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Profane/humane. Retired news shooter/editor🌻⛷️🦅🏔️ Bleeding Democratic blue 😢💙💙💙 Big fan of vaccines, NIH, USAID, fed workers 🤗 🚫Trump🚫 Fascist GOP kills—just watch! #BlueWave2026 ! #BLM #LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈 safe space 🤲🏼 off my constitution #Ukraine 🇺🇦🤝

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Vote like your life and the lives of others are at stake 👇
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It’s been a good year for butterflies in our neck of the woods on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Witness a young zebra swallowtail in perfect condition, photographed during the first week in September, gathering pollen from stonecrop.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Musk — what a jerk! Somebody better look into this space-laser election meddling claim before we get close to Nov. 4. This illegal South African immigrant — one of Earth’s biggest assholes — would love to screw with the bedrock of our democracy — our elections. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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State handouts, 10,000 lasers – and Trump’s election: six things we learned from the Elon Musk film
Alex Gibney’s marathon documentary delivers numerous eye-raising insights into the broligarch’s business deals, early idealism and apocalyptic appetite for fathering children
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 24/08/2026
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The source of Trump’s bizarre, careless, detached attitude toward the mid-term elections lies in his definite intention to attempt to disrupt or invalidate those elections. He doesn’t give a damn because he plans to cheat. Voters, elected officials, and election winners must be prepared for this.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
White nationalist christian fascists just dont know how to lose gracefully… apple.news/AGPRkBnOITYO...
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Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship — The Wall Street Journal
The orders come after the Supreme Court struck down the president’s earlier attempt to limit birthright citizenship
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Awesome dog!
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Republicans want to destroy Anthony Fauci for doing his fucking job. What a bunch of morons. Rand Paul and Ron Johnson are brain damaged. The Democrats need to do everything in their power to stop this witch hunt… apple.news/AtMYiz03TQEm...
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Anthony Fauci refuses to answer questions during tense US Senate hearing about Covid origins — BBC News
The former top US health official said he feared Republicans could try to trip him up and use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20/07/2026
NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...
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Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Exactly 👇, ICESTAPO Gets Pretty "Killer" Benefits........
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to obtain an unredacted copy of New York's statewide voter registration list. A big victory for Elias Law Group and our Client the NAACP. DOJ is now 0-12 in these cases. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This is why you can’t let fucking Trump out of the fucking White House. Shut the fucking Trump up. Zip it, asshole!! It’s extremely dangerous to have him anywhere near Europe now.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Blame Ukraine’s lack of Patriot interceptors for Russian ballistic missiles directly on Trump for suspending arms shipments. Meanwhile, Ukraine is kicking Putin’s ass and all the bastard can do attack their civilians. Deadly Strikes Hit Kyiv on Eve of NATO Summit www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/w...
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Deadly Russian Strikes Hit Kyiv on Eve of NATO Summit
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
WTF! More secret SC decisions handed down this year than publicly argued cases. The patterns show a court going out of its way to enable Trump,” said Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at Georgetown University and a Supreme Court analyst. apple.news/Ar7NxPiIYQVW...
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A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification — ProPublica
ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Yes, Mr. President, you sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll. And she had the balls to call you on it! She has waited a long time for this final verdict. So pay up, and shut up. Supreme Court Lets $5 Million Sex Abuse Verdict Against Trump Stand www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/u...
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Supreme Court Lets $5 Million Sex Abuse Verdict Against Trump Stand
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The effin’ right-wing, partisan Roberts Court just decided in favor of the weed killer and against the human. This decision tells us most of what we need to know about this court. #packthecourtnow
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4a7l1TR
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CaroleOntheGo🇨🇦 @caroleonthego4u.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Every American should be disgusted by this.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the National Council of Jewish Women and Louisiana voters, my law firm has sued Governor Jeff Landry (R) and Secretary of State Nancy Landry (R), challenging the state’s decision to suspend the 2026 congressional primary elections. www.democracydocket.com/cases/louisi...
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🚨 National Council of Jewish Women v. Landry
Learn more.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Tell me your vote doesn’t count: If only Al Gore, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris had been elected, our present day would be so much different than the shitshow it is today.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Hahaha 😂 What goes around certainly comes around! Except this time you can blame the president for higher gas prices — directly! Trump may not get the Strait reopened for the rest of his presidency, bedeviling him like the 1979 Iran hostage crisis did Carter. apple.news/At5uC1FqxQZq...
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Tables turn as Republicans face gas-price attacks they once used on Democrats — Reuters
Tom Barrett tapped into voter frustration over high gas prices as part of his successful 2024 run for Congress in Michigan. Now the Republican is on the defensive on that same issue as Democrats see a...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/04/2026
WARREN: That's not my question. Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein? KEVIN WARSH: Those assets will be sold if I'm confirmed
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
If they don't have the same rules for Donald Trump as they do Eric Swalwell, this isn't about accountability. You may want to let them know this.
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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
There’s something mentally wrong with the President of the United States.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/04/2026
Sen. Jack Reed to Warsh as he dodges questions about divesting his assets: "Excuse me. I must commend you on the way you can circularly go around questions and not answer them. It's a skill. Unfortunately it's not a good skill for the chairman of the Fed."
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Kevin Warsh just lost me. He argues he's going to be an independent Fed Chair, but refuses to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election. If you can't state simple facts when you're in the political spotlight, you aren't independent. You're a coward.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
What a fucking mess! Covid II is coming, except this time it’s an economic virus started by Trump’s war of choice v. Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/w...
