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"Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst" is a sound practice. META refugee. Only social media account. I check-in sporadically. "He/him", no soliciting or cat-fishing (Yes, there is a story behind that). 🇯🇴🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽

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jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 1d

J.B. Pritzker,
Impressed with you standing up to Trump,
but you dropped the ball with your own State Troopers beating on protesters for Trump.
They're under your purview, WTF?

jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 2d

Gross. Depressingly predictable behavior.

jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 2d

Reliquary.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 4d

Funny story, the Saudis are hemorrhaging money as they're staging massive infrastructure projects like "the Cube" & "the Line".(The Line project has been shortened as costs increased)
Oil is a finite resource. Tourism isn't.
Not as rich as projected.

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Lowly Dying Steward @lowlydyingsteward.bandcamp.com · 5d

never give up

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jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 4d

Doodling animals into the margins of books?
Yes!

jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 4d

Jordan should stick to what he does best: guarding pedophiles and sex pests.

jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 4d

Hate the term "left", I prefer "progressive", as a guardrail against becoming a corporate shill and mouthpiece for anyone who'll pay.
Sick of feckless fuckalls sucking all the oxygen.

jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 4d

Repugs are shy to admit their true pronouns:
"I, Me, Mine".
(1st person singular)

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 5d

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 5d

Most self aware and honest remark he's ever made publicly.
Shocked.

jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, I noticed that no one's "following the money", or asking the obvious question you just asked. "Where's the money"?

jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 5d

Shame that the 3 Democrats from his state have not only refused to endorse him they spread bigoted lies and disinformation.
Primary feckless "leaders". Hogg was right.

jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 5d

Selective vision. Johnson has no problem seeing his Grindr profile on his phone yet, when it comes to WH accountability he sees "nothing".

jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 5d

Oversized Novelty Mask in kitchen, one with blue lighting.

jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 6d

John Oliver, on Bari Weiss helming CBS news despite zero journalism credentials.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

m.youtube.com

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Glenn Storm @glennstorm.bsky.social · 6d

A reminder:

This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone

This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.

Act accordingly

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 6d

More than a decade ago, I sat down with @marcmaron.bsky.social in his garage to tape something new called a podcast. This time, he came to me to record his last episode.

We talked about the power of conviction, decency in an age of division, and the true story of America.

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.

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jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 6d

Exactly why Porter leaving their position at a precarious time like this was a foolish move.

jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 6d

MAYBE they meant that we got Trump because of arrogant missteps like what Porter just did.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6d

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 7d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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jeremyritter.bsky.social @jeremyritter.bsky.social · 7d

The only good thing Rupert Murdoch ever created was "ANTIFA".