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MelodieSierra

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Liberal landscape designer, Mom to three Australian Shepherds, Vape and Climate Activist. Working to save Democracy-Vote Blue 24.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 13/10/2026
🎥 NEW: Even after a judge blocked Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads, they kept airing anyway. The Trump administration will keep ignoring court orders if the judiciary continues to turn a blind eye, Marc Elias explains. And it will come at the expense of the rule of law👇
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ALERT: Trump’s DOJ is Playing Dangerous Games
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Dagnabitalltoheck (she/her) @dagnabitalltoheck.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If mainstream TV news is not reporting like this, turn it off. March Oct 17th & vote blue "Meanwhile, the war with Iran that he & Israel started — which Trump predicted would last mere wks — remains unsettled and is a weight on his party as it faces a dour electorate ahead of midterm elections. "
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Trump veers into Nobel Prize grievances during upstate New York rally on day award is announced
President Donald Trump says the Norwegian Nobel Committee should have given him the Peace Prize, not South African jurist Navi Pillay.
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Uplifting News @upliftingnews.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nigerian women have planted 3 million mangroves and restored 190 hectares of swamp forest devastated by oil pollution, creating jobs for over 400 women and bringing marine life back.
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Women in Nigeria’s Niger Delta have planted 3 million mangroves and restored 190 hectares of swamp forest, bringing fish and crabs back to wetlands devastated by oil pollution. The project has also trained more than 400 women in restoration work.
Women in Nigeria’s Niger Delta have planted 3 million mangroves and restored 190 hectares of swamp forest, bringing fish and crabs back to wetlands devastated by oil pollution. The project has also trained more than 400 women in restoration work.
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Kai ☿ @kaindasorta.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They can give any flimsy, transparent excuse they want. The reason is simple: fear. They know they can't gain the country's approval, so they intend to rule through fear instead.
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Public executions in the US stopped nearly a century ago - why are they resuming now?
The Pentagon says the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed, but experts suggest officials are reading the country wrong.
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ZÖMBY WOOF @steveshark.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Heads really should roll.
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Camden council was warned about paedophile nursery worker years before arrest
Vincent Chan went on to abuse children after being cleared of ‘significant concerns’ following council-overseen inquiry
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 10/10/2026
Christa Pike, who survived US execution attempt, is discharged from hospital
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Christa Pike, who survived US execution attempt, is discharged from hospital
Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital in botched Tennessee execution attempt
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Lizzy G The Equalizer & Stupid Jokes every once in a while!💙💙💙💙 @brown-eyed-girl32.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump team sued over plan to blast Utah’s famed cliffs for oil truck highway
The Trump administration approved local officials’ request to pave Gate Canyon, despite the move violating environmental and cultural preservation laws, according to the lawsuit
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BIGAD @becauseigiveadamn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Actually, we’re not the morons that you think we are.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Undistilled cheating’: Missouri voters furious in aftermath of Trump bid to rig electoral maps
State residents express anger at Republicans who allowed chaotic voting maps saga to unfold ahead of the midterms
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japhe791.bsky.social @japhe791.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Another fine pillar of the community and protector of women and Christian values.....no doubt 🤬 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists
Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase
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Trump is a Racist Moron @trumpracistmoron.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed
Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic
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ElleM @ellem111.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is what insanity looks like. This mentally disturbed man has control of the most powerful military on earth. He threatens to annihilate Iran, killed 168 school girls, over 230 fishermen no evidence drugs, military strike on Venezuela. Peace prize? #discover www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Trump says Norway has 'indelible stain' for not awarding him Nobel Peace Prize
Each year of his ​presidency, Trump has expressed disappointment at his failure ​to win.
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The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The United States government is buying billions in diesel from Russia, a country actively helping Iran target and kill American troops in the Middle East. Why isn't this the biggest scandal on the front page of the @nytimes.com in history? Well, we know why, don't we?
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Andrew @mradknight.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Someone please tell me the tiger was unharmed!? news.sky.com/story/emerge...
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Man attacked by tiger at UK wildlife park, police say
The man had entered the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, South Yorkshire Police said. The attraction was evacuated and closed for the rest of the weekend.
