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"Those aspects of the deal, according to people with knowledge of how it came together, were designed to prevent future U.S. and Venezuelan leaders from dismantling the enterprise. "

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Using the office of the President of the United States to enrich his (Trump's) Family and billionaire buddies. Will Democrats when returned to power go after, convict Trump, Rubio, ... and null and void this corrupt deal? Probably NOT.

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🤔 Kohen’s mother, Vallesiya Wiley, has said that no shoplifting took place. Neither she nor her friend have been charged with shoplifting. Vallesiya also stated as recently as this month that she has never been interviewed by investigators.

Truthout@truthout.org

Mississippi’s attorney general announced Monday that the police shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in a car outside of the local Walmart in June “was justified.” Police claim they were responding to a shoplifting call, and pursued Kohen’s mother and her friend before shooting at their car.

buff.lyMississippi Attorney General Declares Police Shooting of 1-Year-Old “Justified”The shooting is part of a pattern of racist police violence against Black residents of Senatobia, Mississippi.
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🤔 People-Planet-Peace 🌱 Trump appointees asked a federal cybersecurity agency to secretly acquire a voting machine — and hack it

propublica.orgTrump Appointees Asked a Federal Cybersecurity Agency to Secretly Acquire a Voting Machine — and Hack ItThough not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration has tried to use the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for its own ends while draining it of resources to help its mi...
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🤔 People-Planet-Peace 🌱 It's not just the president ... it's the party.

Our Common Defense@ourcommondefense.bsky.social

Trump does not stand alone. His power comes from a system of enablement Republican Senators, Reps Republican State, Local Officials Republican Midterm Candidates Complicit SCOTUS Justices Donors, Corporate Interests Allied Media they act as one, benefit from and enable Trump's grift vote them out

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Owen Jones@owenjones.bsky.social

The objection to Zionism isn't an objection to 'national self-determination'. It's an objection to national self-determination - at the expense of another people. Palestinians have rights as much as anybody else.

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🤔 People-Planet-Peace 🌱 Diesel powers the trucks, farm equipment, and ships that keep goods moving, making its availability a concern far beyond the fuel pump. SO, WHY are our consumer costs going up for shipping. www.visualcapitalist.com/global-diese...

visualcapitalist.comVisualized: Global Diesel Exports by Country in 2025The U.S. supplied 15.4% of global diesel exports in 2025, leading a market where five countries shipped nearly half the total.
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🤔 People-Planet-Peace 🌱 California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, founded and headed by billionaire Gary Michelson, would be the only organization that would qualify for half of the money. Michelson is one of the major backers of PROP. 38, a bond measure. calmatters.org/commentary/2...

calmatters.orgOpinion | Prop 38 asks: Should California take on more debt to fund a single field of medical research?If voters approve Proposition 38, the $8.4 billion bond would fund immunology and immunotherapy research. Half would go to an institute linked to a billionaire who supported the ballot measure.
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🤔 Overtime dollars ("...passed out candy...") to work that fell outside its core responsibilities: operating the city’s jails and providing security for several government buildings. www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...

sfchronicle.comExclusive: S.F. sheriff’s overtime paid for pageants and festivals as understaffed jails hit ‘breaking point’As San Francisco jails reached a “breaking point,” sheriff’s deputies reaped substantial overtime attending pageants, festivals and parades, records show.
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Stephen Zunes@szunes.bsky.social

While Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries publicly congratulated last year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, the rightwing Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, Democratic leaders have been conspicuously silent about human rights advocate Navi Pillay winning this year's award.

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Using artificial intelligence (AI) Vice President Vance and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz using artificial intelligence (AI) to kick about 760,000 people off their Affordable Care Act. Many healthy young who "...aren’t using the program at all,..." thehill.com/policy/healt...

thehill.comVance-led task force set to remove 750K ObamaCare enrollees, citing fraudThe Trump administration is removing close to 760,000 people from Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage due to allegedly fraudulent enrollment, Vice President Vance announced Tuesday.  The cancel…
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🤔 People-Planet-Peace 🌱 Hegseth - “Project Meridian.” "... AI-enabled robotic warfare, will have purchasing powers specifically designed.. " ... puts defense contractors, tech titans, and weapons merchants in charge of planning the military’s future — producing innumerable conflicts of interest.

theintercept.comPete Hegseth’s Military of the Future: Defined by AI and an Utter Lack of OversightIn announcing Project Meridian and a new Autonomous Warfare Command, War Secretary Pete Hegseth is inviting conflicts of interest.
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Republican's head honcho: "If we don’t win the midterms, they’re going to blame me,” “You know that. And if we do win them, I will get no credit whatsoever. It’s true. I won’t get any.” 😭 😭 😭

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48 Hills@48hills.bsky.social

Confused about the big-money propaganda onslaught against the billionaires' tax? "Even if all the billionaires in California moved away, it would take 25 years before the lost income taxes matched what Prop 40 raises," writes @saikatc in this op-ed.

48hills.orgHow Porter, Newsom, and so many others are wrong about Proposition 40 - 48 hillsBillionaires won't flee. The state won't lose money. But taxing the rich in CA could spread nationwide.
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People-Planet-Peace 🌻 More than 500 Citizens have been detained in trump's republican immigration crackdown. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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People-Planet-Peace 🌻 FOR THREE YEARS ... Israel has intensifies its 78-YEAR Genocide of Palestinians October 7 marks the third year of the most widely televised atrocities in human history; the Israeli government's genocide of the Palestinian people.

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People-Planet-Peace 🌻 Michael Moritz British businessman Sir Michael Jonathan Moritz is a Welsh billionaire ... see his name and money on San Francisco proposition mailers ... 💰 🤔

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People-Planet-Peace 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Urgent: Justice for Sara, a trans woman murdered in Colombia. Two suspects were arrested, but a year and a half later the case has stalled and they could be released. Join us and sign the petition by local partners. Sign & share! ➡️ allout.lgbt/4rGkeAo

allout.lgbtJustice for Sara and all trans lives in Colombia!Urgent: Justice for Sara, trans woman murdered in Colombia. A suspect is in custody; a year later, we demand justice! Join us and sign the petition by local partners. Sign & share!
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Rob Duncan@robduncan.bsky.social

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Mike Ludwig@mludwig.bsky.social

After reviewing the brutal invasions of US metro areas, Amnesty International now officially calls for abolishing ICE. While the grassroots has said #AbolishICE for years, support from the global human rights org signals a significant momentum shift as public support for mass deportations plummets

truthout.orgThe Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining MomentumAs activists rally around federal legislation to dismantle ICE, Amnesty International joins the call for abolition.
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Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com

ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.