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Dave J. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈

@hrlyrdr57.bsky.social

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Retired USPS Mailhandler and US Army Veteran. Very happily married in the PNW. Love my wife, my dog, music, and books. World-class over-thinker. Equal rights for all! #Resist!

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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 1d

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Dave J. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈 @hrlyrdr57.bsky.social · 19h

The treasonous kumquat currently trespassing in the White House and all of the butt nuggets in his orbit don’t do anything that isn’t going to further enrich them.

Vicki Jared @vjared.bsky.social · 1d

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Dave J. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈 @hrlyrdr57.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah. That too.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by @edwexler.bsky.social.

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Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 @stef47.bsky.social · 1d

How soon we forget.

Of the 220 hostages that survived,
all but 20 were released while Biden
was in office.

Trump got 20 hostages released.

Timeline of Hostage Releases During Biden's
Presidency:
• Late 2023: The first significant batch of around 105 hostages, mostly civilians, women, and children, was released during a ceasefire in November 2023. wikipedia
• 2024 to early 2025: Additional smaller batches, including some foreign nationals and elderly, were released intermittently through negotiations, humanitarian efforts, and Israeli military rescues.
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• January 2025: A ceasefire agreement facilitated the release of approximately 30 more hostages, mainly women and civilians. the-independent
• Throughout 2024-2025: Various humanitarian releases continued, often involving exchanges for Palestinian prisoners or other diplomatic negotiations, summing to about 135 hostages.
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Hawkeye8 @hawkeye8.bsky.social · 23h

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Dave J. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈 @hrlyrdr57.bsky.social · 23h

Swell bunch of folks. Just swell.

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CCscott @ccscott.bsky.social · 1d

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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Dave J. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈 @hrlyrdr57.bsky.social · 1d

Good going Zebby! 😂😂😂

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JoJo is no longer on Twitter/X @jojo196847.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to have friends:

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Dave J. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈 @hrlyrdr57.bsky.social · 1d

If that hateful, narcissistic, androgynous, lying, vengeful piece of excrement gets a Nobel Peace prize all credibility for the prize committee and the prize itself will be gone.