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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 10h
Good morning (or evening if you're in the Americas, or afternoon for those in Oceania) I remember when pulling an all-nighter involved alcohol and music. Now it's coffee and reporting the ongoing Russian missile attack. It's🧵& Day 1687 If you want to help me: ko-fi.com/twmcltd
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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Incredible.
Analysis. Does a sex assault claim kill a political career? It depends.

Ghraham Platner’s swift exit followed Eric Swallwell’s similar departure from the California governor’s race, but Republicans have taken a different tack.
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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 12h
The latest: Former Itasca officer Marisa Ciccola faces 13 counts of official misconduct and eight counts of computer tampering — and is accused of making several unauthorized searches June 2025-May 2026 — while former West Chicago officer Gerardo Solis faces a single count of each.
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Former Itasca, West Chicago police officers charged over alleged misuse of Flock cameras
Former Itasca officer Marisa Ciccola and ex-West Chicago officer Gerardo Solis both face misconduct and computer tampering charges. They are set to appear in court Nov. 16.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
* Breaking * The former HEAD of Germany's Foreign Intelligence has been arrested on suspicion of spying. A dawn raid was conducted on Hanning's house in Munster, his old chief of staff has also been detained. Hanning is accused of treason & acting as an agent for a foreign govt
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Imagine staying in your job when you're 1,683 days late in delivering results! Then imagine doing that while also killing 600,000 of your own citizens (or foreign recruits) and permanently injuring a million more. Welcome to the world of Putin. Here's the daily🧵for Day 1686
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Troy Jackson on the Iran War: "Sen. Collins voted for it 5 times before she started voting against it. By that time, we're already into it and we're in another forever war that you just heard her say, it's not thought out, we don't know what we're doing, but she made sure that it happened."
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Pascal Sabino @handle.invalid · 13h
The Montana Supreme Court today struck down a $3,700 fee and other restrictions that make it harder to use popular initiatives & referendums to enact reforms. Meanwhile, advocates are hoping to shut those attacks down by creating a fundamental right to direct democracy in Montana:
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To Protect Direct Democracy, Two States Mull a New Approach: Name It As a Right - Bolts
After years of attacks on voters’ power to take matters into their own hands, democracy advocates are going on the offensive in Montana and Missouri. They’ve placed constitutional amendments on... Rea...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14h
*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 12h
In a joint statement, Tennessee’s Catholic Bishops joined the US state’s Episcopal Bishops to ask Governor Bill Lee to spare Christa Pike’s life and prevent another attempt to carry out her death sentence: www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...
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Bishops urge Tennessee to commute death sentence after botched execution - Vatican News
Following the botched execution of Christa Pike, the Catholic and Episcopal Bishops of Tennessee call for the US state’s Governor to commute her death ...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Russia thanked Trump for the offer of support and said they were prepared to help with America’s measles outbreak.
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Trump: Plague leak is big problem for Russia — The Telegraph
US president claims germs are ‘becoming stronger’ after death of laboratory worker
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
MIT Media Lab’s Kevin Esvalt: “Russia's five-hospital quarantine, FSB involvement, and…hazmat use in response to the death of a single researcher at a weapons-lineage Irkutsk lab are inconsistent with a lab-acquired plague infection, which would have been treated with prophylactic antibiotics.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13h
Two top Trump advisers James Blair and Chris LaCivita travelled to Bosnia’s Republika Srpska to provide election advice to its Putin-friendly government, the NYT reports. They were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars each.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 13h
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Armed Maidan: Ukraine Resists ruzzian Genocide @armedmaidan.bsky.social · 19h
Wild Hornets merch sale for Canadian Thanksgiving eh!🦃🐝 10% off at our online shop with code THANKS10 until Oct 21 bonfire.com/store/wildho... Give thanks with merch that keeps you cozy while making lava for invaders🌋 Get a jump on your Xmas shopping!🎄 Merch counts for tickets in our raffle⤵️
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 06/10/2026
05/10/26 Ukraine SitRep is ready: threadreaderapp.com/thread/21073... Independent Ukraine war reporting exists because readers support it. Help us keep verified, real-time coverage alive: Patreon: patreon.com/NOELREPORTS One-time: buymeacoffee.com/noelreports
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 06/10/2026
Jan. 6 defendants are “the best of America,” says recently departed Trump DOJ official Ed Martin.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Marist polls Maine: —Troy Jackson leads Susan Collins 51/47 —Hannah Pingree leads Bobby Charles 52/40, with 6% to an independent. —Generic ballot is 54/45 (Jackson actually has 52% of indies, to Pingree's 51%.)
