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BeeBeeRamone @beebeeramone.bsky.social · 6h

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11h

“This Week in Democracy – Week 38: Bombing Boats, Deploying Troops, Targeting Democrats”

Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

This Week in Democracy – Week 38: Bombing Boats, Deploying Troops, Targeting Democrats

Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

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BeeBeeRamone @beebeeramone.bsky.social · 1d

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

There was a time, not very long ago, when it would be highly unusual for any Department of Justice lawyer, let alone the assistant attorney general for civil rights, to have a catchphrase. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...

Trump's Terminally Online DOJ Could Be Killing Its Cases Just to Own the Libs

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

It really feels like they’re trolling our autocrat.

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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BeeBeeRamone @beebeeramone.bsky.social · 1d

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

"Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago"

Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.

Important reporting from @swin24.bsky.social:

Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago

Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.

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BeeBeeRamone @beebeeramone.bsky.social · 1d

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

BeeBeeRamone @beebeeramone.bsky.social · 1d

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

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

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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BeeBeeRamone @beebeeramone.bsky.social · 2d

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

Thoughts and prayers for Donald J Trump

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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BeeBeeRamone @beebeeramone.bsky.social · 2d

#Resist😁😂

BeeBeeRamone @beebeeramone.bsky.social · 2d

#Resist

BeeBeeRamone @beebeeramone.bsky.social · 2d

😁She seems to be the exact opposite of the orange clown 🤡

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 2d

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 has been awarded to Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado.

Announcing the winner, Joergen Watne Frydnes describes Machado as “a brave and committed champion of peace” who “keeps the flame of democracy burning amidst growing darkness”.

jrnl.ie/6840548

BeeBeeRamone @beebeeramone.bsky.social · 2d

Jodie 🇦🇺 @jodie.sheshed.rocks · 2d

Trump is going to have a very unhappy Friday. 😂🤣

BeeBeeRamone @beebeeramone.bsky.social · 2d

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 2d

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Meidas Paul Wigton 🫘 🇺🇳🇺🇦 @rvroomie.bsky.social · 2d

This should cause MUCH ketchup splattering…. C’mon, stroke!

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isonope.bsky.social @isonope.bsky.social · 2d

substack.com/@politicsusa... no….. a WOMAN ……….👏👏👏😏

Truth Matters (@politicsusa46)

Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize, thoroughly well deserved and a brave decision by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. My heartfelt congratulations go to Ma...

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BeeBeeRamone @beebeeramone.bsky.social · 2d

Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 2d

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BeeBeeRamone @beebeeramone.bsky.social · 2d

Justin Lentini @jlentini09.bsky.social · 2d

THE WORLD IS LAUGHING AND HIGH 5.ING ABOUT DOUCHEBAG DONNY FAILING TO CAPTURE THE COVETED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE .

WAITING ON THE PALPATINE PEDOPHILE TO GET ON UNTRUTH SOCIAL AND BLOW UP THE INTERNET

CHAOS AND MAYHEM ARE THE WORDS OF THE DAY....THE ONLY BETTER OUTCOME WOULDVE BEEN ZELENSKY

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BeeBeeRamone @beebeeramone.bsky.social · 2d

M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 2d

No DumbAss Don Old ,The 1st
Amendment Gives Us The Right To
CRITICIZE YOU,Mr.FakeThinSkin...

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🦋❄️🍁Baron🍁❄️🦋 @baron333.bsky.social · 2d

Should piss off the Orange 🍊 blob

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2d

“Very, very unfair and even worse than Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl. Your favorite president was snubbed for someone who’s not even American.” www.reuters.com/world/venezu...

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