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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 06/08/2026

Ukraine launched a series of attacks deep inside Russia targeting two refineries 700km from Ukrainian border.

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WebDesignMuseum @webdesignmuseum.org · 06/08/2026

Happy 35th Birthday The World's First Website! On August 6, 1991, the World Wide Web (WWW) creator, Tim Berners-Lee launched the world’s first website. #InternetHistory

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Here is something else to consider: Since 2022, the Ukrainian flag has been depicted on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky, etc.) and even on front yards and bumper stickers across the United States of America. 20 years ago, would you have seen the Ukrainian flag on #MySpace? 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Here is something to consider regarding the Kosovo War (and the Yugoslav Wars in general): The sheer brutality of those wars caused many Americans, for the first time, to recognize Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks, Kosovars, Slovenes, and Macedonians less as "Yugoslavians", but as separate nations. 🇺🇸🇽🇰🇧🇦🇷🇸🇭🇷🇸🇮🇲🇰

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Over the last few weeks, I have been reading Serhii Plokhy's book The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine, and it had me think: Have you ever felt it bittersweet that the higher profile of Ukraine among the international community came at a horrific price? 🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸🇪🇺

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Here is a question that I have for #IndependentVoters: Based on Talarico's comments, is it any wonder that around 50-70% of Millennials and Zoomers are identifying as Independent voters? Namely, is that because those cohorts feel that BOTH parties failed to safeguard the Dream for them?

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today is #August4, 2026. There are only 91 days (i.e., 13 weeks) left until #ElectionDay for the gubernatorial elections in 36 states as well as 33 seats in the U.S. Senate and all seats in the House of Representatives.

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I have been watching videos about the rising gas prices in Russia, and it had me thinking: What if this happened in any other country, especially one with a less...cynical social contract? 🇺🇦🇷🇺

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Here is something to consider: Earlier in January, Gallup conducted a poll indicating that over 50% of Millennials AND Zoomers now identify as independent voters. Could one reason be that many of those Millennials and Zoomers feel that the American Dream was stolen from them?

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Here is something to consider: George Washington famously identified as an independent voter due to his objection of the concept of political parties. That alone indicates that independent voters are FAR from a recent phenomenon in American politics. #IndependentBluesky

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Here is something to consider regarding the #WarInUkraine: When the USSR broke up in 1991, most Americans would NOT have recognized the Ukrainian flag if it had been flying in Ukrainian-American households to celebrate Ukrainian independence. Now, the Ukrainian flag is constantly trending. 🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸🇪🇺

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Today is #June27, 2026. In one week, the United States will be celebrating its 250th anniversary. Even if you feel that Trump's presence in the White House on this occasion MIGHT have subverted expectations, are YOU still going to celebrate?

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I recently watched these videos regarding a possible succession crisis in Chechnya (largely due to the possibly terminal illness of its leader, Ramzan Kadyrov) and its impact on a secession crisis across the Russian Federation. 🇷🇺🇺🇦 1. youtu.be/dMHxXIgSPws?... 2. youtu.be/rwIYxCT2KtY?...

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CHECHNYA Is About to EXPLODE… Putin Can't Stop What's COMING

YouTube video by The Military Show

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Today is #June25, 2026. I hope everybody has a good day today.

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Euronews @euronews.com · 25/06/2026

IRGC warns ships over Hormuz routes as Rubio draws line on tolls ➡️ l.euronews.com/pBQD

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Here is something to consider: Have you ever thought that Musk's journey to the United States and rise as the world's first trillionaire speaks to the degree of White privilege embedded in the American Dream AND the United States' immigration policies?

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

What if I told you: Even amidst the diplomatic tensions between Ukraine and Poland, you can still like BOTH nations? 🇵🇱🇺🇦 youtu.be/3y5CtVWAnR0?...

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Allies in war against Russia fall out over World War 2 history | DW News

YouTube video by DW News

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Recently, CNN established that 47% of registered voters now identify as independents - mirroring a trend from Gallup in January that 45% of registered voters identify as such, with 50-70% of Millennials and Zoomers doing so. When #GenAlpha (born between c. 2010-20) comes of age, what will happen?

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Today is #June24, 2026. There are only 10 days left before #July4, 2026 - the 250th anniversary of the United States' independence. What are you going to do to commemorate that?

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Here's something to consider: When the Yugoslav Wars occurred in the 1990s (especially in Bosnia and Kosovo), most Americans learned for the first time that Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Albania had Muslim-majority populations...especially when refugees from those countries came to the US. 🇺🇸🇧🇦🇽🇰

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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Trump failed to deliver on any of his major Iran War objectives And his surrender comes at great loss to the US And now, as with his Afghanistan surrender, his successor will be required to clean up his mess! 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 19/06/2026

At 89, Opal Lee walked more than 1,400 miles from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C., because she believed Juneteenth deserved to be remembered. She kept walking until America listened. And as she celebrates her 100th birthday this year, we celebrate her legacy. Happy #Juneteenth❤️💚 #SheShed

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved people in Texas finally learned they were free when Union troops arrived in Galveston to enforce emancipation.

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Here is something to consider: In recent years, continental European royalty (e.g., Spain, the Netherlands, and Belgium) have received FAR MORE attention from English-language media. Do you think the death of Queen Elizabeth II and other changes in the British monarchy have caused this? 🇪🇸🇧🇪🇳🇱🇬🇧

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

@dcombes.bsky.social Here is something to consider regarding the #ProtestsInAlbania: It HAS caused many Americans to learn more about Albania and its relationship with the United States (albeit for the wrong reasons). 🇦🇱🇺🇸 worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankin...

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Albanian Population by State 2026

Discover population, economy, health, and more with the most comprehensive global statistics at your fingertips.

