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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 9h

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 9h

"Fain suggested that more working-class people need to run for office, like independent US Senate candidate Dan Osborn in Nebraska, a... leader in the 2021 Kellogg’s strike, and Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner in Maine.... ‘We need a movement for the American dream for everybody.’"

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 9h

United Auto Workers' Shawn Fain shares the four top political priorities of 90% of his members. "...wages, health care, retirement & [leisure] time — no more twelve-hour days, or working two jobs. ‘It’s not the border. It’s not bathrooms. It’s not religious beliefs.’" jacobin.com/2025/10/fain...

Shawn Fain: “We Need More Than a Party — We Need a Movement”

UAW president Shawn Fain, speaking at a Center for Working-Class Politics and Jacobin event, emphasized the need for a political program that addresses workers’ most basic issues — and how a broad str...

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 9h

"Ouattara is... among a... number of leaders in West Africa who remain in power by changing constitutional term limits. He justified his decision to run again by saying that the Ivory Coast is facing unprecedented security, economic & monetary challenges that require experience to manage..."

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 9h

237 anti-government protesters arrested in Ivory Coast. "Earlier this year, four main opposition figures… were barred from running [for president] by the electoral commission. Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara... has been in power since 2010..." www.courthousenews.com/ivory-coast-...

Ivory Coast arrests 237 protesters amid rising tensions before presidential election

Ivory Coast authorities detained more than 200 demonstrators during protests in Abidjan on Saturday, as opposition groups accused the government of stifling dissent ahead of next month’s presidential ...

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 9h

Trump claims Biden put 274 FBI agents in Capitol Riot crowd. "Trump was the president on January 6, 2021, not Joe Biden.... FBI Director Kash Patel [has] clarified that, ‘agents were sent into a crowd control mission after the riot was declared by Metro Police.’” www.newsweek.com/trump-repeat...

Trump falsely claims "Biden FBI" placed agents in Jan. 6 crowd

“THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6,” the president wrote in a late-night post to Truth Social.

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 9h

Soldiers side with anti-corruption protesters in Madagascar. “Madagascar’s prime minister called for calm after an elite group of soldiers joined thousands of protesters against the country’s president on the streets of the capital on Saturday afternoon." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Soldiers from elite Capsat unit join protests against Madagascar’s president

Demonstrators march alongside regiment, who earlier in the day said they would not fire on the crowds

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 9h

Appeals court upholds ban on use of troops in Illinois. "The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Saturday upheld the judge’s ruling, but did partially grant the Trump administration’s request for [a] stay by allowing troops to remain federalized pending their appeal..." abc7chicago.com/post/protest...

Appeals court upholds ruling blocking Trump admin. from deploying National Guard in Illinois

As demonstrators kept their fight going outside the Broadview ICE facility on Saturday, at the same time, a court battle seemed to put an end to federal plans to have the National Guard on Chicago are...

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 1d

"If the government is hiding all of these things from the public, how come no one ever comes forward? Could the government really keep a secret?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkU7...

The Age of Disclosure | Official Trailer (2025)

YouTube video by The Age Of Disclosure

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 1d

If I had told you, prior to Edward Snowden's revelations, that the U.S. government was operating mass surveillance programs targeting the American public, tracking their phone calls, emails, text messages and internet activity, you would have called me a 'tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorist'.

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 1d

"Secret documents leaked by former NSA contract worker Edward Snowden have shown that the agency has been collecting metadata from phone records on millions of Americans. The documents also indicated an ability to conduct surveillance on Americans' Internet activities."

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 1d

"After telling Congress that the NSA does not collect data on millions of Americans, National Intelligence Director James Clapper has issued an apology, telling Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein that his statement was 'clearly erroneous'." www.npr.org/sections/the...

Clapper Apologizes For Answer On NSA's Data Collection

When National Intelligence Director James Clapper was asked in March by Sen. Ron Wyden if the NSA collects "any type of data at all on millions, or hundreds of millions of Americans," he answered, "No...

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 1d

"The 1973 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Worker's Party of Vietnam Politburo representative Lê Đức Thọ 'for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973'." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_No...

1973 Nobel Peace Prize - Wikipedia

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 1d

If I understand correctly, the Jewish peace groups targeted by the Trump administration are protesting against Israel's attacks on civilians in Gaza. They aren't 'anti-semites' and I don't think they support Hamas.

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Appeals court: Cops don’t have to reimburse homeowner for damage, even if search warrant was faulty. "They were searching for a suspect... who they believed, based on his IP address, had accessed the internet from Hadley's house. ...however, ...he had never been there." reason.com/2025/10/10/t...

This Indiana city doesn’t have to pay an innocent mom $16,000 after police wrecked her home, court rules

Law enforcement launched 30 tear gas canisters into Amy Hadley's home, smashed windows, ransacked furniture, destroyed security cameras, and more. The government gave her nothing.

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 1d

"In 1981, the Supreme Court upheld the male-only system in Rostker v. Goldberg, ruling that excluding women was justified since they were excluded from combat. ....The ban on women in combat was lifted in 2013, and by 2016, the Pentagon opened all military roles to women."

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 1d

Men’s group appeals decision upholding sexist draft registration law. "A challenge to the military’s all-male draft registration system hit a steep roadblock on Friday as the Ninth Circuit signaled reluctance to overturn longstanding Supreme Court precedent." www.courthousenews.com/men-renew-ch...

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 1d

"'And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone. In our view, America’s leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence.'"

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 1d

Massachusetts Institute of Technology won't sign ‘compact’ for colleges seeking federal funding. "‘The document… includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution.'" www.commondreams.org/news/mit-did...

'MIT Did the Right Thing': First School Rejects Trump Extortion Compact | Common Dreams

MIT became the first school to reject President Donald Trump's "extortion" agreement for federal funding. Critics of his compact urge other universities to follow suit.

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 1d

I find it very amusing that Trump supporters think it’s ok for the U.S. to have military bases in foreign countries all over the world, but that the idea of hosting a foreign military base in the U.S. is horrific and shameful.

Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s supporters go nuts over planned Qatari ‘airbase’ in Idaho. "...Laura Loomer [wrote]..., ‘I have never felt more betrayed by the GOP.’ Steve Bannon... told Newsweek..., ‘There should never be a military base of a foreign power on the sacred soil of America.’" www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-...

Trump admin sparks MAGA fury with Qatari Air Force base in US—"betrayed"

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the U.S. has approved a Qatari Air Force base in Idaho.

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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 1d

Former prison guard testifies against co-workers at murder trial. "[Robert] Brooks had never become violent or threatening and never fought back, [Robert] Kessler said. ...[they] colluded to write reports together that made the incident look much less severe..." www.syracuse.com/crime/2025/1...

Guard who took plea in beating death of Robert Brooks testifies against other guards

He detailed the repeated beatings of the inmate at Marcy Correctional Facility and the attempted cover-up.

www.syracuse.com