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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13h

Trump is saying the quiet part out loud: he sent a $20B taxpayer-financed bailout to help his far-right buddy Milei cling to power.

Meanwhile our government is shut down, public servants aren't getting paid & we're barreling toward a Trump-made health care crisis. Sounds like Argentina First to me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump on Milei: "If he loses, we will not be generous with Argentina."

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 8h

It's a $20 billion US taxpayer campaign contribution to his far-right buddy

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump on Milei: "If he loses, we will not be generous with Argentina."

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 11h

This is a good crowdsourcing project. Suggest you look through for names in your state, see who you can connect them to. For example, there’s this guy.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 9h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 9h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

Remember how MAGA told us Javier Milei would fix Argentina's economy with his right-wing policies?

And now we are bailing out Argentina with billions.

Remember how MAGA told us Donald Trump would save US farmers with his right-wing policies?

And now we are bailing them out with billions also.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 11h

We have reached a point where you can morally differentiate yourself from Mike “If you want to know what I believe, just read the Bible” Johnson simply by acknowledging that shooting unarmed priests in the head is bad. newrepublic.com/post/201757/...

Mike Johnson Says ICE Shooting a Priest Doesn’t Cross the Line

The House speaker has yet to see any issue with ICE’s behavior in Chicago.

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 11h

👀 WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE FOLKS

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Mar 31

Trump is bringing together former enemies, healing decades-long divides, uniting the world (against us).

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Mar 31

China, Japan, and South Korea agree to “closely cooperate” in response to U.S. tariffs

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 15h

thank heavens the party whose cadres joke in private about "loving Hitler," "hating the Jews," and sending their political opponents "to the gas chambers" has taken charge of the effort to purge our college campuses of antisemitism

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h

Leaked messages from leaders of Young Republican groups obtained by Politico:

They referred to Black people as monkeys and "the watermelon people" and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

www.politico.com

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Morgan Haye @morganhaye.bsky.social · 15h

I’m sure Kavanaugh will be furious when he realizes he’s been misinformed

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 16h

Kansas Young Republican chair William Hendrix has locked his Twitter account after Politico reported his leaked n-word texts

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 16h

JUST GONNA ASSUME IM NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SHOCKED

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/t...

CNBC
There's a shocking disparity between how high income and low income earners feel about the economy

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 15h

Of all the pieces Mike Johnson hasn't seen, the Politico Young Republican Nazis piece he will have not seen the hardest.

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Morgan Haye @morganhaye.bsky.social · 16h

That's a really rude way to refer to his wives, mother and grandparents

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 16h

Trump saying out loud why there is no reason for Democrats to negotiate with Republicans over the budget

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 16h

oh wow they are who we knew they were

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 16h

"They referred to Black people as monkeys and 'the watermelon people' and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery."

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 16h

this is the “break glass in case of not enough potentially monetizing users”

Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 17h

October 2025
AI gooning is the master of the Internet
Only Claude stands against it
Waifus are now battlefields

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

“This is not sustainable”

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 4d

A five-point-five billion Trump golf course in Qatar, and Qatar gets an air base in Idaho.

New Trump Golf Course, $5.5 Billion Beachside Project Announced for Qatar

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 17h

Put a banner on every closed rural hospital

WE SAVED ARGENTINA INSTEAD

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 18h

To be clear: these are the exact same folks who have been doxxing & putting people on must-fire lists for simply posting innocuous Charlie Kirk comments…

“the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely”

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 1d

I literally just turned in a round of edits to my editor at Bloomsbury for my book about the founding of JPL and the Suicide Squad, and this is painful to see.

JPL has been responsible for some of our most incredible achievements in science, and this is going to set us back.

CNBC @cnbc.com · 1d

NASA unit JPL to lay off about 550 workers, citing restructure

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a research and development lab funded by NASA — the federal space agency — and managed by the Caltech.

cnb.cx

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