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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 18h
An altar dedicated to Jupiter from the Roman fort at Maryport in Cumbria which was set up by Marcus Maenius Agrippa, Tribune and Commander of the First Cohort of Spaniards. Part of the collections at Senhouse Roman Museum in Maryport. 📸Kevin Wilbraham #History #HistoryMatters
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 6h
Military-base housing is “reserved for military who have earned those quarters from fighting in wars and defending our country... They should not be used for people in the White House. It’s an abuse.” www.vanityfair.com/story/stephe...
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MAGA’s Petit Trianon? Katie and Stephen Miller’s House on a Military Base
From her house on a military base, Katie Miller treats Washington’s most powerful to cakes, farm animals, and sake-squirting hibachi chefs. "I can’t fucking stand her,” says one ally. But "Stephen Mil...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 9h
Do you know how hard it is to lose the war if you're the United States? It's about as unlikely as bankrupting a casino.
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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 19h
‘Falcon with Spread Wings.’ #Sculpture, #Egypt (4th century BC) #art This falcon, holding a shen ring represents the god Horus Behdety. The figure of this god generally hovers protectively over the head of a king.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 5h
The President of Eurasia Group:
ian bremmer • @ianbremmer • 2m
twitter without russian bots is noticeably
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serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is Steve Hilton's #CreepyAF new campaign ad. In it, one young woman coerces another to "Just Try It," in a sexual way, then guides her hand to vote republican.
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Just Try It, California | Steve Hilton Viral Ad | California Governor | 2026
YouTube video by Jim Heath Channel
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Jojo @cjojogogo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It’s giving creeper vibes
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What The Hell Say What
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9h
Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.
Chart showing online talk about the AfD going off a cliff edge
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 09/10/2026
Curtis Yarvin praising Hitler, Peter Thiel ranting nonstop about the Antichrist…and no one asks JD Vance about his deranged gurus? I’m old enough to remember when we had to talk about Obama’s pastor for a year or so. www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-cur...
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JD Vance catches heat after his favorite pseudointellectual praises Hitler again
A right-wing influencer praised by Vice President JD Vance got called out for praising Adolf Hitler – and it's not the first time.The vice president has openly acknowledged neo-reactionary political t...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Good stuff from my co-host on the Déjà News podcast, the great Isaac-Davy Aronson @idaronson.bsky.social ... www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Watergate revisionism is Trump’s latest attempt to turn history upside down
Rehabilitating Richard Nixon serves several purposes for the current president — and it undermines our collective understanding of America’s past.
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serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Please, please, please #VoteBlue⁉️
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Destroy Them All Carrington Lane
ALT: Destroy Them All Carrington Lane
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
Susan Collins claims that our reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the ...
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serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The lab worker was reportedly exposed to pneumonic plague on 09/25/26. She died at a local hospital on 10/01/26, and reports leaked out the next day. 🚩A second person reportedly died this week. 5 hospitals & 200 people are under quarantine/lockdown. 🚩2 weeks on, Putin is *dodging* WHO & Trump.
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Donald Trump Says He’ll Speak With Putin ‘Very Soon’ About Russia Plague Case
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the pneumonic plague. This follows the death of a female staffer at a Russian anti-...
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Mike Meadway 🇪🇺 🇩🇰 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mmeadway.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Bloodthirsty asshole. www.axios.com/2026/10/08/h...
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Pete Hegseth says public can watch Fort Hood shooter's execution
Hegseth said Nidal Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be."
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
To make up for this atrocity, now we're going to have public firing squads. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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Christa Pike, Confused After Failed Tennessee Execution, Is at Center of Legal Storm
Her awareness and condition deepen ethical and legal questions after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her for murdering a classmate decades ago.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 09/10/2026
This is horrifying and barbaric. We should not be executing ANYONE in America. Not by firing squad. And certainly not publicly. We need to abolish the federal death penalty and impeach this incompetent, insecure, and violent Defense Secretary.
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MadameNostalgic✨Tanya @madamenostalgic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Charles Dickens witnessed a public execution in 1849. He wrote a scathing letter to 'The Times' calling for the end to such a practice. 200 years later and here we are again. Public executions, fear mongering about immigrants, and (basically) poor laws. Go read Bleak House and get some compassion.
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Can Bluesky do something to make sure public executions don't go in anyone's feed?
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There’s no reason an execution needs to be live-streamed. This is the White House trying to normalize watching people be put to death and I’m all set on that.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The more depressing thought is that, if this actually goes through, millions of Americans would watch it.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Through this livestreamed execution, the Trump regime will declare that it has departed from the civilized world and has plunged headlong into its own Dark Ages.
