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Jim D Maynard

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Gay, secular humanist/atheist, Democratic Socialist/Social Democrat

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Most of the so-called “Western Left” has become proxies of the fascist Iranian Islamic Republic regime that took over Iran in 1979

01.03.2026 21:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Iranian Regime Will Fall The Islamic Republic may endure protests for now, but treating it as a permanent fixture of the regional order ignores mounting evidence of irreversible decline.
28.02.2026 19:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ali Khamenei assassinated in Iran strike, Israeli officials tol | The Jerusalem Post Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader since 1989, was killed in an Israeli strike, official confirmed. His death marks a major turning point for the Islamic Republic’s leadership.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was assassinated in an Israeli strike on Tehran, with his body found under the rubble caused by an Israeli airstrike, senior Israeli officials were informed.
www.jpost.com/middle-east/...

28.02.2026 19:43 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2
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UN watchdog says it can’t verify whether Iran has suspended all uranium enrichment 'Regular vehicular activity' seen outside storage site in Isfahan, says IAEA, relying on commercial satellite imagery because inspectors have been denied access to facilities
28.02.2026 10:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Blind refugee found dead after Border Patrol dumped him across town from his home: report A blind refugee in Buffalo was found dead after Border Patrol agents dumped him across town from his house with no means of getting back, according to a report.According to the nonpartisan Investigative Post, "Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind refugee from Burma who Border Patrol agents dropped o...

A blind refugee in Buffalo was found dead after Border Patrol agents dumped him across town from his house with no means of getting back, according to a report.

26.02.2026 04:00 👍 122 🔁 109 💬 22 📌 9
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The State of the Union Was a Rally for an Ailing Strongman An increasingly unpopular Trump lurched from plodding teleprompter readings to gothic MAGA fantasies in his long-winded speech.

Trump's State of the Union was a dull, lurid, racist spectacle, writes @chrislehmann.bsky.social. It's not going reverse the president's political free fall. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

25.02.2026 06:11 👍 159 🔁 57 💬 18 📌 2
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Fact-check: Donald Trump’s State of the Union 2026 We fact-checked President Donald Trump’s 108-minute State of the Union speech, which included statements about the economy, immigration and gasoline prices.

www.politifact.com/article/2026...

25.02.2026 17:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fact check: Trump makes false claims about the economy, elections and crime in State of the Union | CNN Politics President Donald Trump made numerous false or misleading claims in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/p...

25.02.2026 17:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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In less than a year, Trump erased 12 years of solvency for the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A www.msn.com/en-us/news/n...

23.02.2026 21:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Inside the Church That Preaches ‘Wives Need to Be Led with a Firm Hand’ Evangelical pastor Douglas Wilson wrote that men “conquer” and women “surrender.” Christ Church survivors are starting to speak out.

In the midst of the Epstein files revelations, this is the guy who Trump's defense secretary invites in to the Pentagon for an official U.S. government-endorsed religious service:

(warning that story contains details of child sexual abuse and rape)

www.vice.com/en/article/i...

22.02.2026 17:13 👍 2831 🔁 1605 💬 261 📌 112
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21.02.2026 21:40 👍 7446 🔁 3167 💬 228 📌 142
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This is what a rigged economy looks like.

14.02.2026 23:01 👍 11330 🔁 4350 💬 316 📌 186
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Doctors Without Borders report validates what the IDF has been saying for years - editorial For the first time during the war, a major international organization has publicly recognized the presence of armed groups operating within a Gaza hospital.

Editorial: For the first time during the war, a major international organization has publicly recognized the presence of armed groups operating within a Gaza hospital.
www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...

15.02.2026 04:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Donald Trump’s approval rating Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump

A week into Donald Trump’s second term 37% of Americans thought the country was headed in the right direction, while 50% thought it was on the wrong track. Those numbers are now 31% and 61%, respectively

15.02.2026 04:00 👍 53 🔁 26 💬 8 📌 2
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Don’t Let Trump Fool You. The Economy Is Bad, and He Is to Blame. The Trump administration’s efforts to distract from the bad economy just divert attention from one dumpster fire to another.

oday’s job numbers came in stronger than expected—yet downward adjustments in monthly reports show that virtually no employment growth occurred during 2025, writes @chrislehmann.bsky.social.
https://bit.ly/400dPTw

11.02.2026 16:29 👍 43 🔁 21 💬 3 📌 3
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How Democratic Socialists of America Has Developed Into a "Movement Party" The rapid growth of DSA in recent decades is part of a global phenomenon of voters and activists from the Left and Right who distrust the political establishment and traditional parties, and have form...

