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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 3h

More from the scene

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 3h

If the US military runs a land operation in Venezuela or SOF moves in Mexico it will face an asymmetric drone threat far more in common with fighting in the Sahel, Sudan or Myanmar than in Ukraine.

You have to wonder US infantry have received adequate preparation for these risks.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 5h

So they have hundreds of millions just lying around that they’ll never miss to give to the government programs immediately, is what they’re announcing

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 5h

"Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune

Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of Trump." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune

www.nytimes.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22h

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

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Sam @iconoclast88.bsky.social · 4h

For the love of god stop voting for navy seals to be in congress

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 4h

The situation in the Pokrovsk sector:

- Russian forces push from south and east against the city, using meat waves against fortified Ukrainian positions

- Ukrainian forces push against the Russian salients in the north, during which they liberated the village of Sukhetstke

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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 5h

How Trump’s golden ballroom will dwarf the White House

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

How Trump’s ballroom will dwarf the White House

Trump’s new 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom would be almost as large as the rest of the complex.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 6h

And what of the mysterious intruder who started it all? It turned out to be a black bear, which scrambled back into the woods, apparently unharmed.

A color photograph of a black bear climbing over a chain link fence in a grassy field with trees in the background. The top of the fence has three rows of barbed wire facing inward (toward the bear).

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 6h

Tonight in 1962, as the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated toward direct confrontation, a sentry on patrol at Duluth Air Force Base in Minnesota thought he saw someone climbing the perimeter fence. He shot at the intruder and activated the base sabotage alarm, which by design automatically triggered ...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 16h

A group of US women kicked out a Nazi, while a group of US men stood around doing nothing.

People around the world are noticing that it is women who are leading the fight against fascists in the US. Whether it is Nazis or ICE.

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Sam @iconoclast88.bsky.social · 15h

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social intonation is outdated and boring but everything he says here is true. He’s just gotta work on his delivery of the message

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 16h

Bill Maher: "It’s impossible to imagine a Democratic ticket without a person of color.

Andy Beshear says he’d pick a running mate based on governing, not box-checking: We should be able to pull more seats up to the table, not ask somebody who's been sitting at it to move.

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Sam @iconoclast88.bsky.social · 16h

This shirt goes hard

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's hissy fit about Canada is going to cause MORE American businesses to lose markets-just like soybean farmers and cattle ranchers-and therefore costs will rise AGAIN

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Carney: "We can't control the trade policy of the US. We recognize it has fundamentally changed from the policy in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, & it's a situation where US has tariffs against every trading partner... what we we can control is developing new partnerships, including w/econ giants of Asia"

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Baltimore high school student Taki Allen was swarmed by police after an artificial intelligence system apparently mistook his bag of Doritos for a gun www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

a photo of Taki Allen and a bag of doritos

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Sam @iconoclast88.bsky.social · 22h

I vote for a giant public bathroom to be installed. It will undoubtedly provide the public more utility

Sam @iconoclast88.bsky.social · 1d

Iran b chillin

Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 1d

Carrier is in Med, so approximately a week until it gets on station in SOUTHCOM.

Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 1d

The Pentagon Is sending the Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean in a major escalation of the Trump administration’s military campaign to target drug smugglers and threaten governments in Latin America.

www.wsj.com/world/americ...

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 1d

Carrier is in Med, so approximately a week until it gets on station in SOUTHCOM.

Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 1d

The Pentagon Is sending the Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean in a major escalation of the Trump administration’s military campaign to target drug smugglers and threaten governments in Latin America.

www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Pentagon Orders Aircraft Carrier to the Caribbean

The move would be a major escalation of the Trump administration’s military campaign to target drug smugglers and threaten governments in Latin America.

www.wsj.com

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 1d

Fields and trees covered with fiber optic lines on the front lines.

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Sam @iconoclast88.bsky.social · 1d

The amount of poison Fox News puts into people’s brains is astonishing

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

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Sam @iconoclast88.bsky.social · 1d

If he fired a non-lethal at this distance the target would have been physically penetrated. In other words, they should be charged with attempted murder or manslaughter

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

In Oakland, California, an ICE GOON shot a local clergyman point-blank.

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