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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

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Cristy Bodnar @pookoo2000.bsky.social · 6h

Recession warning signs to watch: Goodbye lipstick, hello Hamburger Helper
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Recession warning signs to watch: Goodbye lipstick, hello Hamburger Helper

No, Coachella’s lineup dropping months earlier than its usual release isn’t actually an indicator of an impending recession. But in the absence of official government data, social media users are cast...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Pam Bondi claims Trump "absolutely has the right" to invoke the Insurrection Act

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Boston.com (Unofficial) @bostoncombot.bsky.social · 17h

South Shore police dept. issues warning after video shows self-driving car blowing past school bus #news
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South Shore police dept. issues warning after video shows self-driving car blowing past school bus

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Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 13h

Trump playing up his bullet dodging skills at the Charlie Kirk memorial is really beyond parody.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15h

Imagine the media reaction if a single Democrat ever said anything like this ever once in history.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 13h

Another deadly US strike on a boat in the Caribbean. Like previous ones:
-targeted based on proven liars saying “drug traffickers” without presenting any evidence
-illegal under both US and int’l law
-where US forces aren’t under threat and can interdict
-bad strategy if actually against traffickers

Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 13h

Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”

But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.

Don’t believe his lies for a second.
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Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 23h

6/ Sure the House isn't here so Rs don't have to explain why they want premiums to go up and why they want to fund Trump's corruption.

But also because they don't want to swear in member-elect Adelita Grijalva. Since she would be the deciding vote to RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

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News From America @newsfromamerica.bsky.social · 23h

I'm attending the No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Boston” - Please join me!

NO KINGS Boston · No Kings

**BOSTON SAYS NO KINGS!** We’re wicked pissed. Wicked loud. Wicked united. Join us Saturday, October 18, as we take to the Parade Grounds of Boston Common! We’re standing together against the abuse...

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News From America @newsfromamerica.bsky.social · 9d

The official birthday of the U.S. Navy is a week from today, Monday, October 13.

Axios @axios.com · 9d

PHOTOS: President Trump pledged raises for U.S. services members as he blamed Democrats for the government shutdown during a 250th anniversary celebration of the Navy today at Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia.

Photos: Trump marks Navy's 250th anniversary during government shutdown

Trump blamed Democrats for the shutdown during the event that featured a live-fire show.

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 1d

History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

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Annaleigh Watts 🇲🇽 @annaleighmaria.bsky.social · 1d

As a child I had a racist substitute teacher say "well you don't look like a Watts" after interrogating me about my background in front of the class, so yeah, this doesn't bode well for me...

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

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Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

I almost forgot to do my annual (re)post of my Christopher Columbus essay. Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

How Christopher Columbus Ruined My Life

I have to explain to my children the difference between Native Americans and Indians simply because one man got lost one time.

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News From America @newsfromamerica.bsky.social · 1d

Was inspired to repost this oldie.

Donald Trump: America’s First Italian-American President

When Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, there were claims that although he was of English, Scottish and Irish descent, he was really America’s first Black president. Writer Toni Morrison, …

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News From America @newsfromamerica.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote the comparison in 2016, but now I’m jealous I didn’t add the oafish dumbass part.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

If you live in Everett, Mass. and have any information about the 13-year-old boy abducted by ICE, please message me on Signal at marisakabas.04

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if all the people braying about the "war on Christianity" might raise some objections if it were a *Democratic* administration who had its armed thugs shooting priests in the head with pepper balls and waiting outside Catholic Churches to disappear parishioners?

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

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Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 1d

Bruce played the recording of “Born to Run” on Philadelphia’s WMMR in November 1974, its radio debut. 50 years ago this week, the song that still ties it all together cracked the Billboard Top 40 at No. 30, a watershed moment as Bruce’s music reached a national audience for the first time.

“Born to Run” hit the Billboard Top 40 fifty years ago — Bruce’s breakout moment.

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

I can think of somewhere else where the military needs to start saying this

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

"Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, is reported to have fled...On Saturday, some Capsat soldiers had posted a video...: “Let us join forces, military, gendarmes and police, and refuse to be paid to shoot our friends, our brothers and our sisters..."

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Madagascar president flees after losing support of key army unit

Elite Capsat unit that played a major role in Andry Rajoelina’s rise to presidency joined gen Z protests against corruption

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

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Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

⚡️ NATO chief mocks Russia over malfunctioning submarine 'limping home from patrol.'

"What a change from the 1984 Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October. Today, it seems more like the hunt for the nearest mechanic," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said.

NATO chief mocks Russia over malfunctioning submarine 'limping home from patrol'

"What a change from the 1984 Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October. Today, it seems more like the hunt for the nearest mechanic," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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