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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 1h
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTyPvgM58/ Every single time we ask a Zionist about what’s going on in the West Bank, they will demur and say they disagree with what the settlers are doing. But if we say we should sanction Israel for that, they say no. If we say we should divest from Israel over that, they
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Dozens of Jewish settlers repulsed an attempt by Israeli security forces to return a Palestinian family to its home in the occupied West Bank before setting fire to its property and car. Several Israe...
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 59m
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White House begins mailing $500 ObamaCare ‘refund’ checks
The White House began mailing $500 refund checks Wednesday to just about 1 million Americans who the administration says were overcharged for their ObamaCare insurance.  Treasury Department checks …
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 2h
Yesterday's developments in three important Trump II cases are datapoints in favor of a tentative working theory that appeals courts are slowly coming around to the urgency of the current moment.
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Appeals Courts Slowly Awaken to Trump II Threat
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back In the defining legal struggle of...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h
Q: “President Trump in 2020 asked his Justice Department to say the election was fraudulent. Do you think that is the role of the Justice Department?” Blanche: “I think it’s our job to investigate and prosecute.”
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 1h
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After Trump opened Bears Ears land to business, prospectors swooped in
All the claims on the 1.2 million acres of newly opened land appear to have been filed by small-scale miners in Utah with an interest in uranium.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 5h
It’s not a war. It’s a genocide with mass ethnic cleansing and land theft. A war implies at least two combatants. Israel is just slaughtering civilians. There is no other combatant. Hamas was never an actual army, and is no longer even a fighting force.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 5h
Do you like green eggs and ham?
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 4h
President Donald Trump's gait and stance during his high-profile appearance with tech industry titans drew raised eyebrows late Tuesday.
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'Can't walk in a straight line': Fresh concerns about Trump's health after tech meeting
President Donald Trump's gait and stance during his high-profile appearance with tech industry titans drew raised eyebrows late Tuesday.The 80-year-old president spoke with reporters after a luncheon with tech executives, including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, OpenAI's Greg Brockma...
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 4h
fun when bad things happen to horrible people Kristi Noem files for divorce as criminal probe looms www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Kristi Noem files for divorce as criminal probe looms
The worst couple you know is officially divorcing.
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2wauken.bsky.social @2wauken.bsky.social · 4h
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h
"Super Intelligence."
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 3h
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Kennedy Center 'in free fall' as Trump allies max out credit and spend opera funds: WaPo
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 3h
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Top election lawyer says Trump has already rigged the 2026 midterms
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 3h
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Trump sweating as court appears likely to pave the way for criminal charges
Politico reports a federal appeals court appears likely to allow a contempt investigation to go forward, which could include criminal charges, to proceed against Trump administration officials.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
If you’ve decided to start calling something by a new name because Donald Trump decided he wants everyone to call it something different, then you are in a cult of pathetic morons.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 6h
UNREAL: Senate Republicans and John Fetterman Block Measure To Probe Killings of Nine Americans by Israelis in West Bank. Yep these Republicans and Fetterman voted to protect Israel over US citizens. This is TREASONOUS! www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...
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Senate Republicans and John Fetterman Block Measure To Probe Killings of Nine Americans by Israelis in West Bank
Senate Republicans voted almost unanimously against a measure that would require the State Department to investigate Israeli violence in the West Bank that, since 2022, has resulted in the deaths of a...
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 6h
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Defeated Trump will burn down his own inner circle after midterms: insider
Trump biographer Michale Wolff says President Donald Trump tends to attack his friends and loyalists hardest when things don’t go his way — primarily because they make easy targets. This, he said, wil...
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 10h
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Camera system sheds new light on bird collisions at sea
Research into bird collisions with offshore wind turbines has taken an important step forward. A yearlong pilot study at an offshore wind turbine has shown that thermal cameras and artificial intellig...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h
"You can’t assume an American version of Medicare for All would look like the systems in France, Germany, or Taiwan. And by the same token, you can’t assume it’d look like Canada’s."
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Rogers Tries to Make El-Sayed’s Health Care Plan Scary
But how many of the Michigan Republican’s claims hold up?
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 11h
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) landed in a humiliating national spotlight Tuesday after falsely accusing former special counsel Jack Smith of lying about attending an Atlanta Hawks game, when he was actually at an Iowa Hawkeyes away game in Maryland.
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'What hearing were you watching?' Jen Psaki laughs as MAGA scrambles over Schmitt disaster
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) landed in a humiliating national spotlight Tuesday after falsely accusing former special counsel Jack Smith of lying about attending an Atlanta Hawks game, when he was actually at an Iowa Hawkeyes away game in Maryland.But even more embarrassing, MS NOW's Jen Psaki noted tha...
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 10h
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Wild tomatoes still hold the flavor we bred away: New map shows breeders where to look
Modern tomatoes are a breeding success story. Generations of selection have made them bigger, firmer, more productive and easier to ship. But that progress came at a cost. Domestication and breeding r...
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 14h
A memorable moment from today’s Jack Smith Senate hearing, feat. Chuck Grassley
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 14h
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Wolves did not save Yellowstone—why were we so desperate to believe they did?
You might be among the 46 million people who've seen a video showing how wolves changed Yellowstone, or you may have heard another version of the story. Yellowstone, which covers nearly 3,500 square m...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 22h
From Harding’s trickle-down promises to Hoover’s prosperity pitch to Reagan’s tax cut hustle to Trump’s factory announcements, Republicans have a long history of pushing scams before Election Day… hartmannreport.com/p/trump-has-...
