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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 16h

The "No Kings" protests across the country this Saturday will be one of the largest protests in American history, but only if you show up and speak up.

Saturday.
October 18th.
2025.

Find an event to attend here: www.nokings.org

cc: @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.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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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 36m

Dang this is sad

BNO News @bnonews.com · 1h

Michael D’Angelo Archer, the Grammy Award-winning singer who helped define the neo-soul movement of the late 1990s and the early 2000s with hits such as 'Untitled (How Does It Feel),' died in New York on Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 51. bnonews.com/index.php/20...

D’Angelo, neo-soul icon behind ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ dead at 51

Michael D’Angelo Archer, the Grammy Award-winning singer who helped define the neo-soul movement of the late 1990s and the early 2000s with hits such as ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ died in New York...

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 18h

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 16h

The "No Kings" protests across the country this Saturday will be one of the largest protests in American history, but only if you show up and speak up.

Saturday.
October 18th.
2025.

Find an event to attend here: www.nokings.org

cc: @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.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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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 17h

If you're able, please consider a donation to the Alaska Community Fund to help people in western Alaska impacted by ex-typhoon Halong even as winter is bearing down. All the money donated goes to the region. Quyana. #Alaska #AlaskaSky

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Screen shot of the ACF Western Alaska Disaster Relief 2025 Fund:

"In response to recent severe storms, including Typhoon Halong, that devastated Alaska's western coast, local community organizations and regional partners have come together to establish the Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund, housed at the Alaska Community Foundation.
Two major storm systems struck western Alaska in rapid succession, bringing record flooding, extreme winds, and extensive damage from Kwigillingok to Kotzebue. Homes have been damaged and destroyed, critical infrastructure compromised, and subsistence resources disrupted. The Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund will provide support to affected communities for immediate relief, recovery support, and long-term resilience, including disaster preparedness initiatives. Distribution decisions will be guided by advisors including regional leaders and stakeholders, ensuring resources reach affected communities based on locally identified needs.

The Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund brings together a growing list of local, regional, and statewide partners endorsing the fund, including:

Association of Village Council Presidents
Alaska Federation of Natives
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Bethel Community Services Foundation
Calista Corporation
Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation
First Alaskans Institute
Kawerak, Inc.
Native Peoples Action
Maniilaq Association

Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation"

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 16h

"INDY! INDY! INDY!"

a man in a suit and tie is standing next to another man with his arms in the air

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing next to another man with his arms in the air

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CNN @cnn.com · 17h

Three people have been arrested on murder charges and a fourth person on an attempted murder charge in a weekend shooting that left six dead and more than a dozen injured in a small Mississippi town, the FBI announced.

4 arrests made in connection with mass shooting that left 6 dead in Mississippi, FBI says | CNN

Three people have been arrested on murder charges and a fourth person on an attempted murder charge in a weekend shooting that left six dead and more than a dozen injured in a small Mississippi town, ...

www.cnn.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22h

* Over 20,000 Palestinians killed since January
* 100s starved to death, including kids
* Congress bypassed to send more & more bombs to Israel
* US citizens murdered in the West Bank

I hope this ceasefire holds & I am glad the hostages are free, but this is Trump’s *actual record* so far.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23h

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders announced plans Monday to vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S. House district map, with a likely aim to shore up another GOP seat within already right-leaning boundaries.

North Carolina GOP announce plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders say they will vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S.

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 23h

Journalists working at The Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN, The Atlantic, Breaking Defense, and other major news publications will not sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy and Pentagon requirements by Tuesday’s afternoon deadline.

GIFT ARTICLE:
wapo.st/3WAcdy5

Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

wapo.st

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Brendan Gutenschwager @bgonthescene.bsky.social · 1d

Progress on the Obama Presidential Center on the South Side of Chicago, which is expected to open next year

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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James Franklin @franklinjamesl.bsky.social · 1d

With about 80% of the precincts reporting I've seen enough. GDMI - Google DeepMind is going to win the seat for best track model in 2025. The race for best intensity model is still too close to call, but GDMI is right there with the consensus and OFCL. Quite a remarkable campaign.

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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s Guilt-By-Association Law Enforcement: Will Trump and Miller Target Saturday’s No Kings Protests Throughout the United States?

www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-guil...

Trump’s Guilt-By-Association Law Enforcement

The groundwork has been laid to go after innocent people, opposition groups, and even No Kings protesters.

www.thebulwark.com

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

Find your local No Kings event here: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=h...

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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BNO News @bnonews.com · 1d

BREAKING: Hamas has released all surviving 20 Israeli hostages after 2 years in captivity

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 1d

The Steadicam operator was doing a great job during all this and was probably having a lot of fun with the access he was given.

AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 1d

Video of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inside vehicle.

Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump has just landed at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel as Israeli hostages are released by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel in advance of a peace summit

Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 1d

Hamas has published a list of the 20 living hostages set to be release from captivity today. They're the same 20 hostages Israel believed to be alive. - TOI

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump in a press gaggle aboard Air Force One: I don't think there's anything gonna get me in Heaven, ok? I really don't. I think, I think, I'm not maybe Heaven-bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make Heaven.

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 2d

Video via Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM):

Coastal flooding impacts the Ocean View neighborhood of Norfolk, Virginia during high tide today as a nor'easter makes its way up the Eastern Seaboard

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 2d

Coastal flooding from the nor'easter taking over Norfolk, Virginia >>>

IEMBOT AKQ @akq.weather.im · 2d

At 1:47 PM EDT, 1 NE Ghent [City Of Norfolk Co, VA] Public reports Coastal Flood. A member of the public reported approximately 2 feet of water at the intersection of Delaware Avenue and Llewellyn Avenue and said multiple cars were stalled out. #vawx Link

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Anthony Masiello @antmasiello.bsky.social · 2d

I have been enjoying watching the visible loop of the circulation off the NC/SC coastline this morning. The 12z analysis has a 992mb low here.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

OCTOBER 18TH across 🇺🇸 & Tennessee

Republicans are calling them “Hate America” rallies, but as with most things they say it’s exactly the opposite. 🇺🇸 #NoKings 👑

Find one: www.nokings.org

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