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Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social · 16h

A school without a library is like a car without a steering wheel.

bookriot.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social · 22h

In order to ban books from its libraries, New Braunfels Independent School District has just closed its libraries to middle and high schoolers.

💙📚 #booksky

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A Texas District Has Just Banned Students from Secondary School Libraries

In order to ban books from its libraries, New Braunfels Independent School District has just closed its libraries to middle and high schoolers.

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Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s Hunt for Antifa Is Already Falling Apart newrepublic.com/post/201710/... via @newrepublic.com

Trump’s Hunt for Antifa Is Already Falling Apart

A MAGA podcaster said the FBI essentially begged him for leads on the famously decentralized ideology.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

Now that the final 20 Israeli hostages are free, remember: those claiming violence “began on 10/7” want us to ignore that Israel was forced to free 2,000 Palestinians hostages—some 20 years w/o charge—& 8,000 remain.

If Hamas holding 20 is violence—& I agree it is—what is when Israel holds 8,000?🤔

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 1d

Trump today on Gaza deal: “This took 3,000 years to get to this point. Can you believe it?” We can't believe it. In reality, Israel was only created by United Nations in 1947. Beyond that, Christianity is only 2,000 years old and Islam is about 1,400 years old. Who was fighting 3,000 years ago?!

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 2d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 2d

The level of kleptocratic corruption in this regime is breathtaking, e.g.:

—Selling off Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae to big banks

—Bribes from ABC & CBS

—TikTok sale to Ellison

—Everything Qatar: the plane gift, the Idaho military base

—Whoever has bribed him by buying his scam meme coins

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

This is such a thorough take down of Bari Weiss and the vapid shill she is for oligarch billionaires. He especially shreds the Free Press over it's coverage of trans issues and the so called whistleblower Jamie Reed.

youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social · 2d

This is a ridiculous crusade by DeSantis and Abbott.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

The war on rainbow crosswalks has come to Texas.

After DeSantis cracked down and tore up rainbow crosswalks across Florida, the community has resisted in protest.

Now, Abbott is doing the same in Texas, seemingly at the direction of Libs of Tiktok.

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The War on Rainbow Crosswalks Comes to Texas

A Republican state lawmaker called Texas “the biggest funder of transgenderism in America”...wishful thinking.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Today and every day, I am proud to be Indigenous. We are resilient, we are still here, and we will always be here in Mni Sota Makoce.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

This ratio record will never be broken! Sally Jenkins has just given us the Joe DiMaggio 56-game hitting streak of ratios

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

The President using the military as his personal police force to intimidate American citizens is deeply un-American. This is the behavior of an autocrat. Full stop.

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Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social · 2d

Northwestern is 4-2 in college football this year, and half of their wins have resulted in the firing of the losing team's head coach (UCLA and Penn State).

Nicole Auerbach @nauerbach.com · 2d

NEWS: Penn State has fired James Franklin, source confirms.

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Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social · 3d

I was today years old when I learned that @minakimes.bsky.social was born in Nebraska.

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Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social · 3d

Kid Rock is all hat and no cattle.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

This is what it looks like when your community stands up.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 4d

A Denver physician who’s spent two decades caring for hospitalized patients experiencing homelessness shares what she’s learned — and why recent federal policies threaten both lives and hope ⬇️

A Denver MD has spent 2 decades working with hospitalized patients experiencing homelessness − here’s what she fears and what gives her hope

Homelessness is solvable through affordable and supportive housing. Hospitals should be part of the solution.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social · 4d

If Mangione gets away with murder because of the Trump Administration's willful incompetence, that would be a travesty.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 6d

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/b9U7CY1

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

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Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social · 4d

You're sexy, to be honest.

Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social · 4d

I offer my condolences to you.

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Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social · 4d

I'm keeping the families and the loved ones of the explosion in Tennessee in my thoughts.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

BREAKING: An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says.

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says

An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant has left multiple people dead and missing. The blast occurred Friday at Accurate Energetic Systems, about 60 miles southwest of Nashville.

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Coach Dan Casey @coachdancasey.bsky.social · 5d

My favorite Cam Skattebo highlight was when he played at Sacramento State.

He scooped an onside kick and carried half the opposing team 20 yards into the End Zone 😂

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 5d

There are lessons to be learned here.

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social · 5d

The Nobel Peace Prize winner is María Corina Machado Parisca, an opponent of the Maduro regime in Venezuela.

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