Peter Konieczko
@sandboxpete.bsky.social
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I like politics, chess, Bridge, Cribbage, JavaScript, and math.
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George Takei
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What's really going on here?
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Photo Of Trump's Bruised Hands Both Caked In Heavy Makeup Goes Viral—And People Have Questions
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If you count the voters accurately, the Democrats will win.
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Robert Reich
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In 2023, Justin Jones was expelled from the Tennessee House for standing up for democracy. Today, he's back in office and fighting the good fight against the GOP's racist power-grab. I was honored to chat with him a few years back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyvpDPuGxdU
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In Conversation with TN State Representative Justin Jones
My full conversation with Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones, who was recently reinstated after being expelled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyvpDPuGxdU
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Katie Phang
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And where is the outrage from mainstream media outlets over this? Crickets. 🦗
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George Takei
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I've never heard earned wealth phrased this way, but she's right about it.
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I smell a setup here.
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George Takei
about 24 hours ago
Patel cared more about a missing bottle of bourbon than Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother or missing FBI notes from the Epstein files.
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Katie Phang
about 24 hours ago
The trial in James Comey’s case has now been scheduled for July 15, 2026, in New Bern, North Carolina.
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PBS News
about 23 hours ago
Republicans have opened up an advantage in a national redistricting battle among states after a pair of court rulings that weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities and invalidated a key Democratic redistricting effort.
https://to.pbs.org/4w9z58a
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A state-by-state guide to the redistricting fight
Republicans have opened up an advantage in a national redistricting battle among states after a pair of court rulings that weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities and invalidated...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/a-state-by-state-guide-to-the-redistricting-fight
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about 23 hours ago
America: YOU CAN'T DO THAT, TRUMP. Trump: DOES IT.
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PBS News
about 23 hours ago
Countries around the world are preparing to deal with the more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.
https://to.pbs.org/4njsALV
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What we don't know about the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship
Authorities and the cruise operator have been providing updates, but some key information is still lacking.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-we-dont-know-about-the-hantavirus-outbreak-on-the-cruise-ship
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George Takei
about 23 hours ago
And we should look into why it began posting white supremacist propaganda, too.
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George Takei
about 22 hours ago
Virginia's Supreme Court struck down Democrats' newly drawn maps. On top of that, after SCOTUS greenlit eliminating majority-Black districts, Louisiana is fast-tracking its new maps and Tennessee just passed their own. Plus DeSantis signed new maps in Florida, but it may face a major legal hurdle.
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Virginia Supreme Court blocks Dems' map. Trump wins big in Indiana. Supreme Court preserves remote mifepristone access.
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/may-8-weekly-news-roundup?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1778263439
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PBS News
about 22 hours ago
U.S. forces fired on and disabled two Iranian oil tankers on Friday after exchanging fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz overnight. The United Arab Emirates, meanwhile, reported another Iranian missile and drone attack.
https://to.pbs.org/4uBEX8A
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U.S. fires on and disables 2 more Iranian tankers as tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz
The attacks cast more doubt on a tenuous month-old ceasefire that the United States has insisted is still in effect.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-fires-on-and-disables-2-more-iranian-tankers-as-tensions-rise-in-the-strait-of-hormuz
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Jacob Redman
about 22 hours ago
“In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.” — President Gerald Ford
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PBS News
about 22 hours ago
A man charged with attacking the White House Correspondents' Association dinner is seeking to disqualify top DOJ officials from direct involvement in prosecuting him because they could be considered victims or witnesses in the case.
https://to.pbs.org/4trBHMi
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White House Correspondents' Dinner suspect seeks recusal of top DOJ officials
A man charged with attacking the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is seeking to disqualify top Justice Department officials from direct involvement in prosecuting him because they could ...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/white-house-correspondents-dinner-suspect-seeks-recusal-of-top-doj-officials
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Ron Filipkowski
about 22 hours ago
Did Iran agree to that peace deal yet?
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Ron Filipkowski
about 22 hours ago
They’re still working on it. Two weeks.
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George Takei
about 22 hours ago
He misspoke. He meant to say “white” people.
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George Takei
about 21 hours ago
Maybe he could try being funny.
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Woman Sends MAGA Comedian Into Misogynistic Meltdown Mode Without Even Saying A Word In Cringey Viral Video
https://www.comicsands.com/bankas-meltdown-triggered-girl?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram#Echobox=1778268414
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PBS News
about 21 hours ago
President Donald Trump's administration is quietly pushing national park, refuge and wilderness area managers to dramatically scale back hunting restrictions, raising questions about visitor safety and the impact on wildlife.
