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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 9h
Trump's economy:
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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 16h
Trump’s profiteering is only the latest chapter in a decades-long transfer of American wealth and political power into the hands of billionaires… hartmannreport.com/p/democrats-...
hartmannreport.com
Democrats Can Put the Entire Republican Party on Trial With One Word: Corruption
Trump’s profiteering is only the latest chapter in a decades-long transfer of American wealth and political power into the hands of billionaires…
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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 11h
I’m starting to think turning the White House into a MAGA podcast studio was a bad idea. I liked it better when smart people worked there instead of a speed freak pedophile and an administration full of grifter freaks.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.
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Brutus Buck @1bdude.bsky.social · 11h
I guess carrying your house around on your back and moving an order of magnitude slower than everyone else is considered a good thing?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17h
I don’t think a 21X increase in the cost to get a tanker out of the Persian Gulf with lower total exports than before the war is an achievement. And I think it’s odd that so much of the press has been covering it as if we should see this as positive, with “Better Than You Think”-style “explainers.”
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16h
The Trump family runs the government, and the government pays the Trump family. This is not a coincidence – it's deep corruption that never would have been tolerated before a convicted felon took over the White House. Vote against all Republicans.
abcnews.com
Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election
The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.
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Brutus Buck @1bdude.bsky.social · 15h
Key words are “under the SOS Office”. LaRose is as partisan as it gets and always has his thuyon the scale.
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Brutus Buck @1bdude.bsky.social · 15h
Brazen disinformation? WTH. Just say lies.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 17h
Reflecting on it, Musk getting into government and making a beeline straight for USAID is one of the most depraved acts in human history. A relatively small department with a relatively small budget but mostly focused on saving the lives of Africans. It’s the first thing he destroyed!
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 16h
Team Trump is effectively saying it misappropriated $11.5 million in taxpayer money, but they're promising not to misuse any *additional* funds. That’s nice, but there’s still the matter of the money that the White House already (and illegally) took from us. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
ms.now
White House rejects calls for reimbursements on publicly funded campaign ads
Democrats Team Trump’s gambit as the “theft of public resources,” which comes with the expectations that the money must be paid back.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 17h
A congressional report says more than 80 U.S. warplanes have been destroyed or damaged in Fuckface's Iran war at a cost of over $3 billion, nearly double the total since mid-May. The war is in its eighth month, and he told a Nebraska rally it's almost over.
thedailybeast.com
Jaw-Dropping Scale of Trump’s Secret Military Losses Is Exposed
Total losses have nearly doubled since mid-May.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17h
Nevada Republican politician Michele Fiore, nicknamed “Lady Trump,” collected money for a memorial to 2 fallen police officers but spent it on plastic surgery, rent and her daughter’s wedding. A jury convicted her of fraud. Trump pardoned her because he’s pro-criminal. Vote against all Republicans.
ms.now
‘Lady Trump’ was convicted for fraud and then pardoned by the president. The White House didn’t say why.
“Justice Interrupted”: The latest installment in MS NOW’s series examining the clemencies and pardons by Donald Trump — and the fallout from them.
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Brutus Buck @1bdude.bsky.social · 16h
Thanks Trump. And MAGApublicans.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 17h
Diesel fuel is used to carry the vast majority of consumer goods to and around the United States. It also features heavily in farming. One Ohio data analyst who used to work in the energy industry says it could go up to $10 a gallon. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/07/1...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
$10 diesel? One Ohio analyst says it's possible. • Ohio Capital Journal
Diesel is used to carry the vast majority of consumer goods to and around the United States. One Ohio analyst says it could go to $10 a gallon
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Imagine if, during the Revolutionary War, George Washington would have said, "Let the British take Philadelphia". How would Colonial Americans have responded? Imagine if, during WWII Franklin Roosevelt would have said, "Let the Germans take out New York." What would American citizens have done?
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Brutus Buck @1bdude.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Doesn’t say much good about traders if they keep falling for the con.
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Brutus Buck @1bdude.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just more sane washing from the cowardly and feckless GOP.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
> @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/t...
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Brutus Buck @1bdude.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s weird that you think that is difficult. 90% of them change on their own. Welcome to the 2020s. Are you living in 1950 or something?
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 06/10/2026
USPS lost $2.5 billion last quarter but found money for nearly 1,000 armed contract guards. Postal police get 1,440 training hours, while the industry average is about 40. Norway's ethics council flagged the contractor over human rights abuses.
rawstory.com
'What the hell?' Shock as USPS gets armed guards from firm accused of human rights abuses
The United States Postal Service is hiring armed security guards through a multinational private contractor with a history of alleged human rights abuses and price fixing, according to a Raw Story inv...
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Brutus Buck @1bdude.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
No it isn’t a broad consensus. You fell victim to outrage bait.
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Brutus Buck @1bdude.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Somehow I always felt there was something off about the outrage online every time the clocks change. It’s now obvious this was yet another fake culture war nonsense project from the far right.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“.. days after co-founder Palmer Luckey was named to a Pentagon future weapons task force.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/a...
