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Nick Rhodes 🇵🇸 @nickrhodes.bsky.social · 10h

This bit is key, too.
No land border with Egypt means Israel controls everything that enters or leaves.

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Patagonia @patagonia.com · 6h

About one in five homes in Navajo Nation and the Hopi reservation have no electricity. So, our partners at Native Renewables are doing something about it. Since 2015, the Indigenous-led nonprofit has installed off-grid solar in 123 homes.

Learn more at https://pat.ag/B/NativeRenewables

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Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 8h

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6h

So this is their new thing.

Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 8h

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

wild hand jerking during Trump's handshake photo op with Orban

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 6h

Happy Indigenous People’s Day!

We are all on stolen land.

And while Republicans try to whitewash American history, we acknowledge our country’s role in inflicting trauma on our Indigenous neighbors.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 6h

NEW: We just filed a Hatch Act complaint against several Trump administration officials, including Karoline Leavitt, Scott Bessent, Kristi Noem and Peter Navarro, for making partisan statements about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s campaign.

CREW files Hatch Act complaint against Trump administration officials - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Trump officials likely violated the Hatch Act by making partisan statements about Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in their official capacities.

www.citizensforethics.org

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 6h

Oh my God stop this. Trump has one goal always: getting shiny things he wants. The shiny thing he currently wants is a Nobel Peace Prize, and he thinks Bibi mouthing off could keep him from getting that. He will forget about it in a month.

Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 9h

I have strong doubts that the 'ceasefire' will hold and lead to an actual peace deal, but it seems like, maybe, somehow, Trump kinda learned a lesson here...?

Screenshot from CBS news:

Trump tells Netanyahu to be "nicer … you're not at war anymore"
President Trump jokingly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in remarks at the Knesset to be "nicer," as "you're not at war anymore."

"Only by embracing the opportunities of this moment can we achieve our goal of ensuring that the horrors of recent years will never happen again. You don't want to have to go through this again," Mr. Trump said, turning to address Israeli lawmakers.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 7h

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13h

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 6h

This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the rich and vibrant history, culture, and traditions of Indigenous communities throughout our country.

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dendromecon @dendromecon.bsky.social · 5h

Ugh, when my old ass flubs posting the link apple.news/AzJFOZVmQTvW...

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department. — ProPublica

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump points at UAE official during photo op and says, "A lot of cash. Unlimited cash."

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 6h

is this how CBS is gonna work now? using bari weiss's personal blog to launder poorly sourced and lightly edited stories (complete with a misspelling of mamdani's name in the headline) that would never pass muster if reported directly by a real news source?

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 7h

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 5h

Now that Trump has helped release the Israeli hostages, he can release the Epstein Files!

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Adoptable Dogs @adoptabledogs.bsky.social · 5h

Martin 🐕
Baby male Labrador Retriever mix
Adoptable from Mutt Life Dog Rescue of Wisconsin (Cedarburg, WI)

https://www.petfinder.com/dog/martin-78746271/wi/cedarburg/mutt-life-dog-rescue-of-wisconsin-wi606/

Martin is a Baby Labrador Retriever mix described as: Affectionate, Playful and Friendly

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

they spelled his name that way bc that's how the racists say it

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 7h

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 7h

Imagine making six figures to not do anything you were entrusted to do.

…getting paid to not work while thousands of civil servants around you were getting fired.

…betraying those who counted on you to represent them, all to appease a wannabe dictator.

The GOP Congress is a helluva thing.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 6h

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

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Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 5h

The propaganda effort at CBS News has begun in full force.

There's this absurd hit piece saying his election would cause a large exodus at the NYPD.

A paused CBS News video features a close-up of a bearded man in a suit speaking outdoors. Video controls are visible over the image. The headline below reads about NYPD officers worrying about someone becoming the NYC mayor. The CBS News channel name and subscriber button appear at the bottom.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 6h

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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dendromecon @dendromecon.bsky.social · 5h

Bari Weiss will fix that in a jiffy 😒

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 6h

Photos coming out of Western AK are devastating.

Hardest hit are indigenous villages off road system, many miles by air from supplies. Most built on river deltas w/ no high ground to which to escape.

Cuts to NASA/NOAA mean worse weather data. Cuts to EPA mean no grants for erosion control. Etc.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 6h

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump on Egypt: "They have very little crime. Because they don't play games. That's why. Like we do in the United States with governors that have no idea what they're doing."

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