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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 11h

It looks like CNN's link is not directing to the same article anymore. Here's a link to the Associated Press's story: apnews.com/article/isra...

Israeli military intercepts another flotilla heading to Gaza and detains scores of activists

The Israeli military has intercepted a nine-boat flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea trying to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza and detained scores of activists on board.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d

At a time when we should be guaranteeing health care to all Americans as a human right, President Trump and his Republican colleagues are threatening to make our broken system even worse by doubling premiums for more than 20 million Americans.

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 13h

Be sure to check your flight's status before you go to the airport.

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 13h

Good luck!

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 13h

Gaza flotilla member: We were treated like terrorists. "We were kidnapped, stripped, zip-tied, blindfolded & sent to an internment camp... without access to food, water or legal support. ....People were... regularly beaten, handcuffed, ankle-cuffed & left in solitary..." jacobin.com/2025/10/flot...

I Spent Five Days in Israel’s Desert Prison

I joined a flotilla to deliver aid to Gaza. After Israeli forces seized our ship, I spent five days inside al-Naqab prison, witnessing the cruelty of Israel’s detention regime.

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 13h

"'We request that you immediately provide a list of all designated terrorist organizations to Congress, along with the associated determination criteria or methodologies used.’"

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 13h

"You have also failed to specify the authority under which the Administration is able to designate affiliates of certain drug trafficking organizations as enemy combatants for the purpose of undertaking lethal strikes."

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 13h

Democrats ask Trump to justify strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats. “‘Congress has the sole constitutional responsibility to declare war and to authorize the use of force. You have failed to secure such authorization for these strikes,’ the letter states." www.commondreams.org/news/trump-l...

Democrats Demand Trump Provide Legal Justification for Extrajudicial Murder of Alleged Drug Runners | Common Dreams

"Congress has the sole constitutional responsibility to declare war and to authorize the use of force," notes a joint letter to the president. "You have failed to secure such authorization for these s...

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

"The mass killing in Gaza with US weapons has pushed a growing number of Americans to oppose military aid and weapon sales to Israel. However, the growing opposition... did not lead [Presidents] Joe Biden or Donald Trump to curtail the flow of arms to Israel."

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

U.S. military support for Israel since 2023 has cost taxpayers more than $31 billion. "Israel has received over $21 billion in military aid from the US and.... the US has spent between $10 and $13 billion helping Israel wage wars across the Middle East...” news.antiwar.com/2025/10/07/t...

The US Spent Over $31 Billion Aiding Israel in the Past Two Years - News From Antiwar.com

The Cost of War Project at Brown University calculated that total US military support to Israel over the past two years has cost US taxpayers over $30 billion. Israel has received over $21 billion in ...

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

Tesla driver dies in fiery crash after collision. "Julie Eibinder, 24, was driving along a six-lane road in North Miami Beach last week when she was cut off by an SUV.... The vehicles collided before Eibinder’s Tesla struck a pole and erupted into flames..." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Woman, 24, dies after being trapped in burning Tesla

Julie Eibinder, 24, was cut off by an SUV driver while driving in North Miami Beach. The vehicles collided and Eibinder's Tesla struck a pole, causing it to erupt into flames.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

Pueblo, CO police officer kills armed shoplifting suspect by hitting him with police car. "Chilling dashcam footage has emerged of a police officer saying ‘I’m going to hit him’ before fatally running down a shoplifting suspect who was fleeing the scene on foot." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Chilling moment cops fatally run down gun-wielding shoplifting suspect

Extraordinary dashcam footage has emerged of the moment a police officer said 'I'm going to hit him' and then accelerated to run over a gun-weilding shoplifting suspect who had escaped on foot.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

"...a Burisma executive emailed Hunter a list of ‘deliverables’ in return for his board compensation. The demands included getting high-ranking US officials to put pressure on the Ukrainian government in support of Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky, who was then under investigation for corruption..."

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

"In an extreme departure from normal practice, the report on Ukrainian displeasure was suppressed at the request of Biden’s then-national security adviser, Dr. Colin Kahl, and did not appear in the Presidential Daily Brief (PDB), according to a senior CIA official who briefed journalists this week."

