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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 13h

"Democratic politicians are getting a preview of the gauntlet they'll have to run in 2028 if they can't break from Israel."

Podcast Interviews With Booker, Newsom Reveal How Urgently Democrats Must 'Break From Israel'

Two viral podcast interviews with potential Democratic 2028 presidential candidates highlight the party's disconnect on Israel and Palestinian rights. Are Democrats ready to break from Israel and corporate interests to truly represent the working class? The base demands answers. #2028Election

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 13h

youtu.be/VriYM3JS9EQ?... DL Hughley & Vlad Argue Over Dave Chappelle Saying He Can Speak More Freely in Saudi Arabia (Part 6) |

DL Hughley & Vlad Argue Over Dave Chappelle Saying He Can Speak More Freely in Saudi Arabia (Part 6)

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 14h

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you. Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 14h

A pregnant Amazon employee asked for a chair to sit on—and wound up homeless. “You’re just a number to them.” | www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A pregnant Amazon employee asked for a chair to sit on—and wound up homeless

"You're just a number to them."

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CNBC @cnbc.com · 14h

Sam Altman says OpenAI isn't 'moral police of the world' after erotica ChatGPT post blows up

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said his company is "not the elected moral police of the world" after receiving backlash over his decision to allow erotica on ChatGPT.

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 14h

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Things to know about the Qatar training facility planned for an Idaho Air Force base. |

Things to know about the Qatar training facility planned for an Idaho Air Force base

When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning that the federal government had reached an agreement with Qatar to build a facility at an Air Force base in Idaho, social media posts ...

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 15h

youtu.be/OBZvXTS1sbw?... South Korea Pulls Factory Investments In America After INSANE Trump Policies |

South Korea Pulls Factory Investments In America After INSANE Trump Policies

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 15h

youtu.be/N8lPVAahu4I?... The Beginning of The End | Sora 2 A.I. | Open A.I. |

The Beginning of The End

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 15h

youtu.be/sLBXD1yE8GM?... Why Billionaire Companies Are BUYING Up Farmland in Ohio |

Why Billionaire Companies Are BUYING Up Farmland in Ohio

YouTube video by Ohio Housing Nerd

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 15h

youtu.be/D-fFsLCMvDA?... Traveling the Caribbean as a Black Woman Over 40 | My Favorite (and Least Favorite) Islands to Visit |

Traveling the Caribbean as a Black Woman Over 40 | My Favorite (and Least Favorite) Islands to Visit

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 15h

youtu.be/dwfWiPdMUHM?... Where Is Dr. Ian Roberts? Superintendent Disappeared by ICE | No Due Process, No Transparency | Des Moines, IA

Where Is Dr. Ian Roberts? Superintendent Disappeared by ICE | No Due Process, No Transparency

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 15h

Fuuuuuck you!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Brooke Rollins: "Charlie Kirk is in a way the modern day Thomas Jefferson."

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 23h

www.youtube.com/live/AFGF5KO... White Farmer Blames China Instead Of Trump For Messing Off Their $12B In Soybean Sales |

White Farmer Blames China Instead Of Trump For Messing Off Their $12B In Soybean Sales

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The Economist @economist.com · 2d

A new merger wave has begun in America. Like its predecessors, it is energised by technological promise, enthusiastic credit markets, willing politicians and striving bosses

Never mind America’s real economy. Its deal economy is booming

Donald Trump has unleashed an M&A bonanza

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 2d

'It's a Disaster': Medical Experts Horrified by Trump Administration 'Friday Night Massacre' at CDC. “Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity,” warned one expert. “We won’t recover.” www.commondreams.org/news/cdc-mas...

'It's a Disaster': Medical Experts Horrified by Trump Administration 'Friday Night Massacre' at CDC | Common Dreams

The Trump administration's mass layoffs of CDC public health officials leave the US vulnerable to disease outbreaks. Experts warn of dire consequences.

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 2d

Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Decades Finally Freed—And Gets Immediately Nabbed by ICE. ICE is preparing to deport an exonerated man to a country he hasn’t set foot in since he was nine months old, his family alleges. www.commondreams.org/news/ice-det...

Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Decades Finally Freed—And Gets Immediately Nabbed by ICE | Common Dreams

Man wrongfully imprisoned for murder, freed only to be detained by ICE. Family fights for justice. Immigration courts urged to intervene.

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 2d

23 rumors we've fact-checked related to U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. Supreme Court justices are often the subject of online speculation. www.snopes.com/collections/...

23 rumors we've fact-checked related to U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court justices are often the subject of online speculation.

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 2d

youtu.be/wjsuXGRa5HU?... Nataanii Means & ANTOINEX Speak On Indigenous Peoples' Day, Native Misconceptions, Hip Hop + More |

Nataanii Means & ANTOINEX Speak On Indigenous Peoples' Day, Native Misconceptions, Hip Hop + More

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Why the hell does Trump’s Department of War keep using RUSSIAN military images? This is by no mean the first time this has happened.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

Florida’s surgeon general’s anti-vax beliefs are only the tip of a very deeply weird iceberg.

Joseph Ladapo’s guiding voice? His wife, who believes she can talk to “Archangel Michael, Mary Magdalene, and many other beings of light.”

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 3d

youtu.be/6riGNaM0YpY?... Virginia GOP Candidate for Governor ABANDONED By Trump | Winsome Earle-Sears | MAGA |

Virginia GOP Candidate for Governor ABANDONED By Trump

YouTube video by Reese Waters

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Sheldon @cinshel.bsky.social · 4d

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Charlotte Crist @touchesky.bsky.social · 4d

I’M IN w/My 5 Broken Ribs and My Walker! SEE YOU THERE NEW ORLEANS!

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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