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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 11h

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How Republicans Are Trying to Kill the ACA - In Plain English

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t adequately express how mystified and nauseated I am by the conversation about Trump receiving a Nobel Peace Prize that corporate media is now leading. But as a journalist, attorney, historian and Trump presidential biographer I’m now obligated to make the case *against* in full.

Here it is:

Media and MAGA Calls for Trump to Catch a Nobel Peace Prize Rather Than An ICC War Crimes Indictment Are Obscene

The second-biggest threat to global peace after Putin has earned a cell for war crimes—not a humanitarian award. That his grotesque and scammy appeal for a Nobel Peace Prize is working is terrifying.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 5h

President Donald Trump said Friday that “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea and threatened additional tariffs after China restricted exports of rare earths needed for American industry. https://to.pbs.org/3WxvtMB

Trump threatens more tariffs after China restricts key exports

President Donald Trump said Friday that “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea and threatened additional tariffs after China re...

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Lee 🖇️🇺🇸🦋🐾🇨🇦🇺🇦 @characterfirst.bsky.social · 19h

Time to put faces to names!

REPRESENTATIVE DOUG “KKK member”LAMALFA

Office Phone: (530) 223-5898

VOTE: registertovote.ca.gov

Tell them to release the files
HE supports pedophilia
HE supports groomers

#TrumpWasTheSupplier
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#GuardiansOfPedophiles

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CNN @cnn.com · 5h

President Donald Trump said he would impose a 100% tariff on China "over and above any Tariff they are currently paying" effective November 1 – massively escalating his trade war amid a heated dispute over export controls on rare earths. https://cnn.it/3WvFgmn

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

The House Oversight Committee said it’s reached out about scheduling the Epstein associate’s deposition.

Will Ghislaine Maxwell Speak With Congress? Supreme Court Rejection Clears Way For Her To Testify

The House Oversight Committee said it’s reached out about scheduling the Epstein associate’s deposition.

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CNN @cnn.com · 4h

Three species of Arctic seals now face extinction due to global warming, while half the planet’s birds are in decline due to habitat loss. But the return of the green sea turtle shows how, with coordinated conservation efforts, things can be turned around.

Arctic seals face extinction and birds in decline globally, according to new Red List | CNN

More than a quarter of all animals, plants and fungi assessed are at risk of extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 4h

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is showing no sign of backing away from his current tactic of pressing Democrats to vote for a stopgap government funding bill.
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WATCH: Thune holds news briefing as Congress remains deadlocked over government shutdown

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is showing no sign of backing away from his current tactic of pressing Democrats to vote for a stopgap government funding bill.

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Robert “Bobby Don” Gifford @thegiffordlawfirm.bsky.social · 1d

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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 12h

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 14h

Happy Nobel Peace Prize day to all who celebrate! 🕊️

In a brilliant and well deserved move, an (1) antifa (2) Latina (3) woman, María Corina Machado, wins for her work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela.