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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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Claude the Irregular Dragon (TM) @ruprecht-monkeeboy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Well thank you Comrade Carlson. Once again trying to close the gate after the horses have escaped. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Tucker Carlson says Trump’s Cabinet must remove him from office under the 25th Amendment
Former Fox News anchor says president should have been removed after threatening a ‘nuclear attack’ on Iran
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rwhetsel.bsky.social @rwhetsel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is Minnesota for the current US regime what Ukraine has been for the current Russian regime? "We can't afford that good example of civic life on our doorstep because that example makes our subjects ask why life can't be similar for them. Tear that good example down."
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Fight like Michael Collins @praying4peace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
How can half of America be so damn lacking in critical thinking skills that they fall for this every single time? Republicans have gutted the education system so they can fool the rubes easily. They really don’t care about the people of this country. They only care about stealing money from us.
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"This is just my opinion, but instead of electing Socialists to run our states or country, why not go live in a socialist country for a year first to see what it's like." — Anonymous MAGAt
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Well, that certainly backfired spectacularly! 🤣
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rwhetsel.bsky.social @rwhetsel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The probably well informed President Xi may have had your reaction, seems to me. How do you say "Very telling, President Trump" in Mandarin?
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John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
We must Rethink Everything. The way we've always done things didn't protect us from the disaster that is our present day.
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Robert Fields @robertfields39.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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John Hester @jwhester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Outrage is the problem. Trump figured out he can trigger outrage daily very easily. He's been running that game ever since. People spend so much time on the MAGA outrage du jour, that there is no bandwidth left to focus on the actual outrageous things in America.
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kashwitna.bsky.social @kashwitna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Gino @geo-vision.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If ever there was a photo of pay to play… (And let’s not forget the cozy up to Jinping, behind Huang.) 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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Mark Somers @marksomers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Diego Cielo @laughingindiego.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He used poor, white racist people to enrich himself. He promised them a “white-only” country. They’re suffering now. Good.
Ugly trailer house with a Trump 2020 flag.
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yes. If Jewish people do not toe the line of “the collective Jew” as laid out by Israel’s Zionist lobby, they a persecuted ,shunned and politically assassinated. #auspol
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williebblue.bsky.social @williebblue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Israel does not need our money. They have social security and medical care, but we cannot afford that here. Why do we send them aide in any form?
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kashwitna.bsky.social @kashwitna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The United States of Israel is aiding in and complicit with genocide Nikki Haley signing bombs to murder children
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Nice Footpaws @ionotter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
All we have to do is close Site 512, and Israel will freak out. Heck, all we would have to do is just threaten we're shutting it down, and the Knesset will bundle Bibi in plastic wrap and ship him to the Hague. That radar can see a softball tossed from the roof of the Old Baharestan Palace.
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Site 512 - Wikipedia
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Maud Gonne @bearymom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You know what is anti-Semitic? Telling me, a Jew, that I have to support Netanyahu’s genocide or somehow I’m not Jewish enough.
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BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hmm ... 🤔 So Trump has almost run out of patriot missiles, meaning the USA can't fulfil its NATO obligations to help protect Europe from Russian attack. At the same time, he's threatening to stop exporting diesel to Europe, which would effect its defence capabilities. Sounds like a Putin plan!
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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The GOP needs to get serious. His family needs to get serious. This is not something that a stable mind puts out.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 16/09/2026
Black text on white page that reads:

More than two centuries ago, Father Hidalgo y Costilla’s church bell gave way to the cry of a people known as El Grito de Dolores — a call for freedom that would begin Mexico’s long struggle for independence. 

Today, that same spirit of self-determination lives in Mexican New Yorkers who have helped build this city for generations — from the zapateros of Corona to the banda musicians of Sunset Park. 

As we celebrate an independent Mexico, we also celebrate the Mexican New Yorkers who make our city great. And we recommit ourselves to defending their dignity and right to belong.

In moments of uncertainty and cruelty, New York City does not leave its own behind.

¡Viva México!
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 20/09/2026
Tonight, Jewish New Yorkers mark the start of Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. It is the peak of the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, and an opportunity for profound reflection.
 
For those fasting — tzom kal, may your fast be easy and meaningful. 
 
