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Afra Kroon 🇳🇱 @afrakroon.bsky.social · Nov 16

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In these times of turmoil
dream yourself a dream
and make it sweet
and do not fear
I will not steal
your dream
your dream is yours to keep.

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Europa - Santana

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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 43m

The Trump Coin
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Beat the algorithms. Follow my work on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com

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Comey pleads not guilty to Trump Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress

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Comey pleads not guilty to Trump Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress

Former FBI Director James Comey has pleaded not guilty to lying to Congress five years ago. Comey is set to make his first court appearance Wednesday in a Justice Department criminal case accusing him...

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Trump says Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson 'should be in jail' www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

Trump says Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson 'should be in jail'

The president's Truth Social post comes a day after federalized National Guard troops arrived in Illinois.

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“Armed with heavy machinery.”

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“Armed with heavy machinery.”

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 9h

Stephen Miller said "plenary authority," which is a fancy way of saying "absolute power of the kind Hitler enjoyed," and then goes silent, probably because he jizzed his pants.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11h

Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...

A picture of Sergio Garcia and George W and Laura Bush. It is signed, To Sergio Garcia with best wishes.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10h

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in chemistry is awarded for work in the development of metal–organic frameworks to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi.

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi share Nobel Prize in chemistry

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing metal–organic frameworks.

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Cartoon by Vasco Gargalo.