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Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪

@marytorgersen.bsky.social

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Retired Army officer focused on preserving our democracy and supporting Ukraine as well as other nations seeking to escape the shackles of imperial Russia. I support assist-ukraine.org

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Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 2m

PS: I haven’t been to Ukraine, but I already know that they will never surrender. FYI, @caolanrob.bsky.social just released a YouTube documentary about Oleksandr, the farmer from Kherson who was targeted and killed by a Russian FPV drone. The film captures the determination of the Ukrainian people.

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 8m

Thank you for the gift 🎁! I really wanted to read this one. I’m bookmarking it now.

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 12m

Every able-bodied person should do their level best to attend a local rally. ❌ 👑

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Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 13m

They had locations in Scotland for the first ❌ 👑 event, I believe. Check the map at nokings.org to see if any are nearby.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 17m

👍 Important message since they claim that someone is paying millions of Americans to show up!

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 20m

As a fellow disabled person, I understand your frustration. I plan to watch live coverage from independent media sources like @jimacosta.bsky.social so that I can vicariously participate even if I can’t physically show up.

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 27m

Do I hear echoes of the imaginary yet ever-present welfare queens of the ‘80s wafting in the air? Does the CBO have stats to back up this claim?

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 39m

He has a line that shouldn’t be crossed? It must be invisible, and it doesn’t seem to include the Bill of Rights as a factor.

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 50m

In the era of the Russian double-tap, these men, along with the many other first responders, put their lives on the line to keep Ukraine functioning effectively after the nightly Russian attacks. 🕯️🕯️ 💙💛

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 57m

Did I hear Eric actually say his Dad was too *humble*? The dystopian unreality of it all.

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 1h

And Benny smiles approvingly. 🙄

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 1h

Except they still can’t seem to put their finger on the real source of their plight — their psychopathic, bunker-dwelling, war-mongering tsar.

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Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 1h

She’s also adorable! Much respect! 💙💛

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, and this didn’t go unnoticed by those of us who’ve been following the war in Ukraine on a regular basis. May the success continue along with a very fruitful strategic air campaign. 🇺🇦 ✊

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Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 1h

Even a broken Supreme Court still is capable of a thin veil of decency now and then.

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 8h

I don’t know if Trump has the capability of the self-reflection required to learn even from his own success. Nevertheless, it was a good analysis of what leveraged Trump’s Middle East successful first step and how to apply it to the war in Ukraine. Is Trump willing to get tough with Putin, though? 🤷‍♀️

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 9h

That’s a sizable and practical aid package! 💙💛

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 9h

I don’t wish for anyone to feel despondent, but I’m glad you found such a fruitful way to vanquish those feelings.
Thank you! 💙💛

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 9h

The Supreme Court said profiling was OK, at least until they deliberate on the merits at some undetermined future time, if I remember correctly. The majority is apparently perfectly fine with this. And Kavanaugh thinks that it’s no big thing if the person under detention ends up being a US citizen.

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 10h

She’s right wing, but she hasn’t completely sold out. She shows the same disdain for Orban that she shows for Trump. She also supports Ukraine and views Putin as the enemy.

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 10h

No offense to old people in general, I hope.

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Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 10h

The numbers have been ticking upward recently. It’s been a while since we’ve seen the 1200 mark! I could happily get used to seeing more of this!

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 10h

The KAB bomb attacks don’t get as much media attention as the drone and missile attacks, but they have been wreaking their fair share of havoc along the frontline and border communities of Ukraine. Not a surprise that a hospital was the target, given that it was Russia doing the targeting.

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 11h

On that we definitely agree! I was just puzzled by the “even in victory“ phrasing. I may have read more into it than you intended.

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 11h

They definitely got their answer then! Time for more Russians to get that answer as well.