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Scott Shaeffer 🕊️

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We need to get big money out of politics and reform our electoral system. If you are surprised by the current state of affairs, may I suggest rethinking our US history from an Indigenous or Black perspective? Born in Philadelphia. 🔔 🇺🇸

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 7h
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Unilaterally Ends American Sanctions on Russian Energy Products and Announces That America Will Now Help Finance the Genocide Against Europeans in Ukraine; Russia and America Now Co-Rogue States, with America Funding Two Genocides and Russia One
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 7h
I can’t tell you how much I needed this message of hope from the great President Barack Obama. 💙👊
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 6h
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 15h
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15h
Deeply American sentence (from Davy Crockett’s wikipedia page)
Despite Crockett’s opposition to the institution of slavery in the United States, he did enslave people.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 15h
Yesterday, JD Vance, a Yale Law grad, couldn't define what "socialism" means. Instead of defining it, Vance talked about boys in girls sports. This admin has devalued its words, and would be admitting to supporting the same policies they attack others for if they told the truth. Link below ⬇️
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Scott Shaeffer 🕊️ @sshaeff.bsky.social · 17h
Free Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory The Great Escape from the Planet of the Apes
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 17h
Navi Pillay, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Here is what she had to say last year after investigating Israel's crimes in Gaza ⬇️
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 21h
Anne Carson seriously raising the bar here for ‘what I was doing when I got that surprise call that I’ve won the Nobel Prize’ www.ft.com/content/7eef...
Ingrid Carlberg, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, made Thursday's announcement a few minutes after reaching Carson by telephone. Carson was "very taken by surprise", Carlberg said, and was
"in Iceland, listening to the wind"
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 17h
"She was also chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory that last year found that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. Israel dismissed the report as 'scandalous'." They would say that, woudn't they? #GazaGenocide www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Breaking: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Judge Navi Pillay
The South African-born former UN human rights chief was recognised for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 18h
Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay jokes 'if you clap a little bit more I may share this prize with Trump' www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
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Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 has been awarded to Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 18h
The chair of the committee that found that Israel had committed genocide. Well done. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Nobel Peace Prize Live Updates: Navi Pillay, Human Rights Lawyer, Wins (Gift Article)
Ms. Pillay has served as a judge in her native South Africa and on international courts investigating war crimes. She led a U.N. panel that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palest...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 18h
"The last thing I did is the report on Gaza naming what is happening there as genocide. One of the main reactions to that report [was] paying tribute to me for my courage.. why would you need courage to speak the truth?" Navi Pillay upon winning the 2026 Nobel peace prize
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El-scare 🏳️‍⚧️ boo @tro.one · 18h
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being John Malkovich
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20h
If you’re able, please support my friend Aaron. Where would we be without his clips? Independent media is critical, and he works tirelessly to prevent misinformation and gaslighting by giving us the video and audio evidence
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 19h
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 18h
All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A cop warns on the price of witnessing death.
As a homicide detective, I can say with all of my being that there is no lesson learned in seeing someone die. But there is a price. And that price is your peace. Your decency. And the soul of our society.
We don't have to be this way, this fake tough but real ugly way. Stop
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Melanie is Right, don’t bother with Bezos….
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Scott Shaeffer 🕊️ @sshaeff.bsky.social · 18h
Oh, how I wish my Representative was more like this. :/
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is what an American hero looks like. Her name is Katie Phang and she is suing the most corrupt attorney general in U.S. history, pedophile protector Todd Blanche, to force him to release the unredacted Epstein files.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Endlessly corrupt. He does nothing that doesn’t benefit him personally. Ever.
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Trump purchased up to $5 million of SpaceX bonds days before major space order | CNN Business
Right before launching an effort to slash red tape for commercial space transportation, Trump last month purchased up to $5 million of bonds issued by SpaceX.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Not only did Aaron cover the El-Sayed and Ossoff debates, he also gave us Trump trying to tweet us into a race war, Kimberly Guilfoyle’s corruption, Mutterin’ Markwayne Mullin-and more Plus he STILL gave us incredibly astute political analysis If you haven’t signed up yet what are you waiting for
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Of course the Trump Savings Accounts for kids turns out to be scam. In effect, "our president is helping rich donors offload overvalued stocks onto children, who are forced to hold the stocks for five years whether they want to or not." www.rawstory.com/trump-accoun...
