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Rhonda 🩵🦋 @rhondasrealm.bsky.social · 1h

🔥We need more of this energy!🔥

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

🔥 COUNTRY SINGER @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social : "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and laugh when families are torn apart — and think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they’re brown or speaking Spanish.”

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 4d

Freelance reporter @leighgiangreco.bsky.social was on assignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social, covering Sept. 19 protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, when federal officers shot her with pepper balls.

The newsroom has since filed suit and won a temporary restraining order.

Freelancer struck by projectiles at Illinois anti-deportation protest

Freelance reporter Leigh Giangreco was shot with multiple pepper balls by federal officers while covering protests outside a U.S. Immigration …

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 1h

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Recession warning signs to watch: Goodbye lipstick, hello Hamburger Helper

Recession indicators have been satirized online. Here are actual recession warning signs to look out for.

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 1h

Trump honors Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Trump honors Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom - NewsBreak

The ceremony coincided with what would have been Kirk's 32nd birthday. It came just over a month after the Turning Point USA founder was fatally shot while

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 1h

Dozens threaten mass suicide in Putin’s Russia over unpaid wages as strikers climb on roof & vow to throw themselves off
Source: The US Sun
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Dozens threaten mass suicide in Putin’s Russia over unpaid wages as strikers climb on roof & vow to throw themselves off - NewsBreak

RUSSIAN workers have threatened to commit a mass suicide from a factory roof amid an unpaid wage dispute at a major power plant. More than 60 workers at th

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 1h

Dozens threaten mass suicide in Putin’s Russia over unpaid wages as strikers climb on roof & vow to throw themselves off
Source: The US Sun
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Dozens threaten mass suicide in Putin’s Russia over unpaid wages as strikers climb on roof & vow to throw themselves off - NewsBreak

RUSSIAN workers have threatened to commit a mass suicide from a factory roof amid an unpaid wage dispute at a major power plant. More than 60 workers at th

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hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social · 3h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

Groceries are up

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 3h

Trump’s Takeover Of Canadian Rare Earths Miners Raises Major Concerns
Source: Oilprice
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Trump’s Takeover Of Canadian Rare Earths Miners Raises Major Concerns - NewsBreak

Washington doubles down on critical minerals, with the Trump administration buying stakes in companies like Trilogy Metals, MP Materials, and Lithium Ameri

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 3h

Over 150 unvaccinated students stuck in three-week quarantine for measles exposure
Source: The Independent
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Over 150 unvaccinated students stuck in three-week quarantine for measles exposure - NewsBreak

Two schools in South Carolina have been forced to place at least 153 of their students under a three-week quarantine as a result of exposure to measles , a

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 3h

Elon Musk demands Trump send US troops to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’
Source: The Independent
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Elon Musk demands Trump send US troops to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’ - NewsBreak

Elon Musk has backed the deployment of federal troops to San Francisco, claiming in a gung-ho post that it is “the only solution” to the city’s drug proble

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "I'm just a little busy. I'd love to go to Argentina. I'd like to be like Biden. I'd like to go to the beach. My legs are not quite as thin as his. My legs are slightly heavier, my arms are slightly larger. My body is a little bit larger than his. I'm not sure it would be appreciated."

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 4h

'My body is a little bit larger than' Biden’s: Here are 5 wild moments from Trump’s presser

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'My body is a little bit larger than' Biden’s: Here are 5 wild moments from Trump’s presser

U.S. President Donald Trump's schedule, on Tuesday afternoon, October 14, included a meeting with visiting Argentine President Javier Milei in the White House.The Trump Administration is giving Argent...

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 5h

Has the Supreme Court Abandoned Originalism? newrepublic.com/article/2017... via @newrepublic.com

Has the Supreme Court Abandoned Originalism?

The right-wing majority has veered hard in the direction of the unitary executive theory—and a schism with conservative legal scholars is starting to widen.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 7h

'She's not afraid to be exactly who she is': A day inside Chappell Roan's feverish Pasadena show

'She’s not afraid to be exactly who she is': A day inside Chappell Roan's feverish Pasadena show

We spent a day among fans at Chappell Roan's 'Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things' pop-up concert at Brookside at the Rose Bowl.

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 7h

October 13, 2025
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October 13, 2025

Last Tuesday, President Donald J.

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 7h

How Crypto Became a Trump Trade
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How Crypto Became a Trump Trade

It’s primarily a vehicle for crony capitalism now

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 7h

The National Guard Was Never Meant for This
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The National Guard Was Never Meant for This

National Guard Units Are Not The Back-Up National Police For All Federal Agencies

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

Isn’t this the same deal Biden and Harris brokered before they left office?

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 11h

Behold the National Neckgina.

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 1d

Pray for Chicago and Portland, these war torn cities are full of scary Antifa terrorists in costume who are dancing in the streets and having fun, it’s some very scary stuff. 😉

#NoKingsInAmerica #Pinks #FightFascism 🦖🐸🦄🦈

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Martin @ampule2.bsky.social · 16h

LoL they are taking the piss for sure🤣🤣

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

They showed his neck vagina. That’s what he’s really upset about.

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 10h

A group of frogs is called an Army!
True story!

Let’s get our Army out there on Oct 18! 🐸

#NoKings

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11h

Our money to bail out Argentina!

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 13h

instead they get grandmas, and priests, and inflatable frogs, and ordinary decent people rising up and saying "this is vile, this is unamerican, these are secret police"

they get kristi noem in a staring contest with a guy in a chicken suit

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