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Richard Power

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Author. Yoga/MeditationTeacher. Intelligence & Security Expert. Fmr Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Mellon U. Fmr Director of Global Security Intelligence, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu https://linktr.ee/rgpoweriii

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Really American (@reallyamerican) BREAKING: In a powerful statement, Joe Biden just delivered a message of optimism for our country. He encouraged Americans to “Get Up” and take back our democracy. Share this widely so everyone sees...

BREAKING: In a powerful statement, Joe Biden just delivered a message of optimism for our country. He encouraged Americans to “Get Up” and take back our democracy.

Share this widely so everyone sees what true leadership looks like.

06.12.2025 06:53 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Maddow goes over the new Gallup polls, Trump is polling underwater across the country.
@maddowblog.bsky.social

06.12.2025 04:57 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump's America: Baby Abandoned in NICU, 7- Year-Old Detained, and Nurse Citizen Violently Arrested The "pro-life" party strikes again. They've arrested a woman days after a C-section birth, causing her baby to be abandoned while in the NICU, as well as arrested a 7-year-old and a US citizen nurse.

held for approximately 34 hrs ... never assessed by a medical professional ... despite a recent C-section & Type 1 diabetes diagnosis This from the party forcing women to give birth by denying medical care & basic freedom ... They deprived a new mother of food & water while her baby was in the NICU

06.12.2025 04:50 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Trump's America: Baby Abandoned in NICU, 7- Year-Old Detained, and Nurse Citizen Violently Arrested The "pro-life" party strikes again. They've arrested a woman days after a C-section birth, causing her baby to be abandoned while in the NICU, as well as arrested a 7-year-old and a US citizen nurse.

The "pro-life" party strikes again. They've arrested a woman days after a C-section birth, causing her baby to be abandoned while in the NICU, as well as arrested a 7-year-old and a US citizen nurse.

04.12.2025 23:39 — 👍 0    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Joe Biden Just Gave A Speech That Put Trump To Shame Where He Urged America To Fight Joe Biden spoke at the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute where he urged America to get up, stand up, and fight back against Trump.

Joe Biden spoke at the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute where he urged America to get up, stand up, and fight back against Trump.

05.12.2025 22:21 — 👍 3    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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BREAKING: Youtube Just Suspended Us We need your help now more than ever.

BREAKING: Youtube has suspended our channel for 7 days and given us a "strike" for posting this video of Rudy Giuliani and Trump from the 90's, marking it as "nudity and sexual content." This is insane. Please spread this below and join our substack here. substack.com/@reallyameri...

22.05.2025 20:45 — 👍 849    🔁 475    💬 54    📌 23
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Our Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva pepper sprayed attacked by ICE
40 ICE AGENTS
Adelita was trying to calm and ask questions of ICE
They told her they don't care who she is
MASKED ICE ONCE AGAIN
ATTACK INNOCENT PEOPLE
Thank you Adelita for trying to intervene and thankful you are ok

06.12.2025 03:01 — 👍 310    🔁 196    💬 14    📌 9
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Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship

Every federal court has ruled that President Trump's attempt to dismantle birthright citizenship is unconstitutional.

We look forward to defeating him at the Supreme Court.

06.12.2025 01:10 — 👍 634    🔁 121    💬 24    📌 7

Thousands of Ukrainian children have been taken from their homes by Russia.

In a landmark vote, the UN adopted a resolution condemning these abductions and demanding that the children be returned to Ukraine.

We will continue our efforts until every child is safely home.

04.12.2025 09:20 — 👍 429    🔁 101    💬 9    📌 3
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The OSCE was established to keep war away from Europe.

Yet, Russia blatantly violates international law and OSCE principles.

The EU will stay the course.
Only more pressure on Russia and more support to Ukraine will change the balance.

My statement at OSCE Ministerial Council ↓

04.12.2025 12:25 — 👍 530    🔁 122    💬 16    📌 4
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This week marks one year since the start of my mandate as High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.It has been an intense year, filled with key moments ... - @kajakallas.bsky.social

06.12.2025 01:40 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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White House quietly deletes post after scathing rebuke from pop megastar The White House quietly deleted a video that used Sabrina Carpenter's "Juno" to promote ICE raids.Earlier this week, Carpenter slammed the Trump administration for using her song. "This video is evil ...

The White House quietly deleted a video that used Sabrina Carpenter's "Juno" to promote ICE raids.
"This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda," she wrote in a response to the White House post on X.

06.12.2025 00:31 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.

05.12.2025 22:20 — 👍 7701    🔁 1402    💬 299    📌 126
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What we are watching - as U.S. citizens are dragged out of cars and illegal war is waged in the Caribbean - is the corruption of the most sacred power we give the President - the power of violence.

We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.

05.12.2025 21:34 — 👍 2596    🔁 883    💬 112    📌 38
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A war criminal without a war It's just murder.

"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."

