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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 9h

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This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows.

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 9h

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SCOTUS is having a hearing on Wednesday, 15 October that could give the GOP 27 additional seats and lock in GOP rule for a generation… here's what we can do #scotus #gerrymandering

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 9h

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After settlement, Catholic priests in Washington can keep sex predators' confessions secret

Years of effort to safeguard children were undone by religious leaders who worship secrecy more than justice

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 9h

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Objection: Betraying Military Families

Nearly 3 million service members could miss their next paycheck while Trump cheers on the shutdown and Mike Johnson sends Republicans home.

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 9h

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Trump’s $17 Trillion Investment Boast? Fiction Sold as Fact—Pure Bullshit.

Trump keeps bragging that he’s brought in $17 trillion in new investments this year, maybe even $18 trillion if you catch him on a Friday.

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 9h

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🌍 The One Thing Most Likely to Stop Israel From Restarting the Genocide

Not speeches. Not hashtags. A large-scale international presence in Gaza — peacekeepers, journalists, medics, clergy, parliamentarians — that makes renewed bombing politically impossible.

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 9h

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A secret Israeli–Arab military alliance

🇮🇱 Leaked files reveal secret Israel-Arab military alliance build under US watch while Israel was massively bombing Gaza - WaPo

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 9h

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What Can Be Done When the Supreme Court Is Fully Corrupted?

The answer cuts to the heart of democratic fragility.

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 9h

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Really? Qatar gets its own air force facility inside the United States? Why?

When Trump is fighting the "enemy within" America and kicking out anyone who can't prove they belong here?

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 9h

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Trump’s Climate Vendetta: Wreck the Future He Won’t Live to See

The Esmeralda 7 solar project gets shelved.

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 9h

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Italy’s Second General Strike for Gaza Brought 2M Workers Into the Streets

The next day, one million people joined a demonstration in Rome, which highlighted Italy’s complicity in the genocide.

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 9h

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Interview: Israel Gets What It Wants and Then Ignores the Agreement

I recently joined George Galloway on MOATS to discuss the Gaza peace plan which violates one international law after another

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 10h

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77 Years of Genocide: October 12th Newsletter

Israel plans to maintain military presence at 3 strategic sites in, around Gaza after prisoner deal: Report

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 10h

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Truth Matters (@politicsusa46)

Sigh…. Not only does he commit crimes against sentence structure, he can’t add up either. 🎥TikTok - vm.tiktok.com/ZNdW6UToJ/

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 11h

Doge has failed; bring on the anti-graft bounty hunters on.ft.com/3W1ua8x | opinion

Doge has failed; bring on the anti-graft bounty hunters

Using cash prizes to fight corruption is not new in the US

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 11h

Tribal colleges have expanded access to higher education for Native students.

With median tuition of just $3,572, these affordable institutions focus on serving Native American students while teaching #Indigenous history, culture and language.

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Tribal colleges and universities aren’t well known, but are a crucial steppingstone for Native students

While more Native Americans living on reservations attend college than in decades prior, just 10.3% earned college degrees in 2020.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

Administration officials pile lie upon lie upon lie. When a president and his aides are doing that, it’s no longer America.

When masked government thugs take potshots at a priest, it’s no longer America.

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Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11h

China signaled that it would not back down in the face of a 100% tariff threat from President Donald Trump, urging the U.S. to resolve differences through negotiations instead of threats.

China vows to stand firm against Trump's 100% tariff threat

China is signaling that it won't back down in the face of the latest tariff threat from U.S. President Donald Trump.

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CNN @cnn.com · 10h

When explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, got trapped in pack ice, a broken rudder was blamed. New analysis suggests structural weakness caused the sinking.