and echoed my inner thoughts & theories more than any other human I’ve ever come across. Here he is talking about humanity’s “circling the drain”. His name — GEORGE CARLIN.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 14h
A plastic surgeon whose Illinois license was suspended following a Tribune investigation that found eight patient deaths connected to his Chicago clinic is now temporarily barred from practicing medicine in his home state of Michigan.
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Illinois plastic surgeon with 8 patient deaths suspended in second state
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Mayor Mamdani Doesn't Mince Words.......
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Bernie @bernfost1.bsky.social · 17h
Josh Shapiro put out a fierce call to accountability: "He's not thinking about giving you healthcare or restoring SNAP benefits... He’s making deals that hurt you." Pennsylvania needs leaders who stand up against chaos and put working families first.
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☆Jennїe S Jonzen☆ Is He Dead Yet?! 🖖LLAP🤟🍀✴️✳️🌟☘️🗽🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🌈🗿🌻💙💛⭐️ @astartiel.substack.com · 15h
Kill It With Fire!
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Stranger Things Flamethrower
ALT: Stranger Things Flamethrower
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 14h
Supertanker carrying 2 million barrels of Saudi oil hit off UAE coast: Footage shows the aftermath after the Panama-flagged supertanker GEM NO.2 was hit by a projectile off the UAE coast. The tanker was reportedly carrying around 2 million barrels of Saudi crude
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h
"The United States military is far better than this. Senior officials should protest, and if necessary resign, rather than being complicit in the voyeuristic degradation of our democracy."
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Hegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff Film
Neo-fascism as spectacles of violence.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 15h
Global Threads research project reveals how slavery hung ‘like a spectre’ over the Peterloo massacre and other Mancunian struggles for equality
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Study explores links between 19th-century Manchester workers and enslaved Africans in Caribbean
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 15h
Putin’s illegal, unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine has killed countless civilians and devastated an entire nation. Buying Russian diesel while Russia continues its war sends exactly the wrong message. The United States should be isolating the Kremlin, not helping finance its aggression.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h
“.. a profound escalation of the Trump administration’s ongoing battles with the White House press corps.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15h
A new documentary lays bare the human failings of Elon Musk—and the faith people put in him anyway, Megan Garber argues:
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‘Elon Is a Nuke’
A new documentary makes the case that Elon Musk is a human of mass destruction.
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Art and Politics with Renee @reneebfa.bsky.social · 15h
The united states of russia could have chosen Canadian 🇨🇦 diesel nope stabbs it’s alies in the back but it chooses russian because the orange tyrant is recreating russia in america youtu.be/z_nea0Q9ljA?...
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A Day in Kyiv October 10 2026 (1690) #Shorts
YouTube video by Chuck Olynyk
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Reuters @reuters.com · 15h
Nepal urges villagers to evacuate after flood triggered by landslide reut.rs/4equPtD
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Nepal urges villagers to evacuate after flood triggered by landslide
Nepali authorities urged villagers on Sunday to move to safer places after a massive ​flood in a river in the central part ‌of the country swept away several houses and infrastructure, but there were no reports of any casualties.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 15h
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 17h
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Joe Proctor: Okay So, You're An Asshole
ALT: Joe Proctor: Okay So, You're An Asshole
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WMBF News @wmbfnews.com · 15h
Off-duty ICE agent arrested, accused of assaulting 72-year-old man and his daughter while drunk #usnews
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Off-duty ICE agent shot after allegedly assaulting 72-year-old man and his daughter while drunk
An off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is facing charges after police say he assaulted an older man and his daughter.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 15h
Todd Blanche has launched an antitrust investigation into ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and even Fox News after the networks suspended their coverage of Trump in protest of him barring three news organizations from the White House. This is insanity. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 15h
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.washingtonsun.com/defense/sold... KegsBreath Should Be Impeached.
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Soldiers Are Already Looking for a Way Out of Hegseth’s Livestreamed Firing Squad
At least six soldiers are planning to file for preliminary religious exemptions, a nonprofit leader told The Sun. More are expected to follow.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2026
WATCH: Reporter Jake Pearson had an idea: Ask ProPublica editors for $$$, mimic the patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings and see if the app would encourage his recklessness. What he didn’t expect was how little pushback he’d get as he spiraled.
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I Gambled Away $10K to See If DraftKings Would Stop Me
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RedStateBlues @coolsprings.bsky.social · 15h
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 22h
Yosemite has been protected since 1890. A Trump donor bought the ranch next door for $4 million and wants a private road through the park. Tell Congress the answer is no: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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ElieMar @eliemar.bsky.social · 18h
Trump family is corrupt Sons get MILLIONS in Goverment contracts Trump trading stock in BILLIONS as POTUS Trump/3 Sons own WLF a Crypto empire illegally getting BILLIONS from Middle East kingdoms Kurshner investor in major Israely arms maker firm used in Trump Iran War Vote🩵 #usdemocracy #usa
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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 16h
Trump wants to ban the press but he doesn’t like it when the press fights back and doesn’t cover him. DOJ are nowi vestigating networks that suspended his pool coverage. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory #OneV1 apple.news/AIZI9A3APQ6W...
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Justice Department Probes TV Networks Over Suspension of Trump Press-Pool Coverage — The Wall Street Journal
Major TV networks that rotate coverage of the White House learned of the investigation Friday
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