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 21h
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The World's Rainforests Could Contain A Staggering $714 Billion Worth Of Undescribed Drugs
How do you put a value on nature? In this case, by its potential drugs.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 22h
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McDonald’s Could Use AI To Charge Everyone Different Prices For Burgers | Kotaku
A new report claims McDonald’s is using an AI-powered pricing engine to analyze data from millions of transactions across thousands of restaurants to create the “optimal price” for food items at each ...
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 22h
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Have you noticed AI slop everywhere lately? I asked artists and designers why it’s taking over the real world
From event posters to cafe menus, AI slop is suddenly everywhere — I asked artists and designers what’s going on
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23h
1. Garland had to sue for testimony of 14 critical witnesses w/o which there'd be no case. The court took a year to rule 2. Garland began investigating Trump when he got to DOJ. He did not wait 2 years 3. Twitter delayed the probe 4 months 4. The J6 cmte delayed it by another 2 months 5. SCOTUS
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 23h
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'He’s unfit': Trump relative reveals signs his 'Alzheimer’s' has set in
On Tuesday, a relative of President Donald Trump revealed signs that his “cognitive decline” is tipping into the Alzheimer’s that runs in his family.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donate to his Super PAC? He'll pardon your crimes. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll appoint you to a government position. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll grant you favorable regulatory rulings that help boost your bottom line. We must not become numb to this blatant corruption.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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NASA Sent 3,400 Bees Into Space in 1984. Seven Days Later, They Had Built 200 cm² of Hexagons | Daily Galaxy US
The bees were loaded into their aluminum enclosure on April 5, 1984, one day before space shuttle Challenger launched on the STS 41-C mission. By April 9, three days after launch and on the mission’s ...
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Iran Just Pulled Off a Strategic Master Stroke in the Strait of Hormuz — and the World’s Most Powerful Military May Never Be the Same
The Pentagon is weighing whether its Iran-damaged Persian Gulf bases are even worth rebuilding. The Washington Post reports officials are considering keeping fewer troops near Iran and moving some far...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Republicans don’t care about the people who beat Capitol police and threatened officials on January 6. They only care about their toll records. Even though none of them were charged. Why a bunch of assholes.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Donald Trump labeled 'total pig' as recent move 'exposes his own lies'
President Donald Trump has been labeled a "total pig" after a recent move he made appeared to "expose his own lies". The situation has caused fury as people think it said a lot abo...
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Iran Just Got Handed an American Underwater Drone: Its Own Embassy Promised an Unboxing Ceremony the Next Morning
Iran says it captured a second American underwater drone and plans to reverse-engineer the first, a claim the U.S. military disputes.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 29/09/2026
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld told viewers Monday that one of New York City's top "quality of life issues" is how "overweight the hookers have become." Co-host Jesse Watters agreed.
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Fox News host's strange take on New York 'quality of life issue' sparks uproar: 'Oy'
A Fox News host sparked an uproar after uncorking a strange take about what he described as a "quality of life issue" New Yorkers face during Monday's broadcast of "The Five." "It's something that a lot of people are talking about in terms of a quality of life issue, and I don't know if we have phot...
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Trump shuts down review because backlash conflicts with his 'vision'
A federal agency bypassed a 60-year-old law to fast-track the 250-foot "vanity arch" after being flooded with over 100,000 public complaints.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The RAF Fairford bomb plot was designed to fail. So who was behind it?
If this was a ploy to use old school techniques in the age of drones, it was doomed from the start, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Russia paying US recruits $26,000 to become cannon fodder in Ukraine war
“When an American suddenly ends up fighting on Russia’s side … They are invited onto television… and presented as proof that ‘ordinary Americans support Russia.'”
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Trump may have just accidentally created the authority to 'lock him up'
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump continues to steal your money to pay for political ads while media companies continue to be co-conspirators to a crime by accepting the stolen funds.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith has to respond to several questions from Republican Sen. John Kennedy with this: "I'm not going to talk about my family here today."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
IOWA FIRST… FROM KANSAS? Zach Lahn is running for governor of Iowa while maintaining a home in Wichita. He voted in Kansas in 2018, 2020 and 2022, then registered in Iowa in 2024. Flight records reviewed by the Des Moines Register showed his plane making frequent trips back to Wichita.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Trump’s slurred, confused Oval Office announcement really should concern Republicans
The president seemed like he was struggling, writes Holly Baxter, and through the struggle he forgot to claim that the Iran war isn’t a war and that the $5,000 midterms payment isn’t a mass voter brib...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"An admission that the American president offered to sell arms to China is extraordinary. The Communist-ruled nation is considered by most policymakers and legislators of both parties to be the greatest military, economic and diplomatic rival of the United States..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 28/09/2026
Within minutes of President Donald Trump attacking them on Truth Social, the co-hosts of MS NOW's "Morning Joe" fired right back with derision, a fact check — and some life advice.
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Trump declares Morning Joe 'dead!' — and gets immediate blowback live on air
Within minutes of President Donald Trump attacking them on Truth Social, the co-hosts of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” fired right back with derision, a fact check — and some life advice.Coming out of a commercial break after an interview with “Monty Python” founder Eric Idle, co-host Jonathan Lemire repor...
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
trump/gop wants you to think theyre truly at war with the msm, and i think that's the real "fake news" Why Trump’s battle with the mainstream media is smoke and mirrors www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Why Trump’s battle with the mainstream media is smoke and mirrors
Despite Trump’s constant complaining about “fake news,” the true nature of the relationship is a little more complicated.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This was a cabal of monied agents of a foreign nation, working in concert on U.S. soil and being given absolute Carte Blanche to bully, harass, and attack people exercising Contitutionally protected rights. And someday, I pray, we are going to hold those people to account for what they did.
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