Valley girl
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"Every day, they are going to war against their will. We were deceived. We did not leave voluntarily. We were forced to go. We did not go voluntarily."
Kazakh citizen Kaisar Almaz recorded a video address in which he said that he and around 15 other Kazakh citizens
Kazakh citizen Kaisar Almaz recorded a video address in which he said that he and around 15 other Kazakh citizens
October 8, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"Every day, they are going to war against their will. We were deceived. We did not leave voluntarily. We were forced to go. We did not go voluntarily."
Kazakh citizen Kaisar Almaz recorded a video address in which he said that he and around 15 other Kazakh citizens
Kazakh citizen Kaisar Almaz recorded a video address in which he said that he and around 15 other Kazakh citizens
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Eli Clifton speaks to Mondoweiss about the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, the shifting landscape of AIPAC, and his new book, Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power.
mondoweiss.net/2026/10/they...
mondoweiss.net/2026/10/they...
‘They face an existential threat’: Eli Clifton on the past, present, and future of the Israel Lobby
Eli Clifton speaks to Mondoweiss about the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, the shifting landscape of AIPAC, and his new book, Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power.
mondoweiss.net
October 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Eli Clifton speaks to Mondoweiss about the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, the shifting landscape of AIPAC, and his new book, Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power.
mondoweiss.net/2026/10/they...
mondoweiss.net/2026/10/they...
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October 7, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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“I can do whatever I want” says the guy who denies dozens of sexual assault allegations.
Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
October 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“I can do whatever I want” says the guy who denies dozens of sexual assault allegations.
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October 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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We've probably learned more about American politics from the ANES than any other single data source. The same is true for the GSS and sociology. Both of these are gone if Congress acquiesces to these NSF cuts.
NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light.
My reporting:
My reporting:
‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research
Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year
www.science.org
October 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
We've probably learned more about American politics from the ANES than any other single data source. The same is true for the GSS and sociology. Both of these are gone if Congress acquiesces to these NSF cuts.
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For the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague:
Russian propagandist Solovyev says that Russia’s goal is to kill all residents of Ukrainian cities:
"And to those Kyiv residents who are still there, I repeat for the hundredth time: leave the city. You are doomed.
Russian propagandist Solovyev says that Russia’s goal is to kill all residents of Ukrainian cities:
"And to those Kyiv residents who are still there, I repeat for the hundredth time: leave the city. You are doomed.
October 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
For the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague:
Russian propagandist Solovyev says that Russia’s goal is to kill all residents of Ukrainian cities:
"And to those Kyiv residents who are still there, I repeat for the hundredth time: leave the city. You are doomed.
Russian propagandist Solovyev says that Russia’s goal is to kill all residents of Ukrainian cities:
"And to those Kyiv residents who are still there, I repeat for the hundredth time: leave the city. You are doomed.
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It's official — seven of ICE's 11 warehouses are now available for sale through Cushman & Wakefield's dedicated fedwarehouses.com auction site.
ICE puts seven warehouses purchased for detention on the market
The properties were among 11 warehouses ICE bought for $1.07 billion to expand detention capacity. Seven are now being marketed for sale at a steep discount.
www.projectsaltbox.com
October 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It's official — seven of ICE's 11 warehouses are now available for sale through Cushman & Wakefield's dedicated fedwarehouses.com auction site.
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my friend @juddlegum.bsky.social has put together a cool new tool that allows you to photograph political mail and immediately learn who paid for it. Check it out here:
Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
paidforby.info
October 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
my friend @juddlegum.bsky.social has put together a cool new tool that allows you to photograph political mail and immediately learn who paid for it. Check it out here:
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Pete Hegseth trails behind the crowd while running with troops in San Diego
October 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Pete Hegseth trails behind the crowd while running with troops in San Diego
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Another endangered orca, J31, has been on a ‘tour of grief,’ carrying a dead baby orca around, researchers revealed last night at Seattle’s Town Hall. The 31-year-old mom has had several miscarriages and did a similar tour in 2016. More details coming today from @whaleresearch.bsky.social.
