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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 6h

SCOTUS looks ready to erase another key piece of the Voting Rights Act, this time by striking down Louisiana’s Black-majority district for “relying too much on race.” Let me translate…they’re opening the door for states to erase Black and Latino districts that usually vote blue.

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Mark Travels @marktravels.bsky.social · 2h

Crazy

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Mark Travels @marktravels.bsky.social · 2h

We’re giving money to Argentina to help your buddy stay in power??$20 billion? But we can’t subsidize healthcare? 😳😳😳 www.newsweek.com/argentina-el...

Trump warns US aid to Argentina depends on Milei staying in power

Trump warns U.S. aid to Argentina hinges on Milei staying in power: “If he loses, we’re gone.”

www.newsweek.com

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Mark Travels @marktravels.bsky.social · 6h

Interesting🤔
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.yahoo.com

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Mark Travels @marktravels.bsky.social · 6h

Will Ferrell needs to chill out. 😂

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America will 'neither be commanded nor controlled,' by China, says Bessent as trade standoff deepens

Beijing has yet to approve the sale of TikTok U.S., increase soybean purchases or ease export controls, despite several rounds of U.S. trade talks.

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Mark Travels @marktravels.bsky.social · 23h

Does he not realize Venezuela is nowhere near the U.S.? How is this preventing them from bringing drugs here? How do we know he’s not murdering fisherman? www.yahoo.com/news/article...

US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says

The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people, President Donald Trump said Tuesday. It’s the fifth deadly strike in the Caribbe...

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Mark Travels @marktravels.bsky.social · 1d

What Democrat programs? like helping citizens with purchasing food? www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Trump says some 'Democrat programs' to be cut during shutdown may never come back

Johnson said he didn't have a strategy to negotiate with Democrats.

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Mark Travels @marktravels.bsky.social · 1d

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Nobel Peace laureate calls for US bombing of her country

Within hours of being named the Nobel Peace laureate for 2025, María Corina Machado called on President Trump to step up his military and economic campaign against her own country, Venezuela.

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Mark Travels @marktravels.bsky.social · 1d

Coffee is up 21% from last year. 🙄
I had to stop buying Starbucks and start buying Folgers. www.newsnationnow.com/business/you....

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Mark Travels @marktravels.bsky.social · 1d

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Stand-Up Comedian Jessica Kirson Donates Riyadh Comedy Festival Fee to Human Rights Campaign

Kirson, who was praised for her Riyadh set by fellow stand-ups Bill Burr and Louis C.K., apologized for her Saudi Arabia appearance and made good on her promise to donate what she earned from the gig.

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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍 @riolindamex.bsky.social · 6d

PRELIMINARY TO THE
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Chicago Will Win @confunctionist.bsky.social · 6d

#ChicagoWillWin
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#BoycottRepublicanBusiness

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Mark Travels @marktravels.bsky.social · 6d

“I think the general consensus is, ‘How dare you go to that place and make those oppressed people laugh. You f–king piece of s–t,'” Burr said.

No the problem was you got paid over a million dollars by that oppressive regime. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

Bill Burr Doubles Down on Riyadh Comedy Festival Appearance Despite Censorship: ‘They’re Not Gonna Progress With Isolation’

Bill Burr doubled down on his controversial appearance at Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival, brushing off censorship criticism and calling the experience positive.

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Mark Travels @marktravels.bsky.social · 7d

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Van Jones and the moral vacancy of American commentary on Gaza

US pundit’s 'dead Gaza baby' joke exposes the moral vacancy that defines US media on Palestine.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 8d

Hegseth once wrote his master’s thesis on closing racial achievement gaps, calling equality, diversity, and accessibility “essential goals worth pursuing with vigor.” Now he rails against “DEI offices” and “dudes in dresses.” The outrage is an act. It’s just red meat for the base