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Trump rigs kids’ piggy banks so billionaires can dump falling stock on them: analyst
A quiet change to President Donald Trump's namesake savings program for children amounts to a gift for billionaires, according to an economic analyst.In an article for The Bulwark on Thursday, economi...
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🔥 @jumaane.bsky.social : “They’re going to try to make the gentleman they shot the worst human you’ve ever heard of… a father picking up his child was shot by a rogue agency controlled by Trump. That’s what occurred. He represents evil. He is doing the Devil’s work.” #AbolishICE
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨Holy shit, brilliant animators just made a devastating ad against Republican corruption: “A massive flood of money… impacts every part of our democracy.” Trump’s corruption is putting our democracy, our rights, and our future up for sale. VOTE. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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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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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
White people attended public lynchings in droves and had picnics with their children there. I mean, PLEASE.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just today: - The Trump admin announced the first public execution since 1936. - Trump tried to incite a race war against Somalis. - Trump said anyone using the phrase AI is "THE ENEMY" - The NYT reported on a potential ICE plan to deport migrants on military boats and ferries.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
I'm going to do my damndest to cover the El-Sayed/Rogers and Ossoff/Collins debates simultaneously tonight. If you appreciate my effots on big news nights like tonight, please take advantage of my 5th anniversary special and sign up for my newsletter. Paid subscribers make my work possible. Thanks.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Memo to Democrats: you can't win the public's trust if you drink from the same corporate trough as the Republicans. Reject Big AI Money (and all corporate campaign contributions) and regulate AI. www.commondreams.org/news/ai-electi…
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Voters in Key States See AI Campaign Cash as More Politically Toxic Than AIPAC: Poll | Common Dreams
"Candidates should seek support from the AI industry at their own peril."
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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social calling Dr Annie Andrews a transphobic slur this week, and her response is to ensure everyone knows she hates trans people too. Christ, the Democrats are fucking pathetic.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
this is so bleak, actually imagine being called a slur for a group you don't even belong to and instead of going "wow holy shit, no one should have to put up with that, we need to hold people to account," you go "no guys it's okay I hate them too!!!" and just hand the bully your lunch money
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The people in charge handed the richest 1% a $1 TRILLION tax break last year. Now those same billionaires have spent $1.7 BILLION on the midterms. Which came first? The politicians currying favor by passing tax cuts? Or the billionaires bankrolling those who will favor them?
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hours later, Trump posts that the US has just had “productive talks” with Iran and announced the US will not attack Iran before the midterms.
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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ivanka, Don Jr, and Eric, are NOT Donald Trump’s “kids.”They are his CRIMINAL adult children.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump Crime Family
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 07/10/2026
"defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts." Nathan Lee for ABC News
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Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election
The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.
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Joel, but the best 🇺🇦 @thebestjoel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Whole family of grifters
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Scott Shaeffer 🕊️ @sshaeff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Is it safe to say this means a chicken mated with a duck, or did she just take a duck egg 🐣 into her nest 🪹?
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VINE Sanctuary @vinesanctuary.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🌱 Ready to go greener? Find out how easy and delicious it is to transition to veganism at Veg2Vegan.org. Sign up today, start in November!
TEXT: 30 day VEG 2 VEGAN Challenge / November 2026 / Sponsored by VINE Sanctuary & Afro-Vegan Society / Sign up today! / veg2vegan.org
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 07/10/2026
Through soil collections and deeply researched historical markers, our Community Remembrance Project honors lynching victims while building local knowledge and creating a physical landscape that more accurately reflects the truth about our history.
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Communities Join EJI to Reckon With History
Our Community Remembrance Project honors lynching victims nationwide.
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