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Mary Ruffin Hanbury @mrhanbury.bsky.social · 1d

Yup

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 1d

Count me in.

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Mary Ruffin Hanbury @mrhanbury.bsky.social · 1d

Wow

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[email protected] @crss1969.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi worked as a registered foreign lobbyist for the government of Qatar.She disclosed this work during her confirmation process to become U.S. AG in 2025.
…was related to improving Qatar's human rights record,specifically regarding human trafficking,in preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s immigration crackdown is risking higher food prices for Americans, according to the Trump admin itself.  DOL warned in an obscure document last week that “near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mary Ruffin Hanbury @mrhanbury.bsky.social · 1d

Wouldn’t this block the view to Arlington?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

No shit, Sherlock.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine returning home to this after everything they have already been through.

Imagine doing this to other human beings essentially for sport.

Overnight, Israeli troops carried out a large-scale campaign of setting fire to huge amount of civilian homes and infrastructure before families returned to it in northern Gaza.

It appears to have been the most extensive mass arson operation since the genocide began

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2d

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2d

MAGA wants to redefine anti-fascism so they can have a blanket term to "justify" murdering and kidnapping everyday Americans that question the Trump regime, call out its numerous criminal actions, and / or ask for the release of the Epstein files.

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Mary Ruffin Hanbury @mrhanbury.bsky.social · 2d

Fight on!

Mary Ruffin Hanbury @mrhanbury.bsky.social · 2d

Not. My. Circus.

Mary Ruffin Hanbury @mrhanbury.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d

Speaker Johnson just declared the House will remain in recess all next week. This will mark a full month off; the chamber has not been in session since September 19.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 2d

Argentina gets $20 billion, Qatar gets an airbase in Iowa, while our soldiers are being fed by food banks. Orgs like Army Emergency Relief are stepping in amidst Trump’s shutdown, and you can make a donation at any of the links in this thread:

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Mary Ruffin Hanbury @mrhanbury.bsky.social · 2d

If you can’t give me what I need I will have to find it elsewhere

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Dan Creel @dancreel.com · 2d

We've traced the call and the planes are coming from inside the house!

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 2d

BREAKING: Stocks plunge in worst day since April as Trump threatens massive China tariff

Stocks plunge as Trump threatens China with massive tariff

Wall Street investors were rattled Friday after Donald Trump threatened a "massive increase" in tariffs on Chinese imports amid rare earths dispute.

bit.ly

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Mary Ruffin Hanbury @mrhanbury.bsky.social · 2d

Oh the drama

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 2d

Study finds higher cancer survival rates in Medicaid expansion states

www.upi.com

Study finds higher cancer survival rates in Medicaid expansion states - UPI.com

twp.ai

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 2d

Add to your resistance prep & training checklist:

Where to get inflatable critter costumes & how to operate them safely

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Anne-Marie W. Clark 👩‍👧‍👦🐶⚖️😷🌎🚢📚🌦️⚜️ @amwclark.bsky.social · 4d

This comic is more than 10 years old.

(Image credit: Tom Toles | Copyright 2014 Universal Press Syndicate)
https://theweek.com/cartoons/427052/political-cartoon-campaign-midterm-elections-senate

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 3d

The Senate has defeated a plan from Democrats to block money to refurbish the 747 plane given by Qatar to President Trump for use as Air Force One.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 3d

BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump from deploying federalized National Guard troops into Chicago.

This ruling reinforces what we already knew: It is illegal for the president to use manufactured emergencies to send soldiers into our cities.

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