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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
& 5 minutes later when the next shipment of weapons arrived as scheduled, netanyahu concluded that biden was a weak bluffing fool who he could completely ignore to zero consequence
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They're going to build a massive data center in Purwakarta, Indonesia. Although local gov said they will make sure it won't disturb clean water needs, the data center is estimated to require 33 to 36 million liters of water per day. Construction currently being halted for environmental assessment.
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Max P III @blackballer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Like a sunflower turning towards the sun, the empire's vassal states will do anything to get in the good graces of their masters. Its the only thing they know. Who started the war again? Cause it wasn't Iran.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's not even destroyed buildings and rubble it's just dust and ash
Cover of the Scottish national showing the genocide in Gaza (it's just complete annihilation)
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
it's 2026 and there are people here still doing Brock Turner apologia 🤦‍♂️
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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 28/09/2026
The US torched $1,000,000,000,000 dollars destroying and then "reconstructing" Iraq, yet no one ever offered to pay the paltry $40 billion in foreign debt that's keeping them trapped beneath US economic control. www.middleeasteye.net/news/why-doe...
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Why does the US control Iraq's oil revenues?
A system created after the 2003 invasion was designed to protect Iraq's oil wealth. More than two decades later, it gives Washington significant leverage over Baghdad
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
anti-clean water party or pro-disaster party?
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Linking up with surveillance corpo that benefits far-right white supremacists is certainly a choice.
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We remember the revolutionary Assata Shakur, who passed away a year ago today in Havana, Cuba at the age of 78.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited future governors from handing over abortion providers, helpers, and patients to red states for criminal prosecution. The bill also barred extraditions involving transgender care.
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Newsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming care
California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Macklemore wasn't the first one Kraft and other NFL owners done dirty. It goes way back and for a long time. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...
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Colin Kaepernick says NFL owners are colluding against Macklemore after Ed Sheeran tour ban
Colin Kaepernick has accused NFL owners of colluding against Macklemore after the rapper was removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour over comments on Palestine
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Sahat English @sahatenglish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Days after the NFL fined him for wearing Hind Rajab’s name, Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair returned to the field with another Palestinian child on his eye black: 8-year-old Wafaa Akila. Wafaa was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza on September 6 — her first day of school.
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YoungJay76 @jim1993.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
95 per cent of this platform
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Horrifying. Thanks to everyone in Saint John who made this extremely important event happen.
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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 18/09/2026
The civilians in Gaza are homeless and without adequate aid, infrastructure or medical services. We're their only voice and means of survival. They rely on our donations. Please give to my dear friend. No amount is too small. And find and help others. ❤️🙏

 chuffed.org/project/1981...
My friend's three children in Gaza.
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Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
To everyone outside the US, this is the most uncontroversial statement, ever. Most people in the US simply refuse to accept what their country is.
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm no fan of Piker, but I survived Suhart0 regime (helped installed by the US) and almost got murdered during his downfall as a teenager. And when I post that story, Americans made fun of it. 🤷‍♂️
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Caio Almendra @caioalmendra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Recentemente, foi lançado o filme NAZA, um documentário onde soldados israelenses confessam o genocídio em Gaza. Hoje, a casa dos pais dos dois cineastas está cercada por fascistas israelenses gritando "pena de morte aos traidores".
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ed Sheeran's roasting hasn't died down *chef's kiss*
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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
mcbride wants to trade trans rights for a leadership position this is fucking insane but it's not like we didn't warn you
September 14, 2026

Dear Colleague,

I write today, humbly, to ask for your support and your vote for me to be one of the next Co-Chairs of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. I am in awe of our caucus and want to contribute what I can to make sure we hit the ground running with a unified message in the 120th Congress.

Since before I was sworn in, I have been grounded by and grateful for the genuine support members of this caucus show for one another. I have been moved by the mentorship, the friendship, and the simple sense of community I have witnessed through the highs and lows of serving in this chamber. We have all been through a great deal this term, and what I have taken from it is that our collective strength is precisely what will win us the majority and allow us to pass an agenda that makes life more affordable for the people we represent.

As we defend and deliver for our constituents in an increasingly complex media environment, our diverse caucus will need an exceptional communications and messaging operation. Before I was elected to office, communications was my profession. I directed national media engagement for the Human Rights Campaign during a period when the equality movement was arguably at its most effective. At that time, we were winning fights by earning public support through effective persuasion. We didn't shame those who disagreed with us. We welcomed them into a conversation about where we agreed and found common ground to build upon.

