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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 13h
President Trump says Russia will supply the US market with diesel, but a US law forbids such imports. Here's what to know.
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Is Trump’s Plan to Import Diesel From Russia Legal?
With his Republican Party facing the prospect of losing control of Congress in Nov. 3 elections, President Donald Trump has sought ways to tame a significant source of voter discontent: elevated fuel costs. Saying that lower prices for Americans were his “greatest priority,” Trump announced via social media on Oct. 9 that he’d struck a deal with President Vladimir Putin for Russia to supply the US and global market with diesel. Prices of the fuel have risen significantly in the US, mainly becaus
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Medoyid_ua @rusni-pizda.bsky.social · 17h
The Iranian barrels are the tell. Russia flipped to a net diesel importer after Ukrainian drones chewed through refining, so it buys from Tehran and re-exports. US buyers fund Moscow and Tehran at once while Washington tells Kyiv to stop hitting the refineries. A workaround with a receipt.
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 30/09/2026
Super Intelligence of the Unites States
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Sarah the Goose Witch @sweetcheetah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh my God. I had no idea that Ricketts pardoned a man convicted of a brutal rape. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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A Tough Ad Reminds Nebraska Voters About a Brutal Crime and a Pardon
A group supporting Dan Osborn, the independent Senate candidate in Nebraska, is airing an ad attacking Senator Pete Ricketts, a Republican, for pardoning a man convicted of sexual assault.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 28/09/2026
Last month, we refurbished 10 tennis courts in Crotona Park — the only public tennis courts in the Bronx with lights for night play. We stopped by recently to see how things were going. Thank you to NYJTL, USTA and Yonex for helping us deliver high-quality public spaces that New Yorkers deserve.
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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Former Navatek executives, meanwhile, looked back with awe at how far their money went. “It was eye-opening for me, frankly,” said one. “‘Oh my God, all of it is for sale. It’s all for sale.’” READ MORE: www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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The Owl of Minerva @mysterydasein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The audience at the United Nations listening to Trump.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
15/ ProPublica is revealing the existence of the case for the first time. We reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and thousands of pages of legal records, and have independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. This is the first piece of an ongoing series:
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It was wonderful to spend Rosh Hashanah last week with Missy and Elaine, two lifelong Michiganders who welcomed me into their home and taught me about the sweet and joyous meaning of Rosh Hashanah.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 19/09/2026
I'd like to remind everyone of the principled courage of the Pentagon press, which walked out of the building their beat relies on rather than sign a loyalty oath. One of them was a dear friend for whom it was a giant sacrifice and I'm so proud of him. The White House press isn't in the same league.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/09/2026
Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
RBADVISERS: “.. Yet another inflation impulse. The US basically has NO STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE (SPR) anymore.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Carol J Williams @cjwblue.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...
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Why Do Russia’s Wildberries Warehouses Burn So Fiercely?
Ukrainian drones hit facilities operated by Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries with spectacular results. This might have been predicted by the tyoes of material stored inside.
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The TrumpRussiaGuide 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumprussiaties.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Drone attacks on Russian online retailer Wildberries: reaction in the Russian press
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This story is indeed insane. They literally *discounted his correct answers* (on questions about the Constitution) so that a Trump supporting girl who wants to go to Hillsdale College could win $25K and be televised meeting Trump. So. Gross.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...
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Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest
America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.
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Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I just heard someone call Trump’s speech The Pettysburg address and now I have to go lie down 🤣🤣💀
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Boy he must have really been hoping no one would look at the documents he talked about tonight because they underscore what I've been saying for 6 years, which is that the Trump-Ukraine Scandal was infinitely worse than people thought from the facts revealed during Impeachment #1
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Trump: The One Big Beautiful Bill tax cuts helped my friend buy a private jet
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Photographer Joe Flood captured this image of the reflecting pool now empty again. No “300-yard long gash” from “vandals” as Trump continues to lie to be seen. Must have been one of those famous self-sealing box cutter ninja crews.
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Jeanine Pirro, you are a goddamn fucking dummy.
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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Lindsey Graham was a simple, tragic man to understand. He lacked a moral core. The great empty spaces of his life were filled with an insatiable need for “relevance.” He found it as a cast member in the most malignant reality show ever made. steveschmidt.substack.com/p/lindsey-kn...
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Lindsey knew better. He chose worse.
Lindsey Graham was a lonely and unprincipled man who betrayed his country for power and his decency for attention.
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Mark Tolman (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 🖖 @mtolman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Here's a thought: Putting solar panels over asphalt parking lots will generate a shit ton of clean, domestic energy that doesn't have to go through the strait.
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StevenErick❌👑 🫘 @stevenerick1976.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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John “Danielle” Phipps @magitekdad.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
*puts CI hat on* What he meant to say was "there are serious concerns about listening devices on this luxurious flying palace gifted to us by a foreign government, so the robust U.S. Technical Countermeasures (TCSM) Team at Mildenhall RAF has to do an immediate sweep of the plane."
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I’m not tired of the Reflecting Pool Jello models everyone took to their relatives’ houses for the 4th yet. They’re so creative! Although this one I’d prob not eat. A bit too realistic.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Rep. Jared Huffman and House investigators pulled the whole scheme into the open—Trump hijacked America's 250th birthday to "sell access, hide his donors, and rewrite history," hidden inside a beloved park charity. The receipts are public now. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/the-regime...
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 28/06/2026
This is so upsetting
I worked at Smithsonian, specifically raising money for 250th. What I want people to know is we secured millions of private philanthropy to host a month long Folklife Festival on the mall, "The Festival of Festivals". Was going to feature well known festivals, think Burning Man, Farm Aid, Grand Ole Oprey etc. as well as smaller local and regional festivals from across the U.S. and territories. Goal was to feature truly the best and most beautiful creative expression in music, dance, arts and craft traditions, food, community etc. Can't name names but plan was to have headliners every night for free concerts.... Think the types of names who might be affiliated with the aforementioned large festivals. Stars were willing to perform because was under banner of Smithsonian. It had to all be scrapped bc the administration would not release permits to host on the mall. The money went elsewhere, but our nation was robbed of what would have been a once in a generation cultural moment.
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Jeff, formerly of MN and MA, still God of Cookies @diasporaminnesotan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Four-frame comic.

