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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: The Trump administration quietly lifted sanctions on Wednesday against the Putin-backed Serbian leader Milorad Dodik after an intensive campaign on his behalf by Trump allies including Rudy Giuliani, Mike Flynn, Laura Loomer & high-priced lobbyists.

Sanctions Lifted on a Putin-Backed Autocrat After Lobbying by Trump Allies

www.nytimes.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14h

This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.

A tweet from John Fugelsang reads in all caps:
"NO FOOD FOR YOU UNTIL THE DEMOCRATS LET US TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE"
– US House Speaker Mike Johnson.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 18h

Trump is still AWOL, the Republican House is still on vacation, and more Rhode Islanders are seeing a spike in health insurance premiums – in this case by $1,641 a MONTH.

No one can afford Republicans’ cruelty. Time for them to come back to work.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 1d

“A handshake instead of a hammer.” Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
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Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...

www.propublica.org

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 2d

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Which is it, Mike?

Tweet from the Democrats’ official account saying “weird.” Below are two screenshots labeled “Mike Johnson last week” and “Mike Johnson now.” In the first, Johnson says Republicans control the White House, Senate, and House. In the second, he says Republicans aren’t in charge of government.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

We have our popcorn ready.

Jimmy Kimmel Challenges Trump To IQ Test On National Television After Trump's Latest Cognitive Test Brag

www.comicsands.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.

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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 2d

🇺🇦 Zelensky: There are air-to-air missiles with the range we need, but they don't give them to us. The most I can ask - I'm working on this with the French - is MICA at 80 km.

▪️Tomahawk is an important component of operations. Americans know this - I showed them the operations we want to conduct.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

To the rich, we’re all just dollar signs.

Billionaires do not see us as humans—they see us as revenue, cost, and profit.

Humans are just another resource in their game of ruthless capitalism.

If they could live in a world where they’re just as powerful, but we’re gone, they’d do it (cough, AI).

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 1d

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 2d

MeidasTouch ad censored by Fox News! #cdnpoli
It would be a shame if people kept reposting it over and over.

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 2d

In case any of you still thought OpenAI was a good company, people are currently using Sora 2 to generate fake videos of Black women trying to use EBT/SNAP for things that aren't allowed, or just fake videos of Black people screaming that they want their food stamps

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Randy Samples💙 @randysamples.bsky.social · 2d

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libmn.bsky.social @libmn.bsky.social · 1d

14,000 layoffs @ Amazon, 48,000 @ UPS, 11.8 million lose Medicaid, 40 lose ACA subsidy, $40 billion to Argentina pure folly with a 2 currency country (proof IMF payments to prop up currency). Can't beat this kind of winning.

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libmn.bsky.social @libmn.bsky.social · 1d

Just a note to Ballet Companies saying I'd love to post your photos with dancer credits when showing 4 or less dancers.

libmn.bsky.social @libmn.bsky.social · 1d

No credit of the dancer?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

One of the biggest layoffs in Amazon’s history—14,000 jobs gone.

They’re blaming “AI efficiency,” calling it the most transformative tech since the internet.

Translation: the machines are here, and they’re coming for middle-class jobs next. Maybe now people will start paying attention.

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libmn.bsky.social @libmn.bsky.social · 1d

Plus 48,000 at UPS before Christmas sales says all you need to know without the BLS reports.

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libmn.bsky.social @libmn.bsky.social · 1d

How can you not name the dancers shown in clips. Discraceful disrepect of your artists.

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 14d

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libmn.bsky.social @libmn.bsky.social · 2d

In the 98 years of the Chopin Piano Competion 3 US Presidents have visited Malaysia. Interesting The President made no mention of 24 year old Malaysian Vincent Ong, the first to make the Chopin Competition and then place 5th. There's still time Mr. President to add Ong for a Kennedy Center recital.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. She was elected more than a month ago.

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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 2d

More than 180 critical elections are less than 2 weeks away across the country including crucial referenda on a range of issues.

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