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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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weebeast.bsky.social @weebeast.bsky.social · 2h

I just cannot. So gutted

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 2h

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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 3h

Friend, who's a Portland fan and lived there for a short time when she was in her 20s, just sent me this. I burst out laughing.

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And now for a report from the hellish war-zone that is Portland

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 4h

Aw. What a cutie.

Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 4h

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Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing

The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.

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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 4h

I absolutely love this movie and have seen it a few times, the last seven or eight years ago.

And I remember how that monologue - the ending of the movie - touched me.

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The Ways of a Gentleman (@waysofagentleman)

This is my favorite monologue from Robert Redford. It’s from A River Runs Through It, which Mr. Redford directed. Turn up the volume and give this a listen. You won’t regret it.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 9h

Dispatch from Chicago: This is not a 'war zone'.. on the ground, reporting facts tethered to reality open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Dispatch from Chicago: This is not a 'war zone'

A week after the outrage of a military-style raid on a Chicago apartment building, the city is bracing for a National Guard deployment ordered by President Trump.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 9h

Trump is melting down cause what he is doing is really unpopular and so is he: www.reuters.com/world/us/mos...

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 6h

From that commie-pinko Rand Paul: No debate. No vote. Just endless war. That’s what they’re pushing—again.

I took to the Senate floor to say not this time. The American people deserve a voice before we're dragged into another forever war.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 6h

"The U.S. should not be blowing up boats without even knowing who’s on them. There’s no due process in that — no names, no evidence, no oversight."... No shit, Rand Paul is right

Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 6h

From that commie-pinko Rand Paul: No debate. No vote. Just endless war. That’s what they’re pushing—again.

I took to the Senate floor to say not this time. The American people deserve a voice before we're dragged into another forever war.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

At U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments Wednesday, the justices signaled they’re wary of making it significantly easier to challenge election laws, as a Republican member of Congress and his allies are urging them to do. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

SCOTUS Sounds Skeptical of Right-Wing Push for Flood of Election Law Challenges

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges

Read more here.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Together for change @erikgidoen12.bsky.social · 5h

Meet Bruno 🐶💛
Bruno is a fluffy bundle of love with the cutest curls and eyes that speak a thousand words. He’s playful, curious, and always ready for cuddles. Whether he’s tilting his head or bouncing around the yard, Bruno brings joy to every moment. he’s the sweetest little soul you’ll ever meet.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

I’m pretty sure if we designed an assisted living facility to look like the WH and put lots of gold all over it and a ballroom with his late 70s playlist on a loop we could coax him in there and he wouldn’t know the difference. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

As a reminder, when Jack Posobiec was in the US Navy, they assessed his full capabilities and concluded that he was best suited to collecting samples for urinalysis

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 6h

Oh my god lol

He should stand on his Speedy Trial rights if the prosecution admits it didn't have its case together!

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

To be fair, that's what happened with Michael Sussmann.

Remember they had never asked Jim Baker for his comms. They had never checked how FBI viewed Sussmann. They had never checked who Rodney Joffe was.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6h

Hey, you guys? Is it a good sign or a bad sign if the prosecution is just getting its hands around the evidence *after* it criminally charged the former FBI director?

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 13h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

One of the reasons the Jack Smith investigations seemed to take forever is because Biden's DoJ *did* have their hands around the evidence before they indicted. And they'd have convicted, too, if it weren't for those pesky SCOTUS fellas. 1/

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6h

Hey, you guys? Is it a good sign or a bad sign if the prosecution is just getting its hands around the evidence *after* it criminally charged the former FBI director?

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 13h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 5h

What if a Russian victory in Ukraine were only the beginning?

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | What if a Russian victory in Ukraine were only the beginning?

This isn’t a Russian “gray zone” war with Europe. It’s a real war. And the West is dithering.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 9h

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 15h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 9h

Do hearing next!

Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap, y’all. mRNA tech not only cures (some) cancer. It might cure (some) vision loss. What’s next? Weight loss? Gray hair? Abolishing reality TV?

Golden Age of Science right now. And some folks want to kill it stone dead.

Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 2d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.

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