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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Why America is a dangerously dysfunctional nation: belief that Trump is incompetent or even dangerously mentally unstable is now commonplace even among Republicans. But he continues to wield power that was never accorded to any president before him. www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/dona...
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Trump ist trotz Zweifels an seiner Amtsführung nicht zu stoppen
In den USA halten selbst einstige Anhänger Präsident Trump für verrückt. Doch so leicht werden sie den Mann nicht mehr los.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Calm down, computer software isn't making decisions about who lives and who dies in war. It merely processes a ton of data and then makes a recommendation to a human who has no realistic way to verify it
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onion person @junlper.beer · 19/04/2026
palantir should be viewed as the enemy of modern society
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
By holocene "you cannot complain or even feel sad about an artist cancelling a show because they have a respiratory infection if you don’t mask at shows. because who do you think gave it to them?" Source: x.com/holo_cene/st...
Screenshot of a post by holocene (@holo_cene).

Text reads: “you cannot complain or even feel sad about an artist cancelling a show because they have a respiratory infection if you don’t mask at shows. because who do you think gave it to them?”

Post timestamp: 9:23 PM, April 19, 2026, with about 4,026 views.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20/03/2026
A new study finds that US COVID deaths were undercounted by nearly 20%. While COVID revisionists and antivaxxers are trying to con people into thinking governments did too much, the data says the opposite: Governments didn’t implement public health measures effectively enough to save more lives.
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Wayne Benner @tygrhawk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
More corruption in plain sight.
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 20/03/2026
Wow I wonder why people don’t want to come to the US????
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 17/03/2026
💢NEW: Over 1 million displaced in Lebanon as Israel weighs mobilizing up to 450,000 troops for invasion Lebanon’s gov't said March 16 that Israeli strikes & ground incursions since March 2 have displaced about 1/5th of the country’s population — more than 1 million people. Israel is considering...

💢 NEW: Over 1 million displaced in Lebanon as Israel weighs mobilizing up to 450,000 troops for invasion

Lebanon’s government said March 16 that Israeli strikes and ground incursions since March 2 have displaced about one-fifth of the country’s population — more than 1 million people.

Israel is considering mobilizing up to 450,000 reservists for a potential large-scale ground invasion, a major increase from the 260,000 reservists previously authorized in January, according to the BBC.

Two additional divisions are expected to join the three already operating in Lebanon in the coming days.

Senior military officials have told reservists the campaign could last several months, potentially running until the Jewish holiday of Shavuot in late May.

Amal Saad, a Lebanese political scientist and lecturer at Cardiff University, writes that Israel’s reported preparations signal frustration rather than confidence.
Amal Saad
@amalsaad_lb

Israel's reported preparations for a ground offensive in Lebanon potentially involving up to 450,000 troops--several times the roughly 100,000 it deployed in the 1982 invasion that reached Beirut--betray strategic frustration far more than confidence. Months of bombardment, decapitation strikes, and sustained attrition were designed to cripple Hizbullah and produce decisive results, but they clearly failed to do so.

A ground offensive will be extraordinarily costly, and expose Israel to significant vulnerabilities while furnishing Hizbullah with the kind of larger and highly visible targets that years of standoff strikes could not, though it will not come without cost for the resistance either. What it does offer Hizbullah is something strategically valuable in its own right, namely predictability, though Israel appears willing to incur those risks precisely because the war has become existential for it as well.

The assassination of Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah and decapitation of Hizbullah's senior military leadership were intended to cripple the organisation and considerably diminish its fighting capacity. But by eliminating the figures through whom Israel had long interpreted Hizbullah's behaviour, the decapitation campaign pushed Hizbullah toward deeper decentralisation and decision-making that is considerably harder to read. The events of March 1 illustrated this dynamic when Hizbullah launched a large preemptive salvo that surprised Israel and demonstrated an unexpected level of operational coordination and military effectiveness. Even more concerning for Israel, rather than paralyzing it, the assassinations appear to have accelerated an adaptation that left Hizbullah more strategically unknowable than it was before.
Amal Saad
@amalsaad_lb

This dynamic points toward what might be called regenerative deterrence, which differs from classical deterrence in a fundamental respect. Whereas classical deterrence seeks to prevent aggression altogether through the threat of retaliation or denial, regenerative deterrence operates at a different level and often becomes more apparent once war has already begun. Its logic lies not necessarily in convincing the adversary that attacking will fail — though it may produce that effect — but in demonstrating that even sustained and severe damage can't eliminate the threat. The signal it sends therefore is not simply, or only, “do not attack,” but rather that even if attacks continue and losses are inflicted, the demonstrated capacity to regenerate and sustain the fight ensures that a decisive or stratgeic defeat remains out of reach.

