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Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 4h

The Ruin of Gaza: How Israel’s Two-Year Assault Has Devastated the Territory. IDF’s bombs and ground offensive have killed tens of thousands of people, reduced entire cities to rubble, destroyed schools, hospitals and farmland. portside.org/2025-10-08/r...

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GG @ct-yankee.bsky.social · 9h

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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 7h

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Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 7h

Trump Destroys Another Guardrail of Democracy: Inspectors General. Rather than ferreting out corruption, waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the federal government, Trump has undermined the very professionals who have that job. commondreams.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...

Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 7h

Omar Says Trump Plot to Invoke Insurrection Act an ‘Unhinged Act of Authoritarianism’. "Invoking the Insurrection Act in his manufactured war on US cities is illegal & unconstitutional." commondreams.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...

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Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 7h

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles. One of them described her job as offering “concierge, white-glove service” to oil, gas, and coal companies seeking permits from regulators. commondreams.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...

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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 7h

#Epstein

Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 8h

Release the Epstein Files.

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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 8h

Because they saw, and still see, America as something far superior to the tinpot shithole regimes we opposed. And there's nothing more insulting to them than seeing someone go and try to turn America into *exactly* that kind of country.

Binzie @binns.bsky.social · 8h

My boss is a Reagan Republican and has been enraged since this all started. I seem to remember being plenty angry at that group of Republicans back then but again, nothing like this.

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 1d

Something Is Seriously Broken In These People….

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Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 7h

Pritzker Warns Trump Will Have Military Seize Ballot Boxes So He Can 'Count the Votes Himself' in Elections. "Come and get me," the Illinois governor said when asked about the president's call to have him arrested. commondreams.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...

Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 7h

Comey’s Charges Dismissed After Trump’s Handpicked Prosecutor Misspells his Name as “Homey”. In yet another embarrassing spelling goof, Halligan referred to the attorneys she ordered to charge Comey as his “persecutors.” substack.com/app-link/pos...

Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 7h

There Is No Piecing Back Our Badly Shattered Constitutional Order. The central axis of conflict for the foreseeable future will be between reactionaries and liberals. substack.com/redirect/285...

Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 7h

General Pinochet And The Vans Of Death. The ruling of the law lords. counterpunch.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?...

Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 7h

Sunrise Movement's new focus: fighting authoritarianism. link.motherjones.com/click/419102...

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 8h

#ThisIsAmerica

Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 9h

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

In Minnesota, 118 students are also under quarantine in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 7h

ICE Is Sending People to a Prison in Africa’s Only Absolute Monarchy. Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini where Trump is sending detainees. link.motherjones.com/click/419102...

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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 10h

Full disclosure: I live in the present Texas District 9 that will be split up into a patchworks of unrelated precincts designed to defeat my Congressman Al Green. This is clearly a racially motivated redistricting in order to deny minorities a fair voice in Congress.

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Swiftdrawer/BlazeWarriorWolf/Fireking492 ⚔️@COVIDaware #StopKOSA @blazewarriorwolf.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing how just about everything bad going on can be summed up as: “the ruling class seeks world domination and total control of everything and everyone and are salty at people who dare to be creative and themselves.”

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Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 8h

What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s Surge in Executions? Activists believe that authorities are abusing the justice system to silence dissent and chill speech. link.thenation.com/click/419066...

Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 8h

We Need Free-Speech Consistency. What you want for yourself, you have to grant to the other guy. substack.com/app-link/pos...

Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 8h

For the first half of 2025 renewable energy produced more electricity than coal. Solar and wind grew so fast that they covered all the growth in demand for electricity so far this year, with room to spare. [INSANE: DEMAND MUST SHRINK, NOT GROW] substack.com/app-link/pos...

Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 9h

When You Can’t Trust Government Data. The Bureau of Labor Statistics dashboard went dark the spring Trump returned. By summer, climate dashboards froze. Food insecurity surveys were “postponed indefinitely.” Vaccine data disappeared without explanation. public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=gr...

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Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 9h

Trump Calls to Imprison Illinois Democrats as Troops Land in Chicago. First Felon is once again demanding his political enemies land behind bars. newsletter.tnr.com/lt.php?x=4lZ...

Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 9h

Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including from used oil & gas wells. The Earth’s own heat can be used as a source of energy that emits almost no greenhouse gases & can operate 24/7 almost anywhere on the planet. theconversationus.cmail20.com/t/r-l-tkjjud...

Paul Brown @pbrown4348.bsky.social · 10h

"One Battle After Another" Is What Happens When Art Refuses to Kneel. Conservatives call Anderson’s film “irresponsible” because it dares to show what happens when power turns its guns on the powerless. substack.com/app-link/pos...