The Democratic Socialists of America just hit 100K members.

David Duhalde explains why it functions like a “movement party” rather than just an electoral brand.

Meaning cadre organizing + campaigns + disruptive pressure that can actually win policy.

11.02.2026 21:36 👍 54 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 3

No one who supports a serial adulturer and convicted rapist/sex offender like Donald Trump should be lecturing anyone about the "sanctity of marriage" especially gay couples like me and my spouse who have been together for 20+ years

12.02.2026 16:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The crime of being Jewish and the Nazi-Soviet collaboration | The Jerusalem Post Hundreds of Jewish Communists who had escaped to the USSR were handed over by the Soviets to the Nazis at the border crossing of Brest-Litovsk.

In "World Enemy No. 1," Jochen Hellbeck reveals the brutal reality of the Nazi-Soviet era: while Hitler targeted "Judeo-Bolshevism," Stalin was betraying Jewish Communists to the Gestapo.
www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...

08.02.2026 01:15 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Donald Trump’s approval rating Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump

A week into Donald Trump’s second term 37% of Americans thought the country was headed in the right direction, while 50% thought it was on the wrong track. Those numbers are now 31% and 61%, respectively

08.02.2026 04:00 👍 62 🔁 22 💬 8 📌 4
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The way, the Trump and the lies: prayer breakfast displays US right’s devil’s pact Trump might not embody Christian values yet is the religious right’s chosen instrument to turn the tide against liberal, godless America
06.02.2026 19:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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January layoffs highest since Great Recession: analyst Layoffs hit their highest total last month since the Great Recession nearly two decades ago, according to a new analysis, and employers don't look to be adding jobs soon.U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for January, up 118 percent from the same period a year ago and 205 percent from December...

Layoffs hit their highest total last month since the Great Recession nearly two decades ago, according to a new analysis, and employers don't look to be adding jobs soon.

05.02.2026 23:46 👍 46 🔁 36 💬 6 📌 2
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Expert warns Trump's health rapidly declining: 'He’s losing the brakes' An expert Thursday warned that President Donald Trump's health has started to rapidly deteriorate as questions increase over his mental capacity and ability to lead, according to reports. Dr. John Gartner, psychologist, psychiatrist, and a former assistant professor at John Hopkins Medical School, t...

An expert Thursday warned that President Donald Trump's health has started to rapidly deteriorate as questions increase over his mental capacity and ability to lead, according to reports.

06.02.2026 00:40 👍 84 🔁 43 💬 15 📌 7
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Trump just exposed the religious right's 'devil's pact' at Prayer Breakfast: analysis President Donald Trump just exposed the religious right's "devil's pact" with his performance at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday.In an analysis from David Smith, The Guardian's Washington bureau chief, Smith pointed out how Trump, whose Christian faith and religious life has been questione...

President Donald Trump just exposed the religious right's "devil's pact" with his performance at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday.

06.02.2026 01:00 👍 36 🔁 22 💬 5 📌 3
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Newly released files shed new light on Chomsky and Epstein relationship Latest communications undermine Chomsky’s earlier claims that he primarily had financial dealings with Epstein
05.02.2026 04:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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DOJ Just DELETED This Document from the Epstein Files. We Saved It. The Trump Department of Justice has done it again.

BREAKING: The DOJ just DELETED a document in the Epstein Files that contained allegations made against Donald Trump.

But we saved it. 👇

30.01.2026 18:57 👍 9336 🔁 4347 💬 420 📌 373
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The new Epstein files production features numerous allegations made against Donald Trump and others.

30.01.2026 16:39 👍 8454 🔁 4344 💬 712 📌 941
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DOJ Just DELETED This Document from the Epstein Files. We Saved It. The Trump Department of Justice has done it again.

DOJ Just DELETED This Document from the Epstein Files. We Saved It.
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

31.01.2026 04:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover | Francine Prose This is the news we should be paying attention to. At least for the moment, everything else is a distraction

America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover | Francine Prose

26.01.2026 03:17 👍 354 🔁 127 💬 65 📌 30
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Video contradicts Trump administration account of Minneapolis killing Once again, DHS appears to be lying.

Contrary to Bovino’s claims, there is no reason to believe that the Trump administration will conduct a legitimate investigation of Saturday’s shooting.

26.01.2026 01:00 👍 631 🔁 159 💬 40 📌 6
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“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.

Extreme cold didn’t stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.

@sarahlazare.bsky.social with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social on everybody showing up.

25.01.2026 19:27 👍 45 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 2