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@michaelronning.bsky.social

Sorry, I can't interact on a personal basis, I am here to read. Bookworm, lover of Tolkien, Democrat, open-minded, respects other viewpoints, progressive Christ follower, universalist, choral and classical music.

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2 No medical infrastructure. No reliable access to food or water. No legal help. Just tents in 100° heat, swamps crawling with alligators, and isolation by design.

“Alligator Alcatraz” isn’t immigration policy—it’s psychological warfare. A grotesque abuse of human rights.

24.06.2025 15:14 — 👍 44    🔁 17    💬 1    📌 2
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The original TT post read “we were diverted going to Dallas to Nashville on Southwest for “gas-fill-up”

WTAF! TSA has screened & can stop boarding like any military state country

Night Vision in Broad daylight? Opening bags with passengers on board? They aren’t trained agents.

04.06.2025 00:07 — 👍 1577    🔁 822    💬 268    📌 133

What's the gist of the article?

04.06.2025 10:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sickening. Do these people believe they're the good guys?

03.06.2025 17:32 — 👍 3448    🔁 1258    💬 414    📌 82
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Manitoba declares state of emergency as wildfires rage, forcing evacuations Thousands flee their homes as significant mass of territory burns across the province

There have been 102 wildfires in Manitoba this year. The Province has never had to fight so many different fires at once.

The climate is changing, the Premier said.

Fires continue to spread in Central and Western Canada.

www.redcross.ca

29.05.2025 03:40 — 👍 550    🔁 188    💬 46    📌 13
Opus Dei Human Trafficking….The Pope Passes, and the Cult Wiggles Out of Accountability
YouTube video by The Flying Kitchen by Shannon Vavich Opus Dei Human Trafficking….The Pope Passes, and the Cult Wiggles Out of Accountability

Opus Dei slithers out of accountability after Pope Francis’ passing. Listen to what @garethgore.bsky.social , (author of Opus) has to say via his Bluesky. Full video link below: youtu.be/pzOKvPPBdTo?...

03.05.2025 12:44 — 👍 51    🔁 17    💬 4    📌 3
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Balaji Srinivasan suggests giving Elon Musk “control of a huge swath of land surrounding Starbase, Texas” & designate that land as “a military base or … similar, so that [Musk] can fence it off & determine at his sole discretion who can enter.” Then replicate in other states w/ other Tech Bros. 1/

16.03.2025 18:45 — 👍 2118    🔁 1057    💬 359    📌 530

The whole Democratic delegation should have walked out at this point.

06.03.2025 02:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨 New Filing in Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: Ninth Circuit AFFIRMS lower court decision striking down Arizona voter suppression law H.B. 2492 which imposed unconstitutional and burdensome proof of citizenship requirements.

A big victory for our clients and the voters of Arizona. A stinging defeat for the RNC.

25.02.2025 18:00 — 👍 43238    🔁 9093    💬 879    📌 439
Quote saying: I get tired of "under 40" lists.
Show me someone who got their PhD at 60 after losing everything.
Give me the 70-year-old debut novelist who writes from a lifetime of love and grief. Give me calloused hands and tender hearts.

Quote saying: I get tired of "under 40" lists. Show me someone who got their PhD at 60 after losing everything. Give me the 70-year-old debut novelist who writes from a lifetime of love and grief. Give me calloused hands and tender hearts.

AGEISM

26.02.2025 05:00 — 👍 27031    🔁 2771    💬 691    📌 208
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Trump's funding freeze is wreaking havoc on climate science Federal dollars have bankrolled some of humanity's biggest breakthroughs.

This is what really holds long-term consequences for not only Americans but global humanity. Criminal Trump’s, Musk led, defunding of climate science research. Without this research, we will neither understand nor be prepared for what I believe will be a civilization-altering crisis within 15 years.

26.02.2025 15:18 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Trump approval rating holds steady at 44%, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds U.S. President Donald Trump's approval rating held steady over the past week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday that found 44% of respondents approved of his performance over his first month in office.

Trump voters seem psychologically unable to reconsider their adoration and loyalty to criminal Trump, even as he announces scheme after scheme to destroy the quality of their lives.

26.02.2025 15:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Trump allies circulate mass deportation plan calling for ‘processing camps’ and a private citizen ‘army’ The group, led by Blackwater veteran Erik Prince, has close Trump ties.

This is straight out of Hitler’s takeover of Germany’s democracy, an evil scheme cooked up by fascist Erik Prince and his cohort of fascist military contractors. I hope you realize that under Trump we are less than two months into the Trump coup at best a pseudo-democracy.

26.02.2025 15:20 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I keep seeing interviews with Trump voters, particularly White men, who just don’t seem capable of comprehending what is happening and continue to support Trump.

26.02.2025 15:21 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Donald Trump Has Launched a War Against the Working Class The next four years will be filled with battles as resistance springs up amid the administration’s assault on workers.

As Trump’s fascist oligarch coup moves into its second month I confess I am surprised that Trump voters don’t yet seem to fully realize how severely Trump is going to damage the quality of their personal life, and the lives of their family.

26.02.2025 15:21 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Do this. Say this. 👇🏻

23.02.2025 14:27 — 👍 42242    🔁 11165    💬 665    📌 409

The Deputy Director of the FBI

24.02.2025 05:45 — 👍 533    🔁 189    💬 105    📌 42
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PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.

24.02.2025 03:26 — 👍 37229    🔁 16599    💬 5019    📌 2661

Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.

This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.

13.02.2025 23:40 — 👍 86530    🔁 14720    💬 1688    📌 546

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

14.02.2025 01:15 — 👍 35411    🔁 21231    💬 593    📌 685

Dear Governor Kathy Hochul:

It's time.

You have the power to remove Eric Adams from office as NYC mayor.

Take a stand -- and stand up for cleaning up corruption in New York.

REMOVE ADAMS NOW.

Sincerely,
A New Yorker

14.02.2025 03:20 — 👍 30844    🔁 6938    💬 653    📌 303

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

13.02.2025 16:05 — 👍 21519    🔁 14894    💬 413    📌 401

it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit

12.02.2025 02:24 — 👍 57241    🔁 15057    💬 2224    📌 623
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NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

Their aim is nothing short of a new Dark Ages. Anti-science, anti-education, anti-democracy, in favor of needless human suffering.
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

08.02.2025 20:06 — 👍 9616    🔁 3016    💬 508    📌 166
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Move in Silence. They’ll Never See You Coming

21.01.2025 16:47 — 👍 604    🔁 75    💬 26    📌 3
Be Prepared. Never Scared.
YouTube video by EmpathyTour - The Moral Compass Podcast Be Prepared. Never Scared.

He Prepared. Never Scared. youtu.be/mvp3gOlhIBI?...

26.01.2025 19:18 — 👍 118    🔁 22    💬 8    📌 2
80 Years
YouTube video by EmpathyTour - The Moral Compass Podcast 80 Years

80 years. Remember. Always. youtube.com/shorts/9diqz...

27.01.2025 13:40 — 👍 66    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 2
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Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.

05.02.2025 19:49 — 👍 56083    🔁 11402    💬 2013    📌 1210
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1/ ❗Really chilling.

Thanks to Sen. Mark Warner, for releasing Memo from acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove to FBI leadership ordering the purge.

-Memo is a clear abuse of power and weaponization of DOJ
-Memo bolsters FBI lawsuits filed today. VERY clear the list is for retaliatory purposes

04.02.2025 23:16 — 👍 22495    🔁 8592    💬 471    📌 269

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