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@tryingtohelp.bsky.social

retired doc, flight surgeon, FoB Doc, triathlete, mom, human rights advocate, artist

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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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Replying to @rafiews.com

After the first round elections, Congressman André Janones created a WhatsApp channel titled “Lula’s Army.” It ballooned to 10 million people following his commands on how to behave online to counteract Meta’s far-right-favouring algorithms. The right knows how to use socials. We must learn, too.

Jahones bypassed Meta and tech giants turning his WhatsApp account into Lula’s Army. Grew from 50,000 to over 10 million followers in few short weeks and took back the national sportd jersey B tried to appropriate! How Lula won

Gerald Butts@gmbutts.bsky.social

From Lula’s victory speech. Hard to argue. 🇧🇷 “We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. We cannot have monstrously large corporations earning millions and billions, paying no taxes to this country and trying to steer our election results.”

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From Zelenskyy. Patriot interceptors that could save innocent lives are sitting in European countries for weeks, which they paid for, unable to be transferred to Ukraine because Hegseth refuses to sign off.

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I keep seeing posts from Republicans pretending to be insulted by Barack Obama's Cheesecake Factory quip because most Americans supposedly think it serves haute cuisine. First, it does not. And you know that. Second, his remark wasn't about the food. It was about the over-the-top golden decor.

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We are watching a coup d’état attempt unfold in real time in Brazil. I’m consumed by desperation.

So upsetting People voted NDP in 2024 for clear reasons Eby threw it all away intellectualizing and being a very poor politician Now NDP voters have nothing

🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social

David Eby’s gamble ended up in a catastrophic defeat for the B.C. NDP 😬 That was the worst political FAFO I have seen in a long time. 🤦🏽‍♂️ 🔗 Source: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/bc...

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Absolutely disgusting, but what can we expect from an adjudicated rapist and a congenital liar?

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

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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"The rejection rate is at about 3% statewide, and two or three times as high as in some larger counties. “Potentially thousands of votes could be spoiled by this new guidance... This is a huge deal for North Carolina.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...

nytimes.comNew Rules in North Carolina Threaten Thousands of Mail BallotsCounty election officials have rejected ballots for such issues as an unsealed “inner” envelope. Voting rights groups are urging voters to fix their ballots or vote in other ways.

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The same US president who treats our friend Canada as an enemy is trying to give Alaska to Russia, a country whose absolutely overt foreign policy is to destroy us. This superpower suicide has to be stopped. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...

ft.comUS executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian controlFormer CEO of Polar Train LNG tells FT that energy giant Novatek financed and held reins of strategic Alaska project without Washington’s approval

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In MAGA, parental estrangement is a big issue — and parents are held out as blameless victims. I suspect that's one reason why Vivek Ramaswamy ran an ad celebrating Amy Acton's vile mother. And why MAGA — including Vance and Trump — are backing him. www.salon.com/2026/10/23/r...

salon.comRamaswamy's ad exposes MAGA’s obsession with parental estrangementMany Republicans have kids who won't talk to them — and they blame their offspring

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I never knew how much I apperciate the effort, generosity, and kindness of these people until I got cancer. Twice. Now I am cancer free for 2 years and planning ahead for the next 30 years. Thank you Terry Fox, the Tanenbaum's, everyone else that have worked so hard on cancer research. ♥️

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“It’s not only unlawful, but it’s not in the US interest to have Russian technology controlling the commercialization of Arctic gas in the North Slope,” says ex-Polar LNG CEO who quit after discovering secret Russian funding. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews 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.

Hence why Blanche is trying to steal the Senate seat in Alaska if Mary Petola wins. Novatek ( Russia) financed this oil/ gas venture billed as U.S. and now is taking controlling interest in Alaskan venture!! Why Trump lifted sanctions!

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

A Russian energy giant secretly financed a US gas project in Alaska, while that same project was being discussed by Putin with Witkoff and Kushner as part of talks supposedly aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. The US company’s CEO resigned after discovering the Russian money.

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Mélanie Joly brushes off allegations of interference: "Facts must be straightened in the sense that indeed I met with Democrats in the US, but I met with Republicans, which the American Embassy failed to present."

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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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Donald Trump has sent his DOJ cronies to file a bullshit lawsuit to try to steal a Senate election in Alaska. They will fail. When we fight, we win.🗳️⚖️💪

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It would be deeply ironic if the election of a BC Conservative government, and the ensuing war with First Nations in that province, scuttled the oil pipeline so many Conservatives in BC claim to support.

