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Nilton Lessa

@niltonlessa.bsky.social
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Entrepreneur & CTO | Liberal Democrat | Founder of 'Villa', a think tank for democracy in Brazil. Passionate about #HighLowTech, #Arts #Democracy, & #Innovation.

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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 07/10/2026
French government suspends use of stun grenades at student protests after teen loses hand
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French government suspends use of stun grenades at student protests after teen loses hand
France's interior minister said stun grenades would be temporarily withdrawn from use at protests organized by high school students 'just long enough to understand what happened.'
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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NPR @npr.org · 05/10/2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country's housing crisis. n.pr/3TmEOct
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Spain's prime minister calls early elections as pressure mounts over housing crisis
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country's housing crisis.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith at last night’s Power to the People concert, wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 04/10/2026
Scholar Arancha Gonzalez Laya and economist Jean Tirole: 'Europe's model is now fighting for its survival'
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Scholar Arancha Gonzalez Laya and economist Jean Tirole: 'Europe's model is now fighting for its survival'
In an interview with Le Monde, the two experts discuss the shifting global political and economic order and Europe's place and future within it.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sidney Poitier — New York (1959)
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sir Ian McKellen orates 'The Stranger's Case' from 'Sir Thomas More' by Shakespeare about the Evil May Day xenophobic riot of 1517 in London. This passage was written 400 years ago, but times never change. Humanity refuses to change its unwarranted bias against 'others'.
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NPR @npr.org · 02/10/2026
The botched execution in Tennessee of Christa Pike – who survived despite being subject to two doses of lethal injection on Wednesday – has reignited furious debate about the death penalty in the U.S. n.pr/3TEmdbH
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Failed 'torturous' execution attempt on Christa Pike reignites death penalty debate
The botched execution in Tennessee of Christa Pike – who survived despite being subject to two doses of lethal injection on Wednesday – has reignited furious debate about the death penalty in the U.S.
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TommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
😔 Heroiam Slava! 🇺🇦
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 01/10/2026
Botched US execution prompts global calls to scrap death penalty
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Botched US execution prompts global calls to scrap death penalty
Robin Maher, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told the New York Times: 'This event is the worst we've seen and unlike any other botched execution in the modern era.'
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There aren’t a huge number of folk in my industry I truly, truly admire. DENZEL however is one I very much do. “So what a responsibility you all have, to tell the truth. Not just to be first, but to tell the truth.”
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The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1st October 1970, Janis Joplin recorded her famous a cappella song "Mercedes Benz" and a lighthearted "Happy Trails" birthday greeting for John Lennon during a session in Los Angeles. These proved to be her final studio recordings before her tragic death three days later. #JanisJoplin
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hispanics working in the USA 👏🏽
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Fox News agrees to host a debate between me and Ken Paxton — because the people of Texas deserve it. They're just waiting on Paxton to agree. Ball's in your court, Ken.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Where is Ann Wagner? She can't run on her 14 year record. She can't run on the economy. She can't talk about what she has done for the district. All these years she counted on gerrymandering and an R next to her name. Now she is in trouble and all she can do is smear me. It won't work.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.”
Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa stands indoors wearing a burgundy blazer and dark top, with campaign signage bearing her name and the outline of Texas visible behind her.Official letter dated September 29, 2026, from Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office requesting inspection of unredacted communications between Abbott’s office and Elon Musk and his companies. Hinojosa seeks records previously released with redactions for information deemed “embarrassing” or “intimate,” citing her legislative authority under the Texas Public Information Act.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💙 This is a company with integrity 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 27/09/2026
Swiss voters overwhelmingly reject far-right plan to toughen neutrality
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Swiss voters overwhelmingly reject far-right plan to toughen neutrality
Final results from the Swiss government showed over 70% of voters, and a majority in all 26 of the country's regions, rejected the plan championed by a right-wing populist party.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)
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Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The fact that Talarico is polling so tightly with Paxton says some really awful things about Texans, not to mention Americans in general.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AL MARTINO was a chart-topping extremely successful Singer, and yet up against arguably the greatest screen Actor of all time totally nails ‘Johnny Fontane’. Turning up on set as a non Actor, working with Brando and delivering? This takes balls & courage. THE GODFATHER (1972)
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"A group of pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere... to preach and sell white supremacy, antisemitism and patriarchy to angry young men..." 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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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NEW: Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with an estimated 800,000 people in Paris on Saturday. At a migrant house before Mass , he said the history of humanity “is not written by those who give the impression of winning by imposing themselves and ‘dominating the room,’ but by those who ‘make room.’”
