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Odysseus

@therealodysseus.bsky.social
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Retired former Intelligence and Information Technology professional. Democrat and proud veteran. PNW. There’s a kite blowing out of control on the breeze…

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God @thegodshow.com · 8h
Bless this woman for DESTROYING this Christian debate bro.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h
Today wasn’t the first time Eric Schmitt tried to use sports to go after someone only to have it blow up in his face because he knows nothing about the teams he’s talking about.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h
NBC: “U of Michigan survey shows Americans feel worse about the economy than during the Covid-19 pandemic or 2008 financial crisis… Trump promised a ‘Golden Age’, but under Republicans Americans are struggling more than ever.” www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 7h
HUGE: The Senate just passed my bipartisan bill with Senator John Curtis to give our communities the resources they need to face increasingly hotter and more dangerous wildfires while planning for hazardous smoke.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h
Great ad.
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 12h
Trump has said the Iran war is almost over at least 60 times. It's been 212 days. 19 service members are dead, 800+ wounded, $43 billion gone. We counted every broken promise with @votevets.org.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 6h
Eric Schmitt is an ass clown. What a fking idiot. I’ve been laughing all afternoon at the way he embarrassed his foolish self today.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
Again, gas prices spiked in 2022-23 because Russia invaded Ukraine which caused a major disruption in global supply. Then they came down. Biden didn’t cause it. Gas prices rose in 2026 due solely to the stupidity of Trump who started a war in the Middle East.
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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 5h
The sad truth is that Eric Schmitt will suffer no consequences for today’s embarrassing episode, because MAGA world actually rewards the stupid.
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 13h
Donald Trump started a war with Iran that he said would end in about two weeks. That was more than 212 days ago. Since then, at least 19 American service members have died, and more than 800 have been injured. Dozens of US aircraft have been damaged or destroyed. See it all at AboutTwoWeeks.com.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12h
Our response to the State Department using Smokey last night.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 12h
After forcing us to pay $120 BILLION more for fuel because of his idiotic war with Iran, Donald Trump is now rolling back fuel standards so new cars get even fewer miles per gallon. This is a massive wealth transfer from working Americans to oil companies.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h
Reminder: Donald Trump and his family have grifted more than $4 billion while Americans struggle to get by.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 12h
They aren’t sending their best
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h
The MAGA Moron Brigade is on the case!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h
Trump continues to steal your money to pay for political ads while media companies continue to be co-conspirators to a crime by accepting the stolen funds.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 15h
Republicans discover the microphone works both ways.
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Alberto Resists 🏳️‍🌈 🦋 @alberto-resists.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All Trump’s malevolence and psychosis will be on full display right after the midterms. We’ve been here before in Nov 2020, and here we go again. The national nightmare of Trump refusing to accept defeat and dragging the country through lies, conspiracies and drama begins again.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 29/09/2026
In just 7 months, Trump's reckless Iran war has cost Americans over $120B in extra fuel costs.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you joined the military recently hoping you could just do your job and serve your country without being called upon to participate in a Christian nationalist crusade against Muslims abroad or a prop in a Pete Hegseth workout video, you picked the wrong time.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lmaooo💤💤💤
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 28/09/2026
VoteVets is shaping the 2026 midterms by helping elect the next generation of servant leaders. Read the New York Times profile NOW to learn more about the work we're doing. @gunnyspeaksout.bsky.social
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/09/2026
We’ve paid down more than $12 billion in debt, eliminated the old bill backlog, and grown our Rainy Day Fund from near zero to more than $2.5 billion. We have given Illinois a stronger financial cushion to protect taxpayers, invest, and grow even during hard times.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It has been a brutal and protracted slugfest. But I think we can finally declare a winner in the long-running "Who is the dumbest United States Senator?" competition.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Republicans wrecked the free market with tariffs and another stupid war and are now looking for government intervention and bailouts to fix the problem but the Democrats are communists.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 24/09/2026
Trump should be honoring the families of our servicemembers, not rounding them up for deportation. Enough is enough.
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Tina Kotek @tinakotek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good news for the coast! After I pushed back on a federal funding cut, more than 7 million salmon in the SAFE program got a one-year reprieve, protecting the Buoy 10 fishery and the fishing communities that depend on it. seasidesignal.com/2026/09/06/s...
