JEM Hall aka Ruraldogs
@ruraldogs.bsky.social
Borderline GenX/Boomer. Flash frozen in the Grunge era. Retired Art & Journalism teacher. Coined the phrase "Dog Rescue Facilitation." 🎯Freedom & Democracy Now > Faction Later 2028🎯
⛔🚫Autocracy Oligarchy Timocracy Plutocracy🚫⛔
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A dichotomous stain permeates the foundation of this nation. It is borne of a White Christian Nationalist cocktail containing evangelical piety coupled with an unwaivering fidelity to the most detestable, lecherous & corrupt president in US history. The rot holds steady.
US Piece of Putin's proposal.
⚡️Ukraine, US call Florida peace-deal talks ‘difficult but productive,’ warn ‘more work’ still ahead
One of the most contentious points in the original U.S. peace proposal reportedly required Ukraine to abandon its constitutional goal of joining NATO — a Russian demand that Kyiv refuses to accept.
One of the most contentious points in the original U.S. peace proposal reportedly required Ukraine to abandon its constitutional goal of joining NATO — a Russian demand that Kyiv refuses to accept.
Officials hail 'difficult but productive' meeting, stress 'more work' ahead as Ukraine, US conclude peace deal talks in Florida
Ukrainian delegates began their meeting with U.S. officials in Florida on Nov. 30 to continue negotiations on the latest Washington-backed peace plan on ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
kyivindependent.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
US Piece of Putin's proposal.
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Heartbreaking that they have to do this.
European troops preparing to fight off a Russian invasion "largely alone"??
Europe has 600 million people, quadruple the Russian population with 10x the GDP.
UKRAINE, A EUROPEAN NATION OF JUST 40 MILLION, HAS BEEN VALIANTLY FIGHTING OFF THE RUSSIAN INVASION COMPLETELY ALONE FOR YEARS.
Europe has 600 million people, quadruple the Russian population with 10x the GDP.
UKRAINE, A EUROPEAN NATION OF JUST 40 MILLION, HAS BEEN VALIANTLY FIGHTING OFF THE RUSSIAN INVASION COMPLETELY ALONE FOR YEARS.
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Heartbreaking that they have to do this.
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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presented without comment
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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"When will it be enough is a question that can only be answered if and when all this is over and we find out what comes next. " --RebeccaSolnit #Trump #Resistance
Rebecca Solnit: A Year on From Trump’s Victory, Resistance Is Everywhere. “There has, in fact, been a tremendous amount and variety of resistance and opposition and it’s mattered tremendously.” [theguardian.com]
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"When will it be enough is a question that can only be answered if and when all this is over and we find out what comes next. " --RebeccaSolnit #Trump #Resistance
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Probably need to pick one between imposing a regressive national sales tax, having feral incels run an ethnic cleansing campaign, murdering random people, talking about sending people to work in coal mines to feed a machine god, and having an extremely old man randomly shouting at people on tv.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Probably need to pick one between imposing a regressive national sales tax, having feral incels run an ethnic cleansing campaign, murdering random people, talking about sending people to work in coal mines to feed a machine god, and having an extremely old man randomly shouting at people on tv.
A "what if" cautionary tale for the United States Armed Forces about obeying #IllegalOrders.
#USA #ArmedForces #Military #Army #Navy #Marines #CoastGuard #NationalGuard - Please share with your followers.
open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
#USA #ArmedForces #Military #Army #Navy #Marines #CoastGuard #NationalGuard - Please share with your followers.
open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
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A Story About Illegal Orders
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A "what if" cautionary tale for the United States Armed Forces about obeying #IllegalOrders.
#USA #ArmedForces #Military #Army #Navy #Marines #CoastGuard #NationalGuard - Please share with your followers.
open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
#USA #ArmedForces #Military #Army #Navy #Marines #CoastGuard #NationalGuard - Please share with your followers.
open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
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To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
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A #StreamOfConsciousness #Thanksgiving. A Rant in 10 Parts.
