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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 27m

All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of imprisoned Palestinians held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

Palestinians and Israeli Hostages Freed as Part of Ceasefire

All 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza and scores of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel have walked free as part of a ceasefire.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 26m

Three more L.A. County deaths tied to synthetic kratom, health department warns

Kratom is derived from the leaves of a tree native to Southeast Asia, and is commonly made into a powder or pill. It has been linked to several recent deaths in L.A. County.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 2h

Beutner launches bid for L.A. mayor, vowing to fight 'injustices' carried out under Trump

Beutner, a Democrat, used his campaign launch video to portray L.A. as a city 'under attack' — a message punctuated by footage of U.S. Border Patrol agents.

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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 2h

"This is how we lose the AI/energy arms race with China," Utah Governor Spencer Cox said Friday in response to @jael.bsky.social's reporting on the Esmeralda 7 cancellation.

Trump voters in Georgia, too, are angry about the withdrawal of funding for rooftop solar.

Read more in today's Heatmap AM:

Republicans Balk at Trump’s Solar Cuts

On Corpus Christi’s drought, China’s Scottish factory, and no more ships to give

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Women For Survival #Resist @wmn4srvl.bsky.social · 2h

Why are trump (US) and elSisi (Egypt) signing a peace agreement and not Israel and Hamas?

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 2h

Joy, relief and tears: Overwhelming emotions as Israeli hostages are finally reunited with their families after more than 730 days in captivity

Emotional moment Israeli hostages reunited with families after 737 days in captivity

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CNN @cnn.com · 2h

Rescuers in western Alaska are working to find missing residents and help those displaced after ferocious, hurricane-force wind gusts from what once was Typhoon Halong tore through remote, coastal communities, unleashed record-breaking storm surge and shoved homes completely off their foundations.

Dozens rescued, several still missing after monster storm brings violent wind gusts and record storm surge to western Alaska | CNN

Rescuers in western Alaska are working to find missing residents and help those displaced after what once was Typhoon Halong tore through coastal communities, unleashing record-breaking storm surge an...

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2h

🚨NEWS: JD Vance is stealthily spearheading a Supreme Court case to expand Citizens United & eliminate remaining anti-corruption laws.

Another case could soon kill off anti-bribery laws.

A preview of our new book MASTER PLAN in @rollingstone.com

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The Right's Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections

J.D. Vance and other MAGA interests are working to get the Supreme Court to end restrictions on campaign-spending limits.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2h

‘Locked up for 24 years’: joy and sorrow as Palestinian prisoners and detainees return home

Nearly 2,000 prisoners and detainees – including about 1,700 people seized from Gaza and held without charge – set free from Israeli jails

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Prism @prismreports.org · 3h

“History is echoing,” says William “Popeye” Osceola of the Miccosukee Tribe on the similarities between the reservation system & modern mass deportation apparatus. Today, we look back on how the tribe has challenged secrecy & environmental harm at ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ wrote @alexmar.bsky.social.

Miccosukee Tribe challenges ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The tribe, whose territory is near the immigration detention center, joined a lawsuit against the state and federal governments on July 14

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 3h

Accept our king, our god − or else:

What colonizers presented to #IndigenousPeoples as a choice was no choice at all. The Requerimiento, a 16th-century document, sheds light on deeper ideas and laws the Spanish used to take over the New World.

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Accept our king, our god − or else: The senseless ‘requirement’ Spanish colonizers used to justify their bloodshed in the Americas

The Requerimiento, a 16th-century document, sheds light on the deeper ideas and laws that the Spanish used to take over the New World.

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Diario El Comercio (Perú) @elcomercio.pe · 3h

Guterres espera que liberación de rehenes israelíes sirva para poner fin a la pesadilla en Gaza elcomercio.pe/mundo/orient...

Guterres espera que liberación de rehenes israelíes sirva para poner fin a la pesadilla en Gaza

El secretario general de la ONU afirmó sentirse “profundamente aliviado” de que los rehenes hayan recuperado su libertad y de que pronto puedan reunirse con sus familias.

