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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers. abcnews.com/Politics/tru... via ABC News App
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Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election
The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them apnews.com/article/iran...
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
8 service members in Lincoln strike group attempted suicide on recent deployment www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
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8 service members in Lincoln strike group attempted suicide on recent deployment
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group experienced eight service member suicide attempts during its current deployment, acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
(🚨|🧵) A NYT-bestselling Trump biographer has just released the largest compilation of anti-Trump political protest music of the Trump era. 30 songs. 135 minutes of music. *Many* bangers. This thread offers previews and full tracks. Please share widely!
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Greatest Releases: Protests by Hounds on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 30 Songs
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Ted Lieu @tedlieu.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I changed my name. If you support what I’m doing, please donate here to help us flip the House: lieuforcongress.com
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.cbsnews.com/projects/202... Read these letters!
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Afghan girls who study in secret want you to read their "letters to the world"
21 Afghan girls bravely defying the Taliban by continuing to study handed CBS News letters containing their stifled, often humble dreams "for an ordinary life."
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Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Gov. Jim Pillen has aligned himself with President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. But for more than a decade, his hog business has employed undocumented laborers, The @nytimes.com and Flatwater Free Press found. Read more 🔗 buff.ly/rOH1O9Q
Title card that reads "As Gov. Pillen backs ICE crackdown, his family business employs undocumented workers"
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Dave Feit @feitcanwrite.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It is hard to underestimate just how powerful it for an athlete with Harper Murray's popularity and platform to be so open and vulnerable about mental illness. We don't have to like everything she's done off the court, but I respect the hell out of this.
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
ice deports venezuelan father from texas to west africa: a situation \"i don't wish on anybody\" www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dep...
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ICE deports Venezuelan father from Texas to West Africa: A situation "I don't wish on anybody"
Carlos Tellez Sanchez had worked at a car dealership in Dallas during the day and drove for Uber Eats at night to support his family.
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Exclusive: RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that apnews.com/article/rfk-...
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Exclusive: RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that
The Associated Press and The Guardian have obtained documents that contradict statements made by current Health Secretary Robert F.
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trump dwarfs his predecessors in the number of ultra-rich in his second White House, report shows apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump dwarfs his predecessors in the number of ultra-rich in his second White House, report shows
The number of people worth more than $100 million whom President Donald Trump has appointed to his administration is more than four times the combined total of the three previous presidents.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
📌Good time to remind everybody that Trump invoked the 5th Amendment over 440 times during his deposition with Letitia James ...
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Eli McCann @elimccann.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
My upcoming novel Stitched (about a dysfunctional group of quilters) has been on Bookshop's top 25 national best sellers of the week for 8 weeks in a row. So excited for the release on September 8. bookshop.org/lists/booksh...
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Bookshop.org Best Sellers of the Week
This Week's Bestselling Books Just announced! Rebecca Yarros, author of the hit Empyrean series, is returning to the world with a new release. This collection (not book four!) includes thirteen storie...
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couth @couth11.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Former Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. raises alarm about increasingly politicized military www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Former Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. raises alarm about increasingly politicized military
When the forced out chairman of the Joint Chiefs starts issuing public warnings about the politicization of the armed forces, it’s wise to heed his concerns.
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Trump accepted several gifts -- including Super Bowl and U.S. Open tickets. abcnews.com/Politics/rea... via ABC News App
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Real estate, watches and guitars: Trump's 2025 $2.2B income wasn't all from cryptocurrency
Trump accepted several generous gifts -- including tickets to the Super Bowl and U.S. Open.
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Some policymakers are pushing to expand health savings accounts as a solution to rising health care costs. But HSAs primarily benefit higher-income households while doing little for the people who need help most. Here's five reasons why HSAs aren't the answer: www.cbpp.org/blog/five-re...
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Five Reasons HSAs Aren’t the Answer to the Health Care Affordability Crisis
In the wake of their actions that have worsened health care affordability, President Trump and some in Congress have pushed expanding health savings accounts (HSAs). The problem is HSAs are not the an...
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Nebraska Examiner @nebraskaexaminer.com · 22/06/2026
Families are facing rising grocery prices at the same time that many of the most vulnerable are losing access to the nation’s largest food assistance program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. From Stateline
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More Americans are hungry in the face of federal cuts, rising grocery prices • Nebraska Examiner
Families are facing rising grocery prices at the same time that many of the most vulnerable are losing access to SNAP. More than 4 million Americans lost SNAP benefits between February 2025 and this…
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
arrests of immigrant parents create mental health crisis for children www.cbsnews.com/news/arrests...
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Arrests of immigrant parents create mental health crisis for children
An estimated hundreds of thousands of children, many of them U.S. citizens, have been separated from a parent in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
arrests of immigrant parents create mental health crisis for children www.cbsnews.com/news/arrests...
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Arrests of immigrant parents create mental health crisis for children
An estimated hundreds of thousands of children, many of them U.S. citizens, have been separated from a parent in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
10best.usatoday.com/awards/runza/
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Runza is nominated in the 2026 USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards
What started in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1949 has expanded to four other states — Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, and South Dakota. And they're serving up the signature Runza sandwich stuffed with seasoned groun...
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system
Ocean Observatories Initiative, $368m network that has provided crucial climate data, latest victim of Trump cuts
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 07/06/2026
Donald Trump Jr. invested in a startup. Three months later, the Pentagon handed that startup $620 million after the White House called and ordered them to fast-track it. The company's value went from $200 million to $2 billion overnight.
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees across the US describe medical neglect
Immigrant detainees across at least 33 states allege in court documents that the government is failing to provide them with adequate medical care.
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Congressional Black Caucus presses companies in the US to oppose Republican redistricting push
The Congressional Black Caucus is calling on major corporations in the United States to oppose redistricting efforts by Republican-led states that seek to eliminate majority-Black U.S.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 23/05/2026
Not enough people are talking about this. A Florida airport was renamed after Donald Trump. He walked away with the trademark, the licensing rights, and a deal that lets him profit off every piece of merchandise sold there. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump airport branding deal opens new route to profit for family
Florida agreement grants US president control of licensing and merchandising at renamed airport, analysts say
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
In the first months of 2026, the orange felon traded on the stock market 3,700 times including in companies he promoted. This isn’t just corruption on steroids in broad daylight, it’s unbelievably criminal. He and his officials belong in jail, not in the bulldozed White House.
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
5-year-old worries about ICE taking him again, his parents say www.cbsnews.com/news/liam-co... This poor child and his family! Horrible.
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Liam Conejo Ramos constantly worries about being detained by ICE again, his parents say: "My boy is very different"
Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old whose detention by ICE sparked global outrage, constantly worries about being detained again, his parents told CBS News in an exclusive interview.
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
a security warning, buried: how a classified tsa report stalled inside dhs www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-rep...
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A security warning, buried: How a classified TSA report stalled inside DHS
An internal watchdog report in the Department of Homeland Security identified serious vulnerabilities in TSA's screenings at airports nationwide.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 25/03/2026
randomly just got this popup and I'm like lawl y'know what, that's a great question, I wish I knew
screenshot of a "Citizenship Day Quiz," the first question of which is "Who is in-charge of the executive branch?"

