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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

Andy (he/him) @superdtg.bsky.social · 11h

Aside from it being illegal and immoral…

Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs (Gift Article)

President Trump says striking drug traffickers from Venezuela will prevent deadly drugs from reaching the United States. But the major smuggling routes are elsewhere.

www.nytimes.com

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Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻 @punkonbuslives.bsky.social · 15h

The Efrosian President of the Federation from Star Trek VI. He famously said "The president is not above the law."

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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when Biden and Netanyahu made a ceasefire deal, and then Trump told Bibi to stall so he could use it for his campaign? And now both of these criminals left the hostages behind, fueled a genocide, and circled back to sign the same deal Biden made? Yep, me too.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2d

Friendly reminder that Christopher Columbus didn’t discover anything, he just got lost and then enslaved and murdered a bunch of people before taking their land, so now you can’t go to the bank today.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

EV batteries are huge — and utility companies would like to tap into them for emergency power in moments of crisis.

EV owners are using their trucks’ giant batteries to prevent blackouts

Electric cars and trucks can use their huge batteries to power your home during a blackout — or even prevent blackouts by selling energy back to the power grid.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump admin just admitted — in a buried Labor Dept. filing — that its own immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and driving up food prices. The report warns the “near total cessation” of migrant labor is threatening “the stability of domestic food production.” F***ing DUH.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 4d

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 8d

Nashville's air traffic approach control will go dark for 5 hours tonight due to the Republicans' government shutdown.

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Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 10d

Robert Goddard, rocketry and space flight pioneer, was born #OTD in 1882.
🧪🔭🚀

After a 1926 liquid-fuel launch:
"It looked almost magical as it rose, without any appreciably greater noise or flame, as if it said, 'I've been here long enough; I think I'll be going somewhere else if you don't mind.’”

Goddard, in a heavy long coat, standing next to his wire frame liquid fuel rocket prototype. It is winter out, with bare branches and cloudy skies.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12d

Furloughed Department of Education workers’ out-of-office emails were changed to blame Democrats for the shutdown without their permission.

Why is Trump resorting to such desperate, and likely illegal, tactics?

Because he knows that he’s the one to blame for this shutdown.

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 12d

Okay, it was a joke at first but now it’s actually real: Johnson is literally refusing to bring the House back in session and prolonging the shutdown in order to not have the vote on releasing the Epstein files

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 12d

🚨🚨The House reading clerk just read a letter from House Speaker Mike Johnson where he declares a 'District Work Period' from October 7 to October 13.

That would mean no votes in the House until mid-month.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12d

Marge says that Republicans can end the shutdown anytime they want without Democratic votes.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 13d

I never thought I’d say this, but I agree with MTG 100%.

And for the record, I’m not paid for any of my opinions. Never have been, never will be.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14d

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.

All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.

So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Trump in 2011: "If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the only who has to get people together!"

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Marilyn Mazzotta @marilynmazzotta.bsky.social · 15d

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15d

The shaving standards will force out black men with pseudofolliculitis. The PT combat standards and rampant sexual harassment and assault will force out women.

The greatest legacy of Trump on the military was putting a drunk rapist in charge to purge the military of what made it strong.