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Charlotte Scot @charlottescot.bsky.social · 5h

HAPPY ENDING:-)
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A long-lost ancient Roman artifact reappears in a New Orleans backyard

A family cleaning their backyard in New Orleans discovered an unusual marble tablet with some characters in Latin.

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Charlotte Scot @charlottescot.bsky.social · 5h

I do not want foreign countries building military bases in my country...even if they gave the President a $400,000,000 plane
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Things to know about the Qatar training facility planned for an Idaho Air Force base

When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning that the federal government had reached an agreement with Qatar to build a facility at an Air Force base in Idaho, social media posts ...

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Charlotte Scot @charlottescot.bsky.social · 5h

Totally senseless and needless
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Drone footage above Gaza City shows the toll of 2 years of war

New drone footage shows what remains of Gaza City after two years of war as a ceasefire holds in its second day.

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Charlotte Scot @charlottescot.bsky.social · 5h

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With inflation UP from when he was elected, the President declares a victory.

Trump says inflation is 'defeated' and the Fed has cut rates, yet prices remain too high for many

Inflation has risen in three of the last four months and is slightly higher than it was a year ago. Yet you wouldn’t know it from listening to President Donald Trump or even some of the inflation figh...

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Charlotte Scot @charlottescot.bsky.social · 6h

The Vice-Whacko wants Democrats to stop attacking law enforcement. Refusing to condemn Jan 6th, indicates that Trump supporters can continue attacking law enforcement. So sayeth the Vice.
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Vance says Trump is 'looking at all his options' as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act

The Insurrection Act would allow the president to deploy the U.S. military domestically for law enforcement purposes.

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Charlotte Scot @charlottescot.bsky.social · 7h

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Hamas has told Israel it has 20 living Israeli hostages in hand and is ready to begin releasing them as early as Sunday, people familiar with the matter said

Charlotte Scot @charlottescot.bsky.social · 8h

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Living as a political pawn

‘Using us as political pawns’: federal workers reel over threats of firings and withheld back pay

Employees express growing anxiety over their pay – and the future of their jobs – amid the US government shutdown

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Charlotte Scot @charlottescot.bsky.social · 19h

WAPO
More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Charlotte Scot @charlottescot.bsky.social · 23h

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Trump orders Defense Dept. to issue military paychecks during shutdown

Charlotte Scot @charlottescot.bsky.social · 1d

WAPOAuthorities expect no survivors after Tennessee plant explosion left 18 missing

Charlotte Scot @charlottescot.bsky.social · 1d

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Arab states expanded cooperation with Israeli military during Gaza war, files show
Leaked U.S. documents reveal that key Arab states quietly met with the Israeli military to coordinate on regional threats even as they condemned the war in Gaza.