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Russell D. Vines

@rdvines.bsky.social

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NY Dem. 💙Author, composer, musician, cyber-security expert. Wrote 10 cyber-security books, some best-selling. Author of “Composing Digital Music For Dummies”. Former bassist with the Rat Pack, George Benson, MGM, etc. No fascists! #resist

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Russell D. Vines @rdvines.bsky.social · Nov 26

Post you from a different era

Me conducting Jazz legend Art Pepper performing my work "Everytime" at the Reno International Jazz Festival in March 1975.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 7h

Tonight was a very bad night.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 7h

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Russell D. Vines @rdvines.bsky.social · 7h

Wow, just wow.

Russell D. Vines @rdvines.bsky.social · 7h

Hear hear.

Russell D. Vines @rdvines.bsky.social · 7h

Likewise

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Yes, just saw that. Tnx.

Russell D. Vines @rdvines.bsky.social · 9h

Jesus. Like taking candy from a baby.

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Russell D. Vines @rdvines.bsky.social · 9h

👎

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Russell D. Vines @rdvines.bsky.social · 10h

I hope they get primary hell!

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Jesus. 😞

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

No ballistic evidence. No one hit. No injuries. No damage from gunfire. Local cops can’t find a “crime scene.” DHS claims shots were fired. I don’t believe them. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Report of shots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement in Little Village under investigation

The Chicago Police Department responded to a call of shots fired at federal agents in the 2500 block of South Kedzie Avenue Saturday morning, police said.

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Russell D. Vines @rdvines.bsky.social · 16h

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Russell D. Vines @rdvines.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you. I've been reading the NYT for about 40 years now, and they started a double standard for Dems vs. Repubs since the Carter era I know of. All though Biden's term they constantly declared a recession was coming that never did. And now it's just blatant.

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Nash Is Here For It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 19h

September 2025: Celebrates the 78th Birthday of the United States Air Force and boasts about the bravery of our men and women and the years of dominance and respect.

November 2025:

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 19h

A Reagan-appointed judge has quit the bench so he can speak out against assaults on the rule of law (he is a senior judge so it doesn’t create a vacancy):
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h

Thread: part of an ongoing project to erase people of color from military history:

ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 1d

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 20h

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 2d

“Since 2018, labor columnist Kim Kelly brought the labor beat to teenage readers through her “No Class” column, covering everything from wildcat strikes to general strikes, the Gilded Age labor organizer Mother Jones to contemporary Amazon warehouse conditions.” 💔 thisislaborwise.com/teen-vogues-...

Teen Vogue's Closure and the Quiet Defunding of Worker Consciousness

Teen Vogue’s shutdown marks more than a media loss. This is a warning about how profit-driven consolidation quietly dismantles worker awareness and voice.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 2d

Next time you see a TSA agent or an air marshal at the airport, say thank you.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s an easy way to find out how to donate to your local food bank this weekend. 🇺🇸

@feedingamerica.org
give.feedingamerica.org/a/donate

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

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Russell D. Vines @rdvines.bsky.social · 2d

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Read this, most excellent.

#ETTD

Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · 3d

The Simulation Is Collapsing - www.techdirt.com/2025/11/06/t... "Hold the center. Walk the wire. Build the alternatives. Sustain the organizing. Maintain your humanity. Choose love over fear. Choose clarity over despair. Choose sustained resistance over accommodation masquerading as wisdom."

The Simulation Is Collapsing

Tuesday, Republicans got crushed in elections across New Jersey, Virginia, and New York. Not close races. Not razor-thin margins. Massive defeats in states they’d convinced themselves were winnable…

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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 2d

Nancy was always there to help women. Years ago, she helped me fight for equality in research of heart disease, the number one killer of women. She may be stepping down now, but she will never give up the fight.

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 2d

THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
PeaceLoveCanada.ca

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