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Violet Rust

@violetrust.bsky.social
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Old lady living on unceded Gunditjmara land. Interested in news, politics. Can’t stand Trump/MAGA or any of the stuff that comes with them.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21h
What even is GOP’s sales pitch for the midterms? Inflation - up Gas prices - way up War in Ukraine - still going War in Iran - still going Houthis - out of control Beef prices - record highs Public health - people are dying from the fucking measles No wins to speak of.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/10/2026
Abandoning Ukraine will be a stain on the United States for the rest of time
Screenshot of a statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reporting a Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv targeting critical energy infrastructure, including the CHPP-4 power plant. Zelenskyy says a residential building was also damaged and caught fire, warns of further Russian missile attacks, and criticizes the lack of advance warnings from Ukraine’s partners. An accompanying nighttime photo shows flames engulfing part of a multistory residential building, with debris scattered across the ground.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I will never get over that an American president is screwing a democracy that was attacked by Russia and is bowing down to Putin. And I will never get over the fact that congressional Republican cowards are letting him do it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
They’really trying to lie their way through it 🤥
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Took me a couple of days but we eventually got this gorgeous gentle boy in. Hit by a car and locals throwing rocks at him. I called him Abraham Lincoln. Abe for short. He's scared but I can see from his eyes he thinks we might just be OK.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Guilfoyle has now reached the stage where Trump pretends he doesn’t really know who she is.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING: the court has paused the Trump admin tree removal at East Potomac Golf Links, where we are contesting the dumping of toxic East Wing debris & creating a Trump golf course We raced to court with partners Democracy Forward & Lowell & Assoc, & filed for an emergency hearing--today at 10am!
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“Gifts to Putin will not bring peace or any benefit to the civilized world. Russia will ‘repay’ the diesel with further terror and perfidy.” —Volodymyr Zelensky about Trump’s insidious diesel deal that helps fund Russia’s murder campaign www.americaamerica.news/p/another-be...
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The Deepening Betrayal By Putin’s Servant
In his deal with Vladimir Putin for Russian diesel, Donald Trump assists Russia’s war against Ukraine and our democratic ally’s fight for survival
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A delusional wannabe autocrat who believes he is an autocrat.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
What actual DOJ weaponization looks like. We are very far off the cliff.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s residence searched as part of ongoing criminal investigation, DOJ says
A Department of Justice spokesperson said the search was part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelensky on bombing the Russian data centers: “It’s pretty clear where the bots were coming from.”
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Three weeks out from her election Trump has sent Federal agents in to raid US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. This is part of his attack on migrants, especially Somali migrants. We need to resist this racist authoritarian politics wherever it rises. Wrong in the US, wrong here too.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Who could’ve predicted it?
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In the last 48 hours, Trump has invented an energy ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine, pretended that much of this year’s energy price surge is not because of his reckless war on Iran and cut a side deal to funnel billions to Russia for sanctioned diesel. Not a friend. End AUKUS.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Comedian and Trump-hater Cliff Cash shows us how it’s done. Visiting politicians where they work is the correct approach. I love how he’s calm while calling Trump a pedo and lecturing them on not supporting a dying child-rapist. And he’s not afraid of profanity. That’s the fuck how you do it. &:^)
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God @thegodshow.com · 11/10/2026
SLAVA UKRAINE! 🇺🇦
Russian disinformation bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "If President Trump really wants to have elections, tell Putin give us two months, 60 days of total ceasefire -- 60 days -- and we will organize elections. Of course, we will be ready for any choice of our people."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 11/10/2026
As best as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
Use of Placebo

    The benefits, risks, burdens, and effectiveness of a new intervention must be tested against those of the best proven intervention(s), except in the following circumstances:

    If no proven intervention exists, the use of placebo, or no intervention, is acceptable; or
    If for compelling and scientifically sound methodological reasons the use of any intervention other than the best proven one(s), the use of placebo, or no intervention is necessary to determine the efficacy or safety of an intervention; and the participants who receive any intervention other than the best proven one(s), placebo, or no intervention will not be subject to additional risks of serious or irreversible harm as a result of not receiving the best proven intervention.

Extreme care must be taken to avoid abuse of this option.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now members of Congress are being denied the ability to see the damage at these bases because there's a coverup underway. There's a coverup underway to try to hide the cost of this war and the debacle it has caused in the region."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump posted that Putin and Zelenskyy agreed to a deal this morning for a cease fire on energy infrastructure. Zelenskyy is asked about it and says: “That’s news to me.”
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We are becoming more like our ally Russia every day under the Trump Regime. Vote his Republican enablers and supporters out of office next month. Our Republic is being shredded and our credibility all over the world is completely gone.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
How dare Vladimir Zelensky fight for his country’s sovereignty and freedom.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Signs you’re a war criminal: You attack the court that goes after war criminals
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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 09/10/2026
Trump’s handpicked Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle begged a donor to secretly pay off $100,000 in her credit card debt. The Trump Administration is one big pay-to-play racket to enrich themselves. There must be accountability for this corruption. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And here we are, with Trump and Putin colluding to tamper with another American election again.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 09/10/2026
The idea of executions being live-streamed is absolutely sick and disgusting. You don’t hate Pete Hegseth enough
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This shows just how extreme the US is. Livestreaming an execution by firing squad is the behaviour of a bloodthirsty dictator. Yet the Albanese Government is tying us closer and closer to the Trump regime.
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Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be live streamed
By Annabel Bowles with wires
Topic:Homicide
Posted about 11h agoabout 11 hours ago, updated about 5h agoabout 5 hours ago
Nidal Hasan wears an orange T-shirt.
Nidal Hasan was an army psychiatrist who held the rank of major when he carried out the military base shooting in 2009. (AFP: Bell County Sherriff's Department)


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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just despicable people. All of them. It’s not just that they’re corrupt and shitty at their jobs - they’re terrible humans.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This level of naked, open corruption is unprecedented in our history.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh good. Real-life Thought Police. Exactly what I always wanted. #MakeOrwellFictionAgain
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is pretzel logic only Trump’s team could come up with. We’ve got war with a lower approval rate than prostate cancer and recent credible stories about how we completely failed our injured warriors? What if we re-ignited it BEFORE people vote? Brilliant. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Only in a government run by Trump and a State Dept run by Rubio can an unqualified grifter like Kim Guilfoyle remain Ambassador to Greece after all the scandals that have come out just in the last week. But she obviously has A LOT of dirt on the president’s son, so tough to fire.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Can just one reporter please ask Trump to name the “eight wars” that he settled? 🤨
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
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Rick Stengel @rickstengel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump's thoughtless invasion of Iran was meant to project American military power—instead, it has retrenched it, with American forces retreating from dozens of bases around the world and giving our adversaries a roadmap of how to resist US power.
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From Iran to the U.K., Trump Is Being Forced Into Retreat
A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite. It is a lesson in unintended consequences.
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 07/10/2026
The President wants to arrest journalists for doing their jobs. He’s attacking the right of every American to know what their elected leaders are doing. Generations have fought and sacrificed for our freedoms. We must speak out and defend our rights now.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A new poll has shown the Greens' vote is on the rise! The Greens are the most popular party with young people & ahead of their state election, the Victorian Greens are polling at record highs. People want change.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Psycho. He’s an absolute psycho.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump Crime Family
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