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Duras críticas a la sumisión de Milei a la Casa Blanca | Desde Fuerza Patria dejaron clara la disyuntiva que se juega en la elección del 26 de octubre

J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 44m

Duras críticas a la sumisión de Milei a la Casa Blanca | Desde Fuerza Patria dejaron clara la disyuntiva que se juega en la elección del 26 de octubre - www.pagina12.com.ar/865915-duras...

Cristina Kirchner, Jorge Taiana y Sergio Massa, entre otros, se expresaron tras la reunión de Milei en Estados Unidos.

Represión a comunidades qom del Impenetrable chaqueño | Piden la restitución de pensiones por invalidez y AUH

J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 44m

Represión a comunidades qom del Impenetrable chaqueño | Piden la restitución de pensiones por invalidez y AUH - www.pagina12.com.ar/865965-repre...

El Comité contra la Tortura de la provincia del Chaco afirmó que la Policía disparó apuntando a los cuerpos de los manifestantes, y de la cintura para arriba. Las comunidades afirman que hay al menos ...

Trump pasó del apoyo a la extorsión y aguó la fiesta | "Si no gana Milei, no seremos generosos con Argentina", dijo, y se derrumbaron los mercados

J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 45m

Trump pasó del apoyo a la extorsión y aguó la fiesta | "Si no gana Milei, no seremos generosos con Argentina", dijo, y se derrumbaron los mercados - www.pagina12.com.ar/865916-trump...

El clima de festejos en la bolsa a la espera de anuncios se vio frustrada por la falta de resultados y el tono condicionante del presidente de EE.UU. La visita de Milei a la Casa Blanca no tuvo el mar...

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J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 48m

Robert De Niro urges Americans to ‘stand up and be counted’ in anti-Trump protests

In video, the two-time Oscar winner also invoked the pledge of allegiance to say ‘we’re all in this together’

Trump threatens to cut US aid to Argentina if Milei loses election

J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 48m

Trump amenaza con recortar la ayuda estadounidense a Argentina si Milei pierde las elecciones www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US president says ‘we will not be generous’ if leader fails to win key midterms after promising $20bn to prop up struggling economy

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J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 58m

‘Cruellest forms of torture’: freed Palestinians describe horrors of Israeli jail

Men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two...

LA to declare state of emergency over Ice raids to assist affected families

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 10h

ICE goons are terrorizing LA to the point where elected officials need to treat it akin to a public health and safety emergency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Move will allow county board of supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants amid immigration crack down on city

Federal agents gas Chicago’s East Side • The TRiiBE

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 18h

NEW — For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in a Chicago residential area.

Members of the media, Chicago police officers on the scene for crowd control, and the broader nearby community were also exposed to the tear gas.

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For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods.

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Full of Contempt @m-theory3.bsky.social · 21h

This is the nation that we are now. This nation is unbelievably sick.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 23h

#AcademicSky

jtickel STAND WITH UKRAINE @tickedoff.bsky.social · 1d

wrenching decline in literacy of bottom half of American schoolchildren.

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America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy

Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.

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J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 1d

"Parece que no está preparado para gobernar": Senador Ossandón repasa a Kast y asegura que sus dichos denotan "falta de conocimiento en administración pública"

El senador Manuel José Ossandón (RN) salió a repasar al candidato presidencial del Partido Republicano, José Antonio Kast, quien -recordemos- aseguró que

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J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 1d

Kast y la promesa de Estado de Sitio: la excepción como costumbre

De concretarse una victoria de Kast, Chile ingresaría en una nueva fase de su tradición autoritaria: una en la que la excepcionalidad dejaría de ser un recurso transitorio para convertirse en principi...

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J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 1d

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Presidente Boric destaca acuerdo de paz en Gaza y pide que el hambre “no sea arma de guerra”

Desde Roma, el Mandatario valoró el inicio del acuerdo de paz entre Israel y Hamás, promovido por Donald Trump, y llamó a “acabar con la miseria y la masacre”. “No podemos tolerar nunca más que el ham...

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J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 1d

Un candidato de los trabajadores | La CGT llamó a "reventar las urnas" junto a Jorge Taiana - www.pagina12.com.ar/865535-un-ca...

Un candidato de los trabajadores | La CGT llamó a "reventar las urnas" junto a Jorge Taiana

El candidato de Fuerza Patria compartió acto con la central sindical. Juntos rechazaron la reforma laboral que planea Milei.

Milei lo autorizó: $60 millones del presupuesto argentino para entrenar a soldados de EE.UU. | “Operación Tridente”

J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 1d

Milei lo autorizó: $60 millones del presupuesto argentino para entrenar a soldados de EE.UU. | “Operación Tridente” - www.pagina12.com.ar/865488-milei...

El decreto presidencial habilita a las Fuerzas Armadas estadounidenses a entrenar en tres bases navales argentinas. La medida se toma sin aval del Congreso y genera críticas por el costo y las implica...

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J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 1d

Right to protest is under sustained attack in the west, report finds

Counter-terror laws being ‘weaponised’ against pro-Palestine groups in UK, US, France and Germany, says FIDH

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

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Christine @klaxoncomms.com · 1d

Had a lovely paddle on Saturday with SKABC in the Harrison River. Saw salmon spawning and bald eagles fighting over fish.

Picture taken on the water from a red kayak. The sun is peeking out from clouds. You can see trees in the distance and two other kayakers in the midground.

A bald eagle sitting on a river's edge with a dead fish.

Several kayaks on a shoreline with a river and tree covered hills in the background.

The shore of Harrison Lake -- water in the foreground with hills covered in trees in the background.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 1d

"Signing that document would make us stenographers parroting press releases, not watchdogs holding government officials accountable."

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

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US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas