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Katie Straka
@katiespn411.bsky.social
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Happy person, animal rights activist, adopt don’t shop, all mine are rescues .long distance runner completed 34 of 50 state challenge , National Park lover, proud Nana to 7 committed to resist fascism takeover of this country and yes a bit of a potty mouth
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Katie Straka @katiespn411.bsky.social · Dec 29
Wow fantastic ! Loved our visit to Iceland but no Aurora when we were there. But We actually got to see them here in Ohio a few months back ! It really is a site to see !
It’s a picture of The Northern Lights dancing over Lake Erie in Cleveland Ohio
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h
WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “People who coming out to these #NoKingsOct18 protests are not partisan plants, they’re real Americans concerned about the direction of 🇺🇸 and this authoritarian overreach… I’m going.”
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 8h
MAGA doesn't realize they sound and look like weird freaks to the majority.

That's what happens when you're in a cult with power. You get trapped in an incestuous cocoon of insider "jokes," memes, and talking points, not realizing everyone else looks at you with horror, mockery and pity.
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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 5h
Look, this whole presidency is void. Get out the megawatt woodchipper and reset to June 30, 2024.
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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 3h
Out-of-city coworker complained that i Zoom’ed from the office instead of home because then my cats couldn’t be on the call.
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Kyle Ruggles 🇨🇦 @kyleruggles.bsky.social · 3h
Truth is spoken and silenced

www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopl...
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 3h
How many Republicans have to out themselves as nazis before you believe them?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h
🚨BREAKING: Missouri state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at blocking voters’ efforts to invoke their constitutional right to veto the state legislature’s new gerrymandered congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri Republicans Sue to Block ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
Something else that has never happened before in American history, as the Trump admin continues to piss on the Bill of Rights while Republicans in Congress continue to remain silent. Another thing to protest on Saturday.
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Hal Sparks @halsparks.com · 4h
Reminder: the “meritocracy” crowd made a guy from the state that’s last in everything but cancer clusters, Speaker of The House.
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Dj @djsoke.bsky.social · 5h
If Kavanaugh does decide to kill the VRA, I don’t think we can whitewash the extent to which this is RBG’s legacy. This SC is a lot of what she left behind

We have to act in accordance with the world we live in, not the one we wish we did, esp with such severe consequences
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Democracy USA @oilgaschemicals.bsky.social · 9h
GOP can't stand that there will be a rally October 18th..

Peaceful rally condemning the GOP administration
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1h
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

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Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h
And not a single mention in the Times about Michael Ellis installing himself as CIA general counsel. Fascinating.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 3h
🧵 This reporting confirms my suspicion on why, based on reporting last week, the CIA's Deputy Director, Michael Ellis, installed himself as the agency's general counsel. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
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Beware, A Mad Wizard @jhwilliams3.bsky.social · 7h
So the Argentine bailout is now 40 billion of our tax dollars. And yet the GOP had to shutdown things because they say no money for healthcare ACA extensions. We are being grifted. Oh and >> Epstein files of course
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3h
I hate to say this, and most of you probably already know, but be prepared for mysterious bad actors to show up to No Kings protests and start trouble. The right needs to make the protestors look bad, so they will send fake Antifas to start violence and destroy things. It's their standard playbook.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h
20 billion dollars from the US Treasury **was not enough**. So now it's 40 billion dollars! And why stop there?

All while the US government is shut down.

"America First," amirite?

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Bessent says bailout for Argentina will double to boost U.S. influence in region
The Trump administration is working to arrange private sector financing for Argentina that would double the total U.S. financial lifeline for the embattled Latin nation.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h
“.. Journalists from the undersigned defense trade publications will not sign this new policy.”

Military Times
Defense News
Aviation Week
Breaking Defense
Defense Daily
Defense One
Inside Defense
USNI News.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 2h
Author’s note: This went out to paid subscribers about two hours ago. After I published it, I went outside to finish a chore I had started earlier. The thought, “You need to send this one out to everyone,” was persistent. That’s why I’m sharing it now with all subscribers.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Lea Zengage @leazengage.bsky.social · 13h
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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 5h
I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3h
1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother
In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...
www.theguardian.com
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1h
Every day, I remind myself that I'm as young as I'll ever be. I don't waste time thinking about what "could have been." Whatever it is...it wasn't. I focus on the fact that I've got as much spring in my step as I'm ever going to have...and I milk it for every damn drop I can get.

#Fight
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2h
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1h
Apropos of nothing, once the President of the United States confirms covert CIA operations in a country… say, Venezuela, those operations are no longer covert.

And it puts CIA officers at significantly more risk.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2h
Was it America First or Argentina First? Somehow there’s $40 billion for Argentina.
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