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Trump is lifting restrictions on hunting in national parks and other areas
President Donald Trump's administration is quietly pushing national park, refuge and wilderness area managers to dramatically scale back hunting restrictions, raising questions about visitor safety an...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-is-lifting-restrictions-on-hunting-in-national-parks-and-other-areas
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PBS News
about 21 hours ago
Federal prosecutors are seeking to revoke the U.S. citizenship of former U.S. Ambassador Manuel Rocha, the imprisoned former diplomat who served as a secret agent for Cuba dating back to the 1970s.
https://to.pbs.org/4nr2AP2
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Prosecutors aim to strip U.S. citizenship from diplomat-turned-spy
The Trump administration moved this week to denaturalize 11 other people accused of crimes, including child sexual abuse and providing material support to terrorists.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/prosecutors-aim-to-strip-u-s-citizenship-from-diplomat-turned-cuban-spy
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Acyn
about 20 hours ago
AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.
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PBS News
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A three-day ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine announced by President Trump on Friday defused the tensions over a prospective Ukrainian attack on a Red Square parade in Moscow, but the deal appeared unlikely to set the stage for a comprehensive peace deal.
https://to.pbs.org/4njAPrl
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What Russia’s low‑key Victory Day celebrations reveal about Putin and the war in Ukraine
Rumblings of unhappiness with some of the Kremlin’s wartime policies have put the spotlight on Vladimir Putin, who is due to make a speech on Saturday to mark Victory Day, commemorating victory over N...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/what-russias-low%e2%80%91key-victory-day-celebrations-reveal-about-putin-and-the-war-in-ukraine
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Katie Phang
about 20 hours ago
David Garrett is part of the pioneering group that created the Trump Epstein Reading Room to show the magnitude of the Epstein Files, as currently produced by the Trump DOJ. He joins me to explain how the exhibition came to be & why it’s an important step towards justice.
youtu.be/CHxJNs6CQV4?...
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Trump World PANICS as Epstein COVER-UP is EXPOSED
YouTube video by Katie Phang
https://youtu.be/CHxJNs6CQV4?si=ks-yVaOGVE4q-lsT
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PBS News
about 20 hours ago
The U.S. and Iran are in a tug-of-war in the Strait of Hormuz, and it's pulling at the ceasefire's seams.
https://to.pbs.org/4nlaeu8
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U.S. strikes on Iranian tankers raise more questions over negotiations to end war
As the world waits to hear if there will be diplomatic progress between the U.S. and Iran, on Friday U.S. fighter jets fired on Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as part of the ongoing U.S. blo...
https://to.pbs.org/4nlaeu8
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PBS News
about 19 hours ago
A referendum passed by voters last month that was poised to transform Virginia's congressional maps, allowing Democrats to gain up to four House seats this fall, was struck down by the state's Supreme Court.
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Virginia’s Supreme Court tosses voter-approved redistricting plan in blow to Democrats
Virginia’s Supreme Court has struck down a voter-approved plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps to benefit Democrats. It was a major setback for Democrats, as both parties wage a war of mid-de...
https://to.pbs.org/4tzmvNe
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Acyn
about 19 hours ago
MacFarlane: People in Virginia voted by the millions. Their voices were heard and now have been silenced. And you want to talk about what starts a political wave in a year like this: a mass of people who think their voices have been silenced. That doesn't stop a wave that fuels one.
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PBS News
about 19 hours ago
Dr. Marty Makary, a Make America Healthy Again advocate, has faced broad criticism from the White House, as well as pharmaceutical industry groups, over his handling of the agency that oversees drug and vaccine approvals.
https://to.pbs.org/4uB2xlZ
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Why FDA Commissioner Makary is on the ropes after months of turmoil
Multiple outlets are reporting that Trump is set to fire Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary. The news comes after a tumultuous tenure since his installment as FDA head last year. S...
https://to.pbs.org/4uB2xlZ
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about 19 hours ago
Is normal.
