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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 2h

The most expensive political ad campaign of the year is being run by the Department of Homeland Security.

$51 million dollars

We have the money to ensure Americans get health care. We just choose not to.

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

www.axios.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1h

🚨🚨🚨 Governor Hochul holds nothing back in a sharp, yet poetic response to a question about exposed texts. 1/2

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stevethdemocrat @stevethdemocrat.bsky.social · 9m

I wonder what happens with people like this 🤔
See below 😒

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1h

It's been 22 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in. At what point will political reporters start calling this a constitutional crisis?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 42m

We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

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Xenta @xenta.bsky.social · 30m

Air raid siren🚨in Kyiv😾
There's an information about the missile fired at Kyiv (most probably to the power plant on the left bank)
I'm in the office

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Diosa Luna @rainsong9.bsky.social · 8m

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LordSteveyPofStoke @lordsteveyp.bsky.social · 9m

So the BBC covers ReformUK so much due to their popularity in the polls.
However if the BBC and other media actually challenged their lies and overt racism they probably WOULDN'T HAVE the poll numbers they have.
All we get is his face and slogans plus a slant towards stories of migrants.

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BBC News - China seizes 60,000 maps over 'mislabelled' Taiwan
www.bbc.com/news/article...

China seizes 60,000 maps over 'mislabelled' Taiwan

The maps also omitted "important islands", the source of competing claims between Beijing and its neighbours.

www.bbc.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1h

Color me shocked.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h

Man escapes ICE while handcuffed, bystanders use pliers to free him.
Salt Lake City, UT

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 4h

I don't think Putin can afford to admit that the war hasn't been a mistake&stop the war he cannot win.This’ll mean the end of his power.He needs a war that lasts- lasts until the end of his life

Is Putin ready to stop the war?That is the wrong question
The right question is:Can Putin stop the war?⤵️

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🦋 Frankie 🦋 @frankiemillie10.bsky.social · 5h

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Army Times @armytimes.bsky.social · 1h

The US Army’s first hypersonic battery will have its full load of eight missiles by December, marking a major milestone in the program.

US Army’s first hypersonic battery to be fully equipped by December

The US Army’s first hypersonic battery will have its full load of eight missiles by December, marking a major milestone in the program.

www.armytimes.com

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 15h

Federal immigration agents reportedly detained the parents of a U.S. Marine during a visit to Camp Pendleton, California, leading to the father's subsequent deportation.

www.newsweek.com/us-marines-i...

US Marine’s Parents Detained by ICE While Visiting Military Base

The parents were initially taken into custody on base and later released with ankle monitors, before being detained again.

www.newsweek.com

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 12h

ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.

The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.

newrepublic.com/post/201774/...

ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

newrepublic.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 11h

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...

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

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

www.theguardian.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned UK inflation is set to surge to the highest in the G7 in 2025 and 2026

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

UK facing highest inflation in G7 in yet another pre-Budget blow for Reeves

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is predicting the UK will have the highest inflation in the G7

www.independent.co.uk

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1d

🇪🇺🇺🇦 Kallas handed over several dozen units of equipment for border guards. In 2024–2025, the EU has already handed over 40 vehicles.

❗️Considering how much the losses of vehicles on the front have increased, the pickup trucks that Kallas brought are a significant help.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 13h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Dan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 17h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Mike Johnson does a gigantic eye roll in response to Fox News pressing him on the Epstein coverup

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15h

Cory Mills, boy I dunno

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/14/j...

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · 18h

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