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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 1h

2 dead in murder suicide in Detroit, Michigan.

A man in his 20s, woman in her 60s (grandson and grandmother).

Deceased identified as Rosalyn D Wordlaw.

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 1h

🥚 Wealthy US heiress opens an orphanage in Cambodia.

Uncovered years later: rape, abuse, self-injury, fraud.

“Foster parents struggled to connect with their foster children, who felt they were treated differently from biological kids.”

Zero adoptees are surprised. 1/2

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An American Heiress Just Wanted to Help Children. Things Didn’t Go as Planned. — The Wall Street Journal

Elizabeth Ross Johnson and her collaborator promised Cambodian orphans a ‘golden’ life. After she died, dark allegations came to light.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 3h

2 dead in murder suicide in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

Deceased identified as 40 year old Rachael Free.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 2h

1 dead and 2 injured in shooting in Savannah, Georgia.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 2h

1 dead and 2 injured in shooting in Greencastle, Pennsylvania.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 4h

Mass shooting:
1 dead and 4 wounded in shooting at a balloon release for victim of violence in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Deceased identified as 18 year old Angelo Davis.

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 6h

LoL. Let me clarify... 😂

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 7h

Remember to take breaks. Your mind and body need it during this hellscape period

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 7h

The bourgeoisie are winning. The rest of us suffer at the hands of their exploitation.
#EatTheRich #TaxTheRich

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 11h

Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich.

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Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

Surely this will trickle down to workers, right?

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 11h

Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich.

itep.org/trump-tax-la...

Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

itep.org

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 9h

Wait, they're not Ukrainian kids who have been kidnapped? WTH is going on?!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9h

BREAKING: First lady Melania Trump says eight kids displaced by the Russia-Ukraine war have been reunited with their families after ongoing talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Melania Trump says 8 Ukrainian children are reunited with families after ongoing talks with Putin

First lady Melania Trump says eight Ukrainian children have been reunited with their families after ongoing talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 9h

All of them.

Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 9h

I have too. It's now bumming me out. Alas...

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 9h

Meanwhile in "oy vey" news

Straw Raccoon @strawraccoons.bsky.social · 14h

"Milei and Machado are part of a Latin American far right that is subordinate to the US, sympathetic to Trump and a fervent supporter of the Zionist apartheid regime."

What does María Corina Machado’s alliance with the European and Israeli ultra-right imply for the Venezuelan people?

Simón Rodríguez AI generated image Convening under the banner of “Patriots for Europe”, two months ago the European extreme right met in Madrid, bringing political leaders of the Trumpi…

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 10h

And a reminder that the wealthy exploited the working class to get where they are. It's time to tax the rich

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 10h

Now I understand how Superman felt in bizarro world.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 10h

I tend to avoid googling if I can help it, but in this case I should have.

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 11h

The jumbo jet agreement comes around

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

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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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Cartoon by @claytoonz.bsky.social.

#ICE

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 11h

Damn! Thank you for sharing this. And you are correct...I am one of the "intellectuals," but had no idea who she was until the announcement. This is now bumming me out.

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 12h

Ummm...this should be a bigger story 👇🏽

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Dominion Voting Systems has been sold to the former GOP director of elections in St. Louis -- will now be named Liberty Vote.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Dominion, voting firm targeted by false 2020 election claims, sold to new owner

Company, which reached $787.5m defamation settlement with Fox News, becomes new entity called Liberty Vote

www.theguardian.com

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson is delaying my swearing in to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

Join us in demanding Speaker Johnson:

End the Shutdown.

Swear me In.

Release the Files.

SIGN OUR PETITION 🔗adelita.us/sign

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 12h

This is good!

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Stephen Farrow @stephenfarrow.bsky.social · 12h

Thinking of nobody in particular…

Cartoon by David Gomberg. A large auditorium, in which the Nobel Peace Prize has just been announced, From a lectern centre stage, the presenter says, “Don’t leave just yet, we still have Nobel door prizes.”

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 12h

👀

ACLU @aclu.org · 12h

The government has executed more people in 2025 than any year in over a decade — and there are five more executions scheduled over the next week.

Just a handful of states are responsible for these executions, and they’re increasingly out of step with public opinion.

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