And to all who observe, G'mar chatimah tovah. May you be sealed in the Book of Life for a good year to come.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
As Yom Kippur came to a close this evening, I was privileged to join my friend, Ruth Messinger, at a break fast in her home. It was an honor to celebrate this moment of renewal with many of our Jewish neighbors. May it be a year of justice, joy and peace.
Mayor Mamdani, Ruth Messinger, and two children hold challah bread.
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czuniga.bsky.social @czuniga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Remember, when you're maga, every accusation is a confession
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Arch Stanton 1862 @tcooperlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Same with me in California. And, the good news: my local drop box is within walking distance from this intersection:
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
😡🤬🤬🤬
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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ICE erasing immigrants with final deportation orders from its detainee locator database.🤬 #Blues www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hard to overstate how fake this "national security" justification for the Arch is. If we need new defense structures and capabilities for the nation's capital, there are large military bases very close by in DC and Northern Virginia that can host them. wapo.st/4hojaMW
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Trump says planned arch will be ‘military complex’ for drones, snipers
The president's post about the arch planned near Arlington National Cemetery comes as veterans groups, historic preservationists and others attempt to stop the project.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LOL -- Fox News cuts away from Vance's speech and a host says, "we will bring you back to this rally if he starts to make news"
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Bring back the 14th Amendment! @richardsaunders256.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Brady United Against Gun Violence, NY @rocbrady.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Why were we lied to about the financial stability of the Kennedy Center, @apnews.com ?
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charliesurfs.bsky.social @charliesurfs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Except for the COVID years, arguably made worse by Trump’s incompetence, corruption and overall mishandling of the pandemic response, the Kennedy Center has been doing just fine for more than a decade.
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T Antony 🏳‍🌈 @t-antony.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Who cares, they should not be reporting what the clown says in the first place. They should be reporting the crimes committed daily.
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Hillary Hillarious @hhillarious.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Jan Dijksterhuis @janjdijksterhuis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Understand, and is easy for me to say from overseas but it will take guts and hardship to get him out. Hoping that things will change after midterms is not a plan neither a strategy.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Woody Guthrie penned "This Land Is Your Land" 86 years ago in 1940, in response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America." It was among the first songs to be chosen by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Recording Registry.
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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 13/09/2026
Saoirse is in an afterschool program, and today she excitedly told me all about the SMART test for evaluating the credibility of information (source, motivation, author, review, two-sources). I can think of a lot of adults who would benefit from this class designed for 4th and 5th graders.
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Steve Wood @steve-wood.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The USA, as a whole, pays 3x per capita what the UK NHS budget is. In addition, there are further savings in procurement, training, research, management [no insurance shareholders to pay] & a healthier nation. If the UK can do it, the USA certainly can.
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rwhetsel.bsky.social @rwhetsel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ch...
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Jean Chrétien - Wikipedia
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Unbelievable how long its felt like since ive heard "welcoming people from around the world", "caring for the weakest in society" is a sign of strength
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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 11/09/2026
“If we’re unable to organize the millions of desperately underpaid workers of today’s robber baron–owned corporations, we will be organizing, a century from now, the people who work at the various cultural shrines they build for themselves.” thebaffler.com/latest/the-g...
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The Gospel of Organizing | Daisy Pitkin
More than a century after their founding, workers at library and museum systems founded by Gilded Age wealth are winning unions.
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JamCraze @sammatt00.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I know!😩 How much more lemonade before diehard MAGAts realize nobody benefits unless they are Robber Barons just like Drumpf. Being racists will not solve problems they have or the ones he creates, nor will it bring economic relief during Drumpf’s Golden (Gilded) Age of the haves and the haves-not.
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rwhetsel.bsky.social @rwhetsel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Also, from a head of state who is Jewish...
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Colleen T @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Thank God for the microfilm. Truly.” 📜 news.northeastern.edu/2026/09/04/m...
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This old research tool can teach an iPhone some new tricks
A microfilm reader at Northeastern's library helped one student finish a century-spanning project her iPhone storage could not handle.
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Come on, media. Do better. Trump's promise to the electorate to pay them $5,000 each is not a "dividend." It is a bribe and illegal under 18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting. It is an impeachable offence. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
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18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 10/09/2026
A leaked Russian briefing note for Putin reveals how Russia hopes to use a Kyrgyz payment platform, Vexpay, and Chinese help to slip its war money past Western sanctions: buff.ly/G2EeCTi
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