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Jacques W.C.Durham

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A veteran of the U.S.Army, Navy and National Guard, A man who raised my child by myself, a retired disabled American worker despondent by the crooks in our politics enriching themselves at all Americans expense!

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 21h
It’s the third time this year that this manufacturer has recalled berries. - @nbcselected.bsky.social
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Walmart and Trader Joe’s frozen berries recalled over E. coli risk
The expanded recall includes organic blueberries and mixed berry blends that may be contaminated with E. coli.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 21h
China’s campaign to expand its reach in the Pacific has a new target: a chain of tiny Philippines islands critical to any U.S. defense of Taiwan. on.wsj.com/4jLNAez
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China’s Next ‘Gray Zone’ Target: An Island Chain Critical to U.S. Defense of Taiwan
Chinese academics and media have laid the groundwork for Beijing to claim the Batanes Islands, where U.S. troops frequently train.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 21h
Judge orders Trump admin to stop airing challenged government-funded ads immediately
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Judge orders Trump admin to stop airing challenged government-funded ads immediately
The ads have been criticized as government propaganda and as aimed at influencing the outcome of the midterm election, which will determine control of Congress.
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Politico @politico.com · 21h
Judge orders immediate halt to taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ads politi.co/3VIpw2n
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Judge orders immediate halt to taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ads politi.co/3VIpw2n
Judge orders immediate halt to taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ads politi.co/3VIpw2n
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23h
LOL Ukraine hit a Russian data center and Russian bot activity immediately dropped to practically zero. Elon is mad hahahahahaha
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 21h
'Dead in the water': Analyst sounds 'dire' alarm as cracks appear in Trump's oil ceasefire www.rawstory.com/trump-russia...
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'Dead in the water': Analyst sounds 'dire' alarm as cracks appear in Trump's oil ceasefire
President Donald Trump's announced ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia on Sunday carries some significant risks and shows that the president's efforts to make lasting peace between the two countries ...
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Trump Watch 👀 @trumpwatch.bsky.social · 21h
🚨 BREAKING: A FEDERAL JUDGE JUST ORDERED TRUMP’S ADMINISTRATION TO HALT TAXPAYER-FUNDED PROMOTIONAL TV ADS! YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE NOT TRUMP’S PERSONAL PROPAGANDA FUND! PUBLIC MONEY BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE—not a president’s PR machine. 🔥 apnews.com/article/trum...
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Judge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded promotional TV ads
A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump to cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars in taxpayer money to promote his political message.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 21h
This interview with @schatz.bsky.social, by @samsteindc.bsky.social, should instill some confidence in Democrats about what will happen next year on both accountability and affordability if (when?🤞) Ds win the Senate.
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 21h
Trump Keeps Giving Ominous Warnings About a Midterm 'Surprise.' Election Experts Say Whatever It Is, They're Ready www.commondreams.org/news/trump-m...
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Trump Keeps Giving Ominous Warnings About a Midterm 'Surprise.' Election Experts Say Whatever It Is, They're Ready | Common Dreams
“No one outside the administration knows what a ‘Midterm Surprise’ means, but nothing this administration has done so far has come out of nowhere," one expert told Common Dreams.
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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 21h
This guy is a monster. Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos are subhuman, bordering on robotic.
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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
JD COUCHFUCKER VANCE
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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
How to avoid sexual assault…
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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
TACO TRUMP is sooooo taco! How taco is he? TACO TRUMP is sooooo taco he wants to chicken out of other leaders wars.
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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
America chose poorly
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Truth 👇
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 22h
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Jacques W.C.Durham @jacquesd59.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.facebook.com/share/r/1C29...
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump Sanctions ICC Hours After Losing Nobel Prize to Former Judge newrepublic.com/post/216480/...
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Trump Sanctions ICC Hours After Losing Nobel Prize to Former Judge
The Trump administration announced sanctions on the International Criminal Court at quite the moment.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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marcosantana @marcosantana.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Isn’t buying Russian oil illegal? It’s also giving aid and comfort to the enemy. Which is treason. What will congress do? @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @adamkinzinger.substack.com
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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is clearly not acceptable
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 08/10/2026
White House adviser Stephen Miller visited FBI headquarters just days before federal prosecutors charged a man accused of harassing Miller’s wife. His presence was a “violation of an important norm,” former FBI agent James Davidson told CBS News.
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Stephen Miller made 'unusual' FBI visit just days before wife's critic was charged: report
White House adviser Stephen Miller visited FBI headquarters just days before federal prosecutors charged a man accused of harassing his wife, a visit former Justice Department officials called unusual.Stephen Miller spoke at a training conference for FBI counterterrorism agents on Sept. 29, multiple...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Precious Petal @preciouspetal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thanks Al @atoth99.bsky.social @cosmotheshaggydog.bsky.social @crankyoldcrackpot.bsky.social @dailykotzn.bsky.social @raykwong.lol @s3indiana.bsky.social @moberzan.bsky.social @j1j2.bsky.social @lake-life-girl.bsky.social @dpsl.bsky.social @schfinkes.bsky.social @fireeyebooks.bsky.social
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult. A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates. Dems need to be on the side of the many, not Big Money.
