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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽

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I follow pragmatic, constructive voices working to preserve democracy. Retired engineer, now a professional genealogist. Lifelong student of science, history, language.

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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Outrage for not being racist enough. Got it Arkansas campaign ad sparks conservative backlash for portraying lazy welfare recipient as white apnews.com/article/welf...
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Arkansas campaign ad sparks conservative backlash for portraying lazy welfare recipient as white
A new video from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was standard issue Republican messaging for promoting her state’s stricter rules for people on Medicaid.
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And so it starts … Hegseth says forces will guard election systems during midterms apnews.com/newsletter/m...
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Hegseth says forces will guard election systems during midterms, news outlets seek to block Trump from enforcing White House ban, OpenAI delays latest model
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They hate him. They really hate him.
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Pete Hegseth’s Ruthless Pentagon Nickname
They hate him.
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
RFK Jr to f*** this up in 3..2..1.. wcvb.com/article/mode...
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Cancer vaccine treatment that would be the first of its kind passes a key test
Moderna shares shot up after the company announced initial results from a study of an experimental mRNA-based cancer vaccine tailored to individuals.
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Gail Chandler @gailkiddenmom.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
@radiofreetom.bsky.social I don’t know if you have seen this yet, but it is an interesting perspective from a combat veteran’s point of view substack.com/@dbarkhuff/n...
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On Platner, and Me
I think it is a mistake to bet against Maine showing up for one of its own, and I think, if Graham Platner does not have any worse skeletons in the closet, he will win the primary next week despite hi...
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
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💙Patrice for Democracy 💙🦋🏖️♓️♻️ 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇵🇸🌈🐶🐱🐴🐾✝️🫶🏻☮️🥳🍷🎭⛴️🏈💙💚 @davis23patrice.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Pls. remember. ICE cannot be at polling places because of a statue. 18 U.S.C. § 592 is a fed law prohibiting military or civil officials of the U.S. govt from stationing troops or armed personnel at any general or special polling place. Violations can result in fines, up to five years in prison.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
8 million No Kings protesters Zero police officers beaten Zero police officers killed Zero feces smeared on walls.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Hey Paul Ryan, where the hell are you? And come to think of it, where are all the other Republicans who just walked away bcuz they wouldn’t sell their souls to Trump? This weekend’s piece.👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...
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Hey, Paul Ryan…Where Are You?
And you too, Pat Toomey. And you too, Trey Gowdy. And you too, Jeff Flake. And you too…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : "The White House put a video on social media that depicted this war as a video game… When 🇺🇸 service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries… it speaks to the moral rot of this administration." (H/T @atrupar.com )
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Marie Follayttar @mariefollayttar.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
While a social worker filmed ICE & was called a domestic terrorist in South Portland the SoPo chief of police tells ICE they are doing “nice work.” www.pressherald.com/2026/03/12/r...
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Read all of the texts between Portland, South Portland police and immigration agent
A Homeland Security Investigations special agent reached out to the South Portland police chief and a Portland police major about local protests.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
🚨 Epstein survivors release this powerful PSA in advance of the Super Bowl demanding answers from the Justice Department. This is the Super Bowl ad every American should see. Spread it everywhere.
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
www.doomsdayscenario.co A 10-minute read well worth the time.
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Doomsday Scenario
Reporting and thoughts from Garrett M. Graff, trying to answer if things are as bad as they seem.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 28/01/2026
If you work for ICE or Border Patrol and have information about unlawful conduct taking place at your agency, please speak up. House Judiciary Dems want to hear from you. America needs to know about crimes committed in our name. As a whistleblower, you can share anonymously:
democrats-judiciary.house.gov
Whistleblower Tipline
Do you have a tip to share about unlawful or unconstitutional activity-or other wrongdoing-in a federal agency or other organization? Now more than ever, Congress depends on insiders to conduct its co...
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Vote Blue 🌵🗳️💙🦋🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇲🇽🇵🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱 @lflorepolitics.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Stella Carson. The true definition of courage and heroism. If you watch one thing at all, let it be her sit down interview with Anderson Cooper on AC360. This is what humanity looks like. We owe her a world of gratitude and thanks for doing the right thing. Alex Pretti would be proud of her bravery💔
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
open.substack.com/pub/charlott... Outstanding summary of a historic speech.
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Canada Announces Divorce from America
And rightly so.
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seasonally appropriate el 🍁 💀 🦇 @ellamennopie.meatjacker.social · 18/01/2026
🫡 HOT Tips for I.C.E. in MN! 🇺🇸
Graphic including a Stars and Stripes pattern Eagle clip art and portion of the American flag.

