D. A. Rupprecht
@darupprecht.bsky.social
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Freelance writer, author of two books and maker of memes. Supporter of Ukraine and democracy generally. US citizen who's currently self-exiled but in a stunningly beautiful place. #NAFOAlly
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we hit 2 billion posts today! 🥳
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It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?
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AOC: When one party wants the votes of another party. You negotiate, you come to a compromise and you pass a bill. That is schoolhouse rock. And that is how things should be
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Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.
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EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.
Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office
An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com
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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Oct. 16, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.
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To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
abcnews.go.com
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"Russia’s exit from the anti-torture convention is a stark declaration: the Russian state will act as it pleases and reject the oversight that might restrain its worst impulses," writes lawyer and serviceman Nestor Barchuk in his recent op-ed.
Russia has tortured Ukrainian POWs for years. Now they're even more vulnerable
On Sept. 29, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law withdrawing from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, symbolically making Russia the first country in history to aban...
kyivindependent.com
They won't see all the cash. Ever. I think many would just like to see The Onion take over Infowars.
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Well, he and his dear old daddy used to attend KKK "rituals" together, so yeah, def tracks.
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NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
I see the war restarting... unless Hamas agrees to disarm.
I keep asking the question:
'So how does the Hamas problem get resolved?'

The elephant in the room just took on 100 kgs of weight in a fortnight...
It's gonna start back up again. Hamas is killing those who cooperated with Israel.
This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?
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Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.
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I humbly disagree... Russia is a Nazi mafia...
This video from Kharkiv hospital. Russia is a terrorist state!
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Oil refining rates at Russian refineries due to Ukrainian strikes will be reduced at least until mid-2026, Bloomberg writes, citing the monthly report of the International Energy Agency.

According to the agency, due to ongoing attacks, crude refining has decreased by about 500k barrels per day

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