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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 14h

Not sure what’s worse, how bigoted Winsome Earle-Sears is or how rude Winsome Earle-Sears is.

She literally does not believe that discriminating against gay people is discrimination…and she won’t shut up about it.

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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 14h

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 5h

Roberts Is Just As Responsible For Chump As Chump Is ! Both Have
Failed This Country.......

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2h

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

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Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

If you are a paying subscriber to The Washington Post, this is what you get.

If you are a free subscriber to Democracy Docket, this is what you get.

Support independent, pro-democracy media. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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bluewaterbay.bsky.social @bluewaterbay.bsky.social · 1h

READ HERE: www.wilx.com/2025/10/10/w...

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Experts say the committee typically focuses on the durability of peace, the promotion of international fraternity and the quiet work of institutions that strengthen those goals.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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

Context matters

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Your Mom… Only Better @yourmomonlybetter.bsky.social · 10h

Please save your kids from this horror.
The separation of church and state was one of the few things our founding fathers were VERY specific about.

This is unconstitutional and un-American.

#ChurchAndState #Fascism #DepartmentOfEducation #DepartmentOfPropaganda #YallQaida #ChristianNationalism

ProPublica @propublica.org · 11h

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.

The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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ᴄᴏʟᴏʀᴀᴅᴏ ʀᴇꜱɪꜱᴛᴇʀ @tx-to-co-resister.bsky.social · 10h

It "made it easier for the Arab states to put political pressure on Hamas to negotiate since they could point to a route towards Palestinian statehood, something that has always been their precondition for reconciliation w/Israel."

Trump will take all credit. Follow the💰 He's in cahoots with/Bibi.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10h

‘Trump is like a juggernaut’: how the Gaza ceasefire deal was done

Sidelines chat at UN was turning point for US president, but others also have right to claim role in end of two-year war

www.theguardian.com

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Mary Lotts @marylotts.bsky.social · 17h

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bluewaterbay.bsky.social @bluewaterbay.bsky.social · 10h

HUGE BREAKING: Judge April Perry just BLOCKED Trump from sending National Guard troops into the Chicago area. 💪 She said there is ZERO evidence of "danger of rebellion" in IL. “DHS’s narrative of events is simply unreliable.” 👏 Damn right!

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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 15h

After decades of passenger traffic growth at Denver International Airport, the surge has stalled this year, slowing progress toward Denver’s 100 million travelers-a-year target.

DIA passenger growth stalls but airport ranks #1 for U.S. destinations

If the dropoff continues, it’ll mark a turnaround after DIA’s annual total in 2024 hit a record 82.4 million passengers, airport data shows.

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Forbes @forbes.com · 15h

The judge called the Department of Homeland Security’s assessment of protests in the Chicago area “unreliable.”

Judge Blocks Trump’s Chicago National Guard Deployment For Two Weeks

The judge called the Department of Homeland Security’s assessment of protests in the Chicago area “unreliable.”

www.forbes.com

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bluewaterbay.bsky.social @bluewaterbay.bsky.social · 15h

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

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 19h

President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s prepared to cancel funding approved by Congress that he believes is going toward programs supported by Democrats, though he didn’t share any additional details during a Cabinet meeting, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.

Trump threatens 'permanent' cuts to Democratic programs on day nine of shutdown gridlock • West Virginia Watch

Trump said Thursday he’s prepared to cancel funding approved by Congress that he believes is going toward programs supported by Democrats.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 19h

In 1947, some Hollywood stars including Henry Fonda stood up to anti-communist witch hunts.

Now, Jane Fonda and artists like Viola Davis, Pedro Pascal and Billie Eilish are reviving their organization — the Committee for the First Amendment — to defend free speech again.

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Jane Fonda, other stars, revive the Committee for the First Amendment – a group that emerged when the anti-communist panic came for Hollywood

Even after the original group fizzled, many of its members were able to keep making films with progressive messages.

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The Economist @economist.com · 19h

If anything, the treatment of detainees is worsening as they are dispersed to distant regions. Can anything be done to prevent the abuse of Russia’s prisoners-of-war?

Russia is torturing its Ukrainian captives

“Worse than the worst horror film” says the former mayor of Kherson

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 20h

US human rights, faith, & policy groups warn of a full-blown, limitless war.

“The Trump administration has not provided any valid legal justification for these strikes or any evidence to substantiate its claims that the victims were an imminent threat to the security of the United States.”

www.aljazeera.com