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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 3h

This is the essence of psychological escalation of commitment.

Ivermectin does squat for covid. So now Joe Rogen & Mel Gibson suggest it should be used to treat cancer, & of course, Florida says "Us, first!"

🔹️"Ivermectin has taken on symbolic power...

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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

How a Joe Rogan-Mel Gibson podcast inspired Florida’s cancer research focus

Following a Joe Rogan, Mel Gibson podcast, Florida wants to study whether ivermectin could work against cancer. There is not yet evidence it would.

www.washingtonpost.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 5h

ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening.

Make statues of this.

A woman in what looks like business attire with a black handbag over her shoulder stands in front of an armed vehicle flipping the bird with both hands. Unfortunately a friend sent this to me, I don’t know who the hero woman is or the photographer

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

Why so embarrassed? 🤡

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 4h

POTENTIAL?! He’s LITERALLY stealing from us.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

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We are all paying for this vanity project

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Frances Fisher @francesfisher11.bsky.social · 4h

He raped underaged girls.
He raped grown women.
He virtually shat on America.
He’s currently assaulting The People’s House.
Release the Epstein Files.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h

In Congressional Dem lawsuit against ICE for prohibiting their oversight entry, ICE provides a filing abt what is funding detention operations during shutdown. But it doesn't specify what is going where in how much.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

8. Additionally, certain ICE operations during the lapse in annual appropriations are being unfed by appropritions made through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) ... Appropriations made through the OBBB are a distinct source of funding with defined amounts for specific purposes and are not used to fund all of ICE's operations throughout the lapse in appropriations.

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

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🦋 Still Standing 🦋 @imstillstanding.bsky.social · 8h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

it's dizzying to me that stories like this -- a corrupt grift built on democracy-wrecking lies that culminated in a coup attempt -- barely breakthrough anymore. they're just daily background noise now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

COLLINS: The NYT is reporting your legal team is seeking $230 million from your own DOJ now in response to the investigations into you. Is that something you want?

TRUMP: It could be, yeah. I don't even talk to them about it. All I know is they would owe me a lot of money. They rigged the election.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h

These fools are such shameless liars.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 6h

Surest sign that there's worse to come is Ryan Grim signing up to defend him for free

Ryan Grim € @ryangrim
I will take the internet's word that that's a Nazi symbol but if you're just looking at it on the wall of a parlor without the internet it looks more Grateful Dead than Nazi.
11:00 AM • Oct 21, 2025 • 49.7K Views

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Ms. M @msmalarkey24.bsky.social · 11m

So uhhhh quick question for Election Law bsky…

Is it cool or nah for TikTok influencer “Mr. Pattlo” from the great state of… *checks notes*… Pakistan… to be working on behalf of the Jack Ciattarelli campaign??

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grant2c.bsky.social @grant2c.bsky.social · 11m

Mmmmmm, baked potato🤤

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 4h

People should absolutely be writing about how ICE's occupation of their cities is transforming life in these places, and they should be publishing it in print on paper - not just social media posts. There needs to be a record of this. Things are changing in measurable ways for the worse every day.

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onefinekitty.bsky.social @onefinekitty.bsky.social · 27m

Trump’s policies are speeding up the environmental apocalypse.

apple.news/Az3b4P_FpQpi...

Mosquitoes have just been found in Iceland for the first time. It’s more alarming than it sounds — Fast Company

Climate change is causing higher temperatures around the planet, but the Nordic country is warming three times faster than the global average. Iceland has long been known as the only habitable place i...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

“Speaker Johnson, can you name the planet upon which we all live?”

“I’m afraid I’m not familiar with that particular celestial orb, so no, I cannot.”

“…”

“Of course, I’d be happy to talk about all the posts on Adelita Grijalva’s TikTok account.”

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John Howl Boo @jholbo.bsky.social · 3h

Release the unredacted Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Interference in the 2016 United States presidential election!

Jamie Fox @whatlawfoxsays.bsky.social · 3h

Or the Senate Intel Committee report. Chaired by Rubio. History indeed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_...

Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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elijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 5h

45 yrs of US history, in 25 words:

John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 8h

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.

In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 38m

It seems Glenn Beck and his ilk are preparing their followers for two possible futures: a) permanent and complete GOP control of the federal government or b) massive resistance to a Democratic victory that will make J6 look like a garden party. One thing they’re not prepping folks for is democracy.

Glenn Beck @@glennbeck•1d
Speaker Mike Johnson just confirmed something | have been warning about for over a decade: Anarchists, Islamists, communists, and socialists are working together to overthrow the West. I was called crazy for predicting this coalition, which we now know as the Democratic Party.
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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 2h

“Let him among you who is without a Nazi tattoo cast the first stone.” -The Bible

Only perfect candidates off the harvard law conveyor belt pls, highly disciplined, all boxes checked, well liked and humble, absolutely no spiritual connection to having a physical body except for severe IBS, volunteered at a soup kitchen in high school, signs email "cheers," etc.

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Scott 🌊(OC SoCal) @skinoc.bsky.social · 52m

Corruption works best when there are no witnesses...

Trump Dismisses Another Inspector General, Fueling Oversight Concerns

www.nytimes.com

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grant2c.bsky.social @grant2c.bsky.social · 42m

ENTITLED soulless fuckers. Every last one to varying degrees.

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 7h

I’m shocked the guy who hired undocumented immigrants (Polish laborers) w/no safety equipment and paid them $4 an hour in 1980 (then stiffed them) to tear down Bonwit Teller (including art deco friezes promised to the MET) is demolishing the East Wing of White House w/bad intent.

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