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Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social · 16h
THE LATEST NEWS AT THIS HOUR: HUNGARY IS SET TO DROP THE VETO ON UKRAINE’S ENTRY TO EU: Budapest will not block the transition to the next clusters of accession into the European Union for Ukraine and Moldova, according to the Financial Times.
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Hungary set to drop veto on Ukraine and Moldova EU bid progress
Also in this newsletter: Singapore’s Temasek to invest in EU scale-up fund
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Major Kong to Ground Control @bigstape.bsky.social · 14h
Boo hoo, they're not talking about ME 24/7
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 15h
Wonder if its debt to the truth will break the Russian army before or after the government's debt to the banks breaks the Russian economy.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h
7/ Among the most jarring trends we found: 36 U.S. citizens were not allowed to contact their family or a lawyer.
36 U.S. citizens held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their family.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h
2/ Federal agents have detained at least 70 children and teens who are American citizens. Some were handcuffed or zip-tied. In one instance, a 15-year-old with disabilities was handcuffed outside a school in Los Angeles when agents mistook him for an alleged gang member.
At least 70 U.S. citizen children detained, some of whom were handcuffed
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h
4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 15h
Two ships were attacked by sea and aerial drones in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone, BNT reports. One sank and its crew is missing. Bulgaria’s PM said a Russian attack is suspected but Sofia will not invoke NATO Articles 4 or 5. #Europe
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Pitchbot Reply Guy @pitchbotturd02.bsky.social · 15h
The progressive case for "taking out" either Los Angeles or San Diego.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15h
‘Ciao’ comes from a shortening of a northern Italian word meaning, literally, "slave." It was used as a polite greeting meaning something along the lines of “I am your servant.”
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 15h
Patrick De Haan of GasBuddy noted last week, when news of the possible action began to surface, that such an order could save money for on-road users but not farmers, who already use red-dyed diesel. to.pbs.org/4ziGhjh
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WATCH: Trump campaigns with Ricketts in Nebraska, signs order on red-dyed diesel
President Donald Trump on Monday took his Republican midterm rescue mission to Nebraska, where he signed an executive order to ease limits on the tax-free use of red-dyed diesel, a decision he said wo...
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 19h
The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.
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Major Kong to Ground Control @bigstape.bsky.social · 18h
Not now Muddy Run
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 18h
1) Trump is campaigning in Texas a month before the midterms. 2) He is so unpopular even there that the state’s governor, facing an unexpectedly close race, won’t show up.
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Hagen Engler @hagenengler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Also, some of them come back to SA, cos US healthcare is too expensive www.africaninsider.com/politics/afr...
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Afrikaner ‘refugee’ family learns the hard way after returning to SA for healthcare
An Afrikaner family granted refugee status in the United States has been unable to return to the country after travelling back to South Africa for medical treatment.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
Gov. Shapiro: We’re going to go as far as we can to show that we believe in science, to protect access to vaccines. If RFK tries to take something away from our public health system here in Pennsylvania, as he has… I sued and won. We’re going to stand up for science and stand up against RFK Jr.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So, one of my best argument against the electoral college is that it actually provides perverse incentives to presidents to ignore states they’re not going to win. Of course, Trump takes “perverse” to unhinged extremes.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 19h
Russia is first country in 500 years where it will be possible to compare the life expectancy of a solider on the front and a civilian with the plague. I remain a master strategist.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 06/10/2026
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Alberta MPs concerned over report separatists offered resources in exchange for American support
Globe investigation found separatist leaders met with Republican political operatives, offered access to resources such as fresh water, forestry and mining
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 19h
Not now, deadly Ebola
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 19h
Plusses: Can start mobilisation Minuses: There isn't any fuel to get them to Ukraine, and those not in a petrol queue have the plague.
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Major Kong to Ground Control @bigstape.bsky.social · 19h
I don't get what this is about
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 20h
The Height of Burj Khalifa vs Vatican City brilliantmaps.com/burj-khal...
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LNP | LancasterOnline @lancasteronline.bsky.social · 20h
Two Lancaster County school districts will vote Oct. 19 on whether to implement policies preventing transgender athletes from participating on sports teams that align with their gender identity, which would raise the number of county school districts with similar policies… lanc.news/4zmg03D
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Conestoga Valley, Elanco to vote on policies to restrict transgender student athletes
Two Lancaster County school districts will vote Oct. 19 on whether to implement policies preventing transgender athletes from participating on sports teams that align with their gender identity, which...
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LNP | LancasterOnline @lancasteronline.bsky.social · 20h
If you happen to know of a better fire hall food fundraiser than what they served up at the Intercourse Fire Company this weekend, by all means, please let me know. lanc.news/4y0il37
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At the fire hall in Intercourse, an Amish wedding dinner fundraiser hits the spot
If you happen to know of a better fire hall food fundraiser than what they served up at the Intercourse Fire Company this weekend, by all means, please let me
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 20h
I once had gangrene in my leg from an accident. It was the worst smell I've ever known. At a castle in York, other visitors said 'They've added some authentic smells'. No, it was my rotting flesh.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 20h
A Ukrainian Defense Forces FPV drone struck a rocket-assisted Shahed launcher just as Russians were posing for a photo next to it.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 20h
❗️Former BND (German Federal Intelligence Service) chief August Hanning has been arrested on suspicion of espionage, high treason and disclosing state secrets. He allegedly obtained around 2,000 BND documents and used secret information to prepare an analysis for a foreign intelligence service.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
meanwhile, over on twitter dot com
Michael Tracey © @mtracey
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You know who could have easily brokered a reasonable, amicable solution to the Cornell fiasco? I'm not even kidding: he would've done an exponentially better job than the imbecile Title IX bureaucrats and Keystone Cops campus police
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South Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 06/10/2026
Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso, suspended after his arrest on allegations he molested a young child, said he still “intend[s] to win” the November election. And the Palm Beach County Republican Party endorsed him today. Via @miamiherald.com
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Palm Beach County GOP endorses candidate accused of child sex abuse
Suspended Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso said he has not abandoned his campaign, nor has the local Republican Party abandoned him, even after his arrest on child sex abuse charges.
