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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 11h

TikTok was always bad but something tells me that it will get to a whole new level of awful under MAGA leadership.

Barron Trump tipped for top job at TikTok as dad says users ‘owe’ him

The president has previously claimed that users ‘owe’ Barron Trump for saving the social media platform in a video from the Oval Office

www.independent.co.uk

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 12h

I hope Democrats don't forget forget about his behavior after they retake power.

Maga figures back Bukele’s call for Trump to crack down on US judges

Experts say El Salvador president’s intervention comes as Trump is employing tactics used by autocrats abroad

www.theguardian.com

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 12h

The IMF boss is right to say ‘buckle up’ – the global economy is facing multiple menaces

Trump’s latest tariff tantrum and rising fears of an AI bubble have quickly borne out Kristalina Georgieva’s claim that ‘uncertainty is the new normal’

www.theguardian.com

Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 12h

This should end well.
"Selling them off now, he said, would shift repayment and management responsibilities to private entities, raising questions about enforcement, oversight, and the continuity of borrower protections. It could also eliminate the government’s power to cancel the loan."

Trump officials reportedly consider selling student loan debt to private investors

Experts say the move could eliminate the federal government’s power to cancel educational loans

www.theguardian.com

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 12h

"Since his appointment, Starbuck has baselessly claimed that individual shooters in the US were motivated by leftist ideology, described faith-based protest groups as communists, and without evidence tied Democratic lawmakers to murders."

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 12h

"This is just another example of Meta caving to Trump and his allies, and bogus charges of political bias, and makes a mockery of fair content moderation on Meta’s various platforms.”

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 12h

There are more than a few "cracks" lurking under the surface of the economy.

Americans are spending like there's no tomorrow. That may not be enough to prevent a recession.

Consumers are still spending like mad. But increasing unemployment and a decline in business investment are worrying recession signals.

www.businessinsider.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 1d

"A man who funds the companies that harness your data and determine who gets doxed, deported, drone struck. Who funds far-right movements that seek to remake the very face of liberal democracy."

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 1d

"Here’s a man who, together with a couple of fellow Silicon Valley freaks, helped return a sundowning caudillo to a presidency he is obviously unsuited for, and who uses the awesome might of the US government to remake society and the world."

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

www.theguardian.com

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 1d

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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 1d

“We hear about the erosion of legal immigrant pathways impacting Silicon Valley, but also innovative startups, it’s fashion designers who are using sustainable efforts, it’s architects. There are so many different industries that are impacted here,”

The quiet toll of Trump’s legal immigration crackdown: ‘I’m trying to stay afloat’

Immigration lawyer Kim Xavier says stricter enforcement and delays are leaving even legal immigrants in limbo and fear

www.theguardian.com

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck this, and if you voted for these clown shoes, fuck you too.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

ICE Boasts Zero Murders Committed By 5-Year-Olds Since Child Detainments Began https://theonion.com/ice-boasts-zero-murders-committed-by-5-year-olds-since-child-detainments-began/

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 2d

And we are only 9 months into his presidency.

US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process

www.theguardian.com

Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 2d

“If donors to these nonprofits are not just holding the keys to an elected official’s political future but also literally providing them with their income, that’s new and disturbing,” said Daniel Weiner, a former Federal Election Commission attorney"

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 2d

When you engage in the amount of illegal military interventions that the U.S. has, it is a matter of time before they use the same tactics against their own people.

US immigration enforcement using military hardware and tactics on civilians

Agencies like Ice are way ahead of Donald Trump, who wants the military to treat cities like ‘training grounds’

www.theguardian.com

Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 2d

"Trump and Nixon were similar in their desire to punish political enemies and silence critics, but a pliant Republican-controlled Congress and a Cabinet packed with loyalists are enabling Trump to go further."

Trump’s war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

Potential tools to defund or shut down groups include IRS investigations to strip them of tax-exempt status and criminal probes by the Justice Department and FBI.

www.japantimes.co.jp

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 2d

"If the Supreme Court officially makes the chief executive a unitary executive, the advancement of the public good may depend on little more than the whims of the president, a state of affairs normally more characteristic of dictatorship than democracy."

The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power

Recent rulings indicate that the high court is leaning toward expanding the type of presidential power that is more emblematic of dictatorship than democracy.

theconversation.com

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 3d

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago, rest of state

Arguments in federal court over an emergency restraining order that would bar a National Guard deployment began Thursday with lawyers sparring over what constitutes a “rebellion” that such troops m…

www.chicagotribune.com

Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 3d

Misinformation continues to get right wing nutjobs elected in the world. If it worked in Japan, it's a matter of time until it topples the socialists in Spain.

NPR @npr.org · 3d

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 3d

ICE was on the roof. He had just been praying.

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 4d

ICE released a statement after an agent aimed a pepper ball at a priest’s head after he prayed and laughed when he was hit:

“If you are obstructing law enforcement, you can expect to be met with force.”

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 3d

“You’re going to be priced out of health insurance but EVERYONE GO BUY MY WATCH”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 3d

Whether it’s Joe Biden attending weekly mass or Donald Trump’s ICE agents shooting a priest in the face with a pepper ball, presidents of both sides have directly engaged with the Catholic faith.

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