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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 6m

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Mom placed on child abuse registry for letting 13-year-old babysit

As constant adult supervision has become the norm, more and more kids are being reported to the authorities.

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 7m

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ICE agent who took upskirt photos of flight attendant says it wasn’t a crime because he was sneaky

Billy Olvera's "clandestine video voyeurism," as his lawyer would later describe it, took place while he was on duty as a deportation officer.

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 1h

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Govs. Tim Walz, J.B. Pritzker discuss Trump, federal government at Star Tribune summit

YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 6h

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Trapped inside the Taliban's Afghanistan

Women have been barred from most public spaces. Afghan citizens are being deported by nearby countries. And marginalized ethnic groups face persecution and violence. These are their stories.

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 7h

Anne Applebaum: The Loss of 'Democratic Faith'
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Anne Applebaum: The Loss of 'Democratic Faith'

The U.S.

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 10h

Trump Was Not the Only President Who Tried to Force Migrants to Leave www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Trump Was Not the Only President Who Tried to Force Migrants to Leave

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 10h

Judge Orders FEMA to Release $34 Million for New York Subway Security www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/n...

Judge Orders FEMA to Release $34 Million for New York Subway Security

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 10h

FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 10h

FEMA Withholds $300 Million in Grants Until States Account for Deportations www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/c...

FEMA Withholds $300 Million in Grants Until States Account for Deportations

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 10h

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 10h

How FEMA Is Forcing Disaster-Struck Towns to Fend for Themselves www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/c...

How FEMA Is Forcing Disaster-Struck Towns to Fend for Themselves

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 12h

Why isn’t it treasonable to take Musk’s money?
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Why isn’t it treasonable to take Musk’s money?

Tommy Robinson and the threat from MAGA America

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 12h

Something Is Stirring in Christian America, and It’s Making Me Nervous www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...

Opinion | Something Is Stirring in Christian America, and It’s Making Me Nervous

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 21h

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How the Trump administration is reshaping the military

President Trump is deploying National Guard troops to U.S. cities, erasing "woke" in the military and striking alleged drug boats off Venezuela. The Atlantic's Nancy Youssef discusses what this means.

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 21h

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The price of a paycheck: one town's ICE dilemma

The ICE detention center in Folkston, Ga., is expanding to become one of the nation's largest immigrant detention centers. Operated by a private prison corporation GEO Group, it will hold more than 3,...

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 21h

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In rural America, scarce doctors battle misinformation as they practice medicine

Conspiracy theories about health fill a vacuum created by the lack of doctors in many rural communities. Meanwhile, doctors in these areas say patients have become increasingly distrustful and sometim...

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 21h

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Afghan earthquake triggers contradictory Taliban tactics on rescuing women

The Taliban responded with contradictory stances in the effort to rescue women and girls who were wounded and left homeless. That's a reflection of tensions between hardliners and pragmatists.

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 1d

Iran Lures Transgender Foreigners for Surgery but Forces Operations on Locals www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Iran Lures Transgender Foreigners for Surgery but Forces Operations on Locals

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 1d

With Truce in Place, Hamas Pursues Bloody Crackdown on Rivals in Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w...

With Truce in Place, Hamas Pursues Bloody Crackdown on Rivals in Gaza

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 1d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 1d

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The Doctors Building a Public-Health Universe Outside the Government

A growing contingent of physicians and policymakers are breaking away from federal health guidance under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 1d

apnews.com/article/okla... Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools

New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools

Oklahoma's new public schools superintendent is rescinding a mandate from his predecessor that forced schools to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for students.

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mischling2nd.bsky.social @mischling2nd.bsky.social · 1d

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Shutdown hits government workers already reeling from Trump’s cuts

While many Americans aren’t feeling the impacts of the government shutdown, federal workers just missed their first paycheck – the latest blow in a tough year.

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James R Benn @jimmywriter.bsky.social · 4d

Crimes upon crimes. Cruelty reigns.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 5d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

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