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Two-piece Advocate @ytpjason.bsky.social · 21h

It’s become increasingly cleared that accepting a new Air Force One from Qatar was a trial balloon.

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Two-piece Advocate @ytpjason.bsky.social · 21h

“The department declined to answer questions about whether the donor is an American citizen or a foreign national.” Jesus Fucking Christ

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 22h

I know you lying to me!!!!!!!!

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

DOD accepts anonymous $130M donation to partially cover troop pay

White House and military officials will not say who the donor is or whether the gift has been properly vetted.

www.politico.com

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malaphor @malaphor.bsky.social · 22h

Lots of family memories floating around today, one of them being my dad in his quest to make me as obnoxiously precocious as possible pushing me to adult fantasy novels he read about in the NYT instead of Harry Potter. I was 9 lol. Simultaneously ridiculous and prescient.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 1d

I could just stop doing interviews and send this

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 1d

For those of you unfamiliar with driving I-5 between Seattle and Portland, this billboard used to post extreme far right content. Now it’s owned by the Chehalis tribe. You love to see it.

Carol Fenton @cfpdx.bsky.social · 1d

"NATIVE LAND": For the first time since buying the Uncle Sam Billboard property for $2.5M this summer, the Chehalis Tribe has updated its message. “Let’s goooooo,” wrote Tribal Chairman Dustin Klatush. 📸: Otto Rabe
Link to FB page: www.facebook.com/thecentralia...

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CascadiaPNW @cascadiaresistance.bsky.social · 1d

Identify what kind of Nazi your democratic leaders (who want your vote) are allowing to invade your community and impede on YOUR rights. #ICE #pnw #cascadia #washingtonstate #california #oregon #westcoast

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 2d

Never forget that time Sam Neill gave a quote about murder that was so beautifully kabonkers, we all assumed it was a Clickhole bit initially

SAM NEILL

GENERAL JOHN MACARTHUR

If you were to commit a murder,

how would you do it?

It's got to be big! No slipping

something into someones drink, that's just

pathetic. I'd use a steamroller, just leave a

stain on the road. There's probably a couple

of people I'd put under a steamroller,

but I won't say who they are, otherwise

when they see a steamroller coming

their way they'll be on full alert. And

steamrollers don't go very fast...

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rowan @rowan75.bsky.social · 1d

The airspace over western Oregon and Washington is crawling with military aircraft.

globe.airplanes.live

Globe - Watch Airplanes Live

globe.airplanes.live

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malaphor @malaphor.bsky.social · 1d

Today I asked the self check clerk if he had a sharpie I could use on a gift card. I always had to carry one so they’re def around. He pulls out a box of stuff with a name brand sharpie sitting right on top and dead ass goes, “uh I don’t think so”

The men need to be lonelier and less employed.

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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 2d

Updating my LEGO White House

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The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 1d

ICE agents boxed in Illinois Rep. Hoan Huynh’s car in Chicago, pointed a gun at him and staff, and threatened to break windows after he warned locals about nearby ICE activity. This isn’t enforcement... it’s intimidation.

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 1d

If anything, it just shows how out of touch the Harrell campaign is with how expensive it is to try and start a family in Seattle these days — housing and childcare in particular. Even the Seattle School Board weighed in trying to improve Harrell's tepid housing plan — it's hurting their enrollment

School Board Directors Are Begging Seattle to Allow More Housing » The Urbanist

# A majority of the Seattle School Board joined the push for additional neighborhood growth centers last week, pointing to a link between additional housing density and stable student enrollment.

www.theurbanist.org

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 1d

"Katie Wilson gets help from her out-of-state parents to help pay for childcare for her young daughter" is not an attack that is going to resonate with any young parents who are grappling with Seattle's expensive childcare

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Bruce Harrell's latest campaign email says "Katie Wilson Is Not Who She Says She Is." His evidence: An interview with KUOW in which Wilson—ahem—SAID she and her husband help with child care from her parents.

