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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
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Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

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.

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Jon Maki @jonpaulmaki.com · 9h

The problem, of course, is that the media agrees with him.

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 11h

The messaging is both simple and true: Trump took 40 billion dollars of your grocery money and gave it to Argentina

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 9h

We have a constitution that gives Congress control of spending, with zero ambiguity. Trump can’t sign a memorandum to change that. He’s not a king. #NoKings

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11h

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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Peter Krause @petergkrause.bsky.social · 1d

These paragraphs from page 204 are enough to keep one up at night. The risks that authors are talking about are whether Super AI kills us slowly, quickly, keeps us as pets or a corporation wields the power as they see fit.

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Peter Krause @petergkrause.bsky.social · 1d

As if we don’t have enough to worry about, this is what I’m currently reading…

Book cover of “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.”

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2d

Trump controls the White House, the Supreme Court and Congress. The only thing he doesn't control is public opinion. That's why the Trump regime is so worried about this coming Saturday's "No Kings" protests – so worried that it's blatantly lying about "No Kings" and showing itself to be pro-king.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

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

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 3d

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 3d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Peter Krause @petergkrause.bsky.social · 4d

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The Worst Way to Cut Government Spending — The Atlantic

The Trump administration is culling the best and brightest from the federal workforce for a rounding error’s worth in savings.

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808-Comic Book Fan @jasondkim3.bsky.social · 13d

This was a COOL Superman scene. (R)

Superman guest-starred in The Power of Shazam #20 (The Final Night event).
“Shelter from the Storm” by @jerryordway.bsky.social )W), @petergkrause.bsky.social (A), and @drawmanley.bsky.social, & @kimdemulder.bsky.social (Inkers).

Images courtesy of DC Infinite.

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Peter Krause @petergkrause.bsky.social · 14d

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The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay — The Atlantic

Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.

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Peter Krause @petergkrause.bsky.social · 14d

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Pete Hegseth Is Living the Dream — The Atlantic

A man who retired as a major lectures hundreds of generals about the need to meet his standards.

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Peter Krause @petergkrause.bsky.social · 14d

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In a Brutal Ruling Against Trump, a U.S. Judge Asked the Question That Will Determine America’s Fate — Esquire

Over 161 pages, William Young wrote what all of us are thinking—and then some.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

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Peter Krause @petergkrause.bsky.social · 16d

Personally, I love me some Bob Haney comics. That Teen Titans series is just pure off-kilter fun.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 16d

🧵*9/29/2025 noncooperation thread*

A daily-ish thread of acts of noncooperation, noncompliance, & defiance by individuals, communities, &/or institutions.
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"The Hawaii Constitution’s due process clause 'offers safety to HI's ppl that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections'."

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20d

NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court.

The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.

The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:

Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS - Bolts

Hawaii justices ruled that their state constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaiians—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.

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Let the Right Hon In @danhon.com · 16d

Today, in "First They Came For"

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16d

This is why I got a passport card.

‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet

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Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 16d

YouTube can afford it, but: extortion.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16d

Breaking news: YouTube will pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the company’s 2021 decision to suspend President Trump's account after the Jan. 6 attack.

The agreement says $22 million will go toward construction of a new White House ballroom.

YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle Trump lawsuit over post-Jan. 6 suspension

YouTube will pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit alleging it unfairly blocked President Donald Trump’s account after the Jan 6. Capitol attacks.

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Beaver Bones Darick @darickr.bsky.social · 16d

“They can’t even seem to settle on which conspiracy theory they want to advance. Was it Antifa? Did it not happen at all? Did Donald Trump really win the election? They can’t figure out what it is they want to say, and it’s because it’s just a tissue of lies and conspiracy theories,”

You Can’t Rewrite Facts

Trump is trying to gaslight the country by whitewashing January 6

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Beaver Bones Darick @darickr.bsky.social · 16d

Oh, I forgot to mention demented! Just what you want in a world leader, a mind struggling to grasp reality

Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?

Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”

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Beaver Bones Darick @darickr.bsky.social · 16d

Who ever would have thought that a narcissistic TV game show host turned politician, with multiple failed businesses and bankruptcies, no military or government experience (besides the last failed term) and a criminal record, would suck at the one real job he’s ever had?

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16d

Media and Dems are still getting this badly wrong: Trump is deeply unpopular! Recent approval numbers:

38-54 (Quinnipiac)
39-60 (AP)
40-56 (Gallup)
41-58 (Reuters)
39-56 (Economist)

On the pod, @lakshya.splitticket.org explains these numbers brilliantly. Listen:
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