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨Holy shit, brilliant animators just made a devastating ad against Republican corruption: “A massive flood of money… impacts every part of our democracy.” Trump’s corruption is putting our democracy, our rights, and our future up for sale. VOTE. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Big update: Epstein whistleblower, the man who exposed ties between Trump's Commerce Secretary and Epstein, dies by suicide. Trump lays groundwork to claim rigged midterms. KKK sees increasing support, seeks rebrand in Trump's America. Paxton is in even more trouble. Subscribe here:
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NEWS: Major Epstein Whistleblower Dies, Trump Primes His Base to Reject the Midterms, KKK Seeks Comeback, Paxton in Trouble
Good morning, everyone.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Zack Polanski was banned from Israel because his Party dared to say Zionism is racism. Ironically this proves that Zionism is racism as even non-Zionist Jews aren't allowed in Israel.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The last time the Strategic Oil Reserve was this low, Olivia Newton-John had the #1 song in the country.
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Judge to rule on Trump’s bid to create voter eligibility lists before midterms www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge to rule on Trump’s bid to create voter eligibility lists before midterms
Voting rights and privacy organizations have warned that the Trump administration or private anti-voting groups could use the lists to disenfranchise eligible voters before elections or challenge cast...
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Schmitt’s Failed Perjury Trap of Jack Smith Was Not Just Dumb, It Was Also Based on a Lie bradblog.com?p=19429
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Schmitt’s Failed Perjury Trap of Jack Smith Was Not Just Dumb, It Was Also Based on a Lie
Despite suggestions to the contrary, Missouri's junior Senator had no 'text messages' even suggesting the Special Counsel was at a basketball game in Atlanta...
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Does Jared Kushner Know What a Conflict of Interest Is? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Does Jared Kushner know what a conflict of interest is?
In Israel and elsewhere, the line between his diplomacy and quest for wealth is fuzzy at best.
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Stephanie Mencimer @smencimer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One teen told ICE officers he lived with his dad down the block, but that his dad was deaf. They didn’t try to contact the father before deeming the boy “unaccompanied” and detaining him. “They’re kidnapping people’s kids,” a former Biden official told us. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Stand Up America @standupamerica.com · 05/10/2026
Wes Moore’s Anti-Corruption Wishlist: Get dark money out of politics No one should be able to buy our elections.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I spelled out "superpower suicide" in this essay from May 2026. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power, and succeeded with such rapidity. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
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On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/10/2026
Karoline Leavitt, who as White House press secretary was a firebrand defender of President Trump, is joining Fox News as a contributor, the network announced.
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Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt joins Fox News as a contributor
Leavitt left her post as Donald Trump’s top spokesperson in August.
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
‘A massive power grab’: White House proposal threatens funding that helps disabled Americans vote www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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‘A massive power grab’: White House proposal threatens funding that helps disabled Americans vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to…
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Paul Alan Levy @paulalanlevy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One of my longtime grievances about media stories about decisions, and about allegations and denials in the course of litigation, fail to link to the underlying documents. Especially when in federal court, where CourtListener.com makes access easy. Harder here, where cases are in NY State court
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CourtListener
Create alerts, search for and browse the latest case law, PACER documents, judges, and oral arguments. Updated automatically with the latest court documents. An initiative of Free Law Project.
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The Sons of Liberty @sonsofliberty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#trump When a picture says a thousand words. - Admin ExSquid
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 05/10/2026
Trump Ally Who Says He Introduced President to Melania Accused of Rape
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Trump Ally Who Says He Introduced President to Melania Accused of Rape
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hand-picked Trump Supreme Court justices couldn’t give two fucks if our kids inherit poisoned air and dirty water, as long as their donor-funded private jets keep flying. Disgusting corruption.
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Eric Schmitt Hospitalized After Walking Into Wall www.borowitzreport.com/p/eric-schmi...
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Eric Schmitt Hospitalized After Walking Into Wall
Yet another setback for the embattled lawmaker.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump bolted his name onto a building he took over. Then the State Department got a quote to engrave the stone. Two judges answered in one sentence. Three more losses for his side are stacked up behind it.
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Trump Is Terrified America Will Forget Him. Two Judges Just Made It Easier To.
Also: a shelter director, a disabled voter, and a Republican who blamed his accountant. Plus: Trump’s deep-red rescue mission.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 05/10/2026
Media outlets exposed that the Pentagon was hiding how many Americans have died in Trump’s war with Iran. That very same day, Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. Coincidence? I don't think so.
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
'A Devastating Gut Punch': New Trump-GOP Cuts to Food Aid Take Effect Amid High Grocery Prices www.commondreams.org/news/trump-r...
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'A Devastating Gut Punch': New Trump-GOP Cuts to Food Aid Take Effect Amid High Grocery Prices | Common Dreams
"This is a plan to wreck state SNAP programs and push millions off of SNAP and into hunger."
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