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Just trying to find a nice corner of the internet unmolested by oligarchs. Vegetarian for a livable climate. Solar powered. Equity. Justice. Science. 3rd Gen ANTIFA Pictures of birds 📷🦉🐦‍⬛🦜 https://flic.kr/ps/3UZJfV Unabashed opinions about music 🎵🎸🎶
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · Aug 4
Trump is lying.
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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 10h
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16h
JUST IN: Judge Smith says the Trump administration is violating his order prohibiting FEMA from conditioning grants to states on their willingness to assist with immigration enforcement.

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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 16h
Will people forget all of the hostages being grabbed off the streets of America?

When will we be free from the fascist occupation of American cities?

#NoKings
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 17h
1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.
Quid Pro Presidency
Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1d
U.S. consumers are already shouldering as much as 55% of costs due to Trump’s unprecedented gambit to impose sizable tariffs on imports, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs analysts.
U.S. consumers bearing more than half the cost of tariffs so far, Goldman Sachs says
The findings suggest U.S. consumers will continue to struggle with high prices — something Trump had promised to address in the run-up to his re-election.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d
If you put your ear against the Capitol, you can hear the sound of a man who will do nothing to challenge—and anything to justify—presidential violations of the Constitution, as long as the president is of his own party. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...
The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism
Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16h
"No Kings is a protest against oppression & authoritarianism...I was pleased to attend our local No Kings gathering on June 14 and I plan on being there Oct. 18.

And I’m even more inclined to attend because of the desperate and disgraceful Trumpist smears."

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Is He Lying Or Crazy? Does It Matter?
Living in the world the president dreams up.
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 1d
“We’re not going to stop at just arresting people in the street.”
--USAG Pam Bondi
Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining
Holly Baxter reports on a meeting which, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got ri...
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 1d
"If a company buys their own product, where is the profit? Answer: there is none. It’s a loss. But if you sell to your own family of companies - especially ones that have access to “free” money in government subsidies and such - then suddenly the books look good; at least for a moment."
#EconSky
Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla's unsold Cybertrucks
Hundreds of Tesla Cybertrucks have been spotted being delivered Elon Musk’s private companies, SpaceX and xAI, as Tesla is having...
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, I am standing at the very end of that limb.
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 1d
"Tariffs are expected to cost automakers an average of $4,600 per vehicle by 2027 and threaten 3.9 million vehicle sales over the next three years, according to a recent analysis by the Center for Automotive Research."
#EconSky
Hyundai Made Big Plans For America. Then It Got Rolled By Two Presidents
Hyundai has big plans for local production in America. But plans to win favor in Washington keep falling short. Plus, how much Tesla cost-cutting is too much?
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 1d
Get to know a Godwit: Hudsonian Godwit at Willapa Bay, WA, USA
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #Godwit
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 2d
But a mayor under federal indictment didn't bother them?

Eric Adams was charged with:
Conspiracy to defraud the United States,
Wire fraud,
Solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, &
Bribery
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 2d
Universal Healthcare would make more sense....
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 2d
no data was provided, but after nudging the claim to 1,000 percent through the summer, ICE stuck with it into October."
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 2d
"A week after the 413 percent increase claim, ICE said assaults on agents had now jumped 500 percent, according to Homeland Security. By July 8, it was up 700 percent. A week later, it was 830 percent...
Claims of huge rise in assaults against ICE drive responses, but aren’t seen in available data
Despite repeated requests from CPR News for data to support the assault claims — ICE and Homeland Security have produced nothing but a handful of anecdotes.
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 2d
While DHS is busy attacking Chicago and Portland...
China's capacity to hack the U.S. is growing, former NSA head says. Here's what they're targeting and why.
Recently retired Gen. Tim Haugh warns that China is hacking America's computer systems – targeting water, infrastructure and telecommunications. He says China's capacity for targeting the U.S. is grow...
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 2d
"It feels terrible," she says. "I don't know if I even have a job when I walk away from this, much less if I will get paid. Do I have health insurance if we don't get back pay? It's a really hard place to be in when you have children who rely on you."
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 2d
"Rogers has been a microbiologist with the Food and Drug Administration for 16 years and is now among hundreds of thousands of federal employees not working..."
"It feels terrible." Federal worker's family tightens their belts as shutdown drags on
With no end in sight to the funding standoff, financial anxiety is growing. One single mom in Colorado raided her retirement savings to get through the shutdown.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d
ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 2d
The U.S. Dollar was worth almost 13 percent more on Jan. 19th compared to today.
#EconSky
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 2d
Unemployment is surging for Black workers — and federal government layoffs will only make it worse. Important story from @lydiadepillis.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b... #EconSky
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Mark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 2d
“So far, the ICE gang has shot & killed an unarmed man & lied about the circumstances; shot a woman 5 times for obstructing their vehicle; roughed up elderly women and zip-tied small children; shot a clergyman in the face with a pepper ball; marched through downtown Chicago, masked and armed."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d
Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.
Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.
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SAM @samierens.bsky.social · 3d
🐸 Frog Team 6 stands up to Fascism! 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸
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ELLA JOYCE @ellajoyceactress.bsky.social · 2d
This is fascism.
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