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Bill Walter

@billwalter.bsky.social
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Proponent of remembering again our true American positive-sum core values. "Until we are all free, we are none of us free." - Emma Lazarus

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h
Three billionaires gave more than 90% of the money raised by Representative Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for governor of Wisconsin, according to state campaign finance reports filed on Wednesday night.
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3 Billionaires Have Largely Funded Republican Nominee for Wisconsin Governor
Under its current rules, Wisconsin has not had a race in which a small number of donors have made up such a large share of a campaign’s funding.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h
Trump announced a $54 BILLION South Korean investment. The problem? South Korea says it hasn’t actually agreed to it. That’s not the only thing Trump is claiming despite a lack of evidence.
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Trump Announces $54 Billion Deal. South Korea Says Not So Fast.
As Trump threatens retaliation over the Flydubai attack and touts a sweeping energy win, South Korea says its Alaska LNG decision still depends on legal and commercial review.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
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Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Russian operative Pete Hegseth plans to slash a further 20% of all generals and admirals in U.S. armed forces. Senior military commanders loyal to the Constitution are being purged at a rapid rate, replaced with minions personally loyal to Trump. This is an essential feature of fascism.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 30/09/2026
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UN refugee agency concerned by Malaysia returns to Myanmar
The United Nations Refugee Agency on Wednesday said it was concerned by Malaysia’s return of more than 1,000 people to Myanmar because ​of the dire humanitarian conditions there.
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NPR @npr.org · 30/09/2026
Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project. n.pr/4hV4pSZ
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A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah
Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The orange felon wants to stupidly rename Artificial Intelligence into “super intelligence.” Nothing says super intelligence quite like the MAGA regime misspelling the United States on their document which announced their ridiculous name change.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
The senator who mistook the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes and tried to accuse Jack Smith of perjury? He could be the most dangerous man in the US Senate. What to know about Eric Schmitt:
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Is this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?
Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing a tribalistic ideology suggesting only descendants of white Christian pioneers are true Americans.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s somehow more depressing that our constitutional order is being dismantled by people who demonstrably cannot find their own asses with both hands.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Never thought I'd see the day where Karl Rove admits the GOP are fascists. That's how far afield the Republican Party has become.
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Karl Rove: My Party Is Being Taken Over by Nazis
Karl Rove called out 'Nazis' in the GOP, said Ken Paxton is losing Texas, and pledged to vote Democrat. Yes, that Karl Rove.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Of course, the vile Trump regime sides with bigoted parents over vulnerable kids.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/09/2026
Court convicts Turkish comedian of insulting president but orders release, broadcaster says reut.rs/4yXcNHf
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Court convicts Turkish comedian of insulting president but orders release, broadcaster says
A Turkish court convicted comedian Deniz Goktas of insulting President ​Tayyip Erdogan on Monday but ordered ‌his release after almost three months in custody, broadcaster NTV said.
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Aegean Boat Report @aegeanboatreport.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GREECE IS PUTTING THE WITNESS ON TRIAL For almost nine years, I have documented what happens to refugees and people seeking protection at Europe’s borders. On 6 October, I face trial on Rhodes. Today I am opening THE GREEK FILES.
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Bill Walter @billwalter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Bill Walter @billwalter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Terrifying.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 27/09/2026
Russia occupies Oleshky. Around 2,000 civilians remain and run out of food, medicine, water and electricity. Russia, as the occupying power, is responsible for facilitating humanitarian relief. Ukraine found another way in: its forces delivered ~4 tons of food by drone to 100 locations across town.
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NPR @npr.org · 27/09/2026
It's rare for Democrats to make religion a centerpiece of their campaigns. But this midterm election cycle, a number of candidates for Congress are doing just that. n.pr/3VS9pPE
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These Democrats are making Christianity a centerpiece of their midterm campaigns
It's rare for Democrats to make religion a centerpiece of their campaigns. But this midterm election cycle, a number of candidates for Congress are doing just that.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The fact that we've gotten to the point where this man feels comfortable speaking his mind in public is such an indictment of the 21st century as a whole
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 24/09/2026
"Paid for by the US Government" just means paid for at the expense of American taxpayers. Trump is setting your tax dollars on fire for ILLEGAL political propaganda.
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Trump ad airing with government funding despite law against ‘propaganda’
A TV ad boosting President Trump and saying that it was paid for by the U.S. government is airing in two major markets despite a federal law against using tax funds for "propaganda."
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Mark @njdoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Attempted murder? 'There is no bottom' isn’t a just a slogan, it’s an empirical observation! There is, laterally nothing that’s out of bounds for this GOP!: If you can visualize it, yes, they’re truly capable of it & it may actually happen in our lifetime! :( www.reuters.com/world/venezu...
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Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent hospitalized for paralysis treatment, returned to detention, lawyer says
A Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration ​agent in Austin, Texas, was treated at a hospital on Tuesday for paralysis on his ‌left side after he had spent a night in ICE detention with a bullet l...
