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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 10h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Easy Rider Fella @easyriderfella.bsky.social · 13h

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Journalist Facts @journalistfacts.bsky.social · 14h

Yes russia is the second largest consumer of natural gas globally.

the comma in European writing means is 73.17 Bcm in USA writing

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 15h

“Without U.S. Studebakers (trucks), we would have had nothing with which to pull our artillery." - Georgy Zhukov

A fleet of Studebaker trucks, provided by American lend lease to the Soviet Union, near Moscow in 1944

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Journalist Facts @journalistfacts.bsky.social · 17h

Entire USA production of ATACMS is ~50/month (production still expanding)

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 1d

1/ The question of why Russians aren't flocking to fight in the war in Ukraine is continuing to exercise Russian warbloggers. 'LIVE Z' highlights the devastating effect that indefinite military service is having on family life, which he says is a "defining issue". ⬇️

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Морті Маніту 🇺🇦 (🙏 for repost 🔁) @mortymanitou.bsky.social · 18h

Meanwhile massive explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems, Inc. - Hickman County, Tennessee, USA - manufactures military-grade explosives. 19 dead, 5 injured. Facility completely leveled.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

A second generation nepo baby, raised by a pair of sociopaths and given every advantage in the world. I'm sure this story will end well.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Journalist Facts @journalistfacts.bsky.social · 17h

Russia consumed 500 Bcm natural gas last year interfax.com/newsroom/top...

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Natalia Antonova🇺🇸🇺🇦 @nataliaantonova.bsky.social · 18h

Today is Freedom Day for Nat. Eight years since my child and I got on a plane to escape domestic violence.

If you’re living with DV, I know how hard it is to leave. Most of us can’t do it alone. And the cage, perversely, starts to feel like home.

You still deserve better tho.

Natalia sticking her tongue out in the driver’s seat of her SUV. When I left, my PTSD was so bad that I couldn’t even drive. My ex had done horrible things in the car, including snatching the wheel and crashing us. Little by little, I fought the fear after I left. I can do it, so can you.

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Journalist Facts @journalistfacts.bsky.social · 19h

It is just so dumb. Saying a 90% drop sounds just as good (which would still be fake) but instead Trump has to not only use impossible numbers he is making his staff use them also because they are bigger i guess bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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

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NPR @npr.org · 23h

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Daniel Larison @daniellarison.bsky.social · 23h

In his foreign policy, Trump launches illegal attacks, murders people, and starts pointless and destructive trade wars. Is that what Douthat wants at home? Because he’s already getting it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

Opinion | Why Can’t Trump’s Domestic Policy Be More Like His Foreign Policy?

www.nytimes.com

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 21h

I hope everywhere has sold out of frog costumes. We need a veritable plague of frogs to fight this Regime.

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22h

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 22h

“The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that “the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.”

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 22h

Here's an image of the brainworm they found infecting our POTUS yesterday at his physical.

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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 22h

I watch the commercials on the streaming services I use.

Probably about a third of the advertisements I see are for EVs here in the USA. Our car companies wouldn't be doing that unless those commercials were paying off for them.

Don't just assume that things are worse than they are. We can do this

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Todd Kolod💙 @toddkolod.bsky.social · 1d

"So Trump’s doctor says that Trump got the updated Covid vaccine and a flu vaccine shot," wrote political scientist Norm Ornstein. "Even as he says nothing while his secretary of HHS conducts a war against these vaccines. What a disgrace."

www.rawstory.com/trump-vaccin...

'What a disgrace': Trump roasted for getting COVID jab while admin fans anti-vax flames

President Donald Trump's physical results were released on Friday night, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt boasting that he is in excellent health and his heart is functionally 14 year...

www.rawstory.com

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gainesm.bsky.social @gainesm.bsky.social · 1d

There is no such thing as “cardiac age” lmao

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

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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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 1d

Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas

Violations include digging without permits and dumping wastewater into storm drains.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

Also, a total lie that American students have been crowded out by international students. International students effectively subsidize the tuition of American students!

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 2d

Quite a feat to go from this to "and therefore universities must ban faculty and students from belittling conservative ideas"

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1d

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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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

Friday night bloodbath at the CDC.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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