Ted Russell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽
@samiam1955.bsky.social
I follow pragmatic, constructive voices working to preserve democracy.
Retired engineer, now a professional genealogist.
Lifelong student of science, history, language.
Retired engineer, now a professional genealogist.
Lifelong student of science, history, language.
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Is there any remaining doubt this is a white supremacist regime?
Is there any remaining doubt this is a white supremacist regime?
Trump caps refugee admissions at 7,500 - mostly white South Africans
The move, which will apply for the next fiscal year, marks a dramatic cut from the previous limit of 125,000.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Is there any remaining doubt this is a white supremacist regime?
Is there any remaining doubt this is a white supremacist regime?
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
Read this. It shows beyond a doubt that we’ve crossed all lines into full-on fascism.
America now
August 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Read this. It shows beyond a doubt that we’ve crossed all lines into full-on fascism.
A German language YouTuber I follow has this eye-opening report on how Germans are seeing what is happening in the US:
youtube.com/watch?v=Y50L...
youtube.com/watch?v=Y50L...
What Germans Think About the Current Situation in the US | Feli from Germany
YouTube video by Feli from Germany
youtube.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A German language YouTuber I follow has this eye-opening report on how Germans are seeing what is happening in the US:
youtube.com/watch?v=Y50L...
youtube.com/watch?v=Y50L...
Accusations of DEI from the White House in 3 … 2 … 1 …
MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday's Marlins-Braves game
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MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday's Marlins-Braves game
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MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday's Marlins-Braves game
Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire a game in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves.
apnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Accusations of DEI from the White House in 3 … 2 … 1 …
MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday's Marlins-Braves game
apnews.com/article/mlb-...
MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday's Marlins-Braves game
apnews.com/article/mlb-...
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
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Are they trying to kill us all?
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Are they trying to kill us all?
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
apnews.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
apnews.com/article/kenn...
Are they trying to kill us all?
apnews.com/article/kenn...
Are they trying to kill us all?
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"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Happy F***ing Fourth of July. I’m so ashamed of this country. I’m not displaying the flag tomorrow.
Happy F***ing Fourth of July. I’m so ashamed of this country. I’m not displaying the flag tomorrow.
Supreme Court allows Trump to deport migrants held in Djibouti to South Sudan | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration may deport to South Sudan a group of migrants that have been held for weeks on a military base in Djibouti.
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July 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Happy F***ing Fourth of July. I’m so ashamed of this country. I’m not displaying the flag tomorrow.
Happy F***ing Fourth of July. I’m so ashamed of this country. I’m not displaying the flag tomorrow.
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Angus: We have American officials claiming that Canada is some kind of terrorist haven. They’re saying we’re sending massive gangs of El Salvadorans over the border. I’m sorry—have you ever visited Canada? Could you show us where these El Salvadoran gangs supposedly are?
June 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Angus: We have American officials claiming that Canada is some kind of terrorist haven. They’re saying we’re sending massive gangs of El Salvadorans over the border. I’m sorry—have you ever visited Canada? Could you show us where these El Salvadoran gangs supposedly are?
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Native American Women Tell Border Patrol To Fuck Off for Harassing Them About Being Citizens.
June 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Native American Women Tell Border Patrol To Fuck Off for Harassing Them About Being Citizens.
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There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law.
May 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law.
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BREAKING: Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear:
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.
Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.
This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.
Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.
This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
May 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
BREAKING: Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear:
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.
Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.
This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.
Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.
This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
For anyone following me …
We’re at the point where constant hand-wringing over the outrage of the day is drowning out any thoughtful recommendations for what ordinary concerned citizens can do.
Who is providing those recommendations?
We’re at the point where constant hand-wringing over the outrage of the day is drowning out any thoughtful recommendations for what ordinary concerned citizens can do.
Who is providing those recommendations?
May 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
For anyone following me …
We’re at the point where constant hand-wringing over the outrage of the day is drowning out any thoughtful recommendations for what ordinary concerned citizens can do.
Who is providing those recommendations?
