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John David Dyche

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“If we allow them to do so the liberal arts will lift us up from mere emotions and gut reactions into thoughtfulness.” — Larry Matheny, Centre College https://kentuckylantern.com/2023/10/11/i-apologize-kentucky/

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How a DHS shooting of a third U.S. citizen went unnoticed for months No state or federal agency disclosed that a Homeland Security Investigations agent had killed Ruben Ray Martinez until it was revealed in a public records request.

For nearly a year, DHS tried to keep secret that it had killed a U.S. citizen.

Then came a FOIA request from @weareoversight.bsky.social.

05.03.2026 22:02 — 👍 236    🔁 108    💬 0    📌 1

The reason we have “stupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.

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Breakfast at Florida Avenue Grill & sit in the booth with the little plaque marking it as where Martin Luther King, Jr. sat while planning the March on Washington. Plenty of other cool photos of famous patrons, too. And the breakfasts are fantastic. Get the grits.

05.03.2026 23:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Please read about this great American life. A courageous patriot & an inspiration.

“In his memoir, Lafayette wrote that the ever-present threat of death during those early years of organizing taught him that the value of life ‘lies not in longevity, but in what people do to give it significance.’”

05.03.2026 23:02 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Sickening. Shame on Messi.

05.03.2026 22:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Confused about who is doing which new gig that has not actually been created or defined yet. Is Mitch Barnhart now Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas & Kristi Noem the Executive in Residence for the UK Sports and Workforce Initiative or vice versa? Regardless, congrats to both.

05.03.2026 20:58 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dozens of Medical Schools Back Kennedy Plan on Nutrition After Pressure

"But Mr. Kennedy attracted a range of other institutions, representing about a quarter of American medical schools. Many are public schools in conservative states, including ... the University of Kentucky" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

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Wish she had kept pushing for a response instead of letting him dodge. Probably more & better planning by this fascist administration for invading & occupying American cities & states than for this misbegotten war on Iran.

05.03.2026 18:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump Youth

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@repmcgarvey.bsky.social Isn’t Rep. Massie right when he says, “If your tax dollars were used to settle sexual harassment claims against members of Congress, you should know about it”?

05.03.2026 11:52 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

@repmcgarvey.bsky.social Why did you vote to refer the resolution to reveal all sexual harassment settlements involving members of Congress to the Ethics Committee where, per @jamiedupree.bsky.social, “it will presumably die,” instead of supporting the resolution & an up or down vote on it?

05.03.2026 11:50 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

A war that isn't a war, documented with videos that may or may not be real, funded by elected leaders who are neither for nor against it, is the most dystopian thing that's happened in my lifetime

05.03.2026 00:59 — 👍 4231    🔁 1028    💬 34    📌 31

Love Sears & Sentnor playing together. #USWNT

05.03.2026 01:22 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And also to you.

05.03.2026 01:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Taylor Flint, but …

She definitely would’ve gotten on top of that header that Coffey couldn’t.

05.03.2026 00:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Rand Paul the only GOP senator to put fidelity to the Constitution ahead of fidelity to Trump.

04.03.2026 23:12 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Examples of summaries:
1. "Amendment to enrich GOP donors"
2. "Amendment to entrench GOP power"
3. "Amendment to make Christian nationalism law"
4. "Amendment to deny slavery happened"
5. "Amendment to mandate gun worship"
6. "Amendment to despoil the environment"
7. "Amendment to suck up to Trump"

04.03.2026 19:32 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

@lblackford.bsky.social telling it like it is.

04.03.2026 18:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

To paraphrase the great LA Times columnist Patt Morrison: "Among the bottom-feeders of the House, no one scrapes his chin more than James Comer."

04.03.2026 16:32 — 👍 48    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 1

Support the Massie-Khanna resolution, H.Con.Res.38, directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

04.03.2026 14:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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U.S. Opens Military Action in Ecuador Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’

Sure. Why not launch another war? After all, once you get started…
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

04.03.2026 13:40 — 👍 137    🔁 36    💬 14    📌 5
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'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad.

"The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

03.03.2026 14:46 — 👍 6446    🔁 2402    💬 85    📌 131
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Ann Telnaes

03.03.2026 21:39 — 👍 835    🔁 264    💬 16    📌 7

All Trumpist fascists lie as they breathe. Constant lying is integral & essential to being a Trumpist fascist. They are anti-truth. Confronting them with undeniable truth does not deter them from lying, as they demonstrate every day.

03.03.2026 20:48 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Ellie Jean

03.03.2026 19:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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HIRONO: DHS was lying that Ms Martinez was a domestic terrorist who ambushed federal agents. Yes or no -- that was a lie?

NOEM: Every day our law enforcement officers face tragic situations--

HIRONO: I'm not hearing yes or no. It was a lie.

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Hirono walks Noem through just a few of the many lies she's been caught in

03.03.2026 17:47 — 👍 4644    🔁 1293    💬 93    📌 55

S.J.Res.104 - A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

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6 American service members killed, but it's decorations, dinners and drapes on Trump's mind today.

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