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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 10h
“When asked by Time … what he would miss most about the White House after he leaves, Trump said, “This beautiful room that nobody should be allowed to rip down. The Oval Office.” He said he had asked his chief of staff to make his altered office “a federal landmark.” thehill.com/blogs/in-the...
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Replica Oval Office near the White House gets a new Trump makeover. Gold is everywhere
The People’s House museum exhibit has overhauled its replica Oval Office for visitors to experience President Donald Trump’s second-term design choices.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 11h
The SNP government should lose the next election over this. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Why are data centres such a big deal in Scotland?
At least 23 huge data centres are planned in Scotland, causing significant concern for campaigners.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 11h
“Trump said Tehran "taking out" Los Angeles or San Diego would be a "small price to pay for keeping the world safe". www.bbc.com/news/article...
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California leaders hit back after Trump says Iran can 'take out' LA and San Diego
The US president said rising gas prices were a "small price to pay for keeping the world safe" at an election rally in Nebraska.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 11h
Not mentioned, but I’m betting on Russia. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Former German spy chief arrested for espionage and treason
August Hanning is accused of obtaining classified information for a foreign power.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 21h
Trump “Let Iran take out Los Angeles, San Diego.” He said that tonight.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My Latest: Earlier this year, The New York Times asked Donald Trump whether he regretted not ordering the National Guard to seize voting machines in swing states after the 2020 election. His answer was chilling: "Well, I should have." newsletters.democracydocket.com/this-time-ta...
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This time, take Trump literally
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Nine U.S. service members who were wounded spoke to the AP on the record — rare for troops still in the Army — about what they describe as a medical system that left them in many ways fighting to get treatment on their own.” apnews.com/article/iran...
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Where er guns be, bullets fly free. This is acceptable in the USA. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Georgia officials hunt for suspect in shooting that killed two and injured 35
A homecoming celebration turned into a scene of deadly violence, as dozens of shots were fired into a crowd.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dennis Hastert, former Republican Speaker of the House, died this morning. Fox News reported he went to prison but didn’t mention Hastert was a pedophile, paying off teenage boys. Fox lie by omission and people believe their 💩
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Extra cool? Nope. Extra broke on medical bills.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The NHS is not perfect but it’s so much better than the money machine in the US. Also, prescriptions get audited so the opioid crises here could not be repeated there.
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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“A small plane landed on the tarmac at Salt Lake City Airport on Wednesday. Its pilot didn’t, though. They were 700 miles away, controlling the aircraft from a facility in Concord, California.” www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10...
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A plane controlled from California just landed in Utah. Air taxis could be next.
A small plane landed on the tarmac at Salt Lake City Airport on Wednesday. Its pilot didn’t, though. They were 700 miles away, controlling the aircraft from a facility in Concord, California.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Someone said it on Facebook in the comments, “When people show you who they are, believe them.” We wish this was AI, but sadly, it’s real.”
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So what you rock up bleeding out and have to register an account on a computer, verify your password, and then ask an AI doctor what to do?
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So what you rock up bleeding out and have to register an account on a computer, verify your password, and then ask an AI doctor what to do?
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A gift from @amyklobuchar.com perhaps?
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s what happens when everyone has a gun. The 12 yr old would have told them that had they thought to ask. Thoughts with her family and friends. 🥲 www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Girl, 12, fatally shot in US during 'dispute over parking space'
Police in Baltimore have said the young girl was not a target of the shooting but was caught in the crossfire.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The headline should begin - “Far Right”. This guy and his pals have done everything to divide the UK in the last 10-15 yrs. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Scottish Tory leader Findlay says SNP's indy 'obsession' is dangerously irresponsible
Russell Findlay tells the Conservative Party's UK conference that breaking up the United Kingdom would be "a gift to our enemies".
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sadly there are too many George types in the US, and because of them we’re still third world for health care.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
She did, and she’s been a nurse for over 20 yrs.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
😂 Agreed.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We could face similar here. “The Election Commission says the exercise is intended to remove duplicate and ineligible entries - and so far, 130 million names have been struck off the voters' list.” www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Indian police accused of sexual harassment against journalists at protest
The allegations were made after police detained dozens of protesters demanding the resignation of the election chief over changes to voter rolls.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump cut SNAP, food stamps as of 1st October. This guy Jerome is right.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This will be seen as cowardice by our adversaries. On a Sunday when the people are not paying attention. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
dailymail.com
US removes B-1 bombers from UK air base after suspected terror plot
The air base in England was used as a hub for launching American bomber strikes in Iran. The withdrawal comes just one week after an alleged terror plot was uncovered at the base.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Rates and allowances: National Insurance contributions
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
8. And apparently yes, it did. And that really hit me hard. That they are so against socialised medicine or tax payments that might actually benefit another person other than themselves. That struck me as incredibly selfish and an incredibly warped way to look at the world." - A UK Nurse
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
7. George replied "I'd just be paying all that money to treat my neighbour's child." I swear that hit me like a brick. Like that mattered. That mattered. Who benefited from the healthcare. Whether it was your neighbour's child, you, or somebody six states away. Does it matter? /8
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
6. All of that medication would then be free.” George asked "Why do I want to pay extra tax? I might never use healthcare." I said "Really George? You really think you're going to go through life and not get sick? /7
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
5. George said "What I'd pay extra in my tax? I said "Yes, but it's not a massive bit extra, because everybody is paying into it, so you pay a little bit extra and then healthcare can be free. If you have an accident and break a leg, or have diabetes, or high blood pressure. /6
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
4. At this point my partner, a big fan of socialised medicine said "You know wouldn't it be great? You just pay a little bit extra and then you get whatever you need when you need it. I think that's amazing." /5
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
3. He said "Oh my God, you're a communist!" I said "Pardon me? What that means is that healthcare is free at the point of need. There's never a bill. Yes, we pay an extra tax called National Insurance to cover it." /4
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
2. ordinary guy and his wife Cheryl was nice. Anyway he said something like "Oh, I believe you're a nurse" or something like that. I said "Yes, I am. I work for the NHS." George asked "What is that?" I said "Well, it's the National Health Service. It's socialised medicine." /3
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🧵"What struck me really hard in the States was when we were out for dinner with friends. There was a couple, I'd met her but I'd not met her husband before. George was his name. He seemed like an /2
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Putin continues to commit war crimes as Trump makes “deals”with him. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Kyiv bridge hit in further Russian drone attack as German chancellor makes surprise visit
Footage shows a drone hitting the Pivnichyi (Northern) Bridge as vehicles move across it, creating a large fireball.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes, the music was dire. Like something out of the ‘80’s gone wrong. The poor drummer stripping off to make a statement? We’ve seen it all before, not a thing about them was new. Whoever introduced them mumbled the name so I have no idea what they were called.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Susan Collins discredited herself a long time ago. I thought Mainers were smarter than to vote for her again.
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London Reed🫘🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟No Kings🌟🌟🌟 @londonreed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith smiling at a concert. It was said he was congenial and happy to be with the crowd. I have never seen him smile.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Very cool!
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What happened to SNL? No decent writers? There was nothing funny, even Weekend Update was shite.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.” www.wired.com/story/ice-ha...
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Me neither.
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Senator Jacky Rosen @rosen.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Imagine this: you’re shopping for the same items as the person next to you, but you’re paying more. It’s called surveillance pricing – where big corporations charge all of us different prices for the same shopping cart based on a profile they create of you using AI.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UK and G7 to bail out disaster Trump! www.bbc.com/news/live/cq...
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Live updates: G7 leaders agree to release up to 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil
A statement released by the group, which includes France, the UK and Germany, says reserves would be released within four months.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“HCA is “letting AI dictate,” Retzloff says. “We are overriding clinical judgment and the human-to-human piece of health care with an app.” www.wired.com/story/health...
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Health Care Workers Are Tired of Cleaning Up Palantir’s Mess
A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One of the richest countries in the world and we do this. I am so ashamed to be an American right now! 💔😢
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They’re asking Europe to release their oil reserves stating American truckers etc shouldn’t carry all the burden. For a war he chose to start!
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I hope you are feeling a lot better now, and continue to improve. 💙
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