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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reviewed Ken Paxton's travel records dating back to 2015. Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a state-funded security detail, costing $3.3 million. The outlets could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to actual state business.
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 1h
Crowds of protesters outer 26 Federal Plaza where ICE has its main offices now.
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Dr Robin George Andrews @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social · 15h
NEW: On Oct 20, Japan will launch its most audacious space mission. It’s hoping to fly to Mars, land twice (!) on Phobos (“fear”), steal pieces of that alien moon, and bring ‘em home. That’s right: to pull of this heist, Japan must confront fear itself. @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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Audacious space heist aims to bring home bits of mysterious martian moon
Samples from Japan’s MMX mission could reveal how Phobos formed—and may contain pieces of Mars
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 13h
I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.
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Wilbur @wilbur.bsky.social · 1h
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KTSM - News Channel 9 @ktsmtv.bsky.social · 1h
A $15 billion data center project just broke ground in Hudspeth County, sparking tension over a lack of notice to local officials. More: www.ktsm.com/hudspeth-county___en/l…
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3h
NEW on MS NOW: The FBI plans to offer the UFC an exclusive one-year contract to train its special agents in hand-to-hand combat. UFC chief executive Dana White has long been a Trump ally. "This is just Patel giving his friend Dana White a lucrative contract."
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Patel’s FBI wants to give UFC exclusive contract to train agents
CEO Dana White has long been an ally of President Donald Trump and his administration. Agents would be trained in hand-to-hand combat.
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Wilbur @wilbur.bsky.social · 1h
Speaking of... www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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EXCLUSIVE: Erik Prince's forces suffer battlefield loss in Congo, former UFC fighter among wounded, sources say
Blackwater founder Erik Prince's forces suffered a major battlefield loss in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-September when enemy forces ambushed them, killing and wounding at ​least 20 pe...
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 2h
Trump’s attempt to get Russian energy bailout? “‘I cannot overstate how much of a nothing burger this is,’ Rory Johnston, an oil market researcher and founder of CommodityContext.com.”
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Trump says Russia to supply diesel to US and global market
President Donald Trump ​said on Friday that Russia had agreed to immediately supply diesel to US and global markets in an effort to lower fuel prices ahead of ‌the US midterm elections, although analy...
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Wilbur @wilbur.bsky.social · 1h
Russians can't even keep their own stations open. 2.25 million barrels is about 1.75 days that we would export in normal times.
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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 3h
Waffle House locations in the panhandle are closed, I repeat, Waffle House locations in the panhandle are closed, this is not a drill. #Isaias
Screenshot of a FB post by meteorologist Greg Dee showing Waffle House locations closed in the panhandle
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National Hurricane Center Bot @nhcbot.bsky.social · 2h
OCT 9: NHC Deputy Director Jamie Rhome provides the latest updates on #Isaias from the National Hurricane Center: www.youtube.com/live/ZJgd_27cC3E?si… For more detailed forecasts and written text updates, visit: https:/... x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/210867043…
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Faytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 3h
Special forces led by Blackwater founder and Trump ally Erik Prince suffered over twenty casualties after being ambushed in the Congo, with a popular former UFC fighter among the wounded - Reuters
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1312 Antifascists (Chicago) @1312antifascists.bsky.social · 3h
Heads Up Michigan - nazi crusaders have slipped and told plans to disrupt at Abdul El Sayed's town hall in Hart, MI, Saturday October 10th. This is Edward Anthony AKA Will Rubel saying he's in w Jake Lang Gang, and here's Dean Hines, saying Lang's got plans Oct 9-12, and he may dress in a Burqa.
Will Rubel aka Big Bill the Rube claiming to go disrupt Abdul El Sayed in Hart, MI, simultaneously daring one of his enemies to serve him court summons for an unrelated case of his harassment.More Big Bill the Rube mamaking plans to go to Hart MI w Jake LangJournal announcing Abdul El Sayed town hall in Hart, MI, October 10th
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Wilbur @wilbur.bsky.social · 2h
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4h
After he used an alpr to track police “…two officers from Peel Regional Police allegedly turned up at Sistilli’s front door to ask what his ‘intentions’ were for the data he gathered.”
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YouTuber Says Cops Paid Him a Visit After He Built Flock-Style Camera to Track Cops
It turns out that the gander is not actually super keen on what's good for the goose.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 4h
This is a setup for blaming Ukrainians for everything.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 10h
“cops should arrest ICE” is a liberal fantasy. “abolish ICE” is not.
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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 8h
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to blame the military, but a growing body of reporting shows that Netanyahu received warnings – both general and specific – about the possibility of a Hamas attack from Gaza in the weeks and months before Oct. 7, 2023.
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Netanyahu military aide reveals in interview internal warnings before October 7: ‘This was communicated at every level’ | CNN
In a damning interview, a former senior aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the Israeli leader was warned internally of the potential for war ahead of the October 7 attacks and that th...
