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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 16h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 2h

I still am having a hard time processing that the conspiracy theories were all true and there actually was a small cabal of child rapists running the United States of America.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1h

I recognize the man holding a gun to our heads, ok now what?

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1h

It is self soothing to say that if only Palestinians accepted Israel then everything would be unlocked and peace would be possible. OK well that already happened, more than once, and what did it result in? When will people seriously grapple with the idea that perhaps Israel is a lot like Russia?

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1h

PLO recognized Israel in 1988 and 1993 and then what happened is a question nobody seems to answer on here

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 2h

It's so, so important that when these bills come up, we don't let Republican lawmakers gaslight voters. There's a reason they're 'redefining' contraception!

Learn more about the SB 323 here: jessica.substack.com/i/174968251/...

All-Male Committee Will Decide South Carolina Abortion Ban

10.1.25

jessica.substack.com

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Portia @portianoir.com · 1h

This this this.
Especially knowing right wingers consider it a “win” when they encourage Black boys down the pipeline.

Skeeter Rabbit👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏾 @makkkiiio.bsky.social · 18h

White boys aren’t the only ones consuming right wing red pill media, it’s a lot of black boys falling into the pipeline too and more parents should give a fuck about it

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 1h

Bambi was enough for me

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 2h

Yoooo! Why did they let us watch movies like this?!

For me personally it was The Return of the Living Dead.

Jason E. Dunlap, Valeyard @redeyedjedi.bsky.social · 3h

What horror movie, besides Bambi, really messed you up as a child?

For me,

The People Under the Stairs

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1h

Be aware of these paid propagandists

Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 1h

Other fellowship mentors include CNN’s Van Jones, who recently issued an apology after comments he made making light of images of dead Palestinian children and saying they were part of an Iran and Qatar disinformation campaign; and Michael Powell, a staff writer at the Atlantic...

Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War”

Hardline Israel advocate Jacki Karsh says she founded the new journalism fellowship to help “shift some of the narrative” in Israel’s favor.

www.dropsitenews.com

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orlandolovekill @orlandolovekill.bsky.social · 1h

Meanwhile, the Israelis & the Russian mafia/govt get away with doing what they want.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1h

Yup. And a lot of folks don't grasp that. They are still under the illusion that there is an uncompromised party.

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 1h

"Bird flu is spreading again, now that wild water fowl — geese, ducks and cranes — have begun their seasonal migrations. As the birds travel, they mingle at lakes and ponds and share viruses.

In poultry, bird flu cases are spiking earlier than expected.

After a summer respite, bird flu is back

Bird flu is spreading again as water fowl migrate. In poultry, cases are spiking earlier than expected, so some state officials are bracing for a challenging autumn.

www.nbcnews.com

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1h

Amazing how no one asks officials:
1) Why didn't you pursue the Epstein case earlier? He was indicted two decades ago.
2) Why did the past three admins appoint people tied to Epstein/Maxwell to major cabinet roles?

The key to whether a politician is bullshitting: will they discuss Robert Maxwell?

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 1h

"The property is in a suburban area, right next to a huge shopping center, with an endless amount of parking. So it’s not a hotel where you’d expect to find a charge for parking."

Marriott Hotel Forces All Guests To Pay For Parking, Passes It Off As A Tax

A Fairfield by Marriott charges $2.87 nightly for parking, regardless of whether or not guests are parking, and passes it off as a tax.

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 1h

Other fellowship mentors include CNN’s Van Jones, who recently issued an apology after comments he made making light of images of dead Palestinian children and saying they were part of an Iran and Qatar disinformation campaign; and Michael Powell, a staff writer at the Atlantic...

Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War”

Hardline Israel advocate Jacki Karsh says she founded the new journalism fellowship to help “shift some of the narrative” in Israel’s favor.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1h

The politicians suddenly concerned about the "Epstein files" ALL had the opportunity to expose this case, get justice for the victims, and stop the perpetrators. The first Trump admin, the Biden admin, and the current Trump admin. Instead, they threatened and harassed anyone who brought it up.

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 1h

David Frum is a senior editor at The Atlantic and former speechwriter for George W. Bush.

In 2014, during an Israeli military campaign that killed over 2,200 Palestinians and wounded over 11,000, Frum helped write a speech for the then-Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 18h

On Oct. 1, 2020, without mentioning his relationship with the company, Hegseth posted on Twitter praising and linking to a group of videos made by INX. “Worth watching,” wrote Hegseth. “I really like their vision of the future of finance.” He eventually deleted the tweets.

Pete Hegseth's Crypto History

Does the defense secretary have unclaimed earnings from a firm he formerly advised?

www.thenation.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 3h

They don't care about money. They care about power. They care about stealing and hoarding resources in a ravaged world. They don't have bills -- bills are for the little people, the replaceable people. They sit on a cloud of money above the economy in which the vast majority of the world exists.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 3h

AI is a dictator's dream, and it is being forced upon us in an unnatural way: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo1I...

The Dark Fraud Behind the Promise of AI: Sarah Kendzior

YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show

www.youtube.com

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 1d

Your post centering yourself as the victim of black women literally proves the need for a platform where you can’t bring this racist harm into their spaces.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 22h

New Q & A! I'm taking questions now. Sign up and ask while you can -- I have to close down when I get too many. Thanks!

sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/just-answe...

Just Answering Questions: The Fall

Got a question? Submit it to the Q & A here!

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 18h

"To say that governments are not doing anything is actually inaccurate, because 'they are actually enabling this,' she continued."

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 18h

“The world has allowed Israel to do this, to impose the most drastic, comprehensive media blackout, I think, in modern history, and to not only kill journalists, but to actually target journalists and their families,” Arraf said. ...

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