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Let’s Be Frank @frankedson24.bsky.social · 5h

Let’s hope. It would be a sight to behold!

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Mary21 @mheltru21.bsky.social · 5h

Oh 💯
We've just never seen a GOP willing to lie cheat and steal for a president. Can only hope their corrupt incompetent house of cards comes crashing down.

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Cara Giovanetti @idontevencara.bsky.social · 6h

But light has another fundamental property called polarization. The polarization of a wave is the direction of the oscillation relative to the direction the wave travels in. You’re already a little familiar with it—polarized sunglasses take advantage of this quality to filter out sunlight.

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Let’s Be Frank @frankedson24.bsky.social · 6h

My god, Vance is as big a liar as trump. This is how an authoritarian regime behaves. As long as these thugs are in power we will not be privy to the truth and it’ll be a nonstop litany of lies, deflection, misinformation and disinformation. It’s all they have.

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blondie013.bsky.social @blondie013.bsky.social · 6h

Near as I can tell he has always been a liar. And a shameless opportunist to boot

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Grant Hamilton 🐨 @ecologygrant.bsky.social · 11h

Another individual tragedy. #Koalas are a high profile species but it’s reflective of what little regard we have for our biodiversity in general 🧪

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Rescued koala hailed as conservation success story killed by car

Koala deaths on Appin Road are not unusual this time of year, but the fatality of rescued koala Gage is cause for more than the usual frustration and despair.

www.abc.net.au

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Ken Sheetz @kensheetz.bsky.social · 6h

Stock market reacting in advance to Trump's saying "Don't worry about China." How precious.

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 6h

Her husband, Scott Borgerson, reportedly ended their marriage while she was in jail — over the phone.
He’d already moved on and was living with another woman.

The relationship was reportedly based on status and connections Maxwell could make for Borgerson.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

BTIG: Trump tariffs were “the match that lit the selloff, but .. kindling for a fire was set over the last few weeks .. private equity and credit names were really selling off,” discretionary was weak. “There is enough damage below the surface .. to suggest this is the start of a deeper pullback ..”

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

"Kid Rock" looks like a plucked chicken that robbed a pimp and took his clothes. Not all is lost, though...at least he's a f*cking moron. #America

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Maggie May💙 @wholelottallama.bsky.social · Dec 5

Pete Hegseth doesn’t want women serving in the military, but he has his momma fighting his battles.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

The cruelty is the point

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Lilith Treah 🏳️‍⚧️ @riveroceansea.bsky.social · 23d

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Let’s Be Frank @frankedson24.bsky.social · 6h

My god, Vance is as big a liar as trump. This is how an authoritarian regime behaves. As long as these thugs are in power we will not be privy to the truth and it’ll be a nonstop litany of lies, deflection, misinformation and disinformation. It’s all they have.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9h

my father (a retired white engineer who has been in oklahoma for 40 years) is my weathervane for what normal people who just watch the news periodically think, and he was like “so, they want to call the guard out on a bunch of kids wearing frog suits? is that true?”, the admin is losing the PR war

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 1d

When you are used to friendly audiences, and then the boos slap you in the face.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 6h

Follow these peeps and chip in $10/$20 for Bobby's life:

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Bobby Wesson @bobbywesson.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve been battling kidney disease for more than 13 years. I was finally selected for a clinical trial that could save my life! I need your help to cover travel and living costs. Please donate or share. gofund.me/c95feb0b

Donate to Please Help Me Travel To UCLA For Free Clinical Trial, organized by Bobby Wesson

I’m Bobby Wesson and you’ve probably read about my Chronic kidney … Bobby Wesson needs your support for Please Help Me Travel To UCLA For Free Clinical Trial

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blackpearl41.bsky.social @blackpearl41.bsky.social · 14h

You can lay it all out on the table, and they still don't get it. Now it's #Antifa.

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Ma Carol @caroodles.bsky.social · 13h

Super corrupt family

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Greed Apocalypse @juanmunoz.bsky.social · 6h

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WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD ANYBODY WASTE TIME FACT OR TRUTH CHECKING THE MOST PROLIFIC COMPULSIVE LIAR IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND??

Fact check: Trump’s ‘$17 trillion’ investment figure is fiction | Flipboard

CNN - President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he has secured “$17 trillion” in investment this year – or even more than that. “We have over $17 trillion being invested now in the United States,”...

flip.it

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 7h

You have to admire the courage of the runners pushing on as ARTILLERY SHELLS burst around them. 🤔🤔🤔....

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bryanguarderas.bsky.social @bryanguarderas.bsky.social · 6h

Conversion therapy is nothing more than psychological abuse towards LGBTQ+ individuals, as it leaves lasting scars and trauma on whoever is subjected to it. Many homosexuals have been driven to suicide by this barbaric practice (1/2).

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Reality Ausetkmt @ausetkmt.bsky.social · 7h

Then he had the nerve to get his lashes crossed and try to throw shade. such an attention grab live on a sunday mawnin..

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

But a year later, hope emerged. The Garland Apparel Group acquired the company in 2021 and brought back 100 of its former 150 workers. Garland's mayor said: "After the pandemic and the many gloomy challenges that the town has faced, we finally feel a ray of sunshine and see a beautiful rainbow."

A screencap of a TV news segment. It shows the factory. Text at the bottom reads: Garland Shirt Factory to Reopen.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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