RubyBegonia
@rubybegonia.bsky.social
Professor, proud liberal who believes in lifting all boats. Seriously worried about my country. Need to take America back.💙
www.reuters.com/world/africa... OMG - what ignorant incompetents we have in our govt. Please - everyone #vote to defeat this clueless regime #Africamap
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...
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The $20 Billion #FIFA Plan That Is Tearing Apart Global Soccer. Good on #UEFA www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
The $20 Billion FIFA Plan That Is Tearing Apart Global Soccer
European countries said they would boycott all FIFA tournaments, including the World Cup, following a proposal to sell off commercial rights to private investors.
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Trump Will End Subsidies for #Medicare Drug Premiums www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b... “ending a Biden-era program that for the past two years has helped tamp down the cost of monthly premiums” This is who we elected - a mean cruel old man. #Biden was a good man. trump -Not Everyone - #vote !
Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums
Millions of older Americans could pay more for their prescription drug coverage next year.
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The legacy media's greatest betrayal and failure was normalizing Trump...
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · last wk.Every day Trump does more crazy-ass criminal things, and every day the news media act like he’s as normal as Dwight Eisenhower.
Europe WildfiresUpdates: New Heat Wave Could Worsen France and Spain’s ‘Unprecedented’ Fire Season www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07... “This climate emergency is exceeding every threshold and scale that scientists have long warned Spain and Europe as a whole about,”
Europe Wildfires Updates: New Heat Wave Could Worsen France and Spain’s ‘Unprecedented’ Fire Season
Firefighters and volunteers raced to contain wildfires on Monday. The crisis has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in central Spain and southwest France.
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whatever magic Trump once had as a public speaker to non-cult audiences is long gone
This is my hope for the world: that we stand together in every crisis and choose to help one another. Moments like this remind me of the leadership I wish to see guiding the United States again.
🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 2w agoPM Carney: "I'm going to take this opportunity to thank President Scheinbaum and the Mexican people for sending 200 firefighters to help us with our fires here. That's what friends do when you have crisis and fires." 🎥 Credit CBC News ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️
U.S. war in #Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, #Pentagon says - Reuters Think about how much health care and education 37.5 billion could pay for… If anyone votes #Republican, they haven’t been paying attention… stocks.apple.com/A5lHpBsJFQ4y...
US war in Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, Pentagon says — Reuters
The United States' war in Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, an increase of nearly $8 billion since the last public estimate.
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The U.S. Is Pulling Back on Energy Efficiency Just as Prices Are Rising www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/c... “radical Green New Scam mandates” ? The #trumpregime is insane - This must end #vote
The U.S. Is Pulling Back on Energy Efficiency
The Trump administration is undoing fuel-saving efforts even as war in Iran, data centers and heat waves are pushing up gasoline and electricity costs.
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JUST IN: Two U.S. service members were killed after Iran attacked a military base in Jordan overnight. Another remains missing in action, and four were injured. Since Trump launched the war with Iran nearly five months ago, 16 U.S. service members have been killed and 430 have been wounded.
Todd Blanche only met with Epstein survivors after facing political pressure. When he finally did meet with them? He was "abrasive, condescending, and intentionally noncommittal." One survivor called the meeting "demoralizing to say the least." He is unfit to lead the DOJ.
The U.S. and #Iran Creep Toward a Wider War With Escalating Attacks. Fighting between the U.S. and Iran has expanded - #tRumps forever war www.wsj.com/world/middle...
The U.S. and Iran Creep Toward a Wider War With Escalating Attacks
Strikes on more sensitive targets across the Persian Gulf risk setting off a spiral as neither side is backing down.
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We now get near-daily reports of insane new corruption that would have brought down previous administrations www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
Trump Paid $2 Million by South Korean Company Facing Trade Investigation
The payment illustrates the minefield Mr. Trump has created by maintaining personal financial ties with foreign businesses while he is in office.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Of course the #felon wants to rig the #elections. This must not happen!
Trump accused of trying to ‘rig’ elections after firing federal commissioners
President’s dismemberment of Election Assistance Commission called a ‘brazen attempt’ to control elections
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www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/c... #Attribution science - or should we say cause and effect! #Climatechange is real and changing our world, no matter what climate deniers say. Even #tRump and his minions can't lie away facts. We all need to step up and save the planet!
National Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution Science (Gift Article)
Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.
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Check your voter registration and be sure to vote in the upcoming midterm election. Yes. We. Can.
Pat Fuller@bannerite.bsky.social · 3w agoPlease listen as Randi Weingarten President of AFT gives a fiery speech. Vote for Democrats!
This is what fighting fascism looks like.
OSSOFF: I expect tonight's speech to be equal parts pathetic and dangerous. I think we will hear from the world's most famous sore loser, a prime time presidential sour grapes address reheating, debunked conspiracy theories about an election in which he was soundly defeated.
Networks should air the testimony of Epstein survivors instead of Trump’s speech. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
ABC, NBC will not air Trump's election security speech on broadcast networks
Two of the three major U.S. television networks have decided not to broadcast a planned prime-time address on Thursday by President Donald Trump on their primary platforms, risking the ire of an admi...
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Why are we allowing #ice and tRump to murder people in the street? #maine
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3w agoBREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.
Trump’s #Cease-Fire Effectively Collapses as He Vows to Restart Blockade and Tolls www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u... Everything he does fails. How much longer do we put up with this? When will the #Republicans and #Congress wake up? #vote - our freedom depends on it
Trump’s Cease-Fire Effectively Collapses as He Vows to Restart Blockade and Tolls
After several days of strikes, the president notified Congress that fighting had begun again and announced shipping fees that his administration previously deemed illegal.
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#Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Says President’s Lawsuit With #IRS Was Self-Dealing www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07... Woot woot - will justice win in the end? The grifter-in-chief has to be reined in.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Says President’s Lawsuit With I.R.S. Was Self-Dealing
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Trump’s Posts on Singing #Somali Schoolchildren Stir Anger in #Minnesota www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u... “For him to go after those children, it’s awful, it’s dangerous, it’s inhumane, it’s wrong.” He is awful, dangerous and cruel. We need to change this. #vote blue to save #America
Trump’s Posts on Singing Somali Schoolchildren Stir Anger in Minnesota
The state’s large Muslim and Somali communities expressed indignation after the president reposted a video of a kindergarten promotion ceremony, including comments noting the girls were in hijabs.
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gift article. read for free www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b... "an extraordinary escalation in Trump’s efforts to threaten and intimidate independent news organizations." #Fascist dictators hate a free press. We all must #Resist to save our #democracy. #NYTimes vs #authoritarianism #vote
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media (Gift Article)
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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