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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

"The bird gained global fame Oct. 7, when right-wing influencer Benny Johnson posted video of U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stepping onto the ICE facility’s roof and staring down a handful of hecklers—and one chicken."

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

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Allen Dell @urgeoverkill.bsky.social · 21h

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Today in Portland, large groups peacefully gathered to unite against hate and oppression. 1/2

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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TheDesk.net @thedesk.net · 10h

NEW: CNN says it will air a town hall special with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social and Sen. Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov on the government shutdown.

The special airs Wednesday, October 15 at 9 p.m. ET.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 23h

We really need to get Pope Leo on our podcast. www.catholicworldreport.com/2025/10/09/p...

Pope Leo XIV: News agencies have ‘crucial role’ in forming consciences, sharing the truth

www.catholicworldreport.com

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 17h

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It’s Still Me! @itsstillme1.bsky.social · 6h

Impeach Trump now!

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Boldly Go Forward @boldlygoforward.bsky.social · 6h

WTF?!?!
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Qatari Air Force Facility to Be Built in Idaho: Hegseth

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the facility will host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots.

www.yahoo.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

Member of the Chicago press gets arrested by
masked ICE GOONS

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 1d

This is Randy Erwin, the President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, a union representing 150,000+ workers across the country. #arresttrump #wethepeople #democracy

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yolanda7712.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social · 1d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 19h

“‘I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,’ Pope Leo XIV states in his first magisterial document …” www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...

Pope Leo in first major document: Love for the poor is not optional for Christians

“I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,” Pope Leo XIV states in his first m...

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 8h

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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elisi @tsitsilagi.bsky.social · 6h

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Trump Rallies Angry Supporters Outside Nobel HQ in Oslo

“If you want to win the Nobel Peace Prize, you’ve got to fight like hell.”

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elisi @tsitsilagi.bsky.social · 9h

'Where I draw the line': MAGA furious over Trump allowing foreign military base on US soil

Conservative hard‑liners erupted in outrage Friday after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth greenlit plans for a Qatari air force facility on U.S. soil, accusing the administration of “enabling foreign co...

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elisi @tsitsilagi.bsky.social · 9h

This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows.

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elisi @tsitsilagi.bsky.social · 9h

Office Hours: Why won't Trump and the Republicans swear in the winner of Arizona's special election?

Friends,

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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Mark Brazill 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 @markbrazill.bsky.social · 1d

I was mistakenly under the impression that all of this was already illegal. Cities need to hire private security guards to beat the crap out of ICE garbage then bring them to jail.

Democrat-God @shamballa-warrior.bsky.social · 1d

Ok just in - Federal Judge Orders ICE to stop bashing people’s head, body slamming and shoving people to the ground. 👍

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

Trump and Hegseth give Qatar an airbase in Idaho and Qatari pilots will be flying jets over American airspace. Their lavish gifts and personal business deals with Trump worth billions really paid off for them.

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elisi @tsitsilagi.bsky.social · 10h

Krassenstein (@krassenstein)

BREAKING! Letitia James just released an incredibly POWERFUL message to Trump:

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elisi @tsitsilagi.bsky.social · 14h

Amid Chicago ICE raids, a people’s Mass is an example of ‘political holiness’

Several hundred Catholics and people of faith gathered on Sept. 13 to celebrate a people’s Mass, or Misa popular, outside the gates of the Great Lakes Naval Station in the city of North Chicago.

www.americamagazine.org

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