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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 8h

Senate Trumpists have voted down legislation to check felon Trump's abuse of war powers

Senate Republicans vote down legislation to check Trump's use of war powers against cartels

Senate Republicans have voted down legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels.

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 10h

Lawsuit against traitor Trump's National Guard deployment in Washington, DC, illustrates the country's deep partisan divide

Lawsuit against Trump's Washington National Guard deployment exposes country's deep partisan divide

A courtroom in Washington has become the latest battleground over President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement intervention.

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 12h

Illinois leaders are waiting to see what's next with Diktator Trump's military invasion

Illinois leaders are waiting to see what's next with Trump's use of National Guard

The governor of Illinois says he’s still in the dark about where the Trump administration will send National Guard troops who have reported to an Army training site southwest of Chicago.

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 14h

More Trumpist threats: The convicted felon says the Illinois governor and the Chicago mayor should be jailed for resisting his military takeover

Trump says Illinois governor and Chicago mayor should be jailed as they oppose Guard deployment

President Donald Trump says the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor, both Democrats, should be jailed as they oppose his deployment of National Guard troops for his immigration and crime crackdown in…

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 16h

Brexit has done nothing to stem the sharp decline of British fish populations, a study shows

Brexit has done nothing to stem sharp decline of UK fish populations, shows study

Experts call for urgent strategy to end overfishing as report shows just 41% of stocks of species such as cod and mackerel considered healthy

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 18h

Climate crisis: The massive glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada are melting away and could lead to ice-free peaks there soon for the first time in human history, new research has found.

Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history

New research shows massive glaciers in Sierra Nevada projected to melt away by the beginning of the next century

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 20h

A Rutgers professor is moving to Europe after Trumpist denunciations

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 22h

Former FBI Director James Comey to be arraigned after convicted felon Trump demanded his prosecution

Ex-FBI Director James Comey to be arraigned after Trump called for his prosecution

Comey was charged amid the president's repeated calls for investigations of his political opponents.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday

California is the third U.S. state to designate Diwali as an official statewide holiday. The law, newly signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, takes effect January 1.

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

Felon Trump says there is a “natural conflict” with Canada (until recently our closest ally!!) during Carney visit

Trump says there is ‘natural conflict’ with Canada during Carney visit

US president offers few concessions on tariffs after durable alliance fractured by trade war and annexation threats

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

So, who's paying for those Trump tariffs again? The bailout for farmers devastated by the felon's idiotic tariffs raises questions about trade war winners and losers www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump's farmer bailout raises fears about trade war winners and losers

Plans to spend billions of dollars supporting farmers have frustrated many other kinds of businesses that have also been hurt by tariffs.

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

"Extremely dangerous": Felon Trump’s latest deployment of troops in states opposing his regime is unprecedented in modern American history www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/m...

‘Extremely dangerous’: Trump’s latest push to send troops to blue states is unprecedented in modern military history - The Boston Globe

Legal and military scholars say we are watching an unprecedented erosion of constitutional limits and checks designed to prevent the deployment of the US military against its own citizens.

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

Diktator Trump has ordered the failed state of Florida to end its "Latinos in Action" courses www.tampabay.com/news/educati...

Trump administration orders Florida schools to end courses for Latino teens

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

Texas National Guard troops arrive in Chicago to suppress resistance to the Trump regime www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown

Military presence comes after judge declined to block troops from entering, following lawsuit filed by city and state

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

Marine heatwaves will become more frequent off the UK and Irish coasts, experts say www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Marine heatwaves to become more frequent off UK and Irish coasts, experts say

Scientists find 10% chance that similar events to the ‘unheard of’ temperatures in 2023 could occur each year

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

French President Macron should announce early presidential elections, says former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe as France’s political crisis deepens

Macron should announce early election, says former PM as France’s political crisis deepens

Édouard Philippe, a contender to succeed Macron, says situation is ‘distressing’ amid last-ditch efforts to get cross-party support for cabinet

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

The Trumpification of the news media: CBS News staffers react to Bari Weiss being named editor-in-chief: "utterly depressing" www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...