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Hookcity - 🚫“War Plan” DMs Please 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 🫣 @hookcity.bsky.social · 4h

I'd hate to be a Venezuelan fisherman this morning.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3h

It reads like an Onion headline.
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

{ gift article } www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 3h

“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”👇

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

NOBEL rewards democracy over authoritarianism

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 3h

Happy Nobel Peace Prize day to all who celebrate! 🕊️

In a brilliant and well deserved move, an (1) antifa (2) Latina (3) woman, María Corina Machado, wins for her work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela.

María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for her work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Fed Governor Christopher Waller: "Job growth has probably been negative the last few months. it doesn't look like it's doing much better. I don't hear anybody with big hiring plans."

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3h

“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.

NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

KILMEADE: Would you do a standalone military vote to get them paid during the shutdown?

MIKE JOHNSON: Well, the thing is, Brian, remember this -- three weeks ago today, we voted to pay the troops

(That's a no)

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 2h

So the Nobel Peace Prize was given to someone who fights authoritarianism and was not given to an actual authoritarian.

Makes sense to me.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 3h

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 3h

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

If you are a paying subscriber to The Washington Post, this is what you get.

If you are a free subscriber to Democracy Docket, this is what you get.

Support independent, pro-democracy media. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2h

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

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Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

www.theatlantic.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

“The defense secretary underwent a round of cosmetic injections last month.” One insider: “He’s always been full of himself, but lately his ego has been off the charts.”

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15h

“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 15h

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 18h

Premium increases notices will soon arrive in the mailboxes of Americans all over the US.

The average increase? 114%.

For some, the numbers are even higher:

A couple making $129,000 with two adult children at home in Savannah, GA, will pay $3,150 more per month for insurance.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 18h

ICE shoots ministers. Pass it on.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 17h

Thou shalt not shoot pastors in the head with smoke bombs. I shouldn’t have to say this.

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