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Shaun Pinner @olddogua.bsky.social · 12h

Putin Failed Again! 🤡
The "First in history," as it was loudly declared, the Russian-Arab summit for Putin had to be canceled due to the refusal of Arab country leaders to attend the event, - Bloomberg

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 1d

Federal workers are locked out of their jobs or working without pay. These workers inspect our food, make it safe to fly and so much more. They’re not political pawns—they’re the backbone of our country.

Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

This is a big deal.

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 1d

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

techcrunch.com

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Ellen K ⚖️ @datagoodies.bsky.social · 11h

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Ellen K ⚖️ @datagoodies.bsky.social · 11h

GOP owns Dominion

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 23h

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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Ellen K ⚖️ @datagoodies.bsky.social · 14h

It should count as a foreign language for academic credit.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

now do jan 6th

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 15h

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

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17h

Oh noooooo!

After a jury found Greg Bovino to be full of shit in LA, a judge found him to be full of shitshow in Chicago.

[This is Judge April Perry's opinion on her TRO.]

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This indicates to the Court both bias and lack of objectivity. The lens through which we view the
world changes our perception of the events around us. Law enforcement officers who go into an
event expecting “a shitshow” are much more likely to experience one than those who go into the
event prepared to de-escalate it. Ultimately, this Court must conclude that Defendants’
declarants’ perceptions are not reliable.6

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Ellen K ⚖️ @datagoodies.bsky.social · 14h

It’s hard to arrest protesters for insurrection (peaceful protest) when wearing a frog outfit.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 16h

I love this image.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 17h

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Ellen K ⚖️ @datagoodies.bsky.social · 14h

What Argentina bribe was about

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 16h

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 17h

I thought that math was required for the MCATs

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Ellen K ⚖️ @datagoodies.bsky.social · 15h

Add me

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 15h

DC Republicans continue to push a budget that is bad for Georgia (1 million+ will see health care premiums soar!)

Why don’t they support a budget that keeps the gvt open AND funds health care? Who are they fighting for? Because they’re not fighting for you!

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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.medsky.social · 16h

The thing is, a “healthy #economy” needs working age people to be alive. They are dying in droves from #cancer, COVID-related #vascular disease (not to mention mental health and gun violence). Especially with no #immigrants coming in, no NIH or CDC= a dead country

Dr Bob Bradley @bobbradley.bsky.social · 20h

What is more important for a government than law enforcement, defense, health and education? If a republican has a list, is it: law enforcement, defense, a growing economy?

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🍁Dr. John E Rock @johnerock.bsky.social · 22h

Again, the public asking the questions the media won't

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller from Missouri to Missouri Rep. Mark Alford: "I hope you, sir, as an elected official, will think of the people who are in nursing homes, their parents are in nursing homes, their Medicaid is going to be cut. What is going to happen to Missourians whose hospitals are gonna close?"

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Ellen K ⚖️ @datagoodies.bsky.social · 17h

Good idea for 10/18

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 20h

I would like to suggest adding banana costumes (or other fruit) to the mix for October 18

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 20h

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 18h

You’ll never guess who is in charge of the Homeland Security Council….

(Miller. It’s Stephen Miller.)

Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.

DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case

A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.

www.wusa9.com

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 19h

VERY BIG TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝

✈️ MIG-31 crashed in Lipetsk!

📉 Syrskyi: Oil refining in Russia has been reduced by 21%.

🤬 Power outages are recorded in nine regions. Russia launched 450 drones and over 30 missiles at critical infrastructure: a child died.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21h

Donald Trump has threatened to withhold federal funds from New York if Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor. Is Mamdani ready to withstand an assault from Washington? On a new episode of #NewYorkerRadio, Mamdani and David Remnick discuss. Listen here: swap.fm/l/tny-radiohour-pJlLyx

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