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traveljunkie22.bsky.social @traveljunkie22.bsky.social · Feb 1
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Syrians emptied Assad’s prisons. They’re filling up again, and abuse is rife
A year ago, Syria’s new leader pledged to 'close the notorious prisons' run by Bashar al-Assad. But prisons and detention centers are again operating. And beatings, extortion and other abuses have rea...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Trump’s Assault on Health Care, Seen From a Country That Does Health Care Better
Japan is a showcase for universal health care, and what we’re losing in GOP attacks on the Affordable Care Act.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business
Paramount has upped the ante in its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, announcing Monday that Larry Ellison will personally guarantee the tens of billions of dollars he is putting up to ...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Bondi terror suspects threw unexploded bombs at crowd and practiced shooting ahead of attack, document reveals | CNN
The father and son accused of carrying out Australia’s worst terror attack undertook firearms training at an undisclosed location in the countryside, according to an alleged statement of facts release...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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CBS shelves ‘60 Minutes’ story on Trump deportees at the last minute: ‘People are threatening to quit,’ staffers say | CNN Business
“60 Minutes” just suffered a severe blow to its credibility. Now one of its own correspondents fears the program is being “dismantled,” and some employees are threatening to quit.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Russian general killed by bomb under his car in Moscow
A Russian general has been killed after an explosive device detonated under his car in Moscow. Investigators suggest Ukraine could be behind the attack. Lt. Gen.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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41-year-old detainee at Newark migrant jail died in custody, ICE says newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/19/i...
41-year-old detainee at Newark migrant jail died in custody, ICE says • New Jersey Monitor
Jean Wilson Brutus' death marks the first of a Delaney Hall detainee since the migrant jail opened in Newark earlier this year.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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TRUMP & YEAR END POLLING
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December 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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RAND PAUL SIGNALS
HE WON’T SUPPORT JD VANCE
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December 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Japan to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, 15 years after country’s worst nuclear disaster | CNN
Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a pivotal mo...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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US Coast Guard actively pursuing another sanctioned vessel: Official
The Coast Guard also seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela Saturday.
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December 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Why British Jews are experiencing their biggest change in 60 years
There have been shifts in how secure many British Jews feel - and how connected they feel to the rest of the community.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Why the Epstein Coverup Matters
In free societies, government coverups are difficult. In authoritarian ones, they’re routine.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Trump set to expand immigration crackdown in 2026 despite brewing backlash
Trump plans more workplace raids and billions of dollars in ICE and Border Patrol funding.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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COSTS OF WAR PROJECT
BROWN UNIVERSITY
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Costs of War | Brown University
Promoting research and public awareness of the human, economic, social, and environmental costs of U.S. war
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December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Exclusive: Top lawyer for military joint chiefs told chairman that officers should retire if faced with an unlawful order | CNN Politics
How should a military commander respond if they determine they have received an unlawful order?
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December 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Feds save dozens of kids from sex traffickers in massive, multi-state sting
Dozens of missing children – some as young as 1 – were rescued from sex traffickers in Florida in December during a massive sting, federal authorities announced this week.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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BREAKING: Wiles’ Secrets Exposed with Chris Whipple
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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December 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Trump’s Son-in-Law Pitches $112B Tech Utopia on Gaza Rubble
Jared Kushner has been showing a 32-page PowerPoint presentation to nearby countries.
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December 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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ANDY BESHEAR BUILDS DEMOCRATIC BUZZ FOR PRESIDENTIAL RUN
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December 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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DOJ RELEASES MORE EPSTEIN FILES
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December 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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US seizes another vessel off Venezuela as Trump administration ramps up pressure on Caracas | CNN Politics
Personnel from the United States boarded and seized a vessel off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday, according to an official familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on...
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December 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Exclusive | Washington Square Park crime plummets 65% since NYPD’s 24/7 crackdown on dealers, junkies
Crime is down a whopping 65% in notorious Washington Square Park since the NYPD kicked off a 24/7 crackdown at the Greenwich Village landmark in November aimed at weeding out dealers, junkies and o…
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December 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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US tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price
Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology, from cameras in Vietnam to censorship firewalls in Pakistan to citywide monitoring systems...
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December 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM