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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

I was married but I’m not married any more. Women don’t like the vehicle.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2h

Someone needs another bag of cash to soothe him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Homan: "If the hateful rhetoric continues, there will be bloodshed. People are going to die ... there is going to be more bloodshed unless this hateful rhetoric stops."

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carmenlynn.bsky.social @carmenlynn.bsky.social · 4h

Yes, of course he did. And, tomorrow he’s going to tell us how he can leap tall buildings, in a single bound.

Trump sparks mental decline fears with latest nuclear war claim

The latest of Trump's slip ups has, once again, got people questioning if his mental ability is on the decline despite repeated rebukes from the White House

www.irishstar.com

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 7h

$40 billion of taxpayer money to Argentina's wannabe-dictator. Trump is robbing the American people blind for an under-the-table deal he's made with Javier Milei. How much corruption are the American people going to tolerate from this fascist authoritarian conman? Enough already!

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Damien Marie AtHope Ⓐ 🚩🏴🌍 @damienmarieathope.bsky.social · 7h

My art

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carmenlynn.bsky.social @carmenlynn.bsky.social · 6h

Does this crazy old man not realize that we know he’s lying, because we are the people paying the grocery bill?
I get that people like him, have absolutely no clue how much things cost, but to try and lie to our faces, while we’re holding our grocery receipt, must be a new level of idiot.

75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’

Exclusive poll: Inflation remains a concern despite president’s pledge to reduce prices on ‘day one’

www.theguardian.com

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carmenlynn.bsky.social @carmenlynn.bsky.social · 7h

Everything he and his MAGA Crime Syndicate do, is illegal.

“Existing law only permits deceased people’s portraits on United States currency. The specific statute governing next year’s milestone also stipulates that 'no portrait of a living person' can be on the back of the special edition coins."

'Probably illegal': GOP blasted for 'sacrilegious' plan to mint Trump 'as the chosen one'

Columnist Theodore R. Johnson called out President Donald Trump’s “sacrilegious campaign to put his name on everything” pertaining to America, including a proposed $1 coin.“If the Treasury Department ...

www.alternet.org

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 9h

Right? It's not "covert" if they're telling us about it.🤷‍♀️

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 9h

The first rule of covert CIA action is do not talk about covert CIA action www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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💙 Happysnarkygal 💙 @happysnarkygal.bsky.social · 10h

A temporary halt to firings…until it gets to the corrupt SCOTUS most likely. apnews.com/article/gove...

Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated.”

apnews.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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carmenlynn.bsky.social @carmenlynn.bsky.social · 10h

Really? Then why have Republicans refused, for the last two years, to hang the plaque honoring their service and sacrifice that day?
Republicans are traitors and they are liars

Mike Johnson shredded for saying Republicans stand up for Capitol Police

President pardoned some 1,500 people prosecuted in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

www.independent.co.uk

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 21h

"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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I talk loud and fast, mostly to myself. @wtfjusthappened.bsky.social · 11h

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carmenlynn.bsky.social @carmenlynn.bsky.social · 11h

“I remember from my decades in Republican politics that the right used to object to the idea of masked, unidentified agents of the federal government roaming the streets of America in unmarked vehicles going after people they think don’t look like real Americans”

We 'have a hot mess in this country': Former Republican blasts Trump in scathing op-ed

What are the No Kings protests about?It’s a natural question if one has never been to a large protest. I’ve seen many of my friends on the right, especially after the first No Kings protests in June, ...

www.alternet.org

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Russ Buchanan @russbuchanan.bsky.social · 15h

To today’s GOP, REAGAN would be considered left of center.

JESUS‘ teachings and practice must be somewhere between Bernie Sanders and Fidel Castro.

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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 14h

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Julia Dilliard💙🐴🇺🇦#Resist. DM's are blocked. @juliadilliard.bsky.social · 14h

Johnson is a christian nationalist which is rooted in racism, bigotry, and misogyny wrapped in a very thin veneer of religiosity to give it some moral authority. It has nothing to do with the teachings of Jesus.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 15h

MAGA is the exact opposite of everything Jesus taught and believed in, and they get very VERY MAD if you point this out.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

Welch: Mike Johnson-If he's a big Christian, he should be fighting for the marginalized, fighting for the poor. But instead he weaponizes his faith to lure voters in and then dicks him over every chance he gets.

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carmenlynn.bsky.social @carmenlynn.bsky.social · 11h

Trump Administration Planning to Install ‘Allies’ at the IRS to Target ‘Major Democratic Donors’ Including George Soros: WSJ

The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration was planning to install "allies" at the IRS to target left-leaning groups.

www.mediaite.com

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TrumpFile.org @trumpfile.org · 16h

Tonight in 2020, during a town hall with NBC News, Donald Trump refused to disavow believers in QAnon and claimed he knew nothing about it. Then he said he's heard about it and agrees with its message.

Donald Trump refuses to disavow conspiracy theorists / QAnon (October 15, 2020)

During a televised town hall, Donald Trump refuses to disavow the QAnon conspiracy that he is secretly arresting Democrats and members of the "Deep State" who are part of an evil child-eating operation. Trump goes as far as to say he doesn't know anything about the conspiracy, and then shows…

trumpfile.org

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 15h

"The near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens combined with the lack of an available legal workforce, results in significant disruptions to production costs and threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S consumers," according to a Department of Labor report.

Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 16h

Anyone vote for this? Anyone? A nation underfed is making America great again?

The U.S. Labor Department is warning of a potential food crisis linked to the Trump administration’s immigration raids due to a resulting worker shortage.

abcnews.go.com/US/family-fa...

Family farm in Idaho faces worker shortage as Trump administration immigration raids escalate

The U.S. Labor Department is warning of a potential food crisis linked to the Trump administration’s immigration raids due to a resulting worker shortage.

abcnews.go.com

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carmenlynn.bsky.social @carmenlynn.bsky.social · 17h

ICE’s deportation contractors sue DHS over $1B contract awarded to rival

This comes as President Donald Trump continues to pour billions into the department for its aggressive crackdown on illegal immigrants.

www.themirror.com

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carmenlynn.bsky.social @carmenlynn.bsky.social · 18h

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.

apnews.com