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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
They’re likely trying to prevent defections, but I understand why everyone thinks this is ominous - there’s a lot of intel out there that Putin is planning a major escalation, likely in the Baltic States. Which would be an absolutely moronic thing for him to do, but here we are.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Recall that the OMB rule got 500,000 comments, opposed mostly by scientists, medical professionals & advocates. Trump has asked Vought to draft an EO to create a board that decides what NIH grants get funded. Vought would be on that board. Vote blue in November. 🧪 www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control
The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
On the 4th October Saturn will be at opposition, its brightest for the year. An eagerly awaited astronomical event. 🔭 🧪
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 21/09/2026
The U.S. warned that fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthis could 'escalate rapidly' after a missile attack targeted Riyadh.
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U.S. warns of rapid escalation in Middle East war
A recent Houthi offensive seized swathes of Yemeni territory, left hundreds dead and displaced more than 110,000 people.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/09/2026
There’s a question we see from time to time when it comes to redistricting: “Won’t some of the GOP gerrymanders actually hurt Republican candidates?” The short answer? Yes. Marc Elias explains. Stay in the know ahead of the fast-approaching midterms: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 20/09/2026
President Donald Trump's push to militarize his arch in Washington, D.C., is one of his most revealing moves yet, according to one military expert.
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Depth of Trump's 'darkness' exposed by 'stupid' push to militarize DC arch: expert
President Donald Trump's push to militarize his arch in Washington, D.C., is one of his most revealing moves yet, according to one military expert. Tom Nichols, a staff writer at The Atlantic and a retired professor at the U.S. Navy War College, argued in a new article that Trump's plans to add snip...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 20/09/2026
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) just announced he'll campaign for the U.S. Senate on island in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the gleeful opponent who caught him in serious political blunder.
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'No surprise': Ken Paxton caught in 'luxury vacation' fumble by gleeful campaign foe
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) just announced he'll campaign for the U.S. Senate on island in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the gleeful opponent who caught him in serious political blunder.State Rep. James Talarico (D) — the Republican's opponent in the race to claim Sen. John Cornyn's ...
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Baller Alert @balleralert.com · 21/09/2026
US Military Says It Killed Four People In A Caribbean Boat Strike Without Showing Evidence Of Drugs
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US Military Says It Killed Four People In A Caribbean Boat Strike Without Showing Evidence Of Drugs
The US military says a Caribbean boat strike killed four people it calls narco-terrorists, with no evidence released that the vessel was carrying drugs. The post US Military Says It Killed Four People In A Caribbean Boat Strike Without Showing Evidence Of Drugs appeared first on Baller Alert.
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 06/09/2026
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be the first space telescope to use an “active coronagraph” to block out unwanted starlight.
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Shape-shifting mirrors on NASA’s new space telescope could unveil Jupiters like our own
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be the first space telescope to use an “active coronagraph” to block out unwanted starlight.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 06/09/2026
A decade after Kaepernick’s quiet protest shook the NFL, his exile looks less like an aberration than a blueprint for the culture war that followed
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Colin Kaepernick knelt 10 years ago. America responded with a clear warning to Black people | Howard Bryant
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 05/06/2026
The U.S. military is waiting for clarity from the Pentagon following President Trump's back-and-forth on troop levels in Europe, upending the lives of military personnel and potentially costing taxpayers millions of dollars, two U.S. defense officials told the AP. to.pbs.org/3PZ4FW8
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Trump's troop reversals in Europe could cost taxpayers millions, officials say
The U.S. military is waiting for clarity from the Pentagon following President Donald Trump's back-and-forth on troop levels in Europe, upending the lives of military personnel and potentially costing taxpayers millions of dollars, two U.S. defense offi...
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 05/06/2026
House GOP pushes to make Trump’s ‘Department of War’ name change permanent
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House GOP pushes to make Trump’s ‘Department of War’ name change permanent
Democratic Rep. Adam Smith calls it ‘one of the dumbest things that has been done by this administration’
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patm82.bsky.social @patm82.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Nothing about this makes our country safer. Might help the grifter in chief.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 05/06/2026
Trump tells his ‘less shackled’ acting intelligence chief to fire employees and shrink spy agencies
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Trump tells his ‘less shackled’ acting intelligence chief to fire employees
Trump said the office size has been ‘way too high for way too long’
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Kelly ❌👑🐸 @kelofchgo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This is despicable! House GOP make a huge cut of $141 Million in fruits and vegetables for young children, pregnant and postpartum women! The Republican party claims to be pro life but this looks more like they want to kill children and women! #Pinks #ProudBlue www.commondreams.org/news/house-c...