05.12.2025 21:57 — 👍 12602    🔁 3446    💬 401    📌 139

As a woman in media who has for decades done a lot of difficult investigative reporting, sometimes involving famous people, who has been ethical about it the entire fucking time, I want a Pulitzer for not popping off about this in public (prayers up for my long suffering Signal pals & group chats)

05.12.2025 21:00 — 👍 824    🔁 76    💬 3    📌 0
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Rand Paul: There is no Fentanyl made in Venezuela. Not just a little bit, there's none being made... These are outboard boats that, in order for them to get to Miami, would have to stop and refuel 20 times... We don't just summarily execute people.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

05.12.2025 21:02 — 👍 501    🔁 243    💬 21    📌 5
Trump Tries AGAIN to Indict Letitia James AND FAILS!
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner Trump Tries AGAIN to Indict Letitia James AND FAILS!

Trump Tries AGAIN to Indict Letitia James AND FAILS!
youtu.be/nzb5kk-VtJc?...

05.12.2025 21:16 — 👍 438    🔁 106    💬 14    📌 4

Met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever to exchange views on the situation in Ukraine and the frozen Russian assets.

We agreed that time is of the essence given the current geopolitical situation.

05.12.2025 21:18 — 👍 241    🔁 38    💬 13    📌 5
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Tategate: How a Human Trafficking Suspect Was Protected by Trump’s White House Uncovering how Andrew Tate’s trafficking case became entangled with the Trump White House, foreign influence networks, and the vulnerabilities of U.S. federal institutions. Examines DHS interference, ...

How the Trump White House protected the Tate human trafficking and influence network and how it’s a giant national security threat; Not just for the US but Europe and Ukraine in particular. spookyconnections.com/2025/12/05/t...

05.12.2025 21:24 — 👍 555    🔁 260    💬 20    📌 23

NEW: Carol Loennig tells Nicoll Wallace on MSNOW that the DOJ intends to try and indict Letitia James a THIRD time.

The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.

05.12.2025 21:45 — 👍 11458    🔁 2622    💬 376    📌 120

NYTimes adds: "But the video did not show any radios or satellite phones, according to the people familiar with the briefings, and a surveillance plane apparently did not spot any nearby boat."

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

05.12.2025 02:59 — 👍 329    🔁 106    💬 22    📌 10
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Dissecting the Trump Administration’s Effort to Circumvent the War Powers Resolution for Boat Strikes Analysis of Trump administration's claim that War Powers Resolution's regulating US troops in "hostilities" does not apply to boat strikes.

2/2 On the latter point about POTUS needing affirmative authorization, big recommend:

Dissecting the Trump Administration’s Effort to Circumvent the War Powers Resolution for Boat Strikes
By @bcfinucane.bsky.social

05.12.2025 20:29 — 👍 106    🔁 34    💬 0    📌 2

It's important to recognize great journalism when you see it

Kudos to @JohnBerman for this well-informed series of questions

One note: Sen. Cotton is wrong at end. POTUS needs affirmative authorization from Congress under the War Powers Resolution. Current ops are illegal.

1/2

05.12.2025 20:27 — 👍 331    🔁 93    💬 12    📌 5
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2/ Problems for Bradley's credibility.

On left:

Bradley argued to lawmakers was "still a possibility" drugs could've ultimately made way to US.

On right:

Trump State Department: "Suriname is a transit country for South American cocaine, the majority of which is likely destined for Europe."

05.12.2025 22:18 — 👍 183    🔁 47    💬 9    📌 2
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Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...

How is U.S. military killing these 11 people keeping drugs (fentanyl) out of the United States?

USG knew the drugs (cocaine) were headed to Suriname.

Yes, that's the OTHER DIRECTION.

Read what Bradley-Caine told lawmakers:

Scoop by @natashabertrand.bsky.social

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05.12.2025 22:11 — 👍 964    🔁 439    💬 49    📌 23
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THE NARCISSISTIC MF

THE AUDACITY

National Parks NO LONGER FREE on MLK' Birthday or on Juneteeth but on his birthday

05.12.2025 20:26 — 👍 227    🔁 143    💬 36    📌 14
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Trump Humiliates Himself And America By Accepting A Made Up Peace Prize Donald Trump hit a new low on Friday when he accepted a peace prize that was made up by the soccer organization FIFA in a ceremony that was embarrassing for the nation.

The con artist is at it again with a made up #FIFA peace prize. I think it was meant as the #PieceOfShit prize, then it would a real prize #MAGAmorons eat that shit up #DV1 #ProudBlue
www.politicususa.com/p/trump-humi...

05.12.2025 20:45 — 👍 131    🔁 64    💬 26    📌 9
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A "FIFA Peace Prize" is tantamount to getting an "AutoZone Best Actor in a Dramatic Play" award.

And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.

05.12.2025 19:36 — 👍 8690    🔁 2279    💬 1088    📌 242

All the renewable energy projects Trump cancelled would be be bringing energy prices down over the next few years, but instead we'll all pay more to keep polluting the planet. And who will benefit? Evil forces like Exxon-Mobile, Russia and the Saudis.

05.12.2025 19:40 — 👍 225    🔁 109    💬 13    📌 0

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