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Gail Wadsworth @gailwadsworth.bsky.social · 1d

Fake politicians. 50% almost? What's the actual number? 10. 4 of the last 5 used it to enforce desegregation and W used it for hurricane assistance.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Guys, Soros reached out and told us to relay a message.

“You’ll receive the money when we have our democracy back in the hands of the people”

We apologize for the miscommunication and we will strive to do better in the future.

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

SCANDAL — the “paid protesters” all got stiffed yesterday 🤷🏼 💰

Now they know how all those contractors Trump hired feel 😕

(H/T @thegoodliars.bsky.social & @howdypolitics.bsky.social )

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Gail Wadsworth @gailwadsworth.bsky.social · 1d

And this, people, is the president of the United States. 😣

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Gail Wadsworth @gailwadsworth.bsky.social · 1d

No kings in Santa Fe.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

This is potentially a massive story. Did DOJ plan for survivors? Do they have sufficient evidence to prosecute? What is US jurisdiction to prosecute? Where will they go next? When is their court date? Will they be indicted? Held at Gitmo? Returned to Venezuela? Be Epsteined?

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Gail Wadsworth @gailwadsworth.bsky.social · 3d

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

The people around Donald Trump are taking advantage of his diminished capacity to break the law.

Whatever they do now, we won’t forget — and we will hold them accountable.

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Indivisible Palo Alto Plus @indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social · 7d

“Frogs together strong!” 👍

THE PEOPLE'S FROG

SOLIDARITY FOREVER
NO HATE
NO FEAR
STAND TOGETHER WHEN WE LEAP TOGETHER, NO WALL CAN STAND.

Over an image of a frog standing wearing a cape.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 18d

New Washington Post poll on who voters blame for the government shutdown:

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Gail Wadsworth @gailwadsworth.bsky.social · 21d

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Moldova's pro-EU party wins clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups

Moldova's pro-Western governing party won a clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups in an election that was widely viewed as a stark choice between East and West.

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Gail Wadsworth @gailwadsworth.bsky.social · 21d

I mean, really, it can't get any more blatant, the corruption.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 21d

1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs.

2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.

3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21d

It sort of concerns me that Brooke Rollins is explaining to Todd Bessent that Argentina pantsed us and gave China more leverage after he bailed out Javier Milei as if she thinks he's not aware.

A tweet from Rohit Chopra that says:

This photo shows the Treasury Secretary reading a text from the Agriculture Secretary.

She's worried China has outmaneuvered the US by buying up Argentine soybeans at the expense of our farmers, even as the Administration plans to bail out Argentina with billions of dollars.

It shows Scott Bessent reading a Signal text on his cell phone.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 28d

"DIPSHIT DONNY" NEEDED TACKY FIREWORKS AT CHARLIE KIRK'S MEMORIAL, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE A BROKEN-INSIDE PEACOCK NARCISSIST. SAD! I EXPLAIN ALL OF THIS WEEKEND'S "DUMBFUCKERY" IN TODAY'S BEAUTIFUL POST, WHICH MANY PEOPLE SAY IS TREMENDOUS. LINK IS HERE, THANK YOU: bit.ly/424kmOD

the less said about the Charliekirkpallooza in Arizona yesterday, the better — so I’m not going to talk about it at all, except to observe for the umpteenth time that Charlie Kirk did not deserve to be murdered. but at the same time, that didn’t make him a saint.

the one thing, however, that was too fucking surreal to ignore was President Worst Version’s entrance — with fireworks.

who does this? who considers this a dignified way take the stage during a memorial?

like everything else in this skeevy dipshit’s life, it’s gaudy, tasteless, crude — and entirely inappropriate.

and MAGA eats it right up — because it’s a fucking cult. the tackier Dear Leader is, the more they adore him. I swear, we’re living a real-life Idiocracy.

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Gail Wadsworth @gailwadsworth.bsky.social · 28d

Bad news.

NPR @npr.org · 28d

The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.

USDA cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to get enough food

The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.

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Tack Warren 🐸✌️😱👊🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @realtack.bsky.social · 29d

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Sep 19

Breaking news: Thirty-one journalists were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a newspaper complex in Yemen last week, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

They say it was “the deadliest strike on journalists in the Middle East.”

Israel killed 31 journalists in Yemen strike, press freedom group says

Last week’s attack was “the deadliest strike on journalists in the Middle East” ever documented by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Sep 19

WTF! ICE agents are cosplaying as snipers now?

Protesters are clashing with ICE outside the immigration processing facility in west suburban Broadview. Agents dragged two protesters, including one pulled inside the building. A chemical agent was reportedly sprayed.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · Sep 19

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON

This is in suburban Chicago. That woman is a congressional candidate. @katmabu.bsky.social And those weapons? COME ON. WHAT THE F*CK

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · Sep 19

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · Sep 19

This

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · Sep 19

It’s time for Senate Democrats to play hardball.

Why would Congress want to fund its own irrelevance??

Why give an out of control Executive branch a blank check to destroy even more of America??

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House passes a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown, but prospects in the Senate look dim

The House has passed a short-term spending bill to extend government funding for seven weeks and avoid a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1.

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Gail Wadsworth @gailwadsworth.bsky.social · Sep 19

😡

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Gail Wadsworth @gailwadsworth.bsky.social · Sep 19

He's a buffoon.

Gail Wadsworth @gailwadsworth.bsky.social · Sep 19

He's a buffoon.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · Sep 19

New York Times: "Trump Administration Wields Its Full Toolbox to Bring Media to Heel." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/b...

AP: “Trump’s moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent.”
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Trump Administration Wields Its Full Toolbox to Bring Media to Heel

www.nytimes.com

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