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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 3h

And an “appropriations king” who directs his attention to unconstitutionally appropriating funds to raise an army is poised to become, simply, a “king” bsky.app/profile/samh...

Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 2d

This approach is spreading. Again, this is the most serious kind of spending clause encroachment I can imagine, since the framers expressly relied upon the fact that POTUS cannot sustain armed forces w/o Congress to prevent him from becoming king. (Federalist 69 below.) bsky.app/profile/task...

Secondly. The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy
of the United States. *In this respect his authority would be nominally the same with that of the king of Great Britain, but in substance much inferior to it. It would
amount to nothing more than the supreme command and direction of the military and naval forces, as first General and admiral of the Confederacy; while that of the British king extends to the DECLARING of war and to the RAISING and REGULATING of fleets
and armies, all which, by the Constitution under consideration, would appertain to the legislature.* The governor of New York, on

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 2d

This approach is spreading. Again, this is the most serious kind of spending clause encroachment I can imagine, since the framers expressly relied upon the fact that POTUS cannot sustain armed forces w/o Congress to prevent him from becoming king. (Federalist 69 below.) bsky.app/profile/task...

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 3h

Surely Antifa’s Tier One special forces staged a covert raid on this congressional office. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2h

it's like they're *trying* to increase turnout

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump on No Kings: "They have their day coming up. I hear very few people are gonna be there, by the way. But they have their day coming up and they want to have their day in the sun."

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h

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...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9h

"I have been reliably informed that the Wallet Inspector has almost completed his work and is prepared to announce his findings."

Rep Luna tweet:

My office just received word from the @RusEmbUSA
that the ambassador from Russia to the United States will be hand delivering the @GovernmentRF
’s findings on who assassinated JFK to my office.

This is a 350 page document.

We will be uploading these documents as soon as we receive them working with @jeffersonmorley
to ensure that the American people have direct access to them immediately.

It is important to note that Congress attempted to obtain these files in the 90’s and was denied. We have been given access to them now for the first time in history.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 9h

Scott Bessent going “erm ackshually Tariffs aren’t a tax, they’re just a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions”

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 9h

Tariffs are taxes

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 3d

God you gotta love Ulysses Grant

As for provisions, Grant remembered what he had learned after Van Dorn’s destruction of his supply base the previous December. This time he intended to cut loose from his base, travel light, and live off the country. Although civilians were going hungry in Mississippi, Grant was confident that his soldiers would not. A powerful army on the move could seize supplies that penniless women and children could not afford to buy. For the next two weeks the Yankee soldiers lived well on hams, poultry, vegetables, milk, and honey as they stripped bare the plantations in their path. Some of these midwestern farm boys proved to be expert foragers. When an irate planter rode up on a mile and complained to a division commander that plundering troops had robbed him of everything he owned, the general looked him in the eye and said “Well those men didn’t belong to my division at all, because if they were my men they wouldn’t have left you that mule”

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

Both sides of a conflict are calling each other evil and corrupt, rendering me, a humble journalist, helpless to discern the truth. Best I can do is let you know that both sides are in fact saying those things. Hope this helps

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👻Wereman 🐺🎃 @spookarties.bsky.social · Dec 1

Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

The entire economy depends on this horseshit so it's your patriotic duty to ask the computer to honk your bingus several times a day

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 2d

Mr Trump sir do not let woke antifa change the clocks this year. They plan to do it and they say you are powerless to stop them

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Michael Bazemore (insert Halloween pun) @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 1d

More of this! The answer to every such demand ought to be, "Make me, motherfucker."

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X

Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

trib.al

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Mrs. Holly The Fox @hollyfox.bsky.social · Aug 22

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David Nir @davidnir.com · 2d

The gaslighting—from NC Republicans and many others—is really something else. They're just outright pretending that California launched this year's redistricting wars, even though it started with Texas. bergerpress.medium.com/general-asse...

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Tariffed Enough Already @tobycharleston.bsky.social · 2d

@internethippo.bsky.social Your influence grows

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Grosdoriane @grosdoriane.bsky.social · 2d

I fear I may have finally cracked the case.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d

the percentage of current U.S. gov policy that can be explained by the fact that trump has appointed a bunch of 12 year olds who are addicted to social media is frankly terrifying

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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