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#NoKingsLinda @lindapatrick.bsky.social · 3h

two purple beach chairs on the beach with the words these are waiting for us

ALT: two purple beach chairs on the beach with the words these are waiting for us

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#NoKingsLinda @lindapatrick.bsky.social · 1d

Reading this now.
By Bill Adair

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 1d

When a bad man does a good thing, he does not cease to be a bad man. This is a complicated moment in the Middle East. Each of us must work to make sense of it. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

Joy. Sorrow. Fury. Disgust. And Hope. All at Once.

Reacting to this disorienting, misrepresented, misperceived moment in the Middle East.

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 2d

A reminder of WHO was here first!

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: More fuel to the Epstein fire

Questions about how responders handled the scene .. when Jeffrey Epstein died

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THE DAY AHEAD: Mounting questions about how responders handled the scene when Jeffrey Epstein died

YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS

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SpeedoFella @speedofella.bsky.social · 4d

Actually one of the most salient quotes I've seen today, and reminding of the fact that there always be good people being very brave.

Silly Sally 💙💙💙 @caturday62.bsky.social · 5d

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

Translation: they gave him a plane and filled his family’s pockets

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 2d

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths.
Journalism is a right and a pillar upholding “the edifice of our societies” that must be protected and defended, he said.
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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.