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Jaroslav

@jaroslav65.bsky.social

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I love photography, cats, music, art (my favorites are impressionists) animal lover generally, soon moving to FL after 20 years in VA. BLUE is my color not just in politics. No Dm,no MAGA, no OF.

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Jaroslav @jaroslav65.bsky.social · Nov 17

Take a walk if you want to stay sane

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

WOW. A third of ICE recruits can’t pass a fitness test that I do multiple times a week, and I’m a 51 year old woke cat lady with a nose ring who loves a soy latte.

Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 1d

Lecturing active soldiers about being too fat while dropping standards so low for the ICE deportation force that a third of their recruits can't handle the easiest PT test I've ever heard of www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

More than a third have failed so far, four officials told me, impeding the agency’s plan to hire, train, and deploy 10,000 deportation officers by January. To pass, recruits must do 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
“It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told me, adding that before now, a typical class of 40 recruits had only a couple of candidates fail, because the screening process was more rigorous.

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🌸Norma Jeen🌸 @normajeen.bsky.social · 1d

Every. Day.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 10h

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Mary21 @mheltru21.bsky.social · 9h

#PutinsPuppet #TraitorTrump #TrumpIsATraitorAndCriminal #WorstPresidentEver #GOPRussianAssets

Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 14h

"Whatever lies behind Trump’s cupidity towards Putin, we should be long past caring why. The reality is settled fact. Putin has fewer cards in his hand than Trump supposes. One of those cards is Trump." My column. www.ft.com/content/7deb...

Putin’s mesmeric sway on Trump

Russia bets it can gain in US negotiations what it cannot win on the battlefield

www.ft.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 9h

I would take this even a bit further and say that the death cult Trump now leads is on a glide path to forever power and the end of American democracy. In other words, if nothing changes from how things are going right now, it is highly unlikely America will be *any* sort of democracy by early 2027.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10h

Trump and GOP are planning on forever power. I still don't think people realize it. You need Democrats who are willing to step up and fight.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

North Carolina State Senate Approves New Congressional Map in Effort to Add a Seat

www.nytimes.com

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 9h

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alhop @alh813.bsky.social · 9h

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EDEN GATEKEEPER @edengk.bsky.social · 9h

NAZI VEEP KKKING TRUMP HAS BAMA KKK MORON DNA

TRUMP IS LEGALIZING RACISM AND SEXISM ANEW

STOP GENOCIDE

STOP NAZI VANILLA ISIS

AZLD14Dems @azld14dems.bsky.social · 6d

time.com/7320794/segregation-dei-woodrow-wilson/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Trump, a white supremacist, has systematically fired most blacks. Black federal workers, particularly women, have shouldered a disproportionate share of the losses.

Not the first time our govt is blatantly #racist.

The President Who Re-Segregated the Federal Government

Today's efforts to dismantle "DEI" echo those of President Woodrow Wilson over a century ago.

time.com

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CherieAnne @cherieanne.bsky.social · 9h

Grrrrr!

Chicago Will Win @confunctionist.bsky.social · 9h

North Carolina State Senate Approves New Congressional Map in Effort to Add a Seat

"If we can't win, we'll cheat." Party right in your face.

#TheBestPersonIsNeverARepublican

This slimmer margins may backfire on the GOP's low approval ratings

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

North Carolina State Senate Approves New Congressional Map in Effort to Add a Seat

www.nytimes.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

THERE’S MORE:
The New Liberal Action Summit is still live.

The people who actually give a damn about rebuilding trust and winning again are in the room.
This is where the new playbook is being written—tune in and be part of it.
www.youtube.com/live/vgLmBbY...

New Liberal Action Summit

YouTube video by Center for New Liberalism

www.youtube.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

Absolutely outrageous!! 😡

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Bob Van Brabant @bobvanbrabant.bsky.social · 8h

No need to share. We have the blueprint

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 1d

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Uniquely Me )0( 🌊🇺🇸🇺🇦 @psychichealerc.bsky.social · 9h

He is such a stupid arrogant f#ck!!!!

dailycaller.com/2025/10/20/t...

Trump Empowers Hunters To Do Their Thing As Gov't Shutdown Threatens Way Of Life

As the shutdown leaves thousands of federal workers furloughed, American hunters won't see their way of life threatened, thanks to a fantastic move from Trump.

dailycaller.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

REAGAN: “When someone says let’s impose tariffs, it may look like they’re doing the patriotic thing… but over the long run trade barriers hurt every 🇺🇸 worker.”

🇨🇦 Ontario just ran this👇🏽powerful ad using Reagan’s voice against Trump’s trade war during game 7 of the ALCS ⚾️

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

in a sane word it would be considered wildly inappropriate for the Deputy FBI Director to go on Fox & Friends and cut WWE-style promos on sitting governors

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

This is insane. If Obama did this the GOP would impeach

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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ray 鄺羡華 @raykwong.bsky.social · 15h

Good morning and happy Tuesday to everyone. Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir drops today and contains the truth she wanted the world to hear about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, who groomed her to become a sex slave for Epstein and his wealthy friends. Buy it. Read it. Give her justice.

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JoeVe @josephjveverka.bsky.social · 13h

There are no morons in hell.no dummies, no happy ppl, no birthday parties bc no one is going anywhere.👹

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

learned recently that the guy who wrote "The Night Before Christmas," clement clarke moore, also wrote a takedown of thomas jefferson's proto-scientific racism in "Notes on the State of Virginia," basically accusing him and others of making it up to justify slavery. which, that's right.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Raskin: I heard speaker Mike Johnson refer to a hate America rally, but that one already happened on January 6th, 2021

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 23h

Two days ago, he took a shit on the American people. Today, he began demolishing the People’s House. That’s all he does. He shits on people, and he destroys things. Bcuz he’s a horrible person. I blame him a lot for the death & destruction he’s caused. I blame his enablers & his appeasers even more.

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BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social · 21h

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