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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25m

they need to be mocked relentlessly for this

oh did your special little guy not get his little prize? did your wittle boy not get his wittle trophy? is pee paw sad he didnt get his trinket? these people are a fucking joke

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 33m

On the left is how the White House reacted to the Nobel Peace Prize announcement.

On the right is what President Trump posted about Maria Corina Machado back in January, just two weeks before nominations closed for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

Steven Cheung * B @StevenCheung47
X.com
President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives.
He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will.
The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado and President-elect Gonzalez are peacefully expressing the voices and the WILL of the Venezuelan people with hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating against the regime. The great Venezuelan American community in the United States overwhelmingly support a free Venezuela, and strongly supported me. These freedom fighters should not be harmed, and MUST stay SAFE and ALIVE!
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Pekka Kallioniemi @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 1h

In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce American propagandist Alexandra Jost, aka “Sasha”. She’s best known for being paid by the Russian state to spread pro-Kremlin propaganda — and for doing it with a big smile.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 17h

Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History

Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses, writes @johnjharwood.bsky.social.

Read now: zeteo.com/p/who-is-ste...

Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.

zeteo.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24m

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 54m

Proving yet again that being a scumbag is the first criteria for a Trump appointment. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 54m

NEW: Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates.

Those dates have come and gone.

They’re still stuck here.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates have come and gone. They’re still stuck here.

www.propublica.org

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 57m

Totally normal official response.

Steven Cheung

President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives.

He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will.

The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.

Quoting The Nobel Prize:

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1h

The 📷 shows an apartment building in #Kyiv hit by a Russian Shahed last night.It captures the overall atmosphere in the city with painful accuracy

A hellish night of Russian strikes...We cherish every moment of life,because any moment,any day could be our last.That's why we live a bit desperately⤵️

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19h

Using AI to Detect Military Trenches on Satellite Imagery medium.com/@gaborfriese...

Using AI to Detect Military Trenches on Satellite Imagery

This article provides a simplified and summarised view of my second undergraduate thesis. For access to the full thesis on this topic (14 pages) or underlying datasets, please reach out to me …

medium.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 11h

Just in case anyone is still holding on out of nostalgia for what it used to be.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11h

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 12h

Kyiv 💔

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10h

⚡️Update: 'Missiles, one after another' — 9 injured, outages in Kyiv amid mass Russian attack on energy infrastructure.

Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile attack on Kyiv overnight Oct. 10, injuring nine people, causing a residential building fire, and a blackout in the city's left bank.

'Missiles, one after another' — 9 injured, outages in Kyiv amid mass Russian attack on energy infrastructure

"From the explosions that just occurred — a ballistic missile attack is ongoing. Missiles one after another, air defense is active," Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 9h

No money flowing to USAID and hardly any to PEPFAR despite their duly enacted funding; well north of twenty billion dollars being deployed for other weird hair autocrats. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, treasury secretary confirms

The U.S. Treasury has finalized a financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country’s central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 10h

Remember the hysteria when President Obama made a nice little back-to-school speech? "Study and have fun, kids." ZOMG SOCIALIST INDOCTRINATION! Now so many institutions are just rolling over for maniac liar Trump.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10h

Trump admin on Thu began airing video at airports across the country that blames Dems for gov shutdown. 13K air traffic controllers and 50K TSA officers must still turn up for work without being paid. They are set to get a partial paycheck next week for work performed before the shutdown.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

I know that some people see foreign aid as wasteful but limiting the spread of deadly diseases is in all our interests

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21h

More than eight months after President Trump cut U.S. foreign assistance to Africa, health officials are reporting a rise in deadly infections brought on by a shortage of medical supplies, including a new Ebola outbreak in the Congo that has already killed several dozen people.

U.S. aid cuts are being felt across Africa. Here’s where.

How the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. aid has affected disease preparedness and response in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 14h

Keep your corrupt, grubby, abusive hands off Tish James, Donald Trump.

Your cowardice is showing — weak men seek revenge on powerful women who hold them to account.

But NY’rs don’t play. Our AG has been a fierce warrior for our rights, time & again. You better believe we’ll be there for hers.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 9h

This

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 9h

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 13h

Notable points in Judge Perry's remarks in Illinois v Trump National Guard case.⤵️

Judge:
1. Federalized deployment of National Guard not quelling civil unrest. Instead, it is "likely to lead to civil unrest."

2. State and local community policing not well geared for out of state Guards.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 13h

Think about this: federal judges are routinely concluded that Federal agency analyses are unreliable. When those agencies lose that rebuttable presumption and deference, the house of cards falls.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 14h

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 14h

#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.

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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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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 15h

someone should tell Trump they don't give the Peace Prize to people who blow up boats and murder those on high seas nor to those who deploy military against their own people. NEVER.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 14h

why u may ask well

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 15h

Soybean farmer: For the 2025 crop, China has bought 0 US soybeans. We need our government to to do their job, which is not write emergency aid checks to us, but to promote worldwide trade so we can earn our income.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 15h

Operation Condor shit

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