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Gareth

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Retired Navy and retired civil servant. I love to build stuff and learn history. I love a quiet evening in my library with my books. PNW is home.

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Helen's avatar Helen @tenerduende.bsky.social
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"Of those 824 domestic-related complaints last year, only nine — 1% — resulted in an arrest." Project 2025 is dangerous as existing laws don't do enough to protect women, & folks have been working on that for ages. Women can't return to the blur of the background, MORE autonomy & support is needed

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Melissa Gira Grant's avatar Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com
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I know they get rolled all the time but for the Times to get rolled by “actually they just want to reclaim the values of Western civilization as they see it … with larger families and fewer immigrants” is the Times putting the 14 words in the paper

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🇺🇸 Señor Beto 🇲🇽 's avatar 🇺🇸 Señor Beto 🇲🇽 @albthere.bsky.social
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To anyone saying Trump didn't participate in the January 6th insurrection, remind them that Osama Bin Laden didn't fly the planes.

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First Amendment Girl 's avatar First Amendment Girl @firstamendmentgirl.bsky.social
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Just a reminder that Biden needs the House and the Senate to expand the Court, and the Senate's approval to appoint new justices. If you want that to happen (and, also want to codify Roe, Affirmative Action, voting rights, etc.), you better get to work electing Dems in your State.

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Helen's avatar Helen @tenerduende.bsky.social
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We can’t function in a society that holds a normal politician like Biden to a far higher standard than an abnormal politician like Trump. We can’t take seriously the voices howling for Biden to bow out unless they are howling equally loudly for Trump to get lost.

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Helen's avatar Helen @tenerduende.bsky.social
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"So I hear the complaints about Biden, and I understand the age-related... conversation. But I call absolute bull---- on every bit of it, because somehow we inhabit a timeline in which “this guy’s old” is a way bigger deal than “this guy’s a cruel crook, and he’s demonstrably nuts.”

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NPR's avatar NPR @npr.org
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BREAKING NEWS: The decision likely ensures that the case against Trump won’t be tried before the election, and then only if he is not reelected.

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Cindy Lou Whomst🇺🇦's avatar Cindy Lou Whomst🇺🇦 @silkscreenfiend.bsky.social
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We have four months left to save democracy. Is Joe Biden old? Fuck you.

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Chris Pepin-Neff 🏳️‍🌈's avatar Chris Pepin-Neff 🏳️‍🌈 @pepinneff.bsky.social
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The only Democrat who can unite the party AND beat Trump is Hillary Clinton. Just sayin'

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Neer's avatar Neer @dragoneer.bsky.social
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I'mma say this for all the people in the back. Don't vote for a person. Vote for your rights, for the rights of others. On page 5 of Project 2025's 180-day plan they openly call for outlawing porn, recommending imprisoning anyone who creates it. Are you an NSFW artist, or like the art? THIS IS YOU.

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VancouverPhil Votes Blue's avatar VancouverPhil Votes Blue @vancouverphil.bsky.social
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As someone who works in the legal community I’d like to offer my professional opinion… GET IN YIUR CAGE INMATE 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Lady Haha 's avatar Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social
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I’ll take an honest stutterer over a slick liar any day of the week, and twice on Sundays.

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🇺🇸 🇺🇦 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 + 𝒜𝒩𝒯𝐼𝐹𝒜 𝐸𝒯𝐸𝑅𝒩𝒜𝐿 🖤 's avatar 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 + 𝒜𝒩𝒯𝐼𝐹𝒜 𝐸𝒯𝐸𝑅𝒩𝒜𝐿 🖤 @unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social
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I wonder if our most self indulgent elected DEMs will stop whining about Joe NOT servicing them and get their LIB asses on the Biden Train now that they see he’s neither omnipotent nor omniscient. #BidenHarris2024🇺🇸

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Johnny Paints's avatar Johnny Paints @johnnypaints.bsky.social
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The amount of bullshit I heard during this debate is incredible. I’m no fan of the Democrats, but Trump has earned the badge of biggest bullshitter anywhere. Americans, Would you want a man who doesn’t understand reality to drive a school bus, be your next-door neighbor, prepare your 1/4 pounder…?

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Marianne Denton's avatar Marianne Denton @mariannedenton.bsky.social
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Now direct your attention to the 2nd Season of Rachel Maddow’s ULTRA. Since the development of fascist ideology in the early 20th century, they keep trying to take over America & destroy its democracy. idgaf if you don’t like Biden -I’m not thrilled either- but if cherish democracy, vote like it.

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Gareth's avatar Gareth @garethmac.bsky.social
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Listening to Trump talk is like listening to a Lucielle Ball crying scene on I love Lucy on continuous loop

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emptywheel's avatar emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social
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It has been a week since CJ Boasberg released court filings that revealed the investigation into a suspected $10M payment to Trump during 2016 election implicated files in China, and AFAIK I'm the only one who reported that.

www.emptywheel.net/2024/06/23/a...

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The New York Times's avatar The New York Times @nytimes.com
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Hours before the presidential debate, President Biden’s campaign launched a website targeting Project 2025, a staffing playbook assembled by Donald Trump's allies that proposes an overhaul of the government under a new Republican administration.

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Timothy A Wiseman's avatar Timothy A Wiseman @timwiseman.bsky.social
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I believe that cannabis should be treated like alcohol and harder drugs should be handled primarily as a public health issue rather than primarily a law enforcement issue. Harm reduction works.

It appears, the Biden admin is looking at moving slightly closer to that.

www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/o...

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💙 Monte_Alto 💙 (everywhere)'s avatar 💙 Monte_Alto 💙 (everywhere) @montealto.bsky.social
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💥 BREAKING NEWS: IT LOOKS LIKE TRUMP MAY FINALLY BE HELD TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS FINANCIAL CRIMES IN SCOTLAND: Scottish lawmakers demand Trump to open golf course books after former president was convicted in NY fraud case.
#TrumpCrimeFamily
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...

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onesillyfag's avatar onesillyfag @onesillyfag.bsky.social
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One more time for the folks in the back.

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Gareth's avatar Gareth @garethmac.bsky.social
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Interesting point, will be interesting to see how this pans out

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George Dillard's avatar George Dillard @worldhistory.bsky.social
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After 1639, foreigners were not allowed to enter Japan, and Japanese people were not allowed to travel abroad... sort of. The truth was complicated, centering on a weird little man-made island in Nagasaki Harbor.
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#skystorians

open.substack.com/pub/worldhis...

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Gareth's avatar Gareth @garethmac.bsky.social
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good article. Thanks for the research.

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Gareth's avatar Gareth @garethmac.bsky.social
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I bbq/smoked 10 ears yesterday and tonight we have corn salad for dinner. 😋

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Holly's avatar Holly @scott902.bsky.social
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Joe Biden is a good man and a great president!

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