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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 4h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 16h

In case you needed further evidence that the AI bubble is real and OpenAI is in deep shit.

OpenAI Says It Will Move to Allow Smut

Eight months after relaxing its policy guidelines around naughty content, ChatGPT is finally loosening its guidelines.

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s what the local NBC affiliate, owned by Nexstar, is running on their IG page this morning.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 1d

Somewhere Charles I is using his hands to nod his head in agreement.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 1d

You know that Weiss is somewhere absolutely choking on her own rage watching this for the 20th time.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 1d

This manifesto (obviously written by Miller) is a perfect example of the doublespeak that conservatives often embrace re: higher ed

“We are dedicated to open inquiry and free speech in higher education but god help you if you are liberal/leftist”

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 1d

Uuhhhhh…

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Doocy: Does this help get you into heaven?

Trump: I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to get me into heaven. I think I’m not heaven bound.

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 2d

This is why, at the very least, the GOP nomination in 2028 is far from clear. Vance doesn’t have the juice; can you imagine Trump being cut off by anyone like this?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 2d

Oh my god he’s actually doing the bit

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 3d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 2d

While people are rightly pointing out the obvious fact that Trump was still president on Jan 6, it should be noted that during the 2020 campaign Trump would frequently blame Biden for failing to control the Covid outbreak or failing to respond to the BLM protests, despite being president at the time

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 2d

If we survive this, and Democrats are able to take back power, I guarantee you we will have to endure think-piece after think-piece that demand the rest of us reach out, stop shaming, and forgive fascists and the crimes they’ve committed. I absolutely guarantee it.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 2d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 2d

They’re gambling that the Dems won’t do anything because then they can frame it as “see? They don’t want to pay the troops”

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 3d

This is going to kill the TikTok deal lol

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3d

*TRUMP: US WILL IMPOSE 100% TARIFF ON CHINA STARTING NOV 1 *TRUMP: US TARIFF ACTION BASED ON CHINA'S EXPORT CONTROLS

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 3d

Abbott will say shit like this and when people point out his disability he immediately brings out the pearls to clutch.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

Wen should direct more attention to incidents like these because Americans are more likely to respond to brutality to pets than to brutality to human beings.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4d

people who think this will not have an effect on employer-provided health care rates and premiums are walking into a buzzsaw

Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 4d

HOO BOY. I just acquired the FINAL, approved 2026 #ACA rate filings for #ARIZONA and it's not pretty at all.

Premiums are going up 46.3% on average...and that's for full price enrollees.

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2026 Final Gross Rate Changes - Arizona: +46.3% (updated)

Originally posted 8/7/25 Overall preliminary rate changes via federal Rate Review database. Antidote Health Plan of AZ: (Unfortunately, no rate justification summary is available, and the full actuari...

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 4d

Two things:

1. They’re not getting paid, that’s why they’re not going to work.

2. This is terrible bluff. If the DOGE catastrophe taught us anything, it’s that most ATC crews are operating as skeleton crews already.

Sean Duffy Threatens to Fire Air Traffic Controllers as 10% Call Out Sick During Shutdown

"When you come to work, you get paid. If you don't come to work, you don't get paid."

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 4d

Paving the way for the 25th and handing power over to Vance.

I personally don’t believe it, but it’s easy to see why people would.

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 4d

I remember reading a post on Reddit months ago: a conspiracy that Trump’s inner circle, who are actually in charge of most policies, will see that Trumps time is almost over (for whatever reason) and will begin to sabotage his administration to make it less popular…

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 4d

Looks like 145 percent tariffs is back on the menu, boys!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump posts a bizarre, whiny screed signaling an escalation of tensions with China

Some very strange things are happening in China! They are becoming very hostile, and sending letters to Countries throughout the World, that they want to impose Export Controls on each and every element of production having to do with Rare Earths, and virtually anything else they can think of, even if it’s not manufactured in China. Nobody has ever seen anything like this but, essentially, it would “clog” the Markets, and make life difficult for virtually every Country in the World, especially for China. We have been contacted by other Countries who are extremely angry at this great Trade hostility, which came out of nowhere. Our relationship with China over the past six months has been a very good one, thereby making this move on Trade an even more surprising one. I have always felt that they’ve been lying in wait, and now, as usual, I have been proven right! There is no way that China should be allowed to hold the World “captive,” but that seems to have been their plan for quite some time, starting with the “Magnets” and, other Elements that they have quietly amassed into somewhat of a Monopoly position, a rather sinister and hostile move, to say the least. But the U.S. has Monopoly positions also, much stronger and more far reaching than China’s. I have just not chosen to use them, there was never a reason for me to do so — UNTIL NOW! The letter they sent is many pages long, and details, with great specificity, each and every Element that they want to withhold from other Nations. Things that were routine are no longer routine at all. I have not spoken to President Xi because there was no reason to do so. This was a real surprise, not only to me, but to all the Leaders of the Free World. I was to meet President Xi in two weeks, at APEC, in South Korea, but now there seems to be no reason to do so. The Chinese letters were especially inappropriate in that this was the Day that, after three thousand years of bedlam and fighting, there is PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

I wonder if that timing was coincidental? Dependent on what China says about the hostile “order” that they have just put out, I will be forced, as President of the United States of America, to financially counter their move. For every Element that they have been able to monopolize, we have two. I never thought it would come to this but perhaps, as with all things, the time has come. Ultimately, though potentially painful, it will be a very good thing, in the end, for the U.S.A. One of the Policies that we are calculating at this moment is a massive increase of Tariffs on Chinese products coming into the United States of America. There are many other countermeasures that are, likewise, under serious consideration. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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