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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 7h

Sure seems weird that we are allowing a foreign military base on US soil….

From a country that is known to harbor and financially support multiple terror groups that want to harm America.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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comaku.bsky.social @comaku.bsky.social · 9h

2026 Tax Bracket Information

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2026 Tax Brackets

Explore the IRS inflation-adjusted 2026 tax brackets, for which taxpayers will file tax returns in early 2027.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 19h

The Grenadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that the government is currently reviewing a U.S. request to temporary install a radar & deploy associated technical personnel at Maurice Bishop International Airport on the island.

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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article312446207.html

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 10h

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro secretly offered the U.S. sweeping access to his nation’s oil, gold, and mineral wealth—proposing to cut ties with China, Iran, and Russia—to avoid military conflict with Washington. The Trump administration rejected the deal. - NYT

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/world/americas/maduro-venezuela-us-oil.html

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 10h

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 11h

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Annie Andrews, MD @drannieandrews.com · 19h

“Annie, are you tough enough?”

Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 11h

Democracy is a precondition for lasting peace. However, we live in a world where democracy is in retreat, where more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norms and resorting to violence.

Maria Corina Machado – awarded the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize – has spent years working for the freedom of the Venezuelan people. The Venezuelan regime’s rigid hold on power and its repression of the population are not unique in the world. We see the same trends globally: rule of law abused by those in control, free media silenced, critics imprisoned, and societies pushed towards authoritarian rule and militarisation. In 2024, more elections were held than ever before, but fewer and fewer are free and fair.

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comaku.bsky.social @comaku.bsky.social · 10h

Oh, they have "a concept" of a theory.

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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 10h

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 15h

Donald Trump’s America - one horror story after another. 🤬💔

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dkstoneman.bsky.social @dkstoneman.bsky.social · 11h

🤣💯👌 #RESPECT

Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 12h

Late Night with Seth Meyers: #dementia #f'ingliar #fdt

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?

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🌹Weegie 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 17h

An absolute MUST watch!

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 22h

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

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 21h

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES

DAY 9 OCTOBER 2025

THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES

🚨PROP 50 IS SO IMPORTANT 🚨

BALLOTS HAVE BEEN MAILED

Dear Californians please help tell your friends and neighbors to VOTE YES ON PROP 50

Many of us are phonebanking to California Voters & we need your help !
Tell them YES

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Resist Republicans in Florida @flwillregret22.bsky.social · 10h

😇THIS IS DIVINE JUSTICE😇

A WOMAN, VENEZUELAN (Trump starting war w/them) of course HISPANIC/LATINO, who fights day in & day out AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM (Trump)

I think she checks all the boxes. Tee hee🤭 A WOMAN BEAT TRUMP🤭
CONGRATULATIONS 🍾🎉

TO María Corina Machado

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

Bro, Christian hate is exhausting.

📌 Turning Point USA “All-American halftime show” counter programming because Bad Bunny, an American citizen, isn’t American enough.

I can’t wait to see the ratings side by side.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 11h

Machado, a 58-year-old industrial engineer who lives in hiding, was blocked in 2024 by Venezuela's courts from running for president and thus challenging President Nicolas Maduro, who has been in power since 2013. Here's what we know about her: reut.rs/4nHaDpX

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11h

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 · 13h

'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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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

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Jennifer Taylor @jtaylor27.bsky.social · 10h

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