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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 30m

Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks

Republicans in the Senate voted down an war powers bill to block Trump's deadly attacks on alleged Venezuelan drug boats in the Caribbean.

theintercept.com/2025/10/06/m...

Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 30m

Mothers in Gaza Give Life to the Next Generation of Palestinians Despite Genocide

As the Israeli government enters the third year of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, mothers keep bringing new Palestinians into the world.

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 30m

Black People Knew This Would Happen

Generational experience has taught us what happens when the state builds a weapon for someone else: Sooner or later, it finds a way back to us.

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 31m

Jon Chait Thinks Kamala Harris Went Too Far Left. He's Just Falling for Trump's Demagoguery.

A year ago, Jonathan Chait said centrists were winning. When Kamala Harris lost, though, he fell for Trump's anti-trans demagoguery.

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 32m

Trump’s Plan to Deprive Palestinians Any Say in Their Future

This is not the time for supporters of Palestinian self-determination to be quiet. It’s the moment for us to demand more.

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 32m

Prominent Palestinian Protester in Brussels Dies in Custody

Mahmoud Farajalah took his life after months in immigration detention, as human rights groups’ condemned the crackdown on Brussels protests.

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 32m

The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act

An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 34m

Trump Sacrifices Alaska Wilderness to Help AI Companies

Trump’s approval of the 211-mile Ambler Road Project through Gates of the Arctic National Park hinges on winning an “AI arms race.”

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 36m

Episode One: Dirty Business

The Atlanta narcotics unit’s deadly raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.

'Ominous answer': Trump admin hearings leave analysts taken aback

Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 42m

'Ominous answer': Trump admin hearings leave analysts taken aback

www.rawstory.com/national-gua...

Portland, Oregon, and the state of Illinois went to court with President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday in an effort to block the federal government from deploying any state's National Guar...

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[email protected] @bluedotbubba.bsky.social · 2h

This called a red herring

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 3h

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SCOTUS Sounds Skeptical of Right-Wing Push for Flood of Election Law Challenges

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 3h

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Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington

Read more here.

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 3h

www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n... - thank goodness.

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 3h

www.politifact.com/article/2025...

Fact-checking New Jersey’s second gubernatorial debate

Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli launched fierce attacks on each other in the second and final debate in New Jersey’s competitive gubernatorial race. We fact-checked the candida...

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 3h

Fact-check: Josh Hawley’s misleading wiretap claim

At a hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said the government “tapped” his and other senators’ phones. The government sought phone logs, but didn’t monitor calls’ content.

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 3h

Do Democrats want hospitals paid extra to treat immigrants?

Mike Johnson said Democrats want hospitals to be paid extra to treat “illegal aliens” versus U.S. citizens. Health experts say he’s wrong.

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 3h

Fact-checking Trump’s October Cabinet meeting

The Trump administration holds a a Cabinet meeting on the ninth day of a federal government shutdown. PolitiFact will fact-check the meeting

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 3h

Can Trump label antifa a ‘major terrorist organization?’

President Donald Trump said he will be designating antifa as a “major terrorist organization,” but national security experts say he lacks authority to do so. There is no legal process to label domesti...

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 3h

Exclusive: Dems Fire Back at Trump’s ‘Freaky’ Kid Self-Deportation Plan

It is both not as gross AND worse than you think.

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 3h

'Will come back to bite them': MAGA senator floats idea GOP once vehemently opposed

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'Will come back to bite them': MAGA senator floats idea GOP once vehemently opposed

Despite calls in 2024 for Senate Democrats to finally end the filibuster, it never happened. And now MAGA Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) is floating the idea to do just that despite Republican c...

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 3h

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Oregon Fast-Tracks Renewable Energy Projects as Trump Bill Ends Tax Incentives

Gov. Tina Kotek ordered the move, which follows reporting by Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica that highlighted impediments green energy advocates blame for the state’s poor ranking when it co...

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Mike Panetto @panetto.bsky.social · 3h

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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