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banananarchy.bsky.social @banananarchy.bsky.social · 5h

“U.S. stock futures rose Sunday night,…after Trump's Truth Social post on Sunday suggested to investors the president may not follow through on his threat…U.S. trade war with China …and sent stocks tumbling in a rout that wiped out $2 trillion in market value.”

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Stock futures rebound from Friday’s rout after Trump says China situation ‘will all be fine’ — CNBC

Those moves come after Trump's latest Truth Social post suggested to investors the president may not follow through on his threat to post a

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

Short Thread...

It's been a full week since DHS issued a press release claiming TEN CARS ambushed them—and have since:
•charged ZERO of those alleged 10 drivers
•arrested ZERO of those alleged 10 people
•filed ZERO reports of alleged property damage, &
•offered ZERO evidence of their claim

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

JORDAN: Comey is where weaponization all started. 9 years ago he took the dossier--

BASH: But that's not what he's being prosecuted for

JORDAN: I'm just saying, you want to talk about weaponization, that's where it started

BASH: So this is retribution then

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banananarchy.bsky.social @banananarchy.bsky.social · 15h

“Norton believes she not only has a right to speak out on matters of public interest, she has an obligation to put up a red flag when she sees harm. And right now, she says, the situation inside the government is far worse than most Americans realize.”

NPR @npr.org · 18h

Some federal workers support the government shutdown, even as President Trump threatens to use this moment to lay off employees and cut funding to programs.

Why some federal workers aren't scared by the threat of shutdown layoffs

Some federal workers support the government shutdown, even as President Trump threatens to use this moment to lay off employees and cut funding to programs.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 17h

“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 2d

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

This is what it looks like when your community stands up.

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

Your creativity is needed for the resistance! 🐸🐸🐸

#PDXFrog #FrogsOnTheFrontlines #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 2d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine that

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Grab the popcorn.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

Kavanaugh stop

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 3d

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 2d

A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism has left the US, a day after he was blocked from boarding a flight to Spain, following a White House event where Donald Trump promised “very threatening” steps against antifa activists.

US anti-fascism expert leaves country day after being blocked from flying to Spain

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was told at gate his trip was cancelled after Trump threats

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Trump is literally allowing the nation, which gave him a $400 million jet that he called a “terrorist supporter” eight years ago, an Air Force Base in Idaho.

Is this “America first“?

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

"Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago"

Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.

Important reporting from @swin24.bsky.social:

Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago

Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 2d

Newsday.com/matt

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

The US is going to host a Qatari air base in Idaho which is somehow fine but Mexican immigrants are somehow not

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

Employees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipients with benefit verification letters. n.pr/3KNzJF8

Social Security workers say the shutdown has them unable to help with benefit letters

Employees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipients with benefit verification letters.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Family says Border Patrol agents shot and killed their dog after being given permission to search the house for undocumented immigrants.

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El Paso family claims Border Patrol killed their dog during search, CBP reviewing incident

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says they are reviewing a "use of force incident" in El Paso, after a family says a Border Patrol agent unjustifiably shot...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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