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Drawing 800,000 in Paris, Pope Leo XIV Calls on the Church to “Make Room” for Migrants and the Poor
“No one is so poor as to have nothing to give.” Before Mass, the pope sat with migrants and told catechists to respect each person’s pace. Six altar servers with Down syndrome served his Mass.
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
russia’s criminal war continues because russia wants it to continue. By defending itself, Ukraine is fighting for peace. The delusion that yielding to russia will stop the killing has been disproven again and again. With russia, surrender is when the killing starts.
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Adam Mockler @adammockler.com · 26/09/2026
Hodge Twins Admit Trump Is Worse Than Biden
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Gregory Ellwood @gregoryellwood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
if this happened, you woul think this is when tens of millions of Americans would take to the streets to protest but no, there is no line they won't
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you are a lawyer, and want to help defend our democracy, your way for you to get involved. 
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was in Upper NE Pennsylvania last weekend. Can confirm. They will never abandon him.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 24/09/2026
A coalition of film groups asked the court late Wednesday to be allowed to formally oppose the settlement agreement.
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Judge Will Consider Controversial Paramount Merger Settlement Today As ‘Outstanding Questions’ Still Remain
A coalition of film groups asked the court late Wednesday to be allowed to formally oppose the settlement agreement.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Possibly the best example of American democracy and governance in the era of Trump.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Henry Mancini, Tubby Hayes & Orchestra with a live version of THE PINK PANTHER theme in 1964. Fabulous.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: Democrats are bringing lawsuits and legislation to resist one of Trump's most alarming threats to the 2026 midterm elections: deploying armed agents to the polls. The party's concern? These plans could instill a "culture of fear that discourages voters from exercising the franchise."
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Democrats, voting advocates mobilize to stop Trump from sending federal agents to polls -- or anywhere near them
Democrats and voting advocates are going on the offensive against the Trump administration's threats to send armed federal agents to the polls as voters cast their ballots in the 2026 midterm elections.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How many years have I been telling you to keep your eye on Iowa? I know what I’m seeing on the ground and what I’ve been seeing for a couple of years… LFG!
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
1/ Big news out of Berlin. Germany's left just had its best result in years, and the playbook should sound familiar. Simple message, huge ground game, relentless positivity. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy novaramedia.com/2026/09/21/h...
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How Zohran Mamdani Helped Germany’s Left Party Win in Berlin | Steven Methven
Die Linke’s victory in Berlin comes off the back of a laser-focused campaign on the city’s mounting housing crisis, writes Steven Methven.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Chinese media allowed at WH. American media banned in defiance of a court order.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/09/2026
You might be surprised to hear me say this, but I think Zohran Mamdani is the future of the Democratic Party. Just not for the reasons you probably think. He has a sharp strategic mind and the credibility to say uncomfortable truths to his own people and be heard rather than exiled.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
Please stop overestimating what a democratic Congress can do. The oligarchs are spending money to make you think a Dem Congress can arrest people and hold trials and pass laws without a POTUS signature so that you’ll be disappointed when they don’t do stuff they can’t do. Don’t fall for it.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter. (Published Jan. 2025)
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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
MacFarlane: The judge who ordered Jim Acosta's press pass returned is the same judge hearing this case. It just happens to be Judge Tim Kelly, who will be hearing this in a few minutes. And it does have a little bit of a groundhog day feel to it…
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
32yrs ago these 3 Movies were playing in Cinemas at the same time. How far has Hollywood/Cinema/Film fallen.
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