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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 2h

Imagine caring about Kaepernick in the year of our lord 2025

Irenic Bro @irenicbro.bsky.social · 2h

"We're saving God from Colin Kaepernik" is a pretty good distillation of Republican thought

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 2h

And coffee is the perfect commodity to illustrate Trump's destructive stupidity: It's literally impossible to produce it at scale in the US.

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 2h

Trump: *Illegally and unilaterally raises tariffs on basic goods*

The Atlantic: Hrm, instead of coffee have you tried meth?

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 2h

Of course the Israelis will use a string of pathetic pretexts to avoid delivering on their promises. Just like every other time! You can also expect the tempo of Israeli-govt land theft and pogroms in the West Bank to increase.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 2h

Collective punishment by starvation of Gazans continues because Hamas isn't digging the bodies of Israeli hostages killed by Israeli bombs from the rubble fast enough. Going great! www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Rafah crossing to stay closed, Israel says, affecting aid after Hamas failed to hand over bodies of hostages – Gaza ceasefire live

Israeli defence minister says delay in returning bodies is violation of ceasefire

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 2h

They keep trying to make fetch happen.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 1d

Distressed to see I guess I'm out of a job. AI has figured out everything there is to know about maize domestication. (Found this online when looking for images for a talk)

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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 21h

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 17h

Since I can't remember I won't bore you with accurate details. But Steven King said summat about writing: "My muse? He's a 250lb guy with a pipe wrench who is going to beat me if I don't have 10 pages done by noon."

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 20h

Tragedy during the annual executive picnic's hide-and-seek game. Clearly.

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BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 20h

Absolutely cannot say 'fired'.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 21h

Goldman Sachs loses senior bankers after leadership reshuffles, dealmaking pause reut.rs/3L9I9Xu

Goldman Sachs loses senior bankers after leadership reshuffles, dealmaking pause

Goldman Sachs has lost more than a dozen senior investment bankers this year, a higher number than normal, after internal shake-ups and a sluggish start to 2025 drove them to seek new opportunities, according to three sources familiar with the situation.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 20h

These are the same kind of weasels who would’ve called George Washington & America’s revolutionaries “terrorists.” They spend their days sucking up to King Trump & demonizing peaceful protest just as some in America sought to appease King George III.

Looking forward to No Kings Day.

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 20h

Dear Teh Media: You can say "fired" instead of "as a result of a RIF."

You marks. You absolute jamooks.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 20h

Trump take JPL.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 20h

Holy crap. This is terrible.

The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.

Reuters @reuters.com · 22h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 20h

Emmylou was/is a big star, did pretty well financially out of it. She should have been even bigger.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 20h

150+ unvaccinated kids in two schools? What the fuck are we doing here??

Clip from the attached story that says: He points to the current outbreak in South Carolina where more than 150 unvaccinated school children at two schools are now being subject to a 21-day quarantine after being exposed

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matthew @pahuski.com · 1d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

why on earth bessent thinks this is helpful to the admin somehow is totally lost on me

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 1d

When Soeharto's New Order was mid-collapse his people found calling all protestors "communists" wasn't working. So they tried out a new moniker: Organisasi Tanpa Badan (Formless Organization), or OTB. As in "agitators from the Formless Organization are responsible."

Antifa is Trump's OTB.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 1d

"The traditional defense contractors have too much power in procurement. We should fix that."
Nods, yeah. Good idea.
"We're going to DISRUPT that."
Hmm, not so sure where this is heading...
"We're putting 100 baby Musks in charge to shovel broken tech at troops."
Goddammit.

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Michael Stahlke @michaelstahlke.bsky.social · 1d

Me: These service secretaries think they’re battalion commanders. They need to focus on big stuff like acquisitions and facilities upkeep

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

"Roughly three out of every four high-value, “emergency procurement” contracts the governor’s office has awarded are missing the legally required public documentation,"

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1d

“More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation”

Daniel Ducassi for Florida Bulldog

More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation

By Daniel Ducassi, FloridaBulldog.org - More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts missing legally required public documentation.

www.floridabulldog.org

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 2d

Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.

But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.

It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
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Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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