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skippyoz @skippyoz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Disgusting….. apnews.com/article/medi... Medicaid cuts strip refugees and other legal immigrants of their health coverage
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Trump's Medicaid cuts strip refugees and other legal immigrants of their health coverage
The Trump administration has cut Medicaid coverage for hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants, including refugees and trafficking victims.
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Pierre de Vos @pierredevos.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast. www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
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‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor speak to Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian with Aditya Chakrabortty
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ronbh.bsky.social @ronbh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
9 dead after shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, governor says; suspected shooter also dead apnews.com/article/nine... 2nd Amendment bullshit to own guns, gun ownership is supposed to protect against a bad government, well we have a very bad government but only innocent citizens are being killed.
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9 dead after shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, governor says; suspected shooter also dead
A shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, has left nine people dead along with the suspected shooter, according to local police and the governor.
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If there was a threat of prosecution for leaders of big AI companies I'm pretty sure we'd stop hearing about "rogue agents" pretty quickly. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
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Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website (Gift Article)
The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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‘Like a drill going into my eye’: why the mystery over Havana syndrome refuses to die
Dozens of CIA officers have been afflicted by debilitating symptoms over the past decade. Are they the result of ‘mass hysteria’? Or are they from attacks with an energy weapon and, if so, who is resp...
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acdc25.bsky.social @acdc25.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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The United Auto Workers tries to reassert political power in Michigan as it faces internal divisions
The United Auto Workers is working to regain political influence in closely contested Michigan. The UAW generally supports Democrats, but its members are divided over whether Democrats or Republicans ...
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Rising Sun🌤️NorCalman🧑🏼‍💻🗳️🔵 @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Her reminder of what war does to soldiers themselves is its own warning to America& the American people. This interview proves that she can't do it w/o warning us about what we are becoming. She’s Been to Gaza. She Met With the Iranians. Now She Has a Warning. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/m...
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She’s Been to Gaza. She Met With the Iranians. Now She Has a Warning. (Gift Article)
As the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric goes to both sides of conflicts. She’s worried that our warring world is spiraling out of control.
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holdmybooks @holdmybooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Why were US Democrats wearing Ghana’s kente cloth?
9 June 2020Why were they wearing it?
The kente scarves were given out to the congressmen and women by the Congressional Black Caucus, according to NBC News reporter Leigh Ann Caldwell.

This congressional group meets to pursue legislative goals around greater equality for black people.
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wavedeva @wavedeva.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#InternationalCommitteeoftheRedCross #ICRC #RulesOfWar www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/m... "Many world leaders simply don’t care anymore...And this lack of empathy, this lack of anger, is what I find most dangerous at the moment....We now count twice as many conflicts as 15 years ago."
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She’s Been to Gaza. She Met With the Iranians. Now She Has a Warning. (Gift Article)
As the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric goes to both sides of conflicts. She’s worried that our warring world is spiraling out of control.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
this is fucking insane. fuck this country. jesus.
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Jlou @wehearvoices.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
THIS!👇 A lot of y'all voted for this pig. Now gas prices at their highest high. Groceries so out of your budget, RFK,Jr says to buy liver instead of steak cause it's cheap. Our soldiers disrespected by a draft dodger. A WAR! Want Better? Vote Better! Vote Blue! #Voices4Victory #DV1 #Pinks #SheShed
A statue of Trump in gold titled, "The Orange Plague".
It is in the European Parliament In France.
Artist is Jens Galschiet
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/10/2026
NEW: CONTENT WARNING FOR SA: Democratic candidate for Arizona's 8th Congressional district Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by two men while repairing campaign signs according to a sheriff's report. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Someone should go as her for Halloween. That would scare the shit out of the kids.
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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The last Grandmother Tree, a centuries-old cottonwood in the San Rafael Valley was cut down by Border Patrol to clear space for a new border wall after a 71-day protest. Agents arrested a dozen protesters and tore these elder trees from the Earth. For what? insideclimatenews.org/news/0510202...
