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MsBifyouplease

@msbifuplease.bsky.social
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Old mountain mama. Happily married since 1982 to a California curmudgeon, mom to two adults and a cat named Icarus. Trying to find hope that we’re not doomed.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In two years we've gone from a standard where the President's budget proposal was a set of suggestions Congress would ignore to where Congressional appropriations are now a set of suggestions the President ignores.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Susan Collins chairs the committee that writes ICE's budget. ICE's two biggest jailers both send her campaign checks. She's one of nine. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The literal argument here is that you're not assimilated if white people are racist against you because of who you are or how you look. bsky.app/profile/jame...
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
*watch your party run roughshod over every vulnerable community for a decade* “Can’t we all just get along?”
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The techno-dystopia I actually fear is a future where most people think truth is whatever Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Grok say, and the very small number of people who control those systems use that to manipulate for their own ends, making our current epistemic crisis seem small in comparison.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 01/10/2026
“This was a miscarriage of justice, and what happened to Mr. Hearn is an outrage that should shock every American. This administration chose to pursue an unjust prosecution against Mr. Hearn."
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Judge bars U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro from charging ex-Olympian in Reflecting Pool case
The judge dismissed the case against David Hearn with prejudice, citing “exceptional circumstances” that included President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Pirro’s office.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Remember when Judge Cannon blocked release of Vol. II of Jack Smith’s report? The part about the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case? Now there’s an encouraging update & you’ll want to know all about it. joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-vo...
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Finally. Volume II.
Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago report should be public. Donald Trump wants to keep that from happening.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. Seoul had expressed its regret to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ‘that what was reported today went beyond what had been agreed,’ he said.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. They’ve already started building,” Trump said. “.. That’s not true, according to TV6 Investigates’ review of Lee County land records. The review found no major property purchases tied to the project this year.” @kwqc.com #Iowa www.kwqc.com/2026/09/29/t....
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Time interview with Trump is a master class in subjecting yourself to a stream of lies, lunacy, and insults with no correcting him, no calling out his crazy shit, nothing to show for it, nothing accomplished. It’s enabling, not journalism. They should die of shame. time.com/article/2026...
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A victory for the government in this case would greenlight long-term mass civil detention at a level not seen since Japanese internment during WWII. It would represent the largest change in how the US treats immigrants facing removal since 1996, and remind us again that the 96 law must be erased.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past. If they win, it's a nightmare.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the democrats who put themselves in a panic over hasan piker are the same democrats who push the party to be anti trans, and a generation ago were the ones saying we cant oppose the war in iraq these people are never right they doom the party they hurt america stop listening to them
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 30/09/2026
Republican-led states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to obliterate California’s abortion shield laws, potentially setting up a high-stakes showdown over the remaining right to access abortion.
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Red states ask U.S. Supreme Court to overturn California’s abortion shield laws
Republican-led states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to obliterate California’s abortion shield laws, potentially setting up a high-stakes showdown over the remaining right to access abortion.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sounds about Right…. The reason presidents are limited to two terms is that the last time we had a president who was a Democratic Socialist, the people elected him four straight times!!!
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
trump/gop wants you to think theyre truly at war with the msm, and i think that's the real "fake news" Why Trump’s battle with the mainstream media is smoke and mirrors www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Why Trump’s battle with the mainstream media is smoke and mirrors
Despite Trump’s constant complaining about “fake news,” the true nature of the relationship is a little more complicated.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wonder what it would be like to write the same column, over and over again, endlessly. Seems like it’d be boring. But maybe it brings one comfort, like having your parents read you the same story every night before you go to bed.
Opinion
Opinion by Megan McArdle
The Great Awokening is over.
This lesbian bar shows why.
A meltdown over masking shows where cancel culture is now.
