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valkayec

@valkayec.bsky.social
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Retired, JFK Liberal, USAF Brat "As long as you live, keep learning how to live" -Seneca; "Eternal vigilance is the price of democracy."

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Luke @carvinsnow.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
AOC: “If you don’t want to be prosecuted, don’t do crimes”.
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Lea Zengage @leazengage.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
-From Quarks to Quasars 1/ Fired government scientists just launched a new site to keep climate data public.The site is called Climate.us & it was created by former staffers behind Climate.gov, the NOAA-run website long used by many for trusted climate information."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/06/2026
As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. But while this concept may sound practical, there is no conceivable way it can work. Here's why 👇 w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social
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False Promises: The “Solution” to the Climate Crisis That Won’t Work
As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. While carbon capture may sound pr...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Massie Announced The Amendment On June 24th, and Finalized His Amendment Text On June 26th, via Social Media Sites.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Representative Barbara Jordan. Still, after all these years, a mic drop.
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‘My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total.’ | Miller Center
My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total. And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 28/06/2026
The former president spoke at a Maryland Democratic Party gala on Saturday night.
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Joe Biden Goes After Trump Over Reflecting Pool Saga: ‘What A Loser’
The former president spoke at a Maryland Democratic Party gala on Saturday night.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/06/2026
Fox set up a whole-ass news desk for the Great American State Fair and barely anybody showed up. ☠️
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Senator Schiff explains that a Boston judge recently ruled his order letting USPS withhold mail ballots from states that won’t hand voter data to DHS is unconstitutional. Your vote is worth fighting for! Make sure you’re registered. Make sure you vote. 🗳️ #USDemocracy #Pinks
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
War is a national project, not a Presidential impulse that’s why the Constitution is written the way it is the Framers understood that victory requires the consent, resources, and legitimacy that comes from the people
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This is really stupid, but the president has repeatedly claimed that Iran’s military capabilities were totally destroyed, so I feel obligated to rhetorically ask what the US is shooting at and retaliating to if Iran has no military anymore? Why does anyone indulges such transparent lies at all?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/06/2026
the feds have done more to harass americans angry over good and pretti’s killings than they have to investigate them
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Dr. Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Pete Buttigieg explains why the private sector does not have the capacity to replace government funding. Shareholders prioritize profits from a short term (years) investment. Science is a marathon, requiring long term (decades) investment. Govt funding was designed to support this marathon. 🧪
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Gov Mike DeWine is standing up against revoking TPS. "It is not in the United States' interest, certainly not in Ohio's interest, to have people who are working every single day, who are supporting a family, buying houses, and really are contributing, and yank them out."
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
200 years ago, my ancestor signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. He wrote: “Any duty that would advance the cause of Texas I feel anxious and ever ready to perform…” As I accept your nomination for the US Senate, I make that same commitment to you.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
What they taught in school: GDP up = good. What they left out: The atmosphere has a limit Soil can die Water runs out 8 billion people need a living planet, not just a growing economy
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!" Social Security - "That's socialism!" Debt free education - "That's socialism!" Universal childcare - "That's socialism!" $1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%... "That's just how it is."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/06/2026
Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now the biggest threat to this country are not a handful of House candidates in New York, it is the president of the United States who is trying to destroy American democracy."
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
THEY SAY IMMIGRANTS ARE THE PROBLEM.
BUT WE ALL SAW WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL.
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Constitution does not care what Mike Johnson thinks. Johnson wants authority to retroactively invalidate elections in states where his party lost. Every official he's targeting was certified through constitutional processes, the same ones that certified him. This is authoritarianism. #Pinks
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on Kushner & Ivanka: “Now Albania's anti-corruption police are getting involved… do you think Jared Kushner would get special island-buying privileges if he weren't the President's son-in-law? And isn't he supposed to be doing diplomacy, not shady land deals?”
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📌Decades and decades of exploration, vaccines, social progress, and righteous wars against genocide and hate, and after 250 years we end up with a lying, orange bigot who hates science and reading, and is losing a war with algae. It’s very disheartening, it really is …
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Cartoon by Bill Schorr
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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Japanese internment camp survivors demand closure of Dilley, TX family detention center
DILLEY, Texas (RNS and Texas Tribune) — Completing a pilgrimage from the Texas site of a World War II internment camp, interfaith activists said history is repeating itself at the nation's only family...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Putin is wiping out a generation.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The Commanders have had about 16 starting quarterbacks over the last 30 years that cannot throw as good as this
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The Alabama lawyer suing Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, who wants to be the state’s next Governor, joins me. In the clip we discuss Tuberville’s claim the courts can’t review his candidacy since the Alabama GOP has said it's ok. Full video here: joycevance.substack.com/p/can-tommy-...
