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Rod Proctor

@rpwpb.bsky.social
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Retired print reporter/editor. Veteran, Army and Air Force. University of Oklahoma. Disillusioned idealist. Resume includes The Palm Beach Post, UPI, Tulsa World, Japan Times, Stars and Stripes, the New York Post and Newsmax. Boomer Sooner!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
Donnie having a late night cry.
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Rod Proctor @rpwpb.bsky.social · 2h
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Famed Epstein reporter sounds alarm as predator's ally reaches brink of governorship
A reporter famous for exposing notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein is warning that one of his allies is about to take power.Julie K. Brown, whose Miami Herald investigation into Epstein's sweethear...
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Rod Proctor @rpwpb.bsky.social · 2h
* So much for “the world’s largest democracy”. Is the world’s oldest taking a similar path? India detains thousands, locks down Delhi to foil election chief protest - www.reuters.com/world/india/...
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India detains thousands, locks down Delhi to foil election chief protest
Thousands of police and paramilitary personnel deployed across the city, mobile internet services were suspended and dozens of metro stations and markets were shut as authorities moved to stop a rally...
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Rod Proctor @rpwpb.bsky.social · 19h
This is what we would expect from Russia or the old apartheid South Africa. Not the United States we once knew. Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
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Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions
U.S. officials announced the new, sweeping punishments just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize committee gave its annual honor to a former court judge.
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Al Toth @atoth99.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thursday 👍 @ionef.bsky.social @stoplossmaxwin.bsky.social @olafprettysky4fwmf.bsky.social @atoth99.bsky.social @paullr.bsky.social @pembrokemeg.bsky.social @preciouspetal.bsky.social @johncusack.bsky.social
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
From Robin Rouby-Progressive Cartoons
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed: "Under Trump and Hegseth, you're seeing extremes that you never would have imagined. The idea that you want to livestream somebody's death for children to watch is truly extreme ... I don't want that to be politics as usual."
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The plague has entered the chat. And Trump is killing science. Trump’s Plan to Corrupt American Science: OMB’s Russell Vought would bring all federal research grants under direct political control, to align with ‘the president’s agenda.’ VOTE prospect.org/2026/07/14/t...
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Trump’s Plan to Corrupt American Science - The American Prospect
OMB’s Russell Vought would bring all federal research grants under direct political control, to align with ‘the president’s agenda.’
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is the vice president's guy, no? This should be every headline, it should lead every newscast and EVERY REPUBLICAN SHOULD BE ASKED ABOUT IT.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Memo to Democrats: you can't win the public's trust if you drink from the same corporate trough as the Republicans. Reject Big AI Money (and all corporate campaign contributions) and regulate AI. www.commondreams.org/news/ai-electi…
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Voters in Key States See AI Campaign Cash as More Politically Toxic Than AIPAC: Poll | Common Dreams
"Candidates should seek support from the AI industry at their own peril."
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I approve this message 👇
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Fllics @fllics.com · 09/10/2026
NYC ICE shooting draws protests at Marble Hill scene after Mamdni says man and child were in car An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot a man in New York City on Thursday, according to Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD. Mamdani noted ICE agents surrounded a man and a 5-year-old…
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NYC ICE shooting draws protests at Marble Hill scene after Mamdni says man and child were in car
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot a man in New York City on Thursday, according to Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD. Mamdani noted ICE agents surrounded a man and a 5-year-old child in a car before firing multiple times. A protest at the scene in the Marble Hill neighborhood followed the shooting and news of those involved, with protesters chanted slogans including "ICE off our streets now" and carrying signs calling for accountability.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Texas GOP Already Know They're Losing 29 Days Out Luke Macias, voice of Tim Dunn's Billionaire Oil funded machine, admits Democrats have the energy and Republicans are discouraged. Now he's pointing fingers. Ignoring his own culpability. #TexasBlueWave 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...
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The Texas GOP Already Knows It's Losing
Tim Dunn's mouthpiece is pre-assigning blame for November.
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Ernesto @ernest33141.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#STEPHENMILLER WARNS ON @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy : "IF THE #DEMOCRATS REGAIN POWER, IT'S GAME OVER. THEY'RE GOING TO PUT #TRUMP IN PRISON” #BlueWaveTsunamiIsComingSoon #RemoveTheRegime @larrycolvin.bsky.social @baron333.bsky.social @jaybird54.bsky.social @bluthrunthru.bsky.social
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump voters are looking my way because I'm not bought off. I want money out of politics, money in your pocket, and Medicare for All.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/10/2026
Imagine being Blake Johnson, an Iowa father of 3, discovering your water has 3X the legal nitrate limit. He goes to Washington for answers, and Rep. Ashley Hinson, who takes agribusiness money, reportedly RUNS AWAY and hides behind a locked door. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What Macias Said On his Texas Scorecard show, Macias concedes what pollsters have said for months: Democrats are fired up, Republicans aren't. He cites cost of living and gas prices, starts to blame the Iran war. He omits who set Texas policy. youtu.be/ZyLjr4jOohY?...
