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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 16h

Ah yes, cutting teen pregnancy prevention while ending federal right to an abortion…

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16h

An HHS source says admin also RIFed entire Office of Population Affairs last night.
“Not a single staff person to run our nation's family planning program or the evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program. The Office of Adolescent Health which nested within OPA functionally ceases to exist”

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 7h

The deportation order derives from the crime of which he has now been exonerated.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 16h

This. This. This.

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17h

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

Portland 🔥

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h

The United States is in the midst of a “cold civil war.” For liberals to win it, they must use “hardball” tactics—including borrowing from the Republicans’ own playbook.
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Newsom and Pritzker Are Showing How to Attack an Authoritarian Crook

Arkadi Gerney, a Democratic strategist, says Democratic governors and attorneys general have the greatest ability to stop Trump—and they’re doing it in ways that are underappreciated.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 8h

The man who bribed Gill - Oleh Voloshyn - is part of a much wider network of pro-Russian actors.

He worked with this guy, an FSB agent, who I've been fascinated by for years,

My investigation for @thenerve.news shows how Gill was a pawn in a Kremlin operation that spanned both Europe & US
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 16h

Estonia has closed the Saatse border crossing with Russia due to an unusually large Russian military presence on the other side. The Estonian Police and Border Guard (PPA) noted increased patrols and military movements that were much higher than normal, which were deemed beyond routine activities.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 18h

today in "predicted by 30 Rock"

Edie Falco on 30 Rock:
I MISSED THE VOTE ON A BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL WHALE TORTURE.

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boykobostonian.bsky.social @boykobostonian.bsky.social · 17h

FFS, NO

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boykobostonian.bsky.social @boykobostonian.bsky.social · 17h

Another $10 million bribe from Egypt is incoming

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 18h

@repstansbury.bsky.social: "This is gangster activity. The president is trying to shield pedophiles by calling and threatening members of Congress. We need more members of Congress, whether it's the Epstein files, the shutdown, health care, democracy, the rule of law, to just fucking do their jobs."

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 21h

The complexity of the planning that went into the Trumpist attack on DC in January 2021 goes beyond what most realize. That day was not what many think. It was the first battle in a far-right insurrection that is still ongoing. They are refining their tactics. They intend to end our democracy. Soon.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 21h

Maybe you now see where this thread is going. The first Trump administration somehow knew in advance of January 6 that it needed to a massive comms operation set up near the Capitol to publish fake claims about antifa attacking the building... on the very day the *Proud Boys* were dressed as antifa.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 20h

Broadview.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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boykobostonian.bsky.social @boykobostonian.bsky.social · 20h

You absofuckinglutely do. They steal their money by taking it from the lower classes and their wages. Stop talking nonsense and @'ing me with your BS.

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boykobostonian.bsky.social @boykobostonian.bsky.social · 20h

You know she gives Trump handjobs too. C'mon.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

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boykobostonian.bsky.social @boykobostonian.bsky.social · 20h

No, you need to tax the f**k out of the rich too.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22h

The joke is on Trump. The ethnic cleansing is simply being moved over to the West Bank.

Who in their right mind would believe the Israelis— under Benjamin Netanyahu—about *anything*?

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22h

SCOTUS has announced it will review a Hawaii law that forbids gun owners from bringing firearms on private property without the property owner’s explicit permission.

If it falls, the court could make it harder for states and cities to keep guns out of everyday life. trib.al/XP9fwpZ

The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier to Bring a Gun Everywhere

The justices just took up a challenge to a Hawaii law that bars people from carrying guns on private property against the owner’s wishes.

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boykobostonian.bsky.social @boykobostonian.bsky.social · 20h

Tax the rich more and enact universal basic income. Only way forward.

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