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Blue States Secede
@lidice42.bsky.social
Keeper of the “Truth Core”

Secession is legal under the Articles of Confederation. Let’s keep our taxes local. To hell with the fed if it is going to blackmail us into loyalty oaths.

Fighting Illini, Cardinal Nation and Bills Mafia!

Film Noir
Are the public school faculty in Florida required to study critical race theory, so they know what not to teach?
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
General Hospital!

That’s right, the place that puts women’s health above profits.
These Hospitals Figured Out How to Slash C-Section Rates
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Oh yeah? Have we apologized yet?
Opinion | I’m a Marine Biologist. This Is How I Talk to Whales.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Didn’t see this one coming.
War refugee Aonishiki becomes first Ukrainian to win top sumo championship
Ukraine-born wrestler Aonishiki Arata is the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship in Japan.
aje.io
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
It never amazes me how WWII propaganda films relate to today. It’s available on demand on HBO Max right now if you care to screen it. I promise you won’t be disappointed.
A ★★★★★ review of 49th Parallel (1941)
The Wizard of Odyssey. First class WWII Canadian propaganda production with exceptional performances by Lawrence Olivier and Leslie Howard in two of many vignettes throughout this tale of 6 survivors ...
boxd.it
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Another strong woman speaks out
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Going to blowup South America soon.
Airlines cancel Venezuela flights amid US warnings and military buildup
Flight suspensions come after US regulator warned planes of security risk in the airspace in and around Venezuela.
aje.io
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
“The latest strikes bring the total number of Palestinians killed by Israel since the October 10 ceasefire to 318 with 788 people injured, the Health Ministry says.”
Israel launches wave of air strikes on Gaza killing 22 including children
Death toll since the October 10 ceasefire began rises to 318 with 788 Palestinians also wounded in Israeli attacks.
aje.io
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
That’s what I’m talking about
New Jersey may stop paying federal taxes under new governor
Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said on a podcast with Jon Stewart it's a "great idea."
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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So relevant again today:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”

― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
There is a lot to unpack here, and I realize many can't open this due to the paywall. Simply, MLB.TV is now the property of ESPN. Question is, when you add up all the national broadcast deals, how much is that per team? Last year it was around $125 million.
MLB lands new media deals with NBC, Netflix and ESPN as league restructures TV future
The three-year agreements were a direct result of ESPN opting out of the final three seasons of its contract in February.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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"The UCP is clearly becoming addicted to the use of the Notwithstanding Clause to ram through unconstitutional legislation." YIkes. #ableg #abpoli
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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A devastating news story about how oil and gas companies are treating rural Alberta's landowners. "They threaten, they bully, they intimidate.” #abpoli #ableg. How exactly is this province strong and free? therockies.life/rural-landow...
@nagwanyyc.bsky.social
Rural Landowners Break the Silence on Major Alberta Oil Company’s Business Practices
“We have terrible one-sided dealings with energy companies but if they decide to drill on our land we have no real way of keeping them out,” one farmer said.
therockies.life
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I used D.B. Cooper as an alias whenever I was talking to a receptionist who demanded a name before transferring me to who ever screened their calls. Back then it was a guaranty to get through.
William Rataczak, Co-Pilot of Flight Hijacked by D.B. Cooper, Dies at 86
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A little under the weather today with flu like symptoms.

Couldn’t sleep so I turned on the first episode of Ken Burns’ American Revolution.

Nothing puts me asleep quicker than Peter Coyote’s voice.
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“They add to 279 killings and more than 650 injuries in nearly 400 Israeli violations recorded by the enclave’s Government Media Office since the October 10 ceasefire brokered by the United States.”
Deadly Israeli attack on Gaza brings death toll since ceasefire to 280
The attack marks the latest of nearly 400 Israeli violations of a US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
aje.io
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Okay Rochester. Let’s do this.
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Israel continues to attack Lebanon on a near-daily basis in violation of a yearlong ceasefire with Hezbollah.
Israeli attack on Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon kills at least 13
Israel continues to attack Lebanon on a near-daily basis in violation of a yearlong ceasefire with Hezbollah.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It’s time to pay the piper, boys!
Krassenstein (@krassenstein)
BREAKING: Jeffrey Epstein survivors just released this incredibly touching Public Service Announcement. Make it go viral! Trump is so disgusting for covering us up.
substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for 6 years for. I gave him my loyalty for free. I've never owed him anything. Let me tell you what a traitor is -- a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries."
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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😂😂😂
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM