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Randy Roller

@tristan1949.bsky.social

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Happily and gayly married; father and grandfather; lover of opera, movies, classical music, and gardening; very worried about the next four years.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 8h

This is the right kind of energy.

Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 7h

Sharing the complete article and hoping I live long enough to say President Buttigieg.

xplore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...

Opinion | Pete Buttigieg on Rebuilding America After Trump

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 8h

Sharing the complete article.

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Opinion | The Appalling Campaign to Erase Jan. 6 Never Ends

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 8h

REPULSIVE!!

Trump to Award Posthumous Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Trump to Award Posthumous Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 8h

Why is THIS immigrant okay?

Cuban Dissident Leader Leaves Prison for Exile in the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

Cuban Dissident Leader Leaves Prison for Exile in the U.S.

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 8h

Bravi! Tell the Pentagon to go to hell.

Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Reporting Restrictions www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b...

Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Reporting Restrictions

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 8h

His head is buried very deeply in the FOTUS ass.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 8h

Why are they surprised? There is nothing in helping them for him.

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 10h

From a veteran who tells it like it is.

The Cost of Trump’s Politicization of the Military
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The Cost of Trump’s Politicization of the Military

They’ve crossed one line after another since January - and we must not become numb to the mounting damage to our military and national security.

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 14h

Bellini's La Sonnambula Live in HD from The Metropolitan Opera Saturday 10-18-2025. Check you local listings.

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Bellini’s La Sonnambula: “Ah! vorrei trovar parole” (Xabier Anduaga)

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 16h

We'd rather worry about trans issues...

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The World's First Climate Tipping Point Has Been Crossed

The world's coral reefs are dying—and will continue to unless global temperatures drop significantly.

Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 1d

Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 2d

No one is in charge. Not even FOTUS the Clown.

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 2d

"But the appeals court left in place, for now, a ruling by a district court judge on Thursday that bars those troops from being deployed into the streets..."

Appeals Court Allows Federalized National Guard, but Retains Block on Chicago Deployment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Appeals Court Allows Federalized National Guard, but Retains Block on Chicago Deployment

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 3d

Our job is not to throw 15 million people off health care and double insurance premiums for more than 20 million.

Our job is not to shutter community health centers, nursing homes and rural hospitals.

Our job is to fix a broken system and guarantee health care to all.

Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 3d

Worse than Nixon? OMG, we are completely screwed.

A Perilous Difference Between the Trump and Nixon Eras www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | A Perilous Difference Between the Trump and Nixon Eras

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 3d

FOTUS specializes in hurting this country and its people.

An Immense Solar Project Just Got Canceled Under Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/c...

An Immense Solar Project Just Got Canceled Under Trump

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 3d

Destroy them all. There is no honor in this man or what he did.

Beheaded and Sent to Watery Graves, Columbus Statues Get New Life www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/a...

Beheaded and Sent to Watery Graves, Columbus Statues Get New Life

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 3d

Sharing complete article.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 3d

Bellini's La Sonnambula Live in HD one week from today from The Metropolitan Opera. Check your local listings.

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Bellini’s La Sonnambula: “Ah! perché non posso odiarti?” (Xabier Anduaga)

YouTube video by Metropolitan Opera

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 4d

Sharing this complete and important article.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 4d

"The head of a conservative watchdog organization acknowledged that its report did not find evidence that the network of liberal billionaire George Soros had broken the law."

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 4d

Brava, M.I.T.! May the other schools follow suit.

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 4d

More LIES from the FOTUS White House. IT'S ALL A BIG LIE! Nothing but lies ALL the time.

www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-09/w...

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

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