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MantaHunk ๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆโ˜ฎ๏ธ๐ŸŸง

@mantahunk.bsky.social

Wood carver. Wooden gear clock maker. History buff. Science nerd. 76-year-old social liberal from the '60s. Trying to find island of sanity in what is left of US. Squeezing what's left out of life. "You never miss the water 'till the well run dry."

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It was great talking to @milestaylor.bsky.social for my Substack happy hour this past weekend about his new documentary! Our democracy is NOT for sale. Watch and share (widely!) this documentary before you vote: CORRUPTIONLAND.org

corruptionland.orgCORRUPTIONLANDThe explosive documentary on corruption in Trumpโ€™s Washington. Streaming free Tuesday, Oct 27 โ€” one week before the midterms.

And we want to do it again. As soon as the midterms are over, we're going to crank up the war again, depleting our munitions with no strategy, no endgame, no results, more dead American soldiers and sailors. As Porno Mikey said, "we're going to just keep doing the same things we've been doing."

The Sgt Joker@thesgtjoker.bsky.social

No one with even a 3rd grade level of combat leadership experience, geopolitical knowledge, historical understanding of the Middle East, cultural or religious context, geographical knowledge, or international relations underestimated Iran.

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Donald Trump Jrโ€™s Mongolian hunting trip highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a tycoon with a criminal record who has close ties to Putinโ€™s personal security service. Intelligence experts say such connections are ripe for manipulation. ft.trib.al/p0LBRYI

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The nomenclature for radical Israeli Jews who are engaged in murder and mayhem against Palestinians must reflect the real, horrifying conditions . The benign use of โ€œsettlerโ€ soft-pedals the depravity of those trying to drive Palestinians from the region in an effort to ethnically cleanse territory.

open.substack.comWords & Phrases: โ€˜Terrorists,โ€™ Not โ€˜Settlersโ€™๐Ÿšจ One Week to the Midterms ๐Ÿšจ

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BREAKING: Israel In Crisis! Netanyahu Cancels Events And Goes Into Hiding After IDF Chief And Others Accuse Him Of Treason. All this is happening as Israel is going into their 2 day Prime Minister election. His time is finally up. Enjoy. ๐Ÿ˜Žโœจ

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When I heard that protester in Mississippi told that man to "shove that ballroom up your fat ass!" I felt that in my soul.

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Again, people paying attention already knew this, and his cult members will never believe it no matter how much evidence is produced.

Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com

Evidence "shows that Trump lied about kicking Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club," according to a new report from the House Judiciary Dem staff. The report also reveals for the first time Beatrice Keul's account of allegedly having been raped by Trump. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Evidently the esteemed, knowledgeable, educated RFK Jr has never heard of the cradle of civilization. Either that or 8 years of heroin addiction wiped it out.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Hatred is as addictive as meth, and, like meth, it destroys the minds of those who consume it. MAGA has been mainlining an all-you-can-hate buffet of Trump-curated grievances for over 10yrs; itโ€™s an addiction theyโ€™ll take with them to the grave.

It's still surreal to watch women drive by with their kids in the car and give a thumbs down to the RULE OF LAW. They gave thumbs down to NO WAR yesterday A few days ago they gave thumbs down to CORRUPTION. Make it make sense. They'll give up everything for permission to hate.

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Regarding the Catholic Priests in the photo at the WH: save the excuses. You were NOT โ€œtricked.โ€ You were invitedโ€ฆand you went. Should there be a GODโ€ฆhe or she is fucking pissed at your dumb asses.

I said from the very beginning, to the presents. NORMALIZATION is our enemy. He's not only normalized rape, it's celebrated. He's gone as far as to normalize serial child rape. It happens for one reason. We don't stand up to it and say enough. We don't stand up to it and hold him accountable.

Khashoggi's Ghost@urocklive1.bsky.social

We're kind of to the point where almost nothing we learn about Trump is shocking in any way.

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and concurrance says US is going to lose on merits: Even if I were to conclude we had jurisdiction over the appeal, and reach the merits, there are several reasons why I would deny the United Statesโ€™s emergency motion for injunctive relief pending appeal.

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Brutal 9thC: The United Statesโ€™s claimed emergency, at least in part, is a self-constructed one. At least part of the delay here is attributable to the United Statesโ€™s own delay in filing suit, in realizing that existing California state law governs the issuance and processing of ballots....

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A. A. R. P. does not stand for proposition that litigants may appeal a request for an injunction whenever the district court fails to rule within fifteen hours of filing. ..As we now explain, the United States has not treated this case with anywhere near the exigency of detainees in A. A. R. P.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social

BREAKING: The 9th Circuit rules 2-1 to dismiss DOJ's effort to force California to remove 20,000 purported noncitizens from the voter rolls based on data CA officials view as faulty. Majority: Bennett (Trump) Sanchez (Biden) Minority: Bumatay (Trump) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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#Vote! #VoteBlue! Help someone (several someones) get to the polls so they can vote, too.

The Mouthy Renegade Writer@mouthyrenegade.bsky.social

That's what happens when close to 100 million people refuse to participate in democracy and stay home on Election Day. Don't do that shit on November 3rd.

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๐ŸšจTHIS COULD BE HISTORY: Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats are โ€œon the verge of taking backโ€ the House โ€” putting him within striking distance of becoming the first Black Speaker in American history. Weโ€™re close. Now letโ€™s finish the job. Volunteer. Organize. Vote. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐ŸŒŠ #VOTE

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Same with all his other corruption scandals. It's exhausting to even try to keep up, and it often seems like much of the media isn't even trying.

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social

Not that long ago, three major lower-court rulings against the executive branch on three unrelated topics wouldโ€™ve been a busy *month,* and outlets wouldโ€™ve rushed to write up such a run of adverse rulings. Now, it doesnโ€™t feel unusual when we get three on the same *day.* Itโ€™s all โ€ฆ exhausting.

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He needs his bubble popped more often.

Vince D. Monroy@vincedmonroy.bsky.social

Tonight a protester at his rally in Mississippi told him to โ€œshove that ballroom up your fat assโ€ and he definitely heard it Happy Monday, everyone

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Who was that sad lady on the right?

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

๐ŸšจBREAKING: A federal appeals court rejected DOJ's extraordinary request to bypass the district court in its effort to bar California from counting the ballots of around 20,000 people the Trump administration alleges are โ€œlikelyโ€ noncitizens. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Americans, it's your turn to do the same with the Trump backed candidates in the US.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Flรกvio Bolsonaro has been banned from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender his passports following his presidential election defeat, amid investigations into suspected influence-peddling, money laundering and other alleged financial irregularities.

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If he wins by double digits and helps bring in 4 PA House seats h'e going to get a whole lot of attention

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

๐Ÿšจ Gov. Josh Shapiro rips into JD Vance in a new interview. โ€œThe only smart thing it seems like [Trump] did was not endorsing Vance. That guy is just a profoundly and PATHETICALLY WEAK human being who wants to preach morality every day.โ€

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Then he knows he's got criminal liability for what he has done. May he never see a minute of peace for the rest of his life.

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Oh, thank god Natalie Harp is on it because she seems totally normal and smart.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

A newly filed court document reveals extensive communications between Kennedy Center management and President Trumpโ€™s advisers, including presidential aide Natalie Harp, around pivotal court rulings and board votes over the institutionโ€™s future.