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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 38m

The only way we save our country is through our numbers.

Trump and MAGA don't have the majority, not even close.

Overwhelm them with numbers. Resist everywhere. They are too reckless, incompetent, and self-destructive.

Also, divide and conquer. Many fissures, especially around Epstein.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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Little Washita 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🇪🇺 @littlewashita.bsky.social · 26m

Keep in mind, when Trump says millions of people are dead because of Putin’s War in Ukraine, he is speaking of Russian soldiers killed in combat (Ukraine’s losses are probably under 75,000-100k).

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

One million and counting: Russian casualties hit milestone in Ukraine war

As grim tally of its invasion is reached, expansive propaganda campaign and state payouts are keeping grieving relatives onside

www.theguardian.com

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Almost like someone had advance notice from inside Trump’s inner circle. Truly the golden age of corruption.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1h

The attorneys working on this case should be disbarred.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 8h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

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

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Churlayla 86.47 @churlayla.bsky.social · 7h

Let the magats know... they're coming for them. Fascists can't have an armed populace.

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 1d

Next Saturday's anti-Trump 'No Kings' protest is expected to be the largest single demonstration in U.S. history.

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Little Washita 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🇪🇺 @littlewashita.bsky.social · 23h

And Jared, in his speech from Israel yesterday, sounded like he might be running for President.

Money = entitlement to those people.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23h

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Eykyu - The solution is unification🏴󠁵󠁳󠁣󠁡󠁿🌊🇺🇸🦅 @eykyu.bsky.social · 23h

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Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 1d

Trump, McMahon and THEIR voters are ALL EVIL! share.newsbreak.com/fex9ko8f?s=i16

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says - NewsBreak

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

just constantly enriching themselves via in-your-face corruption

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

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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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 1d

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Val Marie ❌👑 @valmarie707.bsky.social · 1d

“The United States is promising to treat Qatar's security like its own.
That single Trump administration decision sets in motion a geopolitical cluster.”

www.axios.com/2025/10/08/t...

What to make of Qatar's diet Article 5 protections

Trump "may well have intended it one way, and the region could interpret it in another," said one expert.

www.axios.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

The grand jury indictment against New York AG Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased.

James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, the indictment alleges.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Letitia James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, indictment alleges

The grand jury indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased in Norfolk, Virgini

www.nbcnews.com

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open.substack.com/pub/mdavis19...

Reddit Thread Details Horrific ICE Encounters

These stories are happening all over the country. We CAN'T look away and we must share them.

open.substack.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 This is a video for Tizzy. Where is this? Who is this “man?” I have never seen a cop punch a woman or slam her into the ground. And the brazenness of doing it in front of children and passersby’s. Fuck this.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 1d

this entire clip is fuckin comedy gold

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Michelle @michellesea.bsky.social · 1d

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · Jan 6

The bronze portrait of Seuthes III, along with three rooms filled with Thracian treasures, can be seen at the #GettyVilla during the run of its exhibition 'Ancient Thrace and the Classical World', running now through early March. Highly recommended! 🏺 3/

Another photo of the bronze head of Seuthes III - see description in the first post in this thread.

This <i>rhyton</i> - drinking horn - with the forepart (<i>protome</i>) of a goat is a traditional Persian shape, adorned here with Greek figures of Apollo, Hera, Artemis, and Nike. Each god is identified by a dotted inscription and depicted with a specific attribute. The flaring rim of the rhyton is decorated with Ionic cymatium. The two pairs in the composition - Hera and Nike, and Apollo and his twin Artemis - likely symbolize, respectively, continental Greece and Ionian Greece. Hera, the goddess of Argos, was protectress of the victorious Achaeans at Troy, and the divine twins were on the side of the Trojans. The goat protome has replaced the ibex typically found on Achaemenid rhyta and may serve as a 'talking symbol' representing the Macedonian capital of Aigai (<i>aigi</i>, 'goats'), as on the coins of the city.

This unique hoard, found in the Bulgarian town of Panagyurishte, has become a symbol of ancient Thracian luxury. It has drawn various interpretations regarding its origin and date, as well as the meaning of the figural imagery. The nine gold vessels may have been part of a rituall set meant for dedication in a religious sanctuary. Their form and decoration combine Persian shapes, Greek mythological characters, and Thracian traditions.

Late 4th-early 3rd century BCE, gold, found in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria.

Regional Archaeological Museum, Plovdiv (3196)

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Photographed at the Getty Villa Museum, part of the 'Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece' exhibition.

From the Mogilanskata burial mount in Vratsa, Bulgaria, a silver greave with gilding. Forged from a single sheet of silver, this leg armor is decorated with gilt animals and other motifs in relief. The part protecting the knee depicts a female head, perhaps a goddess, wearing an ivy wreath. Parallel lines on the right side of her face may represent tattoos, for which the Thracians were famous. The figural imagery exemplifies a distinctive style in Thracian metalwork that reached its climax in the late 300s BCE.

The Mogilanskata burial mound covered three tombs that were constructed successively over the 300s CE. The second tomb contained exquisite gold jewelry, weapons, ceremonial armor, and vessels, including two offering dishes inscribed in Greek with the name of the Odrysian king Kotys I (ruled 384/383-360 BCE). The finds suggest that a local tribal ruler was buried here, together with his wife, and that they maintained diplomatic relations with the Odrysian court.

Thracian, silver with gilding, 400-300 BCE. Found in Vratsa, Bulgaria.

Vratsa Regional Historical Museum, Bulgaria

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Photographed at the Getty Villa Museum, part of the 'Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece' exhibition.

Thracians are amone the many peoples shown bringing tribute to the Achaemenid king in the scenes carved on the staircases of the large ceremonial hall, known as the Apadana, at the Persian capital of Persepolis. This fragmentary panel depicts two Thracian men carrying spears and rounded shields. They wear pointed fox-skin caps with side flaps as well as long woolen cloaks, which are also seen in images of Thracians on
Athenian vases.

Made in Achaemenid Iran, 500-480 BCE. Limestone. Found at Persepolis, Iran.

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum

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Photographed at the Getty Villa Museum, part of the 'Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece' exhibition.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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