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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 8h

www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books.

Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them

Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years...

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1d

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edshendell.bsky.social @edshendell.bsky.social · 3h

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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 1d

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Chico Escuela @blaqdocdown.bsky.social · 23h

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6h

man this guy just sucks

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 6h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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edshendell.bsky.social @edshendell.bsky.social · 3h

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts

Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23h

Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.

Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 1d

The $700K a LA developer once involved in his state’s biggest bribery scandal invested in #Florida political campaigns paid off when Gov. Ron DeSastrous & Cabinet voted unanimously to buy a 4-acre parcel from him for $83 million. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/19/8... via @sundogwriter.bsky.social

$83 million for sandy Florida lot: Did GOP donations pay off for seller?

Robert Guidry’s campaign contributions paid off as he stands to make a $70 million profit off of a 4-acre parcel in Destin he bought in 2016 with the intention of developing a condominium and…

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 14h

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edshendell.bsky.social @edshendell.bsky.social · 8h

Some very tough, direct questions.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.

Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.

The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.

Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M

See the problem?

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edshendell.bsky.social @edshendell.bsky.social · 9h

This is you celebrating darkness

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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edshendell.bsky.social @edshendell.bsky.social · 9h

Santos' reformation does not include paying back those he ripped off. Trump's pardon removes the restitution requirement. Anyone he ripped off should be suing him in civil court.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

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GrouchyMarkx @grouchymarkx.bsky.social · 1d

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇦 Zelensky: We are not losing this war and Putin is not winning. His army is in a weak position now. They could occupy 1% of our land, but they spent 1.3 million people.

I don't understand why the leader of the largest country on Earth need some more kilometers. This war is about our independence.

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edshendell.bsky.social @edshendell.bsky.social · 1d

Wasn’t the first test the Hamas attack that killed 2 Israeli soldiers?

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 2d

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edshendell.bsky.social @edshendell.bsky.social · 1d

@cnn.com @cnn-news.bsky.social Which bozo is responsible for this?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the people CNN could’ve platformed to tell a personal redemption story, they chose the least authentic and deserving person in America for their dwindling audience.

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🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmmmmm

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Meidas_Pete @ferst60.bsky.social · 1d

2 jets 🤦🏻‍♂️

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Here is a map showing the exact spot a CHP vehicle was struck by shrapnel after a shell detonated over I-5 during the Trump-Vance missile firings at Camp Pendleton:

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edshendell.bsky.social @edshendell.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

OMG

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Chico Escuela @blaqdocdown.bsky.social · 2d

#NoKings

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Fairhope, representing Alabama and doing us all proud! And ma'am, if you need a lawyer, I can probably find a few.

thekoolaidmom.bsky.social @thekoolaidmom.bsky.social · 2d

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

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