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PBS News
about 18 hours ago
The U.S. counterterrorism strategy, detailed in a memo released Tuesday, identifies three main terror threats, including narco-terrorists, legacy Islamist terrorists and violent left-wing extremists, but makes no mention of right-wing extremist groups.
https://to.pbs.org/4uGEq5u
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New U.S. counterterror strategy focuses on drug cartels but omits right-wing extremism
American counterterrorism officials are meeting Friday with officials from other allied nations to coordinate efforts against what the U.S. calls “deadly threats from terror groups and non-state actor...
https://to.pbs.org/4uGEq5u
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PBS News
about 18 hours ago
"Nobody should feel good about what Virginia did. Nobody should feel good about what California did. But Texas went first," Ruth Marcus says. "Texas went first at the urging of Donald Trump."
https://to.pbs.org/4dftPra
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Brooks and Marcus on Virginia’s major shakeup in the national redistricting battle
David Brooks of The Atlantic and Ruth Marcus of The New Yorker join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a voter-approved congress...
https://to.pbs.org/4dftPra
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PBS News
about 18 hours ago
A cyberattack on the online education platform Canvas left students and teachers at thousands of schools scrambling, forcing some universities to delay final exams.
https://to.pbs.org/4wovbIU
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Cyberattack on Canvas platform highlights vulnerabilities and risks for schools
The online education platform Canvas is mostly back online Friday after a cyberattack left students and teachers at thousands of schools and universities scrambling. The attack has raised many questio...
https://to.pbs.org/4wovbIU
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Mark Hamill
about 15 hours ago
What owl?
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George Takei
about 15 hours ago
Come again? 👀
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Billionaire Real Estate Mogul Slammed After Claiming That Calls To 'Tax The Rich' Are Akin To Using Racial Slurs
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Seth Abramson
about 17 hours ago
This paint job—if you can call it that—is costing you $7 million, America, because Trump gave a no-bid contract to a pal This would have been Exhibit A of the sort of shit DOGE was actually *supposed* to be looking for when it was instead cutting lifesaving scientific research
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William "Chip" Nagel
about 19 hours ago
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Trump RUSHES OUT after SECRET PUTIN CALL !!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd7gDkkcm4Q
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Justin Jest
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The Infinitely Prolonged
2 days ago
A lot like how we're all supposed to exercise patience with his various trade wars, and our current farming crisis. But it's all going to pay of real soon now!
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Gail
2 days ago
They already have
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Impeach & Imprison Krasnov!
about 1 year ago
Trump's new presidency is the result of many years of effort by the USSR to destroy America. They promised to destroy US; they just waited until someone as greedy, ignorant, and un-American as
#Trump
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#GOP
! Bravo!
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The Tennessee Holler
over 1 year ago
🔥🇺🇸 REP. @brotherjones_: “We might as well take the constitution and rip it up—you are violating your oath.” Jones rips TN GOP immigration crackdown which includes a provision that FELONIZES CERTAIN VOTES, which nonpartisan attorneys warn is unconstitutional. Full:
www.instagram.com/reel/DFau1iu...
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emptywheel
2 days ago
Dems gearing up review of Trump's pardon corruption.
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Trump pardon recipients face congressional investigation over "pay-to-play" questions
Congressional Democrats are investigating clemency recipients who may have obtained favorable treatment from Trump or his advisers "through intermediaries, financial contributions, or other forms of i...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardon-recipients-democrats-congressional-investigation-pay-to-play/
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💙💙💙Orishaz💙💙💙
2 days ago
Couldn’t happen to a better jerk except for our jerk
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Kate Marley
2 days ago
As it should be
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The Kyiv Independent
2 days ago
⚡️ Fact-check: No, a Ukrainian drone didn't hit passenger train in Latvia. Anonymous accounts have used a video of a train fire from earlier this week to claim a Ukrainian drone struck a Latvian railway. Latvian authorities have refuted the claim as deliberate disinformation.
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Fact-check: No, Ukrainian drone didn't hit passenger train in Latvia
Anonymous accounts have used a video of a train fire from earlier this week to claim a Ukrainian drone struck a Latvian railway. Latvian authorities have refuted the claim as deliberate disinformation...
https://kyivindependent.com/fact-check-no-ukrainian-drone-didnt-hit-passenger-train-in-latvia/
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Frank Amari
1 day ago
By Nick Anderson: It takes a special kind of diplomatic genius to pick a fight with the pope. Not a political rival. Not a foreign adversary. Not even a cable news host. The pope
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RaySCline
2 days ago
Never Forget as We Americans and other nationalities die.
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙
2 days ago
Release the Files
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