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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 11h

You don't blow up Venezuelan & Colombian boats in international waters -- killing 21 people -- and expect a Nobel Peace Prize.

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Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 13h

A man who has declared war on American cities is not deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 19h

Saying "I deserve the Nobel Peace Prize" should pretty much be a disqualification in and of itself for winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2h

⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2h

The Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded…

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 2h

Nobel Peace Prize goes to Antifa Latina. Nice.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 5h

A residential building in #Kyiv after last night's Russian attack.

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 1d

Oversight Democrats have one message for Speaker Johnson: Stop the Shutdown, Release the Files!

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18h

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/b9U7CY1

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

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Barb: Bring Back Democracy! 💙 @bboptop.bsky.social · 11h

I hope it works out like that.

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Barb: Bring Back Democracy! 💙 @bboptop.bsky.social · 12h

She seems to use X, not BlueSky was your point, I guess. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Barb: Bring Back Democracy! 💙 @bboptop.bsky.social · 12h

She is at @carolleonnig.bsky.social
Her last name is spelled ‘Leonnig.’ I couldn’t find her for a while because I kept spelling her name wrong. Her timeline of posts is very short though.

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Barb: Bring Back Democracy! 💙 @bboptop.bsky.social · 12h

Carol, I’m so glad that you are doing your excellent reporting for MSNBC! 👏👏👏
Every time you appear, I know I have to stop whatever I’m doing to listen to you. 🧐

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

MEMPHIS VS. MUSK — @keshaunpearson.bsky.social : “xAI was able to pollute our community over 12 months illegally with up to 33 methane gas turbines. That’s unheard of, illegal, uncivilized, and truthfully it’s disgusting.” wreg.com/news/local/p...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

Trump’s retaliation tour continues. If you’re not alarmed yet you’re not paying attention.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

Rogan on Trump’s cruel mass deportations, racially profiling non-criminals and ripping apart families: “This is crazy. That shows no heart. You’re not gonna get any reasonable people to go along with that. Any kind person would go ‘this can’t be the only way to do this’.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

Rep. @aoc.bsky.social RT’ed this 👀

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

*ding ding* We’re seeing rampant lawlessness from the Trump admin @billybinion.bsky.social

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Tampa Bay resister 🇺🇸🇨🇿🇨🇴🏴‍☠️⚡️🐶🎧 @depechemodefan101.bsky.social · 13h

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 14h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14h

So, Tom Homan can straight accept a bag of $50K in cash from the FBI in a sting operation, have the investigation dismissed by this corrupt Justice Department, but all of Trump's critics somehow face indictments?

Cool, cool. Cool.

A desperate, weak Administration overplaying its hand.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13h

“Hurry up, Lurch — I have to get to my cognitive exam. I was up all night studying.”

“I’m not Lurch, Dad. I’m Eric.”

“How’s your mother, Eric?”

“She’s dead.”

“You should have told me. I could have stuck her in the weeds — I can use the tax deduction.”

“You did that already.”

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