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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 7h
So, just to review. In roughly seven months the US has had to abandon all bases in the Middle East, flee from a British base, the petrodollar system that is the foundation for hegemony has collapsed, and we’re facing historical energy and food crises. Great work. www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/p...
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US removes all Air Force bombers from UK base following new threat | CNN Politics
The United States has moved long-range bombers back to their American home stations after an unspecified new threat, according to a person familiar, days after the British government arrested a number...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 8h
Nobody is prepared for the world of drone warfare that is coming, in fact is already here www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats
The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.
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usmarcorp70.bsky.social @usmarcorp70.bsky.social · 14h
Amen! Tis is true. www.headsupnews.org/p/we-are-los...
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‘We are losing our soul as a nation’
Catholic clergy call for action against Trump’s ‘evil’ immigration policies
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fotokat88.bsky.social @fotokat88.bsky.social · 6h
Every accusation is a confession with these people.
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CNN @cnn.com · 22h
About 62% of adults in the US identify as Christian. But experts project an estimated 100,000 churches in the US will close or be repurposed over the next decade, according to a new TV docuseries on Christianity in America. cnn.it/4een5ea
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A looming ‘tsunami’ of church closings is poised to remake America | CNN
Experts project an estimated 100,000 churches in the US will close or be repurposed over the next decade. This dire forecast is outlined in a new PBS documentary series, “Christianity at a Crossroads....
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 21h
When your government tells you “we’re all in the same boat.” =====================
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 16h
THE MORE YOU KNOW…💫
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Michael Stahlke @michaelstahlke.bsky.social · 7h
I think that evacuating strategic bombers from an allied nation 3400 miles or so from the conflict area is probably a bad sign.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 8h
Jack Smith at last night’s Power to the People concert, wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When was the last time the press ran a story about republicans making intemperate remarks about democrats? Fretting about whether republicans are doing enough to be bipartisan, to reach out to the forgotten voters who favor the democrats?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
HASSETT: What are you gonna believe? The government hard data or the polls that have been wrong about every single election? TAPPER: But the govt hard data is that only 29k jobs were created last month H: Oh come on! That's just last month T: And it was revised down by 60k jobs in July & August
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GC Rust @gcrust.bsky.social · 16h
Her controlling the social media and thereby directing international policy and diplomacy (Nevermind the 'exclusive access' grift going on in regards to Social Media) is honestly the biggest one in my mind. We've got an unelected hospice nurse shitposting international incidents at 1 in the morning
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
1. She's president's human binky & controls his social media 2. Foreign govts use her a conduit for Trump 3. She's lied about much of her background 4. She wouldn't or couldn't get security clearance (see 3) 5. She has an obsession w/ Trump giving their relationship a vaguely inappropriate dynamic
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h
Hassett emerges as the Trump White House's go-to Baghdad Bob: bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 19h
#EU Ambassador to #Ukraine responds to Russian threats "Russia has a message for foreign diplomats in Kyiv: leave, or risk your lives Our answer: We are staying The EU Delegation is staying Threatening us will not stop Europe’s support for Ukraine. It only reminds us why that support matters!"
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Lord JG @lordjongrant.bsky.social · 19h
And the US and the UAE are negotiating with Russia for oil. Vile.
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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 17h
OpenAI safety lead David Robinson resigned yesterday in an open essay: "The future depends on wisdom that Silicon Valley lacks. Wisdom about how to handle dangerous technology and, more fundamentally, wisdom about what it means to care for people." www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken
The industry’s approach to safety will guarantee more failures unless something changes.
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General Strike @ivanasstaircam.bsky.social · 17h
Almost 60 years later, nothing has changed.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 17h
REMINDER: There are now ONLY 30 DAYS until the Nov 3 midterm. This is the most important election in the life of our Republic. Our freedoms and our democracy hang in the balance! We need to overwhelm them at the polls! Vote Early!
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 17h
Our freedom is a hard-earned right that demands our participation. Brave individuals sacrificed everything to secure this opportunity for us, we cannot afford to stay on the sidelines. Honor that legacy by taking action today. Check your voter registration, state info & more here: www.vote411.org
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 17h
Shifting baselines: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 17h
Trump is in full panic mode as we head into midterm. Like with 2020 election, he will soon prepare to focus on how to overturn the results after the GOP loses. Forget the Democratic leaders-WE, THE PEOPLE must plan to stop this from national strikes to boycotts and more!
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Putin wants to destroy Ukraine as a nation with its own history. When a nation is deprived of its history and collective memory, it becomes vulnerable to absorption by another nation. #RussiaIsATerroristState #RussianWarCrimes #PutinWarCriminal Thread 5/5🧵
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For countless pets across Ukraine, every attack means fear, stress, & another night spent hiding from the blasts. They may not understand war, but they feel its consequences. No one—person or animal—should have to live through this. 🇺🇦 Stand With Ukraine 💙💛💔 Thread 3/5🧵
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Mammakazi @ange1spencer.bsky.social · 17h
Trump did this. Kushner did this. Without did this. Never forget. Never forgive.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 17h
“The pretense of military necessity, never credible, is now gone altogether. Ukrainian schools, hospitals, bridges, markets and apartment blocks are now treated as legitimate targets by Russian war criminals.” chakhoyan.substack.com/p/the-folly-...
