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Carol Sorsoleil

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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 19h
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...
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Potential Iranian Drone Attack Led to Exit of U.S. Aircraft From British Air Base
According to U.S. and British officials, 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from R.A.F. Fairford air base were withdrawn because of the risk of a drone attack ordered by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 19h
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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Cornell Case Highlights Drop in Resolved Sexual Assault Cases Under Trump
The administration has shifted its enforcement of a civil rights law from allegations of sexual misconduct to issues like blocking protections for transgender students.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 19h
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump suggests he would let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego
Gavin Newsom calls comments ‘deranged and dangerous’ after president tells Nebraska rally: ‘They can take out a city’
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 19h
www.npr.org/2026/10/06/n...
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Democrats' advantage is clear with less than a month to go in the midterm elections
President Trump is facing low approval ratings, and voters are blaming him for rising costs. Republicans are likely to pay the price at the ballot box next month.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 19h
Be kind. Vote Blue
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 19h
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Live updates: Trump says his super PAC will pay for taxpayer-funded ads
Trump says his super PAC will pay for taxpayer-funded ads, Trump criticizes election officials in Arizona over ballot error, Trump approves firing squad for Fort Hood shooter.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 19h
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'Ghost particles' from space telescope wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics
Belgian physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 19h
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Separatist party wins Quebec election, adding new test to Canada's unity
The Parti Québécois, which secured a minority, has vowed to hold an independence referendum in the years to come.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 19h
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Yemen: Children brave snipers and mortars to go to school near front line
In rare access to Taiz, the BBC World Service speaks to children, teachers and families affected by the war.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 19h
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Former German spy chief arrested for espionage and treason
August Hanning is accused of obtaining classified information for a foreign power.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 19h
www.reuters.com?gad_source=1...
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Reuters | Breaking International News & Views
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Not sure if the point of Angela Paxton’s video was to cause people to search Angela Paxton’s name only to find out that she helped facilitate Ken Paxton’s corruption for many years before ultimately filing to divorce him on “biblical grounds”, but that’s what happened.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This was Special Counsel Jack Smith yesterday at the ‘Power to the People’ concert and wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt with people wanting to shake his hand. American hero. 💙👊
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bruce Springsteen and Dave Matthews performed Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater cover) at the Power to the People concert in Columbia, Maryland (October 3, 2026).
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Every. Single. One. Of. Them. 😎✨
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Alabama Republicans voted against funding the bridge. Biden got the money approved. The bridge got built. Now Trump wants his name on it, and Republicans have made that the priority. Vote against it. Take credit for it. Put your name on it.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026
All prisoners should have the right to vote while in prison
Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The further Putinisation of America. Strategic assets used to project power must be withdrawn due to strategic incompetence in an unnecessary war of choice. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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US withdraws all bomber aircraft from UK airbase
The United States confirmed on Sunday that it has withdrawn all B-1 bombers from the British airbase of RAF Fairford, with officials telling US media that the move was linked to "new threats."A statem...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
VOTE BLUE 💙🌊........
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TRUTH 👇........
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Jack Smith Enjoys The "Power to The People" Festival. Go Jack....💪🏻
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💫Foxy💫 @getyourfoxyback.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s National Do Something Nice Day 🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊 Your Official Day to spread awesomeness is on October 5! Today is National Do Something Nice Day and we are dedicated to making the world a little brighter, one kind act at a time. We will be okay Love Foxy
1905 Orville and Wilbur Wright make a circling flight on "Flyer I!!" of 24.2 miles (38.9 km) in 39 minutes and 23 seconds
1916 Adolf Hitler is wounded in the left thigh by an exploding shell during the Battle of the Somme
1942 Budy Massacre at Auschwitz sub-camp, 90 French-Jewish women are beaten to death by prison guards
1945 "Meet the Press" premieres on radio
1947 Harry Truman delivers the first presidential address televised from the White House
1962 "Dr. No," the first James Bond film based on the novel by lan Fleming and starring Sean Connery and Ursula Andress, premieres in London
1973 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, the 7th studio album by Elton John, is released
1992 US Congress votes to override George H. W. Bush's veto of a bill regulating cable TV companies, the first overturn of a Bush veto
2001 Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks
2015 Governor of California Jerry Brown signs a bill granting terminally ill patients the "right to die"
2018 US unemployment figures hit their lowest level since 1969 at 3.7%, according to the Department of Labor
2020 WHO estimates 10% of the world's population may have been infected with COVID-19, more than 20 times the number of confirmed cases
2021 Otis (bear 480), weighing more than 900 pounds, wins Alaska's Fat Bear Week for pre-hibernation weight gain for the fourth time
2023 Record 961 migrating birds die after hitting McCormick Place Lakeside Center building in Chicago during fall migration
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Robert De Niro, Yesterday.......👏🏻
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.king5.com/article/news...
