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Sakina Chenot

@sakinachenot.bsky.social
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Local activist, Liberal Democrat. All views my own

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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
0-26! Trump’s attempts to suck up state voter data for an untested, unvetted, unlawful federal database keeps losing losing losing in state after state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ now 0-26 after judge rejects demand for Georgia voter rolls
The judge said the Civil Rights Act does not authorize DOJ's demands for the Peach State’s unredacted voter roll.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
who on Earth would vote for this cretin it is actually astonishing that he is even on the ballot
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Sakina Chenot @sakinachenot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Inside the undersea kingdom: the secret, sinister battle to control what lies beneath the waves
Every day, trillions of dollars, oil and gas and 99% of the world’s web traffic move through undersea pipelines under no state’s protection. With superpowers and corporations now vying for control, sh...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"How the Global Right Weaponizes Antisemitism to Fight the Left" It’s not just the Trump regime. From Germany to the UK to even Canada, attacking progressives to supposedly protect Jews is widespread, writes fascism expert and Jewish philosopher Jason Stanley for Zeteo:
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How the Global Right Weaponizes Antisemitism to Fight the Left
It’s not just the Trump regime. From Germany to the UK to even Canada, attacking progressives to supposedly protect Jews is widespread, writes Jewish philosopher and fascism expert Jason Stanley.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Meta found a way to turn massive data centers into “pilot models” and cash in on a 1980s tax credit. The result? Meta avoided nearly $4 billion in taxes last year alone. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mike Rogers has the audacity to lie to you about his plan like he didn't vote 4 times to stop you from getting cheaper medication from Canada, take $1M from Big Pharma, and vote 19 times to keep prescription drug prices higher. GTFOH.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
By vote to 47 to 51, with John Fetterman siding with the Republicans, the US Senate officially declared it was perfectly fine with Israel murdering nine Americans, and it had no interest in demanding any explanation for the murders. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US Senate blocks resolution demanding accountability over Israeli violence in West Bank
Nine American citizens have been killed by Israeli settlers or security forces in occupied West Bank since 2022
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
FT has independently corroborated Kimberly Guilfoyle’s statement that the US was behind the collapse of the Romanian government of PM Bolojan over its refusal to buy US gas at above market prices: "We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here too." www.ft.com/content/7af7...
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Donald Trump’s ambassador to Greece causes stir in Romania
Kimberly Guilfoyle told embassy dinner in Athens ‘we can do that to any country’, in reference to Romanian government’s fall
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
People vs Palantir – International Day of Action 🌎✊ Thursday 1 October 2026. We are saying NO to Palantir! Find a UK action near you 👇🏽 www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/inter...
Activists at Parliament Square, London holding up a banner that reads NO PALANTIR in our public services
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Over 120,000 people marched across France calling for action to halt global heating. www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
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Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
💙👏👇
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There's something special about a man falling asleep on live television three minutes after calling his predecessor "Sleepy Joe."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Adam Hoffman was convicted of raping his friend's young son. He should be in jail, but Paxton used his power to get him on a misdemeanor. That means he only served for 60 days, didn't have to register as a sex offender in Texas, and then left the state.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bismarck, North Dakota: bismarcktribune.com/news/local/a...
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ICE surge prompts protest in Bismarck
A weeklong spike in immigration enforcement in the Bismarck area prompted a protest downtown on Friday evening.
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born2balive.bsky.social @born2balive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The New Yorker posted exactly how I interpreted the whole visit.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Revealed: Big Tech Refuses to Allow Ads for Musk Documentary
Trump’s AG quietly hands a judge FBI notes on a Trump accuser, Bari Weiss’s CNN takeover wobbles, and America ships gay refugees to countries where being gay can get them killed
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Jane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A child in Abilene wakes up at night thinking it’s morning because a giant data center lights his bedroom window. Ken Paxton has taken half a million dollars from data center interests. Texans shouldn’t sacrifice their homes so Paxton’s donors can cash in. Vote Talarico! #TrumpsCorruptCongress
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And just like that, MAGA loves the Chinese Communist Party leader.
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Netanyahu gathered his security chiefs days later, on Oct. 1, 2023, for a meeting about the situation in the Gaza Strip, and never mentioned the warning, according to minutes of the meeting reviewed by The Times" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...
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Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7 (Gift Article)
The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials sai...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
My goodness, people like this are why people don’t feel sorry for farmers and their struggles right now. They voted for Trump. Now they’re being devastated by his policies, and they won’t even admit it.
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#ResistanceEarth Rising sea levels are a quiet threat that can consume communities, regions, whole countries before we fully grasp the implications. World leaders have approved the UN Declaration on Sea Level Rise to address this threat affecting 770 million people. news.un.org/en/story/202...
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LIVE: World leaders approve new declaration to tackle rising sea levels
Sea level rise is among the most visible consequences of global warming, but for some countries, it is an imminent existential threat. World leaders approved a new declaration on Thursday while debati...
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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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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
The cervical punch biopsy and colposcopy was easily the worst pain I’ve felt in my entire life.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
NEWS: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has secured a record $131.5 million settlement from DoorDash after a NYC investigation found the company underpaid or failed to properly pay 264,000 delivery workers. 1/
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Total collapse: 70% say his Iran war has hurt the US 75% say he has no plan for the war 76% say the war isn't worth the costs
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Imagine giving a "peace prize" to this guy
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/09/2026
NEW: Democrats are demanding to see a DHS "checklist" for law enforcement on "voter integrity," which the agency has withheld since July. The document raises more questions about potential Trump administration plans to use armed federal agents to disrupt voting for the midterms.
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DHS created a ‘law enforcement voter integrity’ checklist, new filing reveals. Dems want to see it
The document raises more questions about potential Trump administration plans to use armed federal agents to disrupt voting.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nate Silver’s latest Senate polling averages show Democrats ahead in TEN key races: 🔵 GA: Ossoff +9.1 🔵 NC: Cooper +8.9 🔵 NH: Pappas +5.0 🔵 OH: Brown +4.5 🔵 ME: Jackson +3.5 🔵 MN: Flanagan +2.8 🔵 MI: El-Sayed +2.8 🔵 TX: Talarico +2.7 🔵 AK: Peltola +1.7 🔵 IA: Turek +0.8
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s not just weird; it’s delusional. HE. IS. PSYCHOTIC. If your grandpa said things like this, you’d take him in for a full neuropsychiatric workup. And it’s time the media starts interviewing psychiatrists and psychologists to talk about it. DO. YOUR. JOBS.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Very well done, AP. 🏆
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Possibly the best and scariest cartoon ever. By @ellabaron.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Sakina Chenot @sakinachenot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule
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Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com · 20/09/2026
The Cult of Trump is far more than a cult of personality. And my thesis in The Cult of Trump, and my current thinking, is that this misses the larger structure around him. Do you think people underestimate the wider structure around Trump when they call it simply a cult of personality?
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 20/09/2026
The president reportedly told Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst he has “very big things” in mind for the war in “the not-so-distant future.”
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Trump Sounds Eager To Escalate Iran War: 'When Do I Blow The Entire Nation Up?'
The president reportedly told Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst he has “very big things” in mind for the war in “the not-so-distant future.”
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I think the prime minister should have said this
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. Why the hell is Trump trying to send him $2.8 billion worth of bombs?
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