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futbolsound @futbolsound.bsky.social · 59m

Always so pointed and well written. Connecting the truly stupid idea of the right's 'woke' to the policies it inevitable creates does a great job of highlighting what America has lost over the last 10 months....and it's a lot.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1h

Since we’re talking about affordability, a reminder that Trump’s culture war based economic policies are making everything more expensive for no discernable benefit to anyone but him www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The ‘Anti-Woke’ Tax That All Americans Are Paying

Better broke than woke, right?

www.theatlantic.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 40m

I live in a very small town and I know what keeps small town grocery stores open:

SNAP.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6h

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics

The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising

www.economist.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1h

The Trump administration is suing so they don’t have to pay for food stamps. Happy almost thanksgiving!

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1h

Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 1h

DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.

Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 9h

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

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William Rodgers Jr @williamrodgersjr.bsky.social · 43m

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US Consumer Sentiment Declines to a More Than Three-Year Low

US consumer sentiment tumbled to near the lowest on record as the government shutdown weighed on the economic outlook and high prices soured views about personal finances.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 3h

Has America ever seen a more disastrous administration after just 10 months?

I feel like I know the answer…

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 2h

the thing is despite 80 years of conservative propaganda, americans do not hate the concept of government. this is in no way a small government nation. im not saying america is full on socialism, but it utterly rejects the con notion of little to no govt in our lives.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 4h

We need Nuremberg trials for Trump administration officials and ICE/Border Patrol agents.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 4h

Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 20h

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

newyorkermag.visitlink.me

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 2h

Courtesy of the world’s richest man who just got a trillion-dollar pay package from his feckless board: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

www.newyorker.com

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Politico @politico.com · 2h

Trump administration seeks emergency stay of court's order to fund SNAP

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell Jr. ordered the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits by Friday.

dlvr.it

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.

12 days of work in 107 days.

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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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 17h

Brother Warnock lays it plain.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

OBAMA: “We had a good night on Tuesday… the American people are paying attention — when young people are engaged and involved, we win.”

@barackobama.bsky.social was a surprise drop-in at the @podsaveamerica.crooked.com live taping to open #CrookedCon in D.C.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 12h

Mike Johnson is obstructing the US Constitution. President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in by Sarah Hughes, a US District Court Judge for Northern District of Texas. President Calvin Coolidge was sworn in by his own father – a notary public and justice of the peace.

Swear in Adelita Grijalva. Now.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 4h

Ahhhh, yes. The great red cities. 😂

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 4h

I think democrats should push for a thorough review of all Elon Musk govt contracts as part of their 2026-8 portfolio. Why are taxpayers financing the work of a racist near-trillionaire? Leaving that unexamined was one of the biggest failures of the last Dem majority.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 16h

🤣🎯

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Doghouse Reilly @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13h

The shared dimension between this and the fallout from Elon killing USAID, ideas of worthiness and eugenics directly tired to race, have to be front and center because otherwise the politics are inscrutable.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 14h

The Trump administration is now literally *fighting* to deny food to 42 million people, more than a third of them children.

Read that again.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

NYT headline: Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month

The Justice Department later said it would appeal, leaving the program known as SNAP in limbo.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

Wild how propaganda turns empathy into anger and billionaires into “job creators.”

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