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Lesley126 @ljack126.bsky.social · 4h

Trump plan to invite Netanyahu to Gaza summit aborted after Erdoğan warning
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Trump plan to invite Netanyahu to Gaza summit aborted after Erdoğan warning

Turkish president threatens to pull out of Sharm el-Sheikh conference unless Israeli PM’s attendance ruled out

www.theguardian.com

Lesley126 @ljack126.bsky.social · 17h

Concerns mount over increased violence among federal immigration agents

www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d

Your regular reminder 👇

🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy

EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities

Privatisation has failed.

leftfootforward.org

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Lesley126 @ljack126.bsky.social · 1d

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Lesley126 @ljack126.bsky.social · 1d

Trump lays off employees in department funding special education

www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

www.npr.org

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 1d

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 2d

Every day that passes I am more convinced of two things:

1) This regime’s attempt to consolidate and hold power is going to collapse in truly spectacular fashion

2) That collapse is going to be astoundingly dangerous and destructive

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 1d

The layoffs still impact 600 now-former CDC staff members.

700 CDC Employees Reinstated After False Layoff Notices

The layoffs still impact 600 now-former CDC staff members.

www.huffpost.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

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

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

PRIORITIES: “Your taxes are coming down! See? Everyone’s happy, honey.” 💰

Instead of stopping health care premiums from skyrocketing for millions while millions more lose coverage, Trump rides around his golf course glazing himself for lowering taxes for his billionaire pals

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MadAsHell-NeverTrumper 🌊💙🌈 @janl99.bsky.social · 1d

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 2d

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Lesley126 @ljack126.bsky.social · 1d

China vows to stand firm against Trump's 100% tariff threat

www.npr.org/2025/10/12/n...

China vows to stand firm against Trump's 100% tariff threat

China signaled Sunday that it would not back down in the face of a 100% tariff threat from President Donald Trump, urging the U.S. to resolve differences through negotiations instead of threats.

www.npr.org

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

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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Lesley126 @ljack126.bsky.social · 2d

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Trump axes, then scrambles to rehire, critical CDC workers amid shutdown job cuts

Hundreds of the fired CDC workers may be brought back, but it’s unclear when they’ll return to work

www.the-independent.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

No shit, Sherlock.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 2d

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✨🌟 ⭐️ LoveKat ⭐️🌟✨🟦♿️🧬🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🌎☮️🕊️🟪 @lovekat41.bsky.social · 2d

This wins the internet webs for the day.😂😂🤣

Troy @troyleekelly.bsky.social · 2d

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

The great actress Diane Keaton has left us at the age of 79. Too soon to say good-bye to the woman who made us smile at the quirky Annie Hall, and who broke our hearts in Reds. Your charm and talent will be sorely missed.

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 2d

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Diane @dianesf.bsky.social · 3d

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Lesley126 @ljack126.bsky.social · 3d

youtube.com/watch?v=MkLc...

Pam Bondi is throwing her career away for Trump

YouTube video by Tom Powell Jr

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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 7d

MEDICARE FOR ALL!
Astronomical health care costs and lack of access drive individuals, families and businesses past their breaking point, while insurance companies continue to soak-up billions of health care dollars, and millions of children’s basic needs go unmet.
Medicare4All.org
MEDICARE FOR ALL!

Santa is wearing his wire-rim glasses and a green shirt with red suspenders and standing in a parking lot on a cloudy day, with cars and green trees in the background. He is holding a “MEDICARE for ALL - Health Care is a RIGHT” poster.

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