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Bob Urbach
@urbach1.bsky.social
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Husband, Father, Social Worker, Retiree, Polymorphic Technocrat. Born Antifascist, Living Patriot, Bread Baker, Doer of Endless Honey-do List. 1st Class Scout, Episcopagan. LS/MFT. You don't know me well enough to dm me.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 8h
Jamie Raskin is Correct, and Fighting Chump's Regime.......
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Bob Urbach @urbach1.bsky.social · 6h
Federal judge blocks Trump from carrying out thousands of layoffs during shutdown virginiamercury.com/2025/10/15/r...
Federal judge blocks Trump from carrying out thousands of layoffs during shutdown • Virginia Mercury
This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Wednesday, blocking the Trump administration from moving forward with the thousands of layoffs it initia...
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Bob Urbach @urbach1.bsky.social · 6h
Trump’s ‘excellence’ compact kills UVA’s free speech and self-rule virginiamercury.com/2025/10/16/t...
Trump’s 'excellence' compact kills UVA’s free speech and self-rule • Virginia Mercury
The proposed compact is one more example of how Donald Trump wants to impose his personal political will and philosophy on a country where democracy dies without free speech, writes guest columnist Ji...
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Bob Urbach @urbach1.bsky.social · 6h
We Can Do This
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We Can Do This
Time to declare our independence.
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Bob Urbach @urbach1.bsky.social · 6h
apnews.com/article/gen-... Z' protesters lead global wave of generational discontent
'Gen Z' protesters lead global wave of generational discontent
A new wave of protests is unfolding worldwide, driven by young people expressing discontent with their governments.
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Bob Urbach @urbach1.bsky.social · 6h
apnews.com/article/trum... confirms the CIA is conducting covert operations inside Venezuela
Trump confirms the CIA is conducting covert operations inside Venezuela
President Donald Trump has confirmed that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela.
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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 1d
I ❤️ Congressman Vindman!!!!

#GOPShutdown
#GOPShitdown
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Congressman Eugene Vindman @repvindman.bsky.social · 1d
I’ve directed the U.S. House to withhold my pay during the shutdown. 
  
If federal workers are missing paychecks because of Washington’s dysfunction, Members of Congress certainly shouldn’t be cashing theirs. 
  
My bill with Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick would make that the rule, not the exception.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."
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GwenieThinks 🤔 @gwenie.bsky.social · 1d
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 21h
More Peronism from the White House www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
U.S. to Take Control of More Companies to Counter China
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Bob Urbach @urbach1.bsky.social · 6h
Seizing The Means Of Production
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Bob Urbach @urbach1.bsky.social · 7h
Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection
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Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection
"It would be funny if it wasn’t so f**king serious," Tim Dickinson says.
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Bob Urbach @urbach1.bsky.social · 7h
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Bob Urbach @urbach1.bsky.social · 7h
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Journalists turn in press passes as Pentagon clamps down on access in ‘unprecedented’ move | CNN Business
A flyer with the words “journalism is not a crime” appeared Tuesday on the wall outside the “Correspondents’ Corridor” where journalists operate at the Pentagon.
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Bob Urbach @urbach1.bsky.social · 7h
With clinics closed, Churchville's predicament could foreshadow things to come for more of rural Virginia cardinalnews.org/2025/10/16/c...
With clinics closed, Churchville’s predicament could foreshadow things to come for more of rural Virginia
The tiny community of Churchville in western Augusta County no longer has a doctor’s office. Its clinic was one of three recently shuttered by Augusta Health.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9h
"If you follow the link to the Politico story and look at the pictures of the men involved, they, uh—how do I say this charitably? They are not Übermenschen. We’re talking about a group of doughy, incel weirdos." www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr...
All the Pretty Little Nazis
The shape of things to come.
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Bob Urbach @urbach1.bsky.social · 9h
My aging, Trump’s aging
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My aging, Trump's aging
He’s 10 days older than I am, but I'm years younger. Here's why.
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Bob Urbach @urbach1.bsky.social · 9h
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Bob Urbach @urbach1.bsky.social · 9h
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Dr. Phil’s anti-woke TV network goes broke
After the end of his popular daytime talk show in 2023, Dr. Phil McGraw launched a right-wing media network, and a new report from Slate documents a network in chaos, with suspended programming and .....
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
“Kids”
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23h
Was todays year old when I discovered that the law allows the IRS to automatically complete tax returns for anyone who gives their permission.
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26 U.S. Code § 6020 - Returns prepared for or executed by Secretary U.S. Code Notes Authorities (CFR) prev | next (a)Preparation of return by Secretary If any person shall fail to make a return required by this title or by regulations prescribed thereunder, but shall consent to disclose all information necessary for the preparation thereof, then, and in that case, the Secretary may prepare such return, which, being signed by such person, may be received by the Secretary as the return of such person.
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 1d
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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 1d
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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 20h
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