Mark Bardell

Mark Bardell

@markbardell.bsky.social

Chicago burbs. Independent thought, politics & life. Twin, PMP, introvert, AWMM marathons, scuba, hiking, travel, moderation, scotch. Searching for an elusive peace of mind.

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just heartbreaking stuff Alex Pretti's mother calls out ICE and the Trump administration for killing her son and smearing his name, and calls for justice to be done.

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The Trump administration is exploring a new concession to Russia: lifting sanctions on the country’s flagship government investment fund, long viewed by U.S. officials as one of the Kremlin’s most powerful tools of international influence. - NYT

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🚨BREAKING: Nearly 2,900 voters in one Georgia county have yet to receive the absentee ballots they recently applied for and are blaming their local officials’ hiring of an out-of-town vendor for the delays, they charge in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comNearly 3,000 voters in key Georgia county haven’t received mail ballots yet, dangerously close to Election Day deadlineCobb County voters want a judge to order their election board to overnight absentee ballots to them to make the Nov. 3 deadline.

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Kherson is finally coming back to life🥹 For the first time in so long, an entire day passed without a single reported russian attack on the city. A temporary ceasefire has brought something Kherson desperately needed - silence. This is what peace could look like. And how much we need it.

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This is a significant story about a highly credible victim who allegedly was raped by Donald Trump. Where is the legacy media? The expanding evidence of his raping not as interesting as Hillary’s emails? www.mediaite.com/media/news/f...

mediaite.comFormer Miss Switzerland Accuses Trump of RapeBeatrice Keul, a former Miss Switzerland, alleges that Trump raped her while she was in the U.S. for a pageant in 1993, according to House Judiciary Dems.

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Ken Paxton took roughly 350 taxpayer-funded trips outside Texas as AG (25 foreign), including fleeing to Utah while millions froze in the 2021 winter storm. Security tab: $3.1 million. Now he’s jet-setting in Iceland mid-Senate race. Fiscal conservative or just self-serving?

nytimes.comKen Paxton’s State-Funded Jet-Setting Draws Campaign ScrutinyMr. Paxton, the Republican candidate for Senate in Texas, has taken about 350 trips outside of the state since he was sworn in as attorney general.

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Talarico: "If you've seen an attack ad on your TV, that was Elon. If you've gotten lies in your mailbox, that was Elon. If you've received a text message saying scary things about me with scary black and white photos. That was Elon too."

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Ukrainian defenders have made territorial gains on the southern Donetsk battlefront. They have pushed the russian fascist invaders back across the Mokri Kaly River at Komar, Fedorivka and Vesele.

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NEWS: A federal grand jury has REJECTED the Trump DOJ's attempt to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her January 6 testimony, a Justice Department source confirms to MeidasTouch Network.

meidasnews.comTrump DOJ Humiliated Again as Grand Jury Rejects Cassidy Hutchinson ChargesThe latest failed indictment adds to a growing pile of courtroom defeats, rejected charges, and botched prosecutions targeting Trump's critics.

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Tennessee governor candidate Jerri Green just CALLED OUT Marsha Blackburn for avoiding a debate. “This is a job interview and everybody is seeing her for the COWARD that she is.” “Show a little backbone if she has one left and stop running into elevators, stop running from press and the airports.”

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Replying to @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

that if we scale up production, a bunch of countries will no longer depend on the US—and they can't let that happen at any cost! ​Someone is terrified for their profits, while we're over here fearing for our lives. ​Such is life." - Popular Ukrainian Blogger Associated with Air Defense's Vanek.

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​"There’s no news about Patriot missiles, and frankly, nobody is even asking about production licenses for them anymore. ​Interestingly enough, we were never granted licenses to produce these missiles because our "partners" in the US fear

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Replying to @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

Everyone must understand what kind of interviews people will give to the media under occupation, being within the grasp of the same regime that invaded their home, held them hostage and almost starved to death.

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People from Oleshky who wish to return to Ukrainian-controlled territory will first be taken to Crimea or Russia, according to FT sources‼️ At this point, we can only brace ourselves for a massive Russian propaganda campaign, legitimized on the international stage by Newsmax's presence.

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Two former Governors of South Carolina - one from each party - have endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews who is running against Sen. Darline Graham R-SC

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BREAKING: We're asking the Office of Special Counsel & State Dept IG to investigate reports that diplomats' promotions hinge on how they vote & who they donate to If true, that's a political loyalty test & the law bars it @democracydefendersfund.org complaint 👇

democracydefendersfund.orgDDF Demands Investigation Into Reported Political Loyalty Test at State DepartmentTying diplomats’ promotions to their voting records and political donations could violate the Hatch Act and the Foreign

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Wow! I was not expecting that.

Adam Klasfeld@klasfeldreports.com

Alaska authorities strongly oppose the Trump DOJ’s attempted “interference” in the election. This is significant because there were concerns the state—which sought to DQ the second Sullivan—would take the same side. But it didn’t. Quite the contrary. buff.ly/EJHtDpX

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CBS deleted this post and reposted it admitting that their original one was misleading. And the misleading post from CBS was intentionally misleading, not an innocent mistake. CBS continues to lose credibility.

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