Last Sunday I was in a crowded waiting room at a local urgent care facility in rural, central Arkansas due to what I believed to be a developing upper respiratory infection. I was the only one masked. Someone had switched
A #StreamOfConsciousness #Thanksgiving. A Rant in 10 Parts.
Last Sunday I was in a crowded waiting room at a local urgent care facility in rural, central Arkansas due to what I believed to be a developing upper respiratory infection. I was the only one masked. Someone had switched
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
(1/10)
A #StreamOfConsciousness #Thanksgiving. A Rant in 10 Parts.
Last Sunday I was in a crowded waiting room at a local urgent care facility in rural, central Arkansas due to what I believed to be a developing upper respiratory infection. I was the only one masked. Someone had switched
A #StreamOfConsciousness #Thanksgiving. A Rant in 10 Parts.
Last Sunday I was in a crowded waiting room at a local urgent care facility in rural, central Arkansas due to what I believed to be a developing upper respiratory infection. I was the only one masked. Someone had switched
Revisiting both #contemporary & #historical accounts of the #NewWorld on this 162nd national #Thanksgiving celebration, per Lincoln's 1863 proclamation.
#Immigration Agents Have Held More Than 170 #Americans Against Their Will, ProPublica Finds — ProPublica share.google/PoX9eIqgKz9T...
#Immigration Agents Have Held More Than 170 #Americans Against Their Will, ProPublica Finds — ProPublica share.google/PoX9eIqgKz9T...
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Revisiting both #contemporary & #historical accounts of the #NewWorld on this 162nd national #Thanksgiving celebration, per Lincoln's 1863 proclamation.
#Immigration Agents Have Held More Than 170 #Americans Against Their Will, ProPublica Finds — ProPublica share.google/PoX9eIqgKz9T...
#Immigration Agents Have Held More Than 170 #Americans Against Their Will, ProPublica Finds — ProPublica share.google/PoX9eIqgKz9T...
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Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
A dichotomous stain permeates the foundation of this nation. It is borne of a White Christian Nationalist cocktail containing evangelical piety coupled with an unwaivering fidelity to the most detestable, lecherous & corrupt president in US history. The rot holds steady.
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
A dichotomous stain permeates the foundation of this nation. It is borne of a White Christian Nationalist cocktail containing evangelical piety coupled with an unwaivering fidelity to the most detestable, lecherous & corrupt president in US history. The rot holds steady.
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
So sick of this tyrant.
The FBI has requested interviews with six Democrats regarding their video, which reminds troops to follow the Constitution.
The Trump administration saw the now-infamous video as treasonous, called for them to be hanged, and is weighing court-martialing Sen. Mark Kelly. trib.al/ELXKBpd
The Trump administration saw the now-infamous video as treasonous, called for them to be hanged, and is weighing court-martialing Sen. Mark Kelly. trib.al/ELXKBpd
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
So sick of this tyrant.
#Pitbulls & American #Bulldogs CAN be exemplary ambassadors and companions.
abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/da...
abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/da...
Video David Muir reports on students who learned to sign for deaf therapy dog's birthday
David Muir shares the America Strong story that unfolded at Dr. William Mennies Elementary School in Vineland, New Jersey, when students got a remarkable lesson from their teacher and his dog, Cole.
abcnews.go.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
#Pitbulls & American #Bulldogs CAN be exemplary ambassadors and companions.
abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/da...
abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/da...
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There was a time when the United States looked down its nose at the countries in South America for being lawless banana republics. Who's the banana republic now, bitches?
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
There was a time when the United States looked down its nose at the countries in South America for being lawless banana republics. Who's the banana republic now, bitches?
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Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Pro #BookBanning & anti #LGBTQ, Evangelical lobbying NPO Concerned Women of America authored EO 14168 & 14201 under CEO & President Penny Nance -a Trump devotee & an alumni of Falwell's Liberty University. Their white Christian nationalist agenda is exhaustive & under Trump, succeeding.
