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Loc Queen 💜 @locqueen15.bsky.social · 14h

I thought people hated this album. This is a pretty amazing accomplishment 👏🏾

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 14h

The 12 tracks off of Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ earned more U.S. on-demand streams than all 88 other songs on the Billboard Hot 100 combined this week (~680M vs ~635M).

Loc Queen 💜 @locqueen15.bsky.social · 14h

A little off topic but I think people in it for the benefits will be the most valuable witnesses for investigations & trials. A big if but if the next administration seeks to arrest ICE agents for illegal conduct those will be the first ones to seek a plea deal & protect themselves.

Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 15h

Im still wondering what goes through the mind of someone who joined ICE just for the benefits when they're told to rip a mother away from her screaming children or to kidnap a child from school...

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Loc Queen 💜 @locqueen15.bsky.social · 1d

What's the deal with Bravo housewives? One of them is always in the blogs for going to jail 😂

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

Turning the military on citizens.

Attempting to rig elections.

Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.

Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

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Loc Queen 💜 @locqueen15.bsky.social · 11d

WOW

Tennis Updates @tennisupdates.bsky.social · 11d

Emma Navarro BAGELS Iga Swiatek in the 3rd set to take it 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 against the 2023 Beijing champion.

Moves into the Quarterfinals here, and makes Aryna Sabalenka a big favorite to end Year-End #1 now.

📸 Alastair Grant/AP Photo

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11d

Trump is bankrupting farmers, raising prices on everything, and killing jobs with his tariff mania. Republicans in Congress own all of it. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

CNBC: "Very disappointing. It's a weak number. This is private sector jobs for September. The total comes in -32,000. And that was a surprise because economists were looking for an increase of 51,000. Also, the revision was not good. August now showing -3,000 compared to the initial read of 54,000"

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Loc Queen 💜 @locqueen15.bsky.social · 13d

Parked at the airport and left my light on inside the car for 4 days. Battery just gave up wouldn't even cut on for the AAA guy. Had to replace it. I'm just over how expensive life is

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14d

According to Thune, farmers support Trump’s tariffs. If that is the case, they should not ask the rest of the country to give them money to bail them out. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Thune: "We've got a big harvest coming in here in South Dakota, corn and soybeans, and no place to go with it ... we are looking at potential solutions to make sure we can help support farmers until some of those markets come back."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

LIEU: Is Donald Trump on Epstein's client list?

PATEL: The index has been released

LIEU: America, this is a huge red flag -- the FBI director could not answer whether Trump is on Epstein's client list

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 25d

Incredible achievement that the one price that the Trump administration has brought down notably is "cocaine."

Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 25d

The Trump-Miller administration's single-minded focus on migration is starting to impact the availability of drugs in the US, according to this detail from a very good investigation @wsj.com published today.

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

Oseguera caught another break from the Trump administration. The president’s campaign to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally has taken federal agents away from drug-traffic interdiction. In Arizona, two Customs and Border Protection checkpoints along a main fentanyl-smuggling corridor from Mexico have been left unstaffed. Officers stationed there were sent to process detained migrants. A senior administration official said the U.S. border is more secure than it has ever been.

Colombia is producing records amounts of cocaine, and the volume of the drug arriving in the U.S. is driving down prices, the people familiar with cartel operations said.

Cocaine prices have fallen by nearly half to around $60 to $75 a gram compared with five years ago, said Morgan Godvin, a researcher with the community organization Drug Checking Los Angeles. “The price of pure cocaine has plummeted,” Godvin said.

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 28d

Clipse performing “The Birds Don’t Sing” with John Legend and Voices Of Fire in Vatican City tonight.

www.stereogum.com/2322878/clip...

The concert was the first ever held in St. Peter’s Square and livestreamed on Disney+.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28d

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

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Loc Queen 💜 @locqueen15.bsky.social · 28d

Something that keeps bothering me about this Clippers scandal is that Kawhi Leonard is not worth doing any of this stuff for. They could have wiped their hands clean and let him walk after the company failed but instead, they entangled themselves even more by investing in a failed company 🤦🏾‍♀️

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Loc Queen 💜 @locqueen15.bsky.social · 28d

My cat killed a lizard today and brought it to me. No idea how it got in the house. I've never seen her happier 😭

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Chaos Cherub @biensur-jetaime.blacksky.app · Sep 7

Telling a Black man in America, a BLACK. MAN. In AMERICA. That they are blind to how things are and that things in America have never been this bad is why everyone needs to shut the fuck up talking to us. I have no niceties or prose for this.

Shut. The. Fuck. Up. Talking. To. Us.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 6

New in PN: @itsafronomics.bsky.social on why Trump's attack on Lisa Cook is an attack on Black women & Black economists

"In a time where there are attempts to erase the contributions of Black people & more specifically Black women from the history books, her leadership is needed now more than ever"

Trump's attack on Lisa Cook is an attack on Black women

We all stand to lose if he gets away with it.

www.publicnotice.co

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 5

"The business activities of our investors and the rights of our nationals must not be unjustly infringed," a foreign ministry spokesman said after about 300 South Koreans were detained.

South Korea expresses concern over an immigration raid at Hyundai's Georgia plant

"The business activities of our investors and the rights of our nationals must not be unjustly infringed," a foreign ministry spokesman said after about 300 South Koreans were detained.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Sep 2

“We have observed approximately 90% of the workers targeted for terminations due to a perceived association with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are women or nonbinary,” said an attorney representing federal staffers.

(Published June)

Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”

The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs.

www.propublica.org

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Sep 2

Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:

"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."

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Loc Queen 💜 @locqueen15.bsky.social · Sep 2

Took my 14 pound cat to the vet today to inquire about getting him to a healthy weight and was told that he is mainly muscle. And overall very healthy. I thought only Maine coon cats got this big 😅 here's a picture of my big boy 💜

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Loc Queen 💜 @locqueen15.bsky.social · Sep 1

Deep cleaning the house today but first will watch Coco vs Naomi

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Loc Queen 💜 @locqueen15.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Unexpected Source of Hope medium.com/@carolchasta...

The Unexpected Source of Hope

How do we survive in a time when many of the institutions that supported our lives, despite their flaws, are being overturned and, in some…

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Loc Queen 💜 @locqueen15.bsky.social · Sep 1

Stanley has the best water bottles and Hydroflask has the best coffee/tea tumblers. All the other brands don't compare/lack durability. I have so many different bottles and I constantly throw out other brands after a year or so.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 30

Buford Pusser, the Tennessee sheriff who inspired the Hollywood movie “Walking Tall,” has been implicated in his wife’s murder

Famed Tennessee sheriff who inspired Hollywood movie 'Walking Tall' implicated in wife's murder

New evidence suggests that legendary Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser of "Walking Tall" fame killed his wife, police said.

abcnews.go.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Aug 29

Two more potentially radioactive shrimp recalls. I think that brings us to five so far.

26,460 packages of Cocktail Shrimp 6oz: www.fda.gov/safety/recal...

18,000 bags (net wt. 2lbs) of Kroger Mercado Cooked Medium Peeled Tail-Off Shrimp: www.fda.gov/safety/recal...

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