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American 🇺🇸 Coloradan. Democracy enthusiast both domestically and abroad. Mostly post about Energy, demographics & Ukraine 🇺🇦

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Journalist Facts @journalistfacts.bsky.social · 11h

Pity no one in Administration seems to be able/willing to convince Trump to do this

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deb c @grannyfella.bsky.social · 1h

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Journalist Facts @journalistfacts.bsky.social · 1h

did Trump ever release the Earhart Files he promised so he can move to releasing the files of the next alphabetical name?

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Astreia @redoubters.bsky.social · 4h

Well then I guess this is all fine and normal and nobody should do anything about it since we've always been this way

Do you not see how this is a terrible argument to make if you want to actually get anything to change

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Journalist Facts @journalistfacts.bsky.social · 1h

who the fuck if n their right mind wants an 83 year old to do the halftime show

Mitch Jackson ⚖️ @mitch.social · 4h

House Speaker Mike Johnson said the Super Bowl should have picked a halftime performer with wider appeal, suggesting Lee Greenwood as an example.

Listeners on Spotify:

Lee Greenwood - 447,395
Bad Bunny - 79,800,000 (179 times more popular)

Journalist Facts @journalistfacts.bsky.social · 1h

If Trump nominated Ghislaine Maxwell for a Cabinet Position the GOP Senate would approved her 51-49

Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 15h

Just zero shame, these people....

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA.
Neil Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA’s code of ethics after an investigation into an incident that centered on an altered hurricane forecast map in 2019. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA

www.nytimes.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5h

a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement

Joey Mannarino in a dark brown tailored jacket. The low armhole is causing his jacket to lift.

Someone in an inflatable frog costume. The high armhole allows them to raise their arm without disturbing the rest of the garment

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Journalist Facts @journalistfacts.bsky.social · 2h

Jesus what a waste

Journalist Facts @journalistfacts.bsky.social · 2h

I swear this pic being posted for a comparison between USA/China is such a pet peeve of mine.

China has over 4X the population of the USA and they are still developing

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 4h

Combustion is the past, electricity is the future, pass it on.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 16h

Hey cool the NOAA guy who was found to have violated the agency's code of ethics for his role in Sharpiegate has been confirmed as the head of NOAA.

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA

www.nytimes.com

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 3h

• The vast majority of National Guard members have day jobs or are enrolled in school.

• Close to half of them are parents.

• They are being deployed in their own country while the public overwhelmingly opposes it.

• They are not even being paid due to the government shutdown.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

As a reminder, when Jack Posobiec was in the US Navy, they assessed his full capabilities and concluded that he was best suited to collecting samples for urinalysis

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 9h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

Yikes indeed. After multiple quarters of success in bringing down backlogs, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is taking a turn for the worse.

The latest data shows that in the first six months of 2025, total net backlogs rose 26%, up by 1.1 million pending applications (of all kinds).

A bar chart showing Total Net USCIS Immigration Application Backlog by quarter, Fiscal Year 2023 Q4 through Fiscal Year 2025 Q3. The chart shows that total applications pending dropped from a bit over 4 million in FY 2023 Q4 to 3.8 million in FY 2024 Q4. In FY 2025, every quarter there has been an increase, with the sharpest increase from Q1 to Q2 and then a smaller but still significant increase from Q2 to Q3, peaking at 5.4 million pending cases.

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Caffeine 🇺🇦 @caffeine.fellas.army · 3h

Antifa disrupting a gathering of white supremacist

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Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social · 3h

Russian occupation administrations & companies in unlawfully Russian annexed areas of Ukraine have been systematically stealing grain & exporting it by bulkers engaging deceptive shipping practices: Matros Koshka transited Bosphorus en route from occupied Sevastopol to Alexandria carrying wheat.

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Michael Byron #Fella @michaelby.bsky.social · 4h

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

"On Sept. 20, Trump meant to send a private message to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging her to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey...

Trump believed he had sent Bondi the message directly, addressing it to “Pam,” and was surprised to learn it was public..."

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Journalist Facts @journalistfacts.bsky.social · 4h

For the customer, fracked gas is just gas. And cheap in Texas (for now). The construction of the power/distribution is what is expensive & takes time.

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Farmer Marv Bot 🇺🇸 🇺🇦🚜🌾 @farmermarvbot.bsky.social · 4h

“The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

It’s such a relief to know this admin is always working so hard to lower prices, create jobs, reduce the cost of healthcare, and make home ownership affordable.

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 8h

Look, I never want to say people shouldn't run.

But if you spent $90 million and lost by twenty points... can you maybe use your expertise to help someone else run?

Democrat Amy McGrath launches comeback bid in seeking the seat of retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell

Democrat and retired Marine aviator Amy McGrath has entered the Senate campaign in Kentucky. She vows to be a “bulwark against authoritarianism” in launching her campaign Monday.

apnews.com

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Journalist Facts @journalistfacts.bsky.social · 4h

I understand the point however the median income for Latinas is $880 a week and for white men is $1,357. This is 65 cents/dollar.

You are a congresswoman please use correct info.

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 9h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 16h

This is what Republicans mean by free speech.

Republicans should be allowed to lie without being fact-checked and Democrats should not even be allowed to speak at all.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump posts that Sen. Blumenthal “should be allowed to speak no longer”

Sanctimonious Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the biggest “joke” in the United States Senate, is at it again! “Dick” lied until the midpoint of his political career, convincing everyone, in particular the Fake News Media, that he was a great “War Hero” who lived on the precipice of death in the jungles of Vietnam. He would talk about his life in the military in almost every speech, in particular the death defying dangers he faced in his many years “fight for freedom” while in Vietnam. He stated that “the battles were violent and long, but there was no going back” - And then it happened, Blumenthal was found out to be a FRAUD. The soldiers in his so-called “platoon” came forward and said that they had no idea who this guy was. He was revealed, broke down and admitted, tears flowing from his eyes, that he LIED, a Whopper, one that lasted 20 year. This guy shouldn’t even be in the U.S. Senate. It should be investigated, and Justice should be sought. Right now there is a Congressman sitting in prison for lying about his past during a campaign. Well, those lies were nothing compared to those of Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the greatest phony in the history of the United States Senate. He should be allowed to speak no longer!

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Journalist Facts @journalistfacts.bsky.social · 9h

dementia Donny living in the past

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 9h

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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