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Dale Ryder
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A weary traveler trying to make it one day at a time. No DM's I don't want to invest in crypto No Money to donate Am looking for good conversation and people who want to change our world for the better
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 8h
The Framers went to great lengths to ensure that Congress would maintain civilian control of the military by controlling its funding. Trump has obliterated that 250-year-old check on the armed forces’ power with a single stroke.
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 8h
In perhaps the most constitutionally alarming move, Trump has even signaled that he will keep paying soldiers this week during the government shutdown despite a lack of congressionally authorized funds. (Other Pentagon outlays will be transferred instead.)
Has the Supreme Court Abandoned Originalism?
The right-wing majority has veered hard in the direction of the unitary executive theory—and a schism with conservative legal scholars is starting to widen.
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 8h
according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 8h
The Trump administration has yet to provide underlying evidence to lawmakers proving that the boats targeted by the U.S. military in a series of fatal strikes were in fact carrying narcotics,
US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says
President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 9h
Oklahoma Sen. Mullin sauntered onto Sean Hannity's show last night and claimed with a straight face that the only reason anyone would protest Trump — who not two weeks ago literally labeled Democrats the "Party Of Hate, Evil, And Satan" — is out of "deranged hatred" for the authoritarian crook.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin Says Only People With ‘Deranged Hatred’ Protest Trump
Sen. Markwayne Mullin said the only reason one would protest President Donald Trump is if one had a "deranged hatred" of Trump.
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 9h
three months after federal agents found thousands of classified government documents scattered around the MAGA cult leader's Florida country club. Better luck next lie, Eric!
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 9h
Eric Trump claimed the former special prosecutor planted physical evidence during the FBI's infamous raid of Mar-a-Lago on August 8, 2022. Just one small problem with Eric's explosive accusation: Jack Smith was appointed special counsel to investigate Donald on November 18, 2022,
Eric Trump accidentally makes shocking CONFESSION during on air tantrum
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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“NO KINGS DAY” - THIS SAT, OCTOBER 18

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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 9h
Hamas and the International Committee of the Red Cross have said that, because of the widespread destruction in Gaza, recovering the hostages’ bodies is a big challenge.
Israel to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for fragile ceasefire
The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza ...
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These fascists have to face trials.
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 15h
Watch closely how people, especially those in power, discuss Israeli hostages coming home. And you’ll see a litmus test for those who truly see humanity in Israelis and Palestinians alike, vs those who only see Israelis and humans and couldn’t care less about Palestinians.
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 15h
I need to say this plainly: F*ck everybody who told me (or you) that we were overreacting.
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 15h
In Argentina, President Javier Milei has screwed the economy up so badly he needs a $20 billion bailout. That’s because his “free market” economics don’t actually work.
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 15h
“Species on the brink of extinction have been brought back.”
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 15h
“The Marine Mammal Protection Act is important because it’s one of our bedrock laws that help us to base conservation measures on the best available science,” said Kathleen Collins, senior marine campaign manager with International Fund for Animal Welfare.
Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears
One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 15h
the unrestricted flow of information and journalism that serves the public interest without fear or favor. The Pentagon’s new restrictions erode these fundamental values.”
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 15h
“Reuters is bound by its commitment to accurate, impartial and independent news,” the agency said in a statement. “We also steadfastly believe in the press protections afforded by the U.S. Constitution,
New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won't sign new Pentagon rules
The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative television network Newsmax are among five outlets on Monday who say they won't sign a new Defense Department document about its new press ...
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