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Buddha Ferret @buddhaferret.bsky.social · 10h

Or you could not make people hate you?

Guess what, action equals consequences.

Don't act like these motherfuckers aren't trying to start some kind of perpetual escalating cycle of violence to justify shit that they already want to do anyway.

Nobody acts more like there's no God than Republicans.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Homan: "If the hateful rhetoric continues, there will be bloodshed. People are going to die ... there is going to be more bloodshed unless this hateful rhetoric stops."

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 10h

ICE is the side killing people

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Homan: "If the hateful rhetoric continues, there will be bloodshed. People are going to die ... there is going to be more bloodshed unless this hateful rhetoric stops."

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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 15h

UPDATE: Hours after saying they were pausing all payments, Medicare says they’re NOT pausing all payments.

More ➡️ www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

Medicare backs off plan to pause doctor payments amid shutdown

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services backed off a plan to pause Medicare payments to doctors amid the government shutdown.

www.statnews.com

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 11h

in case you missed it, they accidentally turned off the nation’s health care for a second there

J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 15h

UPDATE: Hours after saying they were pausing all payments, Medicare says they’re NOT pausing all payments.

More ➡️ www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

Medicare backs off plan to pause doctor payments amid shutdown

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services backed off a plan to pause Medicare payments to doctors amid the government shutdown.

www.statnews.com

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Buddha Ferret @buddhaferret.bsky.social · 13h

So like I f the Cybertruck is replacing the wife something wasn't working to start with.

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Buddha Ferret @buddhaferret.bsky.social · 13h

There's a rather crude quote from one of the (Chinese, BTW) villains in the Tom Clancy novel "The Bear and the Dragon" that comes to mind here. The context being secretaries vs. tape recorders. One politburo honcho vs. another.

"Can one get a tape machine to suck one's penis?"

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 17h

So when a new story breaks, as it has today, that Trump is going to use US taxpayer money, paid with 500% tariffs on Chinese goods, to set up a victory fund for Ukraine, people need to first and foremost say it is most likely BS. united24media.com/latest-news/...

Trump Proposes New Ukraine Military Support Fund Financed by 500% Tariff on China

Donald Trump plans a “Ukraine Victory Fund” funded by new tariffs on Chinese imports to bolster Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion.

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 17h

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 17h

❗️The moment of the launch of 🇺🇸American AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missiles by a 🇺🇦Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 17h

Ambush by FPV drone on a Russian vehicle full of infantry.

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NPR @npr.org · 17h

Many soccer fans were excited that the men's World Cup would be coming to the U.S. next year — until they discovered how much FIFA is charging for tickets. n.pr/4hb5owm

'Absolute madness': Soccer fans are outraged over ticket prices for U.S. World Cup

Many soccer fans were excited that the men's World Cup would be coming to the U.S. next year — until they discovered how much FIFA is charging for tickets.

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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 21h

10 months of Trump: he's indicting opponents, he's sending the military into Democratic cities, he wants to fire missiles over California to disrupt protests, he refuses to negotiate the shutdown to prevent the release of the Epstein files. CHAOS!!!!!!

And now this 👇👇, he wants a white America….

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Buddha Ferret @buddhaferret.bsky.social · 17h

Killed by the media being useless long before this.

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Buddha Ferret @buddhaferret.bsky.social · 17h

Werewolf girlfriend does the same thing.

Buddha Ferret @buddhaferret.bsky.social · 17h

If I said something like this NOW my Mom would drive over here and beat the fuck out of me off of pure rage.

I'm 52 and a veteran. It wouldn't matter.

Buddha Ferret @buddhaferret.bsky.social · 17h

I'm tired of conservative white males being granted a Peter Pan like eternal childhood every time they fuck up and I say that as a former Republican.

We didn't do this 20 years ago.

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Silent Observer @slntobservr.bsky.social · 1d

“Kids”…

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LuluHoney @luluhoney.bsky.social · 18h

If my kid made 'edgy, offensive jokes' like that he'd be grounded for several years and taken to therapy. Normalizing this sort of behaviour by the so-called nation's leaders is reprehensible, shocking and only vaguely surprising.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 17h

The British and German defence ministers have acknowledged that #Ukraine is a "contributor" to European security and should have a place within NATO.

"Ukraine is increasingly recognized and understood to play a part in the training of other NATO nations' forces.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

Doubling down on the free lunch for Argentina's maniacal dictatorship: $40B from the pockets of US taxpayers, doled out by Trump as a personal favor to a billionaire crony.

US foreign policy is now just a series of handouts to Trump's pals, with us picking up the tab.

Eliana @otrodia.bsky.social · 1d

Wondering why? popular.info/p/trumps-arg...

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire

A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 22h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Paulette Feeney ❌️👑 @pauletteparis1.bsky.social · 17h

Alliances and viable alternatives are protections against a government that is not interested in the well being of its people.
I hope to see more of these alternatives. 💙💙

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 22h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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Buddha Ferret @buddhaferret.bsky.social · 1d

Bump

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On The Turgidity Of Evil (The Abyss, Five.)

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before hi...

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