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Karla Ward @silentscreatch.bsky.social · 2m

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

Trump considers overhaul of refugee system that would favor white people

According to the rationale laid out in the documents submitted to Trump, America’s acceptance of refugees has made the country too diverse.

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Karla Ward @silentscreatch.bsky.social · 2m

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

Trump considers overhaul of refugee system that would favor white people

According to the rationale laid out in the documents submitted to Trump, America’s acceptance of refugees has made the country too diverse.

www.seattletimes.com

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Karla Ward @silentscreatch.bsky.social · 10m

#MO
#NoKings

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5h

Rural Northern Missouri will be well represented on No Kings day.

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The Seattle Times @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social · 11h

UN’s World Food Program warns donor cuts are pushing millions more into hunger

The United Nations' food aid agency warns that severe funding cuts are impacting its operations in six countries.

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The Seattle Times @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social · 11h

Indonesia finds traces of radioactive element at clove farm

Indonesian officials say they have detected traces of radioactive cesium 137 at a clove plantation as the country searches for the source of radioactive contamination that forced recalls of shrimp and spices exported to the U.S. The U.S. Food and...

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The Seattle Times @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social · 1h

Democratic governors form a public health alliance in rebuke of Trump administration

Democratic governors from 14 states and Guam have launched a new public health alliance.

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The Seattle Times @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social · 1h

UN warns Colombia over mercury contamination in Atrato River, calls crisis a human rights emergency

A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is causing a grave human rights crisis for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 47m

tl;dr this is, as I've been screaming into the wind about for a week now, not just illegal as shit but fundamentally means the Constitution as written is no longer in effect

That said if you want an even deeper dive on the subject than I've done, this is a very good thread

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 3h

There are over 11,000 Palestinian hostages in Israeli prisons. 450 have been killed and their bodies are being awaited by Nasser Hospital. 45 killed bodies were received in the last 24 hours and they were so severely tortured that they were unidentifiable.

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Didntcmecumin69 @didntcmecumin69.bsky.social · 27m

turn it up.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Il9...

The Byrds - 8 Miles high

YouTube video by Gilles BERTACCO

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Karla Ward @silentscreatch.bsky.social · 10m

#MO
#NoKings

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5h

Rural Northern Missouri will be well represented on No Kings day.

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 27m

TRUMP CONFIRMS THAT HE AUTHORIZED CIA TO OPERATE IN VENEZUELA

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Kurt Risser @kurtrisser.bsky.social · 27m

Anyone who doubts that the pretend ear clip assasination attempt was faked needs to look closely at the criminal's ear.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 27m

Seems like its an official policy position now

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28m

Vance: Young Republicans must be allowed to praise Hitler in private, nothing bad will come of it

Trump: Finally, we're making Stephen Miller's white nationalist fantasies from his college days come true!

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 47m

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Eileen Conn (f*ck trump and his voters)🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @milleronia.bsky.social · 27m

I AM SO SICK OF THIS! THEY ARE NOT BOYS! THEY ARE FULL-GROWN, FAT AS HELL, WHITE DUDES WORKING IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!!!!!!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

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Dear Neighbo(u)r 🇨🇦 @dearneighborshow.bsky.social · 21h

New poll says Canadians see Mark Carney as calm and rational and Pierre Poilievre as arrogant and hot-tempered.
So basically: one’s acting like a Prime Minister, the other’s auditioning for Real Housewives of Parliament Hill.
cultmtl.com/2025/10/mark...

Mark Carney seen as calm and rational; Pierre Poilievre as arrogant and hot-tempered

A new study by Spark Insights has found that Mark Carney is seen as the more calm and rational leader, while Pierre Poilievre is seen as more arrogant and hot-tempered.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4h

Carpentersville this morning. Border Patrol grabs some laborers at a worksite. The agent accuses a woman filming them of interfering and also tells her if she has an issue she should "contact her senators and congressmen."

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SiLveRFoxXx @silv3rfoxxx.bsky.social · 33m

theintercept.com/2025/10/15/t...

Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 39m

Classic @alaw202.bsky.social content here

Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov · 47m

You may have seen a lot of ads for “Medicare Advantage,” as open enrollment begins this year.

Watch our video to learn the truth. Only Medicare is Medicare!

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Medicare Advantage: The Scam that Conned America's Seniors

YouTube video by repmarkpocan

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 27m

indypendent.org/2025/07/we-w...

‘We Will Beat These Monsters’: Lindsey Boylan Reacts to Cuomo’s Defeat

The former Cuomo aide was the first of eleven women to publicly denounce the disgraced governor for sexual harassment.

indypendent.org

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cavalrygreek @cavalrygreek.bsky.social · 35m

bsky.app/profile/cava... You nailed it! read⬇️

cavalrygreek @cavalrygreek.bsky.social · 3h

www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/john-roberts-voting-rights-act-121222/ This should tell you all you need to know about where Robert's and five of his friends will go to gut the remaining vestiges of the Voting Rights Act. In this case, section two.⬇️☹️💯

Inside John Roberts’ Decades-Long Crusade Against the Voting Rights Act

Roberts remains at the center of an impassioned debate about voting rights in America.

www.politico.com

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 3h

If SCOTUS overturns a key provision in the Voting Rights Act, it could cement Republican control of the House for decades.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Plausible outcome of overturning the VRA.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 32m

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KimberCanada @kimberleybsb.bsky.social · 27m

This is a wonderful thread!!

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 7d

#SavePortland

Composite of 4 screenshots (s/s) from the quoted video showing as section of a sarcastic Portland war zone video on TikTok made to mock the latest bout of Trumpian gaslighting of America in using his ICE Gestapopo to target states and cities who did not vote for him, even when crime is far higher elsewhere. But you know this, right?

Someone with a plastic sword in one hand is walking across a Portland street saying "SHOTS FLYING IN PORTLAND GET READY" as they hold an espresso shot from a coffee van behind them in one hand, and then drink it at the end.

From Tik Tok itsrachellecochran, so maybe it's them idk.

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