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

In light of the recent #FlamingoRevolution in Albania against the Jared Kushner-backed luxury resorts, I encourage you to read this history of relations between Albania and the United States. It is fairly interesting. 🇦🇱🇺🇸 www.aiis-albania.org?q=node/423

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Call for Papers: Albanian-American Relations - Past, Present and Future | Albania Institute for International Studies

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Today is #June6, 2026. On this day in 1944, the Allied powers landed in Normandy, France, thereby setting into motion the fall of Nazi Germany. 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇺🇸🇨🇦🇩🇪

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Today is #June6, 2026. After 4 years of the #WarInUkraine, Russia has caused many countries around the world to respect not just Ukraine's right to self-determination, but also Ukraine's place within the larger international community. 🇺🇦🇷🇺🇪🇺🇺🇳

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Here is something to consider the #ProtestsInAlbania: Prior to these protests (and the Trump-backed luxury resort spurring said protests), most Americans (outside of Albanian-Americans, of course) rarely thought too much (if at all) about Albania (and, indeed, the Balkans save for Greece). 🇦🇱🇺🇸

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Today is #June5, 2026. This week, #Albania has been protesting the development of a luxury resort linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Let me ask you this: Even if you might find the idea of Albania attracting tourism to be understandable, should that goal benefit the Trump family? 🇦🇱🇺🇸

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Map Of Polish Descendants & Diaspora Worldwide More about the different groups here: brilliantmaps.com/polish-di...

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Here is a question for #UkrainianAmericans AND #RomanianAmericans (especially Boomers and Gen-Xers, as they grew up during the Cold War): How does it feel that the countries of your ancestors are receiving more attention from the general public - even if it is at a horrific human price? 🇺🇦🇷🇴🇺🇸

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Today is #May29, 2026. Russian drones recently struck Romanian territory - even though Romania is BOTH a NATO AND EU member state. What do you think will happen next? 🇷🇴🇺🇦🇷🇺🇪🇺

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Here is something that this video should make you think about: Do you think that one of the legacies of the 1990s Yugoslav Wars was that it forced the Balkan countries to recognize the merits of EU and/or NATO membership in stabilizing that part of Europe? 🇲🇪🇦🇱🇭🇷🇷🇸🇲🇰🇪🇺 youtu.be/7vXXLO3YdwY?...

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Why Montenegro Will Join the EU Very Soon!

YouTube video by EU Made Simple

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Today is #May27, 2026. Based on last night's #Texas #GOP Senatorial primary election, how do you expect the results of the midterm and gubernatorial elections to look in November?

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 26/05/2026

Healthy people don't get 3 annual checkups in 13 months.

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

For how many years was X territory a part of Poland brilliantmaps.com/max-poland/

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GenXer-71 @genxer-71.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Russia has essentially LOST the war. We need to start NORMALIZING this. We need to start SAYING this to everyone we know.. drones aren't the ONLY way to FIGHT a war. 💙 #StandWithUkraine 💛

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Glory To Ukraine Flag

ALT: Glory To Ukraine Flag

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Here is something to consider: How ironic is it that, if this merger were to go through, Batman - a fictional billionaire superhero who has FAR TOO OFTEN been invoked in discussions about the nonexistence of the "good billionaires" - will be owned by the Ellison family?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central Cartoon Network And more... This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped. State AGs must step in and block it.

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Here is a question for you: If you had studied the history of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, have you ever felt that, given the multiple and different ethnic groups living there AND the rise of nationalism in the 19th century, the fact that it existed AT ALL is quite remarkable? 🇦🇹🇭🇺🇨🇿🇸🇰🇭🇷🇸🇮🇺🇦🇵🇱🇷🇴🇮🇹🇷🇸🇧🇦

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Here is a question for those who live in or have lived in #SmallTownAmerica: 20 years ago, would you have the Ukrainian flag being depicted in front yards, T-shirts or bumper stickers - let alone public buildings - in such areas? I'm asking because of the urban/rural divide in America. 🇺🇸🇺🇦

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Liz @beansbeth.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Never forget who we owe.

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

While reading this book, I am reading more about the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Consider this: the very existence of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania - especially its history PRIOR to 1492 - discredits the idea of the post-Soviet Republic of Lithuania was a "new" country in 1991. 🇵🇱🇱🇹🇱🇻🇧🇾🇷🇺🇺🇦

Map depicting the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at its greatest extent in 1396.

Source: https://www.britannica.com/place/grand-duchy-of-Lithuania#/media/1/343836/331945

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Here is a map from the #WorldPopulationReview of the percentage of the overall population that Ukrainian-Americans make up in each state of the United States. What surprises you the most? 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Source: worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankin...

Ukrainian-American population by state, courtesy of the World Population Review.

Source: Ukrainian Population by State 2026. World Population Review. Retrieved May 22, 2026, from https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/ukranian-population-by-state

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The Centrist and Independent Voice @thecentristvoice.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Here is a question for you: What do you think the 48th President of the United States (whoever they may be) should do to rebuild trust with European countries (and, quite frankly, the rest of the world)? 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺 steadystate1.substack.com/p/has-americ...

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Has America Lost Europe?

From “leader of the free world” to object of distrust, America’s standing abroad has suffered a profound and self-inflicted decline.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 22/05/2026

The Russian economy is losing momentum as the cost of the war mounts — sowing discord at the highest levels of the state and posing growing problems for President Vladimir Putin.

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Putin faces rising tensions as Russian economy weakens

The Russian economy is losing momentum as the cost of the war mounts — sowing discord at the highest levels of the state and posing growing problems for President Vladimir Putin. After four years of ...

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