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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 10h

Gonna be pretty interesting when the shoe is on the other foot with these executive power plays

TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 10h

Understand that some services front-load paychecks, but I can't imagine them doing so in this situation without an actual transfer in flight

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 10h

I'm very confused by reports ACH is hitting some accounts and not others.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 11h

also leadership teams are failing personnel right now because I've seen more than one screenshotted statement that either implies or outright states they can plan on getting paychecks for the duration of the shutdown

Either FM is planning on doing very big boy outright fraud crimes, or that's a lie

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 11h

since there's reports on social media of money hitting accounts worth reiterating that this is illegal and unconstitutional as shit, it's not a close question, and while I don't expect anyone on H/SASC or H/SAC will do anything, anyone performing this 'reprogramming' should face criminal penalties

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d

It's also worth reiterating that absent this reprogramming authority being written into law it would be not just illegal but flatly unconstitutional for DoD to expend money in any fashion not explicitly specified (by both type/use and quantity) by Congress in an appropriations bill

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 13h

NEW: A stunning new study finds that satellite transmissions—from calls and texts on T-Mobile to US and Mexico military communications—were sent unencrypted for any snoop to grab. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social have the scoop: www.wired.com/story/satell...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 1d

Push-up boy is a snowflake.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

Inside Hegseth’s Effort to Limit Press Access at the Pentagon

www.nytimes.com

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 21h

I find your lack of agile disturbing

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 22h

The House and Senate each has an Office of Legislative Counsel that drafts/help draft bills for members and committees. This is from House LC's guide to legislative drafting re the difference btwn:
> "[phrase] means A, B & C."
vs
> "[phrase] includes A, B, & C."

legcounsel.house.gov/holc-guide-l...

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 23h

If we had a functioning SEC, he'd be in jail

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J.M. Berger @jmberger.com · 1d

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 1d

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown.

Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 23h

What happened in Kansas was we nearly bankrupted ourselves. The pin that got pulled was we had to balance a budget, and we were looking at a $2b+ shortfall because of their fake economic models for tax policy.

Watching the LtGov sign that fix was 😍

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 23h

Fucking gross.

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EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social · 1d

A republic...if you can keep it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

We are officially saying we need a King now?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 1d

I think it lends itself to them knowing something is up and keeping their heads down until it happens

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 1d

Study what happened in Kansas 2010-2018ish. It was run by a lot of the same morons who are doing this right now.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 4d

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 1d

Making JD own this legacy is the best thing that can happen because he, unlike Trump, wants to have a political future after this term.

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 1d

The correction is going to be horrendous.

I parallel his term to what Sam Brownback did to Kansas, and the best thing that happened for Dems here was he got appointed to an ambassadorship mid-term and his R Lt. Gov had to sign the biggest tax increase in Kansas history so they owned the mistake.

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 1d

Prelude to the Death of Stalin

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d

he has been talking obsessively about the afterlife for some time, he is missing for chunks of time, his aides are trying harder than usual to show he’s fit, his public appearances show someone in visible physical decline, and jd vance talked impromptu about being prepared to assume office

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

DHS agent wounded in active combat, from shots fired by other DHS agents who decided DHS agents were actually antifa. The genius of Kristi Noem.

svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 1d

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 1d

WTF is this?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."