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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

AP: “Though 🇺🇸 only spends around 1% of its budget on foreign aid, Trump declared USAID — once the world’s leading donor of humanitarian assistance — a waste of💰and dissolved it.”

(But his pal Milei gets $40 Billion for Argentina) apnews.com/article/myan...

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Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 46m

The entire annual budget of USAID was $21 Billion.

Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 56m

Remember when SCOTUS said Biden couldn’t cancel student loan debt because he didn’t have Congressional approval?

Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 58m

An extra trillion since yesterday? Damn.

Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 1h

The entire annual budget for USAID is $21 Billion

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3h

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘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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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 1h

Wut?

Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 5h

Maybe they don’t understand what the word “covert” means?

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Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 6h

Remembering that time SCOTUS said Biden couldn’t cancel student loan debt without Congress

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

The inherent corollary of "this is murder" is that we prosecute and punish people who commit murder.

Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 1d

Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 8h

If I had the ability to pick any super power I wanted, it would be to be able to reach through phone/tv screens and slap the assholes with shit-eating grins on their faces while they argue in favor of tyranny.

Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, I did read it after you shared it. Apologies for the mischaracterization, but the point of my reply remains.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 8h

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a religious event in Sderot: "There will be Jewish settlement in Gaza! Because without settlement there is no security… For the glory of Israel! Because it is ours."

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Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 8h

I don’t recall reading this part of the agreed upon peace plan

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Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 8h

They’re minutes away from arguing for a 3/5ths compromise.

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Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 20h

Very good video. If I lived in Maine, I’d at the absolute minimum be giving this guy an opportunity to get my vote.

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Suzanner @susersuzanner.bsky.social · 21h

Schumer is backing her. not this guy. Pathetic Leadership.
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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · Aug 19

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.

I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 22h

oh good I was worried the utterly unearned Vanity Fair editor job was all she got for violating the most basic rules of journalism

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 21h

He’s going to be wearing a ridiculous General’s uniform by Christmas.

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Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 1d

Because FIFA, just like the IOC is one of the most corrupt organizations on the planet.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Israel Warns Gaza Still Harboring Hundreds Of Doctors https://theonion.com/israel-warns-gaza-still-harboring-hundreds-of-doctors-1850964439/

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Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 1d

Possibly. I prefer to call it a “don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out-exit”

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Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 1d

The GOP caravan fear mongering is as reliable as Mariah Carey starting to trend every November.

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Eric 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @itus.bsky.social · 1d

“Kinetic stop” doesn’t give MAGA the same release as when he says “kinetic strike”

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