Bob Ballard

Bob Ballard

@sharedplanet.bsky.social

Not the oceanographer. We live on a tiny fragile ball, spinning in the vastness of space. We share this planet - this tiny ball - with many other beings. We must learn to live as if all of these beings have great and lasting value.

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Williamson County Peeps! Help us send Aftyn Behn to Congress Wake Up Canvass Mon. Dec 1st 7:30 am- 9:30 am CST Coffee and Donuts provided Meet up at the WCDP Headquarters 327 3rd Ave. S, Franklin, TN Walk and talk and knock on doors! Bring your neighbors too! #Tn07 #aftynbehn

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Republicans cling to the Tennessee seat, convinced they’re untouchable. A Democratic win on Tuesday would prove a wave is coming, ready to sweep them away and leave Trump a bitter bystander before the 2026 midterms. #ProudBlue #DemVoice1

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As of today, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is holding a double-digit lead over disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo in most polling around the race to become NYC’s mayor. In an interview with Teen Vogue, Mamdani credited the power of in-person community for bringing young people into his campaign.

teenvogue.comZohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”

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One of the scariest features of the regime is the surveillance piece! Palantir et al. are geared to cross reference everything for loyalty in order to oppress dissent. Yesterday I found that the regime has joined bluesky! it would be fun to troll them but DON'T!! BLOCK THEM ASAP!! HERE THEY ARE!

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It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

vtdigger.orgVermont governor calls for Orleans County senator’s resignation over leaked ‘racist, bigoted and antisemitic’ group chat - VTDiggerPolitical leaders on both sides of the aisle have moved to denounce Sen. Sam Douglass’ remarks and call for his resignation.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Share with people you know who don’t understand that they could lose their healthcare, Medicaid, ACA, etc etc unless they speak out and speak up NOW! #DemsSaveHealthcare4all Thank you @sanders.senate.gov and @aoc.bsky.social for this concise, important message. substack.com/@mikenellis/...

substack.comMike Nellis (@mikenellis)This is the best messaging I’ve seen from any Democrats on the shutdown. Kudos to AOC, Bernie, and their teams for putting this out there.

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Legendary, veteran prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, known for targeting Osama bin Laden and bringing down the Illinois mob, is coming out of retirement to defend former FBI director James Comey.

dailymail.co.ukProsecutor Patrick Fitzgerald who took down the mob is coming backProsecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, 64, served as a US attorney in Chicago for more than a decade, and he is a longtime friend and former colleague of Comey, 64.

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It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress. Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights. But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.

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Judge Lamberth, a Reagan employee, slams the govt's "disrespect" for his orders. He says contempt proceedings would be warranted, but he doesn't order them because nobody asked for them.

Adam Klasfeld@klasfeldreports.com

NEWS A federal judge SUSPENDS the reduction in force announced by Kari Lake of 500+ U.S. Agency for Global Media workers, largely from Voice of America. Ruling storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

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Charlie Kirk spent years calling gun deaths the “price of freedom.” He mocked empathy & grieving parents, called Black women intellectually inferior, targeted academics, and taught young conservatives that blood was a fair trade for liberty. Then a bullet found him. open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...

open.substack.comCharlie Kirk Called Gun Deaths the Price of Freedom. And Then He Paid It.This Substack is reader-supported.

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Hey everyone...LOOK OVER HERE! It's Lt. Col. Bone Spurs declaring war on an American city!!! Does his rough tough cream-puff cosplay make you forget about the EPSTEIN survivors, their lifetime of trauma & their courage to speak the truth in public? Yeah, me neither. #ReleaseTheEPSTEINFilesASAP

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Whatever is in the Epstein files is really bad. Worse than grab 'em by the p*ssy. Worse than paying a porn star for sex. Worse than cheating on your third wife while shes recovering from childbirth. Worse than adjudicated rape. Worse than 2 impeachments. It is really REALLY BAD!

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Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.