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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 5h
The very first shipment of 300K tons of Russian diesel—carried by the tanker Minerva Zen, which left St. Petersburg on September 22—arrived on the US East Coast less than 24 hours after the deal was formally announced.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h
How long until they cave and put money in his pocket? Or at least hold a black tie dinner in his honor?
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h
One day after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Association of Evangelicals came out against the Pentagon’s plan to livestream an execution, Pope Leo has published a tweet reiterating the Catholic Church’s opposition to the death penalty.
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The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment: effective systems of detention have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption.
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Russ Newell @mrfreeze-ak.bsky.social · 8h
#Alaska Senator Murkowski stands up for Ukraine, & against Putin & Trump's plan to aid Putin. www.rawstory.com/trump-diesel...
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Republican senator stands up to Trump on diesel plan: 'We need to cut off everything'
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is breaking with Donald Trump over his new diesel deal with Vladimir Putin. She says he’s ignoring the tools Congress just handed him.“A few weeks ago, Congress overwhel...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
Putin throws lifeline to try to save Trump in the midterms. In return, American dollars go to Russia and get put toward killing innocent Ukrainians. Trump/Russia right out in the open. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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Putin throws Trump midterm lifeline as Russia agrees to supply diesel
Donald Trump announced today that Vladimir Putin has agreed to supply the US with hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 6h
He always planned to violate US sanctions to benefit our adversary who he thinks is his friend. This may not technically be treason, but it sure seems treasonous to me. I'm so disappointed that the press isn't calling this out and asking about it in every interview with Trump and every politician.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12h
Today in DC: "Beginning Saturday, crews will start another major round of cutting at the historic public golf course. The first phase contains 169 trees marked for removal. The Trump Administration says as many as 529 could eventually come down..." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...
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More than 500 trees may be removed from D.C. golf course Trump wants to redesign
Beginning Saturday, National Park Service crews will start another major round of cutting at East Potomac Golf Links, according to a new filing in federal court.
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Technology Nut @technologynut.bsky.social · 8h
I love a brisk autumn morning walk with clear skies in Juneau. Mist curling off the water, frost on the marsh, and golden dawn over the airport. Perfect start to the day. 🍂✨
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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 7h
I'll trust the words of Zelensky's administration long before I'd trust any words from the Trump administration, if ever.
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907 Life @907life.bsky.social · 13h
A great weekend for local makers and to support them ! Fairbanks Alaska
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907 Life @907life.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A great read.
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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 22h
Educational ad from Wheel Dog PAC. Violent New York Prisoner Eric Hafner could be the difference between Republican Nick Begich iii winning or losing. Remember when Republicans whine about Petersburg Sullivan they fraught to keep this prisoner on the Alaska ballot. #akelect
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Doing Time
YouTube video by Wheel Dog PAC
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
What a crew
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shit! 😳 Let’s make this nationwide.
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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 08/10/2026
Yep - that’s Judy Eledge, chair of the push to repeal ranked choice voting, sandwiched between Speaker Mike Johnson and Nick Begich. The same Judy who called Alaska Native people woke, liberal, and racist and complaining that library staff wanted to wipe out everything white in the world. 👀
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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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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 10/10/2026
Two Alaska governor candidates advocate lower minimum wage, rollback of sick leave law, reports James Brooks @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/10/09/t...
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Two Alaska governor candidates advocate lower minimum wage, rollback of sick leave law | Alaska Beacon
Seasonal employers, including the seafood and tourism industries, have sought rollback and legislators are expected to reintroduce a bill.
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Call Me JR @callmejr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Link....just in case. Screw U ABC. web.archive.org/web/20261007...
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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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So Trump is rolling out the red carpet for Xi while China arms Iran against us, making gas deals with Putin while Russia attacks Ukraine and fights our allies, and gifting billions in giant bombs to Israel to bomb innocent people in Gaza and Lebanon. Are we great yet? 🤷🏼
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: The U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, easing years of pressure on Moscow to curb prices ahead of the midterms, President Trump says.
