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Following 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👬👭🌊💙🇺🇦 Democrat LGBTQ+ Resistance @therainbownavy.bsky.social · 1d

Know, when you see #GOP signs in yards of supporters, your neighbors, that members of that household are, without doubt--Guardians of Pedophiles--living near you

GOP signs should be deemed the equivalent of the sex offender registry.
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#MEGABOOST
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
#MeidasBoosts

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Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones

History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Profolus @profolus.com · 19h

The RAND Corporation first coined the term “firehose of falsehoods” in 2016 to describe a technique it observed in Russian propaganda under Vladimir Putin. Donald Trump is also another known user of this propaganda technique.

Firehosing: A Popular Propaganda Technique Used to Promote Ideologies or Spread False Information - Profolus

The firehose of falsehoods is a propaganda technique used by Russia under Vladimir Putin and in the communication strategy of Donald Trump.

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Quantum Magazine @quantum-magazine.bsky.social · 19h

Quantum crystals offer a blueprint for the future of computing and chemistry
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Quantum crystals offer a blueprint for the future of computing and chemistry

Imagine industrial processes that make materials or chemical compounds faster, cheaper, and with fewer steps than ever before. Imagine processing information in your laptop in seconds instead of minut...

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browwiw @browwiw.bsky.social · 1d

The ICE fascists have come to their self-identities in schismogenesis with the phantom of Antifa. They created identity by differentiating themselves from an imagined but specific enemy. Without that enemy to legitimate their posturing, they realize they look like fools and thugs.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19h

Authorities warn locals and tourists to stay at least 6km away from the site of the volcano.

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupts, sends volcanic ash 10km high

Authorities warn locals and tourists to stay at least 6km away from the site of the volcano.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 20h

Hamas has handed over four more bodies of hostages to Israel, leading Israel to allow Gaza's key Rafah crossing to reopen on Wednesday for humanitarian aid to reach the Palestinian territory.
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Hamas hands over four more hostage bodies as 600 aid trucks to enter Gaza

Israel will allow Gaza’s key Rafah crossing to reopen on Wednesday for humanitarian aid.

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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 20h

❌ Russia loses 1,070 soldiers over past day

Russia loses 1,070 soldiers over past day

Russia has lost 1,070 soldiers killed and wounded and more than 500 weapons and pieces of military equipment over the past day.

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 19h

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I chaired the US Federal Election Commission. Now there’s no cop on the beat | Ellen L Weintraub

Democracy is under attack – and the watchdog agency has no quorum. It must be restored

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 20h

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London Became a Global Hub for Phone Theft. Now We Know Why.

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Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 20h

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Yamuna Ramachandran (@theprogressiveprimer)

absolutely. Use the full phrase. It does create distance to say Antifa, because the way it’s pronounced, doesn’t sound like the words Anti or Fascist.

Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 20h

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SugarRhi~ (@sugarrhi)

“This corruption has a body count “

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Political Witch (@politicalwitch1)

From US Democratic Socialists………”Republican Thomas Massie SLAMS his own party: "Let me get this straight: Congress wants to prosecute 14 yr. olds as adults, but they don't want to prosecute adults who...

Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 20h

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Beware the Oligarch's AI Bubble

They’re likely to burst.

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 20h

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Michele’s💙🌊 (@democraticwarrior)

This regime is all about cruelty!! 💔

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Latino Victory (@latinovictoryus)

Adelita Grijalva: Speaker Mike Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 20h

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Latino Victory (@latinovictoryus)

Adelita Grijalva: Marching to Speaker Johnson’s office with Democratic Women’s Caucus and House Democrats to demand I get sworn in.

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ICE is Abusing The Badge to Terrorize and Occupy Americans

A recording from Tara Setmayer and THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali's live video

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 21h

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Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 267

October 13, 2025

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 21h

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Quid Pro Presidency

Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits fro...

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 21h

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Trump Has Turned the Presidency Into a Grifting Empire

From foreign jets and luxury watches to shady crypto and Middle East real estate, Trump's wealth is soaring while everyday Americans struggle.

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 21h

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The Hidden Cost of Great Wealth

When the rich stop answering to anyone, corruption stops being the exception and becomes the system...

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Anne Settanni No DMs please @annesettanni.bsky.social · 21h

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The Truth about Panics

One is being generated right now

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