Today at 07:00 ET
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tagerai.bsky.social @tagerai.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s interesting to think about this fake award on the same day that nature published the story on fake academic societies. Billionaires creating new awards for ideological capture and to launder their reputations is also a scam, but its not treated as such and gets a ‘Newsvertisement‘ in the WSJ
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 26/09/2026
Independent media has never been more important. Get all of our interviews and headlines delivered right to your inbox every day — sign up for the Democracy Now! Daily News Digest! www.democracynow.org/subscribe
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AnneC @annecw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The frame is the thing and @nytimes.com constantly frames issues as if Trump actually cares. He has repeatedly said that worries about "affordability issues" is fake. The NY Times has spent 10 years whitewashing Trump's corruption.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Turns out billionaires know how to fool voters
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The Billionaire Tax Could Be Defeated by 2 Other Tax Measures — Here’s How
A billionaire-backed group aims to undermine California’s wealth tax and create multiple ways to defeat it.
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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You should read this piece about Jim Crow theobros. It says a lot about the racial underpinnings that I talk about in my book White Evangelical Racism; The Politics of Morality in America. religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...
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The rise of the Jim Crow theobros
(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 25/09/2026
A leaked document exposed Belgium’s warning. trib.al/5XUpeaD
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U.S. Ally Warns It Can No Longer Trust Trump’s America
A leaked document exposed Belgium’s warning.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If the head of ABC News gave gushing remarks at an event honoring George Soros or anyone on the left, Bari Weiss & her right coded substack would go berserk claiming it was evidence of the news outlet's political bias & should not be tolerated... www.thedailybeast.com/maga-curious...
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MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Gushes Over Sinister Far-Right Guru
Bari Weiss fawned over the broligarch.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 24/09/2026
NEW: The Trump Organization has announced plans for 13 new international developments in nine foreign countries since Trump was reelected in 2024, according to CREW analysis. These new foreign deals will double the org’s international portfolio of owned and branded properties.
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The Trump Organization has announced 13 foreign developments since Trump won back the presidency - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CREW is tracking all the foreign projects that the Trump Organization has announced since Trump became a candidate for president in 2022.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Murphy: "On April 30 -- a Thursday -- Reynolds makes an $8m donation. On Saturday, they have lunch w/POTUS & tell him they want a change in rules for flavored vapes. The president calls FDA commissioner & HHS sec, & on Tuesday new guidance is issued paving way to the sale of flavored vapes ... "
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Israel displaces hundreds of Palestinians amid wave of demolitions in West Bank - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Israel displaces hundreds of Palestinians amid wave of demolitions in West Bank
<article data-history-node-id="448258" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-displaces-hundreds-palestinians-amid-wave-demolitions-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-displaces-hundreds-palestinians-amid-wave-demolitions-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel displaces hundreds of Palestinians amid wave of demolitions in West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;forces carried out a mass home demolition campaign in a village in the southern&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/occupation" target="_blank">occupied</a>&nbsp;West Bank on Wednesday, leaving dozens of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians</a>&nbsp;homeless.</p> <p>Military bulldozers and soldiers arrived in Janba, in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, early in the day and demolished 24 residential structures, 16 agricultural structures, 16 solar panels and 14 water tanks, according to Israeli rights group&nbsp;<a href="https://www.btselem.org/facing_expulsion_blog?nid=218966" target="_blank">B’Tselem</a>.</p> <p>Around 176 people were displaced, including 85 children.</p> <p>“We lost our home; we lost three rooms – the kitchen, the sheep shed and the bread oven,” Najah Jabarin told Middle East Eye. “We have nothing left.”</p> <p>Jabarin said her family of 11 had nowhere else to live, but intended to rebuild their home and remain in the area.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-displaces-dozens-palestinians-amid-wave-masafer-yatta-demolitions">Read more:&nbsp;Israel displaces hundreds of Palestinians amid wave of demolitions in West Bank</a></h3> <div alt="Baby west bank" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="85999651-eede-4265-9519-239df0c4758a" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/image00001_0.jpg" width="2000" height="1125" alt="Baby west bank" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <h3>&nbsp;</h3> </div> </div> </article>
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 24/09/2026
Again, my big takeaway from 10 years of reporting on Trump’s conflicts— Norms aren’t laws and, unless they’re enforced quickly and with a meaningful punishment, laws ain’t shit.
