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Mark Andrew Price @pricelaborecon.bsky.social · 14h

Hello from Pennsylvania where a state budget has not been passed delaying state subsidy payments to schools. The Republican lead state senate continues to dither as teachers across the commonwealth begin getting layoff notices because the Senate doesn’t know what it wants except to not do its job.

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Hinkston @hinkston.bsky.social · 12h

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12h

This year, Destinee Weeks and her husband, who manage a herd of about 250 cattle in northern Oklahoma, began to see a profit for the first time in a decade. So Weeks was shocked and dismayed when she learned President Trump was looking to import more beef from another country.

'A slap in the face': Ranchers feel betrayed by Trump's plan to buy Argentine beef

Over the past few days, cattle ranchers and agricultural groups have been sounding the alarm that a plan to import more foreign beef would hurt struggling ranchers.

www.npr.org

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John F Leech🦋💙 @jfleech3.bsky.social · 13h

NO QUEENS

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

In 1980, Trump promised to preserve Art Deco sculptures on the stylish 1929 Bonwit Teller department store, which was being demolished to make way for his vulgar Trump Tower.

He lied. He destroyed them.

In 2025, Trump promised to preserve the East Wing.

He lied. He destroyed it. (John Baron👀)

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

Republicans say they care about federal workers, but today they blocked my bill to pay ALL federal workers, servicemembers, and contractors and stop Trump’s illegal firings.

I hope they’ll join us to get our public servants paid — but not in a way that lets Trump turn around and fire them anyway.

My bill would pay ALL federal workers during the shutdown. Republicans blocked it.

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen

youtube.com

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 13h

Extrajudicial mass murder eventually leads to war.

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 15h

Trump: "I don't think we're gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we're just gonna kill people... Okay? We're gonna kill them. They're gonna be, like, dead."

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13h

Trump adds a trillion to the national debt in just 60 days.... and this is not counting the $40 bn he flushed down the toilet buying Argentine pesos to help Milei.

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 14h

Would it surprise you in any way??

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15h

“If the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart.”

- former First Lady Betty Ford

The East Wing is gone.

Over a century of American history, reduced to rubble.

All to appease the vanity of a corrupt authoritarian.

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JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy @progavalanche.bsky.social · 18h

Billionaires like Jeff Yass and Elon Musk are pouring money into Pennsylvania to rig our courts, redraw our maps, and rewrite the rules in their favor. Don’t let them buy our democracy.

Vote YES to keep the PA Supreme Court fair, free, and for the people. 💥
#PACourtsMatter

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

Wait till MAGA realizes SNAP and food stamps are the same thing.

Their heads are going to explode like when they found out the ACA and Obamacare are the same.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 23h

Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 16h

I hope this happens, but I seriously doubt it will until after the next election. Republicans don't even want to open this can of worms.

Unless Dems can do an unofficial but very public hearing themselves.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING:

Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.

In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.

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Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social · 16h

Trump levels White House East Wing

open.substack.com/pub/diplomat...

‘Shocking’: Trump levels White House East Wing

A painful metaphor for the destruction Trump has wrought on United States democracy and laws since his return to office nine months ago.

open.substack.com

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 16h

Trump raises the price of the ballroom to $350 million

(It changed from $200 million, then $300 million, now $350 million within the course of a few days)

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

I will give him this, despite talking about running for president for decades, Trump was cunning enough to wait until a time in American history when big percentage of the population couldn’t care less about naked, blatant and obscene corruption and criminality on a daily basis.

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POV @povonpitt.bsky.social · 17h

This is a SLUR toward people with intellectual/developmental disabilities, not that he hasn't done it before and not that he cares.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 18h

🚨NEW: Following California's lead, Virginia is planning to redraw its Congressional map to cancel out GOP gains from partisan gerrymander.

Illinois and Maryland need to follow suit.

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Oflindsey @lrachev.bsky.social · 19h

Billionaires first. 💰💰💰

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POV @povonpitt.bsky.social · 20h

#Pennsylvania #Senate #Republicans need to pass a realistic bipartisan budget! Do your job!

Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus @pasenate.com · 20h

“Senate and House Democrats have shown multiple times that we are willing to compromise to get a budget done. The House passed a bipartisan budget for the second time weeks ago, but Senate Republicans choose to prolong this impasse."

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POV @povonpitt.bsky.social · 20h

Trump Pardon's guy with connections to TERRORISTS and DRUG TRAFFICKERS!! "Zhao admitted in 2023 to money-laundering violations that allowed terrorists, drug traffickers and other criminals to move money on the platform." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Pardons Binance Founder With Ties to First Family’s Crypto Venture

www.nytimes.com

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justtobefair.bsky.social @justtobefair.bsky.social · 22h

In Pennsylvania, increase of 75% is predicted. www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...

Deluzio warns health insurance premiums will increase without tax credit extension

As the government shutdown continues in Washington, the fight over the tax credits from the Affordable Care Act sits at the center of it.

www.cbsnews.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“Our monthly premium is $443. It’s going up to $2224. We’re kind of in shock. Both of us have worked our whole lives.”

These are the people Burchett & @MarshaBlackburn refuse to help, even as Marge says Republicans should work with Dems to fix this. #TrumpGOPShutdown

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 1d

@rolandfortexas.bsky.social: "Trump's ICE agents shot a US Marshal and an influencer in a botched raid. Every day this administration sinks to newer lows."

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