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Let's Go, Blood Clot! Truth and Justice commissions need to start Jan 21, 2029. (Not snark) "At least when the British burned this place down, they didn’t try to monetize it."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h
The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. (Published March)
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Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 5h
Sean Combs has spent thousands of dollars a month to bring his lifestyle to a low-security correctional facility in southern New Jersey, sources said.
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Diddy’s pampered life in prison: Massages, nude photos, Hennessy
Sean Combs has spent thousands of dollars a month to bring his lifestyle to a low-security correctional facility in southern New Jersey, sources said.
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 8h
1 month into the Iran war, Donald Trump said it would be over "in about two weeks." That was 182 days ago. That's why we partnered with VoteVets to build a calendar of every single time Trump said the war would be ending. Go to AboutTwoWeeks.com and see for yourself.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11h
A former Wagner fighter, now in Ukrainian captivity, said Russian mercenaries in Mali used captured Africans as live subjects for brutal "tactical medicine training." In 2023-2024, Russian instructors deliberately maimed African prisoners, after which the mercenaries practiced stopping bleeding.
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Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 12h
In what I believe is a first for my eyes, Trump withdraws his appeal fighting the payout of $5M in damages to E. Jean Carroll
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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 13h
We found immigration courts have issued more than 10,000 removal and voluntary departure orders each month for immigrant minors — nearly four times the rate as Trump’s last term. With legal representation disappearing that pace could accelerate www.propublica.org/article/unac...
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These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.
A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the firs...
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JimCook@JimCook.bsky.social @jimcook.bsky.social · 12h
I'm gobsmacked! NOT! "Why pick a white man?" right-wing pastor Joel Webbon said. "You should make your message more believable by picking someone Black." www.huffpost.com/entry/right-...
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Far-Right Commentators Rage Over GOP Welfare Fraud Ad Featuring White Male Gamer
A new ad by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders put white men at the center of her state welfare work requirement policy.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h
Good to know!
Screenshot of America.gov answering who won and lost the 2020 presidential election. It states that Joseph R. Biden Jr. won and Donald J. Trump lost, with an Electoral College result of Biden 306 to Trump 232, and links to National Archives and FEC election results.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 19h
Why are Russia’s jet-powered drones so difficult to shoot down? Speed is only part of the challenge. According to aviation expert Anatolii Khrapchynskyi, relay stations deployed by Belarus along the border provide Russian strike drones with high-quality communications deep into Ukrainian territory,
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 23h
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ukraine’s FP-9 ballistic missile,capable of reaching Moscow,could be ready for launch by late autumn -Fire Point CEO "The FP-7 short-range ballistic missile (300 km)is already ready&is undergoing codification.The FP-9 long-range ballistic missile (850 km)is also,you could say,in the final stage.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 19h
⚡ Zelenskyy: This is how evil spreads, and how a threat to life in one part of the world extends to other parts of the world.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today, in Russian propaganda:
Schaeffer Marlyse. @Schaef... • 6h
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I am a French mother with beautiful children.
I did not give birth to them for them to be sent to the trenches.
French and Russian mothers do not want their children to fight against each other.
We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemyEls van Veen O
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I'm a Dutch mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. Dutch and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies. #RuslandIsNotMyEnemyNadja @EuropaNormal • 9h
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I am a German mother with a beautiful son. I didn't give birth to my child to send him into the trenches. German and Russian mothers do not want their boys to fight against each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemyDday @DdayohneZiffern • 12h
I'm a German mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. German and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemy
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Euronews @euronews.com · 19h
Putin expands army for fourth time this year as war losses mount
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Putin expands army for fourth time this year as war losses mount
The decree adds 15,500 troops, bringing the authorised military strength to 1.55 million, the fourth such increase since March. Zelenskyy said Moscow had "already begun additional mobilisation" and that North Korea was preparing to send a further 10,000 soldiers to Russia.
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🫶🏻Layla🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It’s not 1950 and I hope you get your ass beat. Beyond beat!!!
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 29/09/2026
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Apparent white nationalists’ gathering in Kamloops, B.C., widely condemned
Tk’emlúps chief says they won’t be intimidated and are working with Kamloops RCMP
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progressivepeter.bsky.social @progressivepeter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To be clear, TrumpCo wants to eliminate the questions, but instead report numbers it wants to believe. www.npr.org/2026/09/27/n...
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Trump wants to remove a question about race in the census. We look back at the history
The Trump administration wants to stop asking about race and ethnicity on the next U.S. census. Since 1790, the topic has been used to exclude people of color, and, more recently, for inclusion.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026
Hundreds of thousands of Texas voters were not properly registered after a major error by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Subscribe to our free Democracy Docket newsletters to stay up to date on the latest voting rights news.
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progressivepeter.bsky.social @progressivepeter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.attomdata.com/news/market-...
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Foreclosure Activity Remains Above Year-Ago Levels in August 2026
ATTOM's August 2026 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report shows filings up 13% year over year, with foreclosure starts rising 7% and REOs up 42%.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“This is not a dark chapter in Cornell’s history, it’s a morbid pattern” Editorial Board at The Cornell Sun absolutely fucking your shit UP www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
We refuse for this victim to be reduced to just another story.
Cornell has failed to protect its students. Cornell has failed to address the growing issue of sexual assault on campus with its pathetic task force. Cornell has failed the student allegedly raped by those seven men at Chi Phi in October 2024. Cornell has failed her. Cornell has failed us.

