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Christopher Girling

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/03/2026
A generation ago, foreign fury over the Iraq invasion often blurred into anti-Americanism. Now, some Europeans seem ready to distinguish between the U.S. president and the American people.
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Europeans Are Angry at Trump, but Often Forgiving of Americans
A generation ago, foreign fury over the Iraq invasion often blurred into anti-Americanism. Now, some Europeans seem ready to distinguish between the president and the American people.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 26/03/2026
Iran says it is not engaged in negotiations with the U.S., despite Trump’s claim earlier this week that both sides held “productive” talks.
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Trump Attacks NATO Allies And Threatens Iran To ‘Get Serious Soon, Before It’s Too Late’
Iran says it is not engaged in negotiations with the U.S., despite Trump’s claim earlier this week that both sides held “productive” talks.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Deploying ICE at airports is to normalize their transition from being a special operation targeting immigrants to being an entity that polices all. This is the production of the American Gestapo, one institution at a time.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
ICYMI: Democratic senators have taken notice of RFK Jr.'s quiet undermining of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. "That’s not benign neglect, that’s malicious neglect," Senator Angus King, independent (caucuses with Dems) of Maine, told me.
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Senate Democrats Urge Kennedy to Stop Hindering Key Health Panel
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/03/2026
President Trump escalated his attacks on judges on Wednesday, calling on Republican lawmakers to pass a crime bill that “cracks down on rogue judges.”
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Trump Calls for Law Cracking Down on Crime and ‘Rogue Judges’
Ahead of the midterms, President Trump told a Republican gathering that he wants to go after repeat offenders and “rogue judges that are criminals.”
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Remember when USPS had a contract to buy a fleet of EVs and Trump made them cancel it and go back to gas?
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
British Lawmaker Ed Davey Tells Parliament That Trump's Oil Announcements Look Likes Insider Trading: "This looks like corruption of the very worst kind"
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
BREAKING: Bruce Springsteen just announced that his band will be doing a tour in effort to fight back against Donald Trump's authoritarian overreach. The Boss is back! Great. Bring down the ICE
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Gupta: If we’re making choices, we’re making a clear choice right now about how to spend $200 billion over three months. That money could very easily be repurposed to fund a public option and provide healthcare to everyone in the United States who needs it for years.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/03/2026
“This type of dysfunction is not sustainable.” Travelers are missing flights after waiting hours at airport security checkpoints, paying top dollar for tickets and worrying about safety after a deadly crash at LaGuardia.
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Can Flights Get Any Worse? Travelers Deal With TSA Lines, High Ticket Prices and Anxiety.
Travelers are waiting hours at security checkpoints, paying top dollar for tickets and worrying about safety after a deadly crash at LaGuardia.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/03/2026
Delta Air Lines said on Tuesday that it ⁠would suspend special services for members of Congress, citing the impact on resources from the partial government shutdown that has hobbled travel across the U.S.
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Delta Air Lines Says It Will Suspend Special Services for Congress Members
Airport escorts and “red coat” assistance for lawmakers will be suspended, the airline said on Tuesday, citing the extended partial government shutdown.
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
>10,000 STEM PhDs have left federal service over the past year (including 30% of the federal colleagues with whom I’ve worked closely). Those still left are holding federal science together with duct tape. What an extraordinary act of sabotage against the American people.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 24/03/2026
Wait times at some of the country’s busiest airports were above four hours again on Tuesday, as airlines lose patience with Congress.
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Delta Axes Line-Skipping Perk For Congress As 4-Hour Wait Times Hit Atlanta, Houston Airports
Wait times at some of the country’s busiest airports were above four hours again on Tuesday, as airlines lose patience with Congress.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 23/03/2026
Some airports have suspended wait time data, with one advising passengers to allow four hours or more for security screenings.
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Nightmare TSA Lines Erupt Again: Atlanta, Houston Airports Among These Hardest Hit
Some airports have suspended wait time data, with one advising passengers to allow four hours or more for security screenings.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 17/03/2026
Critics accused “Sound of Freedom” of having ties to the QAnon conspiracy movement upon its release in 2023.
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AMC Brings Back ‘Sound Of Freedom’ For Limited Run—Years After Movie Sparked Political Firestorm
Critics accused “Sound of Freedom” of having ties to the QAnon conspiracy movement upon its release in 2023.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
ICYMI, pleased to write my first piece for @ms.now about the legal implications of the Secretary of Defense announcing "no quarter." www.ms.now/opinion/pete...
