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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 9h

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Humpbacks have the longest pectoral fins of any whale — up to one-third of their body length. Their scientific name, Megaptera, means “big wing,” and it’s easy to see why.

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 7h

Galaxy rise narrated by Carl Sagan.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7h

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 2h

Former National Guard Vice Chief Major General Randy E. Manner strongly criticized President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to U.S. cities, saying it is a "full indication of di...

'Indication of a dictatorship': Retired general sounds alarm over Trump's use of military

Former National Guard Vice Chief Major General Randy E. Manner strongly criticized President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to U.S. cities, saying it is a "full indication of dictatorship...

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Axios @axios.com · 1h

The Department of Defense plans to enforce new policies that "appear designed to stifle a free press," the Pentagon Press Association said today.

New Pentagon policy sends "message of intimidation," press group says

"Access to the Pentagon is a privilege, not a right," a Defense Department spokesperson said.

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CNN @cnn.com · 1h

Twenty years’ worth of imagery captured by two orbiters circling Mars has revealed raging winds on the red planet. https://cnn.it/48hVsip

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

CHICAGO—People are marching in the streets to protest Donald Trump’s federal invasion and the aggressive harassment of citizens.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 4h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Tim Edwards @timzero4.bsky.social · 2h

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Tim Edwards @timzero4.bsky.social · 2h

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Tim Edwards @timzero4.bsky.social · 3h

I don't know whether to laugh or puke...😂😅

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ICE being chased away...

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Tim Edwards @timzero4.bsky.social · 3h

As far as I am concerned, at this point every member of the Republican Party is guilty of high treason...

Their continued support of and complicity with the criminal in the White House has marked them as enemies of the United States and its Constitution.

The true enemy from within...

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 4h

Senate Republicans voted down legislation Wednesday that would have put a check on President Donald Trump's ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels after Democrats tried to counter the administration's assertion of presidential war powers to destroy vessels in the Caribbean.

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

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Tim Edwards @timzero4.bsky.social · 3h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 3h

GET THAT MAN AN AWARD

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Tim Edwards @timzero4.bsky.social · 3h

theintercept.com/2025/10/08/v...

Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks

Republicans in the Senate voted down an war powers bill to block Trump's deadly attacks on alleged Venezuelan drug boats in the Caribbean.

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WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 6h

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Students and librarians take S.C. superintendent to court over school censorship rules

COLUMBIA – South Carolina public school librarians and students filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court to block enforcement of the state’s unconstitutional book banning regulation and a

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Merryl Wiener @merrylwiener.bsky.social · 4h

Amen.

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 4h

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Tim Edwards @timzero4.bsky.social · 3h

Have you noticed that fucking with ICE is quickly becoming a national pastime? Maybe even a brand new sport?

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 4h

“What kind of a country are we living in where the president of the United States is targeting his political opponents?” Pritzker told the press on the sidelines of a union protest in Chicago. https://to.pbs.org/4mZC3GL

WATCH: 'Come and get me,' Pritzker responds to Trump's call to put Illinois governor in jail

"What kind of a country are we living in where the president of the United States is targeting his political opponents?" Pritzker told the press on the sidelines of a union protest in Chicago.

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 4h

"There's a lot of rumours flying around, but I figured if you heard it from me, you'd know that I was OK."

Dolly Parton shares health update after sister asked for 'prayers'

Dolly Parton has offered fans an update on her health, assuring them she 'ain't dead yet', after her sister encouraged 'prayers' for the star.

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Tim Edwards @timzero4.bsky.social · 4h

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 4h

Southern right whales are growing in number after being on the brink of extinction.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

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