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Rusty

@rusty-baxter.bsky.social

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81 yo retired teacher. Ham radio operator. Computer tech. Poetry, history, music, photography. Atheist, liberal, straight, widowed, living alone, neither a veteran nor a draft dodger. Remembers when America was great, and we ain’t headed back there.

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Rusty @rusty-baxter.bsky.social · 7h

They won’t EVER be free, might they could be something beside rider-supported institutions.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 9h

there is a government shutdown with no end in sight and it’s not even really the lead story rn because the president can’t stop invading American cities for no reason other than spite

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Rusty @rusty-baxter.bsky.social · 7h

Nice. I didn’t know that, but I am NOT surprised.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Tomorrow the Epstein survivors will storm Capitol Hill to demand release of the files. I hope new Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is sworn in at their press conference by another judge or official who is authorized to do so (doesn’t have to be the Speaker).

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Rusty @rusty-baxter.bsky.social · 7h

Exactly

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 14h

Every farmer who gets a bailout is a socialist.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 16h

#vss365

It's a good job I don't want to go to America - my views #clash so resoundingly with their government's that I'd be arrested at the border, and my digestion wouldn't cope well with prison food.

a silhouette of a man with bright eyes behind bars

ALT: a silhouette of a man with bright eyes behind bars

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Rusty @rusty-baxter.bsky.social · 7h

Fuck her

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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 7h

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Lawfare Live: James Comey Pleads Not Guilty

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Rusty @rusty-baxter.bsky.social · 7h

I know a public housing administrator who is stupid like this. May as well talk to the wall.
Example: “You aren’t paying for your meals. They’re included in your rent. “

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 8h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Rusty @rusty-baxter.bsky.social · 7h

Trump is such a pussy. He does all his nasty shit the easy way. I still haven’t seen the savings from doge, firings, tariffs, or responsive Congress.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 14h

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Rusty @rusty-baxter.bsky.social · 7h

💯

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22h

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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Landry Corkery 💙🌈 🇩🇰 🇵🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 @landry76.bsky.social · 7h

So I was wondering 🤔... Are we still losing our jobs for saying Charlie Kirk was less than perfect, or has that ship already sailed ⛵️?

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Rusty @rusty-baxter.bsky.social · 1d

They couldn’t have been. We don’t know who they are.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"