Karen (Harris/Walz Alaskan Democrat)
@danceswithseagulls.bsky.social
🌊🌊🌊 #HarrisWalz2024 Somewhat left of center. #NAFOExpansionIsNonNegotiable #UkraineWillWin #HamasIsIsis NO BITCOIN #IsraelHasARightToExist If you hate Terfs don't follow me.
I testified in Judge Mehta's courtroom. I told the truth. A jury convicted. The system worked. Then the people running the executive branch decided the outcome was inconvenient and started tearing it down from the inside. That's not the courts failing.…
Good morning friends, for #MacroMonday here is a close up of a hydrangea flower. Wishing you all a great new week! 🌱 #Gardening #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #ECK
youtube.com/shorts/bnwMV... If you aren’t following this young man, you don’t know what you’re missing. He is intelligent, practical, and wants the best for our country. I love his commentary, his vision and his views. The people we need to listen to. The ones that give us hope. It’s needed.
I have waited 22 years to say this #journalism #politics
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A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
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Uninsured Patients Rise Sharply, Hospitals Report, Citing Obamacare Cuts (Gift Article)
More people who lost coverage after congressional Republicans ended enhanced federal subsidies are now seeking care in emergency rooms and unable to pay bills.
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Ukraine Sinks Russian-Flagged Containership in Black Sea maritime-executive.com/article/ukra...
Ukraine Sinks Russian-Flagged Containership in Black Sea
Ukraine struck a container vessel operated by Fesco, a division of Rosatom, while the vessel was transiting the Black Sea bound for Novorossiysk, Russ...
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Saudi Arabia Builds Maritime Coalition to Keep Red Sea Shipping Moving maritime-executive.com/article/saud...
Saudi Arabia Builds Maritime Coalition to Keep Red Sea Shipping Moving
Saudi Arabia convened an inaugural meeting in Riyadh on July 30 of nations interested in joining a maritime defense coalition to “enhance maritime sec...
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Report: U.S. Officials Back Plan for Iran & Oman to Split Control of Hormuz maritime-executive.com/article/repo...
Report: U.S. Officials Back Plan for Iran & Oman to Split Control of Hormuz
The U.S. government is on board with an Iranian proposal to split control of the Strait of Hormuz with Oman, and plans to portray it as a "temporary"...
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Space X's Starship 40: The Voyage Home 🚀The Recovery Flee 🚀Towing Logistics 🚀Restricted Maneuverability 🚀Stability Issues 🚀Salvage vs. Recovery Video: youtu.be/0i0hpJ0Hqj4
Indian Cargo Vessel Sunk by Bomb-Boat Attack Off Hodeidah, 14 Rescued maritime-executive.com/article/indi...
Indian Cargo Vessel Sunk by Bomb-Boat Attack Off Hodeidah, 14 Rescued
India's shipping ministry reports that an Indian-flagged vessel was hit and sunk in the southern Red Sea, the latest war-risk casualty off the coast o...
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Drone attacks slash Black Sea tanker loadings Strikes on shipping by Ukraine and Russia bring dirty tanker loadings in Russian ports down 62% in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, according to Bimco. www.seatrade-maritime.com/security/dro...
Drone attacks slash Black Sea tanker loadings
Strikes on shipping by Ukraine and Russia bring dirty tanker loadings in Russian ports down 62% in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, according to Bimco.
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Black Sea attacks choke grain, coal and iron ore trades splash247.com?p=243719
Black Sea attacks choke grain, coal and iron ore trades - Splash247
Russia has claimed strikes on four vessels and port infrastructure across Ukraine as the Black Sea has become the world’s most dangerous environment for commercial shipping. The Russian defence minist...
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🚨Starship40 SpaceX🚨 ▶️Over the past 24 hours Normand Ranger, towing Starship40, has not made any appreciable distance toward Dampier. ▶️The ship seemed to hove to during the evening. ▶️Current weather shows wind out of the NE at 11 knots, with the current behind and a 2 meter swell out of the south.
Slow Starship to Dampier - Space X's Starship 40 is Under Tow to Western Australia ⚓Satellite Insights ⚓Salvage Techniques ⚓The Challenge of the Tow ⚓AIS Tracking ⚓Timeline to Dampier Video: youtu.be/3t_ME2rK5Hw
We still find reruns or find them on YouTube. For a while, we lived in the middle of nowhere and had a crappy digital antenna, right after everything went digital. All we could pick up was CBS and PBS. That’s when we discovered Red Green.
Interesting quote: We used to have this saying in the CIA: You can bring intelligence to a policymaker, but you can't make them think.
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Blast destroys car of Russian drone maker, wounding him and killing his driver
The head of a Russian drone factory was seriously wounded and his driver killed when their car was blown up near the city of Yekaterinburg, in what appeared to be the latest in a series of targeted ...
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El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
Talarico’s argument is simple: Stop treating marijuana like a crime. Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it. Stop wasting police resources on low-level marijuana offenses. Clear the records of people whose lives have been derailed by nonviolent marijuana convictions.
SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
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How the Ukraine War Became a Fight for the Skies (Gift Article)
Russia and Ukraine are producing ever larger numbers of innovative aerial weapons, hoping for a breakthrough as ground combat is largely frozen.
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Russia’s Deadly Missile Attack on Kyiv Exploits Ukraine’s Depleted Air Defenses (Gift Article)
At least 17 people were killed, officials said, as the country runs desperately low on interceptor missiles that could fend off Russian bombardments.
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🛰️Russia has unveiled a new electronic warfare system designed to disrupt the Starlink communications system by jamming satellites. militarnyi.com/en/news/rus-...
Russia Unveils Volna Kupol Garant EW System Against Starlink: Ukraine Used to Destroy Them Before
Russia has unveiled a new electronic warfare system designed to disrupt the Starlink communications system by jamming satellites.
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That same night, Russia launched eight ballistic missiles at Ukraine. Five were intercepted by Patriot systems. It was the first time in nearly two weeks that Ukraine had managed to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles, due to a critical shortage of interceptors.
The crew of a Ro-Ro cargo ship in the Black Sea films a Ukrainian Shahed-like strike drone passing extremely close to the vessel. Earlier, another Ro-Ro cargo ship, the NADEZHDA, was struck in the Black Sea while sailing towards Russia’s port of Novorossiysk.
It used to take 50 years before the reality deniers started the historical rewrites, now a mere 5 years. Hey, I was THERE!!
