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Montana Skeptic @montanaskeptic.bsky.social · 3h

It's all one enterprise. Musk, Inc. As Tesla shareholders will discover as soon as Elon can get his hands on Tesla's cash to shovel into the xAI cash incinerator.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla's unsold Cybertrucks

Hundreds of Tesla Cybertrucks have been spotted being delivered Elon Musk’s private companies, SpaceX and xAI, as Tesla is having...

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 4h

After months of backlash, the Biden administration stopped detaining immigrant women there in 2021, and the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations embarked on an 18-month investigation. interc.pt/4okFqcd

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 4h

In which John Oliver methodically unpacks how thin it is to claim you’re all about “the truth” when you’re only running essays don’t get properly fact-checked — and don’t hold up to even basic reporting scrutiny www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 4h

This is such a thorough take down of Bari Weiss and the vapid shill she is for oligarch billionaires. He especially shreds the Free Press over it's coverage of trans issues and the so called whistleblower Jamie Reed.

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Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 4h

no one is safe

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Reuters @reuters.com · 5h

Hamas forces have killed 32 members of 'a gang' in Gaza City in a security campaign launched after a ceasefire came into effect on October 10, while six of its personnel were also killed in the violence, a Palestinian security source said reut.rs/42EQ1X8

Hamas security forces kill 32 members of Gaza 'gang', official says

Hamas forces have killed 32 members of "a gang" in Gaza City in a security campaign launched after a ceasefire came into effect on Friday, while six of its personnel were also killed in the violence, a Palestinian security source said on Monday.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 5h

WaPo - A historic wave of retirements and other departures has swept through the federal workforce in recent months, putting enormous strain on agencies as they cope with a new government shutdown and administration layoffs. wapo.st/4q3jsfD

Historic wave of retirements is putting huge strains on the government

Tens of thousands of federal employees have taken retirement or other voluntary departures on top of the Trump administration’s latest layoffs.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 6h

Trump calls on the Israeli President to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu:

"Cigars and champagne - who the hell cares about it?"

Netanyahu is currently on trial for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, including allegedly accepting 700,000 shekels (approx. $210,000) worth of luxury goods in bribes.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 6h

US President Donald Trump told members of Israel’s Knesset that the ‘age of terror and death’ was over following the Gaza ceasefire deal, marking the beginning of what he called ‘the historic dawn of a new Middle East’.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 6h

DEA promoted L.A. agent who pointed gun at colleague despite history of issues

In 2022, federal agent James Young pointed a gun at a co-worker's head, leading to criminal charges. Records show DEA officials knew about Young's erratic behavior and struggles with mental health and substance abuse issues for nearly a decade before the incident, but promoted him twice anyway.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 6h

Trump on track to meet Xi in South Korea, Bessent says reut.rs/48ZLIte

Trump on track to meet Xi in South Korea, Bessent says

U.S. President Donald Trump was on track to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea as the two sides de-escalate tensions over trade disputes, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 6h

#UPDATE Around 300,000 South Sudanese have fled the country in 2025 alone, largely due to escalating conflict, the UN Commission on Human Rights said on Monday ➡️ u.afp.com/SmKy

File photo shows women filling jerrycans with water at a water pump in Maban, South Sudan, on August 20, 2025

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

FT: “.. Xi can promise what he likes at the meeting .. But unless the White House and its dwindling number of allies develop their own rare earth supply chains, the US will always be vulnerable.”

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CNN @cnn.com · 6h

Footage from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank showed large crowds excitedly welcoming dozens of Palestinian prisoners who were released from an Israeli jail.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

(Reuters) - U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 7h

wow sounds like bibi and trump wanted some more war idk

Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 7h

This seems like confirmation

Then Mr. Trump won the presidency back, and the Biden administration was determined to get a cease-fire in place by January, before it left office. It drafted a peace plan, much of which was quite similar to the “20 point plan” Mr. Trump recently issued. There was slow progress: More than 130 hostages had been released by the time the January cease-fire took place.

“We handed over a cease-fire that silenced the guns, had hostages coming out and aid going in, along with a day-after plan to make it permanent,” Mr. Blinken said. But when the new administration took over, “the moment was squandered,” he added. “Israel and Hamas went back to war for eight months.”

Israeli officials tell a different story. Mr. Biden was a lame duck, they noted, and disengaged. Mr. Trump was a known entity, less likely to lecture Mr. Netanyahu in private or public. They put their money on a new president, and a new negotiating team

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Euronews @euronews.com · 7h

Israel to rally international support to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize in 2026.

Israeli PM Netanyahu will not be travelling to Egypt to attend Trump's peace summit, his office said on Monday.

Follow the latest live updates on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire here: https://l.euronews.com/xHRs

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 15h

wow guys I am starting to think tariffs are not useful tools to force down China's trade surplus

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 15h

🇨🇳CHINA’S SEPTEMBER EXPORT GROWTH HITS 6-MONTH HIGH Y/Y IMPORT GROWTH HIT A 17-MONTH HIGH. CHINA SOYBEAN IMPORTS HIT RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AT 12.87 MILLION METRIC TONS. SEPTEMBER COAL IMPORTS AT NINE-MONTH HIGH OF 46 MLN METRIC TONS. #CHINA #SOYBEAN #COAL

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Reuters @reuters.com · 7h

Hamas freed the last 20 surviving Israeli hostages under a US-brokered ceasefire deal, a big step towards ending two years of shattering war in Gaza as President Donald Trump proclaimed the 'historic dawn of a new Middle East' reut.rs/48nX6is

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CNN @cnn.com · 7h

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu opened his address to the Knesset in Hebrew by personally thanking US President Donald Trump and expressing gratitude for his work in ensuring the return of the final living hostages. https://cnn.it/42DzRxj

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7h

The President of Indonesia was reportedly set to visit Israel — a historic moment given that Indonesia is the most populous Muslim country in the world — but that visit is not happening anymore, Israeli media reports.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7h

Initially, Prime Minister Netanyahu was expected to attend the peace summit in Egypt, but now his office says he will remain in Israel for the holiday.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 7h

As part of the deal to end the war in Gaza, freed Palestinian prisoners released by Israel have now arrived in the West Bank 👇

Follow our live updates from today's ceasefire summit: ow.ly/xobk50XaqQR

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