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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is bigger than politics. Donald Trump is unfit to serve, and ignoring that reality puts our democracy at risk. Leaders must answer a simple question: will they stand by, or will they act? app.sosha.ai/s/wqbelxYz
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Tell Congress to Remove Trump
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Excellent piece. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...
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Opinion | In the Land of Billionaire Barbarians (Gift Article)
The center of the tech industry is culturally barren because wealthy executives have no interest in communities outside their fiefs.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 27/09/2026
Tapper: "Would you support subpoenaing Don Jr.?" Tillis: "I'm going to leave it to the chairman of the committee…Maybe Don Jr. can give us a reasonable example for why tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars from an oligarch went into a wedding…But boy, I'd sure like to see the rationale."
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is SO completely f*ucked up ! Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The depths of Russia's depravity never ends. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...
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Russian Attacks Destroy Millions of Books, the Heart of Ukrainian Culture (Gift Article)
A publisher whose warehouse was hit twice said Moscow “thinks that books are more dangerous for them than military equipment.”
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
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Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World (Gift Article)
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/o...
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Opinion | Watching Bigots Erupt (Gift Article)
This is what I see when I look at the picture Bo French hates.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/s...
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Microscopic Videos That Show the Invisible Wonders Around Us (Gift Article)
The winners of this year’s Nikon Small World in Motion competition showcase the wiggly, feathery, undulating beauty of invisible life.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/o...
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Opinion | The G.O.P. Has Gone Off the Deep End (Gift Article)
The Republican fringe is becoming the Republican mainstream.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...
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Opinion | The Cult of Trump Is Waning (Gift Article)
The president has a very simple strategy for the midterms.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here's a few more details to give a fuller picture of what happened. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...
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Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Legacy media stooges ignore it. When Trump is trying to wreck mail-in voting on the pretext that Democrats “cheat,” his fascist pledge obliging followers to cheat on his behalf should have been front-page news.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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UAE leader warned Netanyahu of Hamas attack days before October 7, says report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced strong backlash from opposition leaders on Tuesday after a report published by Haaretz newspaper said UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan warned…
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/c...
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This Year’s Record-Breaking El Niño in 3 Charts (Gift Article)
With air and sea surface temperatures already breaking records, this year’s episode is on track to be the strongest in living memory.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/o...
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Opinion | Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Haircuts or Toilet Paper (Gift Article)
Millions of Americans struggle in sometimes unimaginable ways, and Trump’s cuts in food stamps and other benefits are now making life even more precarious.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...
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Opinion | He Says Obscene Things About Mothers and Children. Mike Johnson Is Raising Money for Him. (Gift Article)
Thanks to Trump, G.O.P. extremism has become so ordinary that it breaks through only when it reaches an absurdly high level.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/t...
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China’s A.I. Is Surging Across Africa. That Should Worry Silicon Valley. (Gift Article)
In African tech hubs, developers are picking China’s cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over more powerful U.S. ones.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...
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Opinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. (Gift Article)
A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
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How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee (Gift Article)
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/n...
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‘I Thought: This Guy Must Be the Worst Negotiator Ever’ (Gift Article)
Bartering on the L, a beautiful baritone from behind a closed door and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/u...
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They Were Charged With Assaulting ICE Agents. The Cases Are Crumbling. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has lost or abandoned hundreds of criminal cases against protesters and immigrants, a Times investigation found.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Seems like China is going the right direction with low computing power AI. Our direction of huge data centers is crazy. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/b...
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China’s Moonshot AI Unveils Kimi Model, Threatening America’s Lead (Gift Article)
China’s Moonshot AI unveiled a freely available artificial intelligence model that seemed to narrow the gap with cutting-edge offerings from U.S. tech companies.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/07/2026
"What the federal government has been doing to people assumed to be immigrants is different from normal police brutality. It is a targeted campaign. We are witnessing, for the first time since Jim Crow, American death squads."
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America’s Death Squads Are Real
Sometimes you can’t see the world clearly from the inside.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/o...
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Opinion | Life Is Better With Siblings
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Opinion | The Generational Force Hollowing Out the Economy
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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From the nyt community on Reddit: World War II Veteran and Purple Heart Recipient Shreds Trump Administration
Posted by WishboneThat6571 - 1,780 votes and 47 comments
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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The Beacon of Democracy?
What happens when democracy is no longer part of America's identity
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
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Opinion | What We Should Learn From Nordic Happiness
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/o...