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Okhomegrown @okhomegrown.bsky.social · 23h
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
Q: Many feel you have not addressed the fact your son in law is a white supremacist influencer. What have you said to your family? COLLINS: That's my family OSSOFF: Imagine running for Senate while neo-Nazi propaganda is disseminated to an audience of millions from your home. That's Mike Collins.
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Newbunkle @newbunkle.bsky.social · 12h
The guy who donated to Graham Linehan after he assaulted a trans minor and broke her phone?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
New in PN: Trump’s meme coin grift hits a new low "It’s the certainty of staggering losses that makes clear this is nothing but a festival of bribery. No one who spends millions to attend these tacky dinners expects a return. They’re just giving the president money in hopes it'll buy them favors."
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Trump’s meme coin grift hits a new low
Buyers have lost almost everything. He keeps pumping them anyway.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 19h
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 15h
There is nothing comparable to this level of corruption in American history.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 12h
“The attorney general’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan.”
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MaximumBob ❌👑 @maximumbob.bsky.social · 12h
What does it say about your institution that you denied her tenure and are now trying to steal her valor?
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 12h
Y'all denied her tenure
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 14h
Want to predict POTUS? What would the KKK's Grand Wizard do?
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 12h
NY Dems: "Woke 1 went too far! We can't abolish the police! We need what cops do in our cities! 🤡 But we must abolish ICE!" Who is Kyle Rittenhouse? The guy whose mom gave him an AR to go and kill people at a BLM protest in Kenosha. But why was there a BLM protest in Kenosha? What happened there?
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Jacob Blake police shooting: Black man shot in front of 3 sons after he broke up fight, family says
Jacob Blake, 29, was shot multiple times by Kenosha police as he leaned into his SUV with his young children inside.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 12h
“One of Curtis’ favorite hymns was the traditional lament, ‘I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray.’ In one version, the singer requests of God: that, if it be His will, He ‘remove this bitter cup.’ Curtis’ cup was bitter, but he was not. He was gentle. And he endured.” mississippitoday.org/2026/10/07/c...
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Wrongly imprisoned Curtis Flowers dies
After Flowers was convicted in a sixth trial, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned it and a state judge dismissed capital murder charges against him.
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optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Now playing: MST3K vs. Sting of Death GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH LET'S FUNKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO #MST3K
Mike and his robot pals Crow and Tom Servo stand by the Mystery Science Theater 3000 planet logo as part of the cover art for The RiffTrax Experiments
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GIANT APES ON THE MOON! @jay042.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Susan Dell's face is nightmare fuel, it's also worth pointing out this was a presser for the start of the Trump accounts for kids (aka Big Finance's bid to dismantle social security so they can gamble with your retirement)
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I just saw one of Trump’s propaganda ads on Fox News. The ad still ends with “paid for by the U.S. Government.”
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump's racism is not new, but I do want to talk about something interesting. And that is the way American fascists have been using social media to try to splinter the black vote and dissuade Black Americans from coming to the defense of Haitian and Somali people.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
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Rosa DeLauro @delauro.house.gov · 08/10/2026
No family should be held captive in their home. Yusuf Shanaran, his wife, & four children, have been trapped inside their house for days now. Masked settlers have attacked them & their home ignoring orders to stop. The IDF has a responsibility to protect this family & their home.
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Wilbur @wilbur.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.si.gov looking top notch sir
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.ai.gov
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Shellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Go ahead again and tell me how the useless fucking centrist @democrats.org are going to stand with trans people, but they just have to get in power first. 🤬
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed has said per CNBC
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Contractor who turned a warehouse into an illegal ICE detention facility: "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 ... He wanted it to be cruel."
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Again he’s really losing it with the AI stuff now
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The White House considers anyone that uses the term, "Artificial Intelligence," as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term,
"Super Intelligence," THE ENEMY! President
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Heartbreaking 💔 Children scream while masked ICE goons kidnap their families in broad daylight in Harrison, New Jersey.
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🇱🇹Lithuania is deploying up to 100 soldiers to reinforce its border with Russia’s Kaliningrad region for about two weeks. Officials said the preventive move follows reports of a possible Russian mobilization. Lithuania says the situation at its border is currently calm.
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The Spirit of Chomsky @spiritofchomsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Foreign interference you say 🤔
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A really good Flock guide! ✅ "The reach of the system comes from what happens after the picture ... the hardware is the on-ramp, not the destination. Every device is like a prison watch tower, constantly watching whether you have done anything ‘wrong‘ or not." flocksurveillance.org/complete-flo...
Flock Safety and FlockNova: A Complete Guide

From zero to expert on the cameras, the AI, the map, the alerts, & the data-fusion engine behind them

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Corporate profits and tax revenues grew together until the Trump tax cuts. Now corporate profits are at an all-time high while tax receipts are at their lowest since 2021.
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LL Cool Ade @arrogantade.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Two important pieces of context. The headline is slightly deceiving but then again what’s new?
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