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Michael Byron #Fella

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Retired political science professor (PhD, UCI, 1996). Married, living in Oceanside California. Interested in global politics, science, environmental issues. Navy veteran, USS Long Beach. NAFO fella. Strongly oppose fascism globally. Off-grid solar home.

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Shari in AZ🌵 @mutsy67.bsky.social · 4h

Trump has pushed GOP-led states to redraw maps and add more Republican seats—tilting Congress away from the country we actually are. America is more balanced than that & our representation must respect that

Prop 50 is how Californians can defend a fair, representative democracy. Vote #YesOnProp50

Stylized poster promoting Proposition 50 in California. The top reads “Vote YES on Prop 50” in bold, capitalized letters. Below, a bear-shaped illustration contains iconic California imagery: the Golden Gate Bridge, mountains, ocean waves, palm trees, and a sunset. Beneath the bear, “CALIFORNIA” is written in large, bold letters. The bottom features a scenic landscape with orange poppies, rolling hills, and a river—symbolizing California’s natural beauty.

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Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 2d

It’s never too early.

#RadioFreeAmerica

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🇺🇲📎Gigi Alexander 🇺🇦 Democracy Defender! 🌊 ❤️America.🌈 @gigialexander123.bsky.social · 1h

Oh here:

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Thank you, Beth! 💙

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Ride yer bike @4281r.bsky.social · 1h

I wonder if she realizes Nixons henchmen went to jail?

CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 3h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2h

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

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Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

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Gatekeeper @retiredwanttobe.bsky.social · 1h

Steal from the working class to give to the wealthy.Typical Republican mentality.

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EEBC @eebc.bsky.social · 2h

On the 319th day of the continuous protests in Tbilisi, a march got held ‘Georgia cannot be captured!’ from Vere Park to the parliament, lead by prisoners’ relatives.

#GeorgiaProtests

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Michael Byron #Fella @michaelby.bsky.social · 1h

www.nokings.org#map

This will be the largest political demonstration in all of American history! Find and attend your local event!

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 3h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

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Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1h

Families shopping at any grocery store across the country would like a word ....

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1h

🚨About 2 hours ago in Chicago. You see peaceful protestors across the street from armed, angry, geared up Trump enforcers. He wants violence. He is getting none of it. ✊🏼 Power to the People ✊🏼
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Jon Sneider @jonsneider.bsky.social · 2d

Yes.
Everyone laughing that there's no such thing as Antifa are not realizing they are now Antifa.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

THIS!! 👇👇

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 4h

UAVs attack 🤓🤝 DroneBomber

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Feodosiya 🤩👏

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 4h

🇺🇸🇺🇦🚀 If Ukraine receives Tomahawks, we will only strike Russian military targets, — Zelensky

Russians sell energy, receive money, and invest it in the military. For us, these are military targets. I think the most important thing is to reduce Russia's ability to continue such a protracted war.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 4h

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump: I give Ukraine credit for doing so well. They’re very good fighters.

I think President Putin would look great if he got this settled, and I think he’s going to settle it. If he doesn’t, it’s not going to be good for him.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 4h

According to two sources, the parties continued to discuss the parameters for selling Tomahawk missiles to NATO countries, which could then transfer them to Ukraine. The discussion focused on the number of missiles and their possible uses.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 4h

The sources said Trump discussed in detail with Zelenskyy the status of arms supplies to Ukraine, the situation in the country's energy sector ahead of winter, and the capabilities of the country's air defense system, particularly the Patriot missiles.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 4h

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Today, Zelensky and Trump discussed the number of Tomahawk missiles that could be transferred to Ukraine and possible scenarios for their use, - Axios.

The Sunday phone call lasted approximately 40 minutes. It also included US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other US administration officials.

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Michael Byron #Fella @michaelby.bsky.social · 2h

Me too!

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Translation: Putin must negotiate seriously, abandoning his impossible maximalist demands—which amount to the unconditional surrender of Ukraine—immediately, or the US will give Ukraine the means (Tomahawks) to seriously fuck Russia up.

Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 4h

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump: Ukraine needs Patriots very badly. They’d like to have Tomahawks. We’ll see.

I might have to speak to Russia about that. Tomahawks are new step of aggression.

If this war is not going to get settled, I’m going to send them Tomahawks.

Biden gave them $350 billion. We gave them respect.

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