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John Cooper @johncooper314.bsky.social · 6h

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October 10, 2025

All of President Donald J.

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John Cooper @johncooper314.bsky.social · 8h

How China Powers Its Electric Cars and High-Speed Trains www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/b...

How China Powers Its Electric Cars and High-Speed Trains

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

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Robin 🦋 @robinh2.bsky.social · 1d

You know the assignment 👍

It'd be a real shame if this photo of President Obama receiving his Nobel peace prize went viral today, for no particular reason

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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John Cooper @johncooper314.bsky.social · 23h

The Tom Homan Affair Has More Red Flags Than a May Day Parade www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The Tom Homan Affair Has More Red Flags Than a May Day Parade

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NetworkforDemocracy @simple-truth.bsky.social · 1d

I'll just leave this here. It's long past my bedtime.

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Dorothee V. Plessis @dorotheevplessis.bsky.social · 1d

Christy Noem:
"I was talking to some marshals who have been partnering with ICE. they said that they had detained a cannibal, & put him on a plane to take him home, & while they had him in his seat, he started to eat himself. & they had to get him off & get him medical attention.”
She's crazy! Wow!😟

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Hether Beck @hethbeck.bsky.social · 1d

WTF is drunkydrunk up to here?

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

We've all heard that there is no free lunch.

Well, guess what?

There is no free 747 either.

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John Cooper @johncooper314.bsky.social · 1d

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Woody Guthrie song for Fascists.

Woody Guthrie~ All You Fascists Bound To Lose

YouTube video by UnAmericanBandstand

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John Cooper @johncooper314.bsky.social · 1d

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Great article, very well-written, important topic.

He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He?

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50501 New York @50501newyork.bsky.social · 1d

NYC Emergency Rally:
Hands Off Letitia James

This indictment is nothing more than a politically motivated attack by Trump to intimidate a Black woman who dares to hold him accountable—NY will fight back:

📅 Friday, October 10th
⏰ 5:30 PM
📍 Foley Square

Learn more:
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SOLIDARITY RALLY
HANDS OFF
TISH JAMES
FRIDAY (10/10)
FOLEY SQUARE AT 5:30

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John Cooper @johncooper314.bsky.social · 1d

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October 9, 2025

Today Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan did what President Donald J.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
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The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

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John Cooper @johncooper314.bsky.social · 1d

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Texas prisoner Robert Roberson's execution halted by state's highest criminal court

Roberson would be the first person in the nation put to death for a "shaken baby" diagnosis. A "Dateline" podcast included new interviews and evidence in the sprawling case.

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Hether Beck @hethbeck.bsky.social · 3d

Such a Christian country..

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Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 3d

Trump’s threats to invoke the Insurrection Act is an alarming escalation ripped straight from the Project 2025 playbook.

He would rather militantly crack down on peaceful, lawful protests than work across the aisle to open the government and protect health insurance for Americans.

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Hether Beck @hethbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning. 🌞

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Hether Beck @hethbeck.bsky.social · 3d

Where are the MAGAs screaming about religious persecution!

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John Cooper @johncooper314.bsky.social · 2d

From Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. tcadp.org

“…Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) granted a stay of execution to Robert Roberson.” Based on previous case, Ex Parte Roark, “…like Robert’s, involved a conviction predicated on the now-debunked “Shaken Baby Syndrome” hypothesis."

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🌹Weegie 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing says America first like 300 federal agents descending on a Chicago apartment complex at 3:00AM on a Tuesday morning, zip tying its residents (some of them CHILDREN) and denying them the opportunity call a lawyer.

Government sanctioned domestic terrorism is all you can call it.

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 3d

"But thou, when thou prayest, set up thine camera, and when thou hast chosen a flattering filter, pray unto thy Father which is in the cloud; and thy Father which seeth thy engagement shall bless thee with many subscribers"

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem praying before sending her secret, masked goons out to harass the people of Portland

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Rationalist Society St Louis @rsslmo.bsky.social · 2d

We do too... @darrigomelanie.bsky.social

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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John Cooper @johncooper314.bsky.social · 2d

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October 8, 2025

Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 2d

No he can’t. No he didn’t. And shame on anyone who believes this.

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