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Final ‘Grandmother’ Cottonwood Toppled, Protesters Arrested in Arizona - Inside Climate News
Armed Border Patrol agents raided a protest camp in Lochiel, in southeast Arizona, making way for contractors to cut down the last standing cottonwood tree Monday morning for a double border wall, aft...
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blukryptonian.bsky.social @blukryptonian.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
British billionaire warned Epstein was a ‘sexual deviant’ decades before FBI closed in on the abuser www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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British billionaire warned Epstein was a ‘sexual deviant’ decades before FBI closed in on the abuser
Sir James Goldsmith’s links to Hilton Head, South Carolina, add to mystery of Jane Doe 4, who claimed she was abused by Epstein in the 1980s
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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Relatedly, stop saying Trump is joking about this violence. The job is simply to tell readers/viewers he said it. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
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Trump jokes about letting Iran bomb Los Angeles and San Diego
At a campaign rally in Nebraska, US President Donald Trump joked about letting Iran bomb Los Angeles and San Diego.
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The Diplomat @thediplomat.com · 08/10/2026
Due to rapid economic growth and Chinese knowhow, public transit in Southeast Asia’s cities is entering something of a golden age. thediplomat.com/2026/10/urba...
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Urban Rail in Southeast Asia Is Booming
Due to rapid economic growth and Chinese knowhow, public transit in the region’s cities is entering something of a golden age.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 08/10/2026
Delta is one of the few US holdouts as other carriers race to deploy Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi — and Elon Musk says the airline’s CEO will lose his job as a result.
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Musk Targets Delta in Airline Satellite Wi-Fi Fight
Delta is a holdout as US airlines race to deploy Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/10/2026
A federal appeals court has ruled that an Atlanta family cannot take the federal government to trial for a mistaken FBI raid on their home in 2017.
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Appeals court says Atlanta family cannot take the government to trial for a mistaken FBI raid
A federal appeals court has ruled that an Atlanta family cannot take the federal government to trial for a mistaken FBI raid on their home in 2017.
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The Mirror @mirror.co.uk · 08/10/2026
A Spanish pensioner whose eviction from her home of 71 years sparked nationwide protests has died after being admitted to hospital.
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Spanish pensioner, 87, evicted from home dies after sparking huge protests
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
Trump is actually very transparent about what he wants to do to elections. Yet the legacy media discounts him. “I have to take him seriously because that’s my job,” Marc Elias says. They want you tired and tuned out. We help you stay in the fight. Support us: demdock.com/4yDtK9W
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Nancy Yang @nyang.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The entrances were open, and many did not notice the signs with QR codes and directions to pay hung high on light poles well above eye level. One driver scanned the codes, and was directed to a website listing the prices as $5,000 for two hours, or $11,000 for the day.
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Twin Cities Marathon runners find cars towed at the finish line
The Sears parking lot, free parking for runners in past years, started towing this year.
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TJ Miller @t-j-miller.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Democrats are taking big chunks of GOP voters in key Senate races, polls show | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has never had worse poll numbers with his base than he does ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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rebelrrr.bsky.social @rebelrrr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
ICC is still waiting for the location to arrest Netanyahu and Gallant, to appear on allegations of war crimes. And that doesn't even include answering for this www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Netanyahu rejects Hamas conditions for Israeli hostage deal
Netanyahu, who is under pressure to secure the release of the hostages, said "the monsters of Hamas" want terms of outright surrender, including "the release of all the murderers and rapists."
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Matt 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🤔 @yupitsmatt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The saving grace is all of this is that #TrumpIsAMoron & #HegsethIsADrunk. Nothing either of them say is informed or valuable. They are both #LowIQ dunces. Of course, I say this with full awareness that IQ has been largely debunked as biased and exclusionary. #TrumpEffect #Blues
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‘Spit on our sacrifice’: Canadian veterans fume after Trump and allies take jibes at military
Military families say Trump officials ‘owe us an apology’ after disparaging remarks by JD Vance, Pete Hegseth and others
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Lisah7 @lisah7.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Dr. Sanderson's focus is on research-based solutions (vs. frat apologists who just blame "the culture", or worse, the victims). Can see research like this being used beyond college environments, e.g. in the workplace. #JusticeForSurvivors #IAmJaneDoe theconversation.com/dozens-of-me...