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 3h

This magazine is old enough to have fought McCarthyism the first time. We know from experience that America’s witch-hunt fever has been broken before. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

We Defeated McCarthyism Before. We Can Do It Again.

It’s easy to feel despair about what looks like a new age of government censorship. But being around for 160 years gives you perspective.

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OPB @opb.org · 3h

After discovering surprising details about her own family’s history, Gabriann "Abby" Hall decided to focus on researching and telling the story of federal Native American boarding school policy. Today, on Indigenous Peoples Day, she speaks at Central Oregon Community College in Bend.

‘It’s no longer being covered up and denied:’ Discovering Oregon’s hidden Native American boarding school history

While researching Oregon's boarding school history, a Klamath Tribes woman uncovered her own family's story.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 3h

Mass firings at US health dept. partially reversed but still devastating

Reports suggest the hardest hit is the CDC, which is already struggling to function.

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NPR @npr.org · 3h

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens. n.pr/42BJyMB

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

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FOX8 WGHP @myfox8.com · 3h

Smithsonian museums, National Zoo close temporarily amid shutdown

No date was set for reopening.

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 3h

Sierra Johnson, 36, never got to read the story we wrote about her, in which she spoke up for the roughly 1,600 women who sued New York State in 2023 alleging they were sexually assaulted in state prisons.

Sierra Johnson, Who Fought for the Victims of Sexual Abuse in NY Prisons, Dies Waiting for Own Lawsuit to Be Heard

Johnson was one of roughly 1,600 women to sue the state in 2023 under the Adult Survivors Act alleging they were sexually assaulted in state prisons.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, will co-chair the peace summit tomorrow afternoon in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Trump and el-Sisi to chair peace summit Monday to end war in Gaza

European leaders, including European Council President António Costa, will attend the signing ceremony for the Gaza peace deal in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Leaders from more than 20 countries to attend meeting in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh, Egyptian presidency says.

El-Sisi and Trump to chair Gaza summit in Egypt on Monday

Leaders from more than 20 countries to attend meeting in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh, Egyptian presidency says.

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INVED-Institut zur Verteidigung der Europäischen Demokratien @inved.bsky.social · 15d

Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman of Russia’s Foreign Ministry, claims “World War III” is near if Ukraine stages false-flag ops in Romania or Poland. No proof offered. A textbook Kremlin propaganda tactic: spread fear, blame Kyiv, shift the narrative. #RussianPropaganda

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INVED-Institut zur Verteidigung der Europäischen Demokratien @inved.bsky.social · 15d

Elections: Moldova Is Under Attack by Russian Active Measures:

The elections on September 28 in the Republic of Moldova are of exceptional significance. Russia has consistently attempted to shape politics in the country and to destabilize it.⬇️

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Elections: Moldova Is Under Attack by Russian Active Measures – INVED

The elections on September 28 in the Republic of Moldova are of exceptional significance. Russia has consistently attempted to shape politics in the country and to destabilize it. With the Russian-con...

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The Modern Folk @themodernfolk.bandcamp.com · 3h

On Indigenous Peoples Day I always recommend checking out this website/interactive map to understand the non-colonial history of the land you occupy

Native-Land.ca | Our home on native land

Native Land is a resource to learn more about Indigenous territories, languages, lands, and ways of life. We welcome you to our site.

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 3d

Ned Blackhawk - How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution
The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.
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How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution

The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

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ᕼᗴᗪᗩ 🩵 🐶 🇺🇦✌️ @hedahunter.bsky.social · 3h

4 years ago, President Biden issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples Day meant to “honor America’s first inhabitants and the Tribal Nations that continue to thrive today.”

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day

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Is Indigenous Peoples Day 2025 a federal holiday?

Here is a look at why it's called Indigenous Peoples Day, the history behind it and how people celebrate.

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