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The Forces of Scarcity Hitting Asia May Soon Spread Across the World
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Are you tired of getting screwed by massive conglomerates? Thanks to the NY attorney general and a big group of mostly D governors, an antitrust breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster looms, the first major breakup since AT&T in 1982! It’s about fucking time! www.npr.org/2026/04/15/n...
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Jury finds that Live Nation acted as a monopoly and overcharged ticket buyers
An antitrust suit alleged that the company unfairly controlled too much of the live music industry at the expense of venues, artists and fans. The decision could reshape the industry.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026
The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
My brain is getting tired trying wrap itself around Trump’s Iran war strategy. First we help the Russians sell more oil while they help the Iranians bomb us, and now we help Iran sell oil while we bomb them! Do you get the idea someone doesn’t know what he’s doing? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u...
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U.S. Encourages Flow of Iranian Oil While It Battles Iran
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/03/2026
Swalwell: "We have a 70-plus-year history of failure not just in Iran, but all over the world, of trying to force regime change. By the way, it's being led by a guy who has more plans for the ballroom he's trying to build than anything he's gonna do next in the Middle East."
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
BREAKING: Workers at CBS are walking out. The unionized team that works CBS' streaming service are going on a 24 hour strike in New York and San Francisco. The walkout comes after negotiations with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss reportedly imploded.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Trump got played by Israel big time, and we’re all going to pay the price for his gullible stupidity. Read the resignation letter of Joe Kent, the counterterrorism official who resigned from the NSC over the false narrative of an imminent threat from Iran. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read Joe Kent’s Resignation Letter
Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced on Tuesday that he would resign immediately, citing his opposition to the Iran war.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Courts stand firm again!! Powell Inquiry: A federal judge blocked DOJ subpoenas to the Federal Reserve as part of a probe targeting Chair Jerome Powell. Judge: “Abundant evidence” DOJ’s action aimed to “harass and pressure” Powell into yielding to Trump’s wishes to lower interest rates or resign.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
It’s amazing to say this — it blows my mind as I say it — but pretty much 100% of what Trump says is pure unadulterated BS. That, or it is so contextually challenged as to be essentially false. Our president cannot be trusted to utter a single shred of truth 🥲🤬
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Peace is NOT at hand. Iran parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf: We’re “definitely not looking for a ceasefire… We believe that the aggressor should be punched in the mouth so that he learns a lesson so that he will never think of attacking … Iran again.” apple.news/AwoaP0rj5QDG...
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Iranian barrages target Israel and Gulf countries as US warns Iran of ‘most intense day of strikes’ — The Associated Press
Iran has fired more drones and missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab countries as it keeps up pressure on the Middle East.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Fuckers… apple.news/A5dU4Z7DEQIK...
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Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — The Wall Street Journal
A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive government campaign to detain and demonize dissenters
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
“Article 1 of the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to declare war. ” Iran strikes were launched without approval from Congress, deeply dividing lawmakers - NPR
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Iran strikes were launched without approval from Congress, deeply dividing lawmakers — NPR
Top lawmakers were notified about the operation shortly before it was launched, but the White House did not seek authorization from Congress to carry out the strikes.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Trump’s war of choice v. Iran is built on outright lies and flimsy/nonexistent evidence. Iran has no enriched fuel. It’s all buried deep underground from last summer’s U.S. bombings. Iran is years away from making a bomb. Iran has no long-range missile program. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
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Trump’s case for striking Iran rests on questionable claims.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Jack Dorsey was a good guy until he sold Twitter. Now he is leading the charge, and doing Trump’s bidding, to unemploy 50% of the U.S. workforce very soon!! What an asshole. Doxx this man, boycott his properties. It will be a cold day in hell when I go to HR Block. www.cnn.com/2026/02/26/b...
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Block lays off nearly half its staff because of AI. Its CEO said most companies will do the same | CNN Business
Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Those fuckers🤬🤬🤬 Oh yeah, and Democrats are the ones who cheat to win. The Trump/MAGA lies and hypocrisies are legion, so thick many can’t see truth. apple.news/AGqNZGElITD2...
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A White House Staffer Appears to Run Massive Pro-Trump X Account — WIRED
A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
An American apology to the world from IG via linktr.ee/Jedayal
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Stoley @stoley321.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I’m disgusted by the amount of hate Pam Bondi is getting at the moment… 👇 It’s nowhere near enough, and we can do better.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
So not just protecting pedophiles but stone-cold killers as well? They must be held accountable for these coverups. apple.news/A_oEN5W52S5O...
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Trump administration formally denies Minnesota access to Alex Pretti evidence — The Minnesota Star Tribune
Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Minnesota BCA, said the FBI has formally denied his agency access to evidence and information from the killing of Pretti at the hands of federal officers.
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
No, you can’t erase our sordid history, fucking MAGA assholes, because we ain’t gonna repeat it! apple.news/AtpR1SvI-RlS...
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Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House — Philadelphia Inquirer
Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
We absolutely must not let this pass:
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Tell Your Senators: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act
Contact Congress today!
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Through A Lens Darkly @survivor1.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
I mean, what the feckin’ fuck!! These assholes don’t know when to quit, so we’ll have to help them. And BTW, fuck ICE!! Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
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