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Rusti L.

@rusti14.bsky.social

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Retired educator/graphic designer/illustrator. Married, mom & granny. Cat mama. News & political junkie. Democrat in red State MO. Pro-choice/🏳️‍🌈/BLM. I loathe the orange turd. She/her. AUTOMATIC BLOCK: ❎MAGA ❎Porn ❎DM’S ❎Gofundme Beggars ❎Crypto

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Rusti L. @rusti14.bsky.social · Mar 14

It was uplifting to see 500 folks show up to support our Veterans in St. Louis this morning. Very grateful for all who helped us organize it. A big thank you to thank you VoteVets and Fred Wellman, who helped make it a big success. @amberbenge.bsky.social @Stldems.bsky.social
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Rusti L. @rusti14.bsky.social · 10d

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Preznit Fuckwit’s gonna fight all the antifas, if he can manage to stay awake

this is going to be the dumbest civil war ever

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Sep 17

Images of US President Donald Trump and the UK’s Prince Andrew with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle near London on Tuesday, where Trump will be staying during his state visit. Police said four people were arrested.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Sep 17

I know I’m naive but it is pretty wild that the president of the United States just publicly declares he and the military killed some guys on a boat, multiple times, and the entirety of Congress doesn’t immediately hit a giant red IMPEACH button

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Sep 17

If you are still on Facebook, this page is doxxing Missouri teachers for Charlie Kirk posts.

You can report the page.👇🏻

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Sep 17

Amazing photo of Windsor Castle taken last night

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Sep 17

Release the Epstein files!!!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Sep 16

Why is the right so angry? They control the entire government and they’re still miserable f*cks.

Joy Reid nailed it.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Sep 16

Hiding the truth.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Sep 16

Yes, release the Epstein files!!!

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Rusti L. @rusti14.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thats my theory.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · Sep 12

Now we know, they have no idea where the shooter is, or even who the shooter is...for that matter. I mean, what could go wrong when you have an FBI Director with no experience...and an idiot president who insisted on firing the most experienced and longest serving experts at the FBI.

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Rusti L. @rusti14.bsky.social · Sep 12

The question every media person and law enforcement agency shoud be asking—Who had the most to gain from Charlie Kirk’s murder?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 11

The right side of Trump's face was drooping during a 9/11 commemoration today (Getty)

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Rusti L. @rusti14.bsky.social · Sep 9

A nationwide protest against billionaires is planned on September 20, and we have one in STL, close to Ann Wagners office at Weidman and Manchester. Save the date, & make your signs! Indivisible St Louis's event, “Make Billionaires Pay Protest sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible-...

Make Billionaires Pay Protest (West County, STL) · Indivisible St Louis

Website Link: https://www.makebillionairespay.us/ As the United States braces for extreme heat, wildfires, and hurricanes, the Trump administration just rammed through a mega-bill defunding our commu...

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The Weekend on MSNBC @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social · Sep 6

Sunday at 7am ET - Missouri State Rep. Jeremy Dean (D) & @rayreedmo.bsky.social

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Sep 4

Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a fool…

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Sep 4

A lawsuit filed by the NAACP Wednesday seeks to stop Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe’s (R) special legislative session, calling his attempt to redraw maps and rewrite the ballot initiative process an unconstitutional power grab that threatens democracy in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Missouri Lawsuit Seeks to Stop Governor’s Gerrymander Session

Read more here.

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TiggsCupcake @tiggsisacupcake.bsky.social · Sep 1

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linlukey.bsky.social @linlukey.bsky.social · Aug 29

The head of the CDC who resigned today said on MSNBC, it became obvious to him that RFK Jr believed in Eugenics. The theory was popular and practiced by Hitler. RFK believes that the survival of only the fittest will lead to a stronger race. Hence no more childhood vaccines, no more COVID shots

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 24

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 22

BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego has been RELEASED from prison and is headed home to Maryland to be with his family. Judge Xinis has an order in place requiring a 72 hour notice if ICE decides to detain and deport him to a third country. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from federal custody in Tennessee

Abrego Garcia walked out of federal custody for the first time since March, when he was deported to El Salvador in what the government has called an "administrative error."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · Aug 22

🚨 Supreme Court allows Trump administration to terminate $783 million in NIH grants linked to DEI initiatives.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson:

“‘There are no fixed rules. We seem to have two: that one, and this [Trump] Administration always wins.’”

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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to terminate $783 million in NIH grants linked to DEI initiatives

By a vote of 5-4, the Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to allow the National Institutes of Health, the largest public funding source for biomedical research in the world, to […]

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · Aug 22

Looking forward to John Bolton’s next book “I wish I had said something sooner”.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 22

Everything Trump is doing is aimed at making it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat. But we are going to fight like hell in court and we will win.

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