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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 2d

Almost worst, we tried to pretend what she said didn’t matter and got right down to business with Putin

Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 7d

Nineteen years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated by Putin's hitmen.
She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented.
Almost no one listened to her.

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Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · 23d

‘Unimaginable horrors’: more than 50,000 children reportedly killed or injured in the Gaza Strip share.google/7sDLjqYJ7q07...

Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · 26d

Today feels like the right day to repost the Truth.

Jacquie @shroommuse.bsky.social · Jun 14

Today feels like the right day to remind everyone that Janey Godley nailed it.

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Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · Aug 15

Trump's "Tear down this wall" moment. "We'll see".

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · Jul 24

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CrazyBitch @crazybitch24.bsky.social · Jul 24

Are there statues of Grant and Sherman in the South?

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Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · Jul 16

Profiles in Cowardice.

Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · Jun 17

My question is why would you let him in.

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

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Jacquie @shroommuse.bsky.social · Jun 14

Today feels like the right day to remind everyone that Janey Godley nailed it.

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Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · Jun 9

Dark Sky scenario. POTUS escalates protests. Declares Congressionally authorized martial law. Suspends habeas corpus. Americans die.

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Amarie @humanwolf.bsky.social · May 30

Karma can be beautiful
#TTDS

CCscott @ccscott.bsky.social · May 30

Over
Mar-A-Lardo...
😂🌮😂🌮

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M.A. Hamilton @hourofignorance.bsky.social · May 29

LMAO

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MemeCat 🔥🔥🔥 @memecatx.bsky.social · Feb 15

Without words!

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Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · Apr 23

So the guy who wants you to vote using a paper ballot is the same guy who wants the US government to buy crypto.

cointelegraph.com/news/sec-fed...

SEC and feds charge man over $200M crypto trading scheme

The US Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission have brought twin charges against Ramil Palafox, alleging he ran a fraudulent crypto trading company that duped investors out of $2...

cointelegraph.com

Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · Apr 21

WTH, with the glasses doesn't EB eat carrots. I mean WTF?

Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · Apr 14

When is trump teeing off Easter Sunday?

Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · Apr 12

What is the definition of anti-Christian bias? Whatever they want it to be.

Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · Apr 11

Did Blumenthal put a hold on the confirmation vote of Lt. Gen. Dan Caine?

Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · Apr 9

Maybe he could have done that last month or the month before that or ...

Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · Apr 9

Maybe he could have done that last month or the month before that or ...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 1

Sen. Bill Cassidy: "Is there some way that we cut Medicare so that it's-- excuse me, reform Medicare."

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Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · Apr 1

MIKE JOHNSON: Look, we are a cult, and we follow our leader commands because we gave up caring about this country a long time ago.

Jack Pine @joe4now.bsky.social · Mar 29

Three years and still no Spartacus in the GOP. What do they fear?

themerrowreport.com/2022/02/08/t...

The GOP’s “I am Spartacus” Moment

In the 1960 movie “Spartacus,” after the Roman Army puts down a slave revolt, the Army Commander offers to pardon thousands of slaves from crucifixion on one condition: they must identify Spartacus…

themerrowreport.com

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Julie Roginsky @julieroginsky.bsky.social · Mar 27

This is chilling. It is a national emergency. We are consigning this person to torture so Trump can further curry favor with Putin.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Mar 27

Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports.

A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.

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WhiteRabbit @xyzwhiterabbit.bsky.social · Mar 28

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