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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

I think the only thing Chief Justice John Roberts and I both enjoy is a gay dinner party on Martha's Vineyard. Glory!

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Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 3d

The Donald Trump villain squad cut the Special Education office in Department of Education.

“The agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act”

This is foul. Even for them.

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Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Noël James Debien @noeldebien.bsky.social · 2d

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

After Nevada regulators dropped a penalty against The Boring Co. from $3 million to $242,800, critics questioned whether it was enough to change operations at the Elon Musk-led company, which was valued at $7 billion in 2023.

With City Cast Las Vegas

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

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Noël James Debien @noeldebien.bsky.social · 2d

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The Good Life : Martyr Peter ToRot of Papua New Guinea - Sunday Nights NLR - (ABC)

In this episode of the Goodlife, an example of the ultimate extreme of the Goodlife where an individual dies for his faith. The world's first beatified Melanesian - Blessed Peter ToRot. Murdered by th...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3d

Silverio Villegas Gonzalez

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Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US

An agent shot Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, father of two, during a massive immigration sweep.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5d

One thing we've learned from the American judicial system: The first 34 felonies are on the house*.

*Terms and conditions may apply. See prosecutors for details if you're not white. Or rich.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 5d

Roberts Is Just As Responsible For Chump As Chump Is ! Both Have
Failed This Country.......

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Noël James Debien @noeldebien.bsky.social · 4d

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Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize despite intense Trump campaign

The US president has openly sought the award this year, saying he should receive it but that the awards committee might not give it to him.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Noël James Debien @noeldebien.bsky.social · 6d

Charmante

Noël James Debien @noeldebien.bsky.social · 6d

Yep. Unpopular.....

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 7d

Spread this far and wide my peeps

Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 7d

Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?

Oopsie, Stephen.

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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 8d

this sounds a lot like our energy retailer, and why we decided to not export any power to the grid initially, we would pay negative prices, pay to give our energy for them to sell it for profit. so we don't export. (inverters modified to zero export) until now. found a better deal.

Owner switches off solar farm powering area twice the size of Tasmania

The owner of a huge solar farm in outback Queensland hits the kill switch after almost a decade, saying his contract with Ergon Energy was unfair.

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Noël James Debien @noeldebien.bsky.social · 9d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Trump: "Please remember I wrote Osama bin Laden exactly one year ago, one year before he blew up the World Trade Center. And I said, 'You gotta watch Osama bin Laden!' ... I gotta take a little credit."

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Uppity Black Woman @uppityblackwoman.bsky.social · 10d

A Texas minister has been charged with distributing child pornography after an investigation turned up nude photos of young girls on his computer. Jon Sheptock, 49, was the worship minister at First Montgomery Baptist Church. The church has acted

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‘Concerned about how her parents would react’: Texas minister sends terrifying threat to teen to get explicit pictures

She initially remained silent because of her parents' "religious views."

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Noël James Debien @noeldebien.bsky.social · 12d

The French are good at not forgetting. Ils n'ont rien appris, ni rien oublié.

Noël James Debien @noeldebien.bsky.social · 13d

Good point.

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Noël James Debien @noeldebien.bsky.social · 13d

GLORY!!!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=juPI...

Händel: Israel in Egypt - 16. The Lord is a man of war - Gardiner

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Noël James Debien @noeldebien.bsky.social · 13d

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Italy set to reinstate St Francis public holiday after parliament vote

Italy's lower house has backed a bill to reinstate a national holiday on 4 October in honour of St Francis of Assisi, which the government of Giorgia Meloni said was important to the nation's identity...

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 13d

🗣️ The US Federal government is in chaos after a shutdown, just days after the president unveiled his controversial 20-point Gaza ‘peace’ plan.

📩 Read our latest US newsletter from Channel 4 News' Matt Frei 👇

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Trump, ‘anti-flab’ policies and a government shutdown

The US Federal government is in chaos after a shutdown, just days after the president unveiled his controversial 20-point Gaza ‘peace’ plan, writes Matt Frei.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 13d

This is a shock, Jane Goodall (1934-2025) has died. One of my dad’s cousins knew her & would regularly give me updates on her adventures & chimps. She was a great force for good & part of my childhood. 91 is a good age, but it’s personal when your heroes die.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam

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