Hizbullah officials themselves have made clear that they are prepared to fight “to the end”, which suggests that like Iran, they now believe in the need for a long war to end the US' and Israel's forever wars. The implication is not that Israeli escalation will cease in the immediate term, but that Israel could come to realise that even sustained and severe attrition can no longer deliver the decisive neutralization it desperately seeks.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 17/03/2026
💢 Israel’s attacks on Lebanon have now killed 886 people & wounded 2,141, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. ➤ The dead include 111 children, while 332 children have also been wounded. ➤ Among those killed are 38 healthcare workers, including medics, paramedics, & nurses. ➤ 5 of those...
💢 Israel’s attacks on Lebanon have now killed 886 people and wounded 2,141, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

➤ The dead include 111 children, while 332 children have also been wounded.

➤ Among those killed are 38 healthcare workers, including medics, paramedics, and nurses.

➤ Five of those medical workers were killed Monday, including two on-duty paramedics in Kfarsir and three responders inside an ambulance in Aytit.
courtneybonneauimages
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Today’s Israeli attacks again targeted medical professionals, killing two on-duty paramedics in Kfarsir and three more in Aytit who were inside an ambulance. 

According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, the number of paramedics killed has now reached 38, while the overall death toll now stands at 886, as the aggression enters its third week.

A few days ago I was at the scene of an Israeli bombing and a civil defense worker came to me and asked for a photo and mentioned that it might be his last. 

Israel has a long history of targeting paramedics. Targeting medical professionals is a war crime.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Weird how every journalist writing ‘balanced’ feature stories on this issue turns out to be a deranged conspiracist and ideologue the second you hear them speak off the cuff
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 16/03/2026
Horrific. Death to US imperialism The condition of their electrical grid is inseparable from the decades long embargo and current blockade www.reuters.com/business/ene...
reuters.com
Cuba's national electric grid collapses, leaving millions without power
The blackout is the latest in a series of widespread outages that last for hours ​or days and that this weekend sparked a rare violent protest in ⁠the communist-run country.
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 16/03/2026
Over the next few weeks, assuming the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, Americans are going to start to feel the pinch when it comes to higher prices and shortages of certain goods. But that won't even be 0.01% of what the US govt has done to Cuba over the past 65 years and is doing right now.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is what ICE has done to journalist Estefany Rodriguez.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 16/03/2026
nice
ibtimes.co.uk
Trump Presidential Library Fund Paid by Companies He Sued Has Dissolved With No Public Accounting, Lawmakers Allege
Lawmakers demand transparency from major corporations over missing millions from Trump's Presidential Library Fund.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 16/03/2026
It was revealed last week that Trump got a $10 billion bribe for helping steal TikTok and give it to his right wing billionaire friends under the pretense of national security and it barely enjoyed a two hour news cycle
wsj.com
Exclusive | Trump Administration Set to Receive $10 Billion Fee for Brokering TikTok Deal
Investors in the social-media platform’s U.S. business agreed to give the government several multibillion-dollar payments, sources said.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16/03/2026
A federal judge has blocked RFK Jr from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child 🎉
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Judge blocks RFK Jr. from scaling back childhood vaccine recommendations
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and said U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely viol...
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Our government is run by extremely serious and sober people.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
A fun brand history fact is that in the 30s-40s Coca-Cola promoted itself as an ‘Aryan’ drink in Nazi Germany, while also supplying the drink to American GIs in bulk, and while also making a special version specifically for Soviet Army generals
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I think the President musing about killing people "just for fun" would have resulted in every major paper demanding impeachment in the before times.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
RFK Jr. fired all of the legitimate scientific experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and replaced them with unqualified political appointees. A judge just ruled that the new members were not appropriately appointed, so ACIP cannot meet this week to spread more misinformation.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/03/2026
Trump's full rant on Cuba: "Cuba, in its own way, tourism and everything else, it's a beautiful island, great weather. They're not in a hurricane zone, which is nice for a change, you know? They won't be asking us for money for hurricanes every week. I do believe I'll have the honor of taking Cuba."
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17/03/2026
The 33-year-old Columbia University protester had been held in immigration detention centre for a year.
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Pro-Palestine protester Leqaa Kordia freed from US immigration detention
The 33-year-old Columbia University protester had been held in immigration detention centre for a year.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 17/03/2026
The Hawaii Constitution "offers safety to Hawaii’s people that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections,” Hawaii Justice Todd Eddins wrote in a ruling last fall, taking a shot at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS
The justices ruled that Hawaii’s constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaii residents—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
JD Vance's strategy for succeeding Trump as head of the MAGA movement is predicated on retaining and exciting the support of violent Nazis all around the US. That's what makes his Holocaust commemoration so unique.
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Jen Howard @jenhoward.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I'm old enough to remember Walter Cronkite anchoring the evening news on CBS. "Think like a startup"? lmao
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Looking forward to hosting the World Cup in a couple months!
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“Here’s a podcast…”
Barack Obama @baracko... • 1h
More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it's important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.

