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A federal judge has ordered the DHS to return Ahmed Soliman to the US, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties, in a decision that could have far-reaching implications for thousands of others subjected to the Trump regime’s third-country removal scheme.

Federal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa - The American Prospect

A Trump-apppointed judge ordered Ahmed Soliman must be returned to the United States.

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The stars over Big Bend belong to all Texans, not the Ultra Wealthy. Now data center development in West Texas is raising new concerns about protecting our dark skies, including those surrounding McDonald Observatory. We need to protect our natural treasures before they’re lost to corporate greed.

Campaign graphic featuring a star-filled night sky over the Big Bend landscape, with rows of illuminated data center server racks in the foreground. Large white text reads, “Data center threatens Big Bend dark sky near McDonald Observatory.” The graphic includes Clayton Tucker’s campaign branding and @ClaytonTuckerTX.

Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."

And now the best part: Bot traffic from the #Yandex network has plunged to near zero following the strike on its Vladimir data center. Bot traffic includes automated requests from search crawlers, scrapers and other online services. Twitter must be a ghost town by now.

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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦@perevaa.bsky.social · 21h ago

All three Yandex AI supercomputers are reportedly offline: Galushkin in Vladimir, Chervonenkis and Lyapunov in Sasovo, whose data center shut down after the Oct 8 strike. Yandex Cloud outages also threaten thousands of Russian firms relying on it for websites, databases and payments 👏

Nate Sheets’ campaign bus stopped outside my elderly parents’ home in Lampasas and repeatedly blasted its horn for several minutes. I signed up to run for public office. My parents didn’t. If Nate has a problem with me, he can say it to my face. Better yet, he can get on a debate stage and face me.

Graphic for Clayton Tucker’s campaign for Texas Agriculture Commissioner featuring a cloudy Texas sunset over a rural landscape with a white fence. The campaign logo appears at the top, followed by a large white “PRESS RELEASE” headline with a yellow underline. Below are three quotes from Tucker addressing an incident involving Nate Sheets’ campaign bus outside his elderly parents’ home in Lampasas. Tucker states, “I am Nate Sheets’ opponent. My parents are not,” challenges Sheets to face him on a debate stage, and calls the reported behavior childish and unacceptable. He emphasizes that political candidates’ families and neighbors deserve to be left out of campaign disputes, regardless of political affiliation.

I think it's only like Iran and the Taliban's Afghanistan (two fundamentalist theocracies that have live executions). Evil disguised as good fearing, school girl bombing, war mongering, Epstein protectors and faux Christians are now wanting to live stream murder. The moral bankruptcy of these people

This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.

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NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.

A vertical graphic on a white background displays an October 9, 2026, joint statement from the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The full statement, presented in black serif text, reaffirms unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), strongly opposes U.S. sanctions against the Court, warns of their impact on its work, staff, and families, and pledges continued support for international justice, accountability, and the rules-based international system.Marco Rubio, mouth agape, as he announces sweeping sanctions on the ICC to try to punish them for acknowledging Bibi Netanyahu’s war crimes

We all know what he is and his real goals. The time to be surprised is past. We have to look forward to make sure he is gone forever and his like never return to power.

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100,000 doors knocked across Alaska (and counting!) This is a movement that reaches every corner of our state, built one conversation at a time. And the message we're hearing is clear: Alaskans are ready for a senator who shows up for all of us. 🐟❤️🇺🇸

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BREAKING: Willie Nelson endorses James Talarico: “I've gotten to know James Talarico. He's a good man, who will be a good senator for the state of Texas. Please vote and vote for James Talarico.“

A new statue titled “The Orange Plague”, also known as “King of Injustice”, by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, where it will remain through 8 October. Remember to stop by for a selfie if you have a chance. 😏📸

This sculpture is a satirical piece titled "[The Orange Plague] created by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt.

The Imagery: The 2.6-meter-tall, gold-plated bronze sculpture depicts a naked, oversized Donald Trump riding on the back of a smaller man. He is holding a golf club in one hand and a pair of scales in the other. 

The Meaning: According to Galschiøt, the piece is a satirical commentary on modern political power, climate policy, and the subversion of the rules-based international order. 

Recent Exhibition: In October 2026, the statue drew global headlines when it went on public display inside the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France, organized by Danish MEP Per Clausen.