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Arkansawyer

@arkansawyer.bsky.social

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Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · 1d

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Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · 2d

My brother is a retired MD in Memphis currently in Chile on an astronomy tour. He just said: Homeland Security Investigators came to my street. No one home. Blue lights flashing up and down my street with men in bullet proof vests and rifles knocking on my front door. #politics #USA #NoKings

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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 2d

Yes Ma'am!

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Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · 3d

No Kings/Pride, Little Rock, Oct. 18. Good turnout and energy. Freedom has friends everywhere. #NoKings #politics #USA #Arkansas

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Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · 3d

Headed to No Kings/Central Arkansas Pride March. #NoKings #politics #Arkansas #Pride #USA photos to follow

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Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · 13d

Inspiring, hopeful column.

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Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread

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Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · 15d

It’s not just Catholic anymore!

Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · 16d

Regardless of ideology, can we all agree after Biden and Trump NOT to elect anyone older than 70 ffs? #politics #USA #aging www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd

The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences

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Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · 23d

I’m NOT endorsing her, but I do wonder if she might run as an independent for re-election. That would be awesome. We need to smash the duopoly. More independent candidates of all stripes might remove toxicity. #USA #politics #MTG

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Greene, Straying From Trump, Reflects an Emerging MAGA Split

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Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · Sep 21

Anyone else having Cersei Lannister/Sept of Baelor fantasies today during the memorial service?

Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · Sep 18

Maybe I should have been triggered by any number of things first, but this Kimmel cancel has done it for me. They really are coming for all of us. #Kimmel #USA #politics #Disney #MAGA

Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · Sep 18

I would like to call an emergency mtg. of the American people, serious proposal. Maybe a virtual mtg. on our failing Constitution. Let’s not wait for a regular call from the states and start a national conversation of legal experts and us. #politics #USA #Constitution

Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · Sep 17

The left promotes and commits acts of violence? GOP candidates shoot guns in commercials and put out Christmas cards, CHRISTMAS cards, like this. #politics #USA #CharlieKirk

Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · Sep 13

Saw her last year as part of an in-person panel discussion. She was incisive, articulate and intelligent. Although not a stellar candidate, she would have been a good president. Truly tragic.

Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · Sep 9

Does anybody else feel like Chicago will explode when Trump moves on the city? I keep thinking of this line: ‘They put one of ours in the hospital. We put one of theirs in the morgue! That’s the Chicago way!!’ I think it’ll be worse than LA. #USA #politics #Chicago

Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · Sep 8

Funny and frighteningly true. #USA #politics

Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · Sep 3

Cannot believe NBC placed the Epstein Survivors news conference in the 4th segment. So cowed by Trump. BBC 10 minutes at the top. #Epstein #NBC #BBC Moving & credible statements from the women. Release the files!

Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · Sep 1

My niece is relocating her family to the Netherlands; hs friend has immigrated to Italy. Celebrities moving overseas, all because of Trump. And this… #politics #USA

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...

Immigrant Population in U.S. Drops for the First Time in Decades

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Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · Aug 24

Capitalist Corruption #17: Fixation on clicks and eyeballs, driven by advertising dollars, has led to bad news writing. Burying the news in the headline down deep in the story copy. That used to be called the lede. #journalism #capitalism

Arkansawyer @arkansawyer.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congratulations to Benjamin Netanyahu and his right wing cabinet on recreating the conditions of the Warsaw Ghetto. You have become the monster your people fought and suffered under. #Gaza #Israel

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