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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

Tell me again, Donald, about the "Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax."

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21h

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 1h

I did not say this enough during th '24 election ramp-up: if we don't vote blue in overwhelming numbers in '26 democracy ends. Forget about 2028; if we don't win both chambers next year, '28 doesn't even matter.

Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 1h

Trump? Read?? 🤣

Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 2h

I used to say that I couldn't fathom anyone in their right minds would believe a thing he says, but these days I now know better.

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Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 2h

What disturbs me as much as anything is the 2026 and '28 election systems. On top of the "policing" voting locations, doesn't Leiendecker's purchase of Dominion put in doubt the very credibility of any election going forward?

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Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 2h

Really punked out on the lede, didn't you, @usatoday.com?

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Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 1d

His perpetual excuse for everything. He claims he hasn't "seen it."
FFS, call him out on his incompetence or his outright lying.
This isn't hard.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 3d

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Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 3d

We've got to figure out a new amendment or criminal charges to curb the abuses taking place by the conservative judges on this Supreme Court.
Gutting civil and voting rights shouldn't be possible.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4d

The Supreme Court's conservative justices appeared likely to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a decision that would have massive consequences for the future of Black political representation in the South

The Supreme Court Seems Ready To Hand Trump His Dream Of One-Party Rule

The conservative justices appear ready to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The only question is how.

www.huffpost.com

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Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 3d

Message sent. This isn't going to work the way you think it will, #Kegseth.

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Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 4d

Why would Trump give a country with very little trade policy with the U.S. a $20 billion bailout? This, following a government shutdown of his own making.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump says U.S. won’t benefit from $20 billion bailout for Argentina

By his own account, Trump is offering $20 billion to Argentina to help its president, who faces a possible financial crisis and a legislative election Oct. 26.

www.washingtonpost.com

Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 4d

He disgraces his nation, even his allies, with zero consequences.
"Smack me with a club about my head and neck again, please sir??"
Pathetic simps.

Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 5d

"Bibliomania"
Yep. Sounds about right.
www.insidehook.com/books/buying...

The Benefits of Buying Books You'll Probably Never Read

Confused? Get to know the Japanese philosophy of "tsundoku."

www.insidehook.com

Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 6d

More violent, and much of its brutality and physical abuse illegal.
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

www.npr.org

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 6d

Truly can’t believe they took this quote
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-other-...

"They keep saying as loudly as possible, we're going to do more illegal partisan impoundments, and I think Democrats are seeing this and it just reinforces their sense they can't negotiate with these guys," Bobby Kogan, senior director of federal budget policy at the Center for American Progress, told me. "It's Darth Vader saying 'I have altered the deal, pray I don't alter it any further'—again and again and again."

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Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 7d

War zone? #Seattle? Yeah, might wanna try again.
www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...

Embracing Mother Nature's City: Seattle

Discover how urban green spaces, miles of waterfront, and wild wonders are part of everyday life in the Emerald City.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

TEXAS senate candidate Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social (grandson of a Baptist preacher): “I put my hand on a Bible and swore an oath to the constitution, not the other way around.”

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 7d

Www.hidinginplainsightbook.com

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Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 8d

Throwing out of his MIND.

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Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 8d

Par for the course with these cardiac kids. #GoMs

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 8d

With 15 innings played, Tigers-Mariners is the longest winner-take-all MLB postseason game ever 🤯

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Pacific Northwest Seismic Network @pnsn1.bsky.social · 8d

You feel that Seattle?! Check out that Polanco P-Wave! Polanco Game Winning Single, Crawford Scores, MARINERS WIN!! @Mariners are Toronto Bound! @Tmobilepark @FoxSports
#SeisTheMoment #SeizeTheMoment

Seismogram showing ground motion at T-Mobile Park for game-winning single by Seattle Mariner Jorge Polanco, JP Crawford scores!

MLB poster for PostSEAson 2025 that reads Seis the Moment with a small seismogram between the Seis and the The. Has website for PNSN seismograms of the game. mariners.pnsn.org

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 8d

Every half inning of Mariners baseball

a close up of a man 's face with a few spots on it

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a few spots on it

media.tenor.com

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Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 8d

Don't think I've ever been more proud of any pitching staff in Mariners history. To the last man.
Unreal, especially Bazardo and Castillo.

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Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 8d

ALCS-BOUND!!!

So proud of our hometown #Mariners!
After 24 years of playoff futility, we're due for something great!

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Mike Barbre @mikebarbre.bsky.social · 10d

Didn't believe it for a second to begin with. Why would we? It's a lifelong con man paired with a mass murderer against a terrorist organization that executed 7,000 Israelis.
Every element of this is a cataclysmic shitshow.

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