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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2h

Friends,

Winter is coming. Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure will increase.

Russia has ramped up drone production and is changing its attack tactics. There will be blackouts in winter. #Kyiv will be Russia’s main strategic and symbolic target⤵️

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 3h

Finnish 🇫🇮 SUPO security officer Veikko Palko, works decades fighting against russia. Retires, wins 61 million EUR with lottery. Uses money to fight russia

www.hs.fi/tutkiva/art-...

HS tutki | Eläkeläinen sai 61 miljoonan euron lottovoiton ja pyöritti sen avulla tiedustelua Supon hyväksi

Suposta eläköityneen etsivän toiminta liittyy poikkeukselliseen rikostutkintaan, jossa on epäiltynä myös viraston entinen päällikkö Antti Pelttari.

www.hs.fi

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 9h

Americans could not live like this for even two days let alone over 3 years. Ukrainians deserve our support and admiration. And they deserve a dignified future of peace and self determination. Send them the fucking tomahawks already.

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 10h

After 24 hours electricity is back we are so back I wanna cry this doesn’t feel real

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 2h

F-16 were the right choice! They are now flying roughly 80% of the Ukrainian Air Force’s combat sorties. (Who was saying Ukraine needs years to learn?)

united24media.com/latest-news/...

Ukraine’s F-16s Take Over the Skies, Flying 80% of Combat Missions Against Russia

Ukrainian F-16s play a critical role, executing 80% of combat sorties while effectively intercepting threats like Russian cruise missiles and drones.

united24media.com

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 2h

🇻🇪 Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro secretly offered the U.S. sweeping access to his nation’s oil, gold, and mineral wealth—proposing to cut ties with China, Iran, and Russia—to avoid military conflict with Washington. The Trump administration rejected the deal

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Venezuela’s Maduro Offered the U.S. His Nation’s Riches to Avoid Conflict

www.nytimes.com

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 2h

Ty fighterbomber

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 5h

After the 15th inning it is time to replace one player with a dog until someone wins or it's all dogs.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

CNN reporting that 4,000 federal employees were fired on Friday, in HHS, Education, Energy, HUD, Homeland Security, Patent and Trademark Office, EPA.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers during government shutdown | CNN Politics

More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing Fri...

www.cnn.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7h

This really captures the nexus of cruelty and corruption at the core of MAGA:

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 6h

Extremely bad news if true (and unlikely this reporter would run with it if not). The MMWR has been the earliest warning bell for outbreaks since it announced the first US cases, in 1981, of what was later identified as AIDS.

This will be a grievous shock to what remains of US public health.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 7h

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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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 6h

Law and order www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement

Data shows stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns

www.theguardian.com

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Tatarigami @tatarigami.bsky.social · 6h

I’m writing to let you know that today (Oct 11th) our team will release a major report. It covers nearly a decade of tank production across various variants. This document-based report will uncover Russian plans to expand and modernize its tank fleet. I hope you’ll have a chance to read and share it

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D @dddimka.bsky.social · 6h

Why does he feel the need to comment on this?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 7h

He got the shots that his own HHS is telling you are not necessary

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 7h

President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

www.cnn.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h

Presented without comment, the current scene outside Union Station in DC as I got off the train.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 7h

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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D @dddimka.bsky.social · 6h

Enshittification “journalism”

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 9h

That sound you hear is plaintiff lawyers popping champagne corks and DOJ lawyers groaning.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 8h

It's really sad how people struggling to free or defend their countries, like Zelensky and this woman, have to repeatedly debase themselves in front of this man because there is no longer any responsible leader of the Free World.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting age choice as that is the CDC's age threshold for a recommended COVID vaccine, which Trump received today

Reuters @reuters.com · 7h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

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

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 8h

I want them all prosecuted. Every last one of them.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 9h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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