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SAFE is safe for now - Seaside Signal
Oregon salmon fisheries, including Buoy 10, get one-year reprieve, said Gov. Kotek On Friday, Sept. 4, Governor Tina Kotek announced that after discussions with Bonneville Power Administration Adminis...
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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 24/09/2026
Healthy patients over corporate profits.
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Oregon lawmakers introduce federal bill to end 'corporate America’s chokehold' on health care
Oregon’s fight against corporate control of medicine moved onto the national stage on Wednesday as U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle and Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden–all Democrats–were among a group of lawmaker...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/09/2026
We cannot let history forget what happens when a federal government uses law enforcement to terrorize innocent people.
 And let me say to any agent or administration official who thinks we've forgotten or that their cruelty will go unchecked: Illinois remembers.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/09/2026
One year after Operation Midway Blitz, I feel pride and gratitude for how Chicagoans and Illinoisans pushed back. For how we spoke up when it was easier to be quiet, opened doors, blew whistles, took videos, and showed up for one another. Thank you to all for your heroism.
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 18/09/2026
Leader Jeffries just dropped a stat that will make your jaw drop: more generals have been purged in the last 20 months than have left the military in the 160 years since the CIVIL WAR, and it's all thanks to Pete Hegseth. Hegseth is the architect of this Iran War, and its failure will be his legacy.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The narrative forming on the right that everything was going great with the Trump admin until he started the war is absurd. His approval ratings were already in the toilet before that because of everything else he was doing. The war just woke people up who don’t pay attention.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Joe Rogan suddenly acting like he was an innocent bystander for years and had no idea what Trump was all about until now and did nothing to help get him elected is pretty weak and pathetic. Just own it.
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 17/09/2026
Since the beginning, the Pentagon has denied reports of damaged bases in the Middle East. But newly released photos taken by service members prove otherwise. These photos taken paint a stark picture: hollowed-out buildings, destroyed vehicles, and flattened trailers. abcnews.com/Politics/pho...
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Photos show extensive damage to US Middle East bases
US bases in the Middle East have suffered severe damage as a result of Iranian attacks, images and videos obtained by ABC News show.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Fact Vs. Fiction
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Tina Kotek @tinakotek.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Since I banned cell phones in Oregon schools from bell to bell, school superintendents are seeing more face-to-face conversations among students and fewer behavior problems. www.ijpr.org/education/20...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12/09/2026
Our communities are stronger when we look out for one another.   We join in service today to recommit ourselves to that powerful idea: that we honor those we lost on 9/11 by serving the people who are still here.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A Trump supporter with a trucking company begs Trump to end the war and get gas/diesel prices down because he can’t afford to run his business (But says he still supports Trump anyway🤔)
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 10/09/2026
The thought of an observation deck looming over funerals at Arlington should sicken every American with a conscious.
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 08/09/2026
Veterans are mobilizing in a brand new campaign to stop the "Arc de Trump." Arlington National Cemetery is where we bury the men and women who died for this country. But Trump wants to plant a golden arch right next to it. VoteVets is fighting to stop it. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Veterans and Democrats intensify fight against Trump’s planned arch
Opponents of the 250-foot triumphal arch project say it could disrupt military burials at Arlington, during construction and after its completion.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
John Brennan: President Trump‘s recent posts are extremely disturbing. The one showing him hitting PM Carney with a hockey stick in the stomach is deranged. It’s hard to believe 77 million Americans voted for this.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/09/2026
On Labor Day, we honor the Illinoisans whose voices and efforts secured greater workplace protections. Illinois has long fought for our workforce – ensuring fair wages, safer workplaces, and paid time off are not out of reach. We’ll never stop standing up for working families.
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 07/09/2026
Gen. Chris Donahue served his country honorably for over three decades and 20+ deployments. Nobody could point to a single thing he did wrong. Pete Hegseth purged Donahue anyway, and we’re all less safe for it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u...
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The Battle to Save General Donahue From Hegseth’s Army Purge
Gen. Christopher T. Donahue’s vision for fighting future wars won him powerful supporters around the world. Could they save his career?
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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 07/09/2026
It’s not enough to raise alarm about Trump’s authoritarian agenda—we need to act now to stop it. That’s why I put together the For Our Republic Act—a comprehensive plan to oppose authoritarianism in America, drawing on the expertise of senators from across the country.
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