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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · Jul 3

Poet David Gascoyne
In describing the 1930s just before World War II, he wrote: "Decade of freed flags flagrantly torn down by order of macabre puppet orators; the blind leading the blindfolded into the Devil's den"

Fits for 2015 - 2025 as well...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 7h

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They are all racist...

Trump ambassador nominee won't say if he believes Black Americans should be allowed to vote - NewsBreak

President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to South Africa this week refused to say whether he would support or oppose repealing laws allowing Black

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 1d

June Lockhart, Beloved Mother Figure From 'Lassie' And 'Lost in Space,' Dies At 100
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RIP🖤...

June Lockhart, Beloved Mother Figure From 'Lassie' And 'Lost in Space,' Dies At 100

From 1958 to 1964, she portrayed Ruth Martin, who raised the orphaned Timmy, in the popular CBS series “Lassie.”

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

More than a month after the election, the local congressional office in Tucson is shuttered and the phones ring unanswered.
https://cnn.it/4qzpUeD

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

Trump inherited a strong economy, but inflation rates and unemployment are likely to worsen with the quarter-point interest rate cut from the Fed on the horizon. Robert Kuttner writes that trends indicate the Trump economy is stumbling.

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Trump's Faltering Economy - The American Prospect

The seemingly not-too-bad Trump economy is living on borrowed time. Both inflation and employment are getting worse, and the booming stock market is in AI bubble territory.

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 1d

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Im not sure her post election behavior so far is conducive to success in '28...

Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for president again

The former US vice-president made her strongest suggestion to date she will make another bid for the White House

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 1d

Frfr 💯...

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Just a heads up. Food banks will be strained once ppl realize they won't get benefits, so you may want to hit them up early. If you can donate to your local food bank that may save lives...

Florida SNAP recipients will not get benefits for November, pending federal funds - NewsBreak

As the government shutdown continued into its 24th day Friday, Florida SNAP recipients are closer to not having their benefits for the month of November.

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 1d

Nope...

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DOJ Will Monitor Polls In Heavily Latino Counties In New Jersey, California
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How many elections can they keep stealing before we tell them to F off? Likes-to-fight-guy only leaves you alone once you beat his ass...

DOJ Will Monitor Polls In Some Blue State Counties

Amid concerns that Donald Trump may seek to interfere with elections again, the Department of Justice announced plans to monitor six heavily Latino counties in November.

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Trump To Leave Country Amid Government Shutdown
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Everything is pay for play with this criminal administration. Now including our military. The fact that they won't say who the donor is makes me think it's foreign money...

Donald Trump To Leave Country Amid Government Shutdown

The House is on vacation. The Senate is barely working. And the president is getting out of Dodge.

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 2d

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Total BS. SMH. This fool is playing G.I. Joe with real people. Clown...

US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military buildup

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that the U.S. military is deploying an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America.

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Crazy Ol' Hippie 🇺🇲❤️🇺🇦 @hippiequaker.bsky.social · 3d

I'm truly surprised, said no one!

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 3d

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Gov. Pudding Fingers dips his grift stick into Florida's public school funds to reward mega MAGA donors. This charter school ruse is just another gambit to circumvent Brown v BoE, until their BOGUS SCOTUS can scuttle it altogether...

DeSantis defends new law allowing Florida charter schools to demand free space in public school buildings - NewsBreak

Gov. Ron DeSantis brushed aside concerns over a new Florida law that allows certain charter schools to demand free space in the state's public schools. DeS

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Dictator Dumsantis trying to cover up the fact that he has his Goon Squad racially profiling ppl of color whether they are citizens or not...

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 3d

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This is heinous 😠😠😠...

One family fled Afghanistan. Then U.S. deportations scattered them across the world

What it means to seek refuge in the U.S. has been transformed, casting aside an ethos of helping the persecuted nearly as old as the country itself.

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 3d

If you have 20 minutes or so to watch this in full, it is well worth it. I think this capsulizes what many of us are feeling & seeing...

Patrick Lovell The Producer @patricklovellpresentsthecleannewdeal.com · 3d

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Patrick Lovell The Producer @patricklovellpresentsthecleannewdeal.com · 3d

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 3d

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TACO Thursday...

Trump backs off planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after talking to the mayor

President Donald Trump says he’s backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor, as protesters gathered outside a U.S.

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 3d

Virginia Democrats Move To Fight Back In Redistricting Wars
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Let's Go!!! 💪🏾...

An Unexpected State Is Moving To Add More Democratic Seats In Congress

The party could add two or three House seats in a logistically challenging process.

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 3d

Over 6 million eggs recalled for salmonella risk. See which brands. share.google/vThVxMftqIxX...

FYI...

Over 6 million eggs recalled for salmonella concerns. See which brands.

Hundreds of thousands of cartons, equating to more than 6 million eggs, have been recalled due to potential salmonella contamination.

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 3d

Eric Adams To Endorse Andrew Cuomo For New York City Mayor: Reports
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Crooks love crooks...

Eric Adams To Endorse Andrew Cuomo For New York City Mayor: Reports

New York City Mayor Eric Adams will reportedly endorse former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, despite last month calling him "a snake and a liar."

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CNN @cnn.com · 3d

People with advanced lung or skin cancer who were taking certain immunotherapy drugs lived substantially longer if they also got a Pfizer or Moderna shot within 100 days of starting treatment, according to preliminary research being reported in the journal Nature. https://cnn.it/4nZbrqx

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 3d

Trump Pardons Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao
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Pardon Monopoly. Get of Jail card ain't free tho...

Trump Pardons Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao

Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 3d

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All so the richest of the rich get richer, the poorest of the poor get poorer, and to protect the powerful perverts in the Epstein files. Shame is embarrassed by the GOP...

At least 25 states plan to cut off food aid benefits in November - NewsBreak

The pause in benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would begin in states from California to Alabama just before the busy holiday seaso

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This Aint A Drill Podcast @thisaintadrill.bsky.social · 3d

Exclusive: China state oil majors suspend Russian oil buys due to sanctions, sources say - www.reuters.com/business/ene...

This could be huge 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿...