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“We overlook just how large a role we all play--and by 'we' I mean society--in determining who makes it and who doesn't.” ― Malcolm Gladwell

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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 1h
Jake and Callum Robinson's mother calls for maximum sentences at Mexico trial
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Families of men killed on Mexico surf trip call for maximum sentences
Closing arguments have been heard in the case of three men accused of murdering two Australian brothers and their American friend in Mexico.
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NPR @npr.org · 1h
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season was forecast to intensify rapidly and cause dangerous conditions in the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall late Friday or early Saturday. n.pr/4rT7dUh
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Isaias strengthens into Category 2 hurricane on collision course with the Gulf Coast
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season was forecast to intensify rapidly and cause dangerous conditions in the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall late Friday or early Saturday.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1h
Trump’s FEMA rejects Illinois disaster aid request for August storms
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Trump’s FEMA rejects Illinois disaster aid request for August storms
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1h
Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud
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Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 1h
An explosive new report alleges Walmart is compiling shopper data to "price people, not products" using surveillance and dynamic pricing.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11h
Funny how Marco Rubio tries to differentiate himself from all the other children of recent immigrants who are now getting removed from the country by the master he now serves. Rubio, you see, is a descendent of *the West*
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h
“Where is the complicated piece in this, guys? —- I want to drive this to a resolution… I don’t have 5 days to give to this.”🤔 MEMPHIS city councilman Chase Carlisle impatiently pushes to get a law in place for data centers (to continue to come into the city)
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 10h
🥴 Former German Chancellor Schröder attended Putin's birthday celebration yesterday.
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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 10h
A lot of people are "learning" about the American Revolution from Eric Metaxas, who believes Trump's divine purpose was prophetically foretold by some colonists' gifts of 45 and 47 pound turtles to a British dissident. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
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Eric Metaxas Says God Created ‘Unifier’ Trump Out of Mercy to Americans
A lot of people are "learning" about the American Revolution from Eric Metaxas, who believes Trump's divine purpose was prophetically foretold by some colonists' gifts of 45 and 47 pound turtles to a ...
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Politico @politico.com · 10h
Mamdani attended exclusive fundraiser hosted by his supporters for Abdul El-Sayed politi.co/4znsJmj
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Mamdani attended exclusive fundraiser hosted by his supporters for Abdul El-Sayed politi.co/4znsJmj
Mamdani attended exclusive fundraiser hosted by his supporters for Abdul El-Sayed politi.co/4znsJmj
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Gpad57 @gpad57.bsky.social · 13h
He’s just drunk, trying to stand up.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13h
Exercises in San Diego.
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Them @them.us · 14h
Basic fact-checking reveals the ad has nothing to do with the state of Ohio or Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown.
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A Detransitioner Stars in a New GOP Ad. Surprise! It’s Full of Lies
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The Verge @theverge.com · 11h
Asylum seekers at the Folkston ICE Processing Center decried Trump’s ‘deportation courts’ in a video taken behind bars. www.theverge.com/report/10083...
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ICE detainees in Georgia used the facility’s video calling software to expose the conditions inside
The video cost the men — literally and figuratively.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h
The Trump administration has launched a probe into nine universities—including Ivy League schools. trib.al/1m3GKqZ
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JD Vance Announces Investigation Into Nine Top Universities
The Trump administration has launched a probe into nine universities—including Ivy League schools.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 11h
Jax is 18. She should be focused on college. Instead, she's battling depression because her father is stuck in an ICE detention center. Episode 5 of Fractured, a docuseries exposing the human consequences of ICE enforcement, tells her story. Watch the full episode here: act.link/gi-MSO1ui
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Fractured: The Human Toll of Trump's Deportation Regime
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 11h
President Donald Trump erupted at the media Thursday, claiming his recent comments about Iran bombing Los Angeles and San Diego have been taken out of context.
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Trump erupts after glib bombing claim sparks backlash: 'These people are degenerates!'
President Donald Trump erupted at the media Thursday, claiming his recent comments about Iran bombing Los Angeles and San Diego have been taken out of context. At two recent rallies, Trump has claimed that Iran could cause serious devastation by bombing Los Angeles and San Diego, an event that he ar...
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12h
At some margin bike-sharing substitutes for cars. It is, of course, much safer for children to chase soccer balls into automobile traffic.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 12h
Delta passenger caught bacterial infection from ‘filthy and nasty’ airplane seat, lawsuit says
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Delta passenger caught bacterial infection from ‘filthy’ coach seat, lawsuit says
Exclusive: Fifteen months later, Los Angeles resident Ricka Thomas ‘continues to suffer mental and emotional anguish, nightmares, [and] insomnia,’ according to court filings
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Politico @politico.com · 12h
Trump admin bars 8 tech companies from sponsoring H-1B workers for green cards politi.co/4zmLlD8
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Trump admin bars 8 tech companies from sponsoring H-1B workers for green cards politi.co/4zmLlD8
Trump admin bars 8 tech companies from sponsoring H-1B workers for green cards politi.co/4zmLlD8
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Attorney General Todd Blanche is doing an even with Darline Graham right now
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h
Read our original investigation:
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A Youth Sports Giant Promised Reforms to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse. Most Never Happened.
More than a decade after the Amateur Athletic Union promised to implement “historic child protection measures,” it still hasn’t done so, leaving hundreds of thousands of kids at risk. Some AAU athlete...
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Bangor Daily News @bangordailynews.bsky.social · 12h
In eastern and Down East Maine, prices range from a low of $5.50 to a high of $6.30. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/10/08/b...
