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Kevin McShea @kevinmcshea.bsky.social · 11h

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3h

But I was told trump was going to make things cheaper

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 6h

Trump can simply give $40 billion in US tax money to his pals in Argentina, openly admit it is for the intended purpose of keeping the MAGA allied right wing government in power, and pocket billions for himself. The US has no laws anymore and that's your money they are stealing.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

NEW: if you’re planning on taking I-5 to the No Kings rally, you might wanna leave now. In order to disrupt our protests, they’re shutting parts of it down. meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 6h

Where users face threats to their privacy and security online, EFF’s technology tools are there to defend them. www.eff.org/tools

Tools from EFF's Tech Team

EFF’s team of technologists and computer scientists engineers solutions to the problems of sneaky tracking, inconsistent encryption, and more. Where users face threats to their privacy and security

www.eff.org

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franklin1337.bsky.social @franklin1337.bsky.social · 4h

Just tapping this sign again

franklin1337.bsky.social @franklin1337.bsky.social · May 13

For those of you still using twitter, be aware that you are basically walking around with a regime spy in your pocket collecting your metadata to be used against you.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 16h

“There are only three good kings in America: Gayle, Stephen, and Burger.” #NoKings

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 7h

"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.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

ICE setting up raids outside churches. Trump’s America. 🇺🇸

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13h

Your tax dollars and mine are being used to thank President Trump. That’s right, the biggest political ad spender of 2025 is DHS using your money to promote Trump, personally, and to promote Kristi Noem. This is illegal, BTW, but Noem doesn't care. www.axios.com/2025/10/15/t...

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

www.axios.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 10h

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 8h

good news, we've fixed the national debt

web3 is going just great @web3isgoinggreat.com · 8h

Paxos accidentally mints more than twice the global GDP in PayPal stablecoins

October 15, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=paxos-accidental-mint

Paxos accidentally mints more than twice the global GDP in PayPal stablecoins
Paxos, the issuer of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin, accidentally minted 300 trillion of the supposedly dollar-pegged token. For context, this is approximately 2.5x the global GDP, and around 125x the total number of US dollars actually in circulation.
Paxos later announced that the mint was an "internal technical error", and that they had burned the excess tokens.
While PayPal promises its customers that "Reserves are held 100% in US dollar deposits, US treasuries and cash equivalents – meaning that customer funds are available for 1:1 redemption with Paxos," there clearly isn't much in the way of safeguards to ensure that is always the case. As with most stablecoin issuers, Paxos merely issues self-reported and unreviewed portfolio reports, and monthly third-party attestations (not audits) of reserves.

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franklin1337.bsky.social @franklin1337.bsky.social · 7h

This must be the “unmatched economic upside” they advertise 😂

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9h

BREAKING: Journalists exited the Pentagon after refusing to agree to the Trump administration's new restrictions on access.

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the seat of U.S. military power.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8h

The Supreme Court, with its six-to-three Republican-appointed majority, appears ready to kneecap what remains of the Voting Rights Act’s protections for minority political representation.

The results will be "catastrophic," experts warn.

Republican justices appear poised to destroy what’s left of the Voting Rights Act

The results will be "catastrophic."

www.motherjones.com

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 8h

It’s up to Americans to help Americans. Our government has failed us. #alaska

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9h

Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.

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franklin1337.bsky.social @franklin1337.bsky.social · 8h

Congratulations!

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 8h

They cried about “fake news,” then built an empire of lies. Fox, Sinclair, Daily Wire - an assembly line of deceit wrapped in a flag.

#WhoVoted4This #Deception #MediaCorruption

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 9h

Russell Vought is a piece of shit.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h

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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franklin1337.bsky.social @franklin1337.bsky.social · 8h

They are still getting paid unfortunately.

federalnewsnetwork.com/government-s...

Most DHS employees will continue working through shutdown

More than 90% of DHS will continue working through a shutdown, but some gaps could emerge, especially with CISA expected to furlough two-thirds of its staff.

federalnewsnetwork.com

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 1d

Bobby Walker, former vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans, has apparently deleted his Twitter account.

Politico’s story reported that Walker referred to rape as “epic,” used slurs, and participated in a thread about sending opponents to the gas chamber.

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