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NPR @npr.org · 23h
Jim Bakker, along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful "The PTL Club" TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes. n.pr/3VsAFUV
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Jim Bakker, who built 'PTL Club' televangelism empire, has died at 86
Jim Bakker, along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful "The PTL Club" TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 23h
Ukraine struck the Volodarskaya LPDS oil products hub in Moscow region with drones, triggering a fire. The Transneft facility has 250,000 m³ of storage and is connected to fuel supply infrastructure serving Moscow’s Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports. #Russia
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My cab drive to Ithaca was a Bush-Obama-Romney-Trump-Biden-Trump voter. He said that instead of persecuting innocent fraternity brothers, universities should focus on limiting the number of Indian-Americans they admit.
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staplefunk.bsky.social @staplefunk.bsky.social · 10h
Republicans you say? Huh...imagine that.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Three elected Alabama public officials, all Republicans, were running a human trafficking ring. They were arrested and booked this weekend. weartv.com/news/local/a...
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Three Alabama officials among 17 arrested in Atmore undercover prostitution sting
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Ala. -- Three public officials in Alabama were among the 17 people arrested Friday in a multi-day undercover prostitution sting in Escambia Cou
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump demands that American reporters refer to the Black Plague that has broken out in Putin’s Russia as "Super Plague".
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The great Dennis Hastert has died. I hope the dirty snitches are happy. by Jim Jordan
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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A small human (5?) is staring at a very big (and rather deceased) tarantula mounted, framed and hanging on the wall of a shop. Holding up his hand, then looking at the spider. Then holding up his hand... then looking up at the spider. Then shaking his head emphatically and walking off. Nope.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: For the first time in 10 months, the U.S. admitted a refugee who is not a white South African. In September, the U.S. admitted 3,386 white South Africans and two Afghans (in D.C.) In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 16,287 white South Africans, five Afghans, and nobody else.
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Pitchbot Reply Guy @pitchbotturd02.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In order to demonstrate bipartisanship ahead of the midterms, Democrats should meet Trump halfway and propose renaming the Kennedy Center the "Hastert Center" in honor of the passing of former house speaker Dennis Hastert.
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The screaming will continue until healthcare improves! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[opossum screaming AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 05/10/2026
❗️Ukraine’s additional air defense measures may be taking effect. Monitoring channels claim only about 4 of more than 30 jet-powered Shaheds targeting central Ukraine reached their destinations today, while over 130 conventional piston-powered drones were destroyed. #Ukraine
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LNP | LancasterOnline @lancasteronline.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
More than 1,000 Pennsylvanians have now been infected with measles this year, as the state tallied 1,004 cases as of Monday afternoon. lanc.news/4y7BIqJ
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Pa. now tops 1,000 cases of measles in 2026; Lancaster County cases steady since Friday
More than 1,000 Pennsylvanians have now been infected with measles this year, as the state tallied 1,004 cases as of Monday afternoon.
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Rush is a Band @rushisaband.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjsd...
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Rutgers Marching Band performs a tribute to Rush
YouTube video by John Patuto
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 05/10/2026
Nine out of 10 unvaccinated individuals who come in contact with measles will get sick.
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Chester County has more measles cases than most entire states in the country
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026
REPORTER: Why are you telling your supporters to vote by mail if you think it's fraud? TRUMP: I'd rather have them vote in person, but they can vote by mail if they want. But there is a lot of cheating in vote by mail. REPORTER: There's no evidence TRUMP: You are fake news
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Major Kong to Ground Control @bigstape.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Are the Canadian tariffs in the room with us now?
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Rep. Chrissy Houlahan @houlahan.house.gov · 05/10/2026
Promises are not results. It's crystal clear by now that the only people the Trump administration's economic policies are benefiting is the wealthiest Americans.
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Fed. judge grants a habeas petition for immediate release (after 13 months) of an LPR who ICE was holding w/o bond bc even after ordering a hearing "Petitioner’s uncontested evidence on the systematic bias of the immigration judges is compelling." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
When an individual is at risk of indefinite detention, due process requires at least more than skimming the record for the first time at a twenty-eight minute hearing. However, as Petitioner does not press this argument, the Court need not base its decision on this issue. Therefore, this Court holds that the immigration judge’s decision failed to comply with this Court’s previous order and due process. The evidence before the immigration judge on both the flight risk and dangerousness determinations was plainly deficient of standard for clear and convincing evidence. 3.4 Petitioner’s Case Warrants Immediate Release Petitioner argues that he should be released because “[r]emand for a second bond hearing . . . would not adequately remedy the government’s constitutional violation” and “credible evidence suggests that the immigration court system across the country is systematically rigging bond hearings against noncitizen detainees.” ECF No. 24 at 19–20.  Respondents do not argue regarding the specific remedy proposed.  Because Petitioner’s uncontested evidence on the systematic bias of the immigration judges is compelling, the Court agrees. Therefore, the Court will order that Petitioner be immediately released.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hundreds of Russians are not in hospital with the plague. It is a "special medical operation". I remain a master strategist.
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