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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h

SF Chronicle joins the LA Times in confirming MeidasTouch’s reporting

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 9h

Apropos of nothing, once the President of the United States confirms covert CIA operations in a country… say, Venezuela, those operations are no longer covert.

And it puts CIA officers at significantly more risk.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

When people show you who they are, believe them.

And of course JD Vance refused to condemn this.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

Bring as many American flags to No Kings as you can.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Scalise refers to No Kings as the "Hate America Rally"

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: Trump is inching closer to illegally invoking the Insurrection Act.

If ever there was a moment for America’s governors — especially in Blue States — to hold an emergency summit, it’s now.

The federal government is plotting invasions of their states.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 14h

Everything is retribution

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 7h

A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the “Ghostbusters” theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility....
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.the-independent.com

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‪𝒩𝑜𝓇𝓂𝒶 𝒫 @gemdrgn1.bsky.social · 8h

Please repost this far and wide. This is utter insanity for someone who's supposed to be protecting ALL states. Instead, he wants to send missiles to us in California because he hates our state. Someone please grow a pair and invoke the #25thAmendmentNOW

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Indra's Net @netofindra.bsky.social · 6h

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 16h

Here's another Kavanaugh stop in action. Agent says: "Why are you running?" Admitting that he had no cause to stop and tackle this boy.

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 1d

This 👇🏽

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 6h

But I was told trump was going to make things cheaper

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Indra's Net @netofindra.bsky.social · 10h

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Indra's Net @netofindra.bsky.social · 10h

a man in a harlequin costume juggling balls in front of a bookshelf

ALT: a man in a harlequin costume juggling balls in front of a bookshelf

media.tenor.com

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Indra's Net @netofindra.bsky.social · 10h

He's already trying to pin this on a staffer (oh, yeah, then vandalism): www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Republican congressman calls flag with swastika displayed in his office 'vile' and says it's under investigation

Rep. Dave Taylor, R-Ohio, said in a statement that upon " learning of this matter, I immediately directed a thorough investigation alongside Capitol Police, which remains ongoing."

www.nbcnews.com

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Indra's Net @netofindra.bsky.social · 10h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

Qatar gave Trump a $400M jet. Trump gave them a military facility on US soil.

The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips.

Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms.

If this isn't corruption, what is?

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Indra's Net @netofindra.bsky.social · 10h

Zero self-awareness.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 11h

Trump just upped his bail-out for Argentina from $20 billion to $40 billion. Argentina has government run healthcare that's available to all Argentinians.

Yet Trump has shut down the American government while trying to take healthcare away from millions of Americans.

What say you, Republicans?

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 22h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17h

Mike Johnson, fake Christian, doesn't think a Republican congressman beating up his girlfriend is "really serious."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · 17h

Breaking: At least one US military strike in the Caribbean targeted Colombians on a boat leaving from Colombia, sources tell us.

The deliberate targeting of Colombians suggests the US military’s campaign is wider than previously believed www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

At least one US military strike on alleged drug trafficking boat in Caribbean targeted Colombians | CNN Politics

At least one US military strike in the Caribbean over the last two months targeted Colombian nationals on a boat that had left from Colombia, according to two people briefed by the Pentagon about the ...

www.cnn.com

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17h

After losing her appeal, Candace Owens is indefinitely banned from Australia.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Indra's Net @netofindra.bsky.social · 17h

On sale now at Etsy! www.etsy.com/listing/4315...

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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 18h

Axios: "The most expensive political ad campaign of the year is being run by the Department of Homeland Security."

DHS has spent "at least $51 million this year on ads thanking President Trump for securing the border, according to AdImpact."

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

www.axios.com

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