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Dramatist. Author. BEAUTY DOESN'T REACH ME CONGRESSMAN DAVY HOTEL MAYFLOWER More at: https://www.richardbyrneplays.com/ and https://stage-write.ghost.io/

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Nice backpack. Room for his dignity and lots of space for other knickknacks.

The Associated Press@apnews.com

Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family have landed in Miami after fleeing his country. This comes a day after they were granted United States visas by the Trump administration.

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A bad night for so-called "Republika Srpska" as well.

Dan Friedman@dfriedman.bsky.social

Serbian strongman Vucic conceded to the anti-corruption "Student List" opposition. www.haaretz.com/world-news/e.... Loss for the Trumpers. Vaguely similar to Orban's fall. The nationalism and Trump/Putin coddling is bad corruption seems to have been fatal electorally.

haaretz.comSerbian President and Netanyahu ally Vučić concedes defeat in electionThe snap elections, called by Vučić in September, came after almost ⁠two years of student-led demonstrations triggered by the ⁠deaths of 16 people in 2024
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The victory by Serbia's Student List is perhaps even greater than the defeat of Milošević by Koštunica in 2000. So many questions and challenges, but Central Europe's tide is swinging back to democracy.

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Alaska. Supreme. Court.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BASH: What's the crime? AG TODD BLANCHE: What's the crime? Well it depends. There *could* be a crime. But the real wrong here is that Alaskans are gonna be confused. BASH: The Alaskan Supreme Court ruled 4 months ago on this matter

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Eric Lipton NYT
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JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.
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I say reading Seifert, Hrabal, Hasek and Nezval in that cafe *will* fix you.

The Whimsical Muse@whimsicalmuse.bsky.social

Whilst there are those who assert that reading Edgar Allan Poe in a quaint café on a rainswept cobblestone street in Prague whilst having cappuccinos and emotional support croissants “won’t fix you”, they’re failing to understand an undeniable truth: It certainly can’t hurt.

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Whether the dogs actually were eaten is not my concern.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

WOW -- Vance *defends* Vivek's reprehensible ad 👇 Q: Ramaswamy's campaign put out a controversial ad featuring his opponent's mother. Some Republicans are backing away. Do you think it was appropriate? JD VANCE: Well, I'll be honest. Whether the ad was appropriate or not is not really my concern.

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Americans are going to find out quickly -- not only in November, but also January, and March, and June -- that merely sweeping a different party into Article I power is not a remedy for the colossal (and perhaps fatal) mistake that millions of voters made in November 2024. It's a start.

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We're doing a blunderbuss demolition, but plaintiffs need standing for every claim.

Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social

removal. J: if i find TMP is part of whole WNP. Do i assess standing as to whole plan, or just as to tree removal part of it. DOJ: plaintiff must establish standing for each claim. can't be just blunderbuss. they're doing a tree-cutting claim; a course-closing claim; redesign the course claim /198

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This is what average Americans simply don't comprehend: In 2026, lawyers can make frivolous arguments to a federal court and evade responsibility for them. They can aid and abet defiance of an order by a federal judge and just skate. It seems like an immense joke played upon law-abiding citizens.

Sean Marotta@smmarotta.bsky.social

As much as I will likely get yelled at for saying it, this isn't proper. Reyes shouldn't have asked it and Woodward is right to refuse.

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Build a house on a useless foundation and it collapses. Public records and covering cops, courts, and local government is the foundation.

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Thank you, Congressman.

Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.gov

Trump just waived all sanctions on Russia in the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia Act, just as I and others warned. Trump’s latest surrender to Putin again betrays our Ukrainian partners and defies clear congressional intent of legislation passed to punish Russia for its illegal war of aggression.

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Not just Space X. Starlink as well.

Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein.bsky.social

We've got to nationalize SpaceX. We have no choice. We can't operate our military without them and we can't trust them to serve our national interest. There is literally no other option.

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Augsburg down 2-0 after 6 minutes so maybe a mercy but I'm super disappointed with this glitchy #Fandango Bundesliga experience. It has to improve.

