Richard

Richard

@sablue52.bsky.social

73 years old; pro-democracy. I hate Nazis and fascists. Fighting so my daughter and every young person can have decent lives. Putin is an existential threat. Make the New Deal work again. Celtics fan ☘️ since age 6. 🇺🇦 🇭🇺

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Armed federal agents have been knocking on voters’ doors weeks before Election Day, questioning citizenship, registration and prior voting. A federal judge has now stepped in. What does this mean for voter intimidation and who can actually stop you from voting?

onestnetwork.comArmed Agents at Voters’ Doors. A Court Says There Are Limits.Days before the U.S. midterm elections, a federal judge restricted a DHS voter-fraud operation involving armed agents and flawed citizenship data. I asked Jessica Marsden of Protect Democracy what the...

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Omsk is on fire! 🔥 ​A Russian city 3,000 kilometers away from Ukraine is under attack again. Something that was unthinkable only a year ago is a repeating reality now. ​The Omsk Caoutchouc (Synthetic Rubber) plant is on fire. The local Ozon warehouse is reportedly too.

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Trump’s so jealous… Obama packed the crowds in Ohio and Michigan yesterday, and Trump responds with this unhinged Truth Social meltdown. Today, Trump has to show up in Michigan to campaign for Mike Rogers, after Obama brought down the house. 🍿

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Oh, honey . . . your own mother shipped you off to a reform school (with cute little military costumes) after you were caught throwing rocks into a baby carriage and she realized you were too twisted to deal with.

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There is a massive corruption scandal unfolding in the US, with top American executives abandoning a $25 billion gas project over allegations of secret Russian investment and control. ​All of this is happening just as the US administration moves to ease sanctions on Russia. ​

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A new excuse dropped for the Starlink/Starshield throttling in Ukraine: "Ukraine hacked the terminals." Promoted by all the bots and paid pro-russian influencers, supported by their fever dreams and zero evidence whatsoever.

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“Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp states ‘AI will undermine the influence of highly educated, often female voters and give it to working class men. We have feminine energy running our cities and our courts,’ he complained.”

futurism.comCEO of Palantir Says AI Will Seize Power Away From College-Educated WomenPalantir CEO Alex Karp said AI would disrupt "humanities trained" and "Democratic voters" who are largely women.

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James Talarico: Before I was ever a candidate, I was a public school teacher. I taught 6th grade language arts at Rhodes Middle School on the west side of San Antonio — one of the poorest zip codes in Texas.

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Ukraine reported Starlink problems Friday, losing drones and limiting strikes on Russia. Thursday, Trump claimed Musk had restored service. Friday, he admitted he hadn’t even spoken to Musk.

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In 2020, Jared Kushner was senior advisor to the president of the United States, a full-time employee of the United States government, and was subject to numerous disclosure requirements and ethical restrictions under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

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The contribution limit for an individual is $3,500. Elon Musk, a government contractor, is trying to purchase Congress. Billionaires are smothering our elections for their personal gain. Get big money out of politics.

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When a worker wears an Amazon vest, drives an Amazon van and delivers on an Amazon-controlled route, but Amazon denies they work for the company — that's exploitation.

If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.

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“The declines aren’t the result of people leaving the program because they no longer need it, or because they found work,” said Celia Cole, the CEO of Feeding Texas, a statewide network of food banks. “ (cont.) www.texastribune.org/2026/10/23/t...

texastribune.orgTexas SNAP participation drops to a 17-year low amid fed changesThe state health agency is also processing 64% of food benefits applications in a timely manner — within 30 days — even though the required rate is 95%.

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A decade in, we should have no doubt he thinks it makes you a big man, to abuse smaller women and even girls.

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Q: Amy Acton's stepfather was indicted for rape. Now that you know all that, sir, do you change your mind about the ad? Trump: No. I don't care

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Netanyahu denies that this Washington Post reporter, Heidi Levine, was attacked by Israeli settlers. She sustained: Four broken vertebrae Two broken ribs Four puncture wounds She was knocked to the ground and repeatedly beaten! She said that Palestinian youth saved her during the settler attack.

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If you paid any federal income tax last year, then you paid more than these profitable corporations. When I say the system is broken, this is what I mean.

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HOLY SHIT. In a sworn statement yesterday, an ICE agent told a federal judge that an ICE flight to Equatorial Guinea had been cancelled and so couldn't be used to bring Ahmed Soliman back to the United States. The plane just landed in Equatorial Guinea. prospect.org/2026/10/23/t...

prospect.orgThe Trump Administration May Have Just Lied to Judge About an ICE flight to Equatorial Guinea - The American ProspectAn ICE agent told a judge a charter flight to Equatorial Guinea had been canceled. It just landed there.

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Wow! Make Amy Acton governor. “I am making a promise to Ohioans...that no one in my state will ever, ever be invisible to me."

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After a Russian strike on Kramatorsk rescuers found the body of a killed man under the rubble of a destroyed private house in Kramatorsk. What a horror to be bombed and killed in your own home for a crime of being Ukrainian in your own country. Russia must be stopped.

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Pontifex maximus: “we live in a performance-driven culture that constantly compares and ranks people, sometimes ruthlessly” and a “misguided understanding of meritocracy ultimately fails to respect people,” meaning many members of the younger generation give up before even trying. “Quite a few young

vaticannews.vaPope urges Catholic schools to help young people find new way to live in world - Vatican NewsMeeting with participants in the International Congress for Pastoral Care in Schools and Universities, Pope Leo XIV urges Catholic educational ...

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⚡️ Denmark has delivered over 50,000 rounds of 20mm ammunition for Ukraine's F-16 cannons on an expedited timeline. Ukrainian pilots are already using the shipment to shoot down Russian jet-powered strike drones.

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I was Director of an ICU that administered an experimental drug to last chance melanoma patients once. It’s a terrible disease. This vaccine news is a modern day miracle if it works like promised. Don’t you just LOVE science?!?! 💕❤️💕❤️ wapo.st/4et1aQB

wapo.stBreakthrough vaccine for the deadliest skin cancer cut risk by almost halfThe skin cancer vaccine is based on mRNA technology that helped end the coronavirus pandemic.