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          Living through a hostile government takeover by corrupt kleptocrats. Y’all, fight like hell.
      
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      European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO. 
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
      
          This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
          Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
        
          
          www.politico.eu
        
      
  
        
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      Great analysis of the situation in Tanzania by Dan Paget
    
      
          Has Tanzania Reached Its Breaking Point? | Journal of Democracy
          President Hassan promised Tanzanians freedom, transparency, and reform. Instead, she has delivered repression, violence, and arrests as she bars anyone who dares challenge her.
        
          
          www.journalofdemocracy.org
        
      
  
      An amazing sight in Novi Sad, Serbia - another Putin-allied regime facing huge resistance.
And it’s another Gen Z-led movement.
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        And it’s another Gen Z-led movement.
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      ELECTION DAY. Getting ready to go do poll visibility in Hell’s Kitchen. Come say hi if you see me.  
And VOTE @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
        And VOTE @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
        
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      100% chance R people are going to harvest shitty Cheney comments from Bluesky to do electioneering today btw so, you know, heads up
    
  
        
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      Graham Platner is down 4 senior staffers in less than a month.
The 4th:
Victoria Perrone resigned from her position as treasurer on October 28, and her firm, Spruce Street (www.sprucestreetcomp.com/team), will no longer handle campaign compliance—after less than a month of working for Platner.🚩🚩🚩🚩
  The 4th:
Victoria Perrone resigned from her position as treasurer on October 28, and her firm, Spruce Street (www.sprucestreetcomp.com/team), will no longer handle campaign compliance—after less than a month of working for Platner.🚩🚩🚩🚩
        
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      “In her letter, @crockett.house.gov cited multiple reports of the President exhibiting visible swelling, discoloration, difficulty walking, and cognitive lapses during public appearances.” crockett.house.gov/media/press-...
    
      
          Rep. Crockett Launches Investigation into the Administration’s Cover-Up of President Trump’s Failing Health
          WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) issued a formal letter to White House Physician Captain Sean P.
        
          
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      O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
        TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
        
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      The fact that the Democrats aren't dragging CBS into court and suing for editing the Trump interview is a microcosm of why they keep losing.
    
  
        
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      If ICE agents begins harassing voters on the way to vote on Tuesday, we need local prosecutors to charge the ICE officers with state law crimes. We need to send a message for 2026 that they will be swiftly arrested.
    
  
        
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      My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
    
  
        
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