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Reuters @reuters.com · 31m

Nearly 90% of surveyed East Congo clinics out of medicines, Red Cross says reut.rs/4q1Apqu

Nearly 90% of surveyed East Congo clinics out of medicines, Red Cross says

More than 200 health facilities in war-hit eastern Congo have run out of medicines due to widespread looting and supply chain disruptions during fighting this year, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 41m

Nestle has left the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, an industry initiative to reduce climate emissions.

Nestle Bows Out of Initiative to Reduce Dairy’s Climate Impact

The food giant has left the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from herds of cattle.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 10h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 6h

"It is going to be disastrous if this continues"

Nobel Prize physics laureate John Clarke says Trump cuts will 'cripple' US scientific research

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 5h

Still going. I may buy more tomorrow. $4000 doesn’t seem like any sort of resistance

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 5h

The anti-AI asset. (Trump and AI trade are basically the same thing)

Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 5h

Gold, the anti-AI asset

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6h

The First Amendment explicitly guarantees:

-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech

If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s video of the incident

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 6h

These fascist fckers. When the time comes, we need to be brutal in their punishment.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s video of the incident

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s video of the incident

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 9h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 7h

Gooooold.

IMO, it isn’t driven by speculation like meme stocks.

It is a flight to safety bet, as the world around us becomes more uncertain.

$6000 soon.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 8h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 7h

“If you don’t give us tax cuts, we won’t create jobs.”

That excuse should never be believed again.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump posts that Sen. Blumenthal “should be allowed to speak no longer”

Sanctimonious Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the biggest “joke” in the United States Senate, is at it again! “Dick” lied until the midpoint of his political career, convincing everyone, in particular the Fake News Media, that he was a great “War Hero” who lived on the precipice of death in the jungles of Vietnam. He would talk about his life in the military in almost every speech, in particular the death defying dangers he faced in his many years “fight for freedom” while in Vietnam. He stated that “the battles were violent and long, but there was no going back” - And then it happened, Blumenthal was found out to be a FRAUD. The soldiers in his so-called “platoon” came forward and said that they had no idea who this guy was. He was revealed, broke down and admitted, tears flowing from his eyes, that he LIED, a Whopper, one that lasted 20 year. This guy shouldn’t even be in the U.S. Senate. It should be investigated, and Justice should be sought. Right now there is a Congressman sitting in prison for lying about his past during a campaign. Well, those lies were nothing compared to those of Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the greatest phony in the history of the United States Senate. He should be allowed to speak no longer!

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 7h

If the AI bubble bursts in Q4, you’re going to have the same pundits who claim it isn’t a bubble now saying: “of course it was a bubble.”

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 7h

At least when the machine blows up, it’ll take down some big money too.

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 7h

“You think you 70% of America matter?!”

- Top 10%

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 7h

ECONOMIC GLOOM GRIPS AMERICA — NEARLY 70% OF AMERICANS NOW BELIEVE THE ECONOMY IS HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, FANNIE MAE SURVEY REVEALS

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 11h

Elon Musk once said he would pursue former Twitter execs to the ends of the earth. Instead, he just settled their $128 million lawsuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 8h

The after hours around 5pm PT / 8pm ET futures buyers always return.

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 8h

“You don’t understand.

If Mag7 stocks crumble and AI investments all crater, then my rich family will have to stop eating at restaurants, taking fancy vacations, buying expensive stuff!

Our way of life will be ruined!!”

- Top 10%

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Mr. Brock @brocklee.me · 17h

“These muthafuckas are crazy.” -Kamala Harris

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 8h

No one flies until ACA premiums are restored permanently

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 8h

Protecting communities is what matters.

Not your bullshit AI investment.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

“..’ Our family gatherings are filled with crying and trying to figure out how we get past this moment,” Mr. Aguayo said. “People are being terrorized. People are being attacked. That’s what it feels like.”

@nytimes.com #chicago
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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 8h

Shut down all flights.

Let the business class and rich vacations stay home haha

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

“.. flights are being delayed this evening at Nashville International Airport due to “staffing,” with average arrival delays of 126 minutes as of 5:30 p.m.”

@politico.com #shutdown
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