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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 8h

Brexit remains an extortionately expensive "We told you so."

But never mind expensive, the "We told you so" going on in the US right now is simply existential.

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Nancy Estes (AmBeachy) @ambeachy.bsky.social · 8h

Does anyone know what Trump’s Proud Boy gangbangers (which he’s hiding inside masked ICE costumes) did to the cartels?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

Trump confirms CIA authorization in Venezuela reut.rs/3KWIeOd

Trump confirms CIA authorization in Venezuela

President Donald Trump confirmed reports on Wednesday that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in U.S. efforts to pressure President Nicolas Maduro’s regime.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 9h

I've heard the argument that his blindness was psychosomatic, which TBH would be pretty understandable in the circumstances.

And obviously Karin was spending 1924 drying Goring out after his injury in the Putsch. There are limits to how many kind things I can say about her, but some things were NO.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 10h

If you think it’s bad how Young Republicans talk wait until you hear how the Old Republicans talk.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 9h

My impression is that his drug habit was very much a late in life thing.

I think it's just that his charisma worked better in small oral doses than the long written form. It's like a 30 minute TV show crew trying to make a 2 hour movie, their rhythm can sometimes be hard to find.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 9h

I'm still grateful to the EU for cleaning up my living area by standardizing home electronics cables. Electric vehicle chargine cable chaos is something we're not going to tolerate either.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 10h

One of the positives right now is knowing that I'm maybe 48 hours away from seeing somebody doing a genuinely incredible parody of Don't Cry For Me Argentina with Trump. Because we all know it's coming.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11h

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 10h

Between that and the "soon to be Ohio" crap, Steve Scalise must be....wait, it's Steve Scalise, he's fine with having his name in that.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 10h

It's the only book I've ever read where the translator had a little asterisk and a note at the bottom of the page to the effect of "Yes, I know, but it's gibberish in German and here's the original text if you think anybody can make sense of it."

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 10h

He thinks he's Michael Corleone or Tony Soprano. He's not even Fredo Corleone or Christopher Moltisanti.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 10h

His five years in Landsberg were a very hard nine months for Hitler, and the brutal horror of prison life must have made it very hard for him to concentrate. Due credit to Hess for polishing it into something as readable as it was because I'm sure it started off worse. Just look at the suffering.

Left to right, Hitler, no idea, Hermann Knebel, Rudolf Hess, no idea. The three on the right are wearing suits, the two on the left the classic lederhosen outfit. While they are in prison, this photo would not be out of place in a bar.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 10h

I've read all of Mein Kampf. I couldn't recommend it on the merits as I couldn't identify any merits, but it has some value in trying to understand fascism. Even with that motivation, it is a *slog* to get to the end of that vile gibberish.

That said, in many ways it compares well to a Trump rant.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 11h

If FIFA had any integrity they'd...

Hmm. I think I've found the problem.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 12h

A 3,000-pound, 17-foot-long "DEMOCRACY" ice sculpture is melting away on the National Mall today, a statement from activists and artists on the weakened state of American democracy under the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

A 3,000-Pound Ice Sculpture Of 1 Word Is Melting In Front Of The U.S. Capitol

“It's time for all of us to resist, speak up and save our democracy before it's too late,” artist Marshall Reese said of his 17-by-5-foot installation.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 11h

If only this had a recent precedent, like, say, a country leaving a customs union with "freedom of movement" or some such concept in order to escape all "the forrins" and discovering that those foreigners were a huge part of what made the country work.

Fortunately, no such recent example exists.

Nirvana @nirvana1978.bsky.social · 14h

🤨 FOOD PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE

Here's yet another move that wasn't thought through in order to forsee the consequences of Trump's actions. He is unhinged and power-hungry. His narcissism is lethal to the American people. FULL STOP.

#Pinks

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Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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Philo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.social · 12h

Snacks are always better when you can share them with a friend

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14h

This woman is incredibly strong; I’m so proud of her. People are getting so tired of this Shit!

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 13h

🚨IRS, FBI, Federal Marshals, MPD, DEA, ICE, HLS, and ATF here to “investigate” this woman. Suspicious for being black? The regime has made their white supremacism clear. The time for us to reject it is NOW!

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 14h

There's always been a fight over the true story of America. I believe deeply in the story that says we’re all created equal, and that if we can treat each other with decency and respect, all of us will be better off.

I talk about this and more on the final episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Watch now:

My Conversation with Marc Maron | WTF Podcast

YouTube video by Barack Obama

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 16h

1/ "What’s happening here shouldn’t be mistaken as a correction for possible excesses by doctors or politicians. This is a religious crusade, firm in its belief that the medical profession is not to be believed, whatever it says."

No pay wall. Must read for anyone who cares about health.

What I Saw at This Weekend’s Minnesota MAHA Fest Scared the Hell out of Me - Racket

Over 1,000 Christian opponents of modern medicine descended on Alexandria, MN, to testify that drugs, doctors, and Satan were making us all sick at the 7th annual Freedom Summit.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 12h

It's cute to see analysts talking about Trump's handlers feeding him lies about his various abuses of power succeeding in making the country safer.

I mean, I'm sure they're feeding him the lies, but the only thing he's really learning is what he can get away with. It's all he's ever learned.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15h

This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress.

Everything else is noise and bluster.

This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.

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