#srkw
#srkw
October 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Another endangered orca, J31, has been on a ‘tour of grief,’ carrying a dead baby orca around, researchers revealed last night at Seattle’s Town Hall. The 31-year-old mom has had several miscarriages and did a similar tour in 2016. More details coming today from @whaleresearch.bsky.social.
#srkw
#srkw
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The LAPD union is spending millions to defeat a half cent sales tax that would fund firefighters www.latimes.com/california/s...
October 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
The LAPD union is spending millions to defeat a half cent sales tax that would fund firefighters www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
www.ms.now
October 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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The Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old.
October 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM
The Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old.
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Trump shouts out Russ Vought and then says, ominously, "we have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country."
October 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Trump shouts out Russ Vought and then says, ominously, "we have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country."
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Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf.
For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders.
An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders.
An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
October 6, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf.
For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders.
An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders.
An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
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A simple, factual, and effective message.
October 6, 2026 at 12:43 PM
A simple, factual, and effective message.
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“In the context of its checkered record on labor practices, we should consider to what extent Amazon workers — as effectively test subjects for workers in other fields — have a right not to have their entire working lives tracked and recorded like characters in a dystopian novel.”
October 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
“In the context of its checkered record on labor practices, we should consider to what extent Amazon workers — as effectively test subjects for workers in other fields — have a right not to have their entire working lives tracked and recorded like characters in a dystopian novel.”
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“Let’s not call them ‘smart’ glasses…There is nothing smart about them. They are surveillance glasses, or as journalists in Britain and now here have aptly taken to calling them, ‘creepy pervert glasses.'”
October 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
“Let’s not call them ‘smart’ glasses…There is nothing smart about them. They are surveillance glasses, or as journalists in Britain and now here have aptly taken to calling them, ‘creepy pervert glasses.'”
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Flying leaf blowers with multiple cameras and microphones recording everyone and everything in their path and selling YOU off to...Government? Foreign Government? Palantir?
bro i need amazon to fuck off straight to hell with their delivery drones
if you've never heard one before, imagine someone is flying a leaf blower over your house. now imagine there are multiple leafblowers flying over your house routinely
welcome to hell. your fast deliveries are not worth it
if you've never heard one before, imagine someone is flying a leaf blower over your house. now imagine there are multiple leafblowers flying over your house routinely
welcome to hell. your fast deliveries are not worth it
October 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Flying leaf blowers with multiple cameras and microphones recording everyone and everything in their path and selling YOU off to...Government? Foreign Government? Palantir?
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If you have a few minutes today, please submit a comment opposing the elimination of the Roadless Rule. Tomorrow, October 6, is the deadline. Tell the Forest Service why protecting our forests matters to you. Submit your comment: www.regulations.gov/docket/FS-20...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
October 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
If you have a few minutes today, please submit a comment opposing the elimination of the Roadless Rule. Tomorrow, October 6, is the deadline. Tell the Forest Service why protecting our forests matters to you. Submit your comment: www.regulations.gov/docket/FS-20...
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I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.
October 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.
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The former boss of Germany's most important intelligence agency, the BND, has been arrested on suspicion of treason.
Verdacht auf Landesverrat gegen Ex-BND-Chef Hanning
Affäre beim BND: Ex-Geheimdienstchef Hanning wegen Spionageverdacht festgenommen
Der frühere Präsident des Bundesnachrichtendienstes August Hanning ist festgenommen worden. Es bahnt sich einer der großen Spionagefälle der Bundesrepublik an.
www.sueddeutsche.de
October 6, 2026 at 8:10 AM
The former boss of Germany's most important intelligence agency, the BND, has been arrested on suspicion of treason.
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There’s a new ICE surge happening in the Greater Los Angeles Area now. At least 20 people have been taken by noon in Southern California, numbers we haven’t seen in a long time. @lataco.bsky.social
October 5, 2026 at 9:52 PM
There’s a new ICE surge happening in the Greater Los Angeles Area now. At least 20 people have been taken by noon in Southern California, numbers we haven’t seen in a long time. @lataco.bsky.social