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Patricia Nowlin @bonmondieu.bsky.social · May 23

substack.com/@themouthyre...

The Mouthy Renegade Writer on Substack

Check and mate.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Mar 23

“Steve Bannon on mass deportations to El Salvador: ‘If there's some innocent gardeners in there? Hey, tough break for a swell guy.’” 3/17/25 h/t @jvagle.me
www.mediamatters.org/steve-bannon...

Steve Bannon on mass deportations to El Salvador: "If there's some innocent gardeners in there? Hey, tough break for a swell guy."

www.mediamatters.org

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Mar 23

JD Vance, "Denmark is not being a good ally"

"If we need to take Greenland that is what President Trump will do because he doesn't care about what Europeans scream at us"

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Mar 24

“A Fistfight Over…Trump at the Evangelical Version of Harvard *** At Wheaton College, a controversy around one of its graduates, Russell Vought, a Trump Administration official, shows how deeply the past decade has fractured conservative Christians.” 2/18/25
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A Fistfight Over Donald Trump at the Evangelical Version of Harvard

At Wheaton College, a controversy around one of its graduates, Russell Vought, a Trump Administration official, shows how deeply the past decade has fractured conservative Christians.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Mar 16

Balaji Srinivasan suggests giving Elon Musk “control of a huge swath of land surrounding Starbase, Texas” & designate that land as “a military base or … similar, so that [Musk] can fence it off & determine at his sole discretion who can enter.” Then replicate in other states w/ other Tech Bros. 1/

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Mar 3

Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 3

Did Putin write this?

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Brad Cerenzia @bradcerenzia.bsky.social · Mar 3

Brilliant. 👏 😂

Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · Mar 3

BREAKING: Foreign-born leader comes to Oval Office, dressed down in a disrespectful manner, having already received billions from America, asking for American taxpayers to keep paying him more billions, subsidizing him for years to come:

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🌲🌀🐾Colorado Citizen♻️🐾🌲🌲 @coloradocitizen.bsky.social · Mar 3

And I thought they were all about transparency...

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Mar 3

Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.

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joneson/dead bird site survivor. @joneson.bsky.social · Mar 3

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · Mar 2

There is no other way to describe this than to say we are being actively hacked by a corrupt president & an out of control billionaire who does not have our privacy in mind.

#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

DOGE Has ‘God Mode’ Access to Government Data

The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal agencies.

www.theatlantic.com

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Mar 1

Trump-Zelenskyy clash leaves Ukrainians reeling

https://www.ft.com/content/42219802-6d86-4a78-a4b8-e3cb72afd251

Trump-Zelenskyy clash leaves Ukrainians reeling

Frontline fighters, citizens and politicians fear Kyiv faces most perilous phase of war since early weeks of Moscow’s full-scale invasion

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Mar 1

Orban calls on EU to launch peace talks with Moscow over Ukraine

https://www.ft.com/content/be7019a0-da82-436c-b7bd-3217bd7eacb9

Orban calls on EU to launch peace talks with Moscow over Ukraine

Hungarian prime minister tells EU Council president Costa that he will oppose any bloc-wide agreement

www.ft.com

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Trisha KansasGal @kansasgal71.bsky.social · Mar 2

Someone, no idea who, ( Tulsi) may be leaking information to Russia on weapons shipments to Ukraine. Countries need to stop giving the US intelligence information, they can not be trusted.

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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · Feb 20

"I gave blood, sweat and tears to this country for 20 years.... I kind of feel like I was just thrown out like a piece of trash."

Alabama veteran Derek Copeland is one of the more than 10,000 federal workers fired by Trump and Musk.

This administration doesn't care how many lives it ruins.

A military vet and a scientist were securing America's food system. Trump fired them

More than 10,000 federal employees who had yet to complete their probationary periods have been fired by the Trump administration, including those who work to protect American agriculture.

www.npr.org

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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · Mar 2

Concrete steps to help Ukraine & manufacture missiles in Belfast. All is not lost. youtu.be/z8OADYqtSRo?...

Starmer says, 'Coalition of the willing' will defend deal in Ukraine and guarantee peace

YouTube video by The Times and The Sunday Times

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Mar 2

How bad is this?

Let me count the ways

Also, and related, short of firing Powell (or trying, anyway) screwing with economic data would be just about the dumbest (and worst) thing to do

apnews.com/article/trum...

The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product.

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CNN @cnn.com · Mar 3

The rallying cry means, "Glory to Ukraine." cnn.it/3F36vPN

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GOLDIE. @goldietaylor.bsky.social · Mar 2

I’m going to leave this right here. Also, Joe, thank you.

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Freethinkers United @freethinkersunited.bsky.social · Mar 2

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L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · Feb 28

Read & share this remarkable 🧵 from @peterstefanovic.bsky.social, listing all the European leaders expressing support to President Zelensky.

Putin’s war on Ukraine is war on the whole free world. He has already seized the White House—for now.

Stand with Zelensky & Ukraine, and stop Putin now!

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Feb 28

European leaders are stepping forward to tonight to show their support for President Zelensky 👏

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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · Feb 28

Good to see Trump solving the war in one day.

What a fucking embarrassment to be American….

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 28

ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?

VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media

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🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · Mar 1

Bluesky, I leave you with the knowledge that our country is less safe than it was at 12 p.m. today.

Find your local peeps, and build your irl community!

#SheShed #Voices4Victory #DemocracyWarriors #wtpBLUE

therecord.media/hegseth-orde...

Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning

The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.

therecord.media

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Jonathan-FL #HumanRightsForEVERYONE @amerliberal.bsky.social · Mar 1

‘Free world needs a new leader’, says EU foreign chief after Trump Zelenskyy row
The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said ‘the free world needs a new leader’ and that it was up to Europeans to take this challenge

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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AnneJustAnne🦋🐈‍⬛💙 @annenotann.bsky.social · Mar 1

We are f**cked

Chris Zappone @chrizap.bsky.social · Mar 1

Trump said going through the “Russia hoax” ordeal with Vladimir Putin gives him confidence that he can trust the Russian leader if an agreement is reached to end Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Mar 1

Hot take: Social security is good actually

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