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You really must subscribe to @molly.wiki.

Molly White@molly.wiki

Newsletter: A Trump crypto adviser’s firm took millions from Tether while he shaped stablecoin rules in their favor, a Senate probe targets Commerce Secretary Lutnick’s not-so-former firm, and crypto’s biggest super PAC plays it safe. www.citationneeded.news/issue-111/

citationneeded.newsIssue 111 – Back the winnersA Trump crypto adviser’s firm took millions from Tether while he shaped stablecoin rules in their favor, a Senate probe targets Lutnick’s not-so-former firm, and crypto’s biggest super PAC plays it sa...
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Incredible that this is happening before the midterms.

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BREAKING: President Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying a waiver is in the U.S. national interest.

bit.lyTrump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying waiver is in US national interestPresident Donald Trump has signed an executive order that puts on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest.
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This is so wonderful.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

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Call for the release of comrades from the The Fuzzy Mascot Liberation Front.

Andrew Bellware@drewsky.app

So a comedy version of Die Hard in a high school where the stakes are absurdly low. Like, a new administrator is trying to change the mascot so some substitute teachers are hiding the old one and... something like that.

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Scaramucci Watch

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Alexander on Zacharia: "I was speaking to a former high-level Trump aide in the moments before we came out here. This person said, 'I think she is going to be a train wreck.'"

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Complicity.

Gil Durán@gilduran.com

Danny Trejo, Harvey Keitel, and Henry Thomas starring in a Ben Shapiro’s pro ICE propaganda film… Were retirement, poverty or seppuku not options? variety.com/2026/film/ne...

variety.comDanny Trejo Speaks Out About His Role in Daily Wire ‘Pawn Shop’ Movie: ‘I Am Not Pro-ICE. I Am Pro-Immigrant.’Danny Trejo is speaking out after facing backlash for the Daily Wire movie "Pawn Shop" from Ben Shapiro's production company.
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Trump price of admission for any serious talks with a new majority should be removal of Vought and Hegseth.

Jeff Hauser@jeffhauser.bsky.social

Honestly, anyone who regularly breaks bread with Republicans is probably ill-suited to the tenor of campaign 2026-28 Democrats should be running.

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Daniel José Older
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Very dystopian that on the article about a A.I. data center poisoning the air, there's a little rainbow A.I. chatbot button just lurking at the edge, waiting to poison the air some more to answer your banal question

Brad Johnson@climatebrad.hillheat.com

My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.

gadgetreview.comVirginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their HomesVirginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.
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Reprehensible. There is a "Ukraine crisis" because Vladimir Putin (a) invaded Ukraine; (b) committed - and continues to commit - numerous war crimes; (c) got his nose bloodied; and (d) is in a quagmire which he cannot escape without help.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side

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Pretty much. But it will take a Congress that will act.

News Eye@newseye.bsky.social

🚨Under the Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act 2022, Russian diesel CANNOT be imported into the U.S. unless the President certifies to Congress that Russia has withdrawn from Ukraine, acknowledged Ukraine's sovereignty & no longer poses a threat to NATO.🚨 (Credit: @jayinkyiv.bsky.social)

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YES

Mar Hicks@histoftech.bsky.social

“Watson’s 1968 book, amid other slights & sexist language directed at Franklin, implied the flash of insight was his. Popular accounts still routinely suggest Franklin missed the significance of the photo. She never had a chance to challenge Watson’s dismissive narrative; she died of cancer in 1958”

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Today at STAGE WRITE: On Václav Havel's 90th birthday, I examine the intersection of drama, activism and politics in his career -- and how writing helped him navigate his life after politics. stage-write.ghost.io/the-post-pre...

stage-write.ghost.ioThe Post-Presidential HavelIn September 2010, I spent a good deal of time in Prague visiting places associated with Czech playwright, dissident and President Václav Havel – who would have been 90 today. Indeed, I was fortunate ...