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Chanandler Bong @amyisverybusy.bsky.social · 1h

Watching The Substance again.
Wondering what it must be like to have a body that looks good in literally anything.
Would you ever get bored of buying new clothes?
Lol. No, you wouldn't.

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Chanandler Bong @amyisverybusy.bsky.social · 1h

One of the most infuriating things about getting older is realizing that the expensive goops are (mostly) much better than inexpensive goops.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 5h

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:

This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

Reuters @reuters.com · 11h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 6h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 11h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Chanandler Bong @amyisverybusy.bsky.social · 4h

Goddamnit, he got me with this one

Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 4h

(whispering near overflowing laundry basket) keep absolutely still. its vision is based on movement

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

Qatar gave Trump a $400M jet. Trump gave them a military facility on US soil.

The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips.

Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms.

If this isn't corruption, what is?

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Noah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social · 5h

Demagogic president seizes money to pay standing army, arrogating to himself legislative power, while his cronies keep Congress out of session is honestly more or less exactly how the Founders thought this would end

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Chanandler Bong @amyisverybusy.bsky.social · 4h

Little dog does not understand that I cannot throw her ball down the bedroom hallway from the middle of the kitchen.
And she's making this my problem.

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Chanandler Bong @amyisverybusy.bsky.social · 4h

Read every delicious word.

Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 4h

For the Daily Beast, I borrowed a page from John Gondelman and wrote the president a pep talk. www.thedailybeast.com/why-downbeat...

Why Downbeat Trump, 79, Is Suffering the Most Miserable Week of His Presidency

Consider this my RSVP to your pity party Mr. President, and I’m bringing some Happy Meals!

www.thedailybeast.com

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Chanandler Bong @amyisverybusy.bsky.social · 4h

Memos don't create lawssssssss

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 5h

"sidestepping norms"
"pushing the envelope"
"breaking with tradition"
"in a bold move"
...
"expanding authority"

I wonder if the New York Times has ChatGPT generating these.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

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Chanandler Bong @amyisverybusy.bsky.social · 4h

Did anyone else read Jeanette McCurdy's memoir?
I finished half of it in one night and can't wait to get back to it.
When I'm done, I'm gonna need to talk about it.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 11h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Chanandler Bong @amyisverybusy.bsky.social · 4h

I spent SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS on Sharks tickets to see the Avs. And they're not that good.
Gonna barf.

Chanandler Bong @amyisverybusy.bsky.social · 4h

It's weird that no one knows what TRON stands for.

Chanandler Bong @amyisverybusy.bsky.social · 4h

I'm preeetty sure it's from Super Mario Brothers.

Chanandler Bong @amyisverybusy.bsky.social · 4h

History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes.

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Chanandler Bong @amyisverybusy.bsky.social · 4h

These yahoos are nothing without attention. This is excellent.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 7h

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Chanandler Bong @amyisverybusy.bsky.social · 4h

A self-care anthem

a woman in a blue dress is dancing with the words let it go written below her

Alt: a woman in a blue dress is dancing with the words let it go written below her

media.tenor.com

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spooky•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 23h

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn't "Look Like" Her Last Name 🤬

Maria Greeley, 44, was on her way home from her job at Beach Bar earlier this month when she was surrounded, seized, and zip-tied by three ICE masked agents without cause or warning

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