Contendere
@contendere.bsky.social
Socially awkward loner. Moderate liberal. Boomer. Christian who is more spiritual than religious. Favorite quote is from Jim Elliot, "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose."
DJT's worst nightmare would be Jimmy Kimmel running for President.
September 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
DJT's worst nightmare would be Jimmy Kimmel running for President.
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What can farmers of any party agree on? Now on andrewyang.com/podcast Iowa Dem state representative and professional pitcher @jdscholten.bsky.social joins to talk his campaign to bring rural Iowa to the US Senate.
August 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
What can farmers of any party agree on? Now on andrewyang.com/podcast Iowa Dem state representative and professional pitcher @jdscholten.bsky.social joins to talk his campaign to bring rural Iowa to the US Senate.
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Without Ukraine, Russia is just a country.
With Ukraine, Russia is once again an empire.
That is what this war has always been about.
With Ukraine, Russia is once again an empire.
That is what this war has always been about.
May 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Without Ukraine, Russia is just a country.
With Ukraine, Russia is once again an empire.
That is what this war has always been about.
With Ukraine, Russia is once again an empire.
That is what this war has always been about.
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Video shows Israeli settlers assaulting a Palestinian woman who had reportedly been trying to stop a group from trespassing on her family’s land near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
May 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Video shows Israeli settlers assaulting a Palestinian woman who had reportedly been trying to stop a group from trespassing on her family’s land near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
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I heard that President Trump said today that the top income tax rate should be raised and the carried interest loophole should end. That’s a good idea, but let’s see if he and Republicans in Congress follow through.
May 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I heard that President Trump said today that the top income tax rate should be raised and the carried interest loophole should end. That’s a good idea, but let’s see if he and Republicans in Congress follow through.
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‘We have no more food to prepare,’ warns World Central Kitchen as it halts food aid operations amid Israeli blockade.
Israeli attacks kill 16 in Gaza as aid kitchens shut after supplies run out
‘We have no more food to prepare,’ warns World Central Kitchen as it halts food aid operations amid Israeli blockade.
bit.ly
May 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
‘We have no more food to prepare,’ warns World Central Kitchen as it halts food aid operations amid Israeli blockade.
"In a recent Reddit post on the Marine Corps forum that featured the reports of Hegseth setting up a makeup studio in the Pentagon, one user quipped “wouldn’t this fall under gender-affirming care?”
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Hegseth Works Hard to Portray Himself as a Man of the Troops. They Might Not Be Buying It.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and National Guardsman, has attempted to reframe the role of the Pentagon's top civilian leader during his first months on the job, casting himse...
www.military.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"In a recent Reddit post on the Marine Corps forum that featured the reports of Hegseth setting up a makeup studio in the Pentagon, one user quipped “wouldn’t this fall under gender-affirming care?”
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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ON US JUST DISAPPEARIN PEOPLE FOR NO REASON (Part 3 of 3)
April 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
ON US JUST DISAPPEARIN PEOPLE FOR NO REASON (Part 3 of 3)
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According to the comments on this Reddit post, many countries are getting the same questionnaire. A link to the questionnaire is included in some of the Reddit comments.
According to the comments on this Reddit post, many countries are getting the same questionnaire. A link to the questionnaire is included in some of the Reddit comments.
US cancels programmes at Portuguese universities because we refuse to respond to their ideological questionnaires
www.reddit.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
www.reddit.com/r/europe/com...
According to the comments on this Reddit post, many countries are getting the same questionnaire. A link to the questionnaire is included in some of the Reddit comments.
According to the comments on this Reddit post, many countries are getting the same questionnaire. A link to the questionnaire is included in some of the Reddit comments.
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US-Denmark relations have never been lower. 🥚🥚🥚
March 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
US-Denmark relations have never been lower. 🥚🥚🥚
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President Zelensky met with Trump and JD Vance in the oval office at The White House and it was a disaster for both America and Ukraine. President Zelensky was kicked out of The White House without signing the mineral deal that Trump wanted.
youtu.be/RdXV53a5AzA
youtu.be/RdXV53a5AzA
It was an AMBUSH at The White House
YouTube video by Jake Broe
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March 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
President Zelensky met with Trump and JD Vance in the oval office at The White House and it was a disaster for both America and Ukraine. President Zelensky was kicked out of The White House without signing the mineral deal that Trump wanted.
youtu.be/RdXV53a5AzA
youtu.be/RdXV53a5AzA
David Brooks summed up yesterday's Oval Office meeting pretty well, I think.
"I just think shame. It is a moral injury to see the country you love behaving this way."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=19r6...
"I just think shame. It is a moral injury to see the country you love behaving this way."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=19r6...
Brooks and Capehart on the implications of Trump's altercation with Zelenskyy
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
David Brooks summed up yesterday's Oval Office meeting pretty well, I think.
"I just think shame. It is a moral injury to see the country you love behaving this way."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=19r6...
"I just think shame. It is a moral injury to see the country you love behaving this way."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=19r6...
"That's another nice mess you've gotten me into."
February 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"That's another nice mess you've gotten me into."
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TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
#StateMediaCensorship
January 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
#StateMediaCensorship
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Update: The Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. has released a statement calling on "the President and the Secretary of Defense to immediately rescind this action" www.tuskegeeairmen.org/wp-content/u...
The Air Force confirmed it has dropped a training video with the famed Tuskegee Airmen following Trump’s DEI crackdown
Air Force drop videos with Tuskegee Airmen after Trump’s DEI crackdown
The Tuskegee Airmen were the country’s first all-Black military airmen who fought during World War II.
www.whatimreading.net
January 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Update: The Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. has released a statement calling on "the President and the Secretary of Defense to immediately rescind this action" www.tuskegeeairmen.org/wp-content/u...