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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 5h

On hot mic, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business
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‘Did We Just Hear a Major Crime Happen?’: Trump Tells Media to Leave, Forgets Mic Is On — Gets Caught Mixing Politics and Family Business

Just minutes after signing a ceasefire agreement on Gaza at a major international summit, President Donald Trump told reporters to leave the room. He didn't realize the mic was still on — then immedia...

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 9h

Amen!

AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 9h

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Frank Zappa - Oh No / Son Of Orange County (A Token of His Extreme 1974)

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 10h

Scientists identified a completely new bacterial species, subsequently named Niallia tiangongensis after its birthplace among the stars. This microorganism represents the first known bacterium to develop specifically within a Chinese space facility. blog.bostonorganics.com/unknown-bact...

An unknown bacteria on Earth has developed in the Chinese space station: astronauts are faced with a situation straight out of a science fiction movie.

Space exploration has entered a new era where microbial discoveries challenge our understanding of life beyond Earth. The Chinese Tiangong station recently became the site of an extraordinary finding ...

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 10h

The FOX broadcast camera crew panned to disappointed Blue Jays fans for 26 seconds straight
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From the baseball community on Reddit: The FOX broadcast camera crew panned to disappointed Blue Jays fans for 26 seconds straight

Explore this post and more from the baseball community

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 10h

TUR: Have you met with Mike Johnson?

JEFFRIES: No

TUR: Why not?

JEFFRIES: Donald Trump has not given him permission to meet, Katy and we know that until Donald Trump gives them permission to meet, they're going to continue to hide.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

TUR: Have you met with Mike Johnson?

JEFFRIES: No

TUR: Why not?

JEFFRIES: Donald Trump has not given him permission to meet, Katy and we know that until Donald Trump gives them permission to meet, they're going to continue to hide.

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 10h

JD Vance's half-brother, Cory Bowman, is running for mayor of Cincinnati. After delivering some remarks about people of "the opposite color" Bowman's opponent, Mayor Aftab, responds. Imagine trying to cruise through life on the JD Vance name.
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JD Vance's half-brother, Cory Bowman, is running for mayor of Cincinnati. After delivering some remarks about people of "the opposite color" Bowman's opponent, Mayor Aftab, responds. Imagine trying to...

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Bishop Talbert Swan @talbertswan2.bsky.social · Aug 22

James Dobson died today, and tributes are rolling in. Let’s be clear: Dobson was not a champion of Christian values—he was a charlatan. He built a career preaching “family values” while peddling racism and political hypocrisy. He gave theological cover to white supremacy and anti-Christian policies.

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 20h

A mass shooting early Sunday at a crowded bar on an idyllic island considered to be the largest Gullah community on the South Carolina coast has left four people dead and at least 20 injured, officials said. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Shooting at packed South Carolina bar kills 4 and injures at least 20 others

The shooting occurred at Willie’s Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island.

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 20h

Without judges to hear cases, the NLRB’s enforcement function — already chronically underfunded and understaffed — could collapse nationwide. It should be an international scandal. jacobin.com/2025/10/nlrb...

The NLRB Faces a Constitutional Crisis

While lecturing others on democracy and human rights, the United States has let its own system for enforcing basic labor protections collapse. Its failure to protect the rights of workers should be an...

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 1d

The Indianapolis Clowns, developed in partnership with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, reprise the tradition of a barnstorming Negro Leagues team that played from the 1930s all the way into the 1980s. news.sportslogos.net/2025/10/12/b...

Banana Ball League adds Indianapolis Clowns and Loco Beach Coconuts

The Banana Ball universe expanded from four teams to six with the addition of two new teams this week. The league—now formally called the Banana Ball Championship League—introduced the Indianapolis Cl...

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 1d

The Microsoft 365 outage came shortly after a Kubernetes crash took down a substantial chunk of Azure Front Door instances. www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/m...

Microsoft 365 services fall over in North America

: Outage blamed on misconfigured infrastructure as users report hour-long disruption

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 1d

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Hollywood's quirky leading lady, Diane Keaton, dies aged 79

Diane Keaton, who remained one of Hollywood's quirkiest and most beloved actors decades after her Academy Award-winning performance in the movie Annie Hall, has died aged 79.

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 1d

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 1d

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Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 1d

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At campaign stop in Fort Worth, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico says he's going up against the establishment in both parties

"I have to speak truth to power, whether it's in my party or not," Talarico told CBS News Texas.

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 1d

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Employees regularly paste company secrets into ChatGPT

: Microsoft Copilot, not so much

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

To model mercy not in the abstract but in the tactile and tangible… what Peter Thiel and western evangelicalism miss … if you worship Christ but don’t follow Christ … you are not a Christian

You are a zealot

Worship is not the point … love is

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 1d

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One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 1d

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More than half of CDC staffers recently fired by Trump administration have been reinstated | CNN

Hundreds of staff fired from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Friday have been reinstated, according to the American Federation of Government Employees.

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Bad Choices Make Good Stories @badchoices.us · 1d

When you hear the first few notes of Stairway to Heaven, you immediately recognize the song, and you know what comes next.

That’s how Germans instantly recognized Trump as a Nazi, the minute he came down the escalator and accused Mexican immigrants of being rapists and murderers.

2016 parade:

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 2d

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 2d

The meeting appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and saw the president declare, ‘We got rid of freedom of speech’ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

Holly Baxter reports on a meeting that, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got rid...

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 2d

Was DOGE all for nothing? Here are the receipts
The U.S. government's 2025 fiscal year is over, and it turns out that Musk's Department of Government Efficiency didn't break a cycle of increased spending
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 2d

Trump announced he will impose an additional 100% tariff on goods from China, on top of the 30% tariffs already in effect, starting November 1 or sooner. The threat is a massive escalation after months of a trade truce between the two nations. www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/e...

Trump announces 130% tariffs on China. The global trade war just came roaring back | CNN Business

President Donald Trump announced he will impose an additional 100% tariff on goods from China, on top of the 30% tariffs already in effect, starting November 1 or sooner. The threat is a massive escal...

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