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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 5h

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Scenes of Joy and Anticipation as Hostages and Prisoners Are Exchanged

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 5h

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They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 5h

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In the Eye of a Political Storm, a Tiny Yellow House in Norfolk, Va.

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 5h

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How Trump’s Chicago Immigration Crackdown Escalated, in 10 Videos

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 5h

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Opinion | Putin Is Escalating His War. If You Are Surprised, You Have Not Been Paying Attention.

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 5h

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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 6h

Trump's intervention in Washington prompts calls for its 18-term House delegate to step down
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Trump's intervention in Washington prompts calls for its 18-term House delegate to step down - NewsBreak

Eleanor Holmes Norton has been an outspoken advocate for the District of Columbia during her 18 terms as the city's delegate in Congress

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 6h

NATO on high alert as they track 'explosive' Russian submarine
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NATO on high alert as they track 'explosive' Russian submarine - NewsBreak

The diesel-electric submarine Novorossiysk, belonging to Putin's Black Sea Fleet, has reportedly experienced a serious malfunction

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 6h

Trump Whines About the Rules That Denied Him the Nobel Prize
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Trump Whines About the Rules That Denied Him the Nobel Prize - NewsBreak

President Donald Trump has insisted nothing was standing in the way of the Nobel Committee awarding him this year’s peace prize, including the prize’s own

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 6h

Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns
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Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns - NewsBreak

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 7h

If you’ve ever wondered whether quiet resistance still matters...this story will remind you why it does. The video got grounded...but something much bigger...took off.🔥👇

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 6h

Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement - NewsBreak

The Education Department's latest layoffs are depleting an agency already hit hard by previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation's sch

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Cathey🎃🌎🗽☮️❤️‍🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 💙 💛 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 @cleverhandlebars.bsky.social · 6h

Trump Spends Peace Summit Whining How He Wants a Police State

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Trump Spends Peace Summit Whining How He Wants a Police State

Donald Trump waxed poetic about Egypt’s ability to stomp out unrest.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 8h

ICE is terrorizing people in the United States of America. Why would you call it anything else? That's exactly what it is.

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 6h

‘President Is an Idiot’: Trump Slammed Over Military Remarks
Source: The Kansas City Star
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‘President Is an Idiot’: Trump Slammed Over Military Remarks - NewsBreak

Senator Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) has criticized President Donald Trump for suggesting the military use U.S. cities as training grounds, calling it a misunde

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 6h

Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings
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Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings

Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 7h

Microplastics are everywhere. You can do one simple thing to avoid them.

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Microplastics are everywhere. You can do one simple thing to avoid them.

The biggest sources of microplastics have one thing in common: Heat.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 7h

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

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News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 7h

End of the world as we know it: Damning new report says Earth has reached its first climate ‘tipping point’
Source: The Independent
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End of the world as we know it: Damning new report says Earth has reached its first climate ‘tipping point’ - NewsBreak

The Earth has reached its first climate tipping point , signalling a bleak new reality for the planet that scientists had once believed was still far away.

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Live 5 News @live5news.com · 9h

Charleston’s craft beer scene faces growing pains, but it’s far from flat #chsnews

Charleston’s craft beer scene faces growing pains, but it’s far from flat

The taps have gone quiet at six Charleston-area breweries over the past year, but the Lowcountry’s love of craft beer is still brewing strong.

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CNN @cnn.com · 9h

A double surge of tropical moisture from former hurricanes Priscilla and Raymond turned deserts into rivers, unleashing flash floods and forcing water rescues across the Southwest.