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Jay Lionel @jaylionel.bsky.social · 14h

It probably less perplexing if you realise that Trump is UNDOUBTEDLY taking a massive kickback for the deal.

There is nothing in it for him to help his own farmers.

Every thing Trump does is TRANSACTIONAL.

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 1d

@wawawiwacomics

Dumbo squid: I ONCE SAW A HUMAN AND PEED MYSELF.

Shark: A HUMAN SAW ME, AND HE PEED HIMSELF.

Jellyfish: A HUMAN TOUCHED ME ONCE, AND HIS FRIEND PEED ON HIM.

Dumbo squid: DUDE...

Shark: WHAT?

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 13h

Here’s my message to Speaker Mike Johnson on the 15th day of this shutdown, from his very own podium.

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SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 12h

If not Nazi then why Nazi shaped?

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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4gabriel.bsky.social @4gabriel.bsky.social · 9h

Apologies blame- it on cartels and then retaliate against the civilian population by declaring martial law- for our own good of course 🤔🫠🥴😡

4gabriel.bsky.social @4gabriel.bsky.social · 9h

And it gives cops in plain clothes room to commit extrajudicial violence and blame it on civilians and then retaliate with martial law

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4gabriel.bsky.social @4gabriel.bsky.social · 9h

I have strong doubts about this:
1) exactly the same amount as the sign up Bonus $50k
2) when have we ever received a written or verbal announcement from a cartel-any cartel? Seems out of character.
3) bad guys are in power but trying to hold it without having the execute deadly force (yet) so 👇

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 9h

Everybody on the streets on Saturday for #NoKings protest!
October 18. Find an event and join. Whimsical, fun costumes are great.
Ridicule ICE and MAGA.😊🐸
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Aunt Patty @auntpatty.bsky.social · 9h

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 14h

🚨IRS, FBI, Federal Marshals, MPD, DEA, ICE, HLS, and ATF here to “investigate” this woman. Suspicious for being black? The regime has made their white supremacism clear. The time for us to reject it is NOW!

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

Weird story: Around 6 am PT today residents of a Eugene, OR apartment complex were awoken by several unmarked cars with flashing lights and two flash bangs. A witness said agents were speaking in Spanish and demanded people come out of an apartment with their hands up. Turns out the agents were FBI.

FBI conducts raid at the Woodland Creek Apartments in Eugene

The FBI confirmed agents conducted a "court-authorized law enforcement activity" in the 1300 block of Quaker Street on Oct. 15.

www.registerguard.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

On the Charlie Kirk show, Vought said federal firings could hit “north of 10,000” during the shutdown.

Companies lay people off to survive. This is different. He sounded like he’s enjoying the chance to fast-track his agenda. This isn’t about saving money, it’s about sabotaging the government.

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4gabriel.bsky.social @4gabriel.bsky.social · 9h

You know causing mystery and fear is his kink

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 9h

I believe Trump’s aggressive moves in Latin America – bailing out Argentina, strong-arming Brazil, eyeing Venezuela's oil – are part of a grand scheme for a fascist U.S. to rule the Americas. It would be 1/3rd of an Axis of Evil, with China ruling Asia and Russia grabbing vulnerable parts of Europe.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12h

This is Chicago, armed fascist thugs pointing guns at unarmed US citizens.

Photo by Anthony Vazquez at the Chicago Sun-Times.

Armed officers in military-style gear confront a group of civilians during a tense outdoor standoff; one officer points a rifle at a young man who raises his hands defensively while others shout in the background, with trees and houses visible behind them.

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Civil & Human Rights Activist “Bad” Brad Berkwitt @badbrad2024.bsky.social · 10h

If it were Dems or black people, that fat trailer park white trash couch fucker JD Vance would call for a public hanging!

Fuck J (Just) D (A Dick) and his cosigning wife!

I. Fucking. Said. It.

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4gabriel.bsky.social @4gabriel.bsky.social · 9h

They have been relegated into the void in this house

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4gabriel.bsky.social @4gabriel.bsky.social · 9h

They know Trump and his merry band of dipshits will jump at the chance to say yes

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Lyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 9h

15 years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon--the most destructive oil spill in US history--the same company is asking the U.S. government to approve a new, larger, deeper, and riskier offshore drilling operation in the Gulf. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is considering BP’s proposal now.

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4gabriel.bsky.social @4gabriel.bsky.social · 9h

BP should have been sued into oblivion. When the contaminated catches appeared -no problem the govt dumped the shit into Military Commissaries but you know when we aren’t breathing in burn pit smoke we eat your hazmat 😡 but it wasn’t b/c so many Brits had their pensions in that shit company

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Lyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 9h

Public opposition shut down a previous BP proposal. We can do it again. @earthjustice.org makes it fast/easy with a letter to BOEM you can customize if you'd like; Earthjustice will send it for you: earthjustice.org/action/stop-.... Thank you! 🌎

Stop this ultra-deepwater drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico

If approved, this project will be BP’s first completely new oilfield development in the Gulf of Mexico since the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon disaster.

earthjustice.org

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4gabriel.bsky.social @4gabriel.bsky.social · 9h

BP declared a no fly zone- BP hired GS4 to harass locals in the gulf impacted by oil spill & Corexit contamination, they got the EPA to ignore its own regulations for applying Corexit and do it in a way that hid the oil & smothered sea life including coral. it wiped out fish- contaminated catches

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20h

The Portland Frogs have been multiplying ✊😊✊

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 13h

The darkness descends...

US vaccine misinformation is having “frightening” ripple effect in Europe, leaders warn www.bmj.com/content/391/...

US vaccine misinformation is having “frightening” ripple effect in Europe, leaders warn

Vaccine misinformation and disinformation being spread in the US—including by senior politicians—is affecting patients and researchers in Europe, experts have warned. Speaking at the World Vaccine Co...

www.bmj.com

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4gabriel.bsky.social @4gabriel.bsky.social · 9h

Europe could block US Propagandists on the basis of them being harmful to the public with their lies meant to cause damage to individual health outcomes but also the very fabric of society thru its comprehension of basic medical science- they should