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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 15h

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h

The NY Times published an editorial citing Susan Collin as "a moderate Republican." Collins is a reliable vote for Trump's agenda, has voted against democracy at every turn and supported extremist judges.

This is why people are abandoning legacy media--even while enjoying games, puzzles & recipes.

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Technical appreciator @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 3h

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

STEREOGUM: People my age, we talk about how we were lucky that we didn’t have social media growing up, and there’s no record of all the dumb shit we said and did. You didn’t have social media, but everything you said and did in those years is on record, and you’ve got to live with it now. That’s tough.

VIOLENT J: And the amount of gay Juggalos out there is really surprising. I think about them doing their research and getting the old records, getting excited about it, and getting their hearts broke or something, you know? I tell my daughter, “For the rest of your life, when your friends ask why your dad said that, say it’s because your dad was a fool. Don’t defend me. Say I was a fool then, but I’m not now.” There’s no excuse. I was going with the flow, and that’s the very thing we preach against — being a sheep. And that’s what I was doing.

https://www.stereogum.com/2083804/icp-interview-juggalos/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 1h

Magas who pay out of pocket for health insurance are about to see some GIANT premium hikes with shittier coverage. And Fox News is about to tell them they don't see that. And they're about to believe Fox News instead of their eyes and wallets. Madness.

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 1d

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 22h

OMG! In Comey's motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution, he points to others who have lied to Congress that were NOT prosecuted. Number one is JEFF SESSIONS when he said "I have been called a surrogate at a time or two, but I did not have contact with the Russians." 1/

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 4h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

Bondi put 1000+ personnel on finding and tagging Trump’s name in the Epstein files. There were training videos showing them how. I’ve filed a FOIA for those videos and have sued the government to get them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson: "Suddenly now, they've somehow convinced themselves that the Epstein files will be damaging to President Trump and Republicans in some way that they've imagined, and so they feign outrage."

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KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 3h

The Trump administration in late March slashed $500 million that had already been allocated to food aid nationwide through the Emergency Food Assistance Program. That canceled 124 scheduled deliveries to Missouri food banks. (@missouriindependent.com)

Missouri lost 1.6 million pounds of federal food aid to Trump cuts this year

The Trump administration in late March slashed $500 million that had already been allocated to food aid nationwide through the Emergency Food Assistance Program. That canceled 124 scheduled deliveries to Missouri food banks.

www.kcur.org

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14h

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Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3h

Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅

#Ugh🤢✅

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3h

Thanks to Donald Trump and his MAGA lapdogs in Congress, the government shutdown is going to deprive millions of Californians in need of their November food benefits.

It is long past time for the GOP to grow a spine, stand up to Trump, and stop endangering people's lives.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5h

Here is a piece I wrote for the Kansas City Star.

I’d love for you to read it and share it.

www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

Young Republican group chat shows JD Vance’s double standard on ‘kids’ | Opinion

To the vice president, men — like the one who worked for Kansas AG Kris Kobach — are men until they do something stupid. Women are women from conception. A new guest commentary from Jess Piper:

www.kansascity.com

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 17h

Two days ago, he took a shit on the American people. Today, he began demolishing the People’s House. That’s all he does. He shits on people, and he destroys things. Bcuz he’s a horrible person. I blame him a lot for the death & destruction he’s caused. I blame his enablers & his appeasers even more.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

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We are all paying for this vanity project

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 6h

In February, Rep. Raskin and I called on DHS to explain why ICE was detaining US citizens.

Their response was unserious. Today, we are once again asking Secretary Noem: Why do you continue unlawfully detaining U.S. citizens?
thehill.com/homenews/hou...

thehill.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h

I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16h

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 7h

Release the Epstein files.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 23h

Trump in July, on the WH $250MM ballroom project:

“It won’t interfere with the current building.... It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h

"Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...

Opinion | The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance

www.nytimes.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4h

"An upstate New York man pardoned by Trump after taking part in the attack on the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, was charged last week with a new crime: threatening to assassinate Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, at an event in New York City..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Charged With Threatening Hakeem Jeffries

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.

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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 4h

The wealthy & corporations should just be made to pay their fair share of taxes, rather than filling government coffers on the backs of average Americans through tariffs taxes & fees…

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