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NPR @npr.org · 23/09/2026
White House officials allege these individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program or do not exist. Vice President Vance said the move would save $2.2 billion. n.pr/4h84nqD
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Trump administration to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims
White House officials allege these individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program or do not exist. Vice President Vance said the move would save $2.2 billion.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Trump: "In January, at my direction, the United States military conducted a massive military operation penetrating deep into the Venezuelan capital ... it was a war. To the victor belong the spoils."
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Very well done, AP. 🏆
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/09/2026
Saturday, Newsom signed 13 bills designed to keep Trump and anyone else from screwing with California’s elections. 🗳️ Seize ballots or machines - Felony 🗳️Interfere w/mail ballots - Felony 🗳️Use law enforcement to disrupt polls - New restrictions 🗳️Target election records - The state gets notified
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Only you can prevent fascism @bluejacket3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
David Ellison is threatening to move Paramount Skydance out of California to bully state Attorney General Rob Bonta into ending his challenge of Paramount’s $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery. But Ellison’s threat is empty, and the AG should call that out -- not give in to it.
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AGs Must Not Cave to Paramount’s Empty Threat to Leave California
No company should be allowed to bully a state into abandoning its job of protecting consumers.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 21/09/2026
Explainer: How US sanctions would undermine global war crimes court reut.rs/4hgOey2
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Explainer: How US sanctions would undermine global war crimes court
US President Donald Trump's administration is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court as part of a campaign to dismantle the institution created to prosecute people accused of the world's most heinous crimes.
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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Reuters @reuters.com · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration prepared sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court and plans to announce them soon, two sources said, in a move that would step up its attack on the global tribunal that prosecutes war crimes and genocide worldwide reut.rs/4hih6ps
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Trump administration prepares sanctions against International Criminal Court, sources say
President ‌Donald Trump's administration has prepared sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court and plans to announce them soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that ...
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Hate to Badger You... @hate2badgeryou.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And this regime's policy of starving Cuba is going to make a post Communist Cuba that more difficult to manage. With trump and Rubio already dividing up the spoils, we could be looking at a failed state like Haiti if this continues. www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/cubas-p...
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Cuba’s Point of No Return
The country is collapsing even as its regime survives.
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Bernadette @insolentpheasant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Hatch Act prohibits government officials from using their official positions to influence elections. That includes supporting candidates while acting in their official capacities. Todd Blanche’s participation at rallies has drawn scrutiny from critics.
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Attorney General Blanche's Appearances At Political Events Blur Justice Department Boundaries
Todd Blanche’s participation at rallies has drawn scrutiny from critics who say it threatens to undermine public faith in decisions that are supposed to be made free of political interference.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
RFK Jr. received "more than $250,000 worth of free flights to Fiji and Greece as well as use of a vacation home in Washington, D.C. from Gavin de Becker..." de Becker has been described as Jeff Bezo's "top security staffer" www.wsj.com/politics/rfk...
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Exclusive | RFK Jr. Got Free Flights to Fiji and Greece From a Top Donor
The health secretary disclosed over $250,000 in gifts from security specialist Gavin de Becker.
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The Christian Left @the-christian-left.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Pregnant Women Are Receiving Substandard and Often Life-threatening Medical Care In ICE Detention www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-inte…
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Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women
ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving basic prenatal care and screenings
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Krisi 🏳️‍⚧️ @primaryradical.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Flaktürme. He's building flak towers.
Flakturm VII L-tower – Augarten, Vienna.
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Pipa💙🌸🫂🌊 @pipafrausto.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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danigarnet.bsky.social @danigarnet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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FreeDame 🦋💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇸🇨🇦 🌊 @freedame.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
… turning FBI gay.
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Bill Walter @billwalter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A storm brought down a five-foot piece of ceiling plaster at the Kennedy Center this month and leadership sprang into action. They didn't repair the damage. Instead they left the mess for weeks, posting photos on soc media with commentary like “the place is falling apart and Trump wants to fix it.”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And a malignant narcissist is a narcissist who ends up trying to destroy everything he hasn’t contributed to and isn’t entitled to. ht: @narceducator.bsky.social
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Reuters @reuters.com · 20/09/2026
Luxembourg deploys additional detection assets following drone sightings reut.rs/4riQOIc
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Luxembourg deploys additional detection assets following drone sightings
Luxembourg's government said on Sunday that additional detection assets have been deployed to strengthen ​airspace monitoring, after Luxembourg Airport temporarily suspended ‌services late on Friday due to the sighting of drones.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/09/2026
Baltic spy chiefs warn Moscow is preparing for more decisive action in Europe
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Baltic spy chiefs warn Moscow is preparing for more decisive action in Europe
Exclusive: intelligence officers warn campaign against Nato could intensify ‘in months, not years’ – but panic will play into Kremlin psy-ops European intelligence officials have raised the possibility of an imminent Russian test of Nato, with one saying a potential attack could come in a matter of “months not years”. The warnings came after Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, told parliament that intelligence assessments suggest Russia may launch an attack with drones or missiles on Nato territory in the coming months, as part of efforts to prove that “article 5 is more theoretical than practical”. Continue reading...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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