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Sheckie51

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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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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Past and Future Collide in Arlene Shechet’s Otherworldly Sculptures
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Snowflake don’t like news that hurts his big feels CNN and MS NOW Reporters Barred From White House After Trump Announces Ban www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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CNN and MS NOW Reporters Barred From White House After Trump Announces Ban
The prohibition on certain journalists was a stark escalation in President Trump’s war on the media, and will probably face a legal challenge.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In the midst of everything that is going on the hedge fund guys decide to eviscerate what is left of our newspaper and other papers across the country. A less-informed citizenry is a building block for autocracy.
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McClatchy guts Lexington Herald-Leader newsroom, among nationwide layoffs
McClatchy laid off 13 journalists at the Lexington Herald-Leader, a majority of its reporters, as a part of its deep, nationwide layoffs.
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
They wuz robbed www.espn.com/college-foot...
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Michigan wins on second-chance Hail Mary; Big Ten stands by review
Michigan got a second chance at a Hail Mary and connected in a 13-12 stunner over Western Michigan on Saturday, after which the Big Ten confirmed that officials correctly added time back on the clock to give the Wolverines another shot.
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
World class stupidity. Do D.E.I. Bike Paths Exist? The Trump Administration Says Yes. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...
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Do D.E.I. Bike Paths Exist? The Trump Administration Says Yes.
The administration has revoked funding for bike paths, and encouraged removing some. A cycling advocate said it is playing on the idea of “that dork on a bike.”
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In college in St. Louis started watching Dolly on the Porter Wagoner Show. He was great but she was luminous. In a world of Trumps And Stephen Millers, be a Dolly; shining from the inside, talented, generous and warm-hearted. May her memory be a blessing.
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh no!! What a blessing her life has been. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
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Dolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80
Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“Apparently, one of the final sticking points was an American demand that Quebec undo its French language laws and French language cultural protections. French, in Canada, is not a business matter.” Abominable! A negotiating demand for Canada to eliminate a core element of their heritage.
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Opinion | Canada Said No to America. It Will Reverberate Far Beyond Its Borders.
Mark Carney has chosen suffering, but he did what Canadians elected him to do.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/08/2026
Trump reported 1,051 trades in his June disclosure. These two stood out: — June 18: Bought $250K–$500K in Boeing, the same day the Navy awarded Boeing an $880 million contract — June 23: Bought $15K–$50K in SpaceX, the same day NASA recorded a $425.6 million award to SpaceX
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/08/2026
This is whole story is horrifying, and as a journalist covering ICE flights, I was struck by this sentence: “We were shipped to Texas overnight from Los Angeles in horrible conditions that I won’t elaborate on in this letter.”
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
C’mon down, Bill, to see your plaque on the wall of shame. Congrats, ya damn coward. www.nola.com/news/politic...
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Bill Cassidy calls out President Trump on vaccines order: ‘This is so wrong’
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy blasted a presidential order recommending fewer childhood vaccines just moments after President Donald Trump signed it late Monday afternoon.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Animaris Rex is an 18-metre-long walking 'beach animal' propelled by the wind, created by Theo Jansen as a fusion of art and engineering. Original post
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C.S. Lang @cslpoetry.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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The Human-Origin Story Is Being Radically Revised
New secrets from our past have been coming out in droves.
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Pilar @pettyp8149.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
How do people not adore this guy? If I didn’t already, this would’ve pushed me over the edge. I’d be donating, volunteering, the whole thing. Abdul El‑Sayed is bringing real energy to Michigan, and I’ll be in the state in September to canvass for him.
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Iran has grabbed Trump by the you know what. Iran Issues List of Demands, Complicating Efforts to Reopen Strait www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/w...
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Iran Issues List of Demands, Dampening Hopes of Reopening Strait of Hormuz (Gift Article)
The head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the United States met certain conditions.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Dear American voter, It is August 6, 2026. Economic growth is slow, prices are up, housing and health care is unaffordable, we are in a war Trump started, we are $39 trillion in debt, corruption in govt is rampant. What are Republicans focused on AGAIN today? Dr. Fauci.
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
More proof that the tax system is rigged for those who can afford financial engineering. Wonder when the Bastille will be stormed. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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World’s Biggest Hedge Fund Teaches the Wealthy How to Slash Taxes to Zero
Cliff Asness’s AQR is riding an anti-tax wave to become the world’s biggest hedge fund.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
holy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!
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Dr. Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The COVID brain fog explained. The COVID-19 virus binds to the ACE2 receptor to enter cells. Dopamine producing neurons are rich in the ACE2 receptor. The virus causes disruption in the dopamine network in the brain. 🧪 tech-paper.com/scientists-f...
