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@geleert.bsky.social

Retired US history professor, dog lover, appreciator of nature. Just trying to get through the current madness.

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An Army Corps project could wipe out one of Florida’s last thriving coral reefs The fate of one of the last thriving coral reefs in Florida may be imperiled by plans to widen the shipping channel leading into Port Everglades.

The US army corps of engineers is considering, right now, what would be the largest destruction of coral reefs in US history. To make a port slightly bigger.

People know this, right?

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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06.03.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 279    πŸ” 213    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 11
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Republicans spend an incredible amount of time and energy finding new ways to obstruct justice and accountability. www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...

07.03.2026 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3600    πŸ” 1247    πŸ’¬ 178    πŸ“Œ 52
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Trump blocks FBI terror threat alert linked to Iran war Top Trump officials ordered it placed on hold over concerns that it could show the domestic risk of the war and further erode public support.

White House blocks intelligence report warning of rising U.S. homeland terror threat linked to Iran war

07.03.2026 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 855    πŸ” 520    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 64
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My secret life as a cat.

06.03.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5783    πŸ” 633    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 34
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He seems pretty sensitive whenever someone confronts him with evidence that Putin might not be our friend. Even when Fox brings it up.

06.03.2026 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 12140    πŸ” 3788    πŸ’¬ 1070    πŸ“Œ 279

The lack of media coverage about the bombing of the girls elementary schools is shocking.

06.03.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 18194    πŸ” 5068    πŸ’¬ 1328    πŸ“Œ 307
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Snickers, get off the cat!

Cat? What cat?

06.03.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 13036    πŸ” 1206    πŸ’¬ 385    πŸ“Œ 81
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And this is all he had to replace Noem.

06.03.2026 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 11182    πŸ” 4104    πŸ’¬ 2352    πŸ“Œ 619
Screenshot of an X post by Senator Tom Cotton saying Iran has been an imminent threat to the United States for 47 years and that the president was right to act. Below is a Fox News segment with Cotton speaking while footage labeled β€œU.S. Central Command – Unclassified” shows a strike.

Screenshot of an X post by Senator Tom Cotton saying Iran has been an imminent threat to the United States for 47 years and that the president was right to act. Below is a Fox News segment with Cotton speaking while footage labeled β€œU.S. Central Command – Unclassified” shows a strike.

β€œImminent.” You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

04.03.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 12370    πŸ” 2118    πŸ’¬ 950    πŸ“Œ 192
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47 years is the *opposite* of imminent (which means "something that will happen soon"). These people are so stupid.

04.03.2026 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 7288    πŸ” 1723    πŸ’¬ 647    πŸ“Œ 150
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#SendBarronToWar

03.03.2026 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 25777    πŸ” 8691    πŸ’¬ 2453    πŸ“Œ 788
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By Killing Khamenei, the West Created a Martyr – and Mainstream Media Is Ignoring the Muslim Backlash Ali Khamenei was not Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi. Killing him will have religious reverberations throughout the Muslim world for years to come.

"By killing [Khamenei], the US and Israel didn’t just strike Iran’s government. They struck a spiritual leader with transnational religious authority – and created exactly the kind of martyr that galvanizes movements for generations." - fascinating and important piece by Iran scholar Narges Bajoghli

03.03.2026 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1194    πŸ” 373    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 16
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Football players will pay no taxes in Mississippi on their licensing deals, which can sometimes be very lucrative in the millions. Teachers, cops, firefighters, construction workers - they still have to pay taxes on their income.

03.03.2026 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1517    πŸ” 497    πŸ’¬ 109    πŸ“Œ 29

Republicans spent 17 months on Benghazi because 4 Americans were killed.

It’s been 3 days and Trump’s illegal Iran attack has already gotten 6 American soldiers killed. He promises more will die soon. And Republicans don’t care.

03.03.2026 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2293    πŸ” 741    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 26

Taking a page from Vlad's book, as usual

03.03.2026 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1439    πŸ” 410    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 15

Go @hillaryclinton.bsky.social. Absolutely πŸ’― percent correct.

03.03.2026 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5054    πŸ” 1319    πŸ’¬ 123    πŸ“Œ 37
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He originally said was going to cost $200 million. Then he said $250 million. Then $300 million. But now it's going to come in under budget at $400 million.

02.03.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6224    πŸ” 2097    πŸ’¬ 1109    πŸ“Œ 263
Quote from Washington Times editorial board

"[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Quote from Washington Times editorial board "[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Uh no...we definitely realize it.

02.03.2026 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 43896    πŸ” 6863    πŸ’¬ 4763    πŸ“Œ 1830
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BTC: Given the fact that Trump is named in the Epstein files 38,000 times, do you think he should testify like Bill & Hillary did?

Katie Pavlich: I think the president has bigger issues to deal with.

BTC: Bigger than being implicated in a pedophile ring?

Katie: The Epstein thing is a distraction.

01.03.2026 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1917    πŸ” 501    πŸ’¬ 300    πŸ“Œ 64

When Trump came to power, he ripped up the peace deal that Obama had made, and used the uncertainty he created as an excuse to bomb Iran, insisting he had ended the problem he had created once and for all, except now he's bombing them again to solve the problem he created and previously solved?

01.03.2026 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3531    πŸ” 850    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 38
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In the past, sometimes presidents have said it’s just a military operation or limited airstrikes to skirt Congress. Trump has unilaterally launched major combat operations, declaring war with the goal of regime change. A major violation of the U.S. Constitution, also illegal under international law

28.02.2026 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6617    πŸ” 2225    πŸ’¬ 256    πŸ“Œ 166

If Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu *really* wanted to destroy Iran, they would volunteer to take turns being its ruler.

28.02.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2210    πŸ” 415    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 16
KAMALA HARRIS
WILL SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO WAR
STOP WARS
VOTE
TRUMP VANCE

KAMALA HARRIS WILL SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO WAR STOP WARS VOTE TRUMP VANCE

28.02.2026 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1097    πŸ” 324    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 37
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US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

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Thanks. I needed that.

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Hillary Clinton never even met Jeffrey Epstein, but was forced to testify about him. #CoverUp

27.02.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 12606    πŸ” 4889    πŸ’¬ 424    πŸ“Œ 184

Today, former Sec. of State, Hillary Clinton, will testify before House Oversight as a part of that committee's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Bill Clinton testifies tomorrow.

Both she & her husband insisted that their testimony be provided in a public hearing, but Rep. James Comer refused.

26.02.2026 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8062    πŸ” 2399    πŸ’¬ 724    πŸ“Œ 183
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A reminder that white nationalism isn't just abhorrent, it's stupid.

25.02.2026 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 11582    πŸ” 3090    πŸ’¬ 727    πŸ“Œ 178

This allows the Trump administration to literally condition citizenship on what it defines as acceptable speech

22.02.2026 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1903    πŸ” 806    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 15