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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1h

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 3h

🇻🇦 Pope Leo XIV has slammed the world's failure to stop millions of people going hungry, blaming a "soulless economy" and calling on people to rethink their lifestyles and priorities.
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A malnourished child rests on a bed at the nutrition unit of the K'elafo Health Center, in the Ethiopian town of K'elafo.

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NCSU Dem @ncsudem.bsky.social · 2h

The vile and revealing ad campaign, unveils the black-hearted and gives the sadists a thrill, but is turning a lot more red-blooded, kindhearted Americans off than on. Witnessing man’s inhumanity to man is hard to bear. The individual battle, courage through fear; the societal battle, human rights.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 3h

Primaries don’t “tear parties apart.” They strengthen them, produce new leaders, stimulate essential debates on direction. The “tear parties apart” language is a tool of establishment pols to discourage much needed challenges. What will hurt Dems most is another Fetterman term.

Axios @axios.com · 3h

SCOOP: Top Democrats in Pennsylvania are maneuvering to run against Sen. John Fetterman in a 2028 primary, threatening to tear the party apart in the biggest battleground state in the nation.

Scoop: Dems plot Fetterman ouster

www.axios.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3h

"In free countries the law ought to be King. [But] some Masaniello may arise, who laying hold of popular disquietudes, may collect together the desperate and discontented, and assuming the powers of government may sweep away the liberties of the continent like a deluge."
--Thomas Paine, Common Sense

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NCSU Dem @ncsudem.bsky.social · 2h

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NCSU Dem @ncsudem.bsky.social · 2h

Great piece!

Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 3h

“I could not swear without reservation to follow a commander in chief who seemed so willing to disregard the Constitution.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | I resigned from the military because of Trump

I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3h

Records reveal that the government of Bashar Al-Assad sold the 3 government-owned cargo ships to an opaque firm in the Seychelles in 2023 — two of them for just $1 each.
These vessels have been sanctioned by the European Union for transporting grain stolen from Russia-occupied territory in Ukraine.

Ships accused of stealing Ukrainian grain linked to Assad regime front

Editor's Note: This story was authored by Mohammad Bassiki (SIRAJ), Selma Mhaoud, and Shaya Laughlin, and published by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). The Kyiv Independen...

kyivindependent.com

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NCSU Dem @ncsudem.bsky.social · 2h

The vile and revealing ad campaign, unveils the black-hearted and gives the sadists a thrill, but is turning a lot more red-blooded, kindhearted Americans off than on. Witnessing man’s inhumanity to man is hard to bear. The individual battle, courage through fear; the societal battle, human rights.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

What's the popularist answer to this point?

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

ICE's military raids and masked kidnappings are resonating deeply/negatively in the cultural spaces we keep hearing Dems need to reach: Manosphere, Joe Rogan, country music, disengaged voters. That's rare and it gives Dems a big opening to engage.

Thoughts on this:

newrepublic.com/article/2018...

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NCSU Dem @ncsudem.bsky.social · 2h

The vile and revealing ad campaign, unveils the black-hearted and gives the sadists a thrill, but is turning a lot more red-blooded, kindhearted Americans off than on. Witnessing man’s inhumanity to man is hard to bear. The individual battle, courage through fear; the societal battle, human rights.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4h

Why should Bessent be treated with any more respect than Bondi or Patel or Hegseth. Bessent is using the same demagoguery about No Kings, and at Treasury is a participant in the Trumpist authoritarian project. The fact that he's a rich Wall Street guy makes his complicity less, not more, excusable.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 12h

The effort within the IRS coincides with a larger administration effort to probe left-leaning groups for helping to finance organizations that the president says are creating anarchy in Democratic-led cities. Trump has directed Bessent, who is also acting IRS commissioner, to identify financial networks that the president says are fomenting political violence. Democrats say the effort is politically motivated and not based on real evidence.

“Scott will do that. That’s easy for Scott,” Trump said during a recent cabinet meeting about Bessent’s helping with the investigation.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 4h

"We dedicate this performance to all Ukrainians who defend our homeland every day. Your strength, courage, and love for Ukraine inspire us to sing even louder,"the band said

I really liked this performance. I hope that peace will come to Ukraine &Ukrainians will be able to sing at home in safety

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 4h

🇬🇧 Britain's Prince Andrew behaved as if having sex with the then 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre was his "birthright", according to allegations in her posthumous memoir.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h

As @lutzfernandez.bsky.social writes here, the MAGA obsession with the Epstein files was never about justice for his victims, it was only about their revenge fantasies about liberal elites, and now that's been laid bare:

Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 4h

In my latest piece for The Unpopulist, I wrote about the convolutions of the Epstein story and how the throughline is MAGA using children to achieve their political ends.

For MAGA, what's supposed to be about the children is never about the children.

MAGA’s Epstein Fixation Isn’t About Justice, It’s About Revenge

House Republicans care less about delivering justice to this sexual predator's underage victims and more about punishing their political enemies

www.theunpopulist.net

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NCSU Dem @ncsudem.bsky.social · 4h

Finally, a list I’m proud to see NC on!

NCSU Dem @ncsudem.bsky.social · 4h

Finally, a list I’m proud to see NC on!

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Scratch Post Historical News @scratchpost.news · Aug 17

They are in a long game and Trump just wants their approval. I wonder after seeing this article if Trump Moscow never happening has something to do with this pandering. And Putin knows this and can just string him along.

scratchpost.news/trump-moscow...

Soviets Need Me, Says Trump (1987)

Trump’s 1987 claim that the Soviets courted him for Moscow luxury may explain why he’s still chasing Russia’s approval after never getting it.

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elijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 8h

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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 9h

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

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 8h

The Trump administration is planning to change the US refugee system to favor white people. At the same time, they’re in the Supreme Court fighting to gut the Voting Rights Act.

It’s no wonder young Republicans are sending racist messages. Racism is the official policy of the Republican Party.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12h

It's going up to $40 billion.

USAID's budget last year was $28 billion.

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 13h

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 19h

Russian propagandist Solovyev continues to entertain us. He went on X,saw my post and Polish FM Sikorski's comment,then started crying and screaming.He is still very upset about the villa in Italy that was taken away from him

By the way,Solovyev's 'media presence' is by now an artificial phenomenon

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Rick Paisano @sicilianrick.bsky.social · 16h

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 17h

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 7h

US judge halts shutdown layoffs as Trump threatens 10,000 jobs.

The shutdown has ground into its third week, with an estimated 1.4 million federal employees remaining at their posts unpaid or on enforced leave, also without pay

u.afp.com/SsJa

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