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That Guy Mike @thatguymike.bsky.social · 7h

They say that CEOs are paid the big money because they shoulder the responsibility and risk of the big decisions.

When’s the last time CEOs suffered the consequences of their decisions? Even if they get fired, they still get a golden parachute.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 23h

Nurse: Asking our friends and neighbors[...]to pay more than double for their premiums is going to force people off their health insurance[...]instead of working with Democrats to lower health care cost, Republicans shut down the government and took a vacation.

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wrbski.bsky.social @wrbski.bsky.social · 11m

And the list of countries where Americans are now welcome is even shorter!

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 20h

Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times around Brexit

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018...

Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times

Founder Arron Banks was offered lucrative deals in talks with the ambassador

www.theguardian.com

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 12h

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wrbski.bsky.social @wrbski.bsky.social · 17m

Yay higher gas consumption! That's gonna save me a negative amount of money!

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 1h

California just announced it will start selling its own insulin, priced at $11. It is the first state to sell cheap insulin through a state-backed program.

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wrbski.bsky.social @wrbski.bsky.social · 20m

Um... name one?

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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wrbski.bsky.social @wrbski.bsky.social · 21m

So the DoD can now do what it wants without press scrutiny?

Or are they free to apply scrutiny because they haven't signed up?

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MAGA HATER @maga-hater.bsky.social · 6h

@thepartyinnevada.bsky.social

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 49m

We go live now to Donald Trump's Nobel Prize application letter

If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go and kill them. Thank you for your attention in this matter?
- Donald J. Trump

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wrbski.bsky.social @wrbski.bsky.social · 24m

If an employer requires someone to stay overnight away from their home base then they have to provide accommodation.

If they're going to be away from home a large part of the year then camping in a succession of hotel rooms is not reasonable.

But certainly the system has been abused.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

JD Vance said today on the TPUSA podcast that these guys were “just a bunch of kids in a chat room.” bsky.app/profile/blue...

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Trump Resistance Movement @trm.bsky.social · 6h

And he will never change. @govpritzker.illinois.gov

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This Cranky Old Geezer Opposes Fascist Dictators @bhamilton001.bsky.social · 6h

What worries me most about the boats being blown out of the water off the coast of Venezuela is how that bodes for Americans protesting in the streets of our cities.

Naval officers are willing to destroy targets that are not hostile toward them and pose no threat.

Just following orders?

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wrbski.bsky.social @wrbski.bsky.social · 1h

Rachel Reeves "acknowledged that wealthy taxpayers could expect to pay more – but stressed that she was determined not to deter this group from staying in the UK."

Will these "wealthy" actually have the kind of wealth that allows you to change country because you don't like the tax regime?

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Now that Trump has delegated his preposterous politicking for a Nobel Peace Prize to sycophants, he can finally get around to declaring unilateral war on Venezuela, a war crime, as he murders Colombian civilians at sea, another war crime, and endorses collective punishment in Gaza, another war crime

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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wrbski.bsky.social @wrbski.bsky.social · 3h

Is this action:reaction or just coincidence and a good night?

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has declared a sort of war on half of us.

NYT:

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wrbski.bsky.social @wrbski.bsky.social · 3h

As long as you've "promised" to "have a look at" something then we will definitely give you everything you want right now.

Because it's not as though you're a proven bunch of outright liars, fraudsters, hypocrites and shameless corrupt conmen. Is it?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Trump kills funding previously appropriated by Congress for one of the most important infrastructure projects in the country because it involves NY and NJ, while Republicans ask for Dem votes on future government funding while refusing to talk to Dems about it.

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wrbski.bsky.social @wrbski.bsky.social · 3h

Meanwhile jail for the corruption. Jail for Johnson, Gove, Hancock, Mone, anyone who set up the corrupt VIP Lane and anyone who profitted from it.

They knew it was corrupt, that's why they hid it and why they denied it.

JAIL. NOW.

wrbski.bsky.social @wrbski.bsky.social · 3h

I'd be amazed if there was any money in it. Mone and Barrowman got their money in their pockets and then immediately squirrelled it offshore years ago (yeah, sounds entirely legit!), I don't suppose anyone at Medpro is stupid enough to leave money on the table.

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