Since joining this caucus, I have worked to facilitate conversations on issues where we haven't all agreed, and where members in very different districts needed substantively different messages to effectively communicate with their constituents. I never asked a colleague to use a message that didn't fit their district, while also standing firm in our shared principles and what we were trying to accomplish together. That experience reinforced something critical: a big-tent party can hold both…Three things I would focus on as a DPCC Co-Chair:

Tailored messaging guidance. I would expand the DPCC's tailored messaging program so that guidance reflects the district you represent. We can be entirely consistent in our values while giving members materially different tools. And, in doing so, we should provide you with the research and data that informs our recommendations.

Competing in every medium. I would build out real new media and podcast support for members who are strong in longer-form conversation. Not only staff training, but practical nuts and bolts: identifying shows and livestreams that reach the demographics you need, explaining how a podcast pitch differs from a pitch to a print reporter, and helping land individual bookings.

Making district work national. You host remarkable events at home, and home turf is where members are most authentic. Far more national reporters, podcasters, and creators would embed with you for a day, or for a single event, than most of us expect. I would like to make that a routine service rather than a lucky break.

I would be grateful for your support, and I'd welcome the chance to hear what you need from the DPCC, whether or not you're able to support me. Please reach out to me directly, or to my Chief of Staff, Roddy Flynn, at 302-897-7199.

