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LStewartSC @lstewartsc.bsky.social · 3h

Great.
This will make it easier for Putin to drop nukes on the US.
Trump & Hegseth are traitors.

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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 3h

This is the way 🫡🐸🐓🦖🦄❤️

Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 3h

Portland frogs remind me of "everyday antifascist" tactics from a few years ago, when activists dressed as unicorns & poop emojis & bananas, dancing to a brass band during a Portland Proud Boys rally. All meant to disrupt the group's “toxic masculinity riot porn” www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-...

Proud Boys, Outnumbered By Anti-fascists, Get Police Escort After 30-Minute Rally

Many had feared the rally in Portland would be the most violent fascist rally of the Trump era.

www.huffpost.com

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LStewartSC @lstewartsc.bsky.social · 3h

Yes.
Resist.
Refuse.
Ridicule.

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That Nice Lotion Lady - Courtney K. @thatnicelotionlady.bsky.social · 3h

Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW???

A FOREIGN MILITARY BASE IN THE UNITED STATES.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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LStewartSC @lstewartsc.bsky.social · 3h

Great.
This will make it easier for Putin to drop nukes on the US.
Trump & Hegseth are traitors.

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 3h

Moody Blues singer and bassist John Lodge has died at the age of 82. Formed in 1964, Lodge joined the Moody Blues in 1966. They went on to sell more than 70 million records worldwide and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

John Lodge, singer and bassist of Moody Blues during classic era, dies at 82

John Lodge, the singer and bassist of The Moody Blues, has died at 82. His family announced Friday that Lodge died suddenly and unexpectedly.

apnews.com

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LStewartSC @lstewartsc.bsky.social · 3h

Bummer. Rest in peace John Lodge.
The Moody Blues are my favorite band of all time.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 7h

For those who care.

No power for more than 10 hours now.
I finished my workout
and came to have a warcoffee;
this place runs on generators.

Kyiv stands.
Lives.
Repairs its wounds.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 9h

I keep a diary.
It’s called The Long War. Letters to the Living.

Today I wrote:

The muscovites launched 465 drones and 32 missiles.
Many were shot down –
405 drones and 15 missiles.
The rest landed on our lives.

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 5h

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation. She is being recognized for "keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness."
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

www.nobelprize.org

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 10h

Greetings from Kyiv 💪
which lives on generators –
but lives.

Water is back.
Still no power at home.
I found a warcoffee.

May russians go to the deepest hell.

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𝒲𝒜ℒ𝒯 🇪🇺💯✊🏼💙🌊🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦋🫘 @jagsman.bsky.social · 12h

Not very Nobel, paedophile!

Just sayin’……….

Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 12h

www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Now Trump has threatened 'land-based strikes' on Venezuelan territory

Trump has been ordering attacks on what he calls 'narcoterrorists' - but now, his potential escalation shows it wasn't really about that

www.thecanary.co

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12h

the administration is laser-focused on making sure Americans don't get clean energy, so Saudi Arabia (Trump's paymaster) has someone to sell their oil to in 10 years when the rest of the world has moved on to solar+batteries

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 14h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 14h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 17h

A lapse in the National Flood Insurance Program when the government shut down threatens to snarl home sales in the nation’s riskiest floodplains and leave some homeowners without coverage in the middle of hurricane season.

Shutdown Cuts Off Flood Insurance Program During Storm Season

A lapse in the National Flood Insurance Program because of the US government shutdown threatens to snarl home sales in the nation’s riskiest floodplains and leave some homeowners without coverage in the middle of hurricane season.

bloom.bg

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LStewartSC @lstewartsc.bsky.social · 12h

Important Sunday Message from Meidas Founder
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Important Sunday Message from Meidas Founder

By Ben Meiselas

open.substack.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h

Washington Post vs Democracy Docket.

If you value independent, pro-democracy media over the false neutrality of legacy outlets, support Democracy Docket by subscribing today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21h

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

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LANana-Nuestra Señora de la Muerte del Pan 😪 @lanana421.bsky.social · 14h

#YesOnProp50

Alissa McLean @alissakmclean.bsky.social · 16h

The EASIEST ballot you’ll ever fill out, Californians! Just 1 question. ✅

I was on a walk to drop it in the ballot dropbox when a postman in his USPS truck pulled over and asked if I wanted him to take it from me. He had driven by me 3 times already on his route. He double checked I signed it! 😁

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Annie Andrews, MD @drannieandrews.com · 14h

“Annie, are you tough enough?”

Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness.

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 14h

100%

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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LStewartSC @lstewartsc.bsky.social · 12h

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LStewartSC @lstewartsc.bsky.social · 12h

Pete Buttigieg's EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Meidas Amid Trump Shutdown
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Pete Buttigieg's EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Meidas Amid Trump Shutdown

In a wide-ranging interview with MeidasTouch anchor Luke Radel, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg discusses the government shutdown, Trump’s escalating attacks on universities, and more.

open.substack.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14h

When the Proud Boys stormed the Capital and tried to overthrow the government, we were told it was “just a protest”.

They were pardoned.

But furries dancing in Portland and priests praying in Chicago are a threat to the government?

Those fighting fascism are terrorists?

Welcome to fascism.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 22h

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.

The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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