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Captain Fanta @sassy0210.bsky.social · 5h

ICYMI: 🚨 Kerry Kennedy announced Late Show Host Stephen Colbert is the recipient of the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for his advocacy for free speech and speaking truth to power.

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Eberhard Tarpenning @keikiokaaina.bsky.social · 4h

Longboat Key is a barrier island in the Gulf of <checks notes> Mexico off the coast of Sarasota and Bradenton, FL. Today the City Of Longboat Key city commission voted 7-0 to keep the name of the town's only major road "Gulf of Mexico Drive".

Eberhard Tarpenning @keikiokaaina.bsky.social · 5h

Faith in the future? What else would you call seedlings in the ground 300 yards from the Gulf of (checks notes) Mexico with 6 weeks left in hurricane season and a storm churning towards us in the North Atlantic.

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DavisDemocraticClub @davisdemocraticclub.org · 11h

We have friends everywhere. Pass it on.

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Tony Dauphinee @oldstoney1957.bsky.social · 1d

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The Lance @latentsensible.bsky.social · 1d

If he likes it than he should but a ring on it

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Eberhard Tarpenning @keikiokaaina.bsky.social · 11h

I love that "Kavanaugh Stops" are his legacy going forward.

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Eberhard Tarpenning @keikiokaaina.bsky.social · 12h

FUCK YEAH!!

Eberhard Tarpenning @keikiokaaina.bsky.social · 1d

I've done battle with I5 more than once. It's not pretty.

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Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 1d

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Eberhard Tarpenning @keikiokaaina.bsky.social · 1d

Ordinarily you're right, but, c'mon, this is hilarious. Let people enjoy it.

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Eberhard Tarpenning @keikiokaaina.bsky.social · 1d

Loving the Boston crowd yelling 'Wuuuuu" like Michelle's Springsteen.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. 🙄

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Eberhard Tarpenning @keikiokaaina.bsky.social · 1d

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2d

this is a tacit admission that the administration is not confident in the legal arguments it would have to make in order to detain them, which should also cast into question the legality of the operation in the first place

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Those men are super dangerous drug smuggling terrorists, which is why . . . we are letting them go.

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U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel

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Eberhard Tarpenning @keikiokaaina.bsky.social · 2d

Well, yeah, one for her, the other for the Botox and fillers. I mean, have a heart.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 2d

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2d

this is a tacit admission that the administration is not confident in the legal arguments it would have to make in order to detain them, which should also cast into question the legality of the operation in the first place

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Those men are super dangerous drug smuggling terrorists, which is why . . . we are letting them go.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...