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'tis me @rteest42.bsky.social · 21d

#seesthesday2025 #Overcast #NewYorkHarbor #LastApril #StatueOfLiberty #MonoChrome #robinsreeflighthouse #ManhattanInTheDistance #FreedomTower #fromStatenIsland #landscape #Art #PhotographersOfBluesky #eastcoastkin #dailyphoto

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'tis me @rteest42.bsky.social · 3h

#seestheday2025 #outfit #outfitdeconstructed #laundry😉 #dailyphoto #art #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 15h

I will be very disappointed if this doesn't happen.

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Frank The Kitten @frankthekitten.bsky.social · 23h

Frank Haiku Series 3
11110 - Dad needs Oiled

Father just got home.
He is making a strange noise.
Like a squeaky wheel.

#CatsOfBluesky #poetry

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 7h

As the lights continue to dim on our Democracy, I just want to go on record that I have always believed that everyone deserves quality universal health coverage whatever it’s called. No one should ever have to worry about going to the doctor and putting food on the table. No one. It’s a human right.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

“Ronald Reagan loved tariffs”

OK, meemaw, let’s get you back to bed

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial. Can you believe it?"

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

Of course, that’s not what he was saying. He was pointing out what was obviously true to anyone alive then - there was a big backlash against Muslim-Americans and anyone with an Arab-sounding name right after 9/11. But Vance has to be an asshole 24/7 for his MAGA troll fans.

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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 10h

Folks who are like, arguing that actually there's some reasonable case for having destroyed half the white house rn, they're just giving away that they're not thinking independently anymore, they've ceded their worldviews to their abuser's

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 15h

If That’s a donation, it goes to the treasury and only congress can decide how to spend it. No such (lawful) thing as private payment of government obligation.

Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

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It's Halloween. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 1d

When I address you "with all due respect," that's whatever level of respect I feel I owe you based on your words and actions, which often amounts to zero

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 23h

When you are a new creator, whether in prose, comics, or other media, it can be very tempting to agree to every convention or other event that you're asked to do. Exposure is great, right? And it's wonderful to be wanted.

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 20h

dental insurance: we only exist to make regular health insurance seem better™

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries just endorsed Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/n...

Hakeem Jeffries Gives Mamdani Last-Minute Endorsement for N.Y.C. Mayor

www.nytimes.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22h

He has to at least experience the inside of a jail cell for committing Contempt via—of all things—Assault.

If he is not locked up briefly (24 hours) he is not going to understand the severity of his conduct, nor will anyone in his entire organization.

TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 22h

A Chicago federal judge on Friday demanded that CBP commander Greg Bovino appear next week in her courtroom after he was accused of openly violating one of her orders.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chicago...

Chicago Federal Judge Hauls Bovino in to Court

A Chicago federal judge on Friday demanded that CBP commander and federal...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 1d

I started posting on reddit and immediately regretted it

Apparently wanting to start well above the living wage for a job that requires a degree and a postgrad qualification is being "entitled". No wonder no one in this country can get paid decently

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Jon Martin Kitchen @kitchen5203.bsky.social · 1d

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 1d

The rest of the world knows what time it is. Only American voters are clueless.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Carney: "We can't control the trade policy of the US. We recognize it has fundamentally changed from the policy in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, & it's a situation where US has tariffs against every trading partner... what we we can control is developing new partnerships, including w/econ giants of Asia"

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

When you can be accused of a crime by this regimes Gestapo without proof, it’s shows to what extent they’ve weakened the rule of law

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 1d

This, from Ed Luce, is such clarity on what our current crisis has in common with the War on Terror and the Great Recession: the elites suck at assessing the real risks to their comfort.

And they'd rather go down with Trump than be caught opposing him.

archive.ph/zDjRG

What has changed is simple: people are scared of crossing Trump this time. In researching this piece, I interviewed dozens of figures, including lawmakers, private sector executives, retired senior military figures and intelligence chiefs, current and former Trump officials, Washington lawyers and foreign government officials. Such is the fear of jail, bankruptcy or professional reprisal, that most of these people insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people also wanted to emphasise that Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices opposing him publicly. At times, it has felt like trying to report on politics in Turkey or Hungary.

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'tis me @rteest42.bsky.social · 1d

That is a familiar look to me... my two oranges lived on me for WEEKS. Good luck with your recovery!

Brian Cuban @bcuban.bsky.social · 1d

No better way to recover from surgery

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

President Manbaby Vulva Neck has cut off trade negotiations with Canada because they played clips of Ronald Reagan warning against the indiscriminate use of tariffs.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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'tis me @rteest42.bsky.social · 1d

#seestheday2025 #outfit Nature wears a #coatofmanycolors #Autumn #blueridgeparkway #thoughthewindshield #dailyphoto #art #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

When Tish James walks into a courthouse tomorrow — the target of a political prosecution demanded by a President obsessed with revenge — she does not walk in alone.

New York has her back.

Grateful to Governor Hochul for bringing us together tonight.

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Rep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · 2d

People don't stop getting sick when they lose insurance, but they may start rationing meds or skipping doctors' appointments.

And when people delay regular treatment, emergency rooms end up crowded & overwhelmed.

We have to make sure health care remains accessible to everyone.

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