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says (Gift Article)
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 08/10/2026
USS Abraham returns to San Diego after 321 days at sea, controversy over on-board conditions
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USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after 321 days, controversy over on-board conditions
The USS Abraham Lincoln returned to San Diego after its crew spent 321 days away. At least 8 members attempted suicide amid reports of poor conditions on board.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 09/10/2026
Mold, larvae and dehydration: New report paints grim picture inside Adelanto ICE facility
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Mold, larvae and dehydration: New report paints grim picture inside Adelanto ICE facility
In a court filing, immigrant law and advocacy groups said the Adelanto facility has violated the court's order.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Another ICE shooting today in the Bronx. 💔
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In Trump's second term, Bezos has received... -Huge new tax cuts for himself and Amazon -Millions of dollars in new Blue Origin federal contracts -A slap-on-the wrist FTC settlement for Amazon -A gutted NLRB led by a union-busting lawyer No wonder he's been such a Trump sycophant.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
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serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Even other republicans are calling it creepy.
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'CREEPY, WEIRD, DISTURBING': Republicans DENOUNCE CA GOP Gov. nominee Steve Hilton's campaign ad
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ISIS would be proud of the Secretary of War Criminals. apnews.com/article/fort...
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serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is Steve Hilton's #CreepyAF new campaign ad. In it, one young woman coerces another to "Just Try It," in a sexual way, then guides her hand to vote republican.
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Just Try It, California | Steve Hilton Viral Ad | California Governor | 2026
YouTube video by Jim Heath Channel
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serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We are all known by the company we keep. Stop electing Republicans, when, as a party, they are lawless. Whether they commit or condone pedophilia & other sex offenses, they use power to commit crimes against the most vulnerable among us. WE must do better by not giving them ANY power. #VoteBlue
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult. A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates. Dems need to be on the side of the many, not Big Money.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Curtis Flowers, a Black man whose six trials in the same Mississippi murder case became a national symbol of racial bias in jury selection, leading the Supreme Court to reverse his capital conviction in 2019, died at home this week in Winona, Miss. He was 56. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/o...
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Mike Meadway 🇪🇺 🇩🇰 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mmeadway.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"I made a stupid promise and you have to back me up!" I can imagine the reply: "No me interesan sus problemas políticos."
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serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🤭 This will be some much needed levity. Remember when Trump kept insisting Mexico would pay for his atrocious wall, and went so far as to claim they agreed to do so? It was all a massive lie, and he begged them not to oppose his claims b/c they were the #CampaignLies he ran & "won" on.⤵️
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serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🤭 This will be some much needed levity. Remember when Trump kept insisting Mexico would pay for his atrocious wall, and went so far as to claim they agreed to do so? It was all a massive lie, and he begged them not to oppose his claims b/c they were the #CampaignLies he ran & "won" on.⤵️
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serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"David Milstein, an aide to Mike Huckabee, was running cover for the Israeli government, suppressing reports critical of Israeli actions. He [reportedly] quashed reports from the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem documenting Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank—including against Americans."
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Trump Official Hides Damning Report on Israel Killing Americans
David Milstein, a senior adviser to U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee in Jerusalem, is suppressing (and editing) reports on Israeli violence.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 08/10/2026
Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said he could do “whatever I want” and insisted he could still take action against former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Read more from Erum Salam:
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Trump says he could have done ‘very bad things’ to Biden, Obama and Clinton
Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said he could do “whatever I want” and insisted he could still take action against the three Democrats.
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serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
That's a threat America should take seriously.
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serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yep. The unaccountable think we don't recognize #DARVO, when we see it.
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Connect with Jacob Soboroff @connectwithjacob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
On Friday, a federal judge temporarily BLOCKED the Trump administration from building a border wall across the Big Bend region—including inside the national park. Stay tuned. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
25 years ago today, the U.S. launched its war in Afghanistan. Weeks earlier, Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the 2001 Authorization of Military Force, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
Collectively, the cases we’ve documented show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, it has run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens, too, and on a scale not seen in generations. Read our full story:
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thanks, Roadkill Robert No one should get sick or die from a preventable disease. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Image of map of Mid-Atlantic states with New York in red.
Inscription:"New York is declaring a measles emergency as cases reach 108 while vaccination rates drop in the U.S.".
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A Tuskegee Study With Children By denying "control" babies the hepatitis B vaccine, many will be condemned to die of cirrhosis or primary liver cancer. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 08/10/2026
Jeanie Buss' siblings file formal opposition to her attempt to block sale of Lakers
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Jeanie Buss' siblings file formal opposition to her attempt to block sale of Lakers
The five siblings call Jeanie’s petition “legally and factually baseless” in a statement provided to The Times on Wednesday.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 08/10/2026
Trump again invoked the possibility of missiles striking Los Angeles and San Diego but said his administration would prevent such an attack. Read more from Ebony Davis:
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Trump again invokes missiles hitting L.A. and San Diego: ‘You want to see problems?’
President Trump insisted his administration would protect the cities from potential attacks after drawing criticism for Monday’s comments about Los Angeles and San Diego.
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sun setting on the Bay Bridge tonight
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