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@intlguy56.bsky.social

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50+ years of obsession with current events, specially international. Multi-lingual/cultural world traveler. Enjoy arts, wide range of music (blues origin, classical, tango, bossa,etc.) Social progressive, fiscal mid-roader. Hate corruption in all forms

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sandor22.bsky.social @sandor22.bsky.social · 16h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Al Toth @atoth99.bsky.social · 11h

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h

$40 billion for Argentina now. America First!

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Al Toth @atoth99.bsky.social · 11h

go.bsky.app/EGHD7AF

Thank you Dianne for the add to your terrific Starter Pack💙👏
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🇨🇦🎃Greg Stefan aka Fella Dogfather 🎃🇨🇦 @ih8handles.bsky.social · 15h

This 👇👇👇👇👇

Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 15h

The American Farmer….

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h

Maybe Mike meant "stood on" Capitol Police?

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Bathsheba in Blue @bathshebablue.bsky.social · 1h

MAGA wants to criminalize protests.

Soon we’ll be just like Russia where holding up blank signs gets you immediately arrested.

www.newsweek.com/russia-ukrai...

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DrMary @drshowup.bsky.social · 1h

Game Changer. Will
Supremes Hand GOP Control of US?

Live Updates: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Upend Key Provision of Voting Rights Act www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Upend Key Provision of Voting Rights Act

www.nytimes.com

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 7h

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intlguy56.bsky.social @intlguy56.bsky.social · 1h

Try again when you've bought a brain!

Saint Stinky @saint-stinky.bsky.social · 1h

Three High Court judges unanimously rejected Owens’ challenge to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s decision in 2024 to refuse her a visa on character grounds apnews.com/article/aust...

Australia's highest court rejects Candace Owens' visa challenge

Australia’s highest court has rejected U.S. conservative commentator Candace Owens’ attempt to overturn a decision barring her from visiting the country.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 19h

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Al Toth @atoth99.bsky.social · 8h

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intlguy56.bsky.social @intlguy56.bsky.social · 1h

Clever!! Looking forward to many more!!

Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 2h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 8h

Agree 💯 With President Obama....

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Climb To The Clouds @climbtotheclouds.bsky.social · 20h

I'm completely serious when I say this. A candidate, who puts out a campaign video, wearing a Dropkick Murphys sweatshirt, is a candidate for the people.
The message he puts out, is damn good too.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 20h

Here’s why you were barraged with spam today.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 9h

I don't think Putin can afford to admit that the war hasn't been a mistake&stop the war he cannot win.This’ll mean the end of his power.He needs a war that lasts- lasts until the end of his life

Is Putin ready to stop the war?That is the wrong question
The right question is:Can Putin stop the war?⤵️

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Sadists. Truly sick people.

ICE is thoroughly un-American.

Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 8h

America Would Be So Much Better
Off Without RepubliKKKans of Any
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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 16h

Giving them ARs but no training. They look like a group of monkeys trying to fuck a doorknob. No cohesion. No coordination. No control.

PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 16h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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crazy1689.bsky.social @crazy1689.bsky.social · 20h

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Dan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 22h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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