ptrux

ptrux

@forgivemess.bsky.social

Author of Gathering: Family, Grief, Resilience published August 1, 2025. Boomer, retired educator, activist, dog mom.

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A wild story: the CEO of a US energy company whose plans were discussed during the Witkoff-Kushner-Putin negotiations resigns. Why? He learned that his company's main investor is a sanctioned Russian company, not the UAE www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges (Gift Article)Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Bill Clinton: “I’m tired of the way we treat our allies like dirt. And just last week, President Trump finally did what he threatened to do when he first ran, which is to abandon Ukraine and embrace Vladimir Putin all over again.” I hope the American people are also tired of it

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Obviously, a person who has broken immigration laws should not be allowed to obtain government contracts, right?

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Americans will pay up to 95% of Trump’s chaotic tariffs. Yet Donald Trump still has zero plan to give tariff refunds back to YOU. I'm pressing Trump's top trade official for answers. You deserve to get your money back.

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Replying to @rowyourbot.bsky.social

I wish more people would realize this. Any AGI, when asked what to do to fix global warming, would respond “first turn me off, then do all the things your scientists have been telling you to do for decades” Either that or it would look at the data and respond “you’re too late”.

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“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)

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Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.

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The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

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I hope 2025 & 2026 have adequately prepared everyone for the shitshow that will be 2027: Strongest El Niño and highest global temperature on record Energy and affordability crisis from the illegal war End of 3-year federal science grants awarded in 2024 AI bubble bursting Continued rise of fascism

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Would you rather give money to billionaires to help them buy another private jet or lower health care costs for millions of Americans? Trump picked the billionaires.

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Somewhere in a sweltering desert, cockroaches scurry around the cell of Carlitos Ricardo Parias. He holds up a plastic bottle, gazing at the worm-like creatures swimming in his water. His other arm is turning purple from a gunshot wound for which he says he hasn’t received proper medical care.

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After years of warnings & neglect, federal & state officials race to address Iranian hackers assault on🇺🇸water supply. Biden’s EPA’s rules—which merely required states to routinely check if water utilities HAVE cybersecurity—were rescinded in 2023. @sonaar.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...

nytimes.comSuspected Iran Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and NeglectFederal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.

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Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎

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the best chance the Prairieland anti-ICE protesters have is that we keep their names and their case on our lips as we eventually move to a post-Trump era, that we fight for their pardon as an essential part of departing from fascism.

DFW Support Committee@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social

Federal sentencing has started. Zachary Evetts was just sentenced to 50 years by Chief District Judge Reed O'Connor. Maricela Rueda was just sentenced to 840 months / 70 years by Judge Mark Pittman.

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Democrats ought to do this everyday.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Ossoff: The president has been humiliated on the world stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about his stability and his capacity for the office. It’s deeply distressing to Americans to see a president so incompetent attempting and failing to represent the nation.

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YES. WOW!! Thank you, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social advocating for ADDING SEATS to the Supreme Court because term limits don't go far enough. THIS is what will get my vote in 2028. No good law passed will survive this rogue Supreme Court.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Buttigieg: Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that there have to be nine Supreme Court justices. That one doesn't even take a constitutional amendment. It just takes a readiness to set up a court that fits this country.

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I will take a break from worrying about Platner to note that Collins ducked a question about whether she regrets voting for Kavanaugh. Her sanctimonious speech that day led me to say - at that moment, as we listened during a show on WBUR in Boston - that I was done with the GOP.

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For those who object, justifiably, to Platner, you can nevertheless have fun noting that Kavanaugh has most if not all of the shortcomings Platner does. Replace the Nazi tattoo with Kavanaugh stops.

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social

I will take a break from worrying about Platner to note that Collins ducked a question about whether she regrets voting for Kavanaugh. Her sanctimonious speech that day led me to say - at that moment, as we listened during a show on WBUR in Boston - that I was done with the GOP.

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exactly the right response

James Talarico@jamestalarico.bsky.social

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

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This is Bear, Australia's most famous koala detection dog. After a decade of service, he's retiring. He's located hundreds of injured or displaced koalas after forest fires. We're told his retirement will be filled with rest, cuddles, and maybe a little mischief. 15/10

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If Democrats had the political instincts and media machine Republicans do, in 48 hours 95% of Americans would know Andrew Paul Johnson's name and be LIVID that the government is getting ready to give him some of your tax money

amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social

In November I broke this story about Andrew Paul Johnson, a pardoned J6er who molested children and used the promise of reparations to bribe his victims silence.