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garci32 @garci32.bsky.social · 9h

The Blaze editor Daniel Horowitz: “So we can sign away military bases on our soil to Qatar during a government shutdown? As I said a while ago, accepting the plane from Qatar was the least of the problems.”

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Realities 🌐 @insuret.bsky.social · 13h

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Jori M. @jorinyc.bsky.social · 9h

Murder on the high seas points to what Trump has planned for home

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Murder on the high seas points to what Trump has planned for home

Last weekend, Donald Trump ordered another summary execution of people on a fishing boat off the Venezuelan coast. The administration claims the dead were engaged in drug trafficking. Despite internat...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

New blockbuster reporting on the secretive map drawing process in Texas. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

New Details Emerge in Federal Court About Texas’ Secretive Redistricting Map

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 22h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Jer Stanczak proud member of the Pittsburgh steelers nation. @zenpaladin.bsky.social · 9h

Clouds in my coffee

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“‘I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,’ Pope Leo XIV states in his first magisterial document …” www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...

Pope Leo in first major document: Love for the poor is not optional for Christians

“I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,” Pope Leo XIV states in his first m...

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spooky•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 16h

Argentina got $20 billion this week.

the Argentinian public healthcare system is free for residents and tourists, funded through taxes.

America First, though, amirite??

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Robin 🦋 @robinh2.bsky.social · 1d

You know the assignment 👍

It'd be a real shame if this photo of President Obama receiving his Nobel peace prize went viral today, for no particular reason

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Sebastiaan (Female version of it!)(They/Them) @cenobiteyogapunk.bsky.social · 9h

I will scream this one more time for those in the back. LEGALLY they CANNOT do this during the shut down. Nazi Vought is overstepping his "authority" on this one. #FUCKSSVought

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Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers during government shutdown

More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing Fri...

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 10d

I keep seeing photos of men who make US health policy, like this one of Trump announcing lower drug prices. HHS.gov features only men: Bhattacharya, Oz, Trump, Kennedy, Makary.

HHS has 35 top slots. 21 men. 6 women. 8 are vacant.

Just saying.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...

Trump Announces Deal With Pfizer to Sell Drugs to Medicaid at European Prices

www.nytimes.com

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16h

RIFed: NCIPC: National Center for Injury Prevention & Control - comms & policy
(Not clear on what else @NCIPC was RIFed - much was already RIFed earlier)

All that important violence prevention stuff?
Suicide. Drowning. Youth Violence. Concussions in sports. Community violence.

NCIPC’s focus 👆

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epicat9.bsky.social @epicat9.bsky.social · 16h

The Behavioral Integration Branch, which is where the suicide SMEs and where the Comprehensive Suicide Prevention are housed was also RIF'd tonight. This branch includes health and behavioral scientists, epidemiologists, and project officers.

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Jori M. @jorinyc.bsky.social · 9h

'Setting themselves up for a hard fall': GOP warned Trump act will come back to haunt them

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'Setting themselves up for a hard fall': GOP warned Trump act will come back to haunt them

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough warned Republicans are setting dangerous precedents for themselves by allowing President Donald Trump's anti-democratic abuses.Republican lawmakers have stood aside as the pres...

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Mamady @mamady.bsky.social · Jan 5

Sunrise at Volcán de Fuego where the morning light projects a perfect shadow as this very active volcano erupts (once every 20 minutes or so) into the sky.

#Photography #Nature #Mountains #Guatemala #Travel #SouthAmerica #Volcano

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Linda @linda2.bsky.social · 2d

I thought I was invisible until spotted by this cygnet which stared into my lens. A face-off commenced. Great symmetry in a bird.

#BirdOfTheDay #Spotted #UKWildlife #cygnet #Birds #Photography

An image of a cygnet which happened to look into my lens at a key moment. This head shot is the result. The symmetry of facial features most evident.

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Jori M. @jorinyc.bsky.social · 10h

What an amazing picture. Thanks. Love it!

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Armand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 3d

Another image from this summer Greenland adventures, this time during a moody day with a bit of fog, and the signature red sails.

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Jori M. @jorinyc.bsky.social · 10h

Wow! So beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

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Jori M. @jorinyc.bsky.social · 10h

Trump official accused of canceling colleague's hotel room so she’d have to stay with him

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Trump official accused of canceling colleague's hotel room so she’d have to stay with him

A White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security was investigated for accusations he harassed a lower-ranking co-worker by canceling her hotel room and having them share a room together, ...

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Jori M. @jorinyc.bsky.social · 10h

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Dangerous new MAGA lie: Republicans SMEAR peaceful protesters as ‘terrorists’

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Juli @world-wanderer.bsky.social · 16h

If you can, take off work. If you can, we need EVERYONE who is physically able, to peacefully attend,
NoKings.org ‼️

In the interest of saving OUR 250 year old Democracy from #TyrantTrump & his #TrumpCrimeSyndicate please attend a gathering near you‼️
We need 12 Million people‼️
Be one of them‼️

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 22h

I know Mike Johnson says there is nothing for the House to do but there is.

You see by law a budget was supposed to be in place by Sept 30th, but Rs haven’t passed one. The reason? There isn’t a GOP budget. They haven’t even started working on one. This is what the House should be doing FFS!

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