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Opinion | Why Pete Hegseth’s talk about ‘no quarter’ could be against U.S. and international law
Brian Finucane: The Secretary of Defense is a military leader in the chain of command. Whether Hegseth appreciates it or not, his words alone have legal significance.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
He was certainly afraid of Vietnam-style combat in Vietnam.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
NEW Somewhat unexpectedly, the US government has submitted an Article 51 letter to the UNSC articulating the US int'l law justification for attacking Iran. As someone who used to help draft these letters for the USG, I find the administration's legal arguments completely unconvincing. 1/n
On 28 February 2026, the United States commenced combat operations to
defend the American people against attacks and ongoing threats from the Islamic
Republic of Iran, in cooperation with our ally Israel. These combat operations were
undertaken to protect United States Armed Forces in the region, to ensure the free
flow of maritime commerce through the Strait of Hormuz and to protect our regional
allies and partners from Iran and its proxies. This is the latest stage in the ongoing
international armed conflict that my Government previously addressed in a letter to
this Council on 27 June 2025. The United States is taking these necessary and
proportionate actions in exercise of the inherent right of self-defense as reflected in
Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations.
These combat operations are also being conducted in close cooperation with,
and in the collective self-defense of, Israel. The Islamic Republic of Iran has rejected
peaceful coexistence and chosen international armed conflict with Israel as well,
waging an unprovoked religious war of annihilation against a once-friendly United
Nations Member State located hundreds of miles distant from its borders. Since June
2025, the regime has also massively expanded its ballistic missile production for the
purpose of overwhelming regional air defenses in order to provide a shield for its
efforts to reconstitute its nuclear program, which it refuses to relinquish.
Gaming the international legal system, the Iranian regime routinely seeks to
conceal its unlawful acts and to shield itself from accountability by, among other
things, deploying proxies such as Hamas, Hizballah and the Houthis. For example, in
a letter dated 5 February 2024, my Government reported that the regime’s Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its partners and proxies had attacked United
States personnel and facilities in Syria and Iraq. That letter identified nine prior letters
sent to this Council between 2021 and 2024, a period th…
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NPR @npr.org · 17/03/2026
With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, policy expert Karim Sadjadpour says the war in Iran is becoming increasingly complicated: "I don't think President Trump ... understood what he was getting into." n.pr/41gW0A5
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Iran expert says Trump's 'war of choice' has morphed into a 'war of necessity'
With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, policy expert Karim Sadjadpour says the war in Iran is becoming increasingly complicated: "I don't think President Trump ... understood what he was getting into."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/03/2026
A TSA official warned on Tuesday that the ongoing partial government shutdown may force the closure of small U.S. airports. TSA officers, working without pay for more than a month, have called out of work and quit in growing numbers as the shutdown drags on.
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TSA Official Warns Small U.S. Airports Could Close if Shutdown Continues
T.S.A. officers, working without pay for more than a month, have called out of work and quit in growing numbers as the shutdown drags on.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/03/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Not many problems can be solved by simply taking a daily pill,” Maia Szalavitz writes. “HIV infection is now one of them, and we can’t afford to go back to the time when it wasn’t.”
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Opinion | It’s Cruel to Take Away People’s H.I.V. Medication
States are rolling back coverage for lifesaving medications.
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NPR @npr.org · 17/03/2026
In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee.
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Federal judge halts RFK Jr.'s changes to children's vaccine policies
In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 17/03/2026
UN body investigating fatal strike on Iranian girls school reut.rs/4716I19
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UN body investigating fatal strike on Iranian girls school
A U.N. inquiry has started investigating a fatal strike on a primary school on ​the first day of U.S.-Israeli attacks on ‌Iran, one of its members told reporters on Tuesday.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/03/2026
Breaking News: A top U.S. counterterrorism official resigned, publicly citing his opposition to the Iran war. “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, wrote in a social media post. nyti.ms/4rCe1Ui
Joe Kent is seen in a blue suit speaking. A headline reads: "A Top U.S. Counterterrorism Official Resigns, Citing the Iran War." Photo by Jenny Kane/Associated Press.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/03/2026
‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin
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‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/03/2026
In a severe blow to the Trump administration’s health agenda, a court in Massachusetts on Monday blocked the government from implementing a series of decisions on vaccines made over the last year by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nyti.ms/3PeQivY
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/03/2026
President Trump has tried to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding to coerce states, punish opponents, remake programs and impose his views. His targets have repeatedly sued to stop him, and the courts have repeatedly rebuked him — only for the president to try again and again.