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 06/10/2026
Can we please just turn the world off and start over
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 06/10/2026
People in Ithaca sent a message to those who would normalize sexual assault on campus, paying a visit to Cornell’s main administrative building, Day Hall, which houses the office of the university president. If graffiti didn't change anything, it would be legal. crimethinc.com/KillPower
Day Hall at Cornell University vandalized early Monday morning, October 5, 2026, with graffiti reading "Smash the patriarchy" and "At Cornell, rapists are protected, protestors are expelled."
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 05/10/2026
An internal poll obtained by Utah Political Watch shows Democrat Celeste Johnson leading Republican Luke Searle by nine points. Donald Trump won this district by almost 11 points in 2024. #utpol utahpolitics.news/democrat-lea...
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Trump won this Utah House district by 11 points. A Democrat now leads in an internal poll
An internal poll has Democrat Celeste Johnson leading Republican Luke Searle 43%-34% in Utah House District 59, a Wasatch County seat Trump won by 11.
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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Agent Exum forwarded a news article titled “Federal agents taunted Chicago woman to ‘do something’ before shooting her” with a “Lmao” comment. The recipient responded “oh sh+t will that come back to bite you”, to which Agent Exum replied “oh well, it is what it is. Shit happens.”
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 05/10/2026
The Senate GOP's biggest super PAC on Friday abandoned Michael Whatley in North Carolina and directed money at Kansas—a state that last elected a Democratic senator in 1932.
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Morning Digest: Republicans abandon North Carolina—and race to rescue Kansas
And in Georgia, "It's about making the patient comfortable," says one GOP operative
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Translation: Sociopath elitist tech fascists who think they’re creating God and believe democracy is the enemy want us to finance our own demise to let them take over the world. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hello again. It's Monday, it's Day 1685 of Putin's 3-day "Special Operation" seems to have a lot in common with Trump's 'winning bigly.' Here comes another daily, updated throughout the day, every single day.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 05/10/2026
04/10/26 Ukraine SitRep is ready: threadreaderapp.com/thread/21069... Independent Ukraine war reporting exists because readers support it. Help us keep verified, real-time coverage alive: Patreon: patreon.com/NOELREPORTS One-time: buymeacoffee.com/noelreports
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bolsonaro got 47% to Lula's 45% & now face a runoff in 3 weeks. What went wrong? - Concerns about Lula's age (80) & incumbency - Corporate media manufacturing scandals against him - Trump helping Bolsonaro. My look at how Lula could still win the runoff paydayreport.com/what-caused-...
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What Caused Lula's Electoral Setback & How He Could Still Win the Runoff
Bolsonaro received 47%, while Lula received 45% in the first round.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies… ex British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide…Simon Andriesz was previously a managing director at Wall St firm where Lutnick was CEO…” www.thebanker.com/content/0228...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A loss in court for Washington’s law that tried to heighten oversight on sheriffs — Amy wrote about how a slice of that debate has made it into the ballot in a large county: boltsmag.org/pierce-count...
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Cornell University has announced that the Cornell Seven will not be allowed to use AI to write their University-mandated rape apology essays.
