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lesliegrable.bsky.social

@lesliegrable.bsky.social

Reality is painful. Morale is low. So many years of work dismantled. Blueskys ahead?

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Emerging: Law enforcement says an armed subject is shooting in the area of Running Deer Ridge Dr near Battle Creek, Michigan; injuries unclear.

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What will make this even more delicious is if Jared Kushner's felonious father-in-law is only finding out about this from reporting. Trump has just sicced DOJ on Corey Lawandosky, probably for not wetting Donald's beak with Corey's own shakedown schemes.

Wendy Siegelman@wendysiegelman.bsky.social

The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million in Transfers Excerpt from Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East, by Matthew Cole www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

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literally moments after claiming he gave up nothing in exchange for a hostage who was being held by Putin, Trump admits that he didn't implement sanctions on Russia in order to get the hostage

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Damn Elon Musk to Hell for cutting off Ukraine’s access to StarLink just because they blew up the Russian bot farms liking his racist posts.

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Today, Robert E. Hall was awarded the 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. This is from a statement he released after the announcement:

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You know all those videos we're seeing now about coastal flooding and houses falling into the ocean? We're going to be seeing a lot more of them, from every coastline in the world, for years to come as #climate change continues to drive up sea levels and storm intensity.

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Replying to @nobelprize.org

The 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.” #NobelPrize

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Universal childcare sounds elegant until you add income verification, provider rules, audits, waitlists, and enforcement. Universal Basic Income skips the bureaucracy and lets families decide what they actually need. #UBI

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Replying to @sethabramson.bsky.social

* Zelensky accused Trump of reaching agreements with Putin “behind Ukraine’s back” while Kyiv’s delegation is in Florida. He said the US is giving Russia “additional money to wage war” & called Ukraine’s team a “smokescreen” for a decision that is “unfair” and “not partner-like.” *

NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com

Zelensky accused Trump of reaching agreements with Putin “behind Ukraine’s back” while Kyiv’s delegation is in Florida. He said the US is giving Russia “additional money to wage war” and called Ukraine’s team a “smokescreen” for a decision that is “unfair” and “not partner-like.” #Ukraine

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I think in reality what socialism actually means in the American context is that trillionaire Elon Musk got $38 billion from the U.S. government and you got rejected trying to buy a $1 soda on SNAP benefits.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports

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Margaret Hamilton, a computer scientist who helped NASA land on the moon, has died. She was 90.

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After the First Gulf War, the Afghanistan War, the Iraq War, and the Iran War, Republican voters are just going to have to accept at some point that warmongering is their brand, despite how often the people who start them talk about peace.

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El-Sayed: "He wants unconditional support for a foreign government. I want unconditional support for kids in our schools, healthcare, childcare -- things he would vote to defend."

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We are in the middle of a climate crisis. It’s time to fight for a clean energy revolution and ensure a brighter future for all.

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About 62% of adults in the US identify as Christian. But experts project an estimated 100,000 churches in the US will close or be repurposed over the next decade, according to a new TV docuseries on Christianity in America. https://cnn.it/4een5ea

cnn.comA looming ‘tsunami’ of church closings is poised to remake America | CNNExperts project an estimated 100,000 churches in the US will close or be repurposed over the next decade. This dire forecast is outlined in a new PBS documentary series, “Christianity at a Crossroads....

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The Trump administration told Germany and France to release emergency diesel reserves or potentially face a U.S. diesel export ban. International energy diplomacy has apparently evolved into “open your emergency stash or we close ours.” #Diesel

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An incredibly important message from Sen Bernie Sanders..please take the time and listen ....before its too late 😔😔😔

Help Arkansas elect Chris Jones for Congress.

Chris Jones@jonesforar.bsky.social

Would you give $4 today? 🐝 We need to raise $4,000 TONIGHT to keep our People’s Table Talks going across the district this week. Your $4 helps us keep showing up, listening, and bringing Arkansans to the table. Give here: secure.actblue.com/donate/chris... #ChrisJonesforCongress #AR02

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Replying to @phillewis.bsky.social

Several protesters just interrupted the pro-data center party, flipped everyone off while yelling “thank you for using all of our water!”

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Israel has been found guilty today in Geneva of war crimes including extermination, forcible transfer, starvation, torture and false imprisonment, sexual violence including rape... and many more If it was any other country than Israel all of Europe would boycott them. Instead there will be silence

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Replying to @sethabramson.bsky.social

And you know who spent the last 40 years convincing us that politics should be entertainment? For-profit corporate media. That's right—if you work in corporate media, you're the reason this country is collapsing. You gave us entertainment when what we really needed were leaders.

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Replying to @sethabramson.bsky.social

All this is rhetorical, of course. I know why we have no such politicians. Because they'd be boring. We got Trump and a collapsing society because we confused politics and entertainment. Politics is supposed to be boring but enormously consequential—the opposite of entertainment.

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Replying to @the984.bsky.social

Holy shit this dissent is staggering. "Congress has the authority to regulate Elections. Congress has given the USPS the authority to regulate the mail. Ergo, Congress has given the USPS the authority to regulate mail-in ballots." Whatever happened to the Major Questions Doctrine, Sam?

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❗️In Lithuania, an alert has been declared due to an incoming UAV. People have been urged to take shelter.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Five C-17s delivered King Donald the Mad’s Secret Service motorcade to Ireland: Cadillac SUVs, anti-drone systems, assault vehicles and emergency equipment – all for a 2-day trip including the Irish Open at his own Doonbeg golf resort. And US taxpayers pick up the bill for his private event.

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Replying to @frastis.bsky.social

The world found alternative solutions to fossil fuels but “conservative” politicians and the energy companies sponsoring them spend the last 50 years to convince as many people as possible to hate every alternative… it’s massive lobbying and lies, not “didn’t want to change”.

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A tribute thousands of miles from New York that gave me CHILLS. New Zealand firefighters performed a haka honoring the 343 FDNY firefighters lost on 9/11. ♥️ #SheShed

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While Trump wants everyone to focus on his fake cash giveaways, this is the single most consequential story of the moment. Iran-backed Houthis just took effective control of the Bab al-Mandeb strait, one of the world’s most important shipping chokepoints.