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All I need is my hubs, my dog, a book & a lake.
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blondegirllife.bsky.social
Literally says “we killed em” & “we were right to kill them”.

A fucking Senator advocating murder.

That’s our reality now…
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d
BERMAN: Did you see any evidence of them trying to use a radio in the video you saw?

TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized

BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?

COTTON: No, I didn't
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Please add "puppy killers" to your proposed travel ban.

WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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rhutabhayga.bsky.social
Never forget that we're in a CLASS WAR, not a political one.

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The Real Math of Survival The official poverty line for a family of four in 2024 is $31,200. The median household income is roughly $80,000. We have been told, implicitly, that a family earning $80,000 is doing fine—safely above poverty, solidly middle class, perhaps comfortable. But if Orshansky’s crisis threshold were calculated today using her own methodology, that $80,000 family would be living in deep poverty. I wanted to see what would happen if I ignored the official stats and simply calculated the cost of existing. I built a Basic Needs budget for a family of four (two earners, two kids). No vacations, no Netflix, no luxury. Just the “Participation Tickets” required to hold a job and raise kids in 2024. Using conservative, national-average data: Childcare: $32,773 Housing: $23,267 Food: $14,717 Transportation: $14,828 Healthcare: $10,567 Other essentials: $21,857 Required net income: $118,009 Add federal, state, and FICA taxes of roughly $18,500, and you arrive at a required gross income of $136,500. This is Orshansky’s “too little” threshold, updated honestly. This is the floor. The single largest line item isn’t housing. It’s childcare: $32,773. This is the trap. To reach the median household income of $80,000, most families require two earners. But the moment you add the second earner to chase that income, you trigger the childcare expense. If one parent stays home, the income drops to $40,000 or $50,000—well below what’s needed to survive. If both parents work to hit $100,000, they hand over $32,000 to a daycare center. The second earner isn’t working for a vacation or a boat. The second earner is working to pay the stranger watching their children so they can go to work and clear $1-2K extra a month. It’s a closed loop. The Housing Lie (Or, Why the Model Is Optimistic) Critics will immediately argue that I’m cherry-picking expensive cities. They will say $136,500 is a number for San Francisco or Manhattan, not “Real America.” So let’s look at “Real America.” The model above allocates $23,267 per year for housing. That breaks down to $1,938 per month. This is the number that serious economists use to tell you that you’re doing fine. In my last piece, Are You An American?, I analyzed a modest “starter home” which turned out to be in Caldwell, New Jersey—the kind of place a Teamster could afford in 1955. I went to Zillow to see what it costs to live in that same town if you don’t have a down payment and are forced to rent. There are exactly seven 2-bedroom+ units available in the entire town. The cheapest one rents for $2,715 per month. That’s a $777 monthly gap between the model and reality. That’s $9,300 a year in post-tax money. To cover that gap, you need to earn an additional $12,000 to $13,000 in gross salary. So when I say the real poverty line is $140,000, I’m being conservative. I’m using optimistic, national-average housing assumptions. If we plug in the actual cost of living in the zip codes where the jobs are—where rent is $2,700, not $1,900—the threshold pushes past $160,000. The market isn’t just expensive; it’s broken. Seven units available in a town of thousands? That isn’t a market. That’s a shortage masquerading as an auction. And that $2,715 rent check buys you zero equity. In the 1950s, the monthly housing cost was a forced savings account that built generational wealth. Today, it’s a subscription fee for a roof. You are paying a premium to stand still.
December 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🤷🏼
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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johnfugelsang.bsky.social
Black Friday is when the media whips people into a frenzy, then does stories where they scold these horrible frenzied people.
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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joshuajfriedman.com
OK, who narced?
Screenshot of Bluesky thread. Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Our oven has suddenly decided it's not going to get hotter than 315 degrees. Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Can you fit a space heater inside? U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov What in the name of BEN FRANKLIN is going on here. Nov 28, 2025, 10:37 AM
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
blondegirllife.bsky.social
Man I remember on the Wednesday b4 Thanksgiving we’d be just hitting the clubs now…first was Cadillac Jacks’s, then P&T, maybe Eric’s & then Tiffany’s. And then end it at Steak n’ Eggs at 4 am…
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
FLASHBACK: “Do you feel lucky to get out of here without an investigation? How many girls were there?”

The Holler’s Kanew asked a retiring Rep. Byrd about girls he apologized for sexually abusing.

This is what @aftynbehn.bsky.social was protesting.

This is what they’re attacking her for. #TN7
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
blondegirllife.bsky.social
Well they are 0 for 53…literally couldn’t even indict a ham sandwich 🥪
marcelias.bsky.social Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14d
Marc Elias and Elias Law Group
Election Law Attorney, Law Firm
Mar 22: Threatened in presidential memorandum with federal investigation, sanctions

I wear his scorn like a badge of honor.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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nothoodlum.bsky.social
Karoline Leavitt: “Thanksgiving is all about friends, food, fun, and calling ICE on my brother’s mistresses.”
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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davidjbier.bsky.social
I've watched countless videos now of confrontations between DHS agents and ICE observers, and it's awesome how many are women recording, challenging male agents, refusing to give up their rights. I'd say the number of women involved in documenting ICE crimes outnumber men three to one or more.
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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davidjbier.bsky.social
FBI agent working as a Population Control Police is caught smashing a small business owner's surveillance camera. Why? Because the PCP does not want their crimes on camera.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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jonathanslater.bsky.social
Dane Core
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Schumer & Gillibrand facing mutiny from Dems over their outdated “corporate-friendly” playbook, refusal to back Zohran, etc.

Long overdue. @schumer.senate.gov

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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jbpritzker.bsky.social
What time do you get in?
thorbenson.bsky.social Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 16d
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
blondegirllife.bsky.social
Just when I thought he couldn’t get any creepier
sundaedivine.lol 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 15d
When your body is at Gate C12 but your soul is already in the Delta Sky Lounge.
Bobby in bare feet.
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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ashliem.bsky.social
Black folk don’t eat breakfast on Thanksgiving we starve until it’s time to eat
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders expedited processing of a FOIA request for files related to DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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meidastouch.com
Senator Ruben Gallego didn't mince words. Read the full daily bulletin: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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maxberger.bsky.social
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“Home Deport”.

$HD
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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sratchley.bsky.social
The kids are alright
qasimrashid.com Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 19d
Charlotte, NC: After Trump's ICE fascists raided and arrested 130 people last weekend, this week students responded.

An estimated 30,000 students skipped class and walked out to protest these ICE fascists.

Young people leading the way to build a future committed to meaningful justice. Let's go.
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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ruthz.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.

Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
blondegirllife.bsky.social
I can’t believe this is fucking America now
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM