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Madonna Lennon @madonnalennon.bsky.social · 18h

ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 1d

Whoever this author is, he/she is not wrong.

#uspoli #cdnpoli 👇

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Happy Thanksgiving #ElbowsUp - yes, that’s how I feel

Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 9h

Tod Maffin: #fdt #not4saleEVER

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 21h

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫,

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Imagine the horrors ICE are hiding

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 13h

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

www.fox32chicago.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

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Farage queues supported by Starmer & Tories

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20h

Hour-long queues in Prague airport as EU entry-exit system comes into effect

Czech Republic vowed to introduce 100% EES checks on day one

www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...

Hour-long queues in Prague airport as EU entry-exit system comes into effect

Exclusive: Czech Republic vowed to introduce 100% EES checks on day one

www.independent.co.uk

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19h

We are an independent, nonprofit newsroom with more than 150 dedicated journalists.

For those who want to read the facts of our reporting — and the documents on which it is based — here’s the full story:

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 19h

Explaining Canadian Thanksgiving to Americans

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MikeM3 @mikeg80.bsky.social · 23h

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American spirit exports to Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group | CBC News

American spirit exports to Canada "plummeted" 85 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, with the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States calling the situation "very troubling" as consumers in ...

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 1d

Remember they said they don’t need anything from us? Then why are US States crying for Canadians to come back, travel, why are sales down in many categories, why are companies going bankrupt, we may be small in population to the US, but Canadians put billions in the US economy and we can boycott!!

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 2d

American spirit exports to #Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group

Distilled Spirits Council of the United States CEO urges 'lasting return to tariff-free trade'

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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🇨🇦🇨🇦 Proud Canadian 🇨🇦🇨🇦 @beppil007.bsky.social · 1d

“America is first, and Canada can be second,” U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was quoted as saying lately.

Here’s a thought Lutnick, Canada is the country America can only dream to be, and we are second to none. 1/
#CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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Carl Marks @carlmarkz.bsky.social · 1d

Seen on the dark side. It's time they owned it

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🍁🇷🇴in 🇬🇧🔸 - slava 🇺🇦 #ElbowsUp @pucktothepeople.bsky.social · 22h

These are Farage’s checks, endorsed by Starmer and the Tories

Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 1d

As the EU’s new Entry/Exit Scheme finally rolls out, British businesses face further chaos — and it’s totally avoidable.

The Liberal Democrats are demanding urgent action to stop trade grinding to a halt.

Graphic showing a silhouetted person sitting at an airport with text quoting The Independent: ‘New EU border checks could cause four hour waits and cost UK economy £400m, industry warns.

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🍁🇷🇴in 🇬🇧🔸 - slava 🇺🇦 #ElbowsUp @pucktothepeople.bsky.social · 22h

U.K. Taliban strikes again

Angie Pedley @angiepedley.bsky.social · 1d

www.thenerve.news/p/reform-uk-...

The contact of Reform UK’s Russian puppet Nathan Gill is linked to efforts to destabilise the US and Ukraine. Why, even now, is no one asking questions?

Gill, former leader in Wales of Nigel Farage's party, admits taking bribes to help Putin. And his Russian connection - the Ukrainian politician Oleh Voloshyn - in turn has links to a key figure wante...

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 1d

THE LONDON ECONOMIC

"We should all be angry that we had 14 years of Tory austerity. They shut our libraries, they shut our community centres. And then to say integration is a problem - how do you expect people to integrate if you've taken away their services?"

-ZACK POLANSKI, GREEN PARTY LEADER

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 1d

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B4Ukraine @b4ukraine.org · 1d

German building materials maker Knauf Deutschland said this week its attempt to sell its Russian business collapsed after a potential buyer pulled out of talks, and that it is now assessing “further possible options.”

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 3d

GBNews predicted Reform would win! Well done @libdems.org.uk

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 3d

Kenn Valley (Teignbridge) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 50.4% (+11.0)
➡️ RFM: 23.1% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.6% (-19.0)
🙋 Ind: 8.2% (New)
🌍 GRN: 5.5% (-13.9)
🌹 LAB: 2.7% (-9.9)
🙋 Ind: 0.5% (New)

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2023.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration has promoted the anti-vax, anti-science movement which has now produced an epidemic www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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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Something here about studying history …

Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 1d

Who knew that a rule born out the distaste caused by the British billetting soldiers in private homes in pre-reveloutionary America would come in useful 250 years later?

Tweet by Lydia Kauppi (@lydiakauppi)

ICE is really upset that local businesses in Chicago and Seattle won't let them use the potty and I just have to admit, I apologize to the 3rd Amendment for previously underestimating its importance

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 23h

#UK Delivers Hundreds of Martlet Surface-to-Air Missiles to #Ukraine

by Anzhelika Kalchenko

Hundreds of Martlet missiles for Ukraine were delivered several months ahead of schedule.

As reported on the UK Ministry of Defence website

militarnyi.com/en/news/uk-d...

UK Delivers Hundreds of Martlet Surface-to-Air Missiles to Ukraine - Militarnyi

Hundreds of Martlet missiles for Ukraine were delivered several months ahead of schedule

militarnyi.com

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