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What are russians killing and dying for in Ukraine?
moscow is losing hundreds of thousands of men for slivers of Ukrainian land. Territory alone cannot explain what the marauding army of russian war criminals is killing and dying for.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17h
If we lived in a functioning democracy, major newspapers would run Page 1 editorials pleading with people to vote out the Republicans to save us from a fascist dictatorship. But most of the mainstream media have run out of bravery, if they ever had any.
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 16h
This morning's attack on civilian traffic on the Pivnichnyi (North) Bridge in Kyiv is yet another reminder that the russians will not be able to join the family of civilised nations until they are defeated, demilitarised, denazified and held to account at an international war crimes tribunal.
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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 17h
Longtime Chicago journalist @markjacob.bsky.social has dedicated this part of his life to rescuing journalism from it’s own timidity. One of his biggest concerns is how the press has still not fully confronted what is plainly in front of it: “the president’s brain is broken.” Watch:
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The president’s brain is broken
Watch: My conversation with media critic Mark Jacob about sanewashing Trump, pack journalism & the danger of having powerful media assets consolidated under politically aligned billionaires
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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 16h
“We have a massive reconstruction task ahead of us.” Thank God we have Jamie Raskin. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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How Democrats hope to reverse Trump’s changes to the presidency
As the midterms approach, some of the president’s foes are working to ensure his aggressive approach to executive power doesn’t outlast him.
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dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 16h
💔 Unbelievably tragic ... especially considering that Russia's aggression has been allowed to continue this long WITHOUT MEANINGFUL PUSHBACK from America and/or Europe. #shameonUS
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
TAPPER: 2 years ago, Trump said he thought he could get mortgage rates down to 3%. Last week mortgage rates had the biggest weekly jump in 4 years. It's more than 7%. Why has Trump failed to deliver on that promise? HASSETT: President Trump hasn't failed to deliver at all. The economy is booming.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 17h
NEW: Estimate from CBS polling unit (I found this unit to be elite, during my time at CBS)
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Journalists observe this on a daily basis, and not one of them asks the question: “Why.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
New in PN: Will Dems offer a New New Deal? "Today's situation — in which the economy continues to grow but working Americans have an ever-shrinking share — has been a long time coming. But Trump’s nihilistic policies have put the lie to the Reaganite promise of prosperity through assaulting govt."
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Will Democrats offer Americans a New New Deal?
A new social pact will be needed in the wake of Trump’s trail of ruin.
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FOARP @foarp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Right, so it turns out there was no bomb. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Five UK nationals arrested near RAF Fairford released on bail
Police say alleged offences could have been committed ‘knowingly or unknowingly’ on behalf of a foreign state
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Russian War Criminals "Before going to hell, you will go to THE HAGUE." #RussiaIsATerroristState #RussianWarCrimes #PutinWarCriminal Thread 2/3🧵
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Estonia says Russia ordered August arson attack on defence company | Miami Herald 🎁 article www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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Estonia says Russia ordered August arson attack on defence company
HELSINKI, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Estonia said on Tuesday it had concluded that an August fire at Estonian defence company Milrem Robotics, a supplier of unmanned ground vehicles to Ukraine, was caused by...
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Aaron Schatz @aaronschatz.com · 29/09/2026
OMG this mariachi band doing the national anthem is amazing and an incredibly subversive political statement that I did not expect to come from… Chicago Bears management?
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Public opinion has turned decisively against Trump. His negative approval rating is twice as bad today as it was on the eve of his party’s 2018 drubbing.” My column on why Trump will pretend he bears no responsibility for the looming GOP defeat. as.ft.com/r/f337d285-0...
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A Republican midterm defeat will not be an earthquake
Democrats are likely to make gains in Congress but divided government is unlikely to derail Trump’s agenda
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And still no comment from DoorDash about ICE shooting one of their delivery drivers in Austin. Silence is an act of complicity.
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anything "guard", "protect" etc that comes out if THIS administration mouths, is immediate cause for concern... 😏
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
“Guard” US election systems? This is not good.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Update: The Texas Tribune identified Gregory Feathers as the ICE agent who fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A teacher should be able to afford a home in the richest, most powerful country in the world.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
TODAY: I'm introducing the Youth Voting Rights Act. Donald Trump is trying to limit young people from voting and going after campus polling places. If your vote didn’t matter, Trump wouldn't be doing this. We need to fight back.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
His brain is completely broken. What the actual fuck is this nonsense
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
These are human beings
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Refuse to accept these shootings as a new normal.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This isn’t funny.
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