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Maine heating oil prices near $6 a gallon
The average price for Maine heating is now $5.97 a gallon, nearly double the average this time last year.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Pete Hegseth gave Jack Posobiec an exclusive interview and he sounds like a total maniac
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h
The Chi Phi fraternity at Cornell University filed paperwork identifying Jonathan Newell as a “trained event monitor” at a party where a woman said she was assaulted in 2024. He was accused of taking part, and sending a Snapchat message inviting others into the room with her.
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He Was Named as a Cornell Safety Monitor. She Accused Him of Rape.
The fraternity filed paperwork naming Jonathan Newell as an “event monitor” on the night a woman said he assaulted her, underscoring the limitations of efforts to rein in parties.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Hegseth: "What a big surprise that young men were not interested in joining the Defense Department when the advertisements were about My Two Mommies."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Hegseth: "I don't know if we've ever said this publicly. Under Biden, there was 1 hour of TV that they advertised the most on. It shocked us. What do you think it was? The View. A lot of big, strong young men watching The View. We've totally inverted the way this department works."
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 12h
Soulless ghoul, Stephen Miller, has ordered DHS officials to have “inhumane” & "cruel" detention facilities. ICE is still on our streets terrorizing men, women, & children. I share one of the latest horrors in NJ & explain how ICE may be violating yet another court order: youtu.be/aA8UE8DDmPw?...
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Trump’s ICE SPIRALS After COURT ORDER VIOLATION EXPOSED!?!
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12h
The Supreme Court’s destruction of the Voting Rights Act threatens to return the country to a pre-1965 America, when white supremacy was the law of the land, and Congress contained no Black members from the South.
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h
Lawyers for Cilia Flores, the wife of the ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, have asked a judge to release her to private home detention in New York to treat a heart condition. A federal judge will hear the request on Thursday.
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Broken Teeth and Pepper Spray: Maduro’s Wife Seeks Release From Jail
Lawyers for Cilia Flores have argued that she should receive medical treatment outside of jail to treat a heart condition. A federal judge will hear the request on Thursday.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 12h
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First Draft: Trump Is Only Pretending to ‘Fight’ Antisemitism
This administration will happily lie about how its ‘combating antisemitism,’ even as it shuts down programs that fight antisemitism. Meanwhile, the president’s poll numbers sink even lower.
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NPR @npr.org · 12h
NPR's Michel Martin hosted a panel conversation about mental health and suicide in the Black community, exploring a difficult subject in deeply personal conversations. n.pr/4j6qcZ3
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Suicide is up among Black Americans. We need to talk about it.
NPR's Michel Martin hosted a panel conversation about mental health and suicide in the Black community, exploring a difficult subject in deeply personal conversations.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
this shit is beyond parody, man. It truly is the make a wish presidency. now Trump is getting an award!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h
This is why, when Republicans use the word socialism to tag Democrats, it has no relationship with the actual definition of the word. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 14h
The U.S. is building up its forces in the region to levels not seen since the start of the conflict, providing Trump with additional escalatory options, including a ground offensive, should diplomacy fail. thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...
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U.S. and Iran Could Be Moving Toward Escalation - The Soufan Center
Neither U.S. nor Iranian leaders see a clear pathway for diplomacy to secure their core objectives, pushing both sides to posture and prepare for military escalation to levels not seen since the U.S.-...
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14h
"With this merger, the entire media space is concentrated in the hands of a few oligarchs, all of whom you’ve seen whispering sweet nothings into Trump’s ear. Ellison has CBS and CNN, Musk has X, Zuckerberg has his Meta empire, and Bezos let democracy die in broad daylight when he gutted WaPo."
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The Rightwing Media Machine Just Got Way More Dangerous
The right has been consolidating the media for three decades, and the left keeps sleeping through it.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 14h
BREAKING via Punchbowl The Justice Department is seeking a federal criminal indictment of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on charges of lying to Congress about President Donald Trump's actions during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
NEW: The temporary restraining order blocking Trump's media ban was set to expire by the end of the day today, but Judge Kelly just said it will now be extended until 11:59 p.m. Monday as he prepares to rule on the case.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h
Hours later, Trump posts that the US has just had “productive talks” with Iran and announced the US will not attack Iran before the midterms.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Trump: "We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections"
We are having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran. I want to make it clear to everybody that, while Iran is in very bad condition, both Economically and Militarily, and while the Blockade will remain in full force and effect, with Oil flowing in Record Numbers of Barrels through the Hormuz Strait (22 Million Barrels, last night alone, with not one barrel coming from, or going to, Iran!), we will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd. IRAN WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Trump: "The White House considers anyone that uses the term, 'Artificial Intelligence,' as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, 'Super Intelligence,' THE ENEMY! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Trump: "The White House considers anyone that uses the term, 'Artificial Intelligence,' as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, 'Super Intelligence,' THE ENEMY! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The President of the United States, in front of a crowd of his supporters, during a televised rally, admits to a Quid Pro Quo pardon, which is a felony and impeachable offence. And absolutely nothing will happen, because his party, which controls congress, are fascist collaborators and sycophants.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Trump's speech is interrupted for a seventh time
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 07/10/2026
TOMORROW: From the Frat House to The White House Powerful institutions protect rapists while women continue fighting for their lives. The Women’s March is hosting a national day of action on October 8th, with events happening across the country to #stopsexualviolence
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Reuters @reuters.com · 07/10/2026
EPA says will soon act to rescind Biden policy targeting methane leaks reut.rs/4hNwvye
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EPA says will soon act to rescind Biden policy targeting methane leaks
The US Environmental Protection Agency on ​Wednesday said it ‌is days away from proposing to rescind a ​Biden-era policy that ​sought to rein in ⁠large leaks of ​methane, a potent greenhouse ​gas, from oil and gas operations.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Trump on trade: "In a little while we won't need anything from anybody"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Trump suggests he wants to cut off almost all trade: "We're gonna very very self-sufficient very soon"
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