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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 8h

Dems have no incentive to concede on the budget impasse.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. They’re illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and they’re illegally spending where they don’t have the money to spend.

What we have is an appropriations king.

Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.

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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 17h

Timeline cleanse: Stevie seems to like the new cat bed 😸

An orange tabby tom snoozes on his back - front paws pulled up - on a brown, fuzzy cat bed.

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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 18h

JFC 😒

NPR @npr.org · 19h

The Trump administration is working with right-wing influencers to shape the public's understanding of protests against ICE in Portland, Ore. n.pr/478zSdQ

Conservative Influencers in Portland

The Trump administration is working with right-wing influencers to shape the public's understanding of protests against ICE in Portland, Ore.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a snores d’oeuvres or a snooze-bouche

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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 1d

New Stand Up Set youtu.be/mX85JmYVswQ?...

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Myq Kaplan @myqkaplan.bsky.social · 1d

DMT! Doing My Thing!

Here’s a clip from my new stand-up special “Rini” coming to the Blonde Medicine YouTube channel on November 19!

PS the full special will live here, and you can click to get a reminder if you wish:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uf...

#comedy #standupcomedy #funny #jokes #comedy

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Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 2d

Who wants a little tasty taste of my new feature film 5002 Space Aliens? Beats doom-scrolling!

Coming soon!

vimeo.com/1125037396?f...

5002 Space Aliens Teaser 2

Coming soon to a film festival near-ish to you!

vimeo.com

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 3d

lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

AJ West • 1h
Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3d

Some of those who say I quit
Are the same who talk bullshit

Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 3d

We’ll need a followup story on each of these cops a few months into Mamdani’s term to see if they made good on their vows to leave the force

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 3d

YES!

After the Board of Trustees refused to sell WPSU to WHYY, there was an outpouring of support for our local NPR station.

As a WPSU volunteer, I’m very grateful ❤️

Bryant Sell @stormsellwx.bsky.social · 3d

Good news: Penn State has reversed a decision to shut down WPSU. Negotions of selling WPSU to WHYY can now proceed.

www.psu.edu/news/adminis...

Penn State Board of Trustees approves new deal for WPSU | Penn State University

The Penn State Board of Trustees today unanimously approved the material terms of a proposed transaction to transfer the operating assets of WPSU public radio and television stations to WHYY, a public...

www.psu.edu

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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 3d

Living in Pennsylvania? Contact your state senators and demand that they pass a budget.

Laura Shadle @laurashadlepa.bsky.social · 3d

Centre County Treasurer @colleenky.bsky.social provides an update on the impacts of the state budget impasse on the county’s services and overall fiscal health.

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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 3d

THEY’VE HAD 15 YEARS

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan?

MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.

(So, no plan)

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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 3d

The attorney who got Subu Vedam freed from prison is a friend of mine. He told me that Vedam’s immigration attorney is excellent and that he’s in good hands. 🤞🏻

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4d

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 3d

Ya hear that, GT Thompson?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

We should mandate a work requirement for House Republicans to get their health care. How about they have to work at least one week a month to keep their government health insurance?

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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 3d

Womp womp, I guess

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 4d

President Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One that he doesn’t think he’s going to get into heaven.

“I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to get me into heaven.”

(I isolated Trump’s voice)

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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, my gosh. A local miscarriage of justice has made national news.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 3d

Like in an interesting, dramatic way? Or in exhausting the audience unnecessarily way?

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 5d

It's dangerous to say, but since it is true, it's more dangerous to not say: The Supreme Court of the United States is not a legitimate body. It's been deliberately and systematically captured by ideologues on behalf of an anti-Constitutional project, and its extremist members have been bribed.

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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 5d

😂

colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 5d

Has… has he seen himself?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 5d

🙏🏻

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 6d

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 6d

Go Pittsburgh 💛🖤 😉

Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 6d

a brutal night for Philly sports

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 7d

"Heavily drink warm bourbon from mason jars while swathed in an L.L. Bean Hudson Bay blanket and start a small bonfire using J. Crew catalogs as kindling. Sacrifice your favorite plaid scarf to the hungry flames to ensure more Instagram followers."

Fall DIY Projects That Help Numb the Pain of Existence

Crochet a drink warmer for your pumpkin spice latte because even inanimate objects deserve the attention to detail you so desperately crave and sel...

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colleenky.bsky.social @colleenky.bsky.social · 7d

Wha…. ?!

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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