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Randall Gross

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(he/him) Retired Global Sr. tech manager, & inveterate news junkie. Everyone is my friend until they firmly prove otherwise. Active on social media since the '80's @Tarkloon@mastodon.social formerly @tarkloon @ birdsite Ego tantum loquor

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Latest posts by randallgross.bsky.social on Bluesky

โ€œwokeโ€ is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

08.11.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10992    ๐Ÿ” 2574    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 168    ๐Ÿ“Œ 58
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Judge permanently bars Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland in response to immigration protests Oregon officials have been embroiled in a legal battle with the administration since late September, when the Trump administration mobilized hundreds of troops.

Judge permanently bars Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland in response to immigration protests
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

08.11.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A federal judge has ruled that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for the government shutdown. https://cnn.it/3JrUohY

08.11.2025 03:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 416    ๐Ÿ” 149    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Why hasn't this been run by the Democrats constantly for the last 37 days and his previous record-setting shutdown?

There's always a tweet. Or a video.

07.11.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Wow: Trump is pardoning a convicted agent of the Chinese Communist Party

07.11.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4036    ๐Ÿ” 1784    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 335    ๐Ÿ“Œ 107
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Colbert: Air Travel Pain Intensifies | FIFA's Fake Peace Prize | Americans Need To Lose 135 Billion Pounds The FAA is forcing airlines to cut flights at 40 of the nation's busiest airports due to the government shutdown, global soccer organization FIFA is launching an award to rival the Nobel Peace Prize, ...

Colbert: Air Travel Pain Intensifies | FIFAโ€™s Fake Peace Prize | Americans Need To Lose 135 Billion Pounds

littlegreenfootballs.com/article/5504...

07.11.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Escalates Tyranny in Chicago Having a common enemy sometimes unifies people, whether an unhoused Venezuelan migrant in Bronzeville or a mother in a South Shore apartment.

"After the federal mass-deportation initiative dubbed โ€œOperation Midway Blitzโ€ hit the shelter, a meeting was held the next day. Black residents affirmed they stood with Latino residents and the raid impacted everyone. Afterward folks were less divided by race..."

hammerandhope.org/article/trum...

07.11.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 355    ๐Ÿ” 112    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

The regime in the White House is making devastating cuts to the social safety to finance tax cuts for the super rich.

And the richest man in the world, who used his wealth to get this regime elected, is on track to be paid $274 million every day for the next 10 years.

Oligarchy.

07.11.2025 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1143    ๐Ÿ” 468    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 64    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

Donald Trump is doing everything he can to NOT feed your family during the govt shutdown he created.

Court after court has told his Administration to fully fund SNAP without delay, but he refuses to.

He has contempt for the people and the cruelty is the point.

07.11.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 187    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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State Permits Trump-Backed Natural Gas Pipeline in New York Waters The Williams pipeline would span 17 miles near the Rockaways and Staten Island. The state had rejected the project three times previously.

New York is not immune from Trump White House pressure. The state just OKed an underwater natural gas pipeline in exchange for lifting a blockade on an offshore wind project, coincidentally on the day that Elise Stefanik announced her run for governor against Kathy Hochul. Over to you, New Jersey.

07.11.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Just say NO to privatizing public transit!

07.11.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump's Penn Station Plan Could Saddle New York Commuters With New Fees - Streetsblog New York City Amtrak and Andy Byford's plan to privatize the operation Penn Station could open the door to sticking transit riders with extra fees.

Amtrak and Andy Byford's play to have a private developer build and pay for a gleaming new Penn Station could leave commuter rail riders holding the bag for the next half-century โ€” thanks to the railroad's plan to privatize Penn's operation and open the door to extra fees. buff.ly/meloF6O

07.11.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

While he was sleeping, Dr. Oz (not a real doctor) was lecturing about old age and dementia. This is ridiculous; it's time for him to go.
#ProudBlue

07.11.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The same guy who "doesnโ€™t want to hear about affordability" posted about his new marble bathroom 7 times last week.

07.11.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14504    ๐Ÿ” 4161    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 666    ๐Ÿ“Œ 165
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Bari Weiss vs. climate change At The Free Press, Weiss consistently rebrands tired fossil fuel talking points as courageous, rebellious dissent.

Bari Weiss vs. climate change: At The Free Press, Weiss consistently rebrands tired fossil fuel talking points as courageous, rebellious dissent. heated.world/p/bari-weiss...

07.11.2025 06:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Latest #Climate data shows a podium finish for 2025

We are in the decade where the 1.5ยฐC limit is likely to be exceeded, highlighting the accelerating pace of climate change

Average global temperature for 2023โ€“2025 is likely to exceed 1.5ยฐC, the first three-year average to do so ๐ŸŒก๏ธ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿงชโš’๏ธ

07.11.2025 07:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

TAKEN AT HER COURT HEARING. To all those Americans deceiving themselves that ICE is only going after rapists and murderers, another reminder thatโ€™s a lie. They are targeting folks doing the right thing, because it is easier and otherwise they donโ€™t have enough people to arrest. Wake up now.

07.11.2025 08:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1881    ๐Ÿ” 225    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Keep โ€˜em coming

07.11.2025 01:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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President Trump pardons former TN House Speaker Glen Casada, chief of staff, after corruption convictions President Donald Trump has pardoned the disgraced former Speaker of the Tennessee House Glen Casada and his co-conspirators after their corruption convictions and sentencing.

OH MY GOD
www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...

06.11.2025 23:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 254    ๐Ÿ” 143    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 40
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Senior German officials have accused the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of deliberately abusing parliamentary powers to collect and likely pass secret information about the country's military capabilities and the state of critical infrastructure to Russia.

Source: Der Spiegel

06.11.2025 16:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 652    ๐Ÿ” 244    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39
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Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk's trillion-dollar pay package Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package for Elon Musk that could allow him to earn an unprecedented one trillion dollars' worth of stock.

The transphobe who was so instrumental in dismantling America through DOGE; who oppresses female workers; who industrially defecates on the biosphere; who turned Twitter into a cesspool of conspiracy theory and racism; who promotes racist AI training--

Will be rewarded with 1 trillion dollars.

06.11.2025 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Judge orders Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. required officials to send the money to millions of food stamp recipients by Friday.

Judge orders Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

06.11.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

06.11.2025 04:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23152    ๐Ÿ” 7990    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 668    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1515
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#Noirvember Wheel men don't eat quiche.

06.11.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trumpโ€™s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.

BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trumpโ€™s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.

06.11.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5554    ๐Ÿ” 1107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 221    ๐Ÿ“Œ 297
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Donโ€™t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify

It's outrageous that Spotify is running ICE ads. I'm moving to another streaming platform that doesn't profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/MxOlBsbc

06.11.2025 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, โ€œemotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.โ€ Intones, โ€œLet us not forget that the great seal of the United States saysโ€ฆโ€˜ out of many, one.โ€™โ€ฆYou all have a right to live a life that is free.โ€

06.11.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5141    ๐Ÿ” 1001    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 107    ๐Ÿ“Œ 137

from experience you're gonna want the "free market" guys to put that sort of thing in writing

06.11.2025 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 130    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnsonโ€™s office.

06.11.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51410    ๐Ÿ” 13871    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1004    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1149

"Trump babies."

But don't call them a creepy cult of weirdos.

06.11.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 897    ๐Ÿ” 198    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 85    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

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