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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 57m

Probably doesn't help him with Sec Insider Threat that he's not white ...

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

"The military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs is stepping down, two U.S. officials said on Thursday."

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 1h

Precisely.
This is murder
Period

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.

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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 1h

They have Miller's quotas to meet

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc

maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 2h

30 people disappeared in this shaded area today.

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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 7h

No doubt

Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 7h

Which one am I?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 9h

I won't vote for a Republican. Period.
There is one running unopposed for the county council and I plan on writing in my neighbor.

Just say no to ever voting for republicans again

Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 10h

This X 1,000

Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 10h

Somehow I didn't need to read an interview of Cybertruck owners to know that they are mentally and emotionally stunted

Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 10h

Just a few months removed

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14h

Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID?

And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina.

Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 11h

Stop calling us Nazis or we’ll murder you over things you say

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Homan: "If the hateful rhetoric continues, there will be bloodshed. People are going to die ... there is going to be more bloodshed unless this hateful rhetoric stops."

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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 10h

From last night .... Buck seems to have gone thru one of our neighbor's Halloween displays

Male black tail deer is seen on a backyard trail camera with what appears to be Halloween decorative spider web on his antlers

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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 1d

SOP for conservatives: hobble an agency so it can't fulfill it's mission, then claim it needs to go because -- wait for it! -- it can't fulfill it's mission.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Save the money it would've cost to defend the indefensible in court

mapocoloco.bsky.social @mapocoloco.bsky.social · 1d

New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools

apnews.com/article/okla...

New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools

Oklahoma's new public schools superintendent is rescinding a mandate from his predecessor that forced schools to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for students.

apnews.com

Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 1d

The NCIS shows are crazily accurate portrayal

🎃 Really Spooky Smith @reallyseansmith.bsky.social · 1d

"Like and subscribe my latest episode on YouTube, sponsored by Black Rifle Coffee and Nine Line apparel."

"You've been kidnapped
Your kidnappers allow you keep posting on social media to pretend everything is alright.
What would you post that would alarm your followers, without the kidnappers knowing you're asking for help?"

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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 1d

Put. Up. The. Plaque.
As. Required. By. Law.
You. Asshole.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

They don't care about anyone but themselves

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

Good on you and your team. Made the right call

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d

This is no more lawful than if Iran / North Korea / whoever blew up a couple American yachts in the Mediterranean for suspected drug trafficking. On the legal spectrum it sits in the middle of a Venn diagram between overt acts of military aggression, state-sponsored terrorism, and simple murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 2d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2d

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 2d

Of all the things that didn’t happen

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 2d

Y’all think romance scams are scary now? Just wait until your AI “girlfriend” starts blackmailing you…

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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

They lie about everything

WIRED @wired.com · 2d

NEW: A presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild the region. Some of these companies say they had absolutely no idea they were mentioned.

A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They're Not Involved

A presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild Gaza. Some of these companies say they had no idea they were mentioned.

www.wired.com

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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 2d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

Does Zuckerberg realize no matter what he does Taco will still think he's a p****?

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2d

I liked this piece a lot. bunch of moms going “well I’m going to try my hand at this amateur legal history business, turns out it’s quite easy to prove you at least are full of shit” slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Volunteer Moms Poring Over Archives to Prove Clarence Thomas Wrong

What they’ve found directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s conclusions.

slate.com

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Scott Whitmore @scottwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

I love this for him

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com