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Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, who on Friday awarded its 2025 Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who has become a symbol of democratic resistance against an increasingly authoritarian regime.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 3d

No one questions her integrity in her silo.

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Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 4d

The Perfect Neighbor opens in UK cinemas on 10 October and streams on Netflix from 17 October
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‘The world needs to know what happened to my baby’: inside devastating new police-body-cam film The Perfect Neighbor

Composed almost entirely of footage filmed by police, The Perfect Neighbor is a harrowing documentary about a black woman shot by her white neighbour in Florida. The director reveals how she made it

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Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 4d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct.”

(Trump dodged the Vietnam draft five times)

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Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 4d

Trump has said that Portland is “burning to the ground,” with “insurrectionists all over the place.” In reality, the protests that prompted his outrage have rarely expanded beyond a one-block radius. (New York Times)

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

It's the latest example of tech giants bowing to pressure from the Trump administration. Legal experts say the developer of the app has free speech rights that may have been violated. By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social

Legal experts condemn Apple bowing to White House's request to remove ICE tracking app

It's the latest example of tech giants bowing to pressure from the Trump administration. Legal experts say the developer of the app has free speech rights that may have been violated.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians, according to a Washington Post poll.

Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds

Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

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Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 7d

That only works for causes you can control.

Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 7d

Someone in government has hacked the website of the US Forest Service to blame Democrats for the shutdown. This is a violation of the Hatch Act as you can see from the illustration, so I reported it to the FBI, using their tip line.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 8d

BREAKING: Former Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris pleads guilty to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s and will serve 6 months in prison.

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child

Under a negotiated plea agreement, he was given a ten year sentence, but he will only serve six months in county jail.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 8d

Actor and activist Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment first backed by her father Henry Fonda in 1947, to fight against what the group calls a “coordinated campaign” from the Trump administration to curb freedom of expression. https://wapo.st/4nxKYQw

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Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 8d

Her lifestyle and genetics probably helped her maintain healthy cholesterol and blood-sugar levels, ensuring her blood chemistry at 116 looked like that of someone decades younger.

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How to live to 117? Researchers find clues in the world’s oldest woman.

A new study offers clues about what made Maria Branyas Morera exceptional — and what it could mean for the rest of us.

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Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 12d

On the Holocaust
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The Historian's Den

In April 1945, after U.S. troops liberated the Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany, General Dwight D. Eisenhower visited the site personally. Disturbed by the scale of Nazi atrocities, he ordered...

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Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 14d

Newsom trolls Donnie boy

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Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 14d

October 18. NO KINGS. Be there.
From The Washington Post:
"Legal experts said all of Trump’s legal actions this week seem designed to
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break organized resistance to the president,
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at a time when many of his policies are deeply unpopular."

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Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 14d

It's pretty clear that Trump appoints racists, clowns, and bullies as long as they are sure to kiss his ass.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14d

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs.

His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.

(Published Feb. 2023)

UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for r...

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Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 14d

I just made a donation to Move-On.org, so when 45 sics the FBI on them, I will be one of their millions of financial supporters. Let him try to come after all of us.
Defiance is the point.
I hope to see you all on the streets on October 18.
NO KINGS!

Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 15d

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WIRED @wired.com · 17d

A 12-foot statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein frolicking and holding hands appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 23.

A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."

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Ron Enfield @ronenfield.bsky.social · 17d

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Inside The Effort To Save Hundreds Of Environmental Datasets Purged Under Trump

Jessie Mahr led a team that restored critical climate data removed from public access under the Trump administration. Now, she’s pioneering a wider effort to fill data gaps in federal policy.

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NPR @npr.org · 18d

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal grant funding that it froze at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Judge orders Trump administration to restore $500 million in grant funding to UCLA

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal grant funding that it froze at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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NPR @npr.org · 17d

Zohran Mamdani is leading in the polls in the NYC Mayor's race. Kamala Harris says he's earned Democratic backing, but some party leaders have been slow to endorse the Democratic-Socialist candidate.

Former VP Harris endorses Mamdani for NYC Mayor as some Democrats stay silent

Zohran Mamdani is leading in the polls in the NYC Mayor's race. Kamala Harris says he's earned Democratic backing, but some party leaders have been slow to endorse the Democratic-Socialist candidate.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17d

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships to minority students, as it works to raise $1 billion for historically Black colleges and universities. https://wapo.st/3VQMFg1

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