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Film noir. Loud guitars. Cats, dogs, but not for dinner. Occasionally overqualified, by the looks of it. 30 years on air. Gave it up to travel. Was once in the same room as David Bowie. Next time I'm coming back as a handsome billionaire. Indie left.

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · Jan 6

I'm gonna share this as a public service. Also, because I want to come back to it when I've got time.
Screw the mainstream.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Dec 31

Here are 15 newsletters I subscribe to:

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Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
Emptywheel
Letters from an American
Off Message
Platformer
Popular Information
Public Notice
Punchbowl
Status
The Downballot
The Liberal by Tom Watson
The Message Box
Today’s Edition Newsletter
Weekend Reading

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 1h

There is an affordable housing crisis, and taco imposes even more tariffs on lumber. Super. 🙄

Barchart @barchart.com · 5h

U.S. Housing Market has reached its most unaffordable level in history 🚨🚨

mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 2h

Experts say this is why the price of gold is at a record high

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.

mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 5h

It's a new day...

Raven Machado 💙 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇮🇹 @ravenmachado.bsky.social · 23h

Your Daily Zen 😁

mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 13h

Seems to me the chaos agents are sent by the gov't

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

AG Bondi: "We're gonna get to the funding of antifa, we're gonna get to the root of antifa, and we're gonna find and charge all of those people who are causing this chaos in Portland and all these other cities across our country."

mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 13h

yolanda7712.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social · 14h

#NoKings

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 13h

Tomorrow's republicans are really, really going to suck

Lucia Romano, MBA @luciaromano.bsky.social · 13h

I’d say the only bombshell here is the published proof. lol.

Leaked chats expose Young Republicans peddling racism, fascism, & Hitler worship in bombshell Politico report

Alongside the rise of hidden Republican cliques like the “A-Gays,” a newly revealed Young Republicans chat empties the shadows with language of violence, slurs, and whispered extremism.

www.advocate.com

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 13h

The only "war zones" I've seen seem to be created by these goons

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 14h

Me, doing taichi in the yard 😁

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 21h

Turtle Tuesday

mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 14h

The hell is this?? Lol

yolanda7712.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social · 14h

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14h

Good luck to Bad Bunny, this is what he has to compete with in the Alternative Super Bowl halftime.

mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 14h

She's relatively young and looking at a future after Adjucated Rapist kicks the bucket

Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has repeatedly criticized the GOP for the government shutdown, which has lasted nearly two weeks.

Hakeem Jeffries Highlights Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ‘Surprisingly Enlightened’ Break With GOP

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has repeatedly criticized the GOP for the government shutdown, which has lasted nearly two weeks.

www.forbes.com

mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 14h

Taco keeps putting his name on Biden's deals and policies

billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 15h

mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 14h

Hell of a photo

Silly Sally 💙💙💙 @caturday62.bsky.social · 1d

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 14h

"The politicians who brought us to this point are not the politicians who'll get us out of this"

-Graham Platner
(D) Maine US senate candidate, who appears to be running against the establishment.

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 14h

Jeez 🤦

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 17h

Devil's in the details?

Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 1d

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 17h

The Governor is not taking this shit laying down

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 18h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 21h

These people and their fucking games

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

Just now— @SpeakerJohnson announces he will lead a global pressure campaign to get the narcissist-in-chief a Nobel Prize next year

(Also revealing he doesn’t understand what “objective facts” are)

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 1d

Resist violence. It's what they're looking for

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

"No Kings is happening, and this is how Republicans are talking about it.

Accusations like 'terrorist wing,' 'pro-Hamas,' and 'Antifa' aren’t just insults. They’re phrases that unlock, in the view of the administration, a permission structure for state violence."

www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-guil...

Trump’s Guilt-By-Association Law Enforcement

The groundwork has been laid to go after innocent people, opposition groups, and even No Kings protesters.

www.thebulwark.com

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 1d

Those who drink the Kool Aid can't imagine anyone being angry enough at taco to protest.

For free.

Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 2d

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 1d

Ya gotta love it

Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 1d

Frogs Against Fascism Organization.
FAFO for short.

mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure they're keeping a seat warm for Bibi over at a the Hague

Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 1d

Plagiarized Peace Plan
—new band name, I call it!

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 1d

Really creepy how he doesn't want to let her go

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ITALIAN PM GIORGIA MELONI COULDN'T GET AWAY FAST ENOUGH.

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. Nicely done.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 1d

To paraphrase George Carlin:

The rich have all the money and pay none of the taxes. The middle class does all the work and pays all the taxes. The poor are there to scare the shit out of the middle class and keep them going to work

The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans have more money than the bottom 175 million Americans.

That is THE problem.

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mrcairo77x.bsky.social @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 1d

😂😂

Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 2d

Americans Mystified Why Nonessential Federal Employee Still Has Job
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

Americans Mystified Why Nonessential Federal Employee Still Has Job

The still-employed man performs no identifiable function, Americans noted.

open.substack.com

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