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Jim of Pennsyltucky @jimdigs.bsky.social · 16h

First they came for people with the wrong tattoos. Then they came for people that spoke the wrong language. Then they came for people that weren't white. Then they came for....To be continued. #ice

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

Nearly all the staff in the Office of Special Education have been fired as part of Trump’s sweeping layoffs.

These are the people responsible for protecting the civil rights of students with disabilities and ensuring they receive an equal education.

More needless cruelty on display.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17h

Uh... so he's openly trying to rig a foreign election for a friend of his and a friend of his top donor—Musk—by saying that Argentinians will only get $20 billion dollars in American aid if they vote for Milei?

So this money Trump is stealing from US taxpayers is not to help Argentina, but his pal?

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 17h

Trump says US support for Argentina is ‘gone’ if Milei suffers election losses on.ft.com/3L8Y0Wi

Trump says US support for Argentina is ‘gone’ if Milei suffers election losses

President suggests $20bn swap line is contingent on libertarian’s victory in midterm elections

on.ft.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h

I don't want to alarm you, but I’m deeply concerned that two opaque industries are creating giant bubbles on the verge of bursting. Let me explain... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/beware-the-oligarchs-ai-bubble

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National Democratic Redistricting Committee @democraticredistricting.com · 23h

NEW: In the middle of a government shutdown and an affordability crisis, KS Republicans approved $460K of taxpayer dollars to fund a special session.

What’s the special session for? Not for improving schools. Not for lowering healthcare costs.

It’s a Trump-ordered scheme to gerrymander maps.

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Jim of Pennsyltucky @jimdigs.bsky.social · 1d

To disagree with Trump and Maga is to hate America. Per Mike Johnson. Mike Johnson's shallow demagoguery proves this to be true.👇

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Jim of Pennsyltucky @jimdigs.bsky.social · 1d

Another Trump Statue. All it needs now is some orange paint. #gop #maga

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 1d

Wow — new AI-made articles online are already outnumbering human-generated content.

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Jim of Pennsyltucky @jimdigs.bsky.social · 1d

@jd-vance-1.bsky.social The Founding Fathers and the 1st amendment say the press is the watchdog of government. Pete Hegseth and the Trump administration have decided the Founding Fathers and the Constitution are wrong. #gop #military #maga #veterans

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Early-round setback for Justice Dept in its criminal case against James Comey

Judge rejects US Attorney Lindsey Halligan's request to limit Comey's access to "protected material" in the case

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

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Jim of Pennsyltucky @jimdigs.bsky.social · 1d

Jim of Pennsyltucky @jimdigs.bsky.social · 8d

People say Trump is a dictator. Stephen Miller agrees. He is telling America there should be no checks and balances. AKA an autocratic dictatorship. #maga #gop

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Jim of Pennsyltucky @jimdigs.bsky.social · 1d

@jd-vance-1.bsky.social The Founding Fathers and the 1st amendment say the press is the watchdog of government. Pete Hegseth has decided they and the Constitution are wrong. #gop #military #maga #veterans

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Jim of Pennsyltucky @jimdigs.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson is not a Christian. He claims to serve two masters. Jesus and Trump. Jesus says you can't serve two masters. And Mike Johnson serves Maga's God, Donald J Trump.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, a right winger with a history of anti-Muslim hate and the founder of billionaire funded "Free Press", now leads billionaire owned CBS, and hires Free Press to make up a story about the potentially first Muslim mayor of NYC.

Definitely no conflict or corporate corruption here. Nope. None

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Jim of Pennsyltucky @jimdigs.bsky.social · 1d

Yes.

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Jim of Pennsyltucky @jimdigs.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is narcissistic, emotionally immature, and has the onset of dementia. If you don't believe me interview psychologists. The Goldwater rule does not apply to psychologists, it only applies to psychiatrists. #maddow

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 1d

"Those efforts have been complicated by the fact that major hedge funds, including those led by friends of Mr. Bessent, stand to benefit financially from an Argentina economic lifeline."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

www.nytimes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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Jim of Pennsyltucky @jimdigs.bsky.social · 1d

It fits together perfectly when Americans realize for decades we've been an Oligarchy ruled by Plutocrats. Our economic system is Crony Capitalism. Now one thing has changed. The Autocrats are fighting the Plutocrats for power. The people aren't even in the fight. #maga

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Just west of Fort Qu’Appelle in Saskatchewan, the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation is working across the US border to revive centuries-old trade routes as part of a new Indigenous-governed trade corridor.

From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:

Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

www.motherjones.com

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Jim of Pennsyltucky @jimdigs.bsky.social · 1d

US Marine’s Parents Detained by ICE While Visiting Military Base - Newsweek. #military #veterans #maga #ice

US Marine’s Parents Detained by ICE While Visiting Military Base

The parents were initially taken into custody on base and later released with ankle monitors, before being detained again.

www.newsweek.com

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 1d

Our health care system was already broken with high premiums, insurance denials, and huge co-pays—and that was before Trump and Congressional Republicans decided to make the health care crisis so much worse.

We must restore health care funding and end this crisis.

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rebeccaamccoy.bsky.social @rebeccaamccoy.bsky.social · 1d

Notice, no Palestinian hostages in Israeli prisons have been released.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Ah yes, air traffic controllers must show up for work without pay, but Congress can take the day off. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he’ll be making “necessary cuts” to the department, because nothing fixes staffing shortages quite like firing more people.

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