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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 15h

1) In a press conference yesterday, Trump justified calling troops into Chicago by saying, "Do you know they had over 4000 people killed in Chicago... they had 4000 people murdered over a very short period of time."

www.reddit.com/r/illinois/c...

Where did he get that number? Funny answer...

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 14h

‘Let me finish my thought!’ Trump’s envoy shouted down by Israelis after hailing Netanyahu

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, was shouted down in Israel Saturday after hailing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as being instrumental in the Gaza peace plan that was agreed to, in part, by both Israel and Hamas.“This moment was made through the t...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14h

The US has finalized its $20 billion bailout for Argentina.

Too bad it only benefits one American: a billionaire hedge fund manager, who has placed large bets on the future of the Argentine economy.

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire

A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 14h

Trump is an absolute hero in Israel RN, being viewed (probably correctly so) as forcing Bibi's hand to end the war.

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War Noir @warnoir.bsky.social · 19d

#Sudan 🇸🇩: "Rapid Support Forces" ( #RSF ) carried out series of Drone attacks against "Sudanese Army" ( #SAF ) positions on Al-Fashir Axis.

RSF seemingly used several FPV Kamikaze Drones armed with PG-7V(M) Anti-Tank RPG warheads during the attacks.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 22h

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At least 12 killed in Sudan's Al-Fashir after drone strike

Drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on a displacement shelter on Friday night and Saturday morning killed at least 12 people, according to a local journalist, and potentially dozens more, according to local activists.

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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · 22h

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Darren Olivier @darren.africandefence.net · 22h

I think more is being made of this than is warranted.
The part, the SF-20/B from Lightware, is a commercial LIDAR sensor. The laser in it is a ~900nm, ~1.8mW device, putting it very far below the Wassenaar dual-use limits requiring export controls & NCACC approval.

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South Africa Investigates How It Made a Part for Russian Drones

The manufacturer says it’s unclear how Russia obtained the equipment because it isn’t supposed to be sold for military use.

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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · 1d

The difference between a Rule of Law state and a police state is that when people see their neighbors taken by the police in the former, they can expect a fair trial and humane treatment. In the latter, people need to save their neighbors from the police.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

A story indistinguishable from those depicted/dramatized in all the WWII / Holocaust movies and plays and novels we grew up with

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 1d

Release the Epstein Files.

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 1d

"All [13 people arrested in Boston on Oct 7] were to be charged with inciting a riot, a felony charge that is also known as 'promotion of anarchy,' with origins in early 20th-century fears of anarchist violence. If convicted, they could face up to 3 years in prison."

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Boston Prosecutors Invoke Law Used Against Anarchists to Charge Protesters

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Dara Kerr @darakerr.bsky.social · 1d

Also please read @adriandaub.bsky.social's searing and hilarious commentary on Thiel.

He's reminded of Apocalypse Now where a character meets a platoon "and asks who’s in charge here. 'Ain’t you?' Ain’t you running the world, Peter? If it isn’t you, who is?"

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Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote about Peter Thiel’s lectures on the Antichrist and how the fact that there’s a strong chance Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg is the literal Antichrist isn’t even the weirdest thing about them — at the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

I see absolutely no downsides to huge private companies issuing their own currencies to compete with the currencies of major countries.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d

Ten major banks including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and UBS announce an early-stage project to explore issuing stablecoins to G7 currencies (Reuters)

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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.

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Hobbit Took @hobbittook.bsky.social · 1d

I have seen downtown Portland and there's no plywood buildings. No plywood over store windows.

Who told the guy occupying the Oval Office such a silly and patently untrue story?

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

The tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 is now 39 species – far more than for any other country It’s official: the only Australian shrew is no more. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List, the world’s most comprehensive global inventory on extinction risk, has declared the Christmas Island shrew is extinct. This little animal is extremely common all over the island, and at night its shrill shriek, like the cry of a bat, can be heard on all sides. Continue reading...

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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · 1d

Tbf, there's plenty of precedents of Nobel Peace Prize awarded despite winners bombing innocents, ordering targeted executions, unleashing forced disappearances, plotting to topple democracy and being vile racists. But those were all independent decisions of the committee. None of them demanded it.

Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced tomorrow from Oslo at 10am GMT. Trump, despite ostentatiously gunning for it & even trying to pressure the fiercely independent committee, will not receive it.

A few thoughts on why & what this says about the 🇮🇱🇵🇸 “peace” deal:

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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 2d

This is very comparable to how autocratizers have taken over media landscapes in other countries whose democracy scores have plummeted over the past 15 years (acc to all reliable indices like Polity, V-Dem, & Freedom House), including Turkey.

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 2d

New reporting CONFIRMS Trump accidentally posted DM to Bondi ordering prosecutions

New WSJ reporting reveals Trump accidentally posted what he thought was a private message to AG Pam Bondi, urging her to prosecute James Comey and other perceived enemies. @chrislhayes.bsky.social reports.

New reporting CONFIRMS Trump accidentally posted DM to Bondi ordering prosecutions

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

when i saw marsha fucking blackburn was being honored by journalists i thought i was having a neurological episode

Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · 2d

June 11: GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduces a bill to defund NPR and PBS because of their "left-wing propaganda" and "radical leftist gender ideology."

October 7: The news industry's main trade group gives Blackburn its "Support Journalism Champion Award."

Just shameless.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

Federal investigators who used to fight crime are now being redirected to immigration
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases

Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 2d

⚡️ Zelensky holds first phone call with Czechia's populist leader since election win.

The call comes as Kyiv worries that a Babis-led government could undermine Czechia's pro-Ukraine stance, as he has questioned continued military aid and Ukraine's path toward EU membership.

Zelensky holds first phone call with Czechia's populist leader since election win

The call comes as Kyiv worries that a Babis-led government could undermine Czechia's pro-Ukraine stance, as he has questioned continued military aid and Ukraine's path toward EU membership.

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 2d

What will happen to justice and accountability for acts of terrorism and warcrimes committed in Israel, Gaza and the West-Bank now that the deal is agreed? No peace without justice will probably hold true here too

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Plumes of smoke from Israeli attacks were seen rising over Gaza hours after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire plan, brokered by Donald Trump.

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