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If Texas turns blue, everything changes. Here’s how
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨NYPD ARREST protesters who are rallying against ICE in NYC. This is taking place outside the hospital where a man is being guarded by ICE agents after being SHOT by them in his car
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I dunno who did this, but bless their soul.
Image of Senator Susan Collins dressed as a royal monarch with a banner across the image which reads, "let them eat salt."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A new Pew Research Center poll has Trump’s approval rating plunging to just 30% — his lowest showing in a high-quality poll this term. His previous low was 31% in a recent AP-NORC poll. A whopping 68% of Americans now disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/10/2026
‘Chaos and cruelty’: the kids trapped in Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign
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‘Chaos and cruelty’: the kids trapped in Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign
Children are being detained in record numbers, sometimes alone and where lawyers and family cannot find them
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
OSSOFF: Mike Collins is one of the most extreme members of Congress. He's a Trump puppet election denier. I want to hear if Mike still believes the 2020 election was stolen. What do you say Mike? COLLINS: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
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Rod Proctor @rpwpb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This needs to go viral so at least Natalie Harp will see it.
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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 09/10/2026
Bassam al-Hassan, who oversaw Syria's chemical weapons program and was a senior advisor to former President Bashar al-Assad, moved to Beirut after fleeing Syria following the Assad regime's collapse in 2024.
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Syrian general accused of atrocities is protected by U.S. and Lebanon, NPR and BBC find
A scan of Bassam al-Hassan's Syrian ID that has been partially redacted. Bassam al-Hassan was a former Syrian general and a senior advisor to former President Bashar al-Assad. He is living in Lebanon, bankrolled and protected by American and Lebanese authorities. BBC
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump Says You're The Enemy If You Don't Use His New Preferred Term #HuffingtonPost
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Trump Says You're The Enemy If You Don't Use His New Preferred Term
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Russian Birthday" Putin War Criminal 5 children among murdered, in missile strike that collapsed 5-story apartment block. 28+ killed across #Ukraine during day as #Russia fired 70 missiles and 130 drones. #RussianWarCrimes #7thOctober #TheHague Thread 1/3🧵
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I will be at the polls and will walk with anyone who wants an escort. I may only be 5’1” and 112# but I’m as mean as they come if I have to be!!
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 09/10/2026
Feels to me like the U.S. government livestreaming the shooting death of a guy in a wheelchair is going to be in all the history books, and hopefully framed as the end of an era that was very bad, and not the start of an era that was much, much worse
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DianaResists @dianaresists.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Umm, *I was the “somebody”! www.c-span.org/clip/house-c...
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DianaResists @dianaresists.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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kevin464.bsky.social @kevin464.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🤣Winning
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
AP: “The president recently joked that he would cut off money to North Carolina, which is still healing from Hurricane Helene two years ago, if Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley lost.” How does AP know it’s a joke? Trump isn’t funny, but he is vindictive.
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Disaster relief funding is creeping into Trump's midterm rhetoric. Critics say it has no place there
President Donald Trump has turned emergency relief into a campaign talking point as a major hurricane approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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DianaResists @dianaresists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump squashed the investigation into Susan Collins’ bribe-taking. Now he owns her.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
US inflation is "entirely" due to Trump's tariffs. I am hard pressed to think of a worse decision by any President. The consequences were predicted, he did them anyway and here we are. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/08/i...
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Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says
Tariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is madness
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Janneke 🐞 @jannekebluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Serious question: why doesn't anyone intervene? This man is insane, and a danger, not only to the US but the whole world. How long must this freakshow go on?
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jlseig.bsky.social @jlseig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I agree, he’s nuts! I’m afraid HE will obliterate the world!
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Kev - Vote 💙 no matter who! @57kev.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
OMG WTF!!! These people truly are sick and evil at the same time.
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'Barbarity for the Sake of Barbarity': Trump Pentagon Confirms Plan to Livestream Firing Squad Execution | Common Dreams
The Pentagon's plan to livestream an execution by firing squad has sparked outrage and disgust.
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Rod Proctor @rpwpb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reminder: Voter registration deadlines are hitting TODAY, October 5, in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. Please make sure you’re registered to vote!
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Rod Proctor @rpwpb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.rawstory.com/dennis-haste...
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CBS News under fire over glaring omission in Dennis Hastert death announcement
CBS News set off a firestorm of criticism over its announcement on social media that disgraced former House speaker Dennis Hastert has died at 84.The longest-serving Republican House speaker was sente...
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Rod Proctor @rpwpb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Another trigger-happy cop gets away with it: Ex-Florida Deputy Is Acquitted in Killing of Airman at His Own Door www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Ex-Sheriff’s Deputy Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Airman Roger Fortson
The airman, Roger Fortson, had answered a knock at his home in Fort Walton Beach while holding a gun, and was shot within seconds. A Florida jury cleared the former deputy, Eddie Duran.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, who do you think is ‘really’ making all of Trump’s presidential decisions…i.e. immigration, war in Iran, the stripping away of our civil rights, and all the damage he’s done to our economy?! *Meanwhile, he’s busy playing golf and stealing… His two favorite pastimes, apparently. Enjoy. 😎✨
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