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Dave Sampson

@campyblack12.bsky.social

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Dave Sampson @campyblack12.bsky.social · Jan 26

This is Robert L. Martin. A Tuskegee Airman, he flew 63 and as he liked to joke, "and a half" combat missions in P-51's. Shot down while strafing an oil refinery in Yugoslavia. He was helped by resistance fighters and, after some time in hiding, made his way back to safety in Italy.
#TuskegeeAirmen

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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 2h

The mafia admin reaches another low in its quest to destroy America's respectability around the world.

"The deployment of personal threats in an international negotiation represents another departure by [Felon & co] from diplomatic norms & signals further tension in relations between the U.S. & EU"

US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules

Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.

www.politico.eu

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Island Girl, Unapologetically Pro-Choice, Staunch Resister 💙 @bluepolitico.bsky.social · 1h

Remember when Barack Obama defied the courts and used taxpayer dollars like it was his own money? That was never.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

Nancy Mace has now made 97 posts about the incident in the airport where she cursed out police officers.

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1h

If seeing people beaten and rounded up to disappear, the country being starved, and murdering people in the Caribbean has not convinced you of the deathly consequences of not voting, can you be reached? I just don’t know.

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 4h

If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.

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Anti-Fascist Collective…. 👊🏼👊🏽👊🏿 @wtafc.bsky.social · 1h

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 2h

The perfect headline.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Holder: I don’t think Jim Comey stands any chance of being convicted. I think the same is true for Letitia James.

But to have a former insurance lawyer—someone who has never been a criminal prosecutor—present a case to a grand jury simply at the call of the President is extremely dangerous.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

The assault took place on Friday October 31, 2025.

The footage is credited to Laura Rodríguez Presa of the Chicago Tribune.

The full story is below 👇

Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability

The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.

www.chicagotribune.com

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SG Hendricks @sghendricks.bsky.social · 1h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

LEAVITT: It's absolutely true that there's fraud in California's elections

Q: What's the evidence of that?

LEAVITT: It's just a fact

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5h

OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.

OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.

A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h

Just about an hour apart by the way

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 1h

The way you vote has consequences. Thereafter you cannot complain when you suffer for the choice you make.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18h

The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.

He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.

How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 1h

New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.

In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.

By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves

In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

www.wired.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h

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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 3h

When Hillary said there was a vast right wing conspiracy, she was, as usual, correct. It's become more entrenched, secretive, organized, & scary.

Armed w knowledge, we will #PushBack 🐸

#WeAreDemocracy
#DemocracyNotAutocracy

Gifted article. wapo.st/3Jsvgrl

#Voices4Victory
#USDemoctacy

The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future

Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.

wapo.st

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 3h

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.

can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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TheCatMan @bigbrohem.bsky.social · 20h

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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 3h

Trump spent the weekend partying with billionaires at Mar-a-Lago. Today he's proudly announcing he won't follow a court order to provide 42 million Americans food assistance.

He doesn't care about you. You deserve better.

If you need food resources visit: www.oregon.gov/odhs/food/pa...

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 2h

"ICE has created zones of fear where both citizens and non-citizens tread carefully, knowing that a routine errand or encounter could end in detention."

When ICE Roughs Up American Citizens

A ProPublica report documents scores of unlawful arrests of U.S. citizens and points to widespread abuses by ICE

harrylitman.substack.com

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 4h

You would think that the President would be too busy to spend his whole morning having a melt down on social media about elections, but here we are.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 14h

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 2d

FBI Director Kash Patel has fired a man who he believes is responsible for media reports showing Patel used his FBI jet to fly to see his girlfriend sing at an event, according to reports.

'They were baffled': FBI insiders stunned over firing related to Kash Patel's girlfriend

FBI Director Kash Patel has fired a man who he believes is responsible for media reports showing Patel used his FBI jet to fly to see his girlfriend sing at an event, according to reports.Bloomberg La...

www.rawstory.com

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