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House GOP, With Help of 4 Dems, Votes to Take Food Aid From Millions of Women and Kids | Common Dreams
"While working families struggle to feed their families, Republicans are cutting funding for fruit and vegetable vouchers for women, infants, and children," said Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro.
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Dead on paper, alive in practice. Don’t trust Trump or the GOP regarding the slush fund. The "it's dead now" narrative conveniently skips over who benefited, how much they received, & what oversight gaps allowed it. Demand full disclosure of where every dollar went. Demand answers. #Pinks Read⬇️
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 06/06/2026
A January 6 rioter now has a top-secret clearance in the Pentagon. It’s the latest example of a dangerous trend in the Trump administration, @willgottsegen.com argues in The Atlantic Daily.
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The J6 Rioter Now Working at the Pentagon
His hiring is part of a dangerous trend in the Trump administration.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 20/05/2026
Good morning, New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story ft.trib.al/fkdQzzL
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/05/2026
BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Gavin has YOUR back…👇 Do you have his?!
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Vincent Guacci Ph.D. @sciencevinman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
How in the world can this be legal? Blanche and tRUMP should be impeached, convicted and sent to prison. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-given-...
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Trump Given Sweeping Tax Amnesty in Secret Deal
The president’s personal lawyer, who is now acting attorney general, is blocking the president and his family from any punishment for unpaid taxes.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Go California, GO! 😎✨
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
He's the worst thing that ever happened to America. I despise him BECAUSE I love my country. 🇺🇸
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
A reminder that tonight, when the journalists are finishing their dessert and applauding a man who lies to their faces, I'll be at my desk — planning, writing, fighting. If you want to support legacy media go ahead and watch. If you want to help Democracy Docket, sign up now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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ponybirdknits.bsky.social @ponybirdknits.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
All these years Presidents going to these correspondent dinner and this happens now. He is so hated or this is another staged event. Sadly This is where we are America. In the realty TV show host potus era. 🙄🙄🙄
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Teri @daisydo333.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Becerra!!! He's the one for the job!
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
@repmcgovern.bsky.social: “We’re told there are more cuts to SNAP coming in reconciliation. We have 46 million people in this country who are hungry, and they don’t seem to give a shit, and it’s disgusting.” More Americans are about to go hungry, thanks to Trump and Republicans.
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𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤 @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
“World is being ravaged by tyrants”—Pope Leo in Cameroon today. I love this Pope. Suck on that, tRump! #ProudBlue #PopeLeo #WorldPeace www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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Pope Leo, in Cameroon, decries world 'ravaged by tyrants'
Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants," in unusually forceful remarks in Cameroon on Thursday (April 16) after U.S. Presiden...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
We still can't find anyone to tell us how much has been spent on the war. DOD won't tell us. The president won't tell us. His budget director won't tell us. They know the number, but they don't want the American people to know it. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Ethan 🦋Proud Blue🦋 @grand-pa-etan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Ah, what a surprise: Bessent, a multimillionaire Treasury Secretary who ignores the worries of the people! Promising an unrealistic $2 per gallon only to end up at $3, it’s the policy of “always more for me, you’re on your own for the rest.” Bravo, the alternative reality continues… #ProudBlue #DV1
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Trump's failed war has thrown the entire world, and our own economy, into chaos. Congressional Republicans cannot be bothered to hold a hearing, in either chamber, to assess the fall out, discuss mitigation strategies, or plan for the recovery. It's a shocking abdication of American leadership.
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patm82.bsky.social @patm82.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
It will be a disaster if or when he becomes governor of Alabama.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The White House circus adds a new act: Trump claims diet soda fights cancer because it “kills grass.” And Dr. Oz is apparently nodding along. If this is what passes for health advice now, US nutritional policy is being written by infomercials and madness. (Somehow, he’s making money off of this.)
