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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 4h

The felon on his Truth Social.. 😏

I never saw any honors given to Melissa Hortman, nor to any other victims of tragic shootings... You?

#StopTheMadness

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Politico @politico.com · 21h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 9h

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Ted St. Godard @tedstgodard.bsky.social · 1d

I've seen this first-hand as a diver

Kathy ᨒ↟ 𖠰 @consigningwoman.bsky.social · 1d

The world’s coral reefs are home to about a quarter of all marine species but are considered one of the most vulnerable systems to global heating.

Without rapid and unlikely cuts to greenhouse gas emissions the future of reefs look bleak. Danger zone for earth.

#ResistanceEarth #ClimateBreakdown

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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Kathy ᨒ↟ 𖠰 @consigningwoman.bsky.social · 1d

The world’s coral reefs are home to about a quarter of all marine species but are considered one of the most vulnerable systems to global heating.

Without rapid and unlikely cuts to greenhouse gas emissions the future of reefs look bleak. Danger zone for earth.

#ResistanceEarth #ClimateBreakdown

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! This is New York City. No ID, not identifying himself, attempting to abduct a passenger... Who TF are these Nazis?

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

How do I block all the AI slop? Also so far ai so just made my life 1000000 times more annoying.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 3d

History warned us about tyrants. Nobody warned us they’d be this dumb.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.

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Ted St. Godard @tedstgodard.bsky.social · 3d

Both points are true

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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 4d

In no uncertain terms, Ms Proudfoot in today’s @theglobeandmail.com justly calls out petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre for the lies he tells about who’s at fault for the challenges 🇨🇦Canada faces.
👏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 4d

Linked to this in the post, but I recommend reading Dr. Rasmussen's latest analysis of the ostrich debacle. I couldn't go this long, and obviously don't have this level of expertise. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Reuters @reuters.com · 5d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Ted St. Godard @tedstgodard.bsky.social · 5d

Maybe

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

“We Are Elated by the Gaza Ceasefire News. Now, the World Must Hold Israel to Account for 2 Years of Genocide”

In an emotional essay for Zeteo, former Palestinian negotiator Diana Buttu reacts to the ceasefire announcement, what it means for Palestinians, and what still worries her.
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We Are Elated by the Gaza Ceasefire News. Now, the World Must Hold Israel to Account for 2 Years of Genocide

In an emotional essay, former Palestinian negotiator Diana Buttu reacts to the ceasefire announcement, what it means for Palestinians, and what still worries her.

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Ted St. Godard @tedstgodard.bsky.social · 6d

Agree. Great piece

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Ted St. Godard @tedstgodard.bsky.social · 6d

Perhaps. Small progressive changes, no change, or chaotic revolutionary back and forth swinging of pendulum/axes?

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 6d

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Alan Drummond MD @dralandrummond.bsky.social · 7d

My letter in today's Globe and Mail
Crowding and Prolonged Waits for Care are Not caused by low acuity patients and will not be solved by diverting them away from the ER.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7d

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This line from Politico Playbook jumped out at me, in their coverage of the Comey arraignment.

"It’s a moment many believed would never come."

Erm, this is precisely the problem with our mainstream media. Journalists constantly downplayed the obvious threat from Trump in 2024. Some of us didn't

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

Trump is right, there is a war on Christians. He's the one doing it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Ted St. Godard @tedstgodard.bsky.social · 6d

I'm pleased he did whatever it took to get elected.

Ted St. Godard @tedstgodard.bsky.social · 6d

Incremental change moves mountains, literally. And revolution invariably inevitability leads to heads rolling. And then again, when pendulum swings back.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 9d

This story is somehow not on either CNN's or the NYTimes' main page...

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9d

The home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein was set on fire and burned to the ground after she received death threats, following criticism by the Trump administration.

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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