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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 3h

JD is a cuck.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 3h

Well, unless it's a "Democrat President."

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 3h

Honestly, it sounds like they're just flipping coins.

(Except they're double-headed Trump Coins™️)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 3h

Honestly, it sounds like they're just flipping coins.

(Except they're double-headed Trump Coins™️)

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 3h

Never get between my glue gun and something that needs to be glued.

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 4h

The movie that begs you to wonder how the Trump Administration would handle the situation.

"Mr. President, if we just fire the people responsible for tracking incoming missles then we won't have a problem at all."

Kathleen E. Corley, PhD @drkathleenecorley.bsky.social · 4h

CBS Sunday Morning report on new thriller, “House of Dynamite,” which deals with a US nuclear crisis. Recommended by Tom Nichols who saw previewed showings. Hits theaters on October 14 and then on Netflix on October 24.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/news/a-house...

"A House of Dynamite": Battling a nuclear nightmare

The latest white-knuckle thriller by director Kathryn Bigelow imagines the responses within the government and the military when a single ICBM is launched toward the United States.

www.cbsnews.com

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 7h

As always, read Denise.

Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social · 7h

Black Music Sunday: Flowers for drumming legend Art Blakey
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Black Music Sunday: Flowers for drumming legend Art Blakey

� Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 280 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope ...

www.dailykos.com

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 7h

What do you call a company vying for a a government contract from the Trump Administration?

A “mark.”

Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 8h

At least half a dozen companies vying for some of the $45B allocated for immigration detention work hired a friend of border czar Tom Homan because that friend (who previously had Homan on his payroll) led them to believe his connections to Homan would help their chances of scoring a contract.

Trading on Tom Homan: Inside the Push to Cash in on the Trump Administration’s Deportation Campaign

A Pennsylvania businessman who had Tom Homan on his payroll led companies to believe his connections to the future border czar could help advance their bids for government work, industry executives sa...

www.propublica.org

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 17h

I'd scream too.

RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 18h

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 1d

A Happy Hank is good for the whole world.

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 1d

It's only 9:56pm out here, Don.

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 1d

They may have switched to playing cricket.

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 1d

He should've tho.

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 1d

What I'm watching instead of seemingly endless scoreless innings, rn.

Coming Up On TCM @comingupontcm.bsky.social · 1d

#ComingUpOnTCM

THE HAUNTING (1963) Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
Dir.: Robert Wise 8:30 PM PT

An investigator assembles a team to determine whether an old house is indeed haunted.

1h 52m | Suspense | TV-PG

#TCM #TCMParty #ShirleyJackson

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 1d

Yah, like, I have this thing about pouring some into a clear glass even if it smells okay.

#Chunky

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 1d

Will women's volleyball be the new Heidi?

#OhTHATSObscureB!

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't watched a playoff game in years (hey, I used to, I got old), but I am really enjoying all the posts about how bonkers this one is.

Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's 2-2

mlb box score says 2-2 all over the place

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 1d

(But seriously, do you ultrapasteurized?)

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 1d

You need a Marshall mini drink fridge. They go down to 11°.
www.ifitshipitshere.com/get-amped-th...

A Marshall amplifier branded mini fridge that looks like a Marshall amp, and apparently the dials go to 11 just like Nigel Tufnel's.

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 1d

*Sending a hug (which is the only appropriate response)*

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Buffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 1d

Wait.

Is he using the Royal "I"?

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”