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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1d

So basically this is Iranian Hostage Crisis 2.0, just with a 9-month delay in the payoff for no particular reason.

Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 1d

This seems like confirmation

Then Mr. Trump won the presidency back, and the Biden administration was determined to get a cease-fire in place by January, before it left office. It drafted a peace plan, much of which was quite similar to the “20 point plan” Mr. Trump recently issued. There was slow progress: More than 130 hostages had been released by the time the January cease-fire took place.

“We handed over a cease-fire that silenced the guns, had hostages coming out and aid going in, along with a day-after plan to make it permanent,” Mr. Blinken said. But when the new administration took over, “the moment was squandered,” he added. “Israel and Hamas went back to war for eight months.”

Israeli officials tell a different story. Mr. Biden was a lame duck, they noted, and disengaged. Mr. Trump was a known entity, less likely to lecture Mr. Netanyahu in private or public. They put their money on a new president, and a new negotiating team

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 9h

🌍 Carbon offsets largely fail to cut emissions

A 25-year review found most carbon offset schemes do not reduce global heating, with systemic flaws like double counting and temporary projects undermining real progress.

🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#SciComm #Climate #CarbonOffsets 🧪

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Land Snark @land-snark.bsky.social · 1d

Yet, if ONE Republican changed their vote to "Yes," on the Discharge Petition, that would close it and they'd have no more reason to stay on vacation.

God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in.

The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.

They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1d

“Residents described scenes of panic as dozens of families fled their homes under heavy gunfire, many of them displaced multiple times during the war.

"This time people weren't fleeing Israeli attacks," one resident said. "They were running from their own people."

Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 1d

Guess what? Israel isn't killing these Gazans.

Hamas is.

Gazans are dying. It's not a Genocide, but it's still bad.

So...where is Greta Thunberg and her Pro-Palestinan Protester pals now? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Gaza City clashes between Hamas and clan members leave 27 dead

At least 27 people have been killed in one of the most violent internal confrontations since Israeli troops withdrew.

www.bbc.com

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 19h

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Don Schreiber/Methane Mad Man @vivarioarriba.bsky.social · 8h

Saw that, too.

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Don Schreiber/Methane Mad Man @vivarioarriba.bsky.social · 8h

Exkampftly!

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 15h

Sherrod Brown says he raised $7 million for his #OHSen comeback campaign during his first six weeks, plus another $1 million for a joint fundraising committee. mailchi.mp/sherrodbrown...

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 11h

Cautionary tale for New Mexico ...

Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 1d

“The water situation in South Texas is about as dire as I’ve ever seen it,” said Mike Howard, chief executive of Howard Energy Partners, a private energy company that owns several facilities in Corpus Christi. “It has all the energy in the world, and it doesn’t have water.”

Exxon and Tesla.

This Texas Town Is an Energy Powerhouse. It’s Running Out of Water.

A severe drought has Corpus Christi scrambling to meet growing demand from companies like Exxon and Tesla that have invested billions of dollars in the region.

www.wsj.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 20h

oh. right.

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 1d

The staff of the CDC - all public servants with impeccable credentials - often do unheralded work.

It’s that very work which makes us clinicians much smarter - they let us know of new threats, give us key disease trends, and help shape our diagnostic acumen.

A functioning CDC is good medicine.

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nojustdan.bsky.social @nojustdan.bsky.social · 9h

Obviously she is positioning herself for the post Trump GOP. apple.news/A3VDuuT1iRQu...

Once a loyal foot soldier, Marjorie Taylor Greene is increasingly bucking her party — NBC News

From the Gaza war to the Epstein files to the government shutdown, the MAGA-aligned congresswoman has grown critical of her fellow Republicans.

apple.news

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13h

Trump never would’ve had the same class as Biden did here

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

👇👇

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Bob says: GOP == CRIME @yd52.bsky.social · 14h

ICE == GOP GESTAPO

It will get worse!
They are committing violence in order to spark violence that will serve as THE EXCUSE for declaring martial law!
#usdemocracy

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE GOONS, laughing and pepper spraying Pastor after shooting him in the face with pepper balls, proceeded to gas the crowd who were trying to protect him.

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 11h

So ICE is interfering with the right of people to practice their religion 🤔

The 1st Amendment's Free Exercise Clause protects an individuals' rights to practice their religion

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 18h

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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I Should’ve Been a Cowgirl @seizeday.bsky.social · 10h

Here is a tip for protesting. Don’t take your phone!!!!
#epsteinfiles
#nokingsday
@gentlem.bsky.social @pattyger.bsky.social @dcombes.bsky.social
@sterlinghunter.bsky.social @gigiangel.bsky.social
@seizeday.bsky.social
@fireeyebooks.bsky.social @bluebird4us.bsky.social
@pittsburghlady.bsky.social

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maegutz.bsky.social @maegutz.bsky.social · 9h

Hmm 🤔 k

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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 23h

soooo my Chicagoans, has anyone else's neighborhood facebook group gone from desperately apolitical (regarding federal politics) to at least 40% about ICE/DHS activity and organizing against it? like it's hard to overstate this shift

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

tfw you're forced to listen to Trump

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Bob says: GOP == CRIME @yd52.bsky.social · 19h

Pushback against the GOP CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE!
#usdemocracy
www.youtube.com/shorts/9iSJH...

DOJ in hot water over Kilmar Abrego Garcia case

YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer

www.youtube.com

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Robin Kirby @robinmk.bsky.social · 10h

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!!!

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Don Schreiber/Methane Mad Man @vivarioarriba.bsky.social · 9h

Time is trolling us, and...

every pic of him is vile.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11h

Is TIME trolling him with this vile picture on their cover?

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 10h

An ambulance was summoned to the ICE office in Portland to treat an injured protester, but when the patient was loaded inside ICE agents refused to let the ambulance leave & threatened to shoot the ambulance driver

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Gina @cissybgood67.bsky.social · 9h

Billionaire #MacKenzieScott Donates $42 Million to Expand College and Career Opportunities for Low-Income U.S. Students 😊🎓

www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mackenzie-sc...

MacKenzie Scott Donates $42 Million to Expand College and Career Opportunities for Low-Income U.S. Students

Nonprofit that pays for college and career opportunities for low-income students gets “transformational gift” of $42mil from MacKenzie Scott.

www.goodnewsnetwork.org

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