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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 13h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

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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Another Californian @anthrclfrnn.bsky.social · 1h

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Oct 13, 2025: 5 days of Russian Federation Armed Forces losses (as reported by General Staff of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine) compared to the invasion average: Yellow is below average; Green is above average; the number is the ratio of the day’s losses over average. @anthrclfrnn.bsky.social

5 days of Russian Federation Armed Forces losses (as reported by General Staff of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine) compared to the invasion average: Yellow is below average; Green is above average; the number is the ratio of the day’s losses over average. @anthrclfrnn.bsky.social
Date 9-Oct 10-Oct 11-Oct 12-Oct 13-Oct
Personnel 1.21 1.32 1.25 1.46 1.35
Tanks 0.12 0.59 0.12 0.12 0.35
APV 0.06 0.79 0.34 0.00 0.00
Artillery 0.59 0.51 0.83 0.39 0.83
MLRS 0.00 0.00 0.87 0.00 1.75
Anti-Aircraft 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Planes 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Helos 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
UAV 6.35 4.91 4.22 4.69 4.45
Cruise Missiles 0.00 0.00 6.18 0.00 0.00
Warships 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Vehicles + Fuel trucks 1.14 1.45 1.49 1.80 2.26
Specialty 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.33

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Random Bott 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇲🇩 🇬🇪 🇷🇴 @randombott.bsky.social · 2h

Daily Totals as of Oct 13
1,140
1,123,950

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

Amateur hour with the feds!

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Random Bott 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇲🇩 🇬🇪 🇷🇴 @randombott.bsky.social · 4h

Excellent assessment

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 4h

People should 100% be alarmed‼️

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 4h

No one is surprised‼️ Corruption is unchecked‼️

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 4h

THAT GUITAR SANG‼️

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 4h

Update on Chicago protest

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6h

This morning I ran the NYC Gaza 5K in Prospect Park for the third time, alongside the Harlem Run Club, to raise money for @unrwausa.bsky.social, which delivers critical humanitarian aid and services to Palestinians in Gaza.

I hope you'll join me in donating: unrwausa.org

Zohran jogging alongside a member of the Harlem Run Club in Prospect Park.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

We should mandate a work requirement for House Republicans to get their health care. How about they have to work at least one week a month to keep their government health insurance?

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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 5h

ICE, why are you so upset when US citizens are videotaping your activities? If you are doing nothing criminal, nothing illegal, you should not be so reactive. We are only collecting evidence when we take over. Are you afraid? Stop harassing folks. No one is impeding your "investigation" assholes!

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h

Just days after the indictments of James Comey and Letitia James, Trump says online that Sen. Adam Schiff is "dishonest and corrupt" — and he hopes "the necessary authorities" are looking into his first impeachment.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h

They've also come up with WIC money.

Of course, they may lose that money if SCOTUS says tariffs are illegal.

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WIC food program receives $300M to keep running during government shutdown

The Trump administration has provided a $300 million infusion to a food aid program for low-income mothers and children, easing concerns about funding during the government shutdown.

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Michael O’Grady 🇨🇦 @mog7546.bsky.social · 11h

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010

Trump continues to hide the Epstein files

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Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010

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Random Bott 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇲🇩 🇬🇪 🇷🇴 @randombott.bsky.social · 11h

They’ll face harsh consequences if this money is used without Congress approval and oversight.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

Tariff money is not a Trump Regime slush fund. It is tax money deposited into the US treasury and Congress has sole authority over the appropriation of tax dollars.

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 13h

They hate when people know their rights‼️

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Random Bott 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇲🇩 🇬🇪 🇷🇴 @randombott.bsky.social · 13h

On way home from walkathon we drove by a house of worship with steel reinforced poles in front and an armed security guard with a protective vest on.

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 15h

Can you imagine threatening to fire someone after you didn’t pay them?

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 15h

“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.” -Anne Frank, 01/13/1943
WE ARE THERE NOW‼️
WE ARE THERE NOW‼️
WE ARE THERE NOW‼️