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Isabel Santos

@isabelsantos.bsky.social

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🦋Welcome to my lair, a cozy corner to have a little fun, stay informed, and blow a little steam. I favor Democracy, but all are welcome, as long as you engage in polite discourse. I find it helps us all to be open to other perspectives💙Democrat 🇺🇸🇵🇹🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🇬🇱🇩🇰🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇦🇵🇸🇮🇱

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 12h

Rep. Eric Swalwell slammed Kash Patel in a tense Judiciary hearing, saying, “We’ll take your evasiveness as a consciousness of guilt.” He added, “They’re running out of lies—the cover-up is falling apart.”
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...

FBI Director Kash Patel faces questions on Epstein files at House hearing

FBI Director Kash Patel appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for a second day of questioning by lawmakers.

www.cbsnews.com

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 12h

From gov.newsom.press.offic

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Good morning friends and family. Stay positive♥️

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Brig. Gen. Alan Gronewold stated that if the Oregon National Guard were deployed, they would protect protesters, not ICE, prioritizing citizens’ safety and civil liberties—a strong stance earning widespread approval.

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Thousands flooded Chicago streets protesting Trump’s National Guard deployment and ICE raids chanting “ICE ain’t welcome in this town” as tensions soared between federal forces and local leaders with Pritzker and Mayor Johnson denouncing the militarization of the city
www.newarab.com/news/thousan...

Thousands in Chicago protest against National Guard deployment

Wednesday saw one of the largest demonstrations in Chicago since US President Donald Trump threatened to deploy federal troops to the city.

www.newarab.com

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you Vinny, you made my day🫶🏻

a penguin is holding a bowl of hearts and hearts are flying around it .

ALT: a penguin is holding a bowl of hearts and hearts are flying around it .

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 17h

Meanwhile in DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE

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Is it just me or this place is suddenly crawling with Magats? Been blocking left and right!

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Gavin Newsom mocked Trump on X, posting: “DOZY DON IS BACK! TOO MUCH ‘TYLENOL??’” with a video of him drowsy at a White House roundtable…

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Hakeem Jeffries snapped at Rep. Mike Lawler, yelling, “You’re not going to talk over me… so why don’t you just keep your mouth shut,” during a fiery Capitol hallway showdown over ACA subsidies, exposing the raw tension and partisan heat fueling the government shutdown.
nypost.com/2025/10/08/u...

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Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego slammed Speaker Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, accusing him of blocking her to hide Epstein files. Johnson claimed it’s the shutdown, but critics call it a blatant, politically motivated cover-up.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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🥳🎉🍾👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻🍾🎉🥳Democrat Mindy O’Neall won Fairbanks’ mayoral race, flipping the city blue for the first time in 12 years! She defeated incumbent David Pruhs 54%-46%. Congratulations to O’Neall on this exciting victory!
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaig...

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'Epstein bomb set to drop — nobody wants to defend Trump': 100 GOP Reps to mutiny, congressman warns
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues Trump administration over First Amendment threats in Chicago
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson slammed Trump after he called for Johnson and Gov. Pritzker to be jailed, calling the former president “unstable, unhinged, a threat to our democracy,” noting past unjust calls to arrest Black men, and declaring, “I’m not going anywhere.”
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Portland, Oregon fighting the good fight. Our hearts go out to you.

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Pritzker threatened to withdraw from the National Governors Association unless it condemns Trump’s deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois without state consent, calling it unconstitutional and an “invasion,” joining concerns from Newsom
gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...

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President Biden made a rare public outing with Dr. Jill Biden to watch the Dodgers-Phillies playoff. Dressed in a pinstripe shirt and blue-gray blazer, he warmly chatted with fans, posed for photos, and remained in good spirits despite the game’s outcome.
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/ar...

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When AOC says Stephen Miller is 4'10, she isn't lying.

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“Can't believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.”
~ Tim Walz

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The defense says an agent is heard saying "Do something, bitch" before exiting their vehicle and firing.
Bodycam footage shows that the Chicago woman shot by ICE after allegedly ramming agents with her car shows the OPPOSITE - the agent rammed HER…
www.wbez.org/public-safet...

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, ‘Do something b----’ before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...

www.wbez.org

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🇵🇸 Palestinian-origin scientist Omar M. Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (with Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson) for pioneering metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)—porous materials that can store gases, capture CO₂, and harvest water from air.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...

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