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Rhuta Bhayga

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#TruthBomb originator, and #DoSomething video series (https://rhutabhayga.substack.com/) Proud member of the opposition and ANTIFA The opposite of woke is zombie

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · Nov 16

#Project2025
Even as we fight and try to stay positive, it's critical that we prepare for the worst. We don't have time for head-in-the-sand optimism.

Here are things that are already a reality, things they're attempting to do, and some crucial steps everyone must take NOW:

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

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She's an opportunist.

And as long as she's not spouting venomous nonsense, I'm ok with that

Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

ICE jerks

Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

It's messaging we can use.

Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

I think it's more that she can read the room.

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

And it will only get worse.

I'm gutted by how tepid the response has been

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

❤️

I played flute with my Jr HS best friend while she played the piano at her Reverend dad's mass.

I'm Jewish.
Or rather Jew-ish.

Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

There WILL be midterms.

They MIGHT (likely) be rigged.

Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

#AMPHIFA

Christine Is Fed Up With Republicans @coralgableswang.bsky.social · 4h

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

aka construction crew.

Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

#AMPHIFA

🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 4h

✊🏾🐸

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

ANYTHING to distract from the #EpsteinFiles

Forbes @forbes.com · 21h

Trump posted a drawing of the arch in a wordless Truth Social post overnight Friday.

Trump Teases Apparently Huge Triumphal Arch Across From Lincoln Memorial

Trump posted a drawing of the arch in a wordless Truth Social post overnight Friday.

www.forbes.com

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

"Golden"......??????

Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

Truly

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

Attention journalists:

THIS is how you deal with lies.

DON'T ALLOW THEM.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

I'm now convinced this is an imposter, and not the same ghoul who hounded David Hogg on the street.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h

"When subsidies disappear, and a lot of these people find that their health insurance is suddenly unaffordable, you’re not going to have very many of them saying, 'It’s OK, because at least we’ve kept those illegal aliens from going to the emergency room.' They’re going to scream bloody murder."

Transcript: Marjorie Taylor Greene Tirade Wrecks Trump Shutdown Stance

As Greene admits the GOP is screwing the country on health care, a leading congressional scholar explains how Greene accidentally revealed the surprising weakness of Trump’s position in the shutdown standoff.

trib.al

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

When you throw away things before you know what they're for.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14h

Fridays firings www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

Poster child #2 for "bullies and cults are fickle"

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

The ease with which a handful of MAGA influencers can get another loyal MAGA person in the doghouse is one of those funny/scary things. @willsommer.bsky.social on Todd Blanche's MAGA blues: www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-turns...

MAGA Turns on Trump’s Top Lawyer

Todd Blanche discovers that your place is never totally secure in the modern conservative movement.

www.thebulwark.com

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2h

The most awesome thing on the internet right now.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 3h

Poster child for "never try to appease a bully".

TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 15h

So now congrats to Hector Luis Valdes Cocho, Cuban activist, dissident & gay man, founder of Latinos For Trump.
He used to rally Latinos to vote MAGA, against their own interests-until he was detained by ICE. He'a now being held on criminal charges, pending deportation.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

😂 😂😂Latinos for Trump Leader Hector Cocho DETAINED BY ICE! 😂😂😂

YouTube video by Willie D Live

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 3h

WTF??
Did she have an intervention...?

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 23h

Marjorie Taylor Greene : "Prices have not come down at all. The job market is extremely difficult. Wages have not gone up. Health insurance premiums are going to go up. Homeowner's insurance goes up every year. Rent is going up. Young people have no hope of buying a home."

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 3h

Why would yam tits infect himself with a worthless, dangerous, autism-causing vaccine in direct defiance of his "health" czar's recommendations?

Unless they were all lying about it's efficiency.

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 3h

#AmericanGestapo

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 4h

Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn Bartholdy (November 14, 1805) was a prolific composer, producing over 450 works, including Lieder (art songs), piano pieces, chamber music, four cantatas, an orchestral overture, a piano trio and quartet, among others.

#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen

Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn Bartholdy (November 14, 1805) was born in Hamburg, Germany. She was the eldest child in a culturally affluent family. From a young age, Fanny received thorough musical instruction—first at home, then from teachers such as Ludwig Berger and Carl Friedrich Zelter; her younger brother Felix Mendelssohn shared much of her education.

Fanny was a prolific composer, producing over 450 works, including Lieder (art songs), piano pieces, chamber music, four cantatas, an orchestral overture, a piano trio and quartet, among others. Despite her talent, much of her music remained unpublished in her lifetime, and societal norms often constrained her public role as a musician. At times, works by her were published under her brother’s name.

In 1829, Fanny married Wilhelm Hensel, a court painter. The marriage did not curb her musical output—she continued to compose and also hosted “Sunday concerts” (Sonntagsmusiken) at her home in Berlin, inviting friends, extended family and musical peers.

She died from a stroke on May 14, 1847 in Berlin; she was 41. Her brother Felix died less than six months later.
After her death, much of her music was either unpublished or wrongly attributed, but in recent decades there has been growing scholarship and performance of her work. In 2018, the Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn Museum opened in Hamburg to honor both siblings and their musical contributions.

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 4h

PLEASE stop saying "we won't have elections".

That is fearmongering, and completely impossible. States run elections, and there's no mechanism for yam tits to "stop" them.

He may/will send troops/NG to intimidate, etc., but he cannot stop them from happening.

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