First box: Picture of a gated community with the sign "Caucasian Pointe; No Trespassing." 
Text: Many white Americans fail to assimilate. Some self-segregate in homogenous neighborhoods.

Second box: Truck with a confederate flag. Box says "Traditional folk music: 'And this bird you cannot change'"
Text: Others fly the flag of a foreign country

Third box: Picture of an angry blonde white woman saying "Seems like the homos and Orientals are everywhere"
Text: Many refuse to speak contemporary English

Last box: Angry white man in a red MAGA had. Black man next to him saying "It might help if they stopped wearing those funny hats."
Text: Will these stubborn holdouts EVER integrate into our multiracial society?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/06/2026
Sen. Warren: "Right now families are falling behind...you can't even do the basic facts...you can't even say, 'Yeah, inflation is running higher than wages right now'...I think this person has disqualified himself in five minutes."
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
your primer on reading SCOTUS opinions in 2026: MAJORITY: technically, nothing is illegal if it doesn't affect white people, making the trump administration blameless in the eyes of heaven DISSENT: i swear to fucking god, just...jesus fucking christ
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Compare Alito's description of Trump's racist statements (on the left) to Justice Kagan's anthology of Trump's racist statements (on the right). These are passages from this morning's opinions in Mullin v. Doe.
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🤣 Employees of TPP, one of the largest fuel companies in occupied Crimea, appealed to Putin for government assistance after Ukrainian strikes destroyed a fuel terminal in Kerch, damaged several gas stations, burned fuel trucks and hit an oil depot.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Vandals spotted at Washington Reflecting Pool
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/06/2026
A pilot program in California is building solar panels over irrigation canals to generate electricity. As a bonus, the shade prevents water from evaporating.
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California Needs Water and Clean Power. It Might Have a Fix for Both.
A pilot program is building solar panels over irrigation canals to generate electricity. As a bonus, the shade prevents water from evaporating.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/06/2026
Congress is getting ready to remove the requirement that shell companies register their real owners. The bill "will restore America’s status as the leading offshore haven"
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Treasury just waived oil sanctions on Iran for 60 days — citing "progress." Iran could rake in up to ~$10 billion off that decision alone. In contrast, the Obama admin didn't lift sanctions until a deal was signed and the IAEA independently verified Iran's nuclear compliance.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/06/2026
Many of the migrant laborers who maintain the scenery of the Hamptons cannot afford to live there. The difficult life and lonely death of Francisco Camey reveal the human cost behind the manicured landscape. nyti.ms/4uLqy9t
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Conflict and Environment Observatory @ceobs.org · 20/06/2026
Mona Khalil, one of Lebanon's leading conservationists has died following an Israeli attack on her home, she had dedicated her life to protecting the country's turtles www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon
Mona Khalil led decades-long effort to protect nesting site for turtles near her home in south of the country
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Kane Lawless 420 @kanelawless420.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 19/06/2026
If Elon Musk paid my ultra-millionaire tax, we could fully cover free community college in America.
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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Russia: Gas station masquerading as a country is experiencing a massive fuel crisis.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 17/06/2026
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Most economists surveyed by the FT believe core inflation won't get below the Fed's target rate of 2% until 2028 or later www.ft.com/content/ee4e...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 16/06/2026
The Palestinian doctor demanded his release last week after months of imprisonment and visible signs of torture.
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Israeli court rules to keep prominent Palestinian doctor in detention
The Palestinian doctor demanded his release last week after months of imprisonment and visible signs of torture.
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