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Pro #BookBanning & anti #LGBTQ, Evangelical lobbying NPO Concerned Women of America authored EO 14168 & 14201 under CEO & President Penny Nance -a Trump devotee & an alumni of Falwell's Liberty University. Their white Christian nationalist agenda is exhaustive & under Trump, succeeding.
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Rest in peace and power❤️
I don’t want folks to forget She held on as long as she could but will never see justice for what this country did to her.
Keep talking about her and the Tulsa Massacre because too many want to pretend like these folks don’t exist or it was a long time ago.
I don’t want folks to forget She held on as long as she could but will never see justice for what this country did to her.
Keep talking about her and the Tulsa Massacre because too many want to pretend like these folks don’t exist or it was a long time ago.
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Rest in peace and power❤️
I don’t want folks to forget She held on as long as she could but will never see justice for what this country did to her.
Keep talking about her and the Tulsa Massacre because too many want to pretend like these folks don’t exist or it was a long time ago.
I don’t want folks to forget She held on as long as she could but will never see justice for what this country did to her.
Keep talking about her and the Tulsa Massacre because too many want to pretend like these folks don’t exist or it was a long time ago.
Lincoln abolished slavery & managed to save the Union. Teddy Roosevelt shifted the corruption inducing spoils system in politics by rewarding merit rather than loyalty. Trump trying to revive an old film "remakes" American culture? Why are we accepting these ludicrous, tyrant pandering headlines?
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Lincoln abolished slavery & managed to save the Union. Teddy Roosevelt shifted the corruption inducing spoils system in politics by rewarding merit rather than loyalty. Trump trying to revive an old film "remakes" American culture? Why are we accepting these ludicrous, tyrant pandering headlines?
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JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
#PeacePlan #Ukraine #Russia #Zelensky #Putin was solely authored by the US under Trump 😂😉
38 years of crafting the ultimate #UsefulIdiot #RussianAsset
The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow - POLITICO Magazine share.google/AeU1wVFktgHN...
38 years of crafting the ultimate #UsefulIdiot #RussianAsset
The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow - POLITICO Magazine share.google/AeU1wVFktgHN...
The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow
In 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen.
share.google
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#PeacePlan #Ukraine #Russia #Zelensky #Putin was solely authored by the US under Trump 😂😉
38 years of crafting the ultimate #UsefulIdiot #RussianAsset
The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow - POLITICO Magazine share.google/AeU1wVFktgHN...
38 years of crafting the ultimate #UsefulIdiot #RussianAsset
The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow - POLITICO Magazine share.google/AeU1wVFktgHN...
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The media needs to stop calling it a peace plan. It's a Republican surrender plan for Europe. Why? Because Republicans have embraced fascist plutocracy and Europe isn't.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
Trump’s signals to Zelensky and Europe: Accept this plan or you’re on your own | CNN
The 28-point plan hammered out by US and Russian envoys and put to Ukraine this week came with a deadline and an implicit threat: Sign up or face the risk of being abandoned.
www.cnn.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The media needs to stop calling it a peace plan. It's a Republican surrender plan for Europe. Why? Because Republicans have embraced fascist plutocracy and Europe isn't.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
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"...it is unclear whether the government is even trying to recover the footage..."
.."We don’t have the resources” to continue preserving surveillance.. suggested that immigrants detained at the facility...could provide “endless hard drives where we could save the information..."
This is absurd 😡
.."We don’t have the resources” to continue preserving surveillance.. suggested that immigrants detained at the facility...could provide “endless hard drives where we could save the information..."
This is absurd 😡
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"...it is unclear whether the government is even trying to recover the footage..."
.."We don’t have the resources” to continue preserving surveillance.. suggested that immigrants detained at the facility...could provide “endless hard drives where we could save the information..."
This is absurd 😡
.."We don’t have the resources” to continue preserving surveillance.. suggested that immigrants detained at the facility...could provide “endless hard drives where we could save the information..."
This is absurd 😡