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Bob Ballentine

@raballentine.bsky.social

Retired. Amateur classical pianist. Liberal. Mystery Science Theater 3000. ADHD. No damned Trump! No damned MAGA! No damned Elon! No damned Republicans!! Please, no DMs.

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My wife’s niece has a daughter in first grade. We just found out that the girl’s teacher has the children stand every morning and “salute The King,” which is a picture of Trump he has posted in the classroom. This is in northeast PA.

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House Republicans have worked a total of 14 days since July 25th.

You can’t blame a shutdown on Democrats when the entire Republican Party hasn’t even bothered to show up for work.

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is trying to warn us about something. Are we listening? Jackson enters her fourth year on the supreme court on Monday. As its fiercest liberal voice wary of Trump’s growing power, she faces an intense battle ahead

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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I just cheer louder.

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ShelbyRae Lane (@shelbyraelane) There is no, agree to disagree, with these EVIL MONSTERS. THIS is exactly what they're all about. Terrorizing and torturing women and children They are depraved and sadistically insane, and should...

substack.com/@shelbyraela...

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On The Silence of Generals #defiancetildeath #policy #democracy #hegseth #military TikTok video by defiance13

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMrVEcFj/

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Ed Martin is one of the most dangerous people in America. As DOJ’s “weaponization” director and Pardon Attorney, he is using the justice system to enact Trump’s revenge agenda. He’s dangerously unqual... TikTok video by Liz Oyer

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMrAhUEo/

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Steve Reich VERMONT COUNTERPOINT For 12 flutes
YouTube video by Maria Fedotova Steve Reich VERMONT COUNTERPOINT For 12 flutes

Happy birthday, Steve Reich!
youtu.be/a3-wWv2JQq4?...

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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Brazil Stopped Its Trump. It’s Pathetic That We Couldn’t Stop Ours. Brazil barred Bolsonaro from running again and is sending him to jail. Other countries have done it too. Why is the United States a unique failure?

newrepublic.com/article/2004...

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#ADHD

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Happy birthday, Groucho!

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Study shows HPV vaccine protects vaccinated — and unvaccinated — women A large, long-term study led by an Albert Einstein College of Medicine researcher has found that the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in community settings is highly effective in...

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

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Crematorium chimney

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The Trumps are descended from simians who didn’t touch the monolith.

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I’m not saying Pete Hegseth is a pussy….
he is

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