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Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 7h

I was reminded this bailout not only just funnels money to Argentina, but Argentina is one of our main competitors when it comes to our struggling farmers, especially soybeans. We are getting screwed coming and going.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 7h

‼️ this is one of the reasons why the Musk shutdown of USAID broke me, like

Congress said 'we're allocating these funds to save lives'

a random asshole with too much money and unresolved bitterness about the end of Apartheid said 'no you're not'

so the funding disappeared??

and people are dying??

Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 10h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 15h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 10h

Mike Johnson called us back from July 4 recess on 7/3 so he could gut Americans’ healthcare in the Big Ugly bill. Since then, he has only had the House in session for 19 of the subsequent 104 days. That’s how we ended up here.

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Dan Davis @bindlestiff.bsky.social · 8h

Reuters reporting this blatant crime as if it’s a lunch date is a prime example of the kind of careless, aloof normalization in journalism that has greased the skids of this catastrophic authoritarian power grab.

Reuters @reuters.com · 15h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Elizabeth Story @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social · 14h

huh. i didn't even know about this song

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 17h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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The Verge @theverge.com · 14h

‘New media’ is just right-wing media

Podcasts, but not those podcasts.

buff.ly

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Elizabeth Story @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social · 1d

it's brown for me. i guess i could click the fucking palette button on purpose and change the theme but at this point it's the principle of the thing

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Elizabeth Story @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social · 1d

i fucking hate the latest pixel update. i cant tell you how many times ive hit this fucking button trying to type the letter i

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Elizabeth Story @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social · 1d

you've got something on your face

small black and white dog with mud on his nose holding a chew ring in his mouth

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 1d

Today makes a month since the release of AUDITION FOR THE FOX! Huge thank you to all of the wonderful readers who've spent some time with Nesi and the Fox, and thank you to the reviewers and book media for covering it!

Please remember: reviews are helpful for the algorithm, and I love you all <3

AUDITION FOR THE FOX with a quote from NK Jemisin

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Wanna stop getting calls and texts from me about Prop 50? Send your ballot in today. That removes you from the contact lists, and helps phone bankers use their time more effectively :)

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 1d

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 1d

This weekend, I'll be appearing at StoryFest '25 in Westport with wonderful authors such as @charliejane.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social, @brianevenson.bsky.social & others!

Please register here! westportlibrary.org/storyfest-20...

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 4d

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

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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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 4d

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ICE abducted a 15-year-old autistic boy during a bathroom break and kept him hidden for nearly a week.
His mother thought he was missing. Even local police couldn’t find him because ICE never told anyone they had him.

He was selling fruit with his mom when he asked to use the restroom.

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The Boobarienne casting primitive hexes @thebarbarienne.bsky.social · 4d

IF GOVERNMENT COULD BE RUN LIKE A BUSINESS, A BUSINESS WOULD ALREADY BE DOING IT

Government exists to *prevent* society from being run like a business. That's its literal purpose.

Ryan W Enslow @ryanwenslow.bsky.social · 4d

The purpose of government is not to maximize earnings to investors

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The Dreaded Abighoul @popeguilty.bsky.social · 5d

The novice asked, "How long will it take to become enlightened?"

The master replied, "10 years."

The novice asked, "What if I grind through the lessons and do all the daily logins and tasks and buy all the microtransactions?"

The master replied, "fucking what"

Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 5d

”im addicted to this Buddhism game” —things someone who is good at buddhism would say???

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Isi Baehr-Breen @isibb.bsky.social · 5d

Thinking about that time I got quoted in the National Review about Bari Weiss

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Elizabeth Story @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social · 5d

the damn Instagram algorithm's got my number for clothes i like

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6d

Mother Jones has substantially more paid subscribers than Bari Weiss’ Free Press, so perhaps someone should put us in charge of a TV network.

Nice little TV network you got there

How easily has Trump rolled corporate media? So much more easily than he probably expected.

www.motherjones.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 6d

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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