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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 10h

Two years after Hamas’s brutal attack, Gaza’s guns are silent—and the last hostages are home.
Trump is taking a victory lap for “everlasting peace,” but Gaza’s still in ruins, and both sides are holding their breath.
This isn’t peace. It’s a pause.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

What Comes After Gaza’s Ceasefire?

Inside the fragile peace deal, billion-dollar plans, and bitter realities shaping Gaza’s uncertain future.

open.substack.com

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Talker2002 @talker2002.bsky.social · 6h

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 18h

📌 Yes • More of this please ‼️

Brava George • You rock ‼️🐥

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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 1d

Let's get this straight: Speaker Johnson canceled session and refuses to swear in Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva, who would be the 218th signer of the discharge petition to force a vote to release the Epstein files.

Bring us back in session, release the files, and let's open the government.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 7h

🚨After being tased and beaten by ICE, a man dies in a Chicago hospital. Date and location in following post. These are the horrors of 2025 and we cannot look away. 1/2

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Castanet.net @castanet.net · 6h

Rural B.C. residents still struggle with high-speed internet access, study finds (BC)

Rural B.C. residents still struggle with high-speed internet access, study finds - BC News

If you've spent minutes on end watching the "buffering" symbol spin endless circles when trying to stream video content or use high-speed internet, you're not alone — especially if you live in rural B.C.

www.castanet.net

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 6h

In case you missed today's great news:

JD Vance Bombs On National TV, Pritzker Drops A Mic, Governors Unite Against Trump’s Troop Fantasy, and Crockett Investigates His Cognitive Decline

Trump’s brain failures gets a Congressional spotlight—finally

www.dworkinsubstack.com

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Forbes @forbes.com · 19d

The Trump administration has hyped its $1 million Gold Card visa for months, but immigration experts say the president can’t do it without Congress.

Trump Gold Card Probably Won't Happen, Experts Say–Here’s Why

The Trump administration has hyped its $1 million Gold Card visa for months, but immigration experts say the president can’t do it without Congress.

www.forbes.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 13d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9d

Spot on.

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CalebDMTG @calebdmtg.bsky.social · 1d

People who say "I don't want politics in my media" actually mean "I don't want *those* politics." We want to be affirmed, not challenged.

And tbh, I get it. Life is hard, and not everything has to be a point of contention. But life could be less hard, and we don't get there with apathy.

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Talker2002 @talker2002.bsky.social · 6h

Make sure lifelong software updates are included in the purchase price.

UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 16h

Denmark will acquire 16 additional F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, bringing its total fleet to 43 aircraft, according to the Danish Ministry of Defence.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/denmark-to-b...

Denmark to buy 16 more F-35 stealth jets

Denmark will acquire 16 additional F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, bringing its total fleet to 43 aircraft, according to the Danish Ministry of Defence.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 1d

Psst:

A reminder for American writers: High tea is not fancier tea, it’s supper. It’s a more substantial meal with a main dish, rather than tea, biscuits, scones, little snack foods. And it’s high because it’s served on a high table — dining table height — not a low, tea or coffee table.

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Talker2002 @talker2002.bsky.social · 6h

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

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Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 7h

Virginia I stg y’all better not mess this up… I can’t have this woman running our state. 😭

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Talker2002 @talker2002.bsky.social · 6h

I guess you didn't train them correctly.

Tits McDick @titsmcdick.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve never understood why men call them hooters. Mine don’t hoot. I’ve had them my whole life and they’ve never made a sound.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 18h

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 11h

Today is Indigenous Peoples Day – a time to honor the 11 sovereign Tribal Nations and robust urban Native communities that continue to enrich our state’s cultural landscape, economy, and heritage.

It was a beautiful morning to celebrate on the shore of Bde Maka Ska.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 8h

This is great

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UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 19h

You've just copied and pasted our entire article.

BYTESEU @byteseu.bsky.social · 23h

RAF spy planes patrol almost entire NATO border with Russia

https://www.byteseu.com/1445612/

Two Royal Air Force aircraft have carried out extensive surveillance flights along NATO’s eastern frontier, covering the entire stretch from the Arctic Ocean to the Black Sea, the UK Defence Journal …

RAF spy planes patrol almost entire NATO border with Russia - Bytes Europe

According to flight tracking data, a P-8A Poseidon from RAF Lossiemouth and an RC-135W Rivet Joint from RAF Waddington undertook complementary missions

www.byteseu.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

ICE has been deployed to *provoke* civilians, not to protect them. They want to throw tear gas canisters and get people on the streets riled up, all to create footage for Fox News and Newsmax, et al., that will be used as a pretext for imposing martial law to lower voting rates in Democratic cities.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23h

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 8h

Ah yes, air traffic controllers must show up for work without pay, but Congress can take the day off. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he’ll be making “necessary cuts” to the department, because nothing fixes staffing shortages quite like firing more people.

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Talker2002 @talker2002.bsky.social · 7h

OOMG, I hope not. Look harder and fix it.

Bill Bovingdon @williambovingdon.substack.com · 1d

Well there”s an achievement to be ashamed of
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Platypus vanish from river where Charles Darwin pondered evolution

Almost 190 years on, in the place where Charles Darwin first spotted a platypus, the egg-laying mammal seems to have disappeared.

www.abc.net.au

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Talker2002 @talker2002.bsky.social · 7h

Will the numbers hold? Stay tuned.

Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 1d

NYC - Mayoral Poll:

Bronx:
🔵 Mamdani: 39%
🟢 Cuomo: 36%
🔴 Sliwa: 19%

Queens:
🔵 Mamdani: 40%
🟢 Cuomo: 31%
🔴 Sliwa: 20%

Brooklyn:
🔵 Mamdani: 54%
🟢 Cuomo: 33%
🔴 Sliwa: 9%

Manhattan:
🔵 Mamdani: 51%
🟢 Cuomo: 31%
🔴 Sliwa: 9%

S. Island:
🟢 Cuomo: 40%
🔴 Sliwa: 34%
🔵 Mamdani: 21%

Quinnipiac / Oct 7, 2025