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Here's a podcast that does a good job of laying out what's at stake, and why all of us need to get off the sidelines to demand change.This four-panel comic strip depicts a humorous yet dark scenario. In the first two panels, two hands are seen reaching out of the water, suggesting someone is drowning and calling for help. The third panel shows another hand reaching down, implying an attempt to provide assistance or a high-five gesture. However, in the final panel, the hand that was reaching out is now submerged underwater with only a few air bubbles visible, suggesting the drowning person did not receive the intended help and met an unfortunate fate. While morbid, the comic employs dark humor to comment on misunderstandings or missed opportunities for aid in dire situations.
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
listen here you stupid leftoid, if you just voted blue in 2024, ICE would be ruining the lives of immigrant families quietly and efficiently in a way where we wouldn't have to hear about it on the news
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Huh. Must be just-a-flu debt? /s www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Alberta may be on track for deadliest flu season on record, health experts warn | CBC News
According to the province’s respiratory virus dashboard, 197 Albertans have died due to influenza so far this season.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 27/01/2026
Man who wouldn’t wear mask to protect people fine wearing mask to shoot them
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Man who wouldn't wear mask to protect people fine wearing mask to shoot them
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A man who refused to wear a mask to protect other people in 2020 has declared he has no problem wearing one while shooting them.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
While Gregory Bovino and the two CBP officers who shot and killed Alex Pretti have been pulled out of Minnesota, that is not justice. All three were immediately sent back out on the street in another American city to terrorize, and possibly even murder, more Americans. Congress needs to act!
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Havoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
People mostly say "Americans live in different realities" to talk about politics but it is blaring in my head reading the positive reviews of One Battle After Another
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/01/2026
Uh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Jeff Bezos paid some $75 million to get the Melania 'documentary' out and there are entire movie theaters that have sold zero tickets. They will prob make 1-2 million on opening weekend only. Bezos essentially wasted $75 million just to make the wannabe dictator happy. Abolish billionaires
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 28/01/2026
This is the democratic opposition party in Italy protesting against ICE involvement in the Winter Olympics in Milan
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 27/01/2026
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone They did not have a warrant
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Tuesday morning: New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.” Tuesday evening: CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
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‘CBS Evening News’: Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom
Viewers accuse CBS News of 'dumbing down.'
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker. This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
A Quote Tweet from NYC Councilmember Vickie Paladino @VickieForNYC stating:

“We’re in the midst of a global jihad the likes of which the world has never seen, and we cannot ignore it.

“We need to take every seriously the need to begin the expulsion of Muslims from western nations, or at the very least the severe sanction of them within western borders.

“The administration needs to begin developing a formal legal framework for the denaturalization process and get it over with before we end up with another 9/11 or worse. Enough is enough.”

The quoted tweet from @DrewPavlu stating:
“AUSTRALIAN HERO TOOK GUN OFF SHOOTER

“TERROR ATTACK SYDNEY AT LEAST 10 DEAD

“AUSTRALIAN HERO TOOK DOWN GUNMAN”
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 17/10/2025
1) fuck Christopher Columbus🖕🏾 2) This fucking stronzo…
Screenshot of a tweet from Andrew Cuomo replying to Zohran Kwame Mamdani.

Cuomo writes:
“As I said tonight @ZohranKMamdani, you need to respect all cultures in New York City. Columbus is a symbol of pride for the Italian people that transcends the person. They have a word for this disgraceful disregard for their traditions. It’s ‘disgraziata.’”

Below, Mamdani’s June 17, 2020 tweet says:
“Take it down.”

The attached photo shows a statue of Christopher Columbus with a hand in the foreground giving the middle finger. The base of the statue reads “COLUMBUS 1451–1506.”
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☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
While it must be humiliating for John Bolton to be indicted, I still think the funniest degradation he's experienced is Trump hiring him and then calling him "Mike"
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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 17/10/2025
You're absolutely right — starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. Thank you for calling me out on that — really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on. Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Admiral who raises concerns about killing people without due process no longer a fit for Trump’s military
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
It is very hard not to see each of these departures as part of a broader purge to establish a military loyal to Trump
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I wish American media would read Israeli media. www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
haaretz.com
The West Bank is seeing a creeping Nakba | Editorial
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