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Peet @peetb.bsky.social · 37m

The petty side of me would LOVE to hear Bad Bunny

perform Lee Greenwood's "Proud to be an American"

during the Super Bowl Half Time Show

Bonus if he does it in Spanish

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Michael Planey @airplaney.bsky.social · 35m

This is a very important story to understand how the Trump administration is using right wing social media to disseminate, amplify and shape a false narrative about the protests in Portland

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11h

There's one huge difference between the 2025 Portland protests & the ones in 2020. Today, the ~100 anti-fascist protesters at the ICE facility are sandwiched between the feds who have MAGA-friendly media embedded w/ them, and ~15 MAGA-friendly content creators/counter-protesters out in the crowd.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11h

As President Trump tries to send the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, conservative influencers are working to support his claim that the city is burning with viral clips from one block. https://wapo.st/4q5HM0n

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 34m

1) truthnuke

2) I think it's funny to consider seven months a long time to prep for a complete-and-total overhaul (really abolishment) of the de minimis program

3) UPS did not have seven months to prepare because the Trump admin has changed the de minimis rules like 5 times at this point

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 1h

no quarter given lmao

Matt Stoller & @matthewstoller • 2h
UPS had seven months of warning about the de minimis change, but is still taking packages w/o getting required customs info & is making tariff charge errors.
Nice use of passive voice though!

derek guy
@dieworkwear • 2h
i apologize using a passive voice. i was not born in london to a wealthy bank executive, sent to an exclusive private prep school in new hampshire, and then studied at harvard before larping as a champion of the people. you have to work with my low upbringing.

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Beingsass @beingsass.bsky.social · 10m

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Edward Fitzgerald ☘💙🗽⚖🌻 @eafitzgerald.bsky.social · 32m

New Jersey declares emergency as nor'easter approaches, while Alaska flooding carries away homes - AP News apnews.com/article/trop...

New Jersey declares emergency as nor'easter approaches, while Alaska flooding carries away homes

A nor'easter is churning up the East Coast, prompting declarations of a state of emergency in New Jersey and parts of New York state.

apnews.com

Beingsass @beingsass.bsky.social · 11m

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 31m

President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Russia that he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow doesn’t settle its war there soon — suggesting that he could be ready to increase the pressure on Vladimir Putin’s government using a key weapons system. https://to.pbs.org/4923Frd

Trump says he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Russia continues conflict

Trump's suggestions followed Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid overnight, part of an ongoing campaign to cripple Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter.

www.pbs.org

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 30m

We get fired for striking though. Make it make sense

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

Of all the excuses not to show up to work while still collecting a paycheck, refusing to show up for 2 months so you can conceal info about sex trafficking because the perps are wealthy and powerful can only be conjured up in the toxic mind hive of Trump & House GOP leadership.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30m

Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.

ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

www.propublica.org

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Beingsass @beingsass.bsky.social · 13m

The Trump effect. 😡

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 29m

New Zealand’s decision to set a less ambitious methane emissions reduction target sets a worrying precedent that other nations may follow, scientists have warned

New Zealand’s Methane Target Sets Bad Precedent, Scientists Warn

New Zealand’s decision to set a less ambitious methane emissions reduction target sets a worrying precedent that other nations may follow, scientists have warned.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 1h

Hear that, Pam Bondi! Trump wants you to arrest whoever was president on January 6, 2021!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

Of all the excuses not to show up to work while still collecting a paycheck, refusing to show up for 2 months so you can conceal info about sex trafficking because the perps are wealthy and powerful can only be conjured up in the toxic mind hive of Trump & House GOP leadership.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1h

The search on Mar-a-Lago happened in August 2022. Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel in November 2022.

Time, how does it work

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Eric Trump: "Sure enough, we find out that Jack Smith is planting manilla folders on the office of my father ... "

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 1h

You’ll never believe what I agree with the pope about!

Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 23h

Pope Leo XIV says journalism is a public good we should all protect. Key to news media are transparency of sources of ownership, accountability, quality + objectivity. He says, Clickbait is degrading and urges reporters: never sell out your authority + ethics! 📰📺📻
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 1h

#NOKINGS2.0
MASS MOBILIZATION

Stop shredding our Constitution!
Stop occupying our cities!
Stop declaring war on our citizens!
Stop the police state!
Stop the kidnappings!

Oct. 18th
nokings.org

Democracy will NOT die on our watch!

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@rarelightmare.com @rarelightmare.com · 1h

So damn good!

youtube.com/live/anzaMSj...

LIVE: Ex-Fundamentalist BLOWS WHISTLE on MAGA Religious CULT | The Weekend Show

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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Morna @morna6.bsky.social · 1h

Valid question

Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 1d

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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Beingsass @beingsass.bsky.social · 42m

In the prison chapel? 😳

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Reality Ausetkmt @ausetkmt.bsky.social · 43m

Glad you enjoyed it please share we need more people to laugh

#Quadrobics

Beingsass @beingsass.bsky.social · 49m

This is great.

Reality Ausetkmt @ausetkmt.bsky.social · 58m

Watch this laugh and learn. Imagine if the news really talked about this much of the news

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Beingsass @beingsass.bsky.social · 49m

This is great.

Reality Ausetkmt @ausetkmt.bsky.social · 58m

Watch this laugh and learn. Imagine if the news really talked about this much of the news

A Pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell? Nobel Peace Prize for Trump? Cocaine For Senior Citizens! | HIGNFYUS

YouTube video by Have I Got News For You US

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Reality Ausetkmt @ausetkmt.bsky.social · 1h

Watch this laugh and learn. Imagine if the news really talked about this much of the news

A Pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell? Nobel Peace Prize for Trump? Cocaine For Senior Citizens! | HIGNFYUS

YouTube video by Have I Got News For You US

youtube.com

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Beingsass @beingsass.bsky.social · 53m

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 1h

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown.

Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.

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tastewart 🦋 @tastewart.bsky.social · 1h

I understand…hopefully, you do too!

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 1h

“It’s very important that the period of liberation gives people new hope for their return and for reconstruction,” says Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

He believes he can rebuild the country during his children’s lifetime. cbsn.ws/4qpiESz

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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 1h

The Man with the Pipe, presumed portrait of Jongkind - 1864
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3109753

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

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Kat Stuart @luckykatstuart.bsky.social · 1h

Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.

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