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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 14h

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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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 12h

This is one of the better rock biographies, which I read decades ago.

Whatever one may think about the artistic merits of their music, they were great performers and wild personalities.

Kindle version now on sale for $2.99. #Books #BookSky💙📚

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 12h

Jim Crow apologist Brent Bozell doesn't deserve confirmation for any position. Full stop.

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 12h

Ghislaine Maxwell may have secured naming rights... 🫤

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 12h

Any person who cares about the future of American constitutional republic should be concerned about the Roman Empire.

American revolutionaries were acutely aware of the fall of the Roman republic before it and its own deterioration.

Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 12h

I didn't know he was from Sacramento. He's from Granite Bay, which is closer to Roseville. His parents were Rush Limbaugh fans.

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 13h

A fine interview, particularly on Admiral Stockdale and the pusillanimity that Holiday encountered at the U.S. Naval Academy regarding his last-minute cancellation.

Ryan Holiday: Life Is Too Short to Be a Bootlicker | The Bulwark Podcast @thebulwark.com #Stoic #Stoicism

Ryan Holiday: Life Is Too Short to Be a Bootlicker | The Bulwark Podcast

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 14h

It's from a few months ago but still...

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d

Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since. interc.pt/4njg2T8

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 18h

I am TIRED of the racism, the Islamophobia, the transphobia, the antisemitism, all the fucking Nazi shit, all the bigotry in all its forms.

All of it is unacceptable.

All blessings on Mamdani for shining a light on this.

No more, in any corner of our politics.

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 15h

I'm afraid that this will have to be explained in depth for some time, and many still won't see the problem. #BlackwaterEffect

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?

Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 18h

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 16h

Not really. Maybe they'll bet less though.

Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 16h

WTAF.

Is it the intention of this regime to transform the U.S. military into a operation like the Wagner Group? #Пиздец!

Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 18h

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 16h

Who?

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 16h

Guess who Hegseth's Pentagon awards its biggest drone contract to....? Naturally one in which Don Trump Jr has a stake and sits on its board. Every goddam conflict of interest law is being vandalised daily by Trump's administration. www.ft.com/content/4ced...

Trump Jr-linked drone company wins Pentagon contract

Unusual Machines secures deal as US military accelerates domestic production of unmanned aircraft

www.ft.com

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 19h

What's this about?

Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 1d

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is very generous compared to the three centi-billionaires who own property in the state.

San Francisco reporter talks Benioff's 'massive philanthropic presence' in Hawaiʻi @wearehpr.bsky.social #HInews

San Francisco reporter talks Benioff's 'massive philanthropic presence' in Hawaiʻi

Emily Shugerman of The San Francisco Standard spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about reports that Salesforce CEO and billionaire Marc Benioff has shifted his focus and money from California to Hawaiʻi.

www.hawaiipublicradio.org

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 2d

Has anyone seen posts about Virginia Giuffre's memoir "Nobody's Girl" on this platform? #NobodysGirl #Books #BookSky💙📚 #HumanRights #HumanTrafficking

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

I think the ballroom story is gonna mushroom into a much much much much bigger thing. I see the visceral reaction people have towards the videos.

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 2d

Show trials?

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 2d

80 years after Japanese Americans were imprisoned at the Manzanar Relocation Center in the California desert, descendants are returning to play baseball and softball, sports that gave prisoners hope and a sense of normalcy.
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Baseball returns to a Japanese American detention camp after a historic ball field was restored

80 years after Japanese Americans were imprisoned at the Manzanar Relocation Center, descendants are returning to play the sport that gave prisoners hope and a sense of normalcy.

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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 2d

Updating my LEGO White House

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 2d

In a posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre writes that she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew three times, beginning when she was 17, and was beaten and raped by a “well-known prime minister."

“Nobody's Girl”: Virginia Giuffre's Memoir Details Sex Abuse by Epstein, Maxwell, Prince Andrew

Virginia Roberts Giuffre's posthumous memoir has just been released, detailing how she was groomed by Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, whom she met at Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort. In Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abu...

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 2d

He, Fetterman, and every member on Capitol Hill adjacent to the short-fingered vulgarian are prone to invoking the "I'm dealing with a lot of other things right now" line.

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