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HansC - 2026 ENnies Judge @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 9h

I'm at #GameholeCon! Come talk to me about my books (maybe buy 1 or 2 or all), my voice over work, or just say "Hi!"

Me, sitting at a table at GameHole Con selling my fantasy and sci-fi novels.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1d

No. It isn't. At all.

Murdering people is illegal. Even if they have a boat "loaded up with drugs."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: There are Republicans and Democrats concerned that they are not getting information about who is on those ships

TRUMP: Well, but they are given information that they are loaded up with drugs, and that's the thing that matters

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Tink @tinkb333.bsky.social · 23h

Telling confession. He knows he's slipping.

Tink @tinkb333.bsky.social · 1d

Bondi keeping her distance from von Schitzinpantz

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

The plan to force taxpayers to cover emergency medical costs for non-citizens is a law called EMTALA: signed into law by the infamous democrat Ronald Reagan.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Lisa McClain: "Democrats' plan forces taxpayers to cover the majority of emergency medical costs for all non-citizens. Another $28 billion tab for who? You guessed it, the American people."

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Laffy @gottalaff.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Holy crap.

“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno, who previously identified himself as the general counsel for the New York State Young Republicans, wrote back."

"Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas […]

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Tink @tinkb333.bsky.social · 1d

Second set of calls to Congress this afternoon.

I object to 47 handing ANOTHER $20B to Argentina,, total $40B. That's not America 1st.

America 1st is feeding starving children, extending ACA subsidies, and bailing out farmers because of 47's stupid-ass tariffs.

Release the fucking #EpsteinFiles.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

What the fuck are we doing?

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Tink @tinkb333.bsky.social · 1d

If you navigate to COVIDtests dot org, you're redirected to 47 administration blame slinging and finger pointing propaganda.

Let's never forget over a million people died due to 45's inaction and incompetence.

#CovidIsNotOver
#45Killed1Million
#CovidTesting

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Lee 🖇️🇺🇸🦋🐾🇨🇦🇺🇦 @characterfirst.bsky.social · 2d

Hey farmers! How you doin?
You voted for this stable genius 😆

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Tink @tinkb333.bsky.social · 1d

Today's calls to Congress:
Get the fuck back to work. You control all 3 branches of government. Swear in the new congresswoman.

Americans are not fooled by your blame game and deflection.

Stop the gold leaf, ballroom, arches. #ReleaseEpsteinFiles

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

With his baseless attack on No Kings, Scott Bessent has demonstrated himself to be unfit to sign these documents.

A picture of an old dollar bill, with Washington's picture.

A picture of an old $10 bill, with Alexander Hamilton's picture.

A picture of a newish $100 bill, with Ben Franklin's picture.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

October 14, 2025

The government shutdown, which started on October 1, is entering its third week.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Tink @tinkb333.bsky.social · 3d

#EndTheShutdown #GOPControlsCongress The shutdown is GOP's fault
#ReleaseEpsteinFiles What are you hiding?
#RescindTariffs Are we winning yet?
#NoKings GOP-controlled Congress can bring 47 under control, but they refuse to.
#TrumpCancelledChristmas with 130% tariffs on China

Tink @tinkb333.bsky.social · 4d

Where it came from is not nearly as important as 45 lowering CDC guard and ignoring the ramifications. Over 1M people died in USA because of his negligence. Why don't we obsess about that?

Of secondary importance is its origin.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 5d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 5d

Was there any doubt?

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

NEW: So it IS a second home and not an investment property. Motion to dismiss for abuse of the grand jury process in 3...2...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

In the Eye of a Political Storm, a Tiny Yellow House in Norfolk, Va.

www.nytimes.com

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 5d

Keep ‘em coming
#LGBTQ

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 6d

Journalism is not a crime. Free Debbie Brockman!

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 6d

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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TAKE 2 @take2.bsky.social · 6d

Krista the puppy killer Noem said that she has arrested the "girlfriend" of the "founder" of antifa.

Seriously?

Let the rest of us against fascism know please.

We didnt know we had an antifa leader.

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 6d

Peter Thiel is Palantir co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors. He is president of Thiel Capital, and a partner of Founders Fund, a venture capital firm.

Everyone who remains in his circles is complicit.

www.commondreams.org/news/peter-t...

Instead of Charity, Peter Thiel Told Elon Musk to Use Billions for Right-Wing Crusade Against 'Antichrist' | Common Dreams

Billionaire Peter Thiel urges Elon Musk to hoard wealth to battle future "Antichrist." Thiel warns against giving to left-wing nonprofits.

www.commondreams.org

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