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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 2d

Colombia’s President says that the last boat that was bombed by the U.S. was carrying Colombians, not Venezuelans.

“Signs show that the last boat bombed was Colombian, with Colombian citizens inside. I hope their families come forward and file a complaint.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...

Colombia’s President Says Boat Bombed by U.S. Was Carrying Colombians

www.nytimes.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 10h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Ali Avery Maxwell @aliaverymaxwell.bsky.social · 8h

Abbott first. What an a******.

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🌺🌈🦋laura 🌈🙏🌺 @laurahunter-88.bsky.social · 15d

Trump has removed President Biden’s portrait at the White House and replaced it with a portrait of an autopen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Au5...

Trump is a petty, jealous, childish, and hateful person.

I’m sharing a portrait of President Biden as a sign of respect and support.

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Ali Avery Maxwell @aliaverymaxwell.bsky.social · 1d

"The U.S. says it's sending about 200 troops to Israel to help secure Gaza for sale and redevelopment."

Fixed that headline.

If you think his deployment of U.S. troops to Gaza is anything but self-serving, I have some oceanfront property in AZ to sell you.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! Democrats who get that we need to rise to fight in this moment! Thank you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE!

THANK YOU!

THE REFORMERS

WE ARE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 1d

New York Attorney General Letitia James, who once bested Donald Trump in court, was charged Thursday as part of a mortgage fraud investigation that the president urged Justice Department officials to pursue.

She's the latest foe of the president to be prosecuted.
buff.ly/Z5DizxJ

New York AG Who Beat Trump in Court Indicted at His Urging

New York Attorney General Letitia James was charged as part of a mortgage fraud investigation pushed by the Trump administration.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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

ILLINOIS Candidate for Congress @abugai.bsky.social : “You said Prizker & Johnson need a history lesson - I’d like to give you one: when masked men are kidnapping entire families, naked, zip-tying their hands and throwing them into U-haul trucks… they’re usually not the good guys.”

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 1d

They want us to blame our neighbors so we forget to look up — at who’s really in charge.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Is there a better indication of how superficial and unhelpful mainstream media has become than that they are cutely musing about whether the domestic terrorist who changed "The Department of Defense" to "The Department of War" will get a Nobel Peace Prize—instead of reporting the fascism/terrorism.

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Ali Avery Maxwell @aliaverymaxwell.bsky.social · 1d

You could probably translate this " I don't care what happens to them, as long as I get credit for stopping this conflict."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: What is your view on a two state solution?

TRUMP: I don't have a view. I'm gonna go with what they agree to.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

There was supposed to be an Epstein survivors press conference yesterday. Was it canceled? I haven't heard anything.

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Ali Avery Maxwell @aliaverymaxwell.bsky.social · 1d

"Make the proof?"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

Ali Avery Maxwell @aliaverymaxwell.bsky.social · 1d

More grift.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

In addition to gifting Trump a jet, Qatar is building a $5.5 billion Trump golf resort in Qatar, are major investors in two Trump developments in Saudi and Oman, among other things.

Ali Avery Maxwell @aliaverymaxwell.bsky.social · 1d

Her error is that the derangement is on the part of the cult. Her basic argument is that it's deranged to disagree with Trump, when most people view that as lucidity.

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pink jimi photon @pinkjimiphoton.bsky.social · 3d

This is NOT OK! Pastor David Black of The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago was shot in the head by ICE with some kind of rubber bullet or pellet at point blank range, which can make the projectile lethal. Never forget this photograph.
Ashlee Rezin of Chicago Sun-Times photo.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Ali Avery Maxwell @aliaverymaxwell.bsky.social · 1d

No. He gets nothing, and the files are released anyway.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

So the argument for sending US troops into cities to be used against Americans is that Antifa has apparently taken over our cities and the troops have to battle them.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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