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✨SadieMae✨ @sadiemaetn.bsky.social · Mar 2

Zelensky signed a ceasefire agreement with Putin in 2019. Three years later, Putin launched his full-scale invasion. So, signing another ceasefire, along with giving up mineral rights, with no security guarantees feels like suicide for Ukrainians.
#PutinOwnsTrump #PutinsPuppets

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✨SadieMae✨ @sadiemaetn.bsky.social · 14h

A President that allows and promotes this doesn’t deserve a Nobel Prize.

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🚨Hey Tennessee Voters,
Instead of helping everyday Americans, Trump dismantled a program that had already been approved and funded one that would have delivered over $150 million to help low-income Tennesseans install solar panels and lower their electricity bills.

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Protect our First Amendment from Trump and Miller

President Trump just said the quiet part out loud: “We took the freedom of speech away.” And he meant it. He and Stephen Miller are leading a coordinated campaign to silence critics, punish dissent, ...

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Never Forget Jan 6th 2021
There was no National Guards sent that day by Trump!!!

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✨SadieMae✨ @sadiemaetn.bsky.social · 15h

@repmikejohnson.bsky.social , this is a nationwide pro-Constitution/anti-authoritarianism “No Kings” rallies scheduled for October 18th

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@repmikejohnson.bsky.social , this is a nationwide pro-Constitution/anti-authoritarianism “No Kings” rallies scheduled for October 18th

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David Harrison Greis (@the_fishkeeping_teachers) on Threads

BREAKING 🚨: Brace yourselves. This is f*cking big. Dominion Voting Machines has been acquired by Liberty Vote, an openly MAGA organization I’m not fear mongering when I say that this potentially m...

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💥Keep religion out of our public schools. If people need preaching to they can go to church or a private religious school. Our kids should be taught how to think for themselves.

Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools

The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to kn...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h

NEW: Cutting federal funding. Weakening civil rights protections. Injecting God into the classroom.

Here are some of the ways Trump’s Department of Education could upend public schools.

How Trump’s Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19h

Breaking news: MIT’s president turned down the Trump administration’s offer of priority access for federal funding, publicly releasing a letter that emphasized the elite university’s values.

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 17h

⚡️Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero.

The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities."

Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero

The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado, described as a "brave and committed champion of peace." Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/3VV7gjc

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22h

The Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to award the Peace Prize to María Corina Machado is the latest honor given to a female democracy campaigner in recent years. Here's what to know.

Machado’s Peace Prize Is Latest Nobel Honor for Female Democracy Campaigners

Women in Iran, Liberia, Yemen and Myanmar have been recognized for their activism, occasionally while they were in prison and faced serious personal risk.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22h

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who has become a symbol of democratic resistance against an increasingly authoritarian regime, even as she has been forced into hiding and barred from holding public office. https://wapo.st/42AcHaX

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NPR @npr.org · 18h

Employees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipients with benefit verification letters. n.pr/3KNzJF8

Social Security workers say the shutdown has them unable to help with benefit letters

Employees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipients with benefit verification letters.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20h

BREAKING: Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins, AP sources say.

Maine Gov. Mills will announce challenge to Sen. Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say

Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year.

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