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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h

The Trump administration has started imposing fees on Chinese ships docking at U.S. ports, a measure aimed at countering China’s dominance of commercial shipbuilding and helping to revitalize the U.S. industry.

U.S. Starts Charging Chinese Ships to Dock at Its Ports

The measure is aimed at countering China’s dominance of commercial shipbuilding and helping to revitalize the American industry.

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claire1.bsky.social @claire1.bsky.social · 1h

Same as maga trash..

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3h

The UAE bought $2B of Trump’s crypto — and gets computer chips

Saudi Arabia gave Kushner $2B for a new Trump Tower — and gets weapons

Qatar gives Trump a private jet and a $5.5B real estate deal — and gets US military protection

This is how bribes work.
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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 fro...

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 23h

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Elseagee 🟧 🌊 🌊 🌊🎨 🎸 @elseagee.bsky.social · 2h

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Jerry at JMGVines @jjtb4v.bsky.social · 2h

Republicans: WE MUST PROTECT THE CHILDREN!!!

Also Republicans: SO WE CAN ZIP TIE THEM, R__E THEM AND MOW THEM DOWN WITH AR15s AFTER FORCING THEM TO GIVE BIRTH

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thenoseknow.bsky.social @thenoseknow.bsky.social · 8m

Ol Musky is as big a shonk as diaper Donny ever was !!!

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Montana Skeptic @montanaskeptic.bsky.social · 19h

I have little hope that the NHTSA or any other U.S. federal regulator will ever act against Tesla's manslaughter or fraud. It's may have to be the private litigants who finally bring it down.

electrek.co/2025/10/13/t...

Thousands of Tesla owners join class action lawsuit over 'Full Self-Driving' in Australia

Thousands of Tesla owners have reportedly joined a class action lawsuit against the automaker in Australia over false claims about...

electrek.co

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MikeM3 @mikeg80.bsky.social · 1d

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Sal Vadacchino 🇨🇦 @sal-vadacchino.bsky.social · 1h

‘Who was president in 2020?’ Trump and GOP want you to think it was Biden
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...

‘Who was president in 2020?’ Trump and GOP want you to think it was Biden | CNN Politics

If you asked people what the worst one-year period in recent American history was, it’s a good bet that many would choose roughly between January 2020 and January 2021.

www.cnn.com

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🇨🇦🍁Raia C Darsey-Malloy 🇨🇦🍁NO DM'S @raiastar.bsky.social · 19h

Hellooo Earth 1 calling America. 🇺🇸
#Seek_SpeakTruth

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers.

On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 1h

Around 500 deaths each year in Europe alone would likely result from the Scarborough fossil methane gas project’s effects on climate.

How many times do we multiply that number for the number of people #Woodside will kill over 45 years more.

We’re already in a climate emergency.

STOP all new gas.

Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 11h

“Global warming from Woodside’s massive Scarborough gas project off WA coast would lead to 484 additional heat-related deaths in Europe alone this century, & kill about 16 million additional corals on the Great Barrier Reef during each future mass bleaching event, our new research reveals.”
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Stephen Wunderlich @swonder.bsky.social · 19h

open.substack.com/pub/closerto...

THE IDOL OF ROT

America built this monster together — now it’s time to tear him down piece by rotting piece.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 9h

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information

Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas

www.theguardian.com

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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 2h

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 6h

This is exactly right: it's real violence, but a performance at the same time

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 14h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 1h

How things are done matters. If yall wanted to pay the service members yall shouldn’t have put Congress in recess, you should’ve put up a standalone bill for their salary and passed it

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 1h

Trump had Pete move around the pentagons money to pay military and I feel like that’s illegal but nobody is saying it because they don’t want to look like they don’t support the troops getting paid 🙃. I’m worried about the precedent it sets

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

one response to this (correct) observation is to say “well, the cops will attack you no matter how you dress and behave.” that’s right. images of cops and ICE beating grandmas and kids in inflatable frog costumes is a win for the opposition.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 3h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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The Magnificent Skinbag @magnificentskinbag.bsky.social · 1h

very big:

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING: President Obama comes out in favor of Prop 50 in California.

California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!

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The Vote Is The Antidote @emilyvote.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies & manipulation who “…ensure that information is not manipulated for ends that are contrary to truth... "
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
#TaxBillionaires #EpsteinFiles #ResistDontQuitRestPersist #VoteBlueAndGetOthersToJoinYou

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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ZachsMind @zachsmind.bsky.social · 1h

"IT'S LESS WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE AND MORE EVERYTHING'S ON FIRE!"
as a fan of Billy Joel i loved Colbert's subtle shout out to my fave Piano Man.
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A Doozy Of A Week | No Nobel Prize | Trump's War On America | Disease Experts Fired

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 1h

Hitler v. tRump?

“Not like us at all, isn’t history fun?”—Christopher Titus
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Shitler

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HITLER v. TRUMP: Why Knowing History Is So Important! | TITUS: Doomed To Repeat (CLIP)

YouTube video by christophertitustv

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