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Twindog4Dad @twindog4dad.bsky.social · 13h

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Heart for the House | Part 3 | 10 am

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

If you needed another reason to crush spotted lanternflies, here’s one that may hit close to home: they’re threatening your wine.

The spotted insects have developed a taste for grapevines.

Spotted lanternflies are threatening your wine

Spotted lanternflies have developed an appetite for grapevines, endangering Virginia’s over $8 billion wine industry. The pests could reach California by 2033.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

A federal jury this week found a private company that runs detention centers liable for the 2015 death of an inmate in Louisiana and awarded the man’s family $42.75 million in damages.

Jury Awards $42 Million in Death of Inmate at Private Jail in Louisiana

Erie Moore, a retired millworker and father of three, died in 2015, a month after guards slammed him headfirst to the floor at the Richwood Correctional Center, lawyers for his family said.

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 4d

Can someone please tell the AIA that the historic East Wing of the White House was not simply a "facade" but a full structure, with about the same size footprint as the West Wing, of rooms, offices, and other spaces?

Aerial view of the East Wing from the southwest in 1992 (HABS - Jack Boucher)

Plan of the East Wing from above, including the defined rooms and spaces, and the garden room, the east colonnade, the family theater, and the visitors foyer, connecting with the mansion.

Cutaway axonometric drawing of the east wing showing a separation of the first and second floor, views of the rooms, including a cutaway into the family theater, through the cutaway in the colonnade

Overhead plan of the White House grounds showing the mansion, the east and west wings, the gardens, the north and south lawns

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

Russia is protecting its nuclear submarine fleet in the Arctic with an undersea surveillance system built using equipment acquired from U.S. and European companies through a secret procurement network, according to financial records, court documents and officials.

Russia acquired Western technology to protect its nuclear submarine fleet

Russia secretly used front companies to buy Western technology and erect a surveillance net in the Arctic where its submarines operate, an investigation shows.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

A D.C. resident who was briefly detained and handcuffed last month for following a National Guard patrol while playing “The Imperial March” from Star Wars on his phone has filed a lawsuit saying his constitutional rights were violated.

Man detained for protesting National Guard with Star Wars song sues

Sam O’Hara filmed National Guard troops in D.C. while playing “The Imperial March” on his phone. He never thought his protest would lead to him being detained.

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Tick Segerblom @tsegerblom.bsky.social · 3d

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Tesla Profit Plunges as Musk Turns Focus to ‘Robot Army’

The electric-vehicle maker’s net income fell 37%, even as American shoppers raced to buy electric vehicles before a $7,500 federal tax credit expired last month.

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

Vice President Vance's scathing remark came as he wrapped up an Israel trip, as the Trump administration attempts to keep up momentum on the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. n.pr/4owS2gp

Vance slams Israel's parliament vote on West Bank annexation, calling it an 'insult'

Vice President Vance's scathing remark came as he wrapped up an Israel trip, as the Trump administration attempts to keep up momentum on the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4d

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner tells AP he got a new tattoo to cover one seen as a Nazi symbol.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

The freshman class at Harvard University has fewer Black, Hispanic and international students than last year, a change in diversity that comes after the Trump administration launched a wide-ranging attack to try to force the school to end DEI policies.

Black, Latino and international student enrollment drops at Harvard

The current freshmen are the first class admitted since the Trump administration demanded changes in admissions at the Ivy League school.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6d

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 7d

“Whistlemania” across the Chicago area, as anti-ICE activists get ready to create a derisive, high-pitched cacophony wherever masked feds are sighted chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

To stand up to ICE agents, some Chicagoans are arming themselves with whistles

The plastic whistles have become a way to loudly resist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and warn those who may be in danger.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6d

Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns

The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11d

Trump can simply give $40 billion in US tax money to his pals in Argentina, openly admit it is for the intended purpose of keeping the MAGA allied right wing government in power, and pocket billions for himself. The US has no laws anymore and that's your money they are stealing.

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NPR @npr.org · 11d

Several news organizations, including The New York Times, NPR and Newsmax, are refusing to sign a new set of restrictions on news gathering inside the Pentagon. n.pr/3ILiHaj

News outlets reject Pentagon press restrictions

Several news organizations, including The New York Times, NPR and Newsmax, are refusing to sign a new set of restrictions on news gathering inside the Pentagon.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12d

For many U.S. Palestinians with family in Gaza, news of last week’s Israel-Hamas deal brought mixed emotions: a long-awaited sense of hope but also anxiety over whether the agreement would hold.

For U.S. Palestinians, ceasefire brings long-awaited relief — and anxiety

A mother and wife in New Jersey dreams of a return to Gaza, but her family’s home will need rebuilding.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12d

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

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Twindog4Dad @twindog4dad.bsky.social · 12d

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Audio Chat Groups are now available on #fanbase

Isaac Hayes III (@isaachayes3) on Threads

THE CRISIS OF SILENCE IS HERE. One of the most underutilized yet powerful resources on Fanbase is Audio Chat Rooms, and you don’t even need to download the app to listen. @jamalhbryant breaks down ho...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d

Marjorie Taylor Greene on CNN (!): "I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying if the ACA tax credits expire, they aren't gonna be able to have health insurance. They're going to have to drop it."

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Twindog4Dad @twindog4dad.bsky.social · 17d

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Mr. Rogers was never taken out of Context . #CharlieKirk #PBS #MrRogersneighborhood

Michael McWhorter (@tizzyent) on Threads

in a world full of Kirks, be a Rogers.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

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NPR @npr.org · 20d

A year ago, Rwanda faced its first outbreak of Marburg virus. Dr. Tsion Firew remembers how scared she was — and how that didn't stop her from playing a key role in the remarkably effective response.

A bold doctor sent her kids away and helped beat one of the world's deadliest viruses

A year ago, Rwanda faced its first outbreak of Marburg virus. Dr. Tsion Firew remembers how scared she was — and how that didn't stop her from playing a key role in the remarkably effective response.

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Twindog4Dad @twindog4dad.bsky.social · 21d

‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭10‬-‭11‬

“10 For you have acquired new creation life which

11 In this new creation life, your nationality makes no difference, nor your ethnicity, education, nor economic status—they matter nothing.
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Colossians 3:11 In this new creation life, your nationality makes no difference, nor your ethnicity, education, nor economic status—they matter nothing. For it is Christ that means everything as he li...

In this new creation life, your nationality makes no difference, nor your ethnicity, education, nor economic status—they matter nothing. For it is Christ that means everything as he lives in every one

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Twindog4Dad @twindog4dad.bsky.social · 21d

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
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Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. | New King James Version (NKJV) | Download The Bible App Now

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

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