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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1h

Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.

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sweetrhesus.bsky.social @sweetrhesus.bsky.social · 1h

Donors were giving him money for the ballroom. The amount is over inflated so he will pocket the donors money and the overage

sweetrhesus.bsky.social @sweetrhesus.bsky.social · 1h

Hes not done "restoring" it??

sweetrhesus.bsky.social @sweetrhesus.bsky.social · 1h

Fuckin sickening

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 2h

“Trump added $3 billion over the last year [to his net worth], leveraging the presidency for profit.”

Not a typo. Billion. With a “b.”

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1h

And I'm not worried about the fact that I canceled my Netflix subscription

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 1h

Netflix is using AI for special effects and pre-production, but CEO Ted Sarandos that Netflix "not worried about AI replacing creativity."

Netflix goes ‘all in’ on generative AI as entertainment industry remains divided | TechCrunch

Netflix is using AI for special effects and pre-production, but CEO Ted Sarandos that Netflix "not worried about AI replacing creativity."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h

The provision of law barring ICE from turning away members of Congress is part of the annual appropriations bill. With the FY25 bill now expired and the government shut down, ICE is now saying they are no longer obligated to allow members entry; and their congressional visit process isn’t funded.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5h

In Congressional Dem lawsuit against ICE for prohibiting their oversight entry, ICE provides a filing abt what is funding detention operations during shutdown. But it doesn't specify what is going where in how much.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

8. Additionally, certain ICE operations during the lapse in annual appropriations are being unfed by appropritions made through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) ... Appropriations made through the OBBB are a distinct source of funding with defined amounts for specific purposes and are not used to fund all of ICE's operations throughout the lapse in appropriations.

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sweetrhesus.bsky.social @sweetrhesus.bsky.social · 1h

I cant even look. Its all so sad

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 1h

Happier times in the First Lady's office in the East Wing: www.tysto.com/east-wing/fi... 1/3

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1h

An employee of a Chicago Public Schools vendor was taken into custody by federal agents outside a far North Side school Tuesday, according to an email sent to the school’s community.
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Immigration agents arrest CPS vendor outside North Side school

In an email, Decatur Classical School officials say an employee of a vendor was taken into custody, but no students witnessed the incident. Officials emphasized that CPS will not cooperate with immigration enforcement without a warrant being presented.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1h

Looting the Treasury.

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

www.nytimes.com

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 7h

NEW: The White House is reprogramming billions in congressionally approved spending during the shutdown, aiming to pay troops, ICE agents and others who work on programs that fulfill the president's political agenda. Some of the money comes from Trump's tax cuts. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

How Trump Played ‘Budgetary Twister’ to Pay Some Workers During the Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 1h

Well, that was the point

Reuters @reuters.com · 1h

AI assistants make widespread errors about the news, new research shows reut.rs/4qkIfvx

AI assistants make widespread errors about the news, new research shows

Leading AI assistants misrepresent news content in nearly half their responses, according to new research published on Wednesday by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC.

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The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 1d

A pile of broken, colorful concrete pieces was all that remained of Texas’ first gay pride crosswalk as the sun rose on Monday, along with a few messages from protestors: “we are lucky to witness queer love,” and “don’t erase us.”

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/20/h...

Houston Erased Texas’ First-Ever Gay Pride Crosswalk in the Middle of the Night

Houston tore up the Montrose rainbow crosswalk last night, arresting three protestors who gathered at the intersection.

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sweetrhesus.bsky.social @sweetrhesus.bsky.social · 1h

He has been planning this for a looooong time and absolutely hates America

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1h

MY GOD THIS PHOTO

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 1h

The White House heard the complaints

Dismissed them as “manufactured outrage”

And kept demolishing the East Wing on Tuesday

New photo and update with @jonathanreports.bsky.social

White House continues East Wing demolition amid cries of Trump overreach

More of the structure was torn down Tuesday to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency,

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Jellyfish @jellyfish31.bsky.social · 10h

This perfectly describes how day to day life feels lately when every bit of news feels like an assault on decency, logic, and reason.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11h

"I realize there’s a lot going on right now between work and the seven-headed dragon that is here to brutally murder us, but I really need you to focus."

Don’t Let the Beasts from Revelation Distract You from Your Expense Reports

Thanks for coming in. Have a seat. I realize there’s a lot going on right now between work and the seven-headed dragon that is here to brutally mur...

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 1h

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Kris Mayes, our Arizona Attorney General has FILED SUIT against the U.S. House of Representatives and Speaker Johnson to SWEAR IN CONGRESSWOMAN ELECT ADELITA GRIJALVA

We in Arizona demand we get full congressional representation for District AZ CD07
Enough

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1h

Again, it is remarkable and still, even now, shocking that the rest of the GOP has decided that blatant, obscene corruption is legal for this one guy

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 1h

President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him, reports The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h

Holy shit! This looks even worse than yesterday. They’re not trying to save any part of the East Wing.

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Peter M.J. Gross @petermjgross.bsky.social · 3h

I can’t stop thinking about all the hoopla over removing confederate statues and the phony appeals to “heritage.” But this is done without discussion. It was always about displays of dominance.

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sweetrhesus.bsky.social @sweetrhesus.bsky.social · 2h

*been

sweetrhesus.bsky.social @sweetrhesus.bsky.social · 2h

If a dem was doing this the right wing would've already be out there with their guns

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

NEW: Trump is going to steal $230M in taxpayer dollars by having his DOJ pay him a settlement for his legal trouble. Watch. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

www.nytimes.com

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