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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Anything to win Putin’s favor…. The US has proposed that European countries unfreeze some Russian sovereign assets immobilised after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and transfer them to a vehicle overseen by Washington in an attempt to revive peace talks. www.ft.com/content/5435...
ft.com
US floats unfreezing some Russian assets to restart Ukraine peace talks
European officials balked at proposal made by Donald Trump’s negotiators during meeting in Miami
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15/10/2026
Ukraine’s Starlink access has been restricted without warning, adding to growing confusion about whether the United States has begun limiting intelligence and military aid to Ukraine.
washingtonpost.com
U.S. warnings sow confusion, alarm in Ukraine over intelligence, Starlink access
The reports of restrictions on the internet service used for military operations, including interceptor drones, came as President Volodymr Zelensky said missiles hit Kyiv without any warning from part...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Opinion | As a principled Republican who came of age in the Reagan/Bush era, I find myself agreeing more with Democrats than Trump’s Republicans on the most fundamental issues of our democracy. Here’s why I’ll still be voting straight ticket Republican.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They think we’re all idiots As Jon Stewart says — if the goal is guaranteed income and jobs, why wait? Why is it only “socialism” if we don’t hand them trillions of dollars first?
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Claire @baseball-broad.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Periodic reminder that you can hold down the “e” key on your phone for “é”!
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Gang rape, which I do not support, and snorting ketamine off the bodies of naked incapacitated teenagers, which I also do not support, is very mild compared to what the M$DNC shitlibs did to Donald Trump, who I also do not support. by Glen Greenwald
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/10/2026
A common vaccine meant to ward off shingles may be doing something even more extraordinary: protecting the brain.
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Shingles vaccine may actually slow down dementia, study finds
Research has shown that the vaccine may reduce dementia risk. Now a study has found that vaccinated individuals are almost 30 percent less likely to die of dementia.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/09/2026
Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...
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70B06C26F00001137
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(11 months remain)
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Awarding Agency
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Recipient
LMD AGENCY, INC.
5950 SYMPHONY WOODS RD STE 500
COLUMBIA, MD 21044-3592
UNITED STATES
Congressional District: MD-03
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CONT_IDV_70Z02323ACGRC0001_7008
Dates
Today
Start Date
Sep 20, 2026
Current End Date
Sep 19, 2027
Potential End Date
Sep 19, 2027
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$20.0 Million
Current Award Amount
$20.0 Million
Obligated Amount
$20.0 Million
Potential Award Amount
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$0.00
Obligated Amount
$20,000,000.00
Current Award Amount
$20,000,000.00
Potential Award Amount
$20,000,000.00
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5418: Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services
541810: Advertising Agencies
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R: SUPPORT SVCS (PROF, ADMIN, MGMT)
R7: MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES
R701: SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: ADVERTISING
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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘FORGOTTEN ISLAND’ includes a legal notice in its credits prohibiting the film from being used to train AI models: “This work may not be used to train AI.”
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.
propublica.org
I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21/09/2026
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 21/09/2026
You have to hand it to the Times. When it comes to local stuff they are just so good at trolling 90 percent of their own readers while making the other 10 percent happy. I like to imagine that the Real Estate people and the Vows people have a scoreboard, like Legolas and Gimli in Lord of the Rings.
AFFORDING NEW YORK
How a Risk Associate Lives on $110,000 in
Lenox Hill
While his mother helped him buy a co-op in Manhattan, Sean de Ganon, 26, has also benefited from learning financial literacy at a young age.
By DAVAUGHNIA WILSON
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
These are also completely fair, transparent and democratic elections.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Trump family crypto earnings: $1.4 billion $TRUMP meme coin: -98% $MELANIA meme coin: -99% “Perhaps the most blatant example of corruption in the history of American politics.” — Bilello
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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dans may be a minor player in the federal government, but he’s regularly on a global stage. “When he speaks, international audiences and officials see him as representing U.S. policy,” said an expert. Read the full story: propub.li/4Af5tZ0 13/
propub.li
How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser
As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s ag...
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If my company killed 123 children, the U.S. government would shut us down and send me to jail
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
publicnotice.co
Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Took me seconds to find it on Sater's Twitter account.
Sater and Maddow in July 2018
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
there is literally no amount of caveats or careful wording that will protect you from stupidity or bad faith, so you might as well say things straightforwardly and strongly to begin with.
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twist @pvdork.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/09/2026
Even the crickets were embarrassed.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
So 'blockade' as a legal thing in war has specific rules. There need to be specific military-related goods as contraband (you can't contraband food or medical supplies, for instance), and you need to give ships a chance to turn around. The latter basically requires using a surface fleet.
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S.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The President of the United States is a traitor and a rapist.
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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Read the book Tower of Basil if you haven't already. Impartial technocratic approaches to economics led to the legitimization of the reichsmark as bankers with a Nazi gun held to their head were told to transfer their gold, and BIS was like well we follow formalized procedures so...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It still sickens me this bigot mocked a disabled reporter and millions of Americans said, “No big deal. That’s who I want as president.”
