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HR Ryan

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Writer 🦉baseball fan ⚾ fighting for women's liberation Native New Yorker, now NH Dem Editor of "Bootheel Boy", Mark Littell's fourth book www.amazon.com/author/marklittell

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · Mar 4

NOTHING IS OVER UNTIL WE DECIDE IT'S OVER

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Bluto's Speech from Animal House

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 37m

See? This is what I've been saying.

Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 1h

Trump’s Gaza peace plan is already collapsing. Israel killed at least 5 Palestinians overnight. They have also refused to open the Rafah border crossing. Neither Hamas or Israel officially signed on to Trump’s deal. Without a 2 state solution Trump’s deal will collapse in record time #ProudBlue

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1h

Four chords and the point blank truth 🤠

#WomensRightsAreHumanRights

🗣️ gwenleveymusic

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 38m

Mamdani went against party unity, so now he's tasting what that's like.

HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 39m

What "ballgame"? Are you from NYC?

HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 39m

The electorate? Millions of them have been bamboozled by the rightwing agitprop/disinfo machine, and millions more who rely on the MSM have been kept in the dark. People didn't get the message the Dems were hammering about Project 2025.

HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 1h

I'm surprised that Politico is running this story. Maybe there is hope for them.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

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.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 1h

I love this too. His reactions are priceless. I thought, "He's gotta be Italian", and it turns out that he is. bsky.app/profile/enri...

Your Enrico Palazzo @enricopalazzo.bsky.social · 18h

Your new most favorite gif just dropped.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 3h

This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Ian Froeb @ianfroeb.bsky.social · 17h

Baseball is the greatest sport humanity has ever invented, full stop

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 17h

If I send you this, know I’ve lost my shit

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 2h

And he complains about Dems.

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 2h

I bet this person has never set foot in Maine.

Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 8h

Janet Mills is 77 and Democrats need to knock it off with the gerontocracy.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8h

Breaking News: Janet Mills, the Democratic governor of Maine, is running for Senate, aiming to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 2h

I remember that video clip of the Chinese spokesman who said about the Trump tariffs, "WE DON'T CARE. We have existed for 5000 years before the US was founded and we'll exist for 5000 years after it's gone."

HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 2h

Do you live in Maine?

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Jacob Smith @jacobfhsmith.bsky.social · 7h

Janet Mills did not flinch in February of 2025 in a moment when most would have bowed down to Trump. She showed us who she is at that moment.

In a world of Gretchen Whitmers, we need more Janet Millses.

Am I a bit concerned about age, yes, but her parents lived to their 90s and she's a badass.

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 2h

Did he? Wow. That sucks.

HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 2h

I don't know why this is so hard for people to understand.

Strategic Butter Reserve @euphoria5l.bsky.social · 7h

there's a primary so if this is objectionable to Maine voters then this will solve itself

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 2h

Because Platner has never been elected to anything and Mills is a proven winner?

HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 2h

If you don't live in Maine, you have no say about this.

HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 2h

More like NJ - there are major tax issues associated with living in NJ and working in NYC.

HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 2h

One of the reasons for this is that he's a younger male acting tough and posturing. "Progressives" are oddly resistant to women with experience and real authority.

Russell Cohn @russellcohn.bsky.social · 2h

I just find it weird how people are acting like Platner is a battle tested politicians with high level wins and mills is a random nobody

HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 2h

I look at it as "The person more Mainers want to run is more likely to win".

HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 2h

Elie, in a primary the voters choose the candidate. Isn't that what we want?

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 3h

Two weeks ago we lost a giant of the movie posters world, Renato Casaro. Today we lost a modern Master of movie posters: DREW STRUZAN. I can guarantee you have at least seen 5 of his posters in your lifetime. The man has put his art on some of the most popular movie franchises (Indiana Jones, 1/4

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4h

Good morning.

Democrats have no obligation to vote for a budget that funds corruption and totalitarianism.

Trump is willing to do whatever it takes to destroy our democracy and pad the pockets of billionaires.

People don't want Democrats to wilt. They want us to fight.

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