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julie khaner

@juliekhaner.bsky.social

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Videodrome, Street Legal, Newsroom...but retired now... just waiting for trump to die so I can go back to ranting about toronto sports franchises

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julie khaner @juliekhaner.bsky.social · Aug 21

his mission is to turn america into Stupid Russia and it’s working

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 21

New in PN: Russia, Trump is listening

"It’s this arrangement that Trump covets. Why shouldn’t he be allowed to rule for decades with no worry he could ever be defeated again like he was in 2020? Why can’t he dictate how elections are run to ensure landslide after landslide like Putin has managed?"

Russia, Trump is listening

His attack on mail voting is inspired by Putin.

www.publicnotice.co

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julie khaner @juliekhaner.bsky.social · 7h

you think pete walker’s limpdick parade can’t lose a game they lead by 9 runs in the 8th inning? #BlueJays #Sportsnet

julie khaner @juliekhaner.bsky.social · 7h

I’d better tune out #BlueJays

julie khaner @juliekhaner.bsky.social · 8h

seems if I want the #BlueJays to win, I should stop watching them…..what the hell??

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 8h

Shorter Mike Johnson:

Beating up a woman isn’t “really serious.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 8h

truest feelings go in the group chat, duh

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 1d

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Last June, more than 5 million Americans joined #NoKings rallies across the country, protesting President Trump's authoritarianism. And this Saturday, with your help, it's going to be even bigger and better.

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julie khaner @juliekhaner.bsky.social · 8h

#americanvalues

paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 12h

@pizzacakecomic.bsky.social

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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 23h

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 11h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 16h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Pema Levy @pemalevy.bsky.social · 9h

Feds use a dangerous tactic of ramming a car with their vehicle in order to stop it, then throw tear gas in a crowd, then detain a US citizen, who is a child, for hours without letting him make any calls

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 10h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

chicago.suntimes.com

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julie khaner @juliekhaner.bsky.social · 8h

give the fucking statue back to France, you ugly, backwards shithole

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 9h

After shutting the door on many refugees, President Trump wants the government to sell Trump-branded “gold cards” to privileged foreigners for $1 million.

Gold cards, wealthy immigrants and a Trumpified American Dream

After shutting the door on many refugees, the president wants the government to sell Trump-branded “gold cards” to privileged foreigners for $1 million.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 9h

LOLLL more: www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9h

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid," JD Vance. We checked.

By scanning public records and media reports, Mother Jones determined the ages of eight of the 11 participants in the abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday: They appear to range from 24 to 35.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9h

Moments after they shot his 19-year-old daughter, Diana, San Jose police rushed Jim Showman to an interrogation room, isolated him from his ex-wife, and questioned him for 27 minutes before revealing they'd killed her.

California has finally banned the practice.

California cops can no longer conceal police killings while interrogating loved ones for dirt

A Reveal investigation helped spark a crackdown on a disturbing, widespread practice.

www.motherjones.com

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 10h

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:

This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

Reuters @reuters.com · 16h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 9h

Fordham Law Professor signs memorandum declaring the Buffalo Bills winners of Super Bowl LX, escalating his challenge to the authority of the NFL* on football matters.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 12h

The future of money!

web3 is going just great @web3isgoinggreat.com · 12h

Paxos accidentally mints more than twice the global GDP in PayPal stablecoins

October 15, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=paxos-accidental-mint

Paxos accidentally mints more than twice the global GDP in PayPal stablecoins
Paxos, the issuer of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin, accidentally minted 300 trillion of the supposedly dollar-pegged token. For context, this is approximately 2.5x the global GDP, and around 125x the total number of US dollars actually in circulation.
Paxos later announced that the mint was an "internal technical error", and that they had burned the excess tokens.
While PayPal promises its customers that "Reserves are held 100% in US dollar deposits, US treasuries and cash equivalents – meaning that customer funds are available for 1:1 redemption with Paxos," there clearly isn't much in the way of safeguards to ensure that is always the case. As with most stablecoin issuers, Paxos merely issues self-reported and unreviewed portfolio reports, and monthly third-party attestations (not audits) of reserves.

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 9h

Putting teeth in the Hatch Act should be high on the to-do list for whenever Congress remembers it’s Article 1.

“Legal experts say Kristi Noem's airport video breaks the law. Penalties are unlikely” — www.npr.org/2025/10/14/n...

Legal experts say Kristi Noem's airport video breaks the law. Penalties are unlikely

In a Department of Homeland Security video, Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown. Law and ethics experts say it violates the Hatch Act, but there are rarely serious consequences.

www.npr.org

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h

A Florida judge has temporarily blocked the planned transfer of prime downtown Miami land for Trump's future presidential library.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 9h

Today's episode of "Republicans and campus speech" features "student newspaper ordered to print no news and then shut down entirely"

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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julie khaner @juliekhaner.bsky.social · 8h

dirt stupid rotten people elect dirt stupid corrupt demented dunce criminals

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 9h

Nothing is more indicative of the general idiocy and ignorance of Americans than having them think Republicans are more likely to halt corruption.

I mean seriously, you have to be an imbecile with your head in the sand who follows no legitimate news whatsoever to think that. Astoundingly stupid.

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 9h

In the last poll before the 2016 election, Trump was losing to Dems on every issue other than anti-corruption — and he won the election.

In 2025, the latest poll shows Republicans leading Dems on who voters trust to halt corruption.

This is an emergency for Democrats ahead of the midterm election.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9h

Jack Smith, the special counsel who twice secured indictments of Donald Trump, said it was “ludicrous” to suggest he was motivated by partisan politics — and offered a scathing denunciation of the Trump Justice Department — in his first extended remarks since resigning in January.

Jack Smith Calls Idea That Politics Infected Trump Prosecutions ‘Ludicrous’

The former special counsel’s first extended remarks since resigning in January were released the same day House Republicans summoned him to testify.

nyti.ms

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julie khaner @juliekhaner.bsky.social · 10h

god, I love Slow Horses

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julie khaner @juliekhaner.bsky.social · 10h

To be clear, they are racist, misogynistic hitler lovers, but carry on…. In the country that chose a demented dunce criminal over Kamala Harris

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

The vice president doesn’t see why full-grown Republican men should have to apologize for being racist Hitler lovers... trib.al/O0cvWgM

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

The vice president doesn’t see why full-grown Republican men should have to apologize for being racist Hitler lovers... trib.al/O0cvWgM

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