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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 13h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

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Wayne Smith 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @wayneesmith.bsky.social · 7h

An image with a blue background and white capital letters saying, "THE UNITED STATES FOUGHT IN TWO WORLD WARS TO DEFEAT FASCISM. I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE FIGHTING FASCISM ON US SOIL."

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

MILITARY FAMILIES COUNTING ON FOOD BANKS

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 10h

What a 🤡🤡🤡 show!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 11h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 1d

This city councillor in Pickering, Ontario has now been suspended seven times. Here are the reasons why:

Lisa Robinson has a history of disruptive behaviour and associating with far-right media personalities

This City Councillor in Pickering, Ontario Has Now Been Suspended Seven Times. Here Are the Reasons Why.

Pickering city councillor Lisa Robinson has a history of disruptive behaviour and associating with far-right media personalities

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling reut.rs/471tkNZ

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she "cannot support" a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding.

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 1d

What happened Milhouse?

Some kid said I was Antifa
And the police hit me
with a baton

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 2d

📌As we were saying ...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

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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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 2d

"Oh, I *know* it doesn't sound like much to you, your honor, but that quart of frozen strawberries was the beginning of the unraveling of discipline on my ship! And what follows? Insubordination? Dereliction of duty? Mutiny? Order *must* be maintained!"

Humphrey Bogart as Captain Queeg in The Caine Mutiny (1954) is on the witness stand, fiddling with those blasted figetty balls of his.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 2d

#MorningVibe

Bob Ross dedicated his life to making art accessible to everyone,” said Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross Inc.

In a world of Donald’s, be a Bob.

🔗 www.pbs.org/newshour/art...

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to raise money for public TV stations after funding cuts

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carpenter22.bsky.social @carpenter22.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s Frenzied Nobel Peace Prize Demands Get Brutal Snub www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Trump’s Frenzied Nobel Peace Prize Demands Get Brutal Snub

The president’s relentless push for the prestigious honor did not pay off as he’d hoped.

www.thedailybeast.com

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