The answer options are

A. The president

B. The vice president

C. The chief justice of the Supreme Court
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 23/03/2026
When Ozzy Osbourne heard a mariachi-style rendition of Paranoid by Black Sabbath and genuinely loved it.
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
signs of the times: removing stories of america's past from our national parks www.cbsnews.com/news/signs-o...
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Signs of the times: Removing stories of America's past from our national parks
Following an executive order from President Trump, the Department of the Interior has removed dozens of educational signs at our national parks that the administration claims promote "divisive narrati...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
“We can’t last 34 more months of what we’ve seen in the last 14. We’re fucked if this guy serves out his term. He’s gonna trash everything once and for all.”
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 15/03/2026
With a superior military we are blessed that casualties are minimal, and it’s rare to lose an aircrew. But when you do it cuts deep and hurts…. Especially as a former aircrew member. Today we honor the 6 who lost their lives in Iraq. Nickel in the grass brothers and sisters.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
gofund.me/4ed193648 I have been harassed by the family of my rapist via court and threats of court. Still in debt from the events + medical bills, and after events if anyone can help it’s greatly appreciated, if you can help by resharing, please re-share. NEED HELP. ‼️‼️‼️ on a time Crunch now/
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Donate to Help her battle her rapist & gain her life back., organized by Kaitlin Kal Lee
Hi I’m a rape and abuse survivor. For those who have helped in the pa… Kaitlin Kal Lee needs your support for Help her battle her rapist & gain her life back.
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Other than when your disloyal scum, Miller, tried to sack it and kill the senators and reps, you un-American pocket Nosferatu
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I don't see how we can be expected to watch the State of the Union without @jdickerson.bsky.social
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NPR @npr.org · 24/02/2026
An NPR investigation found that the DOJ withheld some Epstein files related to abuse allegations against Trump. And, what you need to know ahead of the president's State of the Union address tonight. n.pr/4aT95Eh
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DOJ hides Trump-related Epstein files. And, what to know for the State of the Union
An NPR investigation found that the DOJ withheld some Epstein files related to abuse allegations against Trump. And, what you need to know ahead of the president's State of the Union address tonight.
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LiLeNe @lilene1.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused
Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody.
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John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Reagan had a sign on his desk. Donald Trump has another one. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/no-nobel-n...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 14/01/2026
China's 2025 soybean imports hit record, fuelled by S. American purchases reut.rs/49rde1m
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China's 2025 soybean imports hit record, fuelled by S. American purchases
China imported a record volume of soybeans in 2025, as buyers sharply increased purchases from South America amid fears of supply shortfalls if a trade war with Washington persisted.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
“The report makes clear that Mar-a-Lago was crucial to Epstein’s sexual predation, a fact that was well-known by Trump’s inner circle long before Epstein was charged with any crime.“ www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Mar-a-Lago Was Key to Jeffrey Epstein’s Criminal Enterprise
New reporting shows that Trump’s split with his pedophile friend was opportunistic.
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Jill Christman @jillchristman.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Aww! Our @riverteeth.bsky.social interns are the best. I love how the graphic has me talking right to y'all about this amazing discount from @univnebpress.bsky.social
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
67 Senators could remove RFK Jr. today but there aren’t 67 Senators who care about Americans’ lives, health, or wellbeing. Babies will die. Our leaders hate us.
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John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Our goodbye from CBS News:
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The Republican megabill's tax provisions give enormous, permanent tax cuts to the wealthy while leaving most working families worse off, deepening inequality and putting the nation on a fiscally risky path that policymakers should reverse. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
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Republican Megabill Tax Provisions Are Skewed to the Rich, Fail to Deliver for Families, and Are Fiscally Irresponsible
Instead of changing course and prioritizing people with low and moderate incomes as Republicans’ campaign rhetoric about supporting hard-pressed working families suggested, the new law again gives eno...
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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
My new piece for the @global-affairs.bsky.social reflecting on where we are 250 years in to the American experiment and what lies ahead. globalaffairs.org/commentary/a...
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The World Is Going Electric, with or Without the United States
As the current administration tries to hold back the tide on energy innovation, China is dominating in the production and sale of clean technologies.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal. You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government. It says it right in the Constitution.
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Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
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