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@aohriver.bsky.social

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Army brat, Army wife. "All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all." Also, "He who made kittens, put snakes in the grass." Still, we must get back to the garden.

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patw @aohriver.bsky.social · 57m

Trump's motion to grab 20 billion dollars from taxpayer funds and send all of that to Argentina without congressional approval is blatant/blatantly Taxation Without Representation.
#NoTaxationWithoutRepresentation

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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social · 3h

What is this "U.S. considers doubling aid to Argentina?" The "U.S." has nothing to do with this.

These transfers are the work of a few grifters in the WH and Cabinet are stealing from the Treasury with no legal authority to prop up business pals overseas.

America First? No, Me And Mine First.

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 3h

And 0 for health care, food, etc. for American taxpayers

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

“.. So that would be a total of $40 billion for Argentina,” he said.

@politico.com 🇦🇷
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

patw @aohriver.bsky.social · 3h

Th institution that has most failed us is not an official institution, it is right-wing radio. Most talk of media focuses on social media, but that is not th media that saturates th country -- it is rt-wing radio, RWANDA RADIO. It is here that promoted hate against liberals, & found that lies work.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 9h

Talk about indoctrination…

patw @aohriver.bsky.social · 9h

Dont give up.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 18h

The fact there’s a man in our White House who constantly expresses his hatred for half of the country and makes clear his desire to strip away programs supported by Democrats should tell millions & millions why they need to be a part of the No Kings protest if they still believe in America.

patw @aohriver.bsky.social · 1d

Yes.

patw @aohriver.bsky.social · 1d

* to inform them.

patw @aohriver.bsky.social · 1d

And liberals rarely bring it up, unlike the right-wing-media which has a continuous outrage loop of any liberal foibles, real or made-up.

patw @aohriver.bsky.social · 1d

If a teenager shows up on Halloween, give then candy. No requirements, or questions. Period.

patw @aohriver.bsky.social · 1d

Square of beer? Beer cubed? I dont get it, altho itlookd very refreshing and inviting.

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 2d

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Andrew Schwartz

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

Media framing the Gaza deal and other international affairs around Trump’s quest for the Nobel peace prize highlights how much news and public discourse have become warped around one man’s pathologies.

Whether he gets praise is one of the least important thing about this.

Me, in @msnbc.com:

Opinion | Trump’s Nobel peace prize campaign is the least important part of the Gaza deal

If the ceasefire holds, the administration deserves much credit. But the fixation on Trump getting a prize distracts from things that actually matter.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 3d

It’s actually incredible that as a society we never managed to find the political will to force elected officials to tell the truth on TV.

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 2d

This shouldn't happen to any child regardless of status.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 3d

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 3d

The JD Vance interviews show how broken the Sunday morning political show format has become. Such interviews are a purely performative exercise.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.

"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

patw @aohriver.bsky.social · 3d

Rhis is pathetic, @msnbc.com . This is normalizing, almost egging on, the very idea of declaring the insurrection act. Questions like Keisten Welker's gives out a sense of permissiveness.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3d

JD Vance this morning when directly asked if Trump was considering deploying the Insurrection Act: “The president is looking at all his options.”

www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

Oct. 12, 2025, 9:55 AM ADT / Updated Oct. 12, 2025, 10:42 AM ADT
By Megan Lebowitz
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance indicated in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday that President Donald Trump was not opposed to invoking the Insurrection Act.

Asked by moderator Kristen Welker whether the White House was seriously considering invoking the 1807 statute, Vance said, “The president is looking at all his options.”

“Right now he hasn’t felt he needed to,” he added.

The Insurrection Act would allow the president to deploy the U.S. military domestically for law enforcement purposes. The military is typically not allowed to be deployed on U.S. soil for domestic law enforcement purposes without congressional authorization.

patw @aohriver.bsky.social · 3d

Is the @nytimes.com unable to separate reality from fantasy? "It depends on who you ask."

Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 4d

Compare:

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social yesterday.

New York Times headline, today.

NY Times Pitchbot
‪@nytpitchbot.bsky.social‬

News footage from Portland shows a calm, tranquil city. But an AI video that Stephen Miller texted to Donald Trump shows the city as a burning hellhole. The truth may lie somewhere in between.
October 10, 2025

Photo of the paper edition of the New York Times. Headline says "Comparative Calm or 'Hellscape'? In Portland, Depends on the Narrator."

patw @aohriver.bsky.social · 3d

@nytimes.com @ericlipton.nytimes.com

Mark Elliott @thatmarkelliott.bsky.social · 4d

If only there were people who could go around and find out what the reality is, and then perhaps report on it back to everyone. They could even publish their reporting in print or online, and possibly even make a business out of keeping folk informed about what's happening in the world. If only.

From the New York Times:
"Comparative Calm or 'Hellscape'? In Portland, Depends on the Narrator."

patw @aohriver.bsky.social · 3d

So, the research folks get furloughed. Truly an example of robbing Peter to pay Paul.

patw @aohriver.bsky.social · 3d

Also, for our soybean farmers, and other crop farmers. I read a agricultural weekly, and th articles seem depressed. There is still no out-and-out blame leveled at Trump, which, if a Democrat was in charge, You Know that they would be doing that. Conservatives tred on eggshells when it is their own.