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The BBC is doing something important, refusing to be intimidated by a powerful person trying to use the legal system to punish criticism and discourage scrutiny. They’re schooling the American press on what the 1st Amendment means. Read about it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-bbc-st...

Vote Blue before Jared Kushner sells your house to the Russians.

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Every week I plan (at least, that’s something I can plan) which book to buy from my long wishlist. Besides the books that fell on me accidentally. Yes, I actually read them. Today, in Kyiv with my new book. I encourage everyone to read. If I can, so can you.

The story behind the viral video of a Ukrainian commander saving two wounded soldiers 🇺🇦🫡

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"Where do I go to get my name back?" — Raymond Donovan

We enjoyed the performance of the new Press secretary in the WH. Apart from the poor delivery and the fact that she can not read, and can answer only questions coming from the friendly reporters, the whole show was utterly pathetic nd lackluster. Great for SNL though. 💜💛🧡 go.bsky.app/Qe5AFbf

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Ossoff: "The last time Trump lost the presidency, he tried to seize the presidency and overturn the election. That's why it's so important that we vote in unprecedented numbers. This is up to the people."

When I tell people that Donald Trump hates me, they often assume I mean it in a generic sense — that he hates Democrats and people who fight him in court. No, I correct them: he hates me personally. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

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A glowing blue glacier in Iceland’s vast, icy wilderness Original post

Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay has condemned US sanctions against the International Criminal Court. Al Jazeera

General Summary of Political Landscape: By midweek, Congress had issued statements that canceled each other out. Also: None of our leaders are curious about troop deaths in the war Israel invited us to. Nope, not Democrats either.

Yes, the "whining is ridiculous,” but stalling & “workarounds" have worked for Trump’s DOJ. This 👇🏽 "broadening executive privilege" to thwart Congressional subpoena power is yet another attack on our democratic republic. My guess -it'll go to SCOTUS & their blasted "unitary executive theory."😑

Meanwhile, DOJ asked Cooper for more time to defend their absurd executive privilege claim. They literally whine about needing more time b/c Beatty's motion is "relatively long" and on a "complex and weighty" matter. THAT IS AT ISSUE B/C THEY ASSERTED IT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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MAGA on Banned Books Week

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Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death The rape and rot of graft and stealth and lies We the people must redeem The land the mines the plants the rivers The mountains and the endless plain All, all the stretch of these great green states Langston Hughes m.youtube.com/watch?v=AXz1...

No one listened to the Ukrainians, the people who actually know a thing or two about an invasion of their own country. Instead, all this time was wasted. Time that Ukrainians bought with their own blood!

You sometimes attack the ones you’re afraid to admit you admire. www.dailymail.com/news/article...

"Some were there because even though they had not known the young man personally, they 'are dedicated to standing in solidarity with his family and all of the other Haitian families who have come to Springfield seeking a place of safety,' the pastor said..." www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Chris Wright lies: "Diesel has mostly been affected by the Russia-Ukraine war" (Note that he also blames [checks notes] Gavin Newsom)

Sexual assault is on the rise. And recent examples in higher ed and across multiple industries, remind me how many grown men still apparently struggle with the concept of CONSENT. Here’s a useful illustration my colleagues in academia show incoming 17 and 18-yr-old freshmen: youtu.be/oQbei5JGiT8?...

AI should have been seen as normal technology. But it has been marketed by soulless ghouls and deluded EA-religious fools, and I can't see any way this works out well. People keep thinking LLMs are alive or sapient and that's a really #BadIdea to believe in.

All the problems with the US captured in a single photo.

So remind me again, which side is it that incites political violence?

Congratulations to Michael J. Fox!! Who was officially promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada by Governor General Louise Arbour on October 2, 2026 The Companion (C.C.) is The highest Rank, recognizing national pre-eminence or international service. globalnews.ca/news/1208523...

it's interesting because if I were to pick one thing to be "the project of journalism" it would be "speaking truth to power" but apparently this guy thinks it should be writing fawning little profiles instead

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I-5 in Seattle

(1/5) Pentagon leadership has said that by the end of this month, Palantir's Maven artificial intelligence system will become a line item with stable, long-term funding in the defense budget (a "program of record"). #News #Palantir #AI

Minnesota is a visible flashpoint. It's a warning, not an anomaly. Fed immigration operations include violent confrontations, fatal shootings of Renée Good & Alex Pretti by ICE agents & numerous documented use-of-force incidents. Cruelty is the point.