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Scientists finally have a biological explanation for why long COVID patients lose motivation and can't think clearly. They scanned their brains and found the dopamine system was physically damaged - T...
Millions of people with long COVID report the same cluster of symptoms: a crushing lack of motivation, an inability to think clearly, memory that slips, movements that feel slower than they should. Fo...
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Infantino plays the part of comic book villain really well and he looks the part. Big payout for him at the end of the rainbow in this corrupt scheme involving the Kushners of course. www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
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European nations agree to boycott World Cups over FIFA's private investment plans
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
To those strident voices (are they all real?) on social media calling for Beshear to do “something” about McConnell and show that he’s a “fighter”. Here’s the best explainer I have found about the Kentucky Governor’s actual powers. open.substack.com/pub/lastcamp...
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FAQ about filling a US Senate vacancy in Kentucky
Facts countering the most frequently shared misleading claims, lies, and disinformation spread about this process
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A bio-inspired robot crosses paths with a real insect , 400 million years of evolution face to face with human engineering.
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Pulte was so incompetent that his family fired him from the family biz. But…Easy to spin up a toddler. “He got POTUS all spun up and then was incredibly scared when he realized people could die with his reckless behavior.”
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Anti-Democratic Party Hysteria Is Out of Sync With Reality
Democrats’ successes should not be ignored; plus a note on Senator Lindsey Graham
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Wonder if The Pharaohs would have preferred to face those locusts rather than Lionel Messi
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Gerry Joyce-Magladene @deaconbluesky.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
National Treasure Brandi Carlisle singing “America the Beautiful” at the Statue of Liberty for the 4th of July. youtu.be/5LZOhEGG-_o?...
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Brandi Carlile performs 'America the Beautiful' at the Statue of Liberty
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Mamdani on America. Compare and contrast to what Trump will vomit. www.youtube.com/live/XcxRUkG...
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Mayor Mamdani Delivers Address Marking America’s 250th Birthday
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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salbr29891.bsky.social @salbr29891.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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Bruce Springsteen & Kenny Chesney - "This Land Is Your Land" - Monmouth Univ-Long Branch, NJ -6/4/26
YouTube video by Sammy Steinlight
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The the cost of the continuing destruction of our research and scientific infrastructure is incalculable. All part of the project to make America as dumb as Trump. Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
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Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I think as a substitute they should name the DC landfill after him. The Trump Dump. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Orders President’s Name Off Kennedy Center, and He Reacts With Fury
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
News from Ghostland re Trump’s America 250 debacle. The ghost of Elvis said he’d be honored to perform and he loves Trump as much as he loved Nixon. The ghost of Johnny Cash said “Fuck no, unless Trump is an inmate in Folsom Prison. They love me there.”
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
GOP dirty tricks substack.com/@lisa581325/...
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lisajw (@lisa581325)
UPDATE: On Wednesday, Popular Information revealed that the purportedly progressive Lead Left super PAC was linked to the Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC of House Republicans. Yesterday...
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Angeliki T. 💎 in NYC @ellinidata.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Chinese newspaper cartoon (Today... 😂 )
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Nothing speaks to the continuing need for Section 2 of the VRA and highlights SCOTUS’s abominable ruling as much as what is going on right now in states of the Old South.
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Turns out the New South had those white hoods and robes of the Old South in storage and ready to go.
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Like Trump Airlines www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Says He Is Thinking About the US Buying Spirit Airlines
President Donald Trump said he is considering having the US purchase Spirit Airlines, saying it could be a potentially good investment for the federal government.
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
They really are. 1956 to 2026.
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
NASA astronaut Christina Koch hugs the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls flic.kr/p/2s7aCi3 #Artemis 🧪🔭
NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, hugs the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Koch, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, Friday, April 10 at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07p.m. EDT). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Good job, Hungary! You’re showing the way. Now it’s our turn to run with the ball and turn back the anti-democratic tide. www.cnn.com/2026/04/12/w...
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Live updates: Trump ally Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 16 years as prime minister | CNN
Trump ally Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 16 years as Hungary’s prime minister Follow for live updates
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... HCR, brilliant as always.
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April 11, 2026
At 4:30 a.m.
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Sheckie51 @sheckie51.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Man of the people. Probably will get tricked out with faux gold trim.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Trump can only be removed under the 25th Amendment with the actions of this Republican vice president, this Republican cabinet, and this Republican-controlled Congress. So, if you're asking what Democrats are doing today, I'm not sure you understand how this all works.
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
THIS SUMS IT UP AS WELL AS ANYONE CAN:
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Judas Iscariot was paid 30 pieces of silver for turning Jesus Christ in to the Roman authorities. But he made nearly 10 times that amount by placing a Polymarket bet accurately predicting the day of Christ’s death.
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Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA
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