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Red Riccardo

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Singularly focused on 2026 midterm election 💙. Must take back the HOUSE - Hakeem Jeffries as House Majority Speaker needs to do more NOW. No more speeches. Need action. R E S I S T. 💯 SUPPORT 🇺🇦 Hold Trump admin in CONTEMPT

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 16h

We’re watching an entire political party actively protect the single most infamous sex-trafficking operation of our time.

This isn’t just silence—it’s complicity at the highest level.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 8h

No money flowing to USAID and hardly any to PEPFAR despite their duly enacted funding; well north of twenty billion dollars being deployed for other weird hair autocrats. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, treasury secretary confirms

The U.S. Treasury has finalized a financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country’s central bank.

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Red Riccardo @redriccardo.bsky.social · 7h

‘A Big Problem, Legally And Substantively’: Trump Thought He Sent Pam Bondi A Private Message Ordering Comey’s Arrest, Accidentally Posted It Publicly Instead
Source: Attack of the Fanboy

HAS THIS BEEN VETTED?

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Red Riccardo @redriccardo.bsky.social · 7h

Oh my

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 15h

Well this didn’t age well did it?

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 1d

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h

How much does Fox News pay if you go on one of their shows and claim to be a "Former ANTIFA Member"?

Because I'm ready to spill tea on the Real-Housewives-level shenanigans that go down in the 72-story ANTIFA corporate headquarters. Especially by the lab assistants on the Molotov Cocktail floor.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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Red Riccardo @redriccardo.bsky.social · 7h

Ukraine says ‘massive’ Russian attack underway targeting energy infrastructure - CNN

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 9h

After doing a brief theatrical tour, The Onion's very funny 20-minute send-up of true crime tropes is watchable online.
www.avclub.com/onion-jeffre...

The Onion's Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is now available online

www.avclub.com

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Derek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 10h

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Red Riccardo @redriccardo.bsky.social · 7h

Lies lies lies

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h

ICE racially profiles an elderly man and takes him into custody. They realize their mistake and release him. They also intimidate witnesses. This incident occurred in Long Beach, California.

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 13h

Fairbanks Alaska knows what's up

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

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Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11h

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.