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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 23h

Pineapple Man #sales #bargains #food #poverty #memoir #author #WritingCommunity

A troubling memory flooded back when we bought a pineapple for the ridiculously low price of 98 cents at a supermarket. I say ridiculously because they usually cost three to four times that much. T…

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 23h

Pressed on Justice Dept. Politicization, Bondi Goes on Attack buff.ly/SpY9ODV #justice #TrumpIncompetence

Pam Bondi Goes on the Attack During Senate Hearing

At a Senate committee hearing, the attorney general avoided answering pointed queries by repeatedly laying into her questioners and casting her responses as a defense of the Trump administration.

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 1d

Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago buff.ly/M7lZR7x #Chicago #TrumpIncompetence

Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago

Parents are standing guard at schools. Some restaurants have stopped delivering food or simply closed. “Every single person who looks brown is scared,” a lawyer said.

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 1d

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. —Mark Twain #quotes

Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 1d

Live Updates: Israel-Hamas Deal Paves Way for Gaza Cease-Fire www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10... #Israel #Gaza

Live Updates: Israel-Hamas Deal Paves Way for Gaza Cease-Fire

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 2d

Texas Troops Head to Chicago as Trump Weighs Use of Emergency Powers buff.ly/RgeDOBx #Chicago #TrumpIncompetence

Texas Troops Head to Chicago as Trump Weighs Use of Emergency Powers

The president said he would consider using the Insurrection Act to bypass attempts to block National Guard deployments in Chicago and Portland, Ore. The governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, called the mobilization...

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 2d

Kennedy’s Ties to Ally Leading Vaccine Lawsuits Raise Ethical Concerns buff.ly/fKzoo7T #Science #RFKJrIncompetence

Kennedy’s Ties to Ally Leading Vaccine Lawsuits Raise Ethical Concerns

Aaron Siri is leading legal efforts on policies that dovetail with parts of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s government agenda.

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 3d

New Delhi Street Haircut - #India #travel #stories #humor #grooming #WritingCommunity #memoir #author buff.ly/L6Yak1i

New Delhi Street Haircut

My wife Ellen and I woke up in a London hotel on June 5, 1989, on an overnight stopover on our way to India. We turned on the TV to the news of who would later be known as the “Tank Man” standing i…

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 3d

Can the Trump Peace Plan Overcome Unprecedented Cruelty? buff.ly/xgttr1f #NetanyahuIncompetence #TrumpIncompetence Leading both countries down.

Opinion | Can the Trump Peace Plan Overcome Unprecedented Cruelty?

Trump’s peace plan will be like solving a diplomatic Rubik’s Cube every day — while all the enemies of the deal try to scramble it.

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 4d

Judge Finds ‘Likelihood’ That Charges Against Abrego Garcia Are Vindictive www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u... #justice

Judge Finds ‘Likelihood’ That Charges Against Abrego Garcia Are Vindictive

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 4d

The Real Stakes of the Shutdown buff.ly/W6mhQ1g #healthcare #TrumpIncompetence

Opinion | The Real Stakes of the Shutdown

President Trump is seeking to deprive millions of Americans of their health insurance. Senate Democrats are refusing to acquiesce.

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 4d

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. —Victor Hugo #quotes

Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 5d

Americans’ Support for Israel Dramatically Declines, Times/Siena Poll Finds

A majority of American voters now oppose sending additional economic and military aid to Israel, a stunning reversal in public opinion since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 5d

A Liberal Group Returns to Push Democrats to Oppose Trump

The organization, Demand Justice, will use its megaphone to call on lawmakers to “demonstrate steadfast opposition to the dismantling and corruption of our legal system, courts and the rule of law.”

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 6d

Underachievement and Campus Sweats #stories #achievement #college #fail #math #friends #professor #memoir #author

Underachievement and Campus Sweats

I have explained elsewhere that I had a rocky start in college, at Austin Peay State University (APSU), where the campus motto is “Let’s Go Peay!” My poor start came as a big surp…

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 6d

Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads buff.ly/1RsG9UC #Zuckerberg prefers profits over the truth. I am canceling my FB account.

Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads

A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies.

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 6d

Middle East Updates: Trump Says Hamas Is Ready for Peace and Tells Israel to Stop Bombing www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10... #Gaza

Middle East Updates: Trump Says Hamas Is Ready for Peace and Tells Israel to Stop Bombing

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Earl B Russell @earlbr.bsky.social · 7d

Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech buff.ly/XXENf8N #TrumpIncompetence