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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 7h

The statement about the naked bicyclers in Portland being the most threatening thing he's seen yet is worthy of SNL.

Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 7h

A line worthy of SNL from Leader Johnson: "The most threatening thing I've seen yet are the naked bicyclers in Portland."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING: President Obama comes out in favor of Prop 50 in California.

California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Teapot Dome scandal? Watergate? These are minuscule compared to what's uncovered every week with Trump. And just imagine what we haven't yet learned. Release the Epstein Files. Impeach and remove. Now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 1d

Nixon in 1968 too.

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 1d

That is fascinating, and it's similar to how he scuttled Biden's immigration agreement. Do you have a source to share?

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking of the families of Bipin Joshi and Tamir Nimrodi whose families are left without answers today.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle...

Hamas releases hostages: Fate of Bipin Joshi unclear; family waits for good news | World News - The Times of India

Middle East News: Two hostages, Bipin Joshi and Tamir Nimrodi, remain unaccounted for after Hamas's latest release of 20 living captives. While 20 living hostages and 2

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 2d

The underlying report is based on a few surveys with the usual limitations of institutional research.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2d

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 2d

RedRide! Link from Eretz Nehederet: www.facebook.com/watch/?v=227...

Redirecting...

www.facebook.com

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 2d

Our government is currently run by an uncountable number of monkeys with typewriters and chainsaws. Summary of thread why the rehiring of some CDC scientists isn't a win.

Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 2d

So to summarize:

- There is a pattern where Vought makes the RIFs too wide, apparently to flood the zone with sh*t and see who will draw protests.
- They restore some people after outrage and work by us.
- But we are still left with many who remain fired at the end.

Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 2d

For nearly all games, I like the idea of them more than I actually enjoy playing them! I know I'm not the only one because at multiple board game gatherings, I've noticed that the revealed preference was conversation over games.

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Zackary Berger שלום בערגער @drberger.bsky.social · 2d

In the Baltimore Sun today we ask Governor Wes Moore to cancel Avelo Airlines' contract with BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. He can do it today. It doesn't require the assembly. It will help stop ICE & help our patients and neighbors.

Please share widely.

www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/11/w...

How Wes Moore can deal a blow to Trump’s immigration agenda | GUEST COMMENTARY

Guest commentary: Gov. Wes Moore has a novel opportunity to undermine Trump’s immigration agenda by targeting an airline participating in ICE’s deportations.

www.baltimoresun.com

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 2d

An informational product, not a game, from Cards Against Humanity is available for pre-order until October 15. They still own that land along the Mexican border to interfere with the border wall and sued Elon Musk for encroaching on it. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Cards Against Humanity avoids tariffs with an edition that explains all the jokes, says 'this holiday season… don’t give Donald Trump a f***ing cent'

For US customers only.

www.pcgamer.com

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 5d

WGN is a mainstream local Chicago channel.
wgntv.com/news/operati...

wgntv.com

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 5d

It is on the news: wgntv.com/news/video-i...

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 5d

I was grateful to see that the highly respected religious publication First Things has already rebutted this conspiracy theory and linked it to blood libels. firstthings.com/the-epstein-...

The Epstein Myth - First Things

In March 2005, the Palm Beach police began to investigate whether a fourteen-year-old girl had been molested by a wealthy man named Jeffrey Epstein. When police interviewed the girl...

firstthings.com

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 5d

From the memory hole: There was a hostage release and ceasefire deal in place by the Biden administration 10 months ago. It was allowed to expire in March, under Donald Trump, and now it's been revived and rebranded, with Donald taking full credit like always.

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 5d

She was about a month from getting her green card when her school had financial problems and had layoffs and eventually closed.

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 5d

It would be morally wrong to send anyone anywhere, but my neighbor who is also a lesbian moved back to her native Poland (in the literal sense of where she was born and raised) to teach in a Jewish day school as she did in the US, and she is of course not happy with the government, but she is safe.

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 5d

And Trumpism is a continuation of Goldwater and John Birchers, and even the same people. As a child, Ginnie Thomas even went to John Birch rallies, and then she was involved in January 6th.

Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 5d

Definitely easier for Congress to increase the size of SCOTUS with legislation (that's all that's necessary, right?) than to pass a constitutional amendment!

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 5d

At Leader Jeffries's phone townhall right now, he says he is in favor of term limits for SCOTUS.

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 6d

Only missing an obsession with dead animals, and also missing parasites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ten...

RFK's guidelines made him healthy as can be... | This Hour Has 22 Minutes

YouTube video by 22 Minutes

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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her) @janet.bsky.social · 6d

Just an eccentric cat-lover running a vigilante group for decades!

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