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The answer is yes. He can win. Because he doesn’t throw trans folks under the bus, for one.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

NEW YORKER: “Republicans eliminated the state’s only Black-majority district, in Memphis, so @justinjpearson.bsky.social took a campaign about economic inequality to rural white voters.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Musk could thus turn off- a US defences tracking say- Russian missiles incoming to ? Alaska? DC?

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social

Again: Why does Musk have operational control over any *military grade* version of anything. That’s not how DOD contracts work.

All real All happened And no consequences!

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social

This is fucking insane. It reads like a bad spy novel. The corruption is almost cartoonish at this point. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

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We are seeing a hunger disaster unrolling before our eyes. Since Republicans passed the Big Beautiful Bill, 2 million kids have lost food assistance. These are by far the deepest SNAP cuts in history, and each month, we find out it’s even worse than we thought. The worst is yet to come.

Katie Bergh@katiebergh.bsky.social

In the wake of unprecedented cuts in last year's Republican reconciliation law, SNAP participation & spending have been falling — and the decline is much deeper than the Congressional Budget Office initially projected. www.cbpp.org/blog/congres...

Really horrifying stuff Super Bond villain stuff No normal person does this Just purely evil ones

Amy Feldman@amyfeldman7.bsky.social

*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

So well said!

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

There is something deeply wrong with allowing a sociopath from South Africa to kill thousands of kids in Africa and Ukraine just because he has a lot of money.

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Naheed Nenshi on the immigration questions: "I am happy to have a conversation on numbers. I am not happy to have a conversation on the dignity of newcomers, and I'm not happy to have people voting on whether other people should have human rights."

With loss of inhibition from "we do not know reliably from any WH docs" Trump will be increasingly sexually preoccupied and also with violent acts/ war porn. He increasingly will want to act out and sadly has the entire US Military at his ( and Putin's now) disposal! We tried to warn you!

Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social

Naheed Nenshi on the immigration questions: "I am happy to have a conversation on numbers. I am not happy to have a conversation on the dignity of newcomers, and I'm not happy to have people voting on whether other people should have human rights."

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The corruption is just staggering. Dozens of dozens of pardons being given out to wealthy criminals paying millions for them. The US government is for sale to the highest bidders & DOJ operates as Trump’s consigliere. Have you had enough of this yet America? I know the world has.

With loss of inhibition from "we do not know reliably from any WH docs" Trump will be increasingly sexually preoccupied and also with violent acts/ war porn. He increasingly will want to act out and sadly has the entire US Military at his ( and Putin's now) disposal! We tried to warn you !

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Jon Husted's ass is now a regular part of Trump's routine. Doesn't matter what state he is in. Ohio. Kentucky. North Carolina. Jon Husted's ass is always on his mind.

Simply stated and heartfelt. Covie gets it where it counts! the heart

Covie@covie93.bsky.social

My heart breaks for Zelensky and the Ukrainian people. They are fighting so bravely to save their country and here comes musk with his bullshit

Vile Vivek tested this The ad played well with 70% of undecided voter samples - who did not know Amy's mom is a child rapist enabler. He knew His campaign knew They were banking on voters- not knowing that momma freak allowed physical/ sexual abuse of Amy by her hubs. Courts sure did -

jamelle@jamellebouie.net

i don't think i've ever seen a campaign do a murder-suicide before (decent chance this drags down the entire GOP ticket in the state)

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“I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I’ve come close to defining it: a lack of empathy.... Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.” — Dr. Gustave Gilbert, U.S. Military Chief Psychologist in the Nuremberg Trials, Nuremberg Diary

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Elon Musk is trying to buy this Senate seat in Texas. He wants our land, he wants our water, and he wants his own personal U.S. senator. He’s trying to buy Texas. But on November 3rd, we’ll deliver a clear message to the world’s first trillionaire: Texas is not for sale.

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Energy Secretary Wright is campaigning with Ken Paxton today in Texas. A reminder that government officials partaking in campaign events should not be normal.

Well stated - hanging people out to dry who work pay taxes and contribute while on visas, work permits etc.

Avi Lewis@avilewis.ca

I’m hearing from friends in Alberta that today is actually hitting folks pretty hard. Not the vote to remain, which was a relief, but the other 9 questions.

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Amy Acton on Vivek Ramaswamy's abhorrent campaign ad: "I won't normalize somebody who has said that my childhood is 'something I'm just complaining about,' who today, just released an ad using my birth mother, who I was removed from at the age of 12 for severe abuse and neglect and sexual abuse."