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Gary Swafford

@garelitlover.bsky.social

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My first love is my cat, Olympia, then literature, music, and cinema. In that order. I champion the arts I love and their creators. I'm the author of the short story collection, The Infernal, and Other Tales of Suspense, on Amazon. Liberal. He/Him.

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joycecaroloates.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social · 13h

Bayberry Hill sunset

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joycecaroloates.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social · 13h

watercolor

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Gary Swafford @garelitlover.bsky.social · 11h

The garden is still going well?

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joycecaroloates.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social · 13h

(Mark Bryan)

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 14h

DEVELOPING: Convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and financial fraudster calls for the imprisonment of Chicago’s mayor and Illinois’ governor because they will not help him turn their home into a war zone.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

Excerpts from my essay "A Government Shutdown, A Social Breakdown" in my book "The View from Flyover Country". Unfortunately relevant now as ever.
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four pages of text from THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY essay A Government Shutdown, a Social Breakdown

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Motorhead @bradmunchen.bsky.social · 1d

"Putin couldn't do a better job" of attacking America.

How do we know this isn't Putin's doing?

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

The sheriff in Mobile, Alabama reportedly has a Halloween “display” featuring skeletons dressed like ICE agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros and serapes. www.al.com/news/2025/10...

Alabama sheriff under fire for Halloween display with ‘ICE’ agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros

The controversial display shows ICE agent skeletons chasing figures in sombreros, which the sheriff's wife defends as "tongue-in-cheek" while citing her own Cuban heritage.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is so dark

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 1d

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Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Congress continues to fail at providing the checks & balances the Constitution intends on the executive branch, but Senate Democrats are working hard to try and get it there. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Oversight

Attorney General Pam Bondi showed up for an oversight hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and she brought her best Scarlett O’Hara demeanor along with her.

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 1d

GHOSTS by R. B. Russell

“Russell’s stories are captivating for their depth of mystery and haunting melancholy.” Thomas Ligotti

“Possibilities beyond the rational.” Rue Morgue

“A book of dark mysteries and subtle psychology.” Highlander’s Book Reviews

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

She is not doing well

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Schiff: This is supposed to be an oversight hearing when dozens of prosecutors have been fired simply because they worked on cases investigating the former president.

Bondi: What about the fires in California? Are the riots in LA serious?

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 1d

The Trump admin is STILL trying to use federal workers as political pawns, threatening now that they may not receive back pay.

This is illegal and cruel. Federal workers are entitled to back pay by law after a shutdown - a law Trump himself signed in 2019.

Trump Plans to Stiff Federal Workers Furloughed During Shutdown

The Trump administration wants to withhold backpay from thousands of federal employees.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 1d

Parents are standing guard at schools. Neighbors warn neighbors. Some restaurants have stopped delivering food or simply closed. “Every single person who looks brown is scared,” And fear of ICE ripples across Chicago

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