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 03/09/2026
Hikers who used AI to plan Mount Shasta trip are rescued after 2-day ordeal
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Hikers who used AI to plan Mount Shasta trip are rescued after 2-day ordeal
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
That's right America--the big disaster of the Russo-Ukraine War is that the Ukrainians have decided to fight back.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
There is photo evidence of Lutnick on Epstein's island with Jeffrey Epstein. I don't care what he says, there's only one reason anyone went there and it's not legal. If anyone is in the same room with this child rapist and isn't taking his head off, I assume they're also child rapists.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Corporate America cut big checks to Trump. Now CEOs fear Democratic subpoenas are coming. Tech firms are hiring advisers to prepare for potential investigations if Republicans lose control of the House in November.
wsj.com
Exclusive | Corporate America Cut Big Checks to Trump. Now CEOs Fear Subpoenas Are Coming.
Tech firms are courting Democrats and hiring advisers to prepare for potential investigations if Republicans lose control of the House.
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TommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
IMHO - Zelensky undoubtedly had a good reason for firing this guy. He hired former Ukrainian Spy Chief Kyrylo Budanov as his chief of staff for a reason. I’m betting that - right now- Zelensky is as well informed as he’s ever been.
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Memento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
honoring both dolly and tim by dressing up as a big tittied clown
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Democratic Party has let a consulting industry exploit elderly donors in its name, wreck its reputation and finances in the process, and walk away rich whether the party wins or loses. When a mirror is held up, the instinct is to break the glass rather than look. On why the press looks away:
data4democracy.substack.com
The Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ Side
This is a story about the Democratic Party captured by its consultants, and about what happens when the pro-democracy press is asked to say so.
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Bonesmashmaxxing 6'5" Australian terachad @sandyklanfer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I would be about 75% less opposed to AI if it weren't under the control of a small group of fascist billionaires who believe they are entitled to rule over us and who have been de facto exempted from obeying the law.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
After Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers shot and detained Carlos Ricardo Parias last October, the Los Angeles-based journalist will cross 300 days in ICE detention on Monday.
theintercept.com
ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound.
With the case of Carlitos Ricardo Parias, the U.S. has broken its own record for holding a journalist in custody.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is a man laser-focused on bringing down prices for the American people.
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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
So the new Trump Liberty financial bank doesn't have to follow federal deposit laws. That means you can deposit money into the bank but you might never see it again. Talk about the perfect way to steal. Unfuckingreal. #USDemocracy
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/08/2026
Q: Were you prepared for pushback you received, especially from Republicans, framing you as too extreme for Wisconsin? HONG: What's extreme is Rep. Tiffany has voted against interests of Wisconsinites over & over. What's extreme is that he's an election denier & continues to protect pedophiles
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026
if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi
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Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Both pictures show an immigrant, and the son of an immigrant. The convicted felon and rapist is on the left.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
NEW: The Abramovich connection. How convicted money launderer George Cottrell - & close aide to Nigel Farage - ‘signed documents’ for one of Putin’s closest allies. My latest for @thenerve.news 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/george-cot...
thenerve.news
Farage, George Cottrell and Putin’s friend Abramovich
Source reveals convicted money launderer and Reform leader’s close ally worked as a young man for the now-sanctioned oligarch after becoming friends with his son. Report by Carole Cadwalladr
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
There is no “both sides” when it comes to civilian casualties. russia targets them knowingly and deliberately, Ukraine tries to spare russian civilians The ratio is 97 to 3, which comes from the UN! A place where russia has a permanent seat on the Security Council ukraine.ohchr.org/en/2025-dead...
ukraine.ohchr.org
2025 deadliest year for civilians in Ukraine since 2022, UN human rights monitors find | UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine
Kyiv, 12 January 2025 – The year 2025 was the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since 2022, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said today in its monthly update on civilian harm...
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The huge explosion turned night into day. Within 10 milliseconds, the fireball was 10 miles across. At one second, it was 40 miles wide. TEAK disrupted military and civilian communications from Australia to Hawai’i, and Johnston Island was effectively blacked out for 8 hours.
A vertical color photographic triptych showing the progression (top to bottom) of the TEAK fireball in the sky, as seen from the ground. The fireball is bright yellow (later white) surrounded by a large red cloud.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Another datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right
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Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
@wsj.com has been excellent in tracking Trump administration corruption.
wsj.com
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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Colby Adams @colbyadams.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“Reality Nibbles”
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Vali Nasr @valinasr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I told NYT that in restarting the war Trump thought he could control, limiting the battlefield to where U.S. wants to bomb in Iran.“The Iranian response is to extend the battlefield much, much wider, so the United States has to defend a broader battlefield.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
nytimes.com
U.S. Strikes Iran Again, as Trump Encounters a More Determined Adversary in Widened War
The United States is again exchanging strikes with Iran, just days after the president appeared to reject plans to escalate.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Zanny Minton Beddoes, "You say things like: civil war in Britain is inevitable" Elon Musk, "On the current trends, yes" ZMD, "I live there, that is not true.. London is a much safer city than any city in the US"
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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
July 16, 1988
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