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👑Maricella Brooks🌊🦅 @fireeyebooks.bsky.social · 6h

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 3h

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 5h

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Department of Justice has seized about $15 billion worth of bitcoin held by a man who oversaw a massive “pig butchering” fraud operation based in Cambodia, prosecutors said.

The seizure is the largest forfeiture action by the DOJ in history.

DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin from massive 'pig butchering' scam based in Cambodia

An indictment says forced-labor compounds ran cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes that stole billions of dollars from victims in the U.S. and elsewhere.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 5h

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Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a challenge to a rule adopted during Democratic former President Barack Obama's administration allowing the spouses of people with H-1B visas for highly-skilled jobs to work in the United States.

US Supreme Court won't review rule allowing H-1B holders' spouses to work

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a challenge to a rule adopted during Democratic former President Barack Obama's administration allowing the spouses of people with H-1B visas for highly-skilled jobs to work in the United States.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 5h

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Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected conservative conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' last-ditch attempt to block an almost $1.5 billion defamation judgment he faces over false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.

Supreme Court turns away Alex Jones' attempt to block $1.5B defamation judgment

The conspiracy theorist had asked the justices to immediately intervene, warning that the ownership of his Infowars website could be transferred to the satirical news site The Onion.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 5h

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Federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration had violated his previous court order by implementing a nearly identical policy that again made state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement a condition for receiving FEMA grant funding.

Trump administration flouted court order on FEMA grant funding, US judge rules

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration had violated his previous court order by implementing a nearly identical policy that again made state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement a condition for receiving grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 5h

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General Motors will record a negative impact of $1.6 billion in its next quarter after tax incentives for electric vehicles were slashed by the U.S. and rules governing emissions are relaxed.

GM to take a $1.6 billion hit as tax incentives for EVs are slashed and emission rules ease

General Motors will book a negative impact of $1.6 billion in its next quarter after tax incentives for electric vehicles were slashed by the U.S. and rules governing emissions are relaxed.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 5h

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Man charged in the April arson attack at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence was sentenced Tuesday to decades in prison after pleading guilty to several charges.

Man pleads guilty in arson attack on Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence

Cody A. Balmer, 38, was accused of throwing Molotov cocktails into the governor's residence in April, lighting the home on fire and causing substantial damage, prosecutors said.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 8h

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Billionaire investor Frank McCourt, an early bidder for TikTok, is looking into whether the White House-brokered agreement for a majority-American investor group to buy the app’s US assets is legal.

This billionaire investor who tried to buy TikTok is now analyzing whether Trump’s deal is legal | CNN Business

Billionaire investor Frank McCourt, an early hopeful to buy TikTok, now says he’s evaluating the legality of the White House-brokered agreement to transfer control of the app’s US assets to a majority...

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 8h

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Video shows Evelyn getting pulled out of the passenger seat. She is then thrown to the ground, all while saying she is not resisting arrest, as the officer handcuffed her and appeared to put a knee on her back.

"I couldn't protect my child," Gerado said.

Parents of teen tossed to ground, detained by apparent federal agent demand answers

The incident captured on video shows the teen girl getting pulled out of the passenger seat. She is then thrown to the ground, all while saying she is not resisting arrest.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 9h

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People are being tackled, people getting pepper sprayed or tear gassed. People getting threatened. And we've seen at least two incidents involving gunfire.

This administration overall seems more interested in heightening the tensions instead of trying to ramp them down.

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 9h

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Corruption is the beating heart of Trump’s administration.

Latest bribe paid to Trump comes from YouTube. Bribes also paid by Musk’s X, ABC, CBS, Facebook, and Amazon.

Those who pay Trump will have to keep paying. Those who fight him beat him.

More Days Go By, More Bribes for Trump | Opinion

President Donald Trump’s latest moves confirm his bribery and extortion machine continues to dominate U.S. government policy.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 9h

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Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week.

Lawyers will try to persuade the justices to wipe away the state’s second majority Black congressional district.

Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that's designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out an...

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 9h

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More than 2.5 million North Carolina residents are getting over $6.5 billion in medical debt eliminated through a state government effort that offered hospitals extra Medicaid funds from Washington if they gave low- and middle-income patients the financial relief.

North Carolina effort wipes out $6.5B in medical debt for 2.5M people

Officials say a North Carolina government initiative is eliminating over $6.5 billion in medical debt for more than 2.5 million residents.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 9h

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/h...
FDA has given clearance to blood test to help assess Alzheimer’s disease.

Blood test could be used by primary care physicians to help identify patients who are unlikely to have Alzheimer’s disease. Those with a positive result would be recommended for further testing.

FDA clears blood test to help rule out Alzheimer’s disease in people showing symptoms | CNN

The US Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to another blood test to help assess Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of cognitive decline, providing a broader understanding of when the di...

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Jaana Uolamo @jaanauolamo.bsky.social · 4d

Unconditional love is not unconditional tolerance because you can love someone without accepting their toxic behavior or mistreatment. Unconditional love doesn't mean sacrificing your own needs or staying in a harmful situation.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you Jaana !
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Jürgen R 💙🇺🇦 🐝 @dailykotzn.bsky.social · 22h

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you Jurgen !
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 19h

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Some US airports are refusing to play a video of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown.

Portland, Sea-Tac and Westchester airports among those refusing to play Kristi Noem video in TSA lines | CNN

Some US airports are refusing to play a video of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown.

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Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 21h

I had to say until people put me on mute that NO the IDEA 2004, Section 504 and the ADA would not be repealed. Worse they would be Unaccountable & Here we are! Find YOUR Voices/Outrage! Children are being Destroyed! copaa.salsalabs.org/protectchild...
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 19h

Thank you Marcie !
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 20h

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...
Representatives for CNN, Reuters, The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic and NPR have all said that journalists from their newsrooms are not signing the new paperwork about Pentagon access.

Media outlets, including MAGA channel Newsmax, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules | CNN Business

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will n...

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 21h

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 22h

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