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
If your focus is on changing the rules before an election, you’re only admitting that you know that you can’t win on your own merits.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
President Dumold Trump’s major construction projects in Washington could give no-bid contracts to his donor pals worth more than $1 billion
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Politico @politico.com · 28/06/2026
The Supreme Court is spending millions to beef up security amid a rise in threats to the justices. Along with restricting the justices' personal freedoms, the move threatens to further cocoon them in ideological bubbles as they decide controversial cases.
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The Supreme Court Is Building Its Own Massive Police Force
The Supreme Court is spending millions to beef up security. At what cost?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
“When did Fox become a tabloid? Are you even a real news organization?” Amazing
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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Cost of energy by source $24 Onshore Wind $29 Solar $39 Geothermal $68 Coal $71 Offshore wind $110 Natural Gas $142 Nuclear $220 Fuel Oi Go figure! The most cost effective are also the most friendly environmentally.
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That Other Dude @theotherdude.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Why would a book, especially one allegedly filled with stuff that's not true, merit a White House presidential briefing? Because it's all true, of course. All of it. And they know it, hence the panic. Every accusation is an admission.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I Certainly Hope this is True…. “Greg Abbott is still posting & trying to stir the ol anti-LGBTQ crap. Nobody is engaging with his content. Texans are tired of the bs. Decency is making a comeback!”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/06/2026
We’re back to the Sunday market manipulation loop, folks
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Murray: The Supreme Court has never been more unpopular. The public has kind of had it with this Court. And that’s kind of the Court’s fault. The Chief Justice is going on like, “People are just mad about our decisions, but our decisions aren’t political.” But they look political…
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Alice's Restaurant @handle.invalid · 28/06/2026
Leave it to foreign news outlets to take action and to keep us informed. Thank you, BBC. You ROCK!!!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Condolences to all of you who were still planning to go. Both of you.
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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
In case anyone is under the impression that things are getting back to normal here in the U.S., yesterday 🧊 grabbed a fruit seller off the street in broad daylight in my community. This was only one of several kidnappings in the area yesterday. Don’t let the circus distract you from the ongoing harm
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The list of things Jesse Watters does not understand is very very long ... nearly infinite. It's also possible he's just lying, because he does that, too, but I'd believe that he really doesn't understand how any of this works.
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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
In Spain today: installation of solar panels above major irrigation channels. Channels of more than 100 kms transport water from dams to farmland. - Reduces evaporation -Provides large agricultural areas with power & supports irrigation -Decreases use of water in food production, doubling the crop.
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allie10.bsky.social @allie10.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Climate.us 💥🌪️☀️❄️🌬️💦💧🌊🍀
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MingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It seems the USA's 'manifest destiny' is to elect the very worst people among them and destroy the democracy they swore to defend.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
@jamestalarico.bsky.social is what a politician should be.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/06/2026
Here's a look at some of the highlights worth watching from late-night TV.
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Late Night Wades Into the Reflecting Pool’s Algae Bloom
President Trump “promised he would drain the swamp,” Jimmy Kimmel said. “Instead, he spent 14 million of our dollars building a new one.”
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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Directed by Sean Penn
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 17/06/2026
Getting out of this war is important. But on what terms? The Ranking Member on the Senate Intelligence Committee Sen @markwarner.bsky.social breaks it all down on The @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social Show! Subscribe to watch! www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-ir…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/06/2026
Obama: "We've got a set of institutions that have fallen victim to the siren song of 'everything is about money, everything is about attention, everything is about getting over.' But meanwhile, there are just a lot of people out doing the right thing, raising their families, & taking care of people"
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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Did Jared Kushner Inadvertently Touch Off an Albanian Revolution? Protesters in the Balkan nation aren’t worried just about the environmental impact of a luxury development connected to Kushner. They’re worried about democracy itself. newrepublic.com/article/2118...
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Did Jared Kushner Inadvertently Touch Off an Albanian Revolution?
Protesters in the Balkan nation aren’t worried just about the environmental impact of a luxury development connected to Kushner. They’re worried about democracy itself.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 16/06/2026
It shouldn’t be so hard to watch football.   Starting next season, the only authorized way for restaurants and bars to watch out-of-market games will be through EverPass Media, a joint venture between the NFL and a private equity firm.   We can already see more cost increases on the horizon.
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