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Frank Ballinger

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“I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." - James Baldwin

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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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*viva las vegas first watch*
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Julia" shared this photo with us from the carrots in the Cuyama CA area. "We are paid piece rate and we only are given 4 hours of work a day. This makes it impossible to cover our expenses. The high was 97° when this photo was taken." #WeFeedYou
A carrot field where you see the Bunches of harvested carrots laid out
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At least 83 individual billionaires backed the Democratic presidential ticket during the 2024 election cycle, outnumbering prominent billionaire backers for Donald Trump. www.forbes.com/sites/dereks...
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Kamala Harris Has More Billionaires Prominently Backing Her Than Trump—Jeff Bezos, Ken Griffin Weigh In (Updated)
"Even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform...I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz," Schwarzenegger, the former Republican governor of California, wrote Wednesday.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Martín" is working in the beets in Ventura County CA. "I get up early—at 5 am—to get to work on time. I drive to work keeping my eyes out for ICE as they target anyone who looks Mexican. I do this work to provide for my family." #WeFeedYou
A Ventura county beet field
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform." - William Cowper
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 11/09/2026
Flush with money and leery of bad publicity, ICE has banked on local police agencies to help ramp up immigration arrests. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/09/10/i...
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Inside the ‘Shadow Surge’ Driving ICE Arrests to New Heights
Flush with money and leery of bad publicity, ICE has banked on local police agencies to help ramp up immigration arrests.
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Women a 1939 film with Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford, and Joan Fontaine .
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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THE CURRENT SITUATION - Campaign For Uyghurs
THE CURRENT SITUATION What is happening? Additional Resources What is happening to the uyghurs? Despite a crackdown on foreign journalism and a string of denials from the Chinese government, camera fo...
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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'We are not wanted anywhere': Rohingya face fierce new wave of hostility in Malaysia
A community that has long felt beleagured is looking over its shoulder again.
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Clashes in southern Sudan leave at least 21 dead, medical group says
A doctors' group says at least 21 people, including women and children, have been killed in southern Sudan
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
www.forbes.com/sites/bryceh...
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Facts And Opinions: Half Of Americans Don’t Know The Difference
Do you know the difference between a fact and opinion? According to a recent study, 45.7 percent of Americans don't – and that makes it hard to make good decisions.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 22/08/2026
Gary, Indiana is without power for the 11th straight day after storms. This is climate injustice.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🔥 FLORIDA State Rep. @AngieNixon : “If believing a mom shouldn’t have to work 3 jobs to keep a roof over her head is extreme, call me extreme… Ashley Moody can call me whatever she wants— but in November she’ll be calling me ‘SENATOR’.”
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Book Output Topped Four Million in 2025
The total number of books published in the U.S. in 2025 jumped 32.5% over 2024, according to statistics compiled by Bowker, led by a boom in self-published titles. The number of traditionally publishe...
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Photos from Trump indictment show boxes of classified documents stored in Mar-a-Lago shower, ballroom
Prosecutors noted that “tens of thousands of members and guests” visited the “active social club” of Mar-a-Lago between the end of Trump’s presidency in January 2021 through the August 2022 search.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
18 August 1927 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Agnes Kerpner, was born in Budapest. In 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- ▶ WEBINAR: Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
Black-and-white portrait of a woman smiling, wearing a blouse with a dotted collar.
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Obed-edom @keithejefferson.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Typical behavior. Most achievements we are apart of are scrutinized. Because, of course, "this young Black girl couldn't have written this. It's too long (it's too good)" Sad.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/08/2026
O'KEEFE: You have been writing letters & trying to get updates on the status of McConnell. Have you heard anything? BESHEAR: I have heard absolutely nothing back from Mitch McConnell... all he needs to do is do a video for 2 minutes to the people he's supposed to serve, but he absolutely refuses to
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
My sister sent me a screenshot of a story about a 34 year old man being arrested in Yellowstone “after he dressed in a homemade bison costume and spent nearly two hours chasing tourists” and I never wanted a dumb ‘satire’ thing to be true so much
Obviously fake photo of someone in a bison costume being arrested in a country park
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Abdul El-Sayed on capitalism: “I’m capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading, I’m so sorry.”
We’ve spoken about capitalism versus socialism.

