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Brooklyn Girl
@sharonfrances.bsky.social
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(Formerly Sharon Frances) Brooklynite, Senior, LGBTQ+ ally, Retired Sp Ed teacher, Animal Lover, Democracy Princess-Warrior, Optimist Knowledge is Power 🇺🇸💙🏳️‍🌈🤞🏼
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bloomberg.com
Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 17h
China has agreed to suspend the rare-earth export controls it announced earlier this month for one year. Here's what to know about its dominance of the supply chain for these critical raw materials.
Why Rare Earths Are China’s Trump Card in Trade War
Rare earths are among the most critical raw materials on the planet, deeply embedded in the technologies that underpin modern life. Yet few people had even heard of them until the eruption of the US-China trade war thrust them into the limelight.
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Morning Joe @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social · 17h
'Indefensible!' Fury erupts as Trump shuts Dems out of key military briefing www.rawstory.com/trump-briefi...
'Indefensible!' Fury erupts as Trump shuts Dems out of key military briefing
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) issued a statement on Wednesday evening, tearing into the Trump administration for holding a briefing with the Senate on the recent military strikes on suspected narcotics smug...
www.rawstory.com
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 17h
Trump moaned about his workload Thursday despite claiming to have secured “Trillions of Dollars” during his Asia trip.
Trump, 79, Has Total Meltdown Over Having to Work ‘Really Hard’
“Worked really hard, 24/7,” the president said, moaning that he didn’t get more credit from across the aisle.
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NPR @npr.org · 17h
President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an "equal basis" with Russia and China. n.pr/4oOwegG
Trump suggests the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons
President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an "equal basis" with Russia and China.
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastword.msnbc.com · 2d
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Trump and GOP effectively taking food from Americans as shutdown cuts to food stamps loom youtu.be/gdMSpWywcAU?...
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell with white text over his shoulder: Republicans did this
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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 3d
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d
Do populists always crash the economy?
Do populists always crash the economy?
Argentina is counting the cost of its turn to Javier Milei. Politicians from Donald Trump to Giorgia Meloni and Nigel Farage will be closely watching what happens next
www.theguardian.com
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thebulwark.com
The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d
"Not all of the criminals looking for a way out were savvy enough to publicly praise Trump before getting locked up." A sentence you could only write when Trump is the president.
Want a Pardon? Sweet-Talk Trump
Criminal politicians praise the president in hopes he’ll hand them ‘get out of jail free’ cards.
www.thebulwark.com
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cnn.com
CNN @cnn.com · 4d
At least one person was killed and six others injured in a shooting at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University Saturday night, during the historically Black university’s Homecoming weekend, according to officials.
1 dead, 6 injured in shooting during homecoming at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, officials say | CNN
At least one person was killed and six others injured in a shooting at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University Saturday night, during the historically Black university’s Homecoming weekend, according to off...
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bloomberg.com
Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 4d
Correction: President Trump said he’s increasing US tariffs on Canada by 10% in response to an anti-tariff advertisement by the province of Ontario
Trump Says He’s Increasing Canada Tariff by 10% After Ontario Ad
President Donald Trump said he’s increasing US tariffs on Canada by 10% in response to an anti-tariff advertisement by sponsored the state of Ontario that has roiled one of the world’s biggest bilateral trade relationships.
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propublica.org
ProPublica @propublica.org · 7d
NEW: On inspection reports, the FDA routinely blacks out the names of drugs coming from foreign factories found to have manufacturing failures, keeping information about potentially ineffective or unsafe medications secret from the public.
Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures that could make them ineffective or unsafe.
www.propublica.org
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atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d
Goldman: "We are combining the weaponization of the DOJ with his grift and corruption to make money off the presidency. It is completely absurd. Trump would've been convicted at trial in both of those cases. The only reason they went away is bc he won the election...it's a shakedown of his own govt"
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 9d
He will almost certainly demolish the West Wing before this is done, and I wouldn't be surprised if he demolished most of the White House. He doesn't care and no one is stopping him. He's an unrestrained tyrant and wants to build monuments to himself.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 9d
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House. Monday's photo from the Washington Post
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10d
Congressman's alleged affair with aide before she set herself on fire
The Republican allegedly had an affair with his senior aide, multiple sources have told the Daily Mail. She later died after dousing herself with gasoline and setting herself on fire at home.
www.dailymail.co.uk
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nytimes.com
The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10d
A man who appeared to be planning a large-scale attack at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was arrested on Monday after his family alerted law enforcement officials that he was on his way there to “shoot it up,” the authorities said.
Man Is Arrested After Threatening to Open Fire at Atlanta Airport, Police Say
The man, Billy Cagle, 49, was arrested after family members told the police that he was headed to the airport, “in their words, ‘to shoot it up,’” Atlanta’s police chief said.
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theatlantic.com
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10d
More than a third of the recruits at ICE's training academy are failing the personal-fitness test, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports. “It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told Miroff.
ICE’s ‘Athletically Allergic’ Recruits
Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 10d
Today marks the first day of early voting in Texas! For the November 4 election, the early voting window runs from October 20 to October 31.

Make your voice heard, check your polling location, bring one of the approved photo IDs, and vote early.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10d
NEW: Four years after GOP lawmakers in Georgia enacted one of the most aggressive anti-voting laws in the country, new evidence filed in federal court shows that Senate Bill 202 has drastically deepened racial inequalities in voting access in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Georgia’s Sweeping Anti-Voting Law Suppressed Black Votes, New Data Shows
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 10d
Democrats should use the phrase “The People’s House” about one million times this week.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 10d
‘Stop Mamdani’: The New York Post Calls on Curtis Sliwa to Drop Out of NYC Mayoral Race
www.mediaite.com
‘Stop Mamdani’: The New York Post Calls on Curtis Sliwa to Drop Out of NYC Mayoral Race
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Brooklyn Girl @sharonfrances.bsky.social · 10d
The Department of Homeland Security is spending $172 million of your taxpayer dollars to purchase private jets so Kristi Noem can travel.
And DHS is spending $51 million taxpayer dollars on ads thanking Trump.
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Brooklyn Girl @sharonfrances.bsky.social · 10d
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What did you say to Mika B that upset her?
And I give you credit for going on that show. They almost never let you speak.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 11d
I've been sounding this alarm forever.

They're doing all they can to predetermine election outcomes.
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politico.com
Politico @politico.com · 13d
Mamdani dominated the evening. Cuomo needed a moment that he didn’t get. Five takeaways from last night's NYC mayoral debate👇
Five takeaways from the New York City mayoral debate
Zohran Mamdani dominated the evening, while Andrew Cuomo couldn’t induce any major mistakes.
www.politico.com
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atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d
Jeffries: "You've got Leavitt, who's sick, she's out of control. I'm not sure if she's just demented, ignorant, a stone cold liar, or all of the above. But the notion that an official WH spokesperson would say that the D Party consists of 'terrorists, violent criminals & undocumented immigrants'..."
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