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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 7h

I’m dealing with a lot of stress at work so not posting much but the best trend y’all are missing out on is the pizza wars over on Tik Tok. These people are talented!

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Mark D. Garfinkel, Ph.D. @mdgarfinkel.bsky.social · 7h

But let’s keep eyes focused:

USAID bought food & meds made in the US that was sent to Africa, where it saved lives.

Most or all of the “aid to Argentina” will be paid to US hedge funds to cover their losses on Argentine gov’t bonds. Hard to see what benefit their people will see from $40 billion.

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Big Political Ideas @bigpolitical-ideas.bsky.social · 7h

USAID was a major buyer of American farm products & would send this food to the poorest people in the world: refugees from drought & war. Which also increased respect for America around the world. But not anymore. Trump & Musk killed USAID. And now farmers (Not Trump or Musk) will pay the price.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 7h

It's going up to $40 billion.

USAID's budget last year was $28 billion.

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 8h

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 7h

Trump is in no small part the result
of failing to staff up the IRS and send it after white-collar crime, so of course now that he has a second presidency he's planning to use it as a weapon against his political enemies.

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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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Meanwhile, Justice Gorsuch is nodding along to oral arguments at the Supreme Court about how there’s no racism in politics anymore

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12h

This guy was a clerk for Justice Gorsuch. Anyone want to argue this is not a racist (and damn stupid) taunt?

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12h

This guy was a clerk for Justice Gorsuch. Anyone want to argue this is not a racist (and damn stupid) taunt?

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 5h

Officials in New York state announced charges in the 1984 rape and murder of a Long Island teenager after, they said, the suspect’s DNA was recovered from a discarded straw.

After 40 years and 3 overturned convictions, arrest made in murder case thanks to smoothie straw

Richard Bilodeau was identified as Theresa Fusco's alleged killer after investigators obtained his DNA from a discarded straw at a smoothie cafe, officials said.

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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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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 6h

I’m glad folks are finally starting to call this what it is: Trump & Vance’s campaign against Catholic parishes nationwide.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 6h

“Worshippers fled in fear as immigration agents appeared outside St. Jerome’s — part of Trump’s new campaign against Catholic parishes nationwide.”

www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/in-anti-ca...

In Anti-Catholic Crusade, Trump's ICE Targets Holy Mass in Chicago

Worshippers fled in fear as immigration agents appeared outside St. Jerome’s — part of Trump’s new campaign against Catholic parishes nationwide.

www.thelettersfromleo.com

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 6h

This is how authoritarianism cements itself in power and crushes opposition, all while the eggheads debate if it's fascism or something else.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING via WSJ

The Trump administration is planning sweeping changes in criminal division at the IRS.

Full Story: on.wsj.com/3LbVFtK

The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily, according to people familiar with the matter.
A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said.
The undertaking aims to install allies of President Trump at the IRS criminal-investigative division, or IRS-CI, to exert firmer control over the unit and weaken the involvement of IRS lawyers in criminal investigations, officials said. The proposed changes could open the door to politically motivated probes and are being driven by Gary Shapley, an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Dismantling the VRA is their plan. An all out attack on black/brown representation that would give Republicans a hammer-lock on power.

A potentially 20-plus house seat shift. Pay attention.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 BREAKING
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has sent a formal demand letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, ordering him to swear in Adelita Grijalva immediately. More ⬇️

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 1d

Just a reminder

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

As I've noted, central to Stephen Miller's propaganda is the claim that the Chicago complex targeted by ICE was "filled" with Tren de Aragua "terrorists."

Now @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports that the number of TdA members netted in that raid is down to *one.*

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h

LA Times now confirming our earlier reporting: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 1d

This administration keeps torching the Hatch Act—propaganda videos in airports, partisan emails on federal servers, even mass firings. It’s corruption with a flag pin. See something? Say something. Expose it through the whistleblower tip line.
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Italian in Nola @italianinnola.bsky.social · 7h

My brain read Allen Toussaint…

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10h

“Not going to be great” is quite the understatement by Fox here.

Tweet by FactPost (@factpostnews) reading: “Fox: The tariffs, 10% for lumber, 25% for cabinets, vanities, upholstered furniture. On January 1st, the tariff for cabinets and vanities increase to 50%, all the rest of the furniture to 30%. The cost of building materials has increased 34%. There is a concern that this is not going to be great for the home buying industry.” Below is a Fox Business screenshot showing a reporter in a lumber workshop with the headline “New tariffs on furniture & lumber take effect.”

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 10h

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 10h

Remember, brown 13-year-olds are hardened menaces to society, but 30-something Republican Hitler afficionados in positions of power are just li’l guys.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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