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ceej @ceej.online · 24/09/2026
impeach them all. fuck em. why should they get to fly around on our dime and hurt people? “they’ll never actually removed from office” who gives a shit? I want them miserable every day for the rest of the term. I hope they have nightmares. air their dirty laundry. make em sweat
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses. Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/ New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2157...
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Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just a remarkable choice, this headline. No other leader of any other country in the history of the UN would get that headline after giving an address with that quote.
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 23/09/2026
The political action committee set up by billionaires angry about the proposed wealth tax in California has raised $91 million in the last seven weeks from wealthy individuals.
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Billionaire-led California PAC has raised a staggering $91 million since August
The political action committee set up by billionaires angry about the proposed wealth tax in California has raised $91 million in the last seven weeks from wealthy individuals.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Outside the processing facility, 17-year-old Luis Ochoa “was rocking back and forth and nervously fidgeting with his phone …" "He says he is the oldest of four and has two younger brothers and a 5-year-old sister. He says he is worried about how his stepfather will care for them.”
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/09/2026
Breaking news: Vice President JD Vance is set to announce that the administration is removing hundreds of thousands of people from Affordable Care Act coverage, saying that they were fraudulently enrolled in the government health program.
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Trump officials plan to cut hundreds of thousands from ACA, claiming fraud
Vance targeted ACA enrollment as part of a broader administration crackdown on suspected fraud.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
He's helping to raise huge sums of money to back Senate candidates who will vote for Trump's judicial nominees, not much of a "rebuke."
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 21/09/2026
I just received a notification of another death in ICE custody – the 57th death during Trump’s second term. It’s time to shut down these private, for-profit detention centers.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's impossible to despise the DOGE crew as much as they deserve. The result of their work includes the death of millions, and a possibly irreversible decline in America's scientific and technological capacity, and they actually increased the debt to do this. World historical villains.
“There’s this misconception that we all just went in there and didn’t really think about what we were doing,” Hassen said, speaking virtually from a hotel room in San Diego. “I spent 24/7 thinking about it, waking up at three in the morning thinking, ‘Am I doing the right thing?’ … And I know I did.”To Hassen, whose pre-government career involved turning around distressed companies, “DOGE was not radical,” he writes in the book. It was “not a wrecking ball, but a catalyst.” “Did we eliminate the deficit? No. Of course not,” he said. “But we made it on the top of everyone’s minds, albeit briefly, for a few months, that this deficit is something that we need to fix.”
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sad excuse for journalism: Big profile of DOGE lord doesn’t say a word about all the damage he did. And it was not an “ill fated cost-cutting effort.” It was a malignant, catastrophic attack on the government and its workers by arrogant and ignorant assholes. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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He spent 11 months inside DOGE. Now he wants to set the record straight.
In his first major interview about his tell-all memoir, Tyler Hassen describes the culture clash surrounding DOGE’s mission and the backlash that followed.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump appointed more than 20 former Fox News hosts and contributors to cabinet and senior administration positions during his second term. We’re literally being governed by propagandists… And, bad ones, at that. Enjoy. 😎✨
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Daryl Feehely @darylfeehely.com · 20/09/2026
It's mad that after everything, Ed Sheeran thinks it's a win to stand on stage and say he wants people who agree with genocide to be able to stand next to people who disagree with genocide, so they all can listen to his songs about love & unity. And by mad, I mean complicit. #FreePalestine
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Who agree's? I think Pardons should be void if the President was also in on the crime
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 20/09/2026
Veterinary care is becoming increasingly expensive for American pet owners. As prices rise, attention is turning to a major shift in the industry: private equity firms and large corporations buying up veterinary practices across the country. to.pbs.org/3RedOuo
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As veterinary costs climb, private equity ownership of clinics draws scrutiny
Veterinary care is becoming increasingly expensive for American pet owners. As prices rise, attention is turning to a major shift in the industry: private equity firms and large corporations buying up...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As an American political historian, I can confirm that this Congress has been "almost unmatched in history" in several categories -- sad abdication of its war powers, craven surrender of the power of the purse, weird refusal to conduct meaningful oversight, and an utter failure to pass actual laws.
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