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Oakland Noodle Boy @kodoe-g.bsky.social · 1d

JP does not miss

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

Misty Copeland is so important

whiteness is so central to the classical ballet art form and the excellence you have to achieve to smash through that racist ceiling is beyond belief. she is jaw-dropping to watch on her own merits but she’s also such a necessary voice for Black dancers

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

Misty Copeland took her final bow as an American Ballet Theatre principal dancer on Wednesday, a role she's had for the past 10 years.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

I think that according to the rules established this week by Karoline Leavitt, the official Democratic response to this should be "So was your mother." nymag.com/intelligence...

Trump Defends White House Demolition, Says East Wing Was Ugly Anyway

“The East Wing was not much,” Trump argued, so it shouldn’t “hurt a very expensive, beautiful building” like his White House ballroom.

nymag.com

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 2d

The primary advantage of using Signal over WhatsApp is that Signal does not store metadata. Just sayin'.

www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...

How ICE Spies On WhatsApp

ICE’s HSI division gets contacts from the WhatsApp account of a fake ID dealer and has little trouble identifying them, according to warrant.

www.forbes.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

88 feet you say? That's a very specific number to use.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Trans people being at the White House are on the same timeline as it being burned to the ground by the British.

A webpage titled “Major Events Timeline” displays four historical event cards about the White House in a horizontal row.
• The first card (1791–1800) shows a black-and-white illustration of the early White House exterior; text describes the site selection, cornerstone laying, and initial construction.
• The second card (1814–1824) shows a painting of the White House engulfed in flames at night; text explains reconstruction after being burned during the War of 1812.
• The third card (1824) shows a sepia photograph of the White House with two people standing on the lawn; text describes the addition of the South Portico.
• The fourth card (1829–1830) shows a drawing of the White House from a distance with trees and figures in front; text describes the addition of the North Portico.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

This is the current White House page listing events that happened at there as part of a timeline on the East Wing demolition.

www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...

A webpage styled like an official government site with the header “President Donald J. Trump” and “The White House.” Below is a “Major Events Timeline” showing four cards in a horizontal row.
• The first card (dated 2012) shows two individuals in white head coverings speaking closely; text below discusses a visit with a Middle Eastern organization labeled as extremist.
• The second card (dated 2020) shows a small white pavilion building beside a tennis court; text describes the construction of a tennis pavilion on the White House lawn.
• The third card (dated 2023) shows a shirtless man reclining in a bathtub; text describes cocaine being discovered in a White House area and references speculation about a family member of a political figure.
• The fourth card (dated 2023–2024) shows two photos: a smiling older man in a suit posing for a selfie with a younger person, and a separate selfie of a smiling person presenting at an outdoor event; text discusses establishing a “Transgender Day of Visibility” aligned with Easter Sunday.

A small timeline line with labeled dots runs beneath the four cards.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been thinking about how hard the founding fathers cooked with the Third Amendment.

Imagine being forced to house ICE. I can’t imagine they wash their hands. They’ve never done laundry in their lives. They’d break your stuff if you didn’t cut the crusts off their sandwiches.

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 1d

I know we’re all very cool and cynical but I’m laying down a marker that “demolished the White House to make a gaudy ballroom for bribery parties” is going to be a thing they regret doing

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, over lunch at this event, I was chatting with a woman and she mentioned how she failed Mississippi's "literacy" test 3 times, keeping her from the vote

Just now I learned there are a couple people here who integrated their schools

This ain't ancient history y'all

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2d

What looked like a small conservative media startup was, according to then DOJ, secretly funded by Russia’s state media network RT—to the tune of $10 million. Federal prosecutors said Russian agents funneled the money through fake investors and shell companies to build Tenet Media. (2/9)

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2d

For those that don’t know, what’s being referred to when we say influencers who were paid by Russia are replacing reporters in the Pentagon: The Tenet Media scandal was just about a year ago (Sept 2024), and one of the most alarming influence ops uncovered in years. (1/9)

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