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Citizens for a Better Norfolk

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Woke Mob dedicated to exposing the homophobic and bigoted views of right-wing grifters and scammers at Armed Forces Brewing Company. The infamous (and not veteran-owned) brewery KICKED OUT OF Norfolk, VA.

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Citizens for a Better Norfolk @betternorfolk.bsky.social · 22h

Update. Alan Beal, CEO of Armed Forces Brewing Company, is still chatting with the leader of the PROUD BOYS. Wanting to dox this account.

This is after he was busted using the account to send fake cease and desists and then DMs with threats.

All because this little man won't pay his bills.

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Citizens for a Better Norfolk @betternorfolk.bsky.social · 1h

Had the pleasure of speaking today about changes in post-production tech in film (with a translator) surrounded by props from Indiana Jones, Alien, and Star Wars.

What a surreal experience and a moment I'm going to cherish forever.

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Citizens for a Better Norfolk @betternorfolk.bsky.social · 4h

Good. Let my anger and Addison red line accent come back and flow through this.

Ahem.

“Ayy, fahk outta heeah, ya jagoff!”

Federal judge hits Trump administration credibility in siding with city and state against National Guard deployment

Judge's order bars 'federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois' for at least 14 days.

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SJ Thompson 🍁🇨🇦 @sjsthompson.bsky.social · 6h

Judge rules federal agents can't deploy chemical irritants at journalists, protesters who don't pose threats chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Judge rules federal agents can't deploy chemical irritants at journalists, protesters who don't pose threats

The temporary ruling stems from a lawsuit filed this week by news organizations, unions, independent journalists and protesters against the Department of Homeland Security following tense interactions...

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Spork Lobotomy @spork-lobotomy.bsky.social · 16h

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Leanne @leannewriter.bsky.social · 14h

Debate night! Norfolk showed up for @abigailspanberger.com ! Very impressed with how she kept her cool and stayed focused with a quite rude candidate! Go 💙 She is the one who will truly work for Virginians!

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 5h

“Very, very unfair and even worse than Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl. Your favorite president was snubbed for someone who’s not even American.” www.reuters.com/world/venezu...

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A fragment cast adrift @a-fragment.bsky.social · 7h

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 11h

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

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Citizens for a Better Norfolk @betternorfolk.bsky.social · 16h

Meanwhile dealing with a psychopathic ceo who screwed people out of millions and is just coasting.

Sometimes the world doesnt make sense.

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16h

I’ve never seen anything remotely this petty charged as bank fraud.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 17h

NEW: Here's the two-count indictment against NY AG Letitia James. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday: Trump bragged, "We took the freedom of speech away."

Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.

In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.

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USA Today: 'We took the freedom of speech away:' Trump on flag burning protection, First Amendment

Reuters: Trump's war on the left: inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18h

Dolly Parton Shares Video Confirming Sister A Shit-Stirring Bitch https://theonion.com/dolly-parton-shares-video-confirming-sister-a-shit-stirring-bitch/

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Citizens for a Better Norfolk @betternorfolk.bsky.social · 19h

Ok. Sit down. You're going to love this. According to the CEO of Armed Forces Brewing Company...all the lawsuits, the images of people suing him. The mountains of debt. The SEC paperwork.

Its AI generated. Nevermind you can actually look all these up and see.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 18h

Earlier today, prosecutors dismissed the felony charges against Paul Ivery, the man being arrested in this video.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12d

A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 18h

fucking WOOF

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

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Citizens for a Better Norfolk @betternorfolk.bsky.social · 18h

Insanity.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

CNN: We have just learned that Letitia James has just been indicted by the DOJ

Citizens for a Better Norfolk @betternorfolk.bsky.social · 18h

No. It hasn't been debunked. The third image is a joke. I've spent hundreds of hours going over videos from this piece of shit for other reasons, and I'll say it. His voice and mannerisms down to how he blinks add up.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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Citizens for a Better Norfolk @betternorfolk.bsky.social · 19h

"It's libelous. More evidence and exibits."

Well, go get a lawyer you can afford Bucko! I'm sure the SEC and IRS, as well as Norfolk, would love to see it.

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ALT: Planet Of The Apes Laughing GIF

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☠️ Texas Lanesaw Massacree ☠️ @runnerlane.bsky.social · 20h

Love that the Norfolk Wasserhund tap room is coming together.

A muzzled German Shepherd dog standing in front of a “Wasserhund. Brewing” sign, which has a picture of a German shepherd on it.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 21h

I was working on the story and he just came out and said it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Virginia Democrats @vademocrats.bsky.social · 20h

Let’s be clear — no matter what Winsome Earle-Sears says today, if elected Governor, she would try to ban abortion in Virginia, block protections for contraception access, and work against the proposed amendment to enshrine reproductive freedom in the Virginia Constitution.

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