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

Biden got CIA to drop item about his visit to Ukraine from Obama’s 'Daily Brief'. "Ukrainian officials were left ‘bewildered & disappointed’ by V.P. Joe Biden’s December 2015 trip to Kyiv... accusing the US of a ‘double standard’ given Biden’s family ties to... Burisma..." nypost.com/2025/10/07/u...

Biden covered up Ukrainian complaints of corruption ‘double standard,’ secret CIA files reveal

Kyiv accused the US of a “double standard” given Joe Biden’s family ties to corrupt energy firm Burisma.

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

The 'radical left' should turn out for these demos too, with signs that suggest real alternatives: Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, deep cuts in military spending, raising the minimum wage, demilitarizing the police, criminal justice reform, nuclear disarmament, ending mass surveillance. etc.

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

Democrats and aligned groups planning nationwide protests against Trump on October 18th. "October 18 protest organizers say they will focus on the president’s ongoing threats to deploy National Guard troops into cities, and his continued mass deportation agenda." www.wlrn.org/government-p...

Another 'No Kings' protest planned nationwide for Oct. 18

Protest organizers say they will focus on President Donald Trump's ongoing threats to deploy National Guard troops into cities and his continued mass deportation agenda.

www.wlrn.org

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

Private economic reports suggest low or no job growth in September. "The monthly jobs report from payroll-processing firm ADP showed the U.S. shed 32,000 private-sector jobs in September. However, that likely ‘understates the decline’, [Moody's Mark] Zandi noted..." thehill.com/business/554...

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

"Developing countries, especially China, led the clean energy charge but richer nations including the US and EU relied more than before on planet-warming fossil fuels for electricity generation."

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

More power now generated using solar, wind or water than with coal. “Renewable energy overtook coal as the world’s leading source of electricity in the first half of this year – a historic first, according to new data from the global energy think tank Ember." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

Israel boards and seizes 9 more aid ships bound for Gaza. "The FFC said the Israeli military had intercepted all nine of the convoy’s ships as of just after 6 a.m. local time, roughly 120 nautical miles from Gaza. ....Eight of the passengers are US citizens..." edition.cnn.com/world/live-n...

Another fleet of Gaza-bound aid ships has been intercepted by Israeli military, organizers say

President Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed on the first phase of a peace framework that will allow for the swift release of all hostages. Follow live updates.

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

"‘What became of the $50,000. Did the FBI get it back?’ Bondi... [suggested] the senator ‘speak to the FBI’.... Whitehouse later asked Bondi if [Tom] Homan kept the $50,000... Bondi repeated... that there was no evidence that Homan committed any crime." www.commondreams.org/news/pam-bon...

Bondi Dodges Over Whether Trump Border Czar Kept $50,000 in Cash From Alleged Bribe Sting Operation | Common Dreams

US Attorney General Pam Bondi dodges questions on $50,000 cash bribe allegedly accepted by Trump official Tom Homan.

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

"‘…weird that an Attorney General prepares for a hearing with opposition research to attack committee members. That is a first, for me at least,' [Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse posted]. ....'Weirder still, the oppo research is false. I checked. [Reid Hoffman] has never contributed to me.'" [Turn to 10]

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

"‘There’s been... reporting that... Epstein showed people photos of... Trump with half-naked young women. Do you know if the FBI found those [photos]?' Whitehouse asked. Bondi [replied]: '...you’re the one who was taking money from one of [his] closest confidants...’" turnto10.com/politics/sen...

Whitehouse, Bondi spar over Epstein files at contentious hearing

Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly argues with Democrats who had questions about the direction of the Justice Department.

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 14h

AG dodges questions, attacks Senators at hearing. "[Sen. Mazie] Hirono... pressed [Pam] Bondi over the [DoJ's] removal of... prosecutors who worked on investigations involving Pres. Trump and the Jan. 6 attack.... ‘I’m not going to discuss personnel matters with you.’” abcnews.go.com/Politics/dem...

Bondi rips Democratic senators, dodges questions on 'weaponization' and Homan during fiery hearing

The hearing follows a tumultuous summer for the Department of Justice.

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