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pierremcmanus.bsky.social @pierremcmanus.bsky.social · 3h

“i liked you when you were less political” motherfucker i liked MYSELF more when i was less political but i can’t watch this bullshit and shut up.

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elijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 6h

45 yrs of US history, in 25 words:

John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 9h

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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John Reinan @johnnyasheville.bsky.social · 12h

Such a gripping headline from the NYT: “Education Department Layoffs Could Affect Students and Schools.”

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2d

Wut

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

So can we be expecting the appropriate headlines like, "Trump Posts AI Video of King Trump Dumping Shit All Over Americans" or nah?

Is the media going to pretend this is normal because it's just Trump being Trump or will they pretend it never happened?

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John Reinan @johnnyasheville.bsky.social · 3d

Asheville NC. This march is even longer than I thought. See it going down the hill and then up the hill on the other side? I doubt if the people visible are even 1/4 of the total. There are many thousands out tonight.

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John Reinan @johnnyasheville.bsky.social · 3d

Asheville NC. This is a real river of people. Filling a 4 lane street 10 people wide. I’m relatively near the front so I can’t say how long it is. Certainly many city blocks, possibly a half mile to a mile. Many thousands of people. Much larger than the June event, which was estimated at 6,000.

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John Reinan @johnnyasheville.bsky.social · 3d

Asheville NC

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John Reinan @johnnyasheville.bsky.social · 3d

Asheville NC. This crowd seems larger than the June crowd at the same venue. The local newspaper had estimated that one at 6,000.

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 3d

Good to see Bari Weiss' The Free Press covering all of the weekend's top events #NoKings

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 11d

He got the shots that his own HHS is telling you are not necessary

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 11d

President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

www.cnn.com

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John Reinan @johnnyasheville.bsky.social · 10d

Never been a better time to be a serial killer!! Just put on a mask, pull someone into your unmarked van and take them to your torture chamber!

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Just George Oh🦇🎃👻🐈‍⬛🕸️ @timmytwoshirts.bsky.social · 15d

Ayup.
Many of our grandfathers, I would assume.
One of my friends was just taken there a few weeks ago

did you know antifa has its own cemetery?!

there are more than 400,000 antifa buried there, including my grandfather.

it's called Arlington

@libbygraylighting via occupy democrats

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 15d

🚨🚨🚨 Chicago Police pepper sprayed by ICE yesterday. These are the streets of the former United States. 1/2

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John Reinan @johnnyasheville.bsky.social · 16d

Big win for the Vikings today. Always good to go into the bye with a W, and coming home from the international trip 0-2 would have left a bad taste. With all their injuries, 3-2 is a decent outcome, and assures them of being no worse than 1 down in the loss column.

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 17d

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

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U.S. Federal Department of Propaganda @usfdop.bsky.social · 18d

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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 18d

An FBI training agent was fired for having a Pride flag on his desk because "it was a political statement" at the same time this guy is a walking advertisement for the Nazi party.

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John Reinan @johnnyasheville.bsky.social · 18d

I really don’t understand why establishment Democrats and mainstream media are so scared of people like AOC and Mamdani.

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John Reinan @johnnyasheville.bsky.social · 18d

We had 3% for a decade or more, and people forgot that 6% (or more) was a pretty common mortgage rate for a long time.

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John Reinan @johnnyasheville.bsky.social · 18d

Although if this occurs, the GOP may very well be able to pressure one of the current “yes” votes to flip. The pressure will be enormous and it will come right from the top.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 18d

Important, and true.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 18d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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John Reinan @johnnyasheville.bsky.social · 18d

The Democrats should run in ‘26 on a $20 minimum wage nationwide. This will elicit massive pearl clutching from the right wing media and rich businessmen. Let ‘em clutch!! They’re getting rich on the backs of labor. Shove it in their faces.

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MJ Shanklin @mjshanklin.bsky.social · 19d

Farmers are true welfare queens. They complain about "Big Gov't." while stuffing their pockets. Bunch of hypocrits.

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Andy @alleysofmpls.bsky.social · 19d

“People need to stop being offended by our racist garbage.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Rep. Carlos Gimenez defends Trump's racist AI videos: "You're gonna see more of these things happen, and so people need to develop a little bit thicker skin ... if you complain about it you're just going to get more of it"

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