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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 2h

If That’s a donation, it goes to the treasury and only congress can decide how to spend it. No such (lawful) thing as private payment of government obligation.

Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 2h

The Trump family has turned the government into a high-stakes flea market.

Drone company's stock soars after it appoints Donald Trump Jr. to advisory board

Orlando-based Unusual Machines said it relies on Chinese imports and warned of potential impacts from Trump tariffs.

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 2h

Ontario is supposed to be pausing the commercial, although it appeared during Game 1 of the World Series on Fox. This really pissed Trump off such that he canceled trade talks with Canada.

The one-minute Canadian advert that has left Donald Trump fuming

The one-minute ad was pulled from a speech former President Reagan gave in 1987.

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 2h

Congress has abdicated its role of keeping the president from becoming king. Witness the East Wing ballroom.

The Coup That Finally Worked: How Mike Johnson Succeeded Where the Insurrection Failed

Through procedural paralysis, the Speaker has done what violence could not: silence Congress and hand Donald Trump the powers of a king...

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 2h

Bondi after Pelosi now.

AG Pam Bondi announces investigation into another Trump foe: Nancy Pelosi

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 2h

Meet the banker behind the Trumps.

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 2h

Venezuela warns of Russian missiles as proxy war plans heat up.

Maduro boasts of ‘thousands’ of Russian anti-aircraft missiles as Trump threatens military action inside Venezuela | CNN

Venezuela has 5,000 Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles in “key air defense positions,” its President Nicolás Maduro claimed on Wednesday, amid growing tension over the United States’ military deploym...

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 9h

Is today’s 3% inflation increase a fake by the government? Other countries have done this and here’s what happened:

What would happen if America started faking its economic data? Here’s what happened when other countries did it | CNN Business

Lying to your lenders is a bad enough idea when you’re an individual. It’s even worse when you’re a country.

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 10h

Really folks, make a post or two before you seek followers. Tell us about yourself, where you live, who you live with — the usual stuff — and include a pic or two.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 14h

“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”

“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”

~Center for Budget and Policy

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12h

This piece of shit owes you a lot of money

Trump, dipshit facial expression, in an ugly yellow room with fake gold plastic leaf trim next to him

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 10h

Trump-linked drone company wins government contract. Stealing us blind and taking over the country — that’s Trump and his freaky family!

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 13h

GOOD DON'T COME BACK!!!!

LIVE NOW: Trump To Leave Country Amid Shutdown

God on Substack

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13h

"At this moment in time, of course, the release of the TRUMPSTEIN Files is really the public's main priority."

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 13h

Gunfire at rented van at site of Oakland ICE protest injures two.

2 injured when security personnel open fire on truck at site of Oakland protests

The shooting happened around 10 p.m. at the entrance to Coast Guard Island in East Oakland.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14h

We’ve become a bad joke.

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 13h

Eep state?

Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 13h

When one isn’t liked in a town like Washington, word gets around. Deep state? Maybe. More likely just a bunch of locals who don’t like the asshole much and leaked the news.

Trump's run-in with D.C. protesters still haunts his team

The Sept. 9 incident at a restaurant near the White House has made unannounced visits by Trump in D.C. much less likely.

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TIME TO FIGHT BACK @timetofixit.bsky.social · 1d

Letitia James seeks to dismiss Virginia charges saying DA unlawfully appointed - The Guardian

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Letitia James seeks to dismiss Virginia charges saying DA unlawfully appointed — Guardian US

New York attorney general challenging appointment of attorney who obtained indictment against her, filing says

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 14h

Drug war against Venezuela heats up with Navy carrier.

US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military buildup

The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, in the latest escalation and buildup of military forces in the region.

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 15h

James pleads innocent to fraud charges.

Letitia James will make first court appearance in mortgage fraud case

New York Attorney General Letitia James faces court over mortgage fraud allegations tied to a Norfolk home purchase

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 15h

Why don’t people wake up to what’s going on? Trump is seizing power and no one is doing a damned thing to stop him.

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

it blows my mind that anyone is still pretending like trump is anything but a dictator, here is steve bannon talking about how they, in clear and certain terms, intends to install trump as president in 2028

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Feral Feminist @disa-khazad-dum.bsky.social · 16h

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ICE Cosplays As Nazis Now

YouTube video by NowThis Impact

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Lee White @kansasdiaspora.bsky.social · 16h

Walmart grabs bull by the balls and opens meat packing plant in Kansas.

Walmart opened its own beef plant in Kansas, tightening grip on the nation's supply chain

The beef processing plant in Olathe, Kansas, marked a turning point for Walmart. But ranchers and agricultural experts warn the nation’s already stunted beef industry could be falling under more corpo...

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 19h

With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.

Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.

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