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ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ @cheryl2877.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
It’s going to take a long time to recover from this disaster of an administration 🎯
Mary Trump on Iran: "this is a" nightmare of america's own making.this is what happens when you put in charge people as incompetent.greedy. corrupt and quite frankly stupid as Donald Trump.those who have never learned from history because they've never learned in history"
Do you agree with Mary Trump?
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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
mortality rate is worse than Cuba's. Your kids do active shooter drills between maths and English while you sell the gunmaker's stock to your mates. Your minimum wage hasn't moved in 15 years. You've got teachers working 2 jobs and veterans sleeping under bridges and you just
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Maca Iglesias @rotterdamvvg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The lying, blasphemous hypocrite who told us yesterday he posted himself depicted as a “doctor” was the same man who cut over $1 trillion from health programs over the next decade, while asking for billions to fund his Iran war. #HealthcareNotTrumpsWar
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15/04/2026
A new book charts the creation of a secretive A.I. system that automates warfare for the military. The progression from target identification to target destruction is four clicks. www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
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How Project Maven Put A.I. Into the Kill Chain
A new book charts the creation of a secretive system that automates warfare for the military. The progression from target identification to target destruction is four clicks.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Hardly his worst sin, but Donald Trump attacking Pope Leo by name is fucking ridiculous. All because the Catholic Church continues to speak out against this illegal and immoral war in Iraq. He’s an unhinged, disturbed individual who needs to be removed immediately.
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Kathy Mortensen 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 💙 @kathyswords.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The Art of the Deal a Master Class. Send inexperienced dealmakers & demand outcomes paid for by Saudi and expected by Israel. 21 hours in call it a failure. Send warships to blockade an already closed strait that ends deals other countries arranged with Iran. It is www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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The War With Iran Offers a Snapshot of Trump World. It’s Not a Pretty Picture.
In a roundtable discussion, POLITICO reporters detail how the war in Iran pulled back the curtain on the Trump administration.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/04/2026
Ex-CIA director calls for ousting Trump: ‘25th amendment was written with him in mind’
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Ex-CIA director calls for ousting Trump: ‘25th amendment was written with him in mind’
John Brennan says president who made volatile remarks about destroying Iranian civilization ‘is clearly unhinged’
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11/04/2026
A Syrian man has buried his wife and four of his five children after Israeli strikes hit Beirut earlier this week.
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A Syrian man buries his wife and 4 children killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut
A Syrian man has buried his wife and four of his five children after Israeli strikes hit Beirut earlier this week.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 12/04/2026
In his strongest words yet, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” that is fueling the U.S.-Israel war in Iran and demanded political leaders stop and negotiate peace.
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'Enough of the idolatry of self and money!' Pope Leo blasts 'delusion of omnipotence' fueling war in Iran
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 12/04/2026
The White House is seeking a record-shattering Pentagon budget of $1.5 trillion for the next fiscal year, the largest year-over-year increase in a presidential military spending request since World War II.
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“A Moral Obscenity”: White House Demands $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget, Largest Increase Since WWII
The White House is seeking a record-shattering Pentagon budget of $1.5 trillion for the next fiscal year, the largest year-over-year increase in a presidential military spending request since World War II. The United States already has the world’s large...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 12/04/2026
⚡️Zelensky congratulates Magyar on election victory, says Kyiv ready to 'develop cooperation' with Hungary.
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Zelensky congratulates Magyar on election victory, says Kyiv ready to 'develop cooperation' with Hungary
"Ukraine has always sought good-neighborly relations with everyone in Europe, and we are ready to develop cooperation with Hungary," Zelensky said, adding that Kyiv is ready for "meetings and joint co...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/04/2026
Somewhere, paid for with your tax dollars, are $12,540 worth of three-tiered fruit basket stands. It’s a symptom of a much larger problem.
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The Trump administration is slashing food stamps. Here's what they're buying instead.
A handmade Japanese flute. Fruit basket stands. Sushi prep tables. While four million Americans face losing food assistance, the Pentagon recently had its largest single-month spending spree on…
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patm82.bsky.social @patm82.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
So what about the one in the Oval Office? The pitchforks are out--use them for all who have credible allegations against them. Country over party.
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