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Trump says US to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms
Trump says U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of US pressure on Moscow to combat prices ahead of midterms
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Three weeks ago: @pbsnews.org #Russia www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Circle Bridge is a movable passage for pedestrians and bicycles in the center of Copenhagen. The five overlapping circular decks were designed by artist Olafur Eliasson. [📹 Jan Crone Foster] Original post
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And here we are, with Trump and Putin colluding to tamper with another American election again.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "on Marco Rubio's watch the world is on fire, we are hemorrhaging our munitions stockpile, the administration appears to be trying to coverup combat casualties ... and he's trying to soft launch his presidential campaign. These people are not focused."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Appropriations are passed for the Department of Defense. There is no funding apparatus for the nonexistent Department of War.
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It would really be great if folks not affiliated with the Trump Administration could stop using "Department of War." The Department of Defense is a statutory creation, and the name is statutorily given--the administration cannot unilaterally change it.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Precisely.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Trump admin announced that winter oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve will be exempt from environmental reviews. That includes seismic surveys, building temporary roads, and drilling exploration wells. Our public lands keep paying the price…
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mask by Gladys Paulus, Dutch-Indonesian felt artist #womensart #FridayFeeling
Photo featuring a standing white woman facing forwards wearing a black dress and with a cow mask, against a green rusty metal fence
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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sullivan, Begich underwent Epstein conversion therapy #akelect @dermotcole.bsky.social
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Reporting From Alaska- Sullivan, Begich underwent Epstein conversion therapy
“Here’s the truth, I voted to force Trump’s DOJ to release the Epstein files,” Sen. Dan Sullivan says in one of the countless campaign ads that Alaskans have to endure for a few more weeks. What Sull...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This should outrage everyone.
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Trump Administration is again illegally impounding federal funds, withholding roughly $800 million in congressionally approved funds from 11 program accounts. Congress can restore the funds and prevent future “pocket rescissions”: www.cbpp.org/research/gov...
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Administration Again Illegally Impounds Federal Funds
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), members of Congress from both parties, and the courts have all agreed the Administration’s actions are illegal. Yet the Administration’s actions have become...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This was a choice. Remember this.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Universities bring in foreign students ... to undercut the wages of American residents? What? This is exactly backwards. Foreign students subsidize the tuition of American students. I wonder why the VP who follows Nazis online has this all wrong. Probably an innocent, non-racist mistake.
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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Dan S Sullivan supports a new tax on the University of Alaska: $70,000 per student that UA would have to “donate” to the Trump Administration for every foreign UA graduate who wants to work in the US after graduation.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I can scarcely imagine a more un-Christian thing than live-streaming an execution for the public.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This televised execution thing is really horrifying. And probably the best we can hope for is for no one to watch and make it a total ratings failure. Trump is doing murder porn for attention, and he should not succeed at that. If people watch, he'll do it again.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sign me up for the Official Trump Administration Enemies List. It’s AI.
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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Go Mary Peltola #akelect
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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 08/10/2026
Heading to Fairbanks this week with @mariancall.bsky.social. Hoping to see some FBX friends!
Pat Race in FBX Oct 9 & 10.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pay attention. An ambassador nominee needs $100,000. Not a loan…a WIRE. Not to her…to AmEx. “It won't show up anywhere." "Please." That's what Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly texted a Trump donor on Signal, per the WSJ. She wasn't hiding a debt. She was hiding the paper trail. Ask yourself why
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Don't forget that nearly all Republicans in Congress stood by and supported Trump's... -Tax cuts for the rich -Cuts to the social safety net -Iran War -ICE abductions & National Guard deployments -Inflationary tariffs -Blatant corruption His unpopularity is theirs too — and the midterms are here.
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907 Life @907life.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Into the forest
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