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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 2h

Along with the $20 billion U.S. taxpayer bailout to Argentina, the Trump admin announced another $20 billion for Argentina from private banks. But the banks won’t lend the money without a guarantee from the federal government. So it’s a $40B taxpayer bailout.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 14h

And Zelenskyy confirmed this in his talks with reporters in Kyiv on Sunday.

Translated from Ukrainian, this is what Zelenskyy said:

The position of the Russians hasn't changed. They want us to withdraw from Donbas - not the entire East, but specifically Donbas, that is, completely from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. I made it clear that Ukraine's stance in this context remains unchanged. I explained this both to President Trump and to Mr. Witkoff. We understand that Mr.
Witkoff is simply conveying what Russia means; this does not necessarily reflect his own view, at least according to him. I made it clear to him that there are some misleading impressions. The story is that the Russians claim they supposedly held a referendum among the Russian people in Donbas, and that they supposedly want to join Russia. But first there was the occupation, and only afterward did something uncontrolled and clearly illegal happen, which they called a "referendum." Moreover, I would say that these signals from the Russians are so far from reality that ten years passed between the start of the occupation and the so-called "referendum." Do you see where it doesn't add up? Mr. Witkoff points out that it was incorporated into their constitution. So I explained to Mr. Witkoff once again that if tomorrow Putin adds something else to their constitution, after the war ends in one way or another, will we need to withdraw from some territory again? And if, for example, I amend the Constitution of Ukraine to include two regions of the Russian Federation, would they then leave those territories? This is a non-functional model.

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AJT @ajt329.bsky.social · 4h

I feel sick every time I see these photos.

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Amy Hayes @tangentsafari.bsky.social · 4h

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Bubba's Dad @bubsdad.bsky.social · 11h

Just receieved this today from Florida Blue. This is for a Bronze plan. Our monthly premiums are going from $333 (2025) to $2300 in 2026.

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 10h

He lives to demolish things.

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 11h

“We have to get to the bottom of all these people thinking they have the Constitutional right to peacefully protest an authoritarian regime.”
The nerve of them!

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Feathered Stone @stonefeathers.bsky.social · 13h

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

“President Poop, we’ll call him.” 💩

@usatoday.com @rexhuppke.bsky.social @willbunch.bsky.social
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 12h

🧊✈️ BROKEN WINGS❓😬

👉 Sunday, an Eastern 737 (tail: N660CP) arrived at about 9:30am on an ICE mission to Hanscom Airfield outside Boston.

But instead of proceeding south to Louisiana, it unloaded all the detainees and returned to its home base in Youngstown OH, where it remains idle.

Continued ⤵️

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Ed Hirsch @edhirsch.bsky.social · 12h

The New York Times is full of “brown liquid”
www.findinggravity.net/the-new-york...

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 11h

Yes, he again insulted a woman reporter in today’s (10/20) press conference, saying she doesn’t know what she’s talking about.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

I’ve been waiting for many years for a prominent Democrat to relentlessly fact-check their lies in real time rather than issuing press statements days later when it’s too late.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 1d

Just a reminder of what a scumbag he is about the press when they ask hard questions. Never changes his spots.

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 1d

No big surprise.

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson is nothing but a smarmy little weasel.

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Aug 28

Trump’s big ugly bill-now-law:
— 17M Americans lose healthcare
— $536B cut from Medicare
— $930B cut from Medicaid
— $186B cut from SNAP
— Over $59B for ICE jails & raids
— Over $3.3 TRILLION added to America’s national debt

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Epstein Survivor Lisa Phillips: Everyone makes it about Trump and Epstein, but it’s about this whole ring of men. That’s what makes me upset, because we know they were there. We saw them. We know there were royalty, princes, very powerful people in academia and tech, and we saw them at parties.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Per BBC VERIFY - Elon’s Grok just lied and said the crowd size from yesterday was a fake image

It then corrected itself, but not until many on the right seized on it and amplified it

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Sean for Congress (VA-01) @subletteweather.com · 1d

Props to Kevin for putting the craven cowardice of our news media on full display.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Oh it’s not appropriate for your program to air the president wearing a crown and shitting on American citizens?

You’ll talk about it in euphemisms? Maybe call it the “crown video” and ignore the shitting part? Because that’s appropriate?

Tell me, was it appropriate for the president to do it?

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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump’s Epstein controversy shows no end in sight | Washington Week with The Atlantic" www.pbs.org/weta/washing...

Trump’s Epstein controversy shows no end in sight

It wasn’t that long ago when Elon Musk, who was on his way out of DOGE, posted that President Trump’s name was in the files of the government’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation. It's now a scandal that e...

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 1d

1. It’s an accurate portrayal of him and his presidency
2. He’s a really sick and twisted human being.
3. Shocking to think that an American President could post such garbage.