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James Ostrand

@jamesostrand.bsky.social

Dad, husband, photographer St Petersburg, DeSantistan

280 Followers  |  684 Following  |  129 Posts  |  Joined: 31.08.2023  |  1.9683

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β€œNone of these statements are true.”

MEMPHIS DA Steve Mulroy FACT-CHECKS @AGPamBondi’s sworn testimony before Congress.

His post (with Spandau Ballet soundtrack 🎡): www.instagram.com/p/DPmv-WKEil...

09.10.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4847    πŸ” 2069    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 97
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in a world full of Kirks, be a Rogers.

08.10.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 610    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4
State investigators visit Largo man who sent postcard critical of Florida’s CFO The postcard read: β€œYou lack values.”

I hope @tizzyent.bsky.social talks about this! www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

09.10.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
State investigators visit Largo man who sent postcard critical of Florida’s CFO The postcard read: β€œYou lack values.”

Intimidation. Pure & simple. www.tampabay.com/news/florida... #FreeStateofFlorida #DeFascist

09.10.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The image is an X post by The Bulwark (@BulwarkO
) from 10 hours ago, stating: "I think in a free country we should be able to post onto the internet, 'hey, there are masked agents on Broadway and Vine and not have the government or the tech oligarchs prevent us from doing that.' Shame on you, Tim Cook." The post includes a verified badge and a ship logo.

The image is an X post by The Bulwark (@BulwarkO ) from 10 hours ago, stating: "I think in a free country we should be able to post onto the internet, 'hey, there are masked agents on Broadway and Vine and not have the government or the tech oligarchs prevent us from doing that.' Shame on you, Tim Cook." The post includes a verified badge and a ship logo.

Apple caved to the Trump DOJ and removed the anti-ICE apps from its App Store. Cowardice.

05.10.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3147    πŸ” 722    πŸ’¬ 132    πŸ“Œ 37

Tim Cook is a pussy

03.10.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

COWARD!!

07.10.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NO KINGS 2 Saint Petersburg Β· No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. β€œNO KINGS” is more than just a sloganβ€”it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

I'm attending No Kings's event, β€œNO KINGS 2 Saint Petersburg” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

01.10.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE officer seen on video pushing woman to ground has returned to duty An ICE officer who was initially relieved of his duties after being captured on video pushing a woman to the ground has been returned to duty, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter told CBS News...

News like this makes Convicted Felon Donald Trump and his ghoul, Stephen Miller, all tingly inside-someone allegedly from ICE attacking an immigrant. Specifically a woman. It's how they get their jollies.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal

www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...

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a man wearing a suit and tie is smiling for the camera ALT: a man wearing a suit and tie is smiling for the camera

Wow... it's almost as if fairytale culture wars have real life consequences!

30.09.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

END ICE
This man is Black JOY &excellence, success, hope, love, a role model for ALL Americans.
He is a threat to Fascism not simply because he is Black, but because he is a living example of the
absolute BEST of humanity.
Fascism is a metastatic cancer of hate.
JOY is THE antidote.
Fight with JOY!

26.09.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Just saying

18.09.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 681    πŸ” 260    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 11

Slowly it appears the first amendment is getting eroded

free speech & free press have been under steady assault

free assembly is probably next

and at some point it feels like the goal is to make us all subservient to one religion dictated by the state to reign supreme above all others

18.09.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are at NIH *OR* DOJ and know more, Signal is davelevitan.26

17.09.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Pinks #ProudBlue #RU

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Up, up, and away: 2026 health insurance premiums set to double for millions of Floridians β€’ Florida Phoenix Health insurance rates will increase sharply for the 4 million-plus Floridians who rely on so-called Obamacare plans or small employer health insurance coverage in the coming weeks, according to data ...

Up, up, and away: 2026 health insurance premiums set to double for millions of #Florida residents. floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/13/u... via @floridaphoenix.com

15.09.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Stay focused.

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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?

15.09.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 29004    πŸ” 8763    πŸ’¬ 595    πŸ“Œ 363

What makes this even more infuriating is that your average Fox News/NewMax viewer will never even hear about this. If they do, it'll be dismissed as "Fake News". 🀯

13.09.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Brooks and Capehart on Americans’ reactions to the killing of Charlie Kirk
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour Brooks and Capehart on Americans’ reactions to the killing of Charlie Kirk

Why does @jonathancapehart.bsky.social think the governor of Utah is worthy of such praise?? The man said he was PRAYING the shooter wasn't "on of our own". Our own what??

youtu.be/mdzIl9eG3CI?...

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Florida news outlet Florida Politics editor Peter Schorsch says reporter A.G. Gancarski was suspended after Rep. Randy Fine complained that he asked him about his position on campus gun carry laws after Kirk's shooting.

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The order to get rid of Mr. Giardina and Chris Meyer, another agent who until recently served as Mr. Patel’s pilot, was also driven by far-right criticism and misinformation on social media that had been forwarded to top White House aides, including Mr. Miller, the lawsuit said.

In the filing, the former officials suggest Mr. Giardina and Mr. Meyer were everything that Mr. Patel and Mr. Bongino were not: decorated combat veterans with decades of investigative experience, abiding respect for the institution and a disdain for self-promotion.

In early July, Mr. Jensen met with Mr. Patel to urge him to protect Mr. Giardina, whom he believed to be unfairly targeted. He suggested it would be β€œinexcusably cruel” to add to the burden of a man who was caring for his dying wife, according to the lawsuit.

Mr. Patel handed him a challenge coin, passed out three cigars, told him he was β€œcrushing it” and ushered him out of the office.

He fired Mr. Giardina about a month later.

The order to get rid of Mr. Giardina and Chris Meyer, another agent who until recently served as Mr. Patel’s pilot, was also driven by far-right criticism and misinformation on social media that had been forwarded to top White House aides, including Mr. Miller, the lawsuit said. In the filing, the former officials suggest Mr. Giardina and Mr. Meyer were everything that Mr. Patel and Mr. Bongino were not: decorated combat veterans with decades of investigative experience, abiding respect for the institution and a disdain for self-promotion. In early July, Mr. Jensen met with Mr. Patel to urge him to protect Mr. Giardina, whom he believed to be unfairly targeted. He suggested it would be β€œinexcusably cruel” to add to the burden of a man who was caring for his dying wife, according to the lawsuit. Mr. Patel handed him a challenge coin, passed out three cigars, told him he was β€œcrushing it” and ushered him out of the office. He fired Mr. Giardina about a month later.

Jesus Christ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

10.09.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

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How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/m...

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'DeSantis is going to own this': Doctor says FL gov just redefined his legacy in worst way "I live in a red state and this breaks my heart." That was the reaction from one health policy expert when discussing an announcement in Florida that vaccine mandates would be nixed in the state.Forme...

'DeSantis is going to own this': Doctor says FL gov just redefined his legacy in worst way www.rawstory.com/desantis-own...

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Judge blocks administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1 million Venezuelans and Haitians A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the right to live and work in the United States.

BREAKING: A federal judge blocks the Trump administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1 million Venezuelans and Haitians.

05.09.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3936    πŸ” 1211    πŸ’¬ 119    πŸ“Œ 57

About this Florida vaccine story:

When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.

We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.

β€œOh, they’d have died.”

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Epstein survivors deserve justice. Release the files.

03.09.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2065    πŸ” 493    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 21

Defend democracy.

Defund billionaires.

Defeat fascism.

01.09.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 597    πŸ” 149    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4

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