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Sahel News! @sahelnews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Bienvenue sur Sahel News. Aujourd'hui, une histoire qui interroge : licenciements invalidés, budget voté par le Congrès, et pourtant des centaines de journalistes de la Voix de l'Amérique restent chez eux, payés. Retour sur une situation sans précédent. #Actualité #TrumpNews #trumpactualité

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usmanbakayoko.bsky.social @usmanbakayoko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

From a naturalized American citizen and RIFed federal employee, dismayed by the clownery in my own country — elbows up, in solidarity with Canada.

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usmanbakayoko.bsky.social @usmanbakayoko.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sorry buddy…we just don’t trust you. Period. You met with one of the most corrupt persons in this awful administration just to talk about affordability 😂😂😂😂

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Sahel News! @sahelnews.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

CNBC has released its rankings on quality of life across the country, and once again, it's a rough year for the South, parts of the Midwest, and red states more broadly. The study evaluates on crime rates, healthcare access, inclusiveness, worker protections, and childcare availability.

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usmanbakayoko.bsky.social @usmanbakayoko.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Ref is quite lenient with Argentina. With all the shirt tugging, you rule this beautiful goal. Non sense!

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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I have special disdain for the anti inmigrant immigrants.

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Sahel News @sahelnewsfr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Trump a empoché au moins 2,2 milliards de dollars durant sa première année de retour à la Maison-Blanche, selon sa déclaration financière obligatoire pour 2025 publiée mardi — dont environ 1,4 milliard de dollars provenant des activités de cryptomonnaie de sa famille.

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Sahel News! @sahelnews.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

What would it take for a supporter from Ivory Coast to attend all of the national team’s group-stage matches in the USA ? The answer is simple: money — a lot of money. Let’s follow Ms. Kwasi, a passionate Elephants supporter from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, as she prepares for the journey of a lifetime.

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Sahel News! @sahelnews.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🚨 According to a U.S. Congressional Research Service report, America has lost or damaged 42 aircraft in the Iran war. The Pentagon puts the total cost of operations at $29 billion and counting. #IranWar #OperationEpicFury #NationalSecurity #USMilitary

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Sahel News! @sahelnews.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🇨🇩 DRC Cancels Football Camp Over Ebola Outbreak The Democratic Republic of Congo called off its national football team's pre-World Cup training camp in Kinshasa following an Ebola outbreak in the country.

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Sahel News! @sahelnews.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🔴 Nearly a year after Musk left government, federal agencies are blocking a watchdog investigation into how DOGE accessed sensitive government databases, raising concerns among Democrats.

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Sahel News! @sahelnews.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Who Is Monica Witt? The Former U.S. Intelligence Officer Wanted by the FBI With a $200,000 Reward. Monica Witt is accused of defecting to Iran and exposing classified American intelligence operations. #BreakingNews #FBI #Iran #NationalSecurity #SahelNews

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Sahel News! @sahelnews.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) is facing calls to resign from Democratic colleagues who say she expressed agreement with a radio host's remark that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) should get his "cotton-picking hands off of Virginia.

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Sahel News! @sahelnews.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

On May 8, 1945, while Europe celebrated the end of World War II, thousands of Algerians were killed in Sétif, Guelma, and Kherrata after demonstrations demanding independence. The massacres remain one of the darkest chapters of French colonial history in Algeria. #Algeria #Africa #Colonialism

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Sahel News! @sahelnews.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🔴Explosions were reported on Iran’s Qeshm Island and in the port city of Bandar Abbas, according to Iranian state media. Fars News, which is affiliated with the IRGC, said Iranian forces exchanged fire with what it described as enemy forces near the Bahman pier on Qeshm Island.

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Sahel News! @sahelnews.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

65 years ago today, the original 13 Freedom Riders left Washington, D.C. for New Orleans on two Greyhound buses. The Freedom Riders’ activism led the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission to ban segregation in interstate bus travel.

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Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

F-ing racists gonna take advantage of the gift they’ve been given by the corrupt, racist Supreme Court justices.

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Allena (Ah-lay-nuh), she/her I support 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎌 @allena-bryanne.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Just back to the mean. We’ll push it back forward again and, hopefully, do something with the accumulated experience for a freaking change.

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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The NYT is obsessed with the costly and mostly quixotic pursuit of longevity (WaPo, whose front page carries features on the topic almost daily is even worse), and I can't help but read this as a symptom of rich world selfishness and anomie. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/y...

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Can Spending More Improve Your Health and Prolong Your Life?

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usmanbakayoko.bsky.social @usmanbakayoko.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

« Le budget de la Côte d’Ivoire, qui est la locomotive économique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, est de 31 milliards de dollars. En un mois, ces idiots ont dépensé presque l’équivalent du budget de la Côte d’Ivoire.

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Sahel News! @sahelnews.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

President Trump has once again made unverified claims that Iran has reached out to him regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Sahel News! @sahelnews.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Africa faces a severe hunger crisis as Iran war price hikes, foreign aid cuts, and climate-driven crop failures create a "perfect storm." With fertilizer costs up 40% and harvests decimated, millions are at risk. Urgent global action is needed to prevent a total humanitarian collapse.

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sahelaid.bsky.social @sahelaid.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Syrian-French photojournalist Abdulmonam Eassa has been named among the winners of the 2026 World Press Photo Contest — and it stopped me in my tracks. His images, captured in Sudan for Le Monde while covering the ongoing war, are raw, human, and impossible to look away from.

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usmanbakayoko.bsky.social @usmanbakayoko.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Dear God…we’ve traded one idiot at the head of DHS for another one. Who remember when he challenged a teamster to a fistfight on the senate floor m.youtube.com/watch?v=FLjb...

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin challenges Teamsters leader to a fight. Bernie Sanders intervenes

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usmanbakayoko.bsky.social @usmanbakayoko.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The Case for Taking Down Netanyahu …waiting for the day @nytimes.com journalist could write such as an opinion piece. H/she would get fired so quickly and throw into a dungeon

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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usmanbakayoko.bsky.social @usmanbakayoko.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Action item for the next congressional Democratic majority: impeach that motherf…! Judge Emil Bove Faces Ethics Complaint for Attending Trump Rally www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...

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Judge Emil Bove Faces Ethics Complaint for Attending Trump Rally

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usmanbakayoko.bsky.social @usmanbakayoko.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Surprise…surprise. Who would have thought that PayPal mafioso and South African Apartheid loving David Sack was not only an unethical SOB grifter and a crook. Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...

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Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

When Trump admin officials get asked why a certain sector of the economy is so bad, 90% of the time their answers begin with “we inherited.” Did everyone forget what Biden inherited in Jan 2021? Or what Obama inherited in Jan 2009? When are Republicans ever responsible?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/11/2025

“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

The effort to paint Charlie Kirk as some sort of model for practicing politics and a beloved figure across the spectrum is bizarre. Just a month ago, South Park was mocking him pretty mercilessly.

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I spent the 2010's arguing with my white colleagues that we were facing a crisis in newsroom diversity. The smart, dedicated, talented cis white journalists I thought of as my friends didn't want to hear it. Most of them ignored me. At least one of them told me to go to hell.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

It’s Back-To-School Month! Remember, reading is fundamental for ages 5 through 79!

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usmanbakayoko.bsky.social @usmanbakayoko.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Case in point: How the @nytimes.com is failing the American people. The article reads like it was copied straight from GOP talking points. Read instead selected comments. Americans know when @nytimes.com and @therepublicanparty.bsky.social are talking nonsense. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/u...

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The Long, Strange Trip of Rick Perry

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Sahel News! @sahelnews.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

U.S. to Require Some Foreign Visitors to Pay Bonds of Up to $15,000 for Entry www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...

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U.S. to Require Some Foreign Visitors to Pay Bonds of Up to $15,000 for Entry

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usmanbakayoko.bsky.social @usmanbakayoko.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

And everybody was congratulating the crooked Susan Collins for having saved PEPFAR. She is useless hypocrite and she always be a useless hypocrite U.S. Quietly Drafts Plan to End Program That Saved Millions From AIDS www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...

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U.S. Quietly Drafts Plan to End Program That Saved Millions From AIDS

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

As someone who lost his mom in the last year, this "Call Your Mom" ad AT&T is running during NHL games is a nice little dagger out of nowhere. But, damn, they're right. Call your mom. Call your dad too if you still can. Some of us can't.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Reporters: Here's a simple question that will generate viral stories. "How exactly is it Marxist?" The response will be a dodge, so you've got to stay with it and follow it up. "No, you said DEI was Marxist. What did you mean by that? Specifically?"

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation" Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company

On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

White privilege is being hired for a job you're not qualified to do, whining about DEI while screwing up again and again and again, and then being given extra time to "get it together" in the future.

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 11/04/2025

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I've gotten more hate mail for this piece than any other, a reminder that people myths that give people meaning die hard www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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The Myth of the Kindly General Lee

The legend of the Confederate leader’s heroism and decency is based in the fiction of a person who never existed.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Elon Musk does Nazi salutes and denies the Holocaust, and nobody reviews his $38 billion in federal government contracts. But when college students protest genocide in Gaza, Trump threatens to strip away federal contracts at Harvard.

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Trump Administration Will Review Billions in Funding for Harvard

The administration has already canceled hundreds of millions in federal grants and contracts at Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Every single Democrat in Congress should be demanding the resignation of Waltz and Hegseth. Every single one. This is a massive scandal. There should be a serious price to pay. AND THERE IS ZERO DOWNSIDE FOR EVEN THE MOST SCAREDY-CAT CONGRESSPERSON.

At the very least, NSA Michael Waltz – who set up the group chat and made the mistake of roping in the editor of a goddamn magazine – should be forced to resign. A former solider, Waltz filled DeSantis's old seat in the House of Representatives when he was first elected governor. He's literally a replacement level politician, and I can't imagine he'd be hard to replace again. (It's not just that he screwed up massively here. He screwed up because he had a journalist's contact info in Signal to begin with. That might cause some trouble in Trumpland.)
But Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth should also be on the block. Despite the very real concerns that his background as a weekend host for Fox & Friends and a semiprofessional alcoholic and sex pest might not have prepared him to oversee the American military machine. The bumbling approach revealed in this incident surely isn't a one-off, and suggests a slapdash approach to national security. (And yes, there have been even bigger warning signs. And even bigger than that.)

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