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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 4h
The audit would examine the impact of a hiring freeze and chronic medical staff vacancies on the program that offers care to an estimated 42,000 veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders.

Read more at: www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
Source - Stars and Stripes
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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 1h
The Grammy performance is no longer available anywhere, but Brandi Carlile singing John Prine's last song is a heart break. And very much reminds me of my friend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zPN...
Brandi Carlile - "I Remember Everything" - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows, Songs of John Prine, Vol.2
YouTube video by Oh Boy Records
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 11h
MAGA Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) was 100% fine with Rs doing extreme gerrymandering in TX & across the country, but now that SHE is in severe danger of losing her OWN seat, she's suddenly railing against "mid-decade power grab[s]," etc. What a joke! bluevirginia.us/2025/10/ny-t...
"Virginia democrats are attempting a reckless, mid-decade power grab to gerrymander our Congressional districts. Voters already chose an independent bipartisan redistricting process and these maps just took effect in 2022. Democrats can’t beat me at the ballot box so this is their desperate attempt to steal this seat back." - Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02)
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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 7h
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resnikoff.bsky.social Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 8h
New York Times reports that it is unclear whether having a federal agency accept money in excess of congressional appropriations "violates a law prohibiting federal agencies from accepting money in excess of congressional appropriations." I guess we'll never know!
The president said today that a donor had given the government $130 million to help pay troops during the government shutdown. He declined to name the donor, but described him as a “patriot” and a personal friend. If evenly distributed, the money would pay only about $100 to each service member. But is not yet clear how the money will be used, or whether the donation violates a law prohibiting federal agencies from accepting money in excess of congressional appropriations.
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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 8h
I know people have said this for years, but lately it's been really obvious how the media has slow walked us into a lot of the problems we're having with reporting like this
resnikoff.bsky.social Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 8h
New York Times reports that it is unclear whether having a federal agency accept money in excess of congressional appropriations "violates a law prohibiting federal agencies from accepting money in excess of congressional appropriations." I guess we'll never know!
The president said today that a donor had given the government $130 million to help pay troops during the government shutdown. He declined to name the donor, but described him as a “patriot” and a personal friend. If evenly distributed, the money would pay only about $100 to each service member. But is not yet clear how the money will be used, or whether the donation violates a law prohibiting federal agencies from accepting money in excess of congressional appropriations.
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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 13h
in news that’s not about new york
alexbaumhardt.bsky.social Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 13h
Feds have repeatedly claimed 115+ federal police (25% of force) had to be deployed to Portland over the summer to quell violence. Oregon lawyers found on discovery this was not true and are asking 9th Circuit to reverse Monday decision because feds lied:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 14h
“…taking a different approach.”?????

You guys.

Come the F on

Do better
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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 11h
I was pretty pleased I thought, looks like baseball stitching..
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Raul Ernesto @ernestox.bsky.social · 12h
Ladies and gentlemen, the Republican Party
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12h
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.

When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 21h
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers (Or Online).

There are <exactly zero questions> about the legality of these wildly illegal extrajudicial strikes in international waters or other countries’ territorial waters.
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[email protected] @keepingtherepublic.bsky.social · 19h
More WSJ op-ed page uselessness: Peggy Noonan, now worried at WH demolition, could not bring herself to cast a vote for Biden instead of Trump (she made a show of writing in the name of *Edmund Burke* instead) and now is unclear on the concept of a democratic republic
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-re...
Opinion | A Republic, but Can We Keep It?
From the military and the Justice Department to the East Wing, there’s reason to wonder and worry.
www.wsj.com
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 18h
And this time, they got it right. In clear, streamlined and serious-sounding prose, they have alleged many defamatory statements about the President. And they are indeed serious! For example:
(a) "Donald Trump had received the equivalent of more than $400 million from his father, much of it through fraudulent tax evasion schemes." See Book at p. 5.
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 17h
ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 1d
I obtained video of two FBI agents visiting an anti-ICE protester not charged with any crime.

While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...
VIDEO: FBI Agents Visit Anti-ICE Protester
“Your name was brought up.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 15h
Orange hand cleaner used by mechanics is very effective. Orange is the brand name.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 1d
GOOD NEWS! A groundbreaking study of MORE THAN 1,000 people reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically longer than those who didn’t. In some cases, their survival rate was DOUBLED.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 1d
What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes
www.nytimes.com
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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 1d
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pgourevitch.bsky.social Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 1d
What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes
www.nytimes.com
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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 1d
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pgourevitch.bsky.social Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 1d
What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes
www.nytimes.com
leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 1d
Most people I know? Nope. I live in Portland.
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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 1d
Well, Julie, I believe the reason you can't imagine a normal person trying to make ends meet caring about a psychotic brute literally remaking the nation's capital in his own image is because you are making the annual max contribution to your 401k in a single payment.
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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 1d
IT WAS A DORITO BAG.

a dorito bag.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d
1) this never happened

2) it would be illegal
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: "By the way, a friend of mine called us the other day and he said 'I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have with the military.' Today, he sent us a check for $130 million. It's gonna go the military."
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Kevin @kevjg.bsky.social · 1d
@MaryMargOlohan I gladly pay twice as much to Uber to a based Latin mass in DC rather than walk to the ugly church down the street with homilies about giving more money or just being more loving. 09:52 • 7/16/21
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