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Bob Ballentine

@raballentine.bsky.social

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Retired. Amateur classical pianist. Liberal. Mystery Science Theater 3000. ADHD. No damned Trump! No damned MAGA! No damned Elon! No damned Republicans!! Please, no DMs.

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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 12h

The Punisher hates pedophiles.

Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 12h

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

www.motherjones.com

Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 13h

And both are among the things that keep me going.

Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 16h

#Andor #ICE

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

McGovern: Republicans love to advocate for more work requirements for poor people… Let's have a work requirement for Republicans to show up to congress and do your god damn job.

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✨🦋𝓢𝓗𝓔𝓘𝓛𝓐 🦋✨ @sheilaharris.bsky.social · 19h

#ChicagoProtests

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 20h

Good morning, Pam Bondi ☕️💅🏽

Photo of a blonde female pathological liar wearing a dark suit to match her dark soul, with the words:
“Someone should tell Pam Bondi that while Nixon didn't go to prison, his Attorney General did.”

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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 18h

This administration wants the world to hate us.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running don’t.

And Speaker Mike Johnson won’t let the House come back to work. So basically they’re on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.

Did I get that right?

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2d

Russian authorities claimed that Pravda publisher Vyacheslav Leontyev had a “nervous breakdown” and stumbled out of a window.

Pravda Publisher Dies After Fall From a Window in Putin’s Moscow

Authorities claimed Vyacheslav Leontyev had a “nervous breakdown” and stumbled out of a window.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Cartoon by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social.

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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 2d

It looks as if a murmuration of starlings is swarming his head.

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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 3d

slate.com/news-and-pol...

It Feels as if Liberal Justices Are Powerless. But Their Dissents Can Actually Get Us Out of This.

A new Supreme Court term officially begins on Monday, but the justices never really took a break.

slate.com

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 3d

Bari Weiss becoming head of the news division at CBS does not just tarnish the legacy of Murrow and Cronkite, it tarnishes the legacy of fucking Hee Haw.

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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 3d

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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 3d

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Minnesota is one of the safest states in the US, according to new study

The state ranked eighth in the nation.

bringmethenews.com

Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 4d

My wife’s niece has a daughter in first grade. We just found out that the girl’s teacher has the children stand every morning and “salute The King,” which is a picture of Trump he has posted in the classroom. This is in northeast PA.

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 4d

House Republicans have worked a total of 14 days since July 25th.

You can’t blame a shutdown on Democrats when the entire Republican Party hasn’t even bothered to show up for work.

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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 4d

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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 4d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is trying to warn us about something. Are we listening?

Jackson enters her fourth year on the supreme court on Monday. As its fiercest liberal voice wary of Trump’s growing power, she faces an intense battle ahead

www.theguardian.com

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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 5d

I just cheer louder.