HOT Tips for I.C.E. in Minnesota!
Don't let the woke left stop you from carrying out your federal assignments. Instead, try these helpful hints
* it your vehicle is stuck in snow and ice, press the accelerator to the floor to free yourself. If you can see or smell smoke, that's a sign it's working.
* Most Minnesota residents prefer to be straightforward and blunt in conversation.
Be direct and emphatic whenever possible.
* Avoid wearing boots, which can impede running, In icy conditions, always walk briske
forward to maintain momentum. Carry heavy items in your arms to enhance this effect.
Thank you
for your service, patriots!
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Is the letter “S” a product of DEI?
State department font change, using a well-known sentence that is supposed to have all the letters, but doesn’t.
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
www.bbc.com/news/article... Is there any remaining doubt this is a white supremacist regime?
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Trump caps refugee admissions at 7,500 - mostly white South Africans
The move, which will apply for the next fiscal year, marks a dramatic cut from the previous limit of 125,000.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Read this. It shows beyond a doubt that we’ve crossed all lines into full-on fascism.
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
A German language YouTuber I follow has this eye-opening report on how Germans are seeing what is happening in the US: youtube.com/watch?v=Y50L...
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What Germans Think About the Current Situation in the US | Feli from Germany
YouTube video by Feli from Germany
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Accusations of DEI from the White House in 3 … 2 … 1 … MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday's Marlins-Braves game apnews.com/article/mlb-...
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MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday's Marlins-Braves game
Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire a game in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves.
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development apnews.com/article/kenn... Are they trying to kill us all?
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RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/07/2025
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it" @hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000 www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/07/03/p... Happy F***ing Fourth of July. I’m so ashamed of this country. I’m not displaying the flag tomorrow.
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Supreme Court allows Trump to deport migrants held in Djibouti to South Sudan | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration may deport to South Sudan a group of migrants that have been held for weeks on a military base in Djibouti.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Angus: We have American officials claiming that Canada is some kind of terrorist haven. They’re saying we’re sending massive gangs of El Salvadorans over the border. I’m sorry—have you ever visited Canada? Could you show us where these El Salvadoran gangs supposedly are?
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Native American Women Tell Border Patrol To Fuck Off for Harassing Them About Being Citizens.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law.
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
BREAKING: Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear: The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here. Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead. This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
For anyone following me … We’re at the point where constant hand-wringing over the outrage of the day is drowning out any thoughtful recommendations for what ordinary concerned citizens can do. Who is providing those recommendations?
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/m... With this fascist destruction of independent public radio and TV, there will soon come a time when listeners/viewers will have to pay a subscription to keep NPR & PBS alive. Will you do your part?
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Trump orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for NPR and PBS | CNN Business
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board to end federal funding for America’s two biggest public broadcasters, National Publi...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 01/05/2025
So what's next after today's May Day mobilizations? On June 14, Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. But real power isn't staged in DC. It rises up everywhere else. That's why we're planning a nationwide day of action to say No Kings. 🧵
(next to an image of Trump wearing a crown that has been crossed out) NO KINGS
MASS PROTEST
JUNE 14, 2025
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/p... @leahgreenberg.bsky.social I hope every Indivisible group organizes thousands of people to come to Washington to protest this blatant display of fascism.
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Army plans for a potential parade on Trump’s birthday call for 6,600 soldiers | CNN Politics
Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a co...
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
worth every second
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
To everyone shouting “no one is above the law” referring to that Milwaukee judge: We have a criminal in the White House. A guy who’s proven to be utterly lawless. And you’re perfectly fine with that. So take your “no one is above the law” bullshit and shove it up your ass.
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Once again, David Brooks steps back and looks at the big picture with clarity. When a prominent conservative concludes by quoting Marx, we know we're in unprecedented times. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
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Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal.
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/04/2025
As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.
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suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
This is an incredible speech, which every American should hear. I had it pinned but somehow it was deleted, not by me. youtu.be/QIK9vbQRwBQ?...
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Speech againt Trump, by french senator, Claude Malhuret. ( English subtitles )
YouTube video by Alain Cazes
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
If you feel like being inspired by a big law firm, here's the opening to Sussman Godfrey's lawsuit against Trump and his executive order targeting the firm. It still is amazing other firms caved quickly to Trump's mob-like and unconstitutional shakedown. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/e... Wait! Aren’t we entering the Golden Age when we all get rich because we threw out the Illegals and persecuted trans people?
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US consumer sentiment plummets to second-lowest level on records going back to 1952 | CNN Business
Americans are rarely this pessimistic about the economy.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 09/04/2025
How to understand the stock market if you only watch Fox News
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 09/04/2025
I'm calling for an investigation into whether President Trump manipulated the market to benefit his Wall Street donors—all while working people and small businesses paid the price. Did Trump help insiders cash in on his tariff flip-flopping? It sure looks like corruption.
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Did Trump help insiders cash in on his tariff flip-flopping?
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @samiam1955.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
apnews.com/live/stock-m... So now he’s a big fuc*in’ hero. Woo fuc*in’ hoo!
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Live updates: S&P 500 soars after Trump limits some tariffs for 90 days
Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days, but raised his tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%.
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