We’re at the point where constant hand-wringing over the outrage of the day is drowning out any thoughtful recommendations for what ordinary concerned citizens can do.
Who is providing those recommendations?
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/m...
With this fascist destruction of independent public radio and TV, there will soon come a time when listeners/viewers will have to pay a subscription to keep NPR & PBS alive. Will you do your part?
With this fascist destruction of independent public radio and TV, there will soon come a time when listeners/viewers will have to pay a subscription to keep NPR & PBS alive. Will you do your part?
Trump orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for NPR and PBS | CNN Business
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board to end federal funding for America’s two biggest public broadcasters, National Publi...
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May 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/m...
With this fascist destruction of independent public radio and TV, there will soon come a time when listeners/viewers will have to pay a subscription to keep NPR & PBS alive. Will you do your part?
With this fascist destruction of independent public radio and TV, there will soon come a time when listeners/viewers will have to pay a subscription to keep NPR & PBS alive. Will you do your part?
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So what's next after today's May Day mobilizations?
On June 14, Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday.
But real power isn't staged in DC. It rises up everywhere else. That's why we're planning a nationwide day of action to say No Kings. 🧵
On June 14, Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday.
But real power isn't staged in DC. It rises up everywhere else. That's why we're planning a nationwide day of action to say No Kings. 🧵
May 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
So what's next after today's May Day mobilizations?
On June 14, Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday.
But real power isn't staged in DC. It rises up everywhere else. That's why we're planning a nationwide day of action to say No Kings. 🧵
On June 14, Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday.
But real power isn't staged in DC. It rises up everywhere else. That's why we're planning a nationwide day of action to say No Kings. 🧵
www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/p...
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social I hope every Indivisible group organizes thousands of people to come to Washington to protest this blatant display of fascism.
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social I hope every Indivisible group organizes thousands of people to come to Washington to protest this blatant display of fascism.
Army plans for a potential parade on Trump’s birthday call for 6,600 soldiers | CNN Politics
Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a co...
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May 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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@leahgreenberg.bsky.social I hope every Indivisible group organizes thousands of people to come to Washington to protest this blatant display of fascism.
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social I hope every Indivisible group organizes thousands of people to come to Washington to protest this blatant display of fascism.
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worth every second
April 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
worth every second
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To everyone shouting “no one is above the law” referring to that Milwaukee judge: We have a criminal in the White House. A guy who’s proven to be utterly lawless. And you’re perfectly fine with that. So take your “no one is above the law” bullshit and shove it up your ass.
April 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
To everyone shouting “no one is above the law” referring to that Milwaukee judge: We have a criminal in the White House. A guy who’s proven to be utterly lawless. And you’re perfectly fine with that. So take your “no one is above the law” bullshit and shove it up your ass.
Once again, David Brooks steps back and looks at the big picture with clarity. When a prominent conservative concludes by quoting Marx, we know we're in unprecedented times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal.
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Once again, David Brooks steps back and looks at the big picture with clarity. When a prominent conservative concludes by quoting Marx, we know we're in unprecedented times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
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As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.
April 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.
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This is an incredible speech, which every American should hear. I had it pinned but somehow it was deleted, not by me.
youtu.be/QIK9vbQRwBQ?...
youtu.be/QIK9vbQRwBQ?...
Speech againt Trump, by french senator, Claude Malhuret. ( English subtitles )
YouTube video by Alain Cazes
youtu.be
April 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This is an incredible speech, which every American should hear. I had it pinned but somehow it was deleted, not by me.
youtu.be/QIK9vbQRwBQ?...
youtu.be/QIK9vbQRwBQ?...
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If you feel like being inspired by a big law firm, here's the opening to Sussman Godfrey's lawsuit against Trump and his executive order targeting the firm. It still is amazing other firms caved quickly to Trump's mob-like and unconstitutional shakedown.
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April 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If you feel like being inspired by a big law firm, here's the opening to Sussman Godfrey's lawsuit against Trump and his executive order targeting the firm. It still is amazing other firms caved quickly to Trump's mob-like and unconstitutional shakedown.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...