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Dozens of men failed to stop an alleged gang rape at Cornell – here’s the misperception that keeps bystanders from intervening and how to short-circuit it
People may accept bad behavior – even sexual assault – when they overestimate how acceptable their peers think it is. But there are ways to undermine this thinking and make intervention more likely.
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Igottamambo @igottamambo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.washingtonsun.com/metro/mike-l...
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Lone Republican Senator Derails a Bill to Prevent Demolition of the Kennedy Center
Sen. Mike Lee blocked a bill that would have prohibited the demolition of any national memorial honoring a U.S. president.
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gatitakitty @gatitakitty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
apnews.com/live/trump-m...: Israel needed US technology and military funding to destroy Gaza
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Live updates: Trump says his super PAC will pay for taxpayer-funded ads
Trump says his super PAC will pay for taxpayer-funded ads, Trump criticizes election officials in Arizona over ballot error, Trump approves firing squad for Fort Hood shooter.
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Trump tried to make allies of fishermen. Some are turning on him
Some commercial fishermen have come to question whether Trump is meeting the needs of an industry he has long leaned on for support.
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Galen Stone @galenstone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Donald should die in prison, along with most of his Cabinet.
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Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists
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Andrew Milne 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦 @friendofmerlin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Observing the universe with neutrinos, a particle that humans have only known about since the 1930’s. Detection on a large scale opens many new possibilities. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Nobel prize in physics goes to Francis Halzen for south pole work on neutrinos
Belgian physicist praised for work on the IceCube detector that observes the ghost-like particles in Antarctica
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Steve Rose @mermansteve.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The GOP PAC known as Senate Leadership Fund Cancels Ads in NC after Spending Over $31 Million there. Polls continue to show GOP candidate for Senate Whatley as much as 15 points down to Dem Cooper. A Senate Flip in NC appears inevitable. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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GOP super PAC cancels spending in North Carolina Senate race, shifting money to Kansas
The new moves from the Senate Leadership Fund reflect a difficult landscape for Republicans, with increasingly competitive races in red states.
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silverlinks.bsky.social @silverlinks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Strikes, Barricades and Fiscal Turmoil: An Autumn of Discontent Grips France
Chaos in schools, on the streets and in the markets is rooted in France’s struggles to fund its social welfare state, with a presidential election approaching.
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Enis @enix1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NGOs say Israel bombed a journalist and appeared to attack ambulances trying to aid her – explainer www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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NGOs say Israel bombed a journalist and appeared to attack ambulances trying to aid her – explainer
Beirut-based Guardian correspondent Will Christou explains how NGO investigations show Israel killed the journalist after a sustained attack by Israeli forces
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Cathi Meyers 0724 @cathi-meyers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nah, bro. White House aide: Trump did not call for attacks on US cities but explained how he's preventing them apnews.com/article/trum...
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White House aide: Trump did not call for attacks on US cities but explained how he's preventing them
The White House is clarifying Donald Trump’s comments at a Monday night rally, explaining that the president was not insinuating that he wanted Iran to attack U.S. cities but instead wants to prevent ...
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dawneelizabeth.bsky.social @dawneelizabeth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump jokes about letting Iran bomb Los Angeles and San Diego www.aljazeera.com#flips-640634...
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Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
News, analysis from the Middle East & worldwide, multimedia & interactives, opinions, documentaries, podcasts, long reads and broadcast schedule.
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garyrlundberg.bsky.social @garyrlundberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump broligarch media takeover and consolidation closes. "Fake news", truthful commentary and comedy about #PsychoInChief will be assaulted. Assault is the Trump way. #Unsubscribe! NOW! Keep an eye on #CNN. In the short term they may be super biting with Trump truth. apnews.com/article/warner-bro..
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Paramount and Warner Bros are now one Hollywood giant: Skydance. Here's how we got here
The companies completed the deal on Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood giant with the now shorter “Skydance” nametag.
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