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Sameer Ashar @sameer-ashar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is my nephew, please forward to your networks, esp any University of Maryland students.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Arguably the biggest democracy referendum next month: Virginia is one of only three states where the state constitution says people should lose their right to vote FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIFE if they are convicted of any felony. This measure would allow anyone to vote after prison.
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“It’s Time”: Virginians Will Decide Whether to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting - Bolts
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on abortion, gay marriage, and redistricting.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
checking in on MAHA PAC www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
“The latest evidence: fundraising reports from Lyons’ MAHA Political Action Committee that show fewer than 20 donors this year, totaling $1 million, far short of the $100 million Lyons promised to raise to help Republicans allied with Kennedy in this year’s elections. Many of its donors are companies that have interests before the Health Department, POLITICO found”
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia Feb 2022: We need to invade Ukraine as they have biolabs producing Russophobic weaponised bats that make people gay. Russia Oct 2026: Someone died at one of our biolabs that makes the bubonic plague.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Tim Snyder on Trump's fixation with Putin: If you believe in countries, the United States is a much more powerful country than Russia. But if you just believe that it’s gangster on gangster, well then sure, Putin is a much better gangster than Trump.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Weekend scoop from me for @votebeat.org: Two GOP members of Georgia’s State Election Board say Executive Director James Mills sent letters to DOJ and DHS without telling the board or getting approval — and that the letters went beyond what the board voted to request. www.votebeat.org/national/202...
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Georgia election board director allegedly goes rogue, asks feds to crack down on state voting equipment
Two members of the Georgia State Election Board say their executive director sent unauthorized letters to the Trump administration.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Allison Gill has obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Epstein documents containing Donald Trump’s name for supervisory review. The DOJ is still refusing to release the actual videos. 👉 www.youtube.com/live/dYiQOhP...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia is working on bio-weapons in Siberia.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
President Stubb: I want to remind everyone is that the Russian military was not capable of modern warfare when this war began, but now they are. So they are also gonna be much stronger when they regroup after the war. Our relationship with Russia will be very different.
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R7 @r7plays.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
every single time the pigs line up with their backs to the fash and their front towards the people, the message couldn't be clearer
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2026
Happening now in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview: A few hundred people are out protesting right-wing provocateur Jake Lang and his attempted "crusader march" on the local Palestine Fest going on nearby. Police in riot gear just formed a line, with Lang's group behind them.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
🚨 NEWS: A 28-year-old researcher at a Russian anti-plague institute has died following a suspected lab accident in Siberia. Nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation and hospitals have been quarantined amid concerns over possible pneumonic plague.
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Russian Lab Worker Dies After Suspected Plague Accident as Quarantines Expand
A 28-year-old worker at a Russian anti-plague institute has died following a suspected laboratory accident in Siberia, with nearly 200 people under observation and conflicting accounts emerging from R...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
VERY BIG TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝 ✈️ SBU hits two Russian fighters at military airfield in Adygea — Su-35 and Su-34 🇩🇪 Aid from Germany: €1 billion to strengthen defense and €350 million to restore energy infrastructure. 🔥 Operation SBS “Crimean Switch Off”: +44 power facilities were hit.
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"
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Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Big election today and a real crisis decision for Brazil. And the world.
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What to know about Brazil's election pitting Lula against Flávio Bolsonaro
Polls suggest the election will be a closely run contest between the left-wing incumbent and his right-wing rival.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sunday is Day 1684 of Russia's all out war on Ukraine. But it's also exactly 4,700 since the Ukrainian people's real struggle to be free of Putin. On 21 November 2013 "Maidan" protests began after Putin ordered his puppet in Kyiv to abandon EU agreements. This is the daily🧵
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 04/10/2026
03/10/26 Ukraine SitRep is ready: threadreaderapp.com/thread/21066... Independent Ukraine war reporting exists because readers support it. Help us keep verified, real-time coverage alive: Patreon: patreon.com/NOELREPORTS One-time: buymeacoffee.com/noelreports
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