To Matthew Ingalls, Jonathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar: We know who you are and we refuse to let you benefit from this University's concealment.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Great to see all the Trump-supporting China hawks being just a little bit intellectually honest and politically courageous and criticizing him for this pathetic, sucking-up-and-kowtowing-to China summit. Not.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Araghchi, Iranian foreign minister, explains why US is untrustworthy: "In 2025 they offered negotiations, we accepted, then in the middle of negotiations they attacked us. Eight months later, again they offered negotiations, again we accepted, & again they attacked us in the middle of negotiations"
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sen. John Fetterman says he's a "lifelong Republican" before Major Garrett has to correct him
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 27/09/2026
I'm just happy/sad/thankful/angry that the Strait is open/closed/partially open/mostly closed so that the tankers can/can't traverse through it I'm really tired of/happy about all the winning/mostly winning/some winning we're doing every day/week/month in the war/not war/conflict in Iran
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
SCOOP: FBI removes two veteran counterterrorism leaders over frustrations from Stephen & Katie Miller that they hadn't made progress in probing allegedly threatening phone calls Katie received news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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FBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller’s Family
FBI leadership removed two counterterrorism leaders due to dissatisfaction with their investigation of allegedly threatening phone calls made to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s wife, said thr...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Russian propagandists: "A nuclear war in Europe can easily be won. Europe is the source of all the main ills of humanity and Russia’s main misfortune." The source of Russia's misfortune is Putin.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 26/09/2026
Russian captors force Ukrainian POW to record propaganda videos designed to rally domestic support for the invasion and sow division within Ukraine. The videos often haunt former captives long after their release. NBC News’ Jane Lytvynenko reports. Russia Today didn't respond to request for comment.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 26/09/2026
Officials from both countries are still negotiating a deal, an unnamed source told The Wall Street Journal.
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Trump Rejects Iran’s Ceasefire Bid, Plans To Resume Attacks After Midterms: WSJ
Trump Rejects Iran’s Ceasefire Bid, Plans To Resume Attacks After Midterms: WSJ
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read the document (Gift Article)
Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter
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progressivepeter.bsky.social @progressivepeter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We are nominally within the 90-day NVRA-mandated no-purge window, so today's ruling seems to say that the midterms are safe. But Rs & the Trump admin cheat, and may try to use SAVE data on day 91 to claim ex-post-facto that many elections were tainted by ineligible voters, which might get traction.
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215 Pounds on the Moon, in 1/6 Gravity, Maybe. @215poundsonthemoon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"I can’t..." "You can. You’ve held on this long. You can do it now. You’re a strong woman." Ukrainian combat medics carried out a complex evacuation of an injured resident of frontline Kindrativka. Because of the dangerous situation, reaching her by regular transport was too risky,
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump administration again omits refugees fleeing religious persecution from US refugee program religionnews.com/2026/09/23/t...
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Trump administration again omits refugees fleeing religious persecution from US program
(RNS) — The Trump administration set the refugee cap for 2027 at 17,500, the same as this year. That would make it the second year in a row of historically low admissions — made up primarily of white ...
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progressivepeter.bsky.social @progressivepeter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
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CDC opens state ordering for COVID-19 vaccines after unexplained delay
Health department previously blamed delay on "not yet finalized procurement decisions."
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Micah @rincewind.run · 24/09/2026
Discworld QOTD, from The Last Hero
"That's seven," said Vena. "Seven of us, against one of him. Seven against one.
And he thinks he's going to save the world.
And he knows who we are and he's still going to fight us..."
"You think he's a hero?" cackled Mad Hamish. "Hah! Wha' kind o' hero works for forty-three dollars a month? Plus allowances!"
But the cackle was all alone in the sudden quietness. The Horde could calculate the particular mathematics of heroism quite quickly.
There was, there always was, at the start and finish... the Code. They lived by the Code. You followed the Code, and you became part of the Code for those who followed you. The Code was it. Without the Code, you weren't a hero. You were just a thug in a loincloth.
The Code was quite clear. One brave man against seven... won. They knew it was true. In the past, they'd all relied on it. The higher the odds, the greater the victory.
That was the Code.
Forget the Code, dismiss the Code, deny the Code... and the Code would take you.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It now costs the truck drivers on average $1,200 to fill up a single tank because of the war in Iran. Mike Rogers said it's a win-win-win. Are you winning?
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction upbraiding ICE for mass arrests that have strained detention facilities and forced detainees all over the country into "overcrowded, squalid, and degrading rooms for excessive periods of time" www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On two fronts—WH press access and third-country removals—the administration appears to be ignoring court orders.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
OMG -- under questioning from Hassan, Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton refuses to acknowledge that Trump can ever be wrong about anything even after she's confronted with a specific example of something Trump is clearly wrong about
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Part of America’s unparalleled butt drone program. MAXIMUM LETHALITY!
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
He kept yelling "I'm a U.S. citizen." They kept him pinned to the sidewalk anyway. He left in an ambulance with injuries to his head, neck, and teeth. DHS calls it "without further incident." www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING:🚨 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: “I am a woman and also a mother. I cannot stand with someone who kills innocent children.” The brave woman continued to walk around wearing a Palestinian flag around her neck in front of Netanyahu.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
💥🛩️Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29s carried out a powerful strike on a Russian command post in the northern sector. According to the unit, Russian forces had been concentrating personnel in the building for some time and were also moving equipment and ammunition into the site with little concealment.
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.thenational.scot/news/2657712...
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Far-right activist arrested after filming himself slashing migrant dinghy
FAR-RIGHT activist Danny Tommo has been arrested after filming himself slashing a migrant dinghy in the English Channel while a rescue worker was…
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progressivepeter.bsky.social @progressivepeter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plants
Five desalination plants shut down for days, while Gaza remains in grip of severe water and sanitation crisis
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progressivepeter.bsky.social @progressivepeter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm sure Truth Social will be active with hot and heavy late-night posting. Posts which will include diatribes, foul language, lies whining about being victimized, vague references to NatSec, "Socialists", "FAKE NEWS" and calumny. But no facts or law.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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