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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @dradka.bsky.social · 8h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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Lori Patrick Explores 🌎 @loripatrick.bsky.social · 2d

Newport Public Library 📚 banned books staircase. I identify as a library nerd 🤓
This speaks volumes to me. 🦋 📖 #booksky

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 11h

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 2d

A wonderful day for the hostages & prisoners on both sides being released. Now all parties must do their best to keep the peace. A fair, collaborative two-state solution will be critical to that. A Land For All’s pragmatic framework is the best way to get there: www.virgin.com/branson-fami...

A Land for All is possible | Virgin

Richard Branson discusses 'A Land for All' - a bold and audacious vision that would enable both Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs to flourish and prosper on a common understanding of the ground benea...

www.virgin.com

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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · Feb 26

I’ll Be Glad When You Dead…

Buck Woods tells German-speaking Nazis what he thinks of them while performing in France. Somehow feels relevant these days.

From REUNION IN FRANCE, starring Joan Crawford and John Wayne, released on Christmas, 1942.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 10h

How many white people will still vote Republican even knowing they will lose their healthcare because of it?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Georgia Voter: I’m glad the Democrats are holding out for some of us—for the 20 million people who still need it and will only get insurance this way.

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proccoiv.bsky.social @proccoiv.bsky.social · 11h

@nbcnews.com please stop airing Kristie noem ads during the 11pm news or I will no longer watch your program. We can get our news online as you know…enough is enough

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steve jlord @lordboise.bsky.social · 11h

For all of you on Bluesky with a sense of humor along with your sense of resistance -
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[h/t @jojofromjerz.bsky.social ]
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No Kings, No Pants, No Problem

How Portland answered authoritarianism with bare asses and better ideas.

jojofromjerz.substack.com

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steve jlord @lordboise.bsky.social · 2d

... a society grounded in fiction, rather than reality, cannot function ...

October 12, 2025
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October 12, 2025

On October 9, President Donald J.

open.substack.com

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steve jlord @lordboise.bsky.social · 2d

My bio, btw, quotes the flight line/shoulder patch from the 366th - Fortune Favors the Bold [audentes fortuna juvat]

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steve jlord @lordboise.bsky.social · 2d

I see that from your bio.
Greetings to Pocatello from the western side of the Snake River Plain (Boise)

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steve jlord @lordboise.bsky.social · 2d

And we should have at least 13 so there's one for each circuit.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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steve jlord @lordboise.bsky.social · 2d

*Okay, it's a "training facility," not a "base," and the "host" for the facility is the USAF.
Anyone interested in the history of the Mountain Home Air Force Base should read Tom Clancy/John Gresham's "Fighter Wing."
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780425217023
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425217023

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steve jlord @lordboise.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, and another, too.
No paywall as far as I can tell, but AP does on occasion ask for funds, if that's a concern.
apnews.com/article/idah...

Things to know about the Qatar training facility planned for an Idaho Air Force base

When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning that the federal government had reached an agreement with Qatar to build a facility at an Air Force base in Idaho, social media posts ...

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steve jlord @lordboise.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the AP article that largely quotes the Axios article
It might be paywalled too, and you might also need to supply an email address, I didn't have to but for others, I'm not sure.
apnews.com/article/idah...

Things to know about the Qatar training facility planned for an Idaho Air Force base

When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning that the federal government had reached an agreement with Qatar to build a facility at an Air Force base in Idaho, social media posts ...

apnews.com

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steve jlord @lordboise.bsky.social · 2d

Good article except where it said not much in Idaho is flat.
Parts of the Snake River Plain, where MHAFB is located, are as flat as and equal in size to the entire Qatari Emirate.
Difference in elevation & weather - MH is around 3,000 ft above sea level and has 4 definite seasons

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steve jlord @lordboise.bsky.social · 2d

My Guardian and RS subscriptions/reporting had neither depth nor breadth of Axios.
You might try TWZ or OSINTtechnical, too, although depth and breadth may inevitably require more journalistic inquiry than either Guardian or RS have given the subject so far.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

After uproar, Pete Hegseth clarifies Qatari air force facility in Idaho is not a foreign base – as it happened

Earlier, Pentagon chief shared that location would host ‘contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots’. This blog is now closed.

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steve jlord @lordboise.bsky.social · 2d

Here ya go from Rolling Stone
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump Is Letting Qatar Build a Military Facility in the U.S. and MAGA Is Not Happy

Laura Loomer and other far-right influencers are criticizing Trump's decision to move forward with letting Qatar's air force train on U.S. soil.

www.rollingstone.com

steve jlord @lordboise.bsky.social · 4d

completely worth the 30 minutes to watch

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

Watch the interview with @timmiller.bsky.social on

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fykx...

Substack: www.thebulwark.com/p/dhs-lied-a...

DHS Lied About a Veteran They Wrongfully Arrested (w/ George Retes)

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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steve jlord @lordboise.bsky.social · 4d

Wubba wubba

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steve jlord @lordboise.bsky.social · 4d

I didn't give them my email address for this.
Sounds like you'd rather be poorly informed so that you can believe/confirm your preexisting biases.
BTW I have every reason to loathe Trump/Hegseth and Trump's whole corrupt cabal.
Some things still happen for other reasons.

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