Do you want to talk about capitalism? Let’s talk about capitalism. Are you recording? Capitalism is about leveraging the laws of supply and demand to efficiently allocate capital expenditure to maximize value. When capitalism works, it’s because you have free entry and exit into markets. So if you believe in capitalism, you have to believe in government regulation to protect markets. In fact, right now, we have exactly the opposite. You don’t have to be a socialist to believe that you should be taxing billionaires their wealth. In fact, if you are a capitalist, you should believe in that. So, I’m capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading, I’m so sorry.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Saul" is thinning apple trees in Outlook WA. The air quality is 166. He's having a hard time with his asthma due to smoke exposure. He started bringing his inhaler to work to get through the day. He isn't provided with a mask and earns minimum wage for his work. #WeFeedYou
A farm worker in a black sweatshirt and cap stands in an orchard, holding pruning shears and a smartphone displaying a weather app that showed the temperature and the dangerous air quality index numbers in Outlook Washington that had an aqi of 166 which is unhealthy. He is wearing a thin nylon mask and was not provided with a N95 mask.
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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
#Poetry #Painting #Morning It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it - Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"Jose" shares, "I harvest broccoli in Salinas, CA. I'm a cutter and I have to walk hunched over and cut quickly as the harvesting machine ahead of us sets a very fast pace. After we cut the broccoli we put it on the machine's conveyor belt where it is processed." #WeFeedYou
A worker harvesting broccoli
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
www.reuters.com/business/env...
reuters.com
Scientists identify 64,000 sq miles of coral reef capable of surviving climate crisis
Scientists have identified nearly 166,000 sq km (64,000 sq miles) of coral reefs that are capable of surviving ​and recovering from climate change, three times more than previously estimated, ‌researc...
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
www.upi.com/Odd_News/202...
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N.C. woman wins $100,000 from her first-ever lottery ticket - UPI.com
A North Carolina woman bought a scratch-off lottery ticket for the first time in her life and scored a $100,000 top prize.
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
www.npr.org/2025/08/20/n...
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A New York woman dug for 3 weeks to find her own engagement ring diamond
Micherre Fox from New York City decided to source her own diamond for an engagement ring. She finally found one — after digging for three weeks straight.
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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3 women's world records set at the annual Lumberjack World Championships in Wisconsin
Three new women's world records have been set at the Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward, Wisconsin.
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
www.history.com/articles/mar...
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Why the FBI Saw Martin Luther King Jr. as a Communist Threat | HISTORY
Bureau director J. Edgar Hoover had made his career fighting the perceived threat of communism.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
"Mateo" share this pic from where they are picking figs in Merced CA. "We wear gloves because the fruit produces a liquid that burns our skin. Even with the gloves, the sap can go through and we get injured. We earn CA minimum wage for this work." #WeFeedYou
Farm worker harvesting figs
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The son of the man shot and killed by ICE: I am Ronaldo Salgado, the oldest son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. He should've been picking up the last of his guys before heading to finish up construction. Unbeknownst to all of us, my dad had been shot inside his van by ICE agents in unmarked cars.
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-paci...
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Heavy firing across Myanmar border sparks fears of refugee influx into Bangladesh
Anxiety grips frontier communities as Thailand shuts border crossings amid escalating fighting in Myanmar | Anadolu
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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UN sounds ‘red alert’ over human rights catastrophe in Sudan’s el-Obeid
UN human rights chief Volker Turk issued the warning over growing fears of an imminent RSF assault.
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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uhrp.org
Redirected Risk: Uyghur Forced Labor and the Enforcement Gap in Australia and Japan - Uyghur Human Rights Project
A Uyghur Human Rights Project report by Elijah Pockell-Wilson. Forced-labor risk is being redistributed, not eliminated. As the United States enforces the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) an...
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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Myanmar army killed over 700 civilians in six months, UN says
The new UN report says the 702 civilian deaths over six months last year included 153 children.
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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Sudan: Fears of atrocities as RSF surrounds key city
As Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces mass around the strategic city of el-Obeid, fears are growing of atrocities similar to those seen in Darfur's el-Fasher. Could sanctions still prevent bloo...
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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'A leader and a true friend': Tributes honor former Barksdale leader killed in B-52 crash
After a B-52 crash in California killed eight, many in Shreveport and Bossier City paid tribute to one of the local's lost in the tragedy on social media.
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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Pinto Madness
A Mother Jones Classic: For seven years the Ford Motor Company sold cars in which it knew hundreds of people would needlessly burn to death.
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
latinonewsnetwork.com/community/re...
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Senate Pushes $72 Billion ICE Funding Boost as Abuse Allegations Mount - Latino News Network
Approving the proposal without reforms risks deepening abuses, wrongful detentions, and preventable deaths documented across the country.
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Trump brought 6,000 white South Africans to US through refugee program, plans for 10,000 more
President Donald Trump is making good on his promise to bring more white South Africans into the U.S., after falsely
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Repression of Uyghurs Persists as the World Moves On
Dozens of my family members, including my father, have disappeared into China’s system of mass incarceration over the past decade simply for being Uyghurs. When international attention to our plight s...
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Myanmar at a crossroads: Five years after the coup
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Sudanese forces propose 3-month renewable truce, roadmap to end war
Proposal discussed at Nairobi meeting attended by political, civil forces and armed movements, including former Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok | Anadolu
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The Peterborough Town Library in Peterborough, New Hampshire is the first free, tax-supported public library in the United States. peterboroughtownlibrary.org
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Home Page - Peterborough Town Library
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
It was 86° in Delano CA when a farm worker was driving through a newly planted orange orchard making sure that the young trees have the just right amount of water for their growing process. #WeFeedYou
It was 86° in Delano CA when a farm worker was driving through a newly planted orange orchard making sure that the young trees have the just right amount of water for their growing process.
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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U.S. Immigrant Population and Share over Time, 1850-Present
This chart displays both the number of immigrants residing in the United States and their share of the total U.S. population over time.
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
TIL that Harvard Law School was founded, in part, with a major donation from a slaveholder (Isaac Royall, Jr)
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Frank Ballinger @sirala6.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Apostrophes are primarily used to indicate possession (ownership) or to mark omitted letters in contractions, not to form plural nouns. Using an apostrophe to make a noun plural is a common grammatical error, often called the "greengrocer's apostrophe".
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