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Eliza @eliza2024.bsky.social · 3h

A government filled with abusers, female as well as male.

Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 3h

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Pam Bondi’s Shameless Message to Democrats

You have no power.

www.thenation.com

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Charlotte Crist @touchesky.bsky.social · 18h

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

Only one thing could top the honor of speaking at the No Kings rally, and that's the honor of speaking at No Kings 2. See you October 18th!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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Astropus @astropus.bsky.social · 19h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

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Ukraine War Brief Podcast @ukrainewarpod.bsky.social · 3h

The Russian Pension Fund has an 800 billion ruble deficit—the only larger deficit was in 2022 (1 trillion rubles).

Revenues this year are 12 trillion, but obligations are 17 trillion rubles.

Federal budget transfer was cut from 5.47 to 3.64 trillion rubles.

www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/07/v...

В бюджете Пенсионного фонда России образовалась «дыра» на 800 миллиардов рублей - Русская служба The Moscow Times

www.moscowtimes.ru

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 3h

www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Israel Just Attacked Another Flotilla. But the Movement Will Never Stop.

“We haven’t before, and we won’t let Israel’s violence and brutality deter us,” one participant told The Nation.

www.thenation.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 8h

Psst: Stop burning stuff on Earth for energy. Let the burning fireball in the sky be your energy source.

T&E @transportenvironment.org · 3d

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 6h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 13h

Richard Tice - "Please welcome to the stage... Nathan Gill"

So much for Tice's claim to have never met Nathan Gill.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

A second generation nepo baby, raised by a pair of sociopaths and given every advantage in the world. I'm sure this story will end well.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17h

Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...

Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero

The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...

kyivindependent.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16h

Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c

Tweet from Fred Wellman: “Weird. I was told it’s a war zone.”
Below is a Time Out Chicago post showing a scenic city skyline at sunset with the text: “Chicago has been voted the Best Big City in the U.S. for the ninth consecutive year.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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Call me Krazi @krazikrone.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know Nixon never served a day in prison because he was pardoned?
But his Attorney General did.
His Chief of Staff did.
His Domestic Affairs Adviser did.
His Special Counsel did.
His campaign chairman did.
Even members of his re-election committee did time.

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Fredxie @rodgilbert.bsky.social · 12h

Yea but Rob Citrone (Bessent’s friend) doesn’t have a fortune tied to the measles. He does have a fortune tied to Argentina

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 1d

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism ... you don't say www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

www.nytimes.com

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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 13h

We live under slaughterhouse capitalism: a system designed from the ground up to treat all animals, human and nonhuman, as simply raw material for profit. www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-ind...

How Industrial Slaughter Became the Blueprint for Modern Capitalism

Henry Ford learned mass production from slaughterhouses. A century later, our modern economy still resembles a meatpacking plant.

www.currentaffairs.org

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

Me to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Comey and James and (probably imminent) Bolton prosecutions

"It doesn’t matter what your politics are. If you say he’s stupid, which he is, if you say he is wrong, which he is, if you say he’s a criminal or sleezy, which he is ... then you’re his enemy.”

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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 13h

The term “slaughterhouse capitalism” reminds us that the violence we see under “post-Fordist capitalism” is not some type of quirk or mistake, but instead the original and foundational purpose of the entire system—from the moment it was first designed.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-ind...

How Industrial Slaughter Became the Blueprint for Modern Capitalism

Henry Ford learned mass production from slaughterhouses. A century later, our modern economy still resembles a meatpacking plant.

www.currentaffairs.org

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Lucy @hi-lucy.bsky.social · 1d

The guy heavily invested in being a landlord and dodging tax doesn't like your policies.

... How unexpected.

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