With gratitude,

Sarah McBride Member of Congress
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I know there was a lot of discourse on here about how it "wasn't necessary" to bare witness to the genocide in Gaza, and that many of us were just engaging in "Trauma porn." And I'll tell you...seeing that shit with my own eyes was one of the most valuable tools I have in fighting genocide denial
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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Maybe we should *not* separate the art and the artist. It's not just Ed Sheeran nor Pink, but also people like Thom Yorke or giga terf J.K. Rowling, etc. Don't give them more $.
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Would be fascinating if they decide to perform together with Macklemore for charity or something.
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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 14/09/2026
btw Kanye did a song Heil Hitler and no one stepped in to oppose his tour(s), which is ongoing. In fact, Kanye is scheduled to perform at one of the stadiums Macklemore has been stopped from being at.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
He seems to find his voice fine when certain conditions are met
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Kanye West is touring with Heil Hitler. While Macklemore is banned for saying "Free Palestine." They couldn't care less about antisemitism, it's all about protecting Israel.
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You guys remember when a bunch of pro-war bsky users pops out and then implicitly/explicitly expressed support to bomb Iran? Basically on the same side of Trump admin. Then they go back to their cave after thousands are dead.
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
While its good to share the details of the Macklemore news, lets not forget who this is about. Palestinians in Gaza like Hammam and Abood. Give them a share and a donation if you can: chuffed.org/project/1844...
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Support for the Nurse and My Brother Abood
Hi! My name is Hammam Al-Shanti.
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FKFTSH @fkftsh.myatproto.social · 14/09/2026
Bluesky appears to be hiding the rest of the thread, so here it is in full:
Mama twins‬
 ‪@hi-its-alaa.bsky.social‬
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Hey guys, Alaa here.
As a Palestinian with a platform,this is my duty to share. Macklemore was just removed from Ed Sheeran's tour for saying Free Palestine on stage.
I'm Palestinian. For the past 3 years, I've used my platforms to show you what's happening to my people.The killings, the starvation,
‪Mama twins‬
 ‪@hi-its-alaa.bsky.social‬
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the children pulled from rubble.Millions of you have watched it here with your own eyes.
So when one of the biggest artists in America loses stages and money for simply calling out a genocide, for simply being a human, I will not stay quiet.
He wasn't punished for hate.He was punished for two words.
‪Mama twins‬
 ‪@hi-its-alaa.bsky.social‬
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And if those two words are more offensive to the industry than everything my people have endured, that tells you everything.
Macklemore walked away from stadiums and money because he knows none of it means anything if you have to stay silent about a genocide to keep it. That's not a loss.
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 ‪@hi-its-alaa.bsky.social‬
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A stage you can only stand on by abandoning your morals was never worth standing on.
And just to clarify, because people love to twist it: Free Palestine is a call for basic human rights. The right to live, to eat, to sleep without bombs falling. Freedom, equal rights and dignity for every single
‪Mama twins‬
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person from the river to the sea. Ending the occupation. Justice for the families kicked out of their homes in 1948 who still hold the keys. This was never about hate. It's about humanity, the bare minimum every human on this earth deserves.
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Follow back
Macklemore habibi, we see you and we stand with you. Today, tomorrow and every day after. From every Palestinian around the world, thank you.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Macklemore "every child deserves to live" Ed Sheeran "this is hurtful to a lot of people"
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/j1VCx...
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Chinese troops test smoke system designed to counter drones
YouTube video by CGTN Europe
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reminder: Biden’s admin oversaw the largest crackdown of student protests in decades. He oversaw snipers being deployed on college campuses. For students reading in tents.
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
September 11, 53 years ago, democratically elected Chilean President Salvador Allende was toppled in a military coup by Augusto Pinochet. Thousands were dead or disappear in a 17-year long dictatorship. Pinochet was backed primarily by the United States (Nixon admin). CIA played important role.
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Naya Lekht 🇮🇱 🇺🇸ניה לכת
@LekhtNaya
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Sep 7
“Every country has bad actors, agitators, hooligans, extremists, and criminals. Yet virtually no one treats them as proof of some deeper national pathology. We do not routinely speak of “French violence,” “Australian extremism,” or “South African criminality” as though the actions of a fringe automatically define an entire society.”
From futureofjewish.com
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@reallymadatyou
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Which political constituency in Israel wants an end to the occupation?
Naya Lekht 🇮🇱 🇺🇸ניה לכת
@LekhtNaya
What occupation?
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Whether we want to admit it or not, every NFL game is a snuff film. It's long past time fans of the sport faced up to a reality that becomes clearer every day: American football is simply too dangerous. This year, turn off the NFL. Our latest in @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com.
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CTE in football players is a health crisis. It’s time for us to stop watching
A new study offers more evidence that America’s biggest sport produces life-altering head trauma. The NFL will never turn itself off, so it’s on fans to do so
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Resilient Cuba youtu.be/XtWu88KVLnI?...
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How Does Cuba Keep Its Schools Open Under an Oil Blockade?
YouTube video by Belly of the Beast
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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem, who made anticommunist propaganda for the CIA, sought to achieve power for women primarily in the context of elite access to the levers of Empire, who espoused racist and transphobic beliefs many times, and exemplified much of what is sick and evil about feminism, is dead.
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
youtu.be/U4E-cd_XKs0?...
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In Havana, Garbage Trucks Replaced by Solar-Powered Tricycles
YouTube video by Belly of the Beast
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shaka 🦁👑 @beejonson.me · 26/10/2025
"Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Was An Anti-Communist CIA Operative who Kept the Feminist Movement From Discussing Class; only Gender." This is literally what happens when y'all join white women in doing their liberal bourgeois feminism. This is how you get your hilary clintons and kamala harrises. 🤮
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Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Was An Anti-Communist CIA Operative who Kept the Feminist Movement…
Gloria Steinem, the woman who defied labels and blurred lines, is a case study in contradictions. Her life story reads like a spy novel…
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
anyways
which Steinem denied. "15. Steinem defended her relationship to the CIA, saying: "In my experience the agency was completely different from its image; it was liberal, nonviolent and honorable." 75. Steinem also stated that she considered the CIA allies in
promoting U.S. government policy against communism during the early Cold War.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
There is a direct line between the IDF using Palestinian children as human shields, and ICE using 5 year olds as bait. That line is that the IDF trains ICE. That is what the training is in "they just need more training"
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FKFTSH @fkftsh.myatproto.social · 02/09/2026
So y'all will be taking action against Stancil for constantly name searching himself and dogpiling trans people, right? ... Right?
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Ernest Penfold @penfoldsfiv.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026
it really rules how the crowd pushing data centers went about it in literally the most smug, off-putting manner possible and are absolutely shocked at the pushback they got from it.
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So many Americans on bsky will say they hate Trump, but then they still respect soldiers who *choose* to obey Trump.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 03/01/2026
“It's not my money. And therefore you're not supposed to use it for your own political beliefs…” Mehdi questioned NYC Comptroller and Congressional candidate Brad Lander on why he didn't divest NYC pension funds from Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons producer. 🔗: zeteo.com/p/meet-the-p...
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Michael Legel @mjlegel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My surprise is that a lot of American "allies" don't know this. I know this MONTHS back. And I'm not even American.
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Ensign D @ensignd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
it's a big capitalist club
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