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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 5h

Because it is illegal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Leavitt: "The president tapped into tariff revenue to keep WIC money going out the door. He found a creative solution to keep the troops paid. And rather than congratulate him for doing that, this unprecedented action to get our troops paid, Dems want to sue him for it. They're saying it's illegal."

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RaceFans @racefans.net · 5h

NEW: Lando Norris has revealed he will face consequences within McLaren over his first-lap collision with team mate Oscar Piastri in the Singapore Grand Prix.

Norris reveals he faces 'repercussions to the end of the season' over Piastri clash

Lando Norris has revealed he will face consequences within McLaren over his first-lap collision with team mate Oscar Piastri in Singapore.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7h

The alleged security breaches by John Bolton remind me of security breaches by another ex-government official who kept classified records in his bathroom and evaded justice with the help of a corrupt MAGA judge in Florida.

Photo of records kept in Mar-a-Lago bathroom

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 4h

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Martin @mshelton.bsky.social · 5h

I'll just leave this here… techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/a...

Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

techcrunch.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 5h

Jeanine Pirro’s office tried three times to indict a woman on bogus felony charges of assaulting an ICE agent. A DC grand jury turned her down each time. So Pirro brought a misdemeanor charge instead. And now a trial jury has acquitted her of that. www.huffpost.com/entry/sidney...

Jeanine Pirro Strikes Out Yet Again In Federal Court

Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro failed to secure a felony indictment against the woman three times, then lost a jury trial on a misdemeanor charge. Ouch.

www.huffpost.com

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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 12h

Lower-cost insulin manufactured by the state of California will be available to consumers starting Jan. 1, 2026, for about $11 per pen.

Lower-cost, California-branded insulin will be available to consumers in January

Lower-cost insulin manufactured by the state of California will be available to consumers starting Jan. 1, 2026, for about $11 per pen.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 11h

He's not opening the government because he doesn't want those secret files revealed. It's not complicated.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 13h

Oh, and Mike Johnson protects pedophiles.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson could end the government shutdown and release the Epstein files today if he wanted to.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 13h

The Freudian slips are really something to watch, from Ted Cruz saying we should stop attacking pedophiles to Mike Johnson stating the Republican Party defended Nazis. It’s almost as if they’re carrying so many lies that they’re about to burst, and their subconscious is leaking before the eruption 🌋

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Johnson: That is not the principles of the Republican Party. You want me to articulate them? We fought the Nazis, we defended that evil ideology.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

This is why it’s impossible to negotiate with Republican leadership in Congress. Once you reach an agreement with them and things pass, the Trump admin just flushes that agreement down the toilet and Republicans who made the deal remain silent. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

THUNE: Fund the government the old fashioned way -- I don't think you need rescissions

VITALI: Have you said to the WH, maybe don't do another rescissions package? Feels like it's poisoned the well

THUNE: It's in everybody's best interest, including the WH, to do a normal appropriations process

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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🕊️KatarinaKriz🕊️On the turning away~Pink Floyd @katarinakriz.bsky.social · 1d

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Green Hombre @greenhombre.bsky.social · 1d

"Epstein not only didn’t hide what was happening, he took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care."

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Green Hombre @greenhombre.bsky.social · 1d

"Virginia Giuffre died by suicide on 25 April 2025."

"I’d show up, perform whatever sex acts Epstein wanted, then hang out beside his vast swimming pool while he got some work done. If Maxwell was there, I was often told to attend to her sexually as well."

- She was 16

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the King’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 1d

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Check it out!

From the vault: Mike Johnson said he’d take a blowtorch to the ACA.

Here’s the thing… 45% of marketplace enrollees are Republicans. Cool! So he’s threatening to burn the GOP’s own base. 🔥
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

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manzanman.bsky.social @manzanman.bsky.social · 1d

Same ICE crew that kidnapped the clarinet player from the brass band. Sunday night. Still no charges and not clear where the mother of a 3 year old is. She was knocked down while ICE pursured someone else and they felt it easier to take away a female clarinet player.

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manzanman.bsky.social @manzanman.bsky.social · 1d

KIdnapping from a public street. Come on Portland Police, do your job.

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

What could be worse than screaming at a Capitol police officer?

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

One of my only remaining joys is that every single time Amy Coney Barrett makes a stupid argument, Ketanji Brown Jackson gets a chance to follow up and illustrate her stupidity.
And this will happen again, and again, for the rest of Barrett's life.

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Hal Gumbert 🌴🧑🏼‍💻 @halgumbert.bsky.social · 1d

SCOTUS Voting Rights Act Hearing play by play in regular English...

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d

yeah Mike that was terrible

photo of the Capital building swarmed by mobs on January 6th

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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