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Beigewash @beigewash.bsky.social · 23h

Loving the Streisand Effect of this that is bringing a well needed spotlight on the dodgy ethics & lobbying across Parliament.

Well done David Pocock for having ethics & for calling this out.

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Freethanker @freethanker.bsky.social · 1d

They should call it the Gamblers Club. They obviously do not show any sportsmanship after being embarrassed by the principled rugby captain.

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Simon Killen @killens.bsky.social · 1d

Mr Pocock's steely eye must absolutely terrify grifters of all shapes and sizes. He and Barb (no relation) Pocock and Mr Shoebridge are fvcking legends in our Senate.

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Rachel Withers @rachelwithers.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby.

To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?

Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 1d

Making his point for him -- just asking about the power of the gambling lobby gets Senator David Pocock booted from sports club the Prime Minister heads. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23h

The house just extended their vacation!

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Beigewash @beigewash.bsky.social · 23h

People are celebrating the fact Trump did NOT win the Nobel Peace Prize for himself.

But in a way he did actually win, or gain publicity, for the hyperbolic attacks on Venezuela he is whipping up.

..... unfortunately

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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 23h

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

NEW: A $915 million contract to fly immigrants out of the country was awarded to a brand new firm with DHS ties. A rival say it’s “unlawful.”

Massive DHS "self-deportation" contract challenged as secretive and "unlawful"

The “rushed” deal worth up to $915 million was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.

www.motherjones.com

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 1d

This "speech" is about one thing and one thing only. To paint any opposition as terrorists to justify murdering them.

Protesting is a right, not terrorism. Fuck you, Emmer.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Two GOP governors — Vermont’s Phil Scott and Oklahoma’s Kevin Stitt — just slammed Trump’s troop deployment as unconstitutional. Even Republican governors are finally calling him out for using the National Guard to take over American cities.
newrepublic.com/post/201610/...

“Unconstitutional”: Two GOP Governors Slam Trump’s Troop Deployments

Republican governors are finally calling out Donald Trump for using the National Guard to take over American cities.

newrepublic.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Trump hasn't even tried to hide the fact that he engineered Comey's indictment based on his own personal animus. In doing that, he's made Comey's lawyers' job much easier.

Trump’s Own Words Have Discredited the Case Against Comey

The evidence that the president directed a vindictive prosecution is overwhelming.

www.thebulwark.com

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The Best Words @thebestwords.bsky.social · 1d

Sen. Thune gives away the game. Even if Dems agree to the CR, the GOP is still going to dismantle heath care, promising another plan (in 2 weeks) that doesn’t exist. Stand strong, Democrats.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

NEWS: Trump accuses China of launching “hostile” export restrictions on rare earths and threatens massive new tariffs and financial countermeasures from the U.S. in response.

Markets quickly dropped after he made this post.

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coolmama13.bsky.social @coolmama13.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe if he stopped the multiple WARS he has waged in American cities, stopped Russia in Ukraine 🇺🇦, restored food and medicine to starving people around the world, stopped killing innocent fishermen in 🇻🇪Venezuela, really stopped the genocide in GAZA - I no there’s more!!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, so embarrassing.

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

Trump did not get the Nobel Peace Prize.

Republicans say he was robbed.

www.politico.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

It really feels like they’re trolling our autocrat.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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

NOBEL rewards democracy over authoritarianism

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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Beigewash @beigewash.bsky.social · 1d

#FitzPOTW @peterfitz1.bsky.social

Carrie @carebear620.bsky.social · 2d

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Carrie @carebear620.bsky.social · 2d

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

lol

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Beigewash @beigewash.bsky.social · 1d

#FitzPOTW @peterfitz1.bsky.social
"They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry."

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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