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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 1d

🇯🇵🇺🇦 Zelensky: Today we synchronized sanctions against Russia with Japan - I signed a corresponding decree.

The sanctions list includes leaders and companies that provide profits to the Russian military machine, supply weapons, critical components, and equipment.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Save this graph for the next time @MarshaBlackburn @SpeakerJohnson @JDVance try to hold $50 Billion for rural hospitals out as a of win for the 🇺🇸 people

We’re bad at math but $1.1 TRILLION in cuts (for tax cuts for the rich) > $50 BILLION

They think we are all morons

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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bobbybonz.bsky.social @bobbybonz.bsky.social · 3h

tRump's FOTUS FITNESS FUN

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h

Out of shape goon squad 🤣

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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 7d

Ammar Campa-Najjar is Gavin Newsom's "poster boy" for #Prop50 in California -- follow @ammarcampanajjar.bsky.social as he beats #MAGA Rep. Darrell Issa for Congress in #CA48

Let's win 5 new Democratic seats in California!

Chip in $5, $10, $25, $50, $100 or more: secure.actblue.com/donate/a-b-sky

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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks, Dougie. I'm following everyone on your list and hope everyone will follow me back @electroboyusa.bsky.social -- I'm sharing your list with my 75,000 followers!

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Cheri Armstrong @cheriarmstrong.bsky.social · 4h

Good morning, Brenda!

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 7h

This is it. I didn’t find it at all difficult to leave Twitter in the end: it stopped being fun and became boring and depressing. Whenever I opened it I’d see things that were obnoxious or upsetting. It was a relief not to do that.

Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 10h

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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DianneSpiritlight @dpfrazier22.bsky.social · 13h

go.bsky.app/Vghjeie
Let’s grow our #BLUE
family to support all the 🐸 people who raise their voices 💙
🐸✨✨✨💙✨✨✨🐸

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Fight like hell @blueslim.bsky.social · 6h

Comey is not innocent of some of the things he did 9 years ago. We know that.
However, he is innocent of the charges that are being filed against him NOW.
Trump pressured Comey & when he wouldn't be Trump's fetching dog Trump fired him.
This is retribution because Comey didn't obey Trump.
#Resist

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

JORDAN: Comey is where weaponization all started. 9 years ago he took the dossier--

BASH: But that's not what he's being prosecuted for

JORDAN: I'm just saying, you want to talk about weaponization, that's where it started

BASH: So this is retribution then

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bobbybonz.bsky.social @bobbybonz.bsky.social · 5h

jj spewing his ignorance & tRump's garbage

Fight like hell @blueslim.bsky.social · 6h

Comey is not innocent of some of the things he did 9 years ago. We know that.
However, he is innocent of the charges that are being filed against him NOW.
Trump pressured Comey & when he wouldn't be Trump's fetching dog Trump fired him.
This is retribution because Comey didn't obey Trump.
#Resist

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

JORDAN: Comey is where weaponization all started. 9 years ago he took the dossier--

BASH: But that's not what he's being prosecuted for

JORDAN: I'm just saying, you want to talk about weaponization, that's where it started

BASH: So this is retribution then

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 6h

tRump is responsible for the draining of scientific excellence in this country. "Of the 202 Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine this century, less than 70% hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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bobbybonz.bsky.social @bobbybonz.bsky.social · 5h

It's tRump's band of bogus bunglers

🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 9h

It's Sunday my "antifa" adjacent friends!!

That means we've survived another week of physically and mentally weak people who think they're "alpha" everything. They are not🤣

Today's giggle is from the fabulous duo of Tina Fey & Amy Pohler playing Noem & Bondi.

Stay safe y'all!

#SheShed

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 6h

🧵⬇️ Gift article. CO lawsuit filed. The lawsuit was filed by the ACLU of Colorado and local attorneys. It challenges ICE arrest practices that have surged this year, and it asks a federal judge to rule that those practices are illegal and order ICE to stop.
www.denverpost.com/2025/10/09/c...

Colorado lawsuit challenges legal basis of many ICE arrests of immigrants this year

“ICE … is pulling people out of their cars, taking people from their apartments, taking people from the street, all in flagrant violation of federal law,” an ACLU lawyer alleged.

www.denverpost.com

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Sarah O’Connell @sarahoconnellshow.com · 18h

John Candy: I Like Me is a beautiful, heartbreaking celebration, made with lots of love. John was truly brilliant, and the absolute heart of every movie and room he was in.

Sending lots of love to his family and friends. 🥲💕

@TheRealJenCandy.bsky.social @vancityReynolds.bsky.social

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hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social · 18h

go.bsky.app/D7s3tJ3

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Mark 🇨🇦 @markrf400.bsky.social · 1d

go.bsky.app/RABruc9

Happy Saturday all and have an amazing weekend!!

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YourAnonRiots 🐈️🏴🇵🇸🇲🇲🦋 @youranonriots.bsky.social · 23h

In #Japan, far-right groups have made great strides, causing panic among women's groups and other groups. #SanaeTakaichi is an extreme right-winger and a promoter of Nazi politics. She is a neoliberal who promotes racial discrimination and is against immigration. #stopfascism

Will Takaichi become the prime minister Japan needs?

An admirer of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi is an adherent to Shinzo Abe’s pragmatic yet conservative vision.

www.japantimes.co.jp

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 17h

this is great

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

Meryl Streep, honoring Keaton at AFI:

“She’s given us all so. Much. Happiness.”

#RIP 🙏🏼

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Keith @biene-keith.bsky.social · 19h

Only a matter of time before Putin awards tRump the "Hero of the Russian Federation" medal.
When will Americans wake up and remove this traitorous Russian asset from the WH?

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bryvegbry.bsky.social @bryvegbry.bsky.social · 20h

Someone needs his pussy rubbed.
Just make him a medal on a string he can wear.

Parents, love your children unconditionally and with integrity and this shit won’t happen so much.

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Linda Barton bartbee 8 @bartbee8.bsky.social · 20h

Putin plays Trump like a fiddle, always comically stroking his ego to get what he wants. Neither Putin nor Trump have made any contributions to humanity or done anything for the people they represent.

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 22h

Virginia’s future is on the line. Meet the Delegates ready to fight for our rights, schools, and democracy.

Together, we can make Virginia bluer and protect what matters most. 🗳️#VoteVA

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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine @papootx.bsky.social · 1d

ICE Arrested 19 People, Then Killed Them In Custody

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 3d

Last night, I received notification of the 19th death of a detained person in ICE custody since Trump took office.

ICE is detaining people, mostly in private, for-profit prisons that put profit over health. And now they have furloughed the safety inspectors. This is unacceptable.

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