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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Aug 7

Interview with Janie Gosselin featuring myself and Dr. Mathers. #Ukraine
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Guerre en Ukraine | Nouvelles rencontres pour un cessez-le-feu

Menaces de nouvelles sanctions, présence de sous-marins nucléaires dans la région, envoi d’un émissaire à Moscou mercredi : l’administration américaine a manifesté ces jours-ci son impatience face à l...

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you.

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Aug 5

Well my mom is taking a turn for the worst. No one has answers re: time. Could be days/ weeks/ months but she has clearly taken a nose dive.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · Apr 15

This is so fucked up. ICE agents in Massachusetts smashed the window of a car to grab a Guatemalan guy who was with his wife. They were waiting for their lawyer to arrive because he has a pending asylum case.

Story via @wcvb5.bsky.social: www.wcvb.com/article/ice-...

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Mac William Bishop @macwbishop.bsky.social · Jul 8

There is absolutely no reason for domestic U.S. law enforcement personnel to be dressed like military personnel. Period. (Screenshot from MacArthur Park in LA, original video here: x.com/cardon_brian...)

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · Jul 4

NEW: Putin rejected Trump's call for a quick peace in Ukraine during a phone call on July 3.

Putin's stated commitment to his goals in Ukraine, including eliminating the so-called "root causes" of the war, contradicts his claim that Russia supports meaningful negotiations. isw.pub/UkrWar070325

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Jul 3

Temu lol

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Jul 2

Just came across this and sharing for absolutely no reason.

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · Jul 2

💥Just now: strike reported on the Russian ammunition depot on Khartsyz'k.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jun 21

1. On Tuesday, Congresswoman Sarah McBride gave a interview with Ezra Klein at the New York Times.

It has been used to seed the ground for a rightward shift in the Democratic Party on trans rights.

Some allies have failed to grasp the problems with her approach.

Here's what McBride gets wrong.

What Sarah McBride Gets Wrong

Congresswoman Sarah McBride recently interviewed with Ezra Klein at the New York Times, where she advocated for a more cowardly form of politics when it comes to transgender people.

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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · Jun 13

(Reports now that Fordow has been struck.)

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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · Jun 13

Netanyahu states that Israel struck the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Plant, but doesn't mention the Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant. If they don't destroy Fordow, this entire effort is basically for nothing.

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Jun 10

Anyone who didn’t see this coming has not been paying attention.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Jun 10

The Overton Window has shifted all the way to ban all non-white people from coming to America. It was never about illegal immigration.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Jun 10

The Overton Window has shifted all the way to ban all non-white people from coming to America. It was never about illegal immigration.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · Jun 9

I know everyone is occupied w authoritarian tactics of Trump sending marines & national guard to LA but wanted to show the hypocrisy of this lawless regime.

Trump is installing a pardoned drug trafficker as deputy director of the federal Bureau of Prisons

Former federal inmate pardoned by Trump tapped as Bureau of Prisons deputy director

Joshua J. Smith, a Tennessee businessman whom the president pardoned during his first term, now advocates for inmate rehabilitation.

www.nbcnews.com

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Jun 6

Our founders wanted an impersonal bureaucracy for a reason. Kings of their day had bureaucracies beholden to the sovereign and not the people. This entrenched #tyranny. It will again today too if we don’t stop #ScheduleF. #Trump

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jun 6

Another reason to oppose Schedule F (now Schedule Policy/Career) is that we know it will be used ideologically rather than for the stated purpose of performance. @adambonica.bsky.social shows that 90% of recent DOGE layoffs have targeted people working in agencies that serve more liberal goals.

graph showing that most DOGE layoffs are in liberal agenxies

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Jun 6

I CANNOT!!!! lol 😭🤣#ElonPrigozhin #MuskTrump

A photo mix of Prigozhin’s body with Elon Musk’s head. The original image is from Prigozhin’s telegram page when he was complaining Putin wasn’t giving him the stuff he needed to “win” in Ukraine. This is a still image of one from many such videos of Prigozhin talking smack about Pooty Poot.

The mix of Prigozhin & Musk is a h/t to the idea of what might become of musk if he doesn’t STFU since Trump idolizes Putin.

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NPR @npr.org · Jun 6

EXCLUSIVE: The memo obtained by NPR says troops would be used in activities, including in "night operations and rural interdiction," as well as "guard duty and riot control" inside detention facilities.

DHS memo details how National Guard troops will be used for immigration enforcement

The memo obtained by NPR says troops would be used in activities, including in "night operations and rural interdiction," as well as "guard duty and riot control" inside detention facilities.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jun 6

Another reason to oppose Schedule F (now Schedule Policy/Career) is that we know it will be used ideologically rather than for the stated purpose of performance. @adambonica.bsky.social shows that 90% of recent DOGE layoffs have targeted people working in agencies that serve more liberal goals.

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Jun 3

Hey! Long time no see!

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thanks! I’m working on it. Finally went to a yearly check up and dumped all the crap I need to catch up on to her. lol

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 3

This is Mertarvik, Alaska, population 300. It’s a new town.

Its residents, the vast majority of whom are Yup’ik, began moving in around 2019.

The move was by necessity: The nearby village where many residents previously lived, Newtok, is sinking, its riverbanks eroding. THREAD 🧵

An aerial view of Metarvik, Alaska, a small village of several dozen buildings in the middle of a vast snowy expanse.

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thanks! It has been but I’m bouncing back!

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Jun 3

Adding this to my R&R this is perfect. Great piece.

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Jun 2

Add his name to the ICC warrant.

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · Jun 2

Medinsky claims Russia got a list of 339 children “in difficult situations” from Ukraine—and insists none were kidnapped, only “rescued” by Russian soldiers.

Rescued from what? Their own created Russkiy Mir nightmare?

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · Jun 2

“This bill will preserve and protect the programs, the social safety net."

In reality, the bill cuts spending on Medicaid by at least $600 billion over the next 10 years.

Republicans Are Flat-Out Lying About Their Medicaid Cuts

Republicans are claiming their reconciliation bill protects Medicaid and reduces fraud to justify stripping coverage from millions of recipients.

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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · Jun 2

Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov, head of RT Margarita Simonyan and their fellow propagandists did their best to cope with Ukraine's daring operation and used Tucker Carlson's clip to boost their morale, but their nerves still got the best of them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzYm...

Vladimir Solovyov and Margarita Simonyan react to Ukraine's daring operation

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · Jun 2

Medinsky claims Russia got a list of 339 children “in difficult situations” from Ukraine—and insists none were kidnapped, only “rescued” by Russian soldiers.

Rescued from what? Their own created Russkiy Mir nightmare?

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50501 Veterans @50501veterans.bsky.social · May 31

June 6! OP OVERLORD 2.0.
Unite for Veterans, Unite for America. We'll see you there! 🫡
-172 Rallies
-17 State Capitals
-43 States
-DC
@americanopposition.org @unite4vets.bsky.social @sonsofliberty.bsky.social @commondefense.bsky.social @50501supporters.bsky.social @50501activists.bsky.social

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · May 31

Fear of Ghosts

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