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Opinion | Founding Father vs. Foundering Toddler
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Creepy, scary, wild. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/u...
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Where Testosterone and the Bible Are the ‘New Punk Rock’
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NPR @npr.org · 26/06/2026
As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, former national park rangers are hosting teach-ins and sharing history that the Trump administration has sought to erase from federal land. n.pr/4vqozsq
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Trump axed a Black history exhibit. Former park rangers are teaching it anyway.
As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, former national park rangers are hosting teach-ins and sharing history that the Trump administration has sought to erase from federal land.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Putin crawls into bed tonight with a smile on his face. Our country is being betrayed and weakened and it barely makes a ripple in our daily headlines.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/06/2026
Here's all you need to know about the Social Security crisis: "Congress could close the gap tomorrow if lawmakers would if lawmakers would get their priorities straight and start acting in the interests of the broader public and not just the richest 10 percent."
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There is no Social Security crisis
The Trump administration has priorities. Helping the little guy just isn't one of them.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Ken Paxton freed a man who raped a boy for 3 years, reducing his sentence from 6 years to 1 day. He also doesn't have to register as a sex offender. The reason: the perp is Paxton's college roommate and a loyal and active MAGA Republican.
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Inside Ken Paxton’s plea deal for a child sex abuse case
Critics are pointing to two other serious felony cases that the attorney general’s prosecutors took to trial that ended in mistrials and, eventually, plea deals.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/06/2026
"The rule of law is no abstraction. It is the foundation on which every investment rests. You can’t drill a well, build a factory, or extend credit without certainty that your contract will be honored and what you own today will be yours tomorrow" from Leopoldo Lopez: www.wsj.com/opinion/delc...
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Opinion | Delcy Rodríguez Invades My Home
This loss is personal, but it should also be a warning to investors.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
You do it because it's right, and because not taking it turns you into something you don't want to be. If all you care about is raw power, you're Susan Collins or Mitch McConnell.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
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Opinion | The White House’s Latest Provocation Is ‘Grotesque and Terrifying and Juvenile’
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
We own this.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Horrific. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...
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Opinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/w...
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Pope Leo Warns of Risks From A.I. in 42,300-Word Encyclical
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Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21/05/2026
"'It hurts. . . . How do I make people understand and feel how these people are feeling?' That kind of appeal might stir the conscience of many Americans—though maybe not the one in the Oval Office."
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Trump Decimated Our Global Health Network. Then Ebola Hit.
Scientists and officials don’t think it’ll become a pandemic. Here’s why they’re worried anyway.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Exactly what's going on with ICE for example. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...
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Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Interesting article. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/o...
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Opinion | Speak, Yuppie
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...
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Opinion | This Is What Happened When Trump Abandoned the World’s Poorest Children
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Leo is a social conservative but he’s also utterly convinced of the righteousness of liberal democracy over authoritarian or totalitarian forms of government, and of the righteousness of social democratic redistribution. All of which this shithole regime is determined to rip up by the roots.
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Daughter calling out her father - a Repub State Senator in New Mexico with questions and suspicious about why Netanyahu would invite him and other local Senators to Israel to meet with him. Daughter thinks they are paying him to spread pro-Israeli propaganda. x.com/JamesTate121...
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James Tate on X: "BREAKING NEWS 🆘The daughter of U.S. Republican Senator Jay Block: 🆘 "Israel pays money to my father, and he spreads propaganda. I am deeply ashamed of this situation. I believe my father has sold his soul to the devil. I hope his career ends!" https://t.co/yzm0A1HePI" / X
BREAKING NEWS 🆘The daughter of U.S. Republican Senator Jay Block: 🆘 "Israel pays money to my father, and he spreads propaganda. I am deeply ashamed of this situation. I believe my father has sold his soul to the devil. I hope his career ends!" https://t.co/yzm0A1HePI
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Good article which includes the historical contexts involved. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/o...
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Opinion | Who Will Stand Up to the Supreme Court Justices?
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wbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/w...
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Lithuania Says It Broke Up Russian Sabotage and Murder Plots
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/04/2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Kid Rock flew in military helicopters together on Monday, weeks after the Army came under scrutiny for a flyby at the singer’s home. nyti.ms/4e9lG9I
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Kid Rock and Hegseth Ride in Army Helicopters Weeks After Flyby at Singer’s Nashville Home
The flights on Monday came a few weeks after two Apache crews were censured and then cleared for flying near the singer’s home.
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