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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 10h

Russia lost 17,000 tanks in three years. Only 2,478 remain in storage—nearly all badly rusted and needing expensive restoration before they can fight.

The timing? Russia just shifted back to tank warfare after 282,000 infantry casualties.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/11/2...

Russia’s last 2,500 tanks are in very sorry shape

Russia's oldest tanks—some 50+ years old—are all that stand between Moscow and forced mobilization

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CUDDY @ptcontagion.bsky.social · 1d

Be aware…This is a difficult watch…Share this evidence …Expose this overreach…Hopefully these videos will one day soon…Help to identify and bring to justice those responsible…

ICE Sparks Outrage With Chicago DACA Arrest

YouTube video by NowThis Impact

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 10h

What stage of capitalism is this?

“The airline industry is contesting a new FAA rule that would force airlines to address serious flaws in potentially thousands of Boeing 737 planes — and they have powerful industry-connected allies in the Trump administration.”

Airlines Say Fixing Broken Boeing Planes Is Bad For Business

After regulators found cracks in Boeing 737s, Airlines are fighting increased inspections and safety measures.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10h

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up dozens of scientists with expertise in infectious diseases that have pandemic potential. But after The New York Times reported the dismissals, a federal health official said many of them had been fired in error and would be brought back.

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

Friday’s layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to the measles outbreak and running an influential journal. An official acknowledged the mistakes on Saturday.

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 1d

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 10h

Dr. Oz flunked math..... They all flunked math......
Stupidity, just like who pays the tariffs ?....

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OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 10h

🇺🇦/🇷🇺At this moment, Ukrainian forces are attacking Russian military facilities located on the Crimean Peninsula with drones.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 9h

More signs the South finally won the Civil War: Troops from the slave state of Texas are now being sent to occupy Abe Lincoln’s Illinois. It’s Reconstruction in reverse.

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 14h

🤡🥴Hungarian Prime Minister Orban: We do not want to be in the same union with Ukraine — not in the military, not in NATO, not in the EU.

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Daniel Larison @daniellarison.bsky.social · 19h

You have to engage in some very dishonest cherry-picking to look back at Trump’s foreign policy in the first term and declare it a success. Was his policy of backing the Saudis to the hilt in Yemen a success? No, it was an atrocity against the people of Yemen. Funny how that doesn’t come up.

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Marnie @mstoras.bsky.social · 8h

Had to dig it up, didn't they? Couldn't just paint over it, could they? No, that wouldn't sufficiently demonstrate DeSantis' total disrespect for Floridians he disagrees with.

Zrimmy Flies the Blue Sky @zrimmy.bsky.social · 9h

Under the direction of Gov. DeSantis and a mandate from the Trump admin’s Department of Transportation, dozens of workers from Florida’s DOT on Sunday evening bulldozed and sledgehammered an iconic Pride crosswalk located in the center of the predominantly gay South Beach neighborhood in Miami.

DeSantis tears up Miami Pride crosswalk with bulldozers & sledgehammers - LGBTQ Nation

State authorities gave no notice to Miami officials that they were coming to destroy the street art.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 9h

“The administration did not like that CDC data did not support their narrative, so they got rid of them. They didn’t like that CDC policy groups would not rubber stamp their unscientific ideas, so they got rid of them”.

The damage to the CDC is “beyond repair”.

‘The damage is beyond repair’: The CDC faces another round of deep staff cuts | CNN

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suffered another round of deep staff cuts late Friday, with disease detectives, outbreak forecasters, policy and data offices among those impacted, ac...

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 9h

More than 1,000 staff members at the CDC were laid off Friday, affecting units that respond to infectious-disease outbreaks, analyze science and health data to develop policy, and monitor the safety of employees.

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 10h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 9h

"It should be an easy decision for college presidents not to stick their institution’s neck into this retroactive push-button guillotine."

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 1d

New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."

Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"

The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 13h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 9h

All of the credit for the destruction of the CDC and the health and safety of the United States goes to the Republican Congress and the MAGA voters who elected them.

If they ever realize what they have done, it will be far too late.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 9h

According to Reuters, the Trump administration is preparing a crackdown on liberal political groups that will utilize the FBI, DHS, IRS and Treasury and Justice departments.

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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 11h

On Friday jurors handed up an award of $52 million against former Trump associate Felix Sater, who was found liable of laundering tens of millions of dollars allegedly stollen from the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan and BTA Bank

www.law.com/2025/10/10/e...

Ex-Trump Business Associate Found Liable for Money Laundering in Retrial | Law.com

Jurors handed up an award of $52 million against Felix Sater. That award is without interest factored in—a potentially significant addition since the acts took place more than a decade ago. The case w...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h

Viktor Orbán attempts to claim credit for the Nobel Prize won by László Krasznahorkai. But as the Nobel laureate himself explains, his work from over thirty years has been a patient dissection and critique of Orbán and all the corrupt refuse from which he has assembled himself.

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GG @ct-yankee.bsky.social · 1d

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Andys Theory @andystheory.bsky.social · 9h

A Veteran Hero takes down the real
Loser. This should be happening more often.

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 10h

This pic really makes the US collapse into full despotism feel real, doesn't it? Leader's dead-eyed, meritless teen son shoved into powerful role solely because Leader wills it: a marker of corrupt autocracy recognizable on every continent and in every century.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

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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