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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 7h

So like this is funnier and more offensive than anything anyone else said about Kirk that got them fired

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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magesto.bsky.social @magesto.bsky.social · 2d

Roadhouse is like the original Bar Rescue

magesto.bsky.social @magesto.bsky.social · 2d

This was reported as a false flag on our Oregon subreddit. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Associated with Andy Ngo.

www.reddit.com/r/oregon/s/q...

From the oregon community on Reddit: Be careful MAGA is planning a false flag in order to escalate the situation so daddy trump can send in the national guard and blame the incident on the left, if su...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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magesto.bsky.social @magesto.bsky.social · 4d

They’re just so fabulously incompetent.

A screenshot of a Reddit post featuring an AI generated image of a Portland woman outside on the street with a cardboard sign that says, “I really appreciate you guys!” This was posted on the DHS twitter account with the caption, “Portland - not all outside of your ICE facility are violent. Thank you!” The Reddit poster’s caption reads, “ICE posts AI photo in attempt to show they have support in Portland.”

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magesto.bsky.social @magesto.bsky.social · 5d

This is just unbelievable. Apparently it was actually closer to UIC campus and not at an elementary pickup. No less horrifying. America is over.

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 5d

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

magesto.bsky.social @magesto.bsky.social · 5d

The other founder’s girlfriend

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Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 5d

Ah yes, the exact opposite of science.

Very much the quiet part out loud.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 7d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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magesto.bsky.social @magesto.bsky.social · 6d

God. Her black shark eyes.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 6d

"We'll negotiate on healthcare after we reopen the government" is the most obvious wallet inspector line ever even if you weren't dealing with someone whose entire career was telling people he was the wallet inspector and taking their wallets

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Micah @rincewind.run · 7d

I am not a constitutional scholar but I am pretty sure “the president my personally levy taxes and choose what they fund” is not in fact what the founders intended

George Pearkes @peark.es · 7d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 8d

Ireland, man. They are doing the thing.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 10d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 10d

Absolutely heinous.

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magesto.bsky.social @magesto.bsky.social · 10d

He needs applause to live, like Tinkerbell

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12d

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:

Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the
Department's operational status.
Thank you.

Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12d

What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").

Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.

Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.

Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go.

“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 13d

Why are we funding Argentina’s government and not the United States government

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 15d

1. The $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina, announced last week by the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, delivers an enormous windfall to hedge fund billionaire Rob Citrone.

Citrone has a longstanding personal and professional relationship with Bessent.

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire

A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary

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magesto.bsky.social @magesto.bsky.social · 13d

I don’t understand - do some people have misgivings about Jared Kushner’s ability to usher in total world peace?

magesto.bsky.social @magesto.bsky.social · 13d

I already subscribed, but just out of curiosity how do free subscribers help your efforts?

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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 14d

Generals I have gathered you here today to make sure the military isn't doing anything gay or black

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14d

the entire administration has Hitler strategic goals but youth pastor tactics and charisma

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 14d

heggseth's weird podcast rant (delivered to 800 generals and admirals for some reason) is just another sign of how this is a tv presidency. they don't really know how to do policy. their instinct is theater. encounter a problem? put on a spectacle

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Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social · 14d

I agree with MG (Retired) Paul Eaton. Thank you for your leadership.

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