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bewqfs.bsky.social @bewqfs.bsky.social · 6d

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 11d

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 11d

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to Venezuelan political opposition leader Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."

2025 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela opposition leader, for promoting democracy

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for democracy in her country.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11d

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13d

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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eurocelt.bsky.social @eurocelt.bsky.social · 13d

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16d

They literally only know how to be victims

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 16d

El Salvador's total abortion ban, which has seen perhaps hundreds of women imprisoned for stillbirths and miscarriages, could become a model for parts of the United States following the end of Roe v. Wade.

Will El Salvador’s Abortion Ban Be a Model for the U.S.? Maria Hinojosa Investigates

A new investigation by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa looks at reproductive rights in El Salvador, which has one of the world’s most restrictive anti-abortion laws and has imprisoned...

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 18d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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Freethinkers United @freethinkersunited.bsky.social · 25d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25d

I honestly don’t care about James Comey.

But I want to live in a democratic republic.

His indictment proves we live in a banana republic, where the autocrat personally orders indictments of his political enemies, and when his own officials refuse he finds new ones that will.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 25d

Q: Now that Americans will have operational control of TikTok, do you want to see the algorithm suggest more MAGA related content prioritize?
Trump: I always like MAGA related. If I could, I'd make it 100% MAGA related. It's actually a good question. #cdnpoli

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25d

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

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Rita558 @rita558.bsky.social · 26d

Jesse Watters of Fox wants to bomb the UN? Still think Fox is ok? Remove Fox. Contact your cable company to remove Fox from their channels. I can’t imagine who even watches it 🤮

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Freethinkers United @freethinkersunited.bsky.social · 25d

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25d

OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.