JoAnn T. Blankenship
@jotimblank.bsky.social
Retired expat Iiving in the mtns of #CostaRica since the Great Recession, 09.
Originally from Atlanta, GA.
#LIBERAL #FuckTheMoron
#BanAssultWeapons
🐈🐈⬛🐈 🌺🌺🌺💙💙💙
#Vegetarian #Cats #Beatles
#Widow #MeidasTouch #StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
#ProtestPeacefully
Originally from Atlanta, GA.
#LIBERAL #FuckTheMoron
#BanAssultWeapons
🐈🐈⬛🐈 🌺🌺🌺💙💙💙
#Vegetarian #Cats #Beatles
#Widow #MeidasTouch #StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
#ProtestPeacefully
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Swiss lawmakers seek probe into whether gifts to Trump may have breached law
Two Swiss lawmakers have asked prosecutors to examine whether gifts reportedly given to U.S. President Donald Trump - including a Rolex watch and a gold bar - by Swiss business leaders may have violated Switzerland's anti-bribery laws.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Swiss lawmakers seek probe into whether gifts to Trump may have breached law reut.rs/4rpPnHM
There's a press conference going on about the shooting yesterday, and of course it's all Bidens fault. No mention of the fact that the shooter was granted asylum by Trump.
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
There's a press conference going on about the shooting yesterday, and of course it's all Bidens fault. No mention of the fact that the shooter was granted asylum by Trump.
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If we want to talk affordability, you know what would really help? Re-jiggering how we pay for college. There's a lot to learn from my native Australia, which has an incredibly fair and efficient system of income-based repayment.
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If we want to talk affordability, you know what would really help? Re-jiggering how we pay for college. There's a lot to learn from my native Australia, which has an incredibly fair and efficient system of income-based repayment.
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When the strongest argument for your policy is a list of lies (I count 7) and exaggerations (another 5), you reveal more than a wonky list of truths ever would.
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When the strongest argument for your policy is a list of lies (I count 7) and exaggerations (another 5), you reveal more than a wonky list of truths ever would.
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Turns out that when you describe how "the punters" feel about the economy, Americans think you're talking about blokes who kick footballs, rather than "the people." (Hilarity ensued.)
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Turns out that when you describe how "the punters" feel about the economy, Americans think you're talking about blokes who kick footballs, rather than "the people." (Hilarity ensued.)
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Putin: some individual servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "look like homeless people."
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Putin: some individual servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "look like homeless people."
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Putin:
The current Ukrainian made a strategic mistake by being afraid to hold presidential elections.
Their President has lost his legitimate status.
The current Ukrainian made a strategic mistake by being afraid to hold presidential elections.
Their President has lost his legitimate status.
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Putin:
The current Ukrainian made a strategic mistake by being afraid to hold presidential elections.
Their President has lost his legitimate status.
The current Ukrainian made a strategic mistake by being afraid to hold presidential elections.
Their President has lost his legitimate status.
The morons daddy is on a roll today...
Putin:
We are in an armed conflict with Ukraine, but we conducted regional and presidential elections.
They did not for some reason.
We are in an armed conflict with Ukraine, but we conducted regional and presidential elections.
They did not for some reason.
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The morons daddy is on a roll today...
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When the Philippines flooded, AP photojournalist Aaron Favila was there to photograph a moment of resilience and love amid the torrential rains.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
When the Philippines flooded, AP photojournalist Aaron Favila was there to photograph a moment of resilience and love amid the torrential rains.
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No one understood this horrible holiday better than Chandler Bing on 'Friends.'
Nobody Hated Thanksgiving Like Matthew Perry's Chandler Bing
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November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
No one understood this horrible holiday better than Chandler Bing on 'Friends.'
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🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin’s main statements today
🔹️ “If Ukrainian forces withdraw from the territories (he means the currently non-occupied part of Donbas) that they currently hold, then we will stop military operations; if they do not withdraw, we will achieve this by military means.”
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🔹️ “If Ukrainian forces withdraw from the territories (he means the currently non-occupied part of Donbas) that they currently hold, then we will stop military operations; if they do not withdraw, we will achieve this by military means.”
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November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Incredible.
British globe trekker faces changed world on final leg of 27-year journey reut.rs/4pzHNbB
British globe trekker faces changed world on final leg of 27-year journey
Karl Bushby, a British ex-paratrooper who set out in 1998 to walk around the world, is on the final stretch of his 27-year-long trek home, and trying to cope with social media pressure in a world that has changed profoundly.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Incredible.
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From Breakingviews - Breakingviews - Hong Kong’s deadly fire will have lasting impact reut.rs/485BFST
Breakingviews - Hong Kong’s deadly fire will have lasting impact
The financial hub faces a big test after a blaze in a residential estate killed at least 55 people. Developers will likely bear higher safety costs. Officials may also accelerate efforts to tackle a public housing shortage in one of the world’s priciest property markets.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
From Breakingviews - Breakingviews - Hong Kong’s deadly fire will have lasting impact reut.rs/485BFST
WTF 🤬 🤬 🤬
VP JD Vance stood before a crowd and tried to falsify history, claiming Christians ended widespread mass child-sacrifice practices among Native Americans
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
WTF 🤬 🤬 🤬
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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If only they treated school shooters obtaining guns like they treat non-whites for doing virtually anything else. /s
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
If only they treated school shooters obtaining guns like they treat non-whites for doing virtually anything else. /s
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*sigh* well you see, when a minority commits a crime then all minorities are bad, but when a white person commits a crime it's only attributed to that person and forgiven immediately by the grace of God
November 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
*sigh* well you see, when a minority commits a crime then all minorities are bad, but when a white person commits a crime it's only attributed to that person and forgiven immediately by the grace of God
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It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
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It is also important to keep in mind that one of the first immigration actions Trump & Miller took was stranding the next batch of these Afghan refugees who were approved & waiting to come here. Essentially condemning them to persecution & possible torture or death.
this should go without saying but if you were one of the lucky few we did get out of Afghanistan during the withdrawal and we got you out because you'd been working with us, deportation back is likely a death sentence.
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It is also important to keep in mind that one of the first immigration actions Trump & Miller took was stranding the next batch of these Afghan refugees who were approved & waiting to come here. Essentially condemning them to persecution & possible torture or death.
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How the Hong Kong fire unfolded – visual guide
How the Hong Kong fire unfolded – visual guide
Fire in densely packed group of 31-storey tower blocks that is home to thousands quickly spread via bamboo scaffolding
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
How the Hong Kong fire unfolded – visual guide
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‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
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Who's going to tell sadist Stephen Miller that the alleged DC shooter was granted asylum by HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION.
I dunno, Steve, sounds like you just said Trump doesn't love this country and you're going to "send him out" 🤷🏼♂️
I dunno, Steve, sounds like you just said Trump doesn't love this country and you're going to "send him out" 🤷🏼♂️
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Who's going to tell sadist Stephen Miller that the alleged DC shooter was granted asylum by HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION.
I dunno, Steve, sounds like you just said Trump doesn't love this country and you're going to "send him out" 🤷🏼♂️
I dunno, Steve, sounds like you just said Trump doesn't love this country and you're going to "send him out" 🤷🏼♂️
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This. Betrayal creates terrorists 👇
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Four Years After Fall of Kabul, Trump Administration Has Turned its Back on Afghan Allies | International Refugee Assistance Project
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November 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This. Betrayal creates terrorists 👇
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