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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 13h

Only the first flying bear is notable.

George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 23h

Sadly, despite Hegseth the US Navy has lost aircraft every month I can recall back into the 1990s and it was weekly if not several per week in the 1950s 1960s and 70s (excluding combat operations for fairness).

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Seven Years in Quebec @dfeldman.org · 23h

12% of US grocery spending is SNAP.

If you wanted to replace it completely with food banks run off donations, you'd need about one in ten grocery stores to become a food bank.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 23h

I need to go read his feed and … ugh. I don’t want to go pay to see this to more specifically call out the unreasonable parts. Ugh.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 23h

Tom should know better?…?

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 23h

Surely Bigelow would have sought out at least one expert? Right?..?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

SNAP benefits are about to lapse because of the shutdown. Reminders:
1. About 1 in 2 children will receive SNAP benefits at some point and 1 in 4 children are receiving benefits in a given month.
2. Trump is already planning to cut SNAP in other ways.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...

The Big Beautiful Bill has a SNAP Poison Pill

How states will get the blame for massive cuts to food stamps

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

The Ronald Reagan video denouncing tariffs, which Donald is in such a snit about, was posted to YouTube eight years ago. It is authentic. Donald is lying. It is not AI.

We are living in such twisted times, when Ronald Reagan's own words are offensive to Republicans.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5Q...

President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

www.youtube.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. Yes.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.

I tweet: "people who see 50% of their monthly paycheck go to rent don't care if a candidate eats with their hands. they want to hear what your candidate is going to do about housing."

John Galt 2025 replies: "Move if the cost of living is too high."

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Danny Wicentowski @dtowski.bsky.social · 3d

Ok, so

an attorney (suspended) claims the St. Louis sheriff (in jail) ordered him (before the suspension and jail) to intimidate a local reporter (who was reporting accurately) and the attorney apparently did so in basically the clumsiest way possible.

This is Coen brothers stuff

Sheriff's lawyer told reporter to take down an article — and he'd send deputies to their home

Blake Lawrence, an attorney for the St. Louis sheriff's office, is on administrative leave after allegedly sending harassing text messages to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter. But he says the move i...

www.stlpr.org

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

This is fucked

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."

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Total Lowlife Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

The carceral state is generally brutal and evil in the way it treats the human beings it cages, but it’s fine to point out when there are bursts of unusually concentrated or vigorous evil and use it to get people to care.

Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 5d

Pregnant women detained by ICE report horrifying treatment: shackling, solitary confinement, no prenatal vitamins, inadequate food. ICE's own directives and regulations require the agency to avoid detention of pregnant people in the first place. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say

The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.

www.nbcnews.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

This is such a great callout…

Does your Christian church have a plan to help the community when SNAP benefits don’t go out in November?

If not, you’re at the wrong church.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3d

This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.

They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 3d

This is an unusual concentration of force, impacting other commitments. With 11 carriers in service, 2 or more of those are in significant maintenance. Active ships need months of minor maintenance and months more training before deployment. This is most of what we have available right now.

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 3d

The largest units in the US Navy, consisting of one full sized Aircraft Carrier (out of 11 in service) and an air defense cruiser and two to four slightly smaller destroyers. Plus 80 aircraft on the carrier. Normally we have two or three deployed at any given time.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 3d

The White House just issued a sweeping federal directive transforming how dissent might be policed in the US—here’s why civil liberties groups are so alarmed.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 3d

chartering a prop plane to fly in circles around dc with a banner that reads “what about the anti deficiency act”

Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 3d

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...

www.cnn.com

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 3d

Ok, the nat-sec situation absolutely sucks but watching my feed just instantly fill up with nat-sec minded folks all having the same reaction at the same time is hilarious in a grim, "we're going to pay for this stupidity in blood and treasure and sooner than we'd like" kind of way.