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Brazil’s presidential race goes to second round as Flávio Bolsonaro leads incumbent Lula
Far-right challenger and son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro put in a stronger than expected showing, with Lula calling the result ‘unexpected’
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.npr.org/2026/10/05/n...
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Supreme Court's new term kicks off with blockbuster climate change case
The case centers on whether local governments can hold giant energy companies accountable for the local harms of climate change, but it has repercussions beyond climate.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Exclusive: Soldiers and Gold Star families press Army leadership after deadly Iranian drone strike
It's the deadliest strike against American troops during the war with Iran. Now U.S. soldiers wounded in a drone attack on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait are raising their concerns publicly about whether comm...
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Nobel Prize 2026 awarded for showing inner workings of the brain
US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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France school students blockade hundreds of schools in protests
More than 400 people, mainly minors, were arrested on Tuesday, the country's interior minister says.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Why has Spain's PM called a snap election?
A series of measures to tackle the housing crisis were defeated in parliament on Friday
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calls early election
Sánchez says Spain will head to the polls on 29 November after recent defeats on measures aimed at addressing the country's housing crisis.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.reuters.com?gad_source=1...
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Reuters | Breaking International News & Views
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.wcvb.com/article/coas...
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U.S. Coast Guard locates debris from missing plane, search for missing passengers ongoing
The Coast Guard located debris that was confirmed to be associated with the missing aircraft off Nantucket, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed to NewsCenter 5. The search is still ongoing for the missing ...
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US marine arrested in Japan on suspicion of killing woman, police say
Suspect allegedly killed woman at hotel in Okinawa as prime minister calls crime ‘exceptionally brutal and vicious’
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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Poll: Latino voters swing away from Trump and Republicans
Democrats have a significant lead among Latino voters in 2026 amid economic concerns, according to the NBC News/Telemundo poll, though the GOP has made some long-term gains.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Brazilians vote for next president as Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro hope for first round victory
Brazilians are heading to the polls for a high-stakes presidential election. Incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and top rival Flávio Bolsonaro are battling for outright victory.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.npr.org/2026/10/04/n...
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She died covering war for Fox News. Her parents blame the network — and a star reporter
The family members of two Fox News journalists killed while covering the war in Ukraine are suing the network, saying it put getting the story ahead of its people.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
apnews.com/article/kyiv...
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Germany's Merz announces new aid for Ukraine in Kyiv as Russia steps up attacks
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced a new aid package for Ukraine worth over $1.5 billion during a visit to Kyiv.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
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Children are dying falling into abandoned Afghan wells - this is how one five-year-old was rescued - BBC News
How an 11-year-old risked his own life to save one of the victims of Afghanistan's dependency on water from deep underground.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Kyiv bridge hit in further Russian drone attack as German chancellor makes surprise visit
Footage shows a drone hitting the Pivnichyi (Northern) Bridge as vehicles move across it, creating a large fireball.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.reuters.com?gad_source=1...
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Reuters | Breaking International News & Views
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.ms.now/opinion/wate...
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Opinion | I helped investigate Nixon. The Trump administration’s attempt to reframe Watergate flies in the face of democracy.
As an assistant special Watergate prosecutor from 1973 to 1976, I helped investigate Nixon’s crimes in service of our democracy.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/10/03/p...
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Trump doubles down on false claim that Iranian nuclear sites were also ‘drug factories’ | CNN Politics
The president’s refusal to admit the likely gaffe follows a pattern of insisting he is always correct.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Trump to travel to at least 10 states before the midterms, including traditional battlegrounds
Trump is planning one big swing that will take him from Washington to Montana to Alaska to Las Vegas to Arizona to Texas.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Trump promises 'nearly $100' to 20M seniors in latest cash giveaway
The president said the money is to help cover medical costs. It’s unclear whether he has the authority to send out the money.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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DA did not review witness statements and other evidence Cornell police collected in alleged gang rape of student
Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said he based his decision not to pursue charges on the accuser’s initial six-page statement given to police.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Vote Blue
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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No one expected an American pope. Here's the inside story of how 'Bob' became Pope Leo
When the 2025 conclave began, no one expected an American pope. But by its end, Cardinal Robert Prevost had become Pope Leo. Here's a look behind the scenes.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
apnews.com/article/trum...
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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there.
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