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No ordinary dirtball. Sportsmanship, STORIES, Responsible! Five foot almost nothin...40 plus years teacher, coach also first responder EMT and Wilderness EMT... son ,brother,husband, dad, grampa grump ( smile -I think not) Not a fan that = fanatic.

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There are some things in our nation to which I’m proud to be maladjusted, to which I call upon all men of goodwill to be maladjusted until the good society is realized. ... I never intend to adjust myself to segregation and discrimination. I never intend to become adjusted to religious bigotry. I never intend to adjust myself to economic conditions that will take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few. I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism and the self-defeating effects of physical violence." 
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

There are some things in our nation to which I’m proud to be maladjusted, to which I call upon all men of goodwill to be maladjusted until the good society is realized. ... I never intend to adjust myself to segregation and discrimination. I never intend to become adjusted to religious bigotry. I never intend to adjust myself to economic conditions that will take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few. I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism and the self-defeating effects of physical violence." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"I never intend to adjust myself to economic conditions that will take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few. I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism and the self-defeating effects of physical violence."

#IamMaladjusted
#MLK

23.02.2026 23:40 — 👍 19    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 0
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❤️Not the most medals, but the best at understanding "it's how you play the game" that counts. Medals are chunks of metal, great sportspersonship, kindness, fair play, and genuine joy & gratitude make for the greatest sports teams. We are Canada.🇨🇦

23.02.2026 22:04 — 👍 63    🔁 9    💬 5    📌 0
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The U.S men’s hockey team can take those gold medals and shove em’ deep.. @usahockey.bsky.social #olympics #menshockey #teamusa #trump #epstein

23.02.2026 19:12 — 👍 332    🔁 115    💬 31    📌 23
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More alarming news out of Dilley…this time with disturbing Epsteinian overtones…ugh.

23.02.2026 02:19 — 👍 364    🔁 208    💬 32    📌 74
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Be aware of which political party wants the American people to vote and will protect our collective right to do so…and which political party wants to restrict that right so that they may remain in power indefinitely.

The difference could not be clearer than at the present moment.

22.02.2026 11:59 — 👍 7627    🔁 2368    💬 192    📌 83
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People need to understand what’s happening in Washington state because it’s outrageous and barely being covered by the news media. But I think it matters, and I think you’ll agree.

The state is facing growing legal & public scrutiny over widespread sexual abuse of juveniles in state custody.
🧵

22.02.2026 22:50 — 👍 973    🔁 590    💬 36    📌 35

Holy shit. 🤬🤬😤

21.02.2026 20:01 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Even After Supreme Court Ruling, Trump Insists He Can Do as He Wishes

Even After Supreme Court Ruling, Trump Insists He Can Do as He Wishes www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u... After 250 years, America has a king again.

21.02.2026 19:50 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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‘No one deserves this’: Beaverton father dies after deportation to Mexico A Beaverton family is grieving after the father, who was detained and deported by ICE, has now died.

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported.

He finally died.

I am so angry.
www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

21.02.2026 16:42 — 👍 13076    🔁 6622    💬 400    📌 364

We did host the 1991 International Special Olympic Games.

21.02.2026 19:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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FRIDAY SHOUTS📣
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🚫NO ADDS🚫

20.02.2026 21:05 — 👍 31    🔁 24    💬 7    📌 0
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Donald Trump illegally stole your money.

He should give it back to you.

Instead Trump is scheming up new ways to force Americans to pay even more.

20.02.2026 19:14 — 👍 2594    🔁 716    💬 172    📌 52

Congress will vote to lower the age to prosecute minors as adults from 16 down to 14 in DC.

Let me get this straight:

Congress wants to prosecute 14 yr. olds as adults, but they don’t want to prosecute adults who sexually abuse 14 year olds?

Release the Epstein files.

20.02.2026 14:47 — 👍 13438    🔁 4026    💬 497    📌 195
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"What we need to do, I think right now, is to stand firm on this principle because if we don't, they're just gonna do it again someplace else."

@smith.senate.gov explains to @timmiller.bsky.social why she will vote against every penny of funding for ICE and border protection.

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A ucla women’s basketball game at poly pavilion

A ucla women’s basketball game at poly pavilion

I support women’s athletics

20.02.2026 03:25 — 👍 105    🔁 11    💬 6    📌 3
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The most powerful crime syndicate in history It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is essentially acting as a massive criminal enterprise. It lies, steals, extorts and murders — all while cloak…

The most powerful crime syndicate in history.
The grifter in Chief.
www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/18/t...

19.02.2026 17:20 — 👍 94    🔁 36    💬 2    📌 3

You can hear his mouthpiece say it in his ear. Pathetic.

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A tweet from Headquarters contrasting Trump’s denial of posting a video with a later statement from Leavitt saying posts on Truth Social come directly from Trump. The image shows Trump speaking to reporters on one side and a White House press briefing on the other.

A tweet from Headquarters contrasting Trump’s denial of posting a video with a later statement from Leavitt saying posts on Truth Social come directly from Trump. The image shows Trump speaking to reporters on one side and a White House press briefing on the other.

The “staffer” who posted the racist video is his alter ego, John Barron.

19.02.2026 22:30 — 👍 2014    🔁 398    💬 84    📌 14
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IMG Academy to pay $1.7M for taking tuition from individuals linked to Mexican drug cartel: OFAC | WFLA BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA)— IMG Academy was fined more than $1.7 million for taking tuition from people linked to the Mexican drug cartel. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign …

IMG Academy, which has produced thousands of professional athletes, settles with the feds over its acceptance of 89 payments from Mexican drug cartels

19.02.2026 23:09 — 👍 37    🔁 10    💬 3    📌 2
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On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage.

19.02.2026 18:38 — 👍 6255    🔁 2749    💬 417    📌 218

The truth. The American truth.

19.02.2026 21:06 — 👍 260    🔁 100    💬 3    📌 5
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I couldn't forward the article but I think the headline says it all.

17.02.2026 21:57 — 👍 4718    🔁 2082    💬 354    📌 139

Israeli forces have killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza over the past 24 hours. Since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire last October, Israel has killed over 600 Palestinians and wounded over 1,600, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

16.02.2026 20:27 — 👍 451    🔁 269    💬 29    📌 18
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Insanity. They are laughing at us.

17.02.2026 21:46 — 👍 11131    🔁 5655    💬 597    📌 388

This does not seem fair to me.

And this is the main reason why we can't have nice things.

16.02.2026 23:13 — 👍 397    🔁 151    💬 19    📌 7
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I never thought I’d see the day.

Americans being told by the rest of the world to fight for our own democracy.

We should never have gotten here.

Keep resisting. ✊🏽

#SheShed #Voices4Victory

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