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Trump Keeps Finding New Ways to Withhold Money Even After 198 Lawsuits
If the courts force the administration to restore money to one group, it moves on to another.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/03/2026
A statue inspired by the “Titanic” pose has appeared on the National Mall — but instead of portraying Jack supporting Rose from behind as she pretends to fly, it depicts President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.
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A Statue of Trump and Epstein Re-enacting ‘Titanic’ Pose Appears on National Mall
The installation is the latest in a series of satirical statues created by an anonymous group of artists called the Secret Handshake.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
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A Third of Americans Have Cut Spending or Borrowed Money for Health Care
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
More and more, Trump is making US institutions behave like Putin’s Russian versions. This was an immediate military coverup of something that should have been admitted: More and more rot.
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Axios @axios.com · 12/03/2026
Tens of millions of Americans have delayed surgeries, vacation plans, career moves and other big life decisions because of the cost of health care, a new West Health-Gallup survey found.
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What Americans sacrifice due to high health costs
Health cost concerns not only made people borrow money or stretch out prescriptions but delay major life events.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
tough look for a man with a line of antiperspirant deodorant
Jake Paul wearing a tan three-piece suit, white dress shirt, and gray necktie at a rally. He's standing on stage speaking. He has also sweated through his suit, so there are dark stains at his armpits. A photo of W, which is Jake Paul's line of men's body care products. This specific product is W Original, an antiperspirant deodorant. It promises "24 hour sweat protection."
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GroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
This is clearly fine with the GOP.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/03/2026
Murphy: "Literally in my other ear I'm listening to Ted Cruz on another network explain why this mission is so essential to destroy the nuclear program. I may have to walk over there and tell him the admin is now briefing that getting rid of the nuclear program has nothing to do with this mission."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/03/2026
Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I'm no fancy political consultant, but, hey, if you're in Dem comms, you should notice that Fox News panicked over Trump wearing a cheap Trump merch baseball cap to receive the bodies of soldiers he got killed for no reason he can articulate, and you should absolutely lean into that.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This is a bs “apology” from Fox. They claim it was “inadvertent” - a lie. They aired old footage because they didn’t want to show Trump wearing his campaign hat during the ceremony. Then in this statement they STILL don’t show the correct footage of Trump. bsky.app/profile/aaro...
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NPR @npr.org · 08/03/2026
In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair."
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'One year of failure.' The Lancet slams RFK Jr.'s first year as health chief
In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair."
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NPR @npr.org · 08/03/2026
Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.
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A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse
Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.
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Christopher Girling @thegirling.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Oh please. Not now
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/02/2026
An ICE official who resigned this month from his job instructing new recruits plans to speak out on Monday as a whistle-blower, describing what he says is a “deficient, defective and broken” training program with a pared-back curriculum as the Trump administration races to expand the agency.
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Training for New ICE Agents Is ‘Deficient’ and ‘Broken,’ Whistle-Blower Says
The former official will appear with congressional Democrats, who also released documents indicating significant reductions in instructional hours for recruits.
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Terre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
“We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done," journalist Garrett Graff wrote: "A superpower … suicide because the [Repub] Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Nate 'The Belated' Carney @inapproprinate.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
No one said that life was fair But does it have to be this evil? Diabolical illogical It'll leave you feeling feeble It ain't five-dimensional chess It's dementia doin' its best A-ring-a-ding-ding Ya got the mad king And he's mean when he's depressed
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/02/2026
A group of New York officials gathered on Thursday to replace the Pride flag that was removed from the Stonewall National Monument after a directive from the Trump administration. nyti.ms/467dyBJ
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/02/2026
Breaking News: A White House election denier set off the FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Georgia and relied heavily on claims about ballots that have been widely debunked, unsealed records show.
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Georgia Ballot Inquiry Originated From Election Denier in Trump White House
A newly unsealed affidavit showed that a criminal investigation into the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., relied heavily on claims about ballots that have been widely debunked.
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NPR @npr.org · 08/02/2026
Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages. Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff doubted that account. n.pr/4bHoZDU
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Immigrant whose skull was broken in 8 places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked
Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages. Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff doubted that account.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Today, construction on the nation’s largest infrastructure project came to a halt - with hundreds laid off - because Donald Trump is out of control. The good news: political pressure still works, and we can use our voices to make sure he doesn’t have the last word.
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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Chat how Carl Schmitt’s side do in World War II?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/02/2026
JD Vance was just ruthlessly booed at the Olympics during the Opening Ceremony when he was shown on the screen. But you would never know by watching the broadcast on NBC.
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