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Zionists Push Islamophobia Because It's Easier Than Getting People To Like Israel open.substack.com/pub/caitlinj...

Books removed from military schools in KY and beyond must be returned, says judge. Federal judge finds that school libraries, even on military bases, are not exempt from First Amendment protections. @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/20/j...

Edward Luce on silence and complicity in Trump’s Washington open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...

YES, Mikey Johnson, Let's SEE who SHOWED UP! MILLIONS OF AMERICANS!! open.substack.com/pub/thedingo...

AS USUAL, MSNBC bends a knee and SUCKS OFF the Orange Dickless Donny... open.substack.com/pub/thedingo...

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on making public transit accessible: "I think the way that you move around the city, it influences the way in which you see the city. Too often if you're riding around only in a car with tinted windows, the only New Yorker you might see is a reflection of yourself."

As President Trump takes aim at @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, he talks about what he thinks of ICE and the National Guard coming into New York City—and the human impact of Big Tech giants taking down ICE-tracking apps. Read more: www.wired.com/story/the-bi...

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is everywhere. But it didn't start that way. There was a time when the mayoral front-runner was polling at 1%, tied literally with "Someone Else." Now he has an 80,000-strong army of volunteers, a killer social strategy, and the internet on his side. The Big Interview:

#Opinion: Why a judge ruled these home buyers were justified in walking away from an accepted offer

Jane Fonda’s revival of the Committee for the First is a recognition of how the second Trump White House is dismantling the basic civil liberties of Americans.

Frontier AI models poses two major challenges. They need giant data centers that suck up massive amounts of electricity and water, and there's a risk that the technology will fail, with unforeseeable but potentially calamitous consequences.

A girl who suffered a brain injury while protecting a younger student during the mass shooting at Annunciation said she is “doing ok” and enjoying being back at school.

Lawmakers are bemoaning Trump’s latest power grab: Troop pay.

As ANZ duped customers and ignored hardship notices, the bank’s bosses raked in $26m in bonuses

ICE is hiring dozens of health workers as lawsuits and deaths in custody mount. Nearly as many migrants have died in detention so far this year than over the four years of the Biden administration.

EXCLUSIVE: A progressive candidate recruitment org is urging Dems to invest in battleground and red states outside the Blue Wall — an ambitious $50 million plan for a party that’s lost ground with voters across the country.

Noubar Afeyan tells #STATSummit that political moves to replace facts with opinions won't stop with mRNA vaccines. "It’s going to go to every medicine." www.statnews.com/2025/10/20/m...

Israel and Hamas say they are committed to the ceasefire after clashes over the weekend. And, lawmakers not feeling the pressures of the government shutdown. n.pr/4o7T5nu

Virginia’s Election Could Affect Abortion Access Across the South

"We saw him air his incredibly offensive video last night, and that’s a pretty good sign that he did not like how yesterday went for him ... Within 24 hours, he’s like, I’m not a king. And then he shows a video of himself as a king launching poop at American cities and protesters." trib.al/3AD4bzU

Donald Trump has proposed a financial-rescue plan for the right-wing government of Argentina. It could end up being an albatross around the President’s neck, johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.

Ukraine has presented potential gas, nuclear, and oil projects to the White House and American companies as Washington pushes Europe to rid itself of Russian energy and fuel, Zelensky told reporters during a press briefing on Oct. 19.

The Russian surrender to a remote-controlled land drone in June shows how intensely drones are changing modern warfare on Ukraine’s battlefields — first in the sky and now on the ground.

Former NFL All-Pro running back Doug Martin died while in Oakland police custody

In 1977, American Nazis fought for the right to march in Skokie, Illinois and won. Nearly fifty years later, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was suspended for jokes the government says went too far. What connects these moments? New episode of Rights & Wrongs 🔊⤵️ Spotify: https://bit.ly/3KXJvVo

⚡️ Ukraine war latest live: Europe weighs cut-off of Kremlin oil and gas. European officials are considering new means of reining in the Kremlin's fossil fuel exports.

VOUGHT stops the Army Corps of Engineers from completing their tasks in DEMOCRAT states ONLY... open.substack.com/pub/thedingo...

Israel’s attacks in Lebanon kill one and wound seven; Democrats block $852 billion in defense spending; John Bolton indicted open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

Great News That’s Terrible For Trump: No Kings Protests Set To Be Largest In US History, Hegseth Gets Rejected, Mike Johnson Called Out For Burying Epstein Files open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...

Two women and a man were arrested as part of an ongoing operation targeting an organised crime group. The group is involved in drug trafficking and money laundering in the Dublin Metropolitan Region and gardaí seized over €300,000 in cash during a search operation yesterday. jrnl.ie/6846677

Videos of US citizens being mistreated by immigration agents have filled social media, but there is little clarity on the overall picture. The government doesn't track how often immigration agents hold Americans. So @propublica.org created its own count.

A federal judge in Chicago said on Thursday that she was “profoundly concerned” that federal agents carrying out an immigration crackdown might have violated a court order she issued limiting their use of tear gas and requiring them to give protesters warnings to disperse.

US appeals court won't allow deployment of National Guard in Illinois while it weighs case reut.rs/3J0gSX5

From the Andes to the Himalayas, a new wave of protests is unfolding across the world, driven by generational discontent against governments and anger among young people. https://to.pbs.org/43pCMK6

Breaking News: Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the first team that conquered Mount Everest, has died at 92.

From pro-Palestine students to Charlie Kirk commenters, the immigration system is being weaponized against people whose views Trump doesn’t like.

Harvard said on Thursday that its endowment had swelled to nearly $57 billion during its last fiscal year, an increase of about $3.7 billion, even as the Trump administration sought to weaken the school’s finances by stripping it of federal funding. nyti.ms/4hj7E4S

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is donating $63 million to Morgan State University — the largest single private gift in the school’s history. The gift tops Scott’s record donation of $40 million to the Baltimore HBCU in 2020.

US energy prices to spike on Trump's axing of grants, senator says reut.rs/3WIIKSC

Haaland has raised nearly $7 million in her race for NM governor, drawing from 180k donations that come from every state in the country, along with territories and military bases. North Dakotans gave $5,700. Hawaiians gave $34,993. The Virgin Islands gave $45. More here: buff.ly/zdOHqBc

Beacon Hill lawmakers said Tuesday they plan to withhold the “majority” of $162 million that Gov. Maura Healey wrote into a bill to close out the books on fiscal year 2025. Neither lawmakers nor sheriffs have detailed what expenses the spending overruns included.

Millions of protesters are expected to gather this weekend across the U.S. at "No Kings" protests.

As Syria’s regime collapsed last year, the world’s eyes were on President Bashar al-Assad’s getaway flight. Behind him, officials key to his brutal rule made a mass exodus, virtually undetected.

“This compact is an insult to future scientists. How are we an enemy to an administration? And why does that determine if we get funding or not?” story via @azluminaria.org

The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges the Trump administration is monitoring and punishing non-citizens who express social media views that the government disfavors.

A man who logged into his ex-girlfriend’s social media account and posted intimate images of her told gardaí “I didn’t want to harm her,” a court has heard. The judge told the man this was a significant breach of trust and she was sure it caused hurt and distress. jrnl.ie/6846687

🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court has rejected Trump’s bid to overturn a lower court ruling blocking his attempted military deployment in Chicago, citing “insufficient evidence” to justify the takeover. https://bit.ly/4hyMRup