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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 6h

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.

Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.

These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.

This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.

Every American should reject it.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

"Without the civilian workforce, commanders couldn’t move tanks to a maneuver location, manipulate targets on a range, provide fuel for the force, or food in the mess halls."

@markhertling.bsky.social on what shutdowns do to the military: www.thebulwark.com/p/for-the-mi...

For the Military, a Shutdown Is About a Lot More Than Just Pay

It also affects many other people, institutions, and services necessary for readiness.

www.thebulwark.com

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 15h

This should be seen as what it is: a huge step towards ending free and fair elections.

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social · 17h

Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...

www.justice.gov

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13h

My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."

We Have to Move

"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21h

The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.

“Making Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets,” with photos of how they’re uniformed and equipped

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The Economist @economist.com · 15h

A 5km Saturday jog has captured runners and non-runners around the world

Parkrun has become an unwitting British public-health success

A 5km Saturday jog has captured runners and non-runners around the world

econ.st

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We Are Saners @wearesaners.bsky.social · 20h

No Kings 2 - what did it accomplish? It grew our movement and exposed the increasing weakness of the desperate regime. WE gave them ONLY bad choices.

1. Crack down with violence on peaceful protesters, inspire fury and triple the size of The Resistance or
2. Do nothing and look weak.

They did #2.

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FEISTY😈 @crzyfkinworld.bsky.social · 20h

Call me a conspiracy theorist but I'm starting to think that the government shutdown is part of their hostile government takeover.

Go read Project 2025, again.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 19h

When you can be accused of a crime by this regimes Gestapo without proof, it’s shows to what extent they’ve weakened the rule of law

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21h

I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 19h

10th boat blown up in the Caribbean.

6 people dead this time.

Not a single arrest made.

Not an ounce recovered.

Not a shred of evidence provided.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

The Caerphilly result is what we need to see everywhere at the next election: people coordinating to vote tactically for parties which seek a fairer, kinder, greener country.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 1d

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

“When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right, and laughter becomes a weapon.”
— Albert Camus

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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 1d

I’m currently at the entrance to Coast Guard Island where National Guard troops and ICE agents are being housed prior to their deployment on the Bay Area. Couple hundred people are here blocking access in and out. Lots of faith leaders here who are praying at the edge of the property line.

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Kate Burns @katerqburns.bsky.social · 2d

“Medical staff did not give her any food, water, or pain medication for several hours. Much later that evening, after a significant loss of blood, Lucia was transported to an emergency room approximately an hour away, with her arms and legs shackled.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say

The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.

www.nbcnews.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

Still hard to fathom that people voted to put the King of Bankruptcy in charge of the world's largest economy.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

They’re flooding the zone, so there’s a new horror story every hour of every day.

SNAP funding runs out in November.

Millions of Americans, children included, are going to go hungry.

Talk about it every single day.

Scream about it.

Don’t let it get pushed out of the public consciousness.

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Kate Phillips @amberstanley.bsky.social · 1d

I got my flu and Covid jabs yesterday, and only spent a small amount of time lying on the floor at the chemist’s. 💪

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

The war zone in Portland was getting out of control at the ICE facility last night.

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 2d

36 out of every 100 Americans shrugged and went to crossfit or some shit. Great job, wockaflockas.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 1d

This is classic Farage, all grievance and no graft. He’d rather play the victim instead of doing his job.

A Politics UK Tweet

TEXT: 🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage has not applied for a PMQs question since July

It comes after he watched yesterday’s PMQs from the spectators’ gallery in protest of never having a “right of reply”

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 1d

GiveDirectly gave $550 to every adult in the Khongoni subdistrict of Malawi, reaching over 85,000 people. It was enough outside money to double local GDP. Extreme poverty plummeted by 88%. Inflation was negligible.

Now they're going even bigger by giving $550 to 185,000 people - an entire district.

Doubling local GDP didn’t drive inflation
Our large scale cash injection was equivalent to doubling the economy in Khongoni. Compared to surrounding areas, inflation in Khongoni rose by about 1% – a statistically detectable but economically negligible effect. After five months, this had fallen to zero.

Markets were able to absorb large-scale transfers without driving significant price inflation. That gives us strong evidence that this model can be scaled responsibly and rapidly without triggering harmful inflation.

This stability was a product of how recipients and markets responded:

🗓️ Recipients didn’t spend all at once: Findings showed households did not spend all of the transfer immediately and gradually increased their spending over months.
🚲 They also shopped around: Recipients had access to multiple markets, locally and in nearby Lilongwe city, allowing them to choose between sellers if someone didn’t have what they needed or tried to raise prices.
🤝 Vendors chose not to raise prices: Traders reported keeping prices steady to maintain trust, saying opportunistic hikes would damage their reputation once the cash was gone.
📦 Markets adapted to demand: Many vendors simply ordered more stock and new traders entered markets, both without significantly driving up prices.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Good: Jamie Raskin tells me he's formally demanding any/all internal communications between WH and DOJ on Trump's $230 million payoff.

More Dems should talk this way about Trump's criming. He's turning the presidency into a massive Bribe Delivery System.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...

Trump’s Vile New $230 Million Shakedown of DOJ Just Got Even Worse

It’s bad enough that Trump wants—and DOJ will likely fork over—this tribute payment. Now, get this: It can probably be done at first without even being revealed publicly.

newrepublic.com

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