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 06/10/2026
Blanche says DOJ has monitored every election since the 60s, skipping that those monitors were sent to protect voters. This year it's over 1,000, up from 289 in 2022, and CNN reports some of them helped fight Trump's 2020 loss.
rawstory.com
Todd Blanche caught 'lying' to Fox News viewers about poll monitors
Attorney General Todd Blanche insists there's nothing unusual about the Justice Department sending more than 1,000 monitors to polling places next month, but one legal journalist said this week Blanch...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There's a takeover of the American news industry going on, pushed by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis and others. Democracy is impossible if the truth is buried under right-wing propaganda, so we've got to push back against this "media capture." My Stop the Presses newsletter.
stopthepresses.news
American oligarchs and foreign fatcats are attempting ‘media capture’
Your access to real news is threatened by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis, and others
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Brutus Buck @1bdude.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Also the cost of transporting it is way higher than it was pre war. You know, due to the fact Iran can start attacking them again at any time,
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ahh yes, the old-fashioned time when the GOP considered child sex abuse something worthy of "disgrace." Same pedophile-friendly party, but at least still possessed an era of public shame. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...
nytimes.com
Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
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Brutus Buck @1bdude.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Unless he wins. It’s never fraud when he wins.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW EPISODE: When asked earlier this year if he regretted not seizing voting machines and ballots after the 2020 election, Donald Trump said, "Well, I should have." Now he's telling us exactly what he plans to do in this year's midterms, and this time, we should believe him. youtu.be/MBLiMjSXros
youtu.be
Trump Just Admitted His Post-Election Plans. Believe Him.
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Memories of the Hastert Years … and the Ironies of History talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/memor...
talkingpointsmemo.com
Memories of the Hastert Years … and the Ironies of History
It’s hard to know what to say about former Republican Speaker of...
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Brutus Buck @1bdude.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Does he think refineries are built by the states, not corporations? He truly has a fundamental misunderstanding on how anything works.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“.. the continuing divergence between corporate profits as a percentage of GDP versus compensation.” - Sarmaya Partners substack.com/@sarmayakar?...
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What Timothy Snyder says here cannot be over-emphasized. Democrats must not only win, but immediately – announcing on 4 Nov. and beginning on 3 Jan., they *must* legislate and execute anti-corruption – even if Trump vetos them. We must become the party of anti-corruption and social mobility.
youtube.com
Will It Matter If Democrats Win the Midterms?
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Brutus Buck @1bdude.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump plans is just as bad as Trump says reporting. Do better Politico.
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Brutus Buck @1bdude.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And I guess the supposed benefits of AI are replacing human jobs? In a system where healthcare is mainly tied to employment and unemployment insurance is limited? Doesn’t sound like much of a benefit to me.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 05/10/2026
Fuckface has put 31 people in their 30s on the federal bench for life, more than Biden and Obama combined. Some could still be ruling in the 2080s. He'll be long gone, and his picks will still be deciding your rights. The Senate is the only thing that stops the conveyor belt.
politico.com
Trump is putting a generation of young judges on the bench — for life
Trump has nominated at least 33 people in their 30s to lifetime federal judgeships.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 05/10/2026
Fox booked Republicans and Trump officials 148 times on weekdays in September and congressional Democrats 7. Schumer hasn't done a weekday Fox hit since at least 2017. Lara Trump has her own show. Fuckface still says Democrats get too much airtime. His number is zero.
mediamatters.org
Donald Trump’s insatiable demand for Fox propaganda
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A goal of this administration being achieved: “American pre-tax corporate earnings have grown by $1.2trn, or 30%. … And yet taxes on corporate profits have collapsed.” www.economist.com/finance-and-... h/t @talsmith.bsky.social
The unplucked goose
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When will America wake up to how badly Putin has kicked our ass?
thefarce.org
When will America wake up to how badly Putin has kicked our ass?
Kushner and Witkoff want to finish the sellout of Ukraine, our allies, and freedom. We can still stop them.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 05/10/2026
On Kristi Noem's last day, DHS agreed to pay her donor's firm $108 million for a 737 party jet with a stand-up bar, marble showers, and a manta ray skin table, months after the firm bought it for under $90 million. Her furious rebuttal disputes only the word "donor."
mediaite.com
Kristi Noem Seethes After NY Times Exposé on a Plum Contract DHS Gave to a Political Donor on Her Last Day as Secretary
Kristi Noem wants a retraction from The New York Times over a report that she approved a "windfall" contract for a political donor on her last day in office.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
fortune.com
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"
gadgetreview.com
Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
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What Cargie Does In The Shadows @cargie.baby · 04/10/2026
thats the punchline to all this. still, after all this, he and everyone around him will still vote republican straight ticket, forever. they're GONE. about 30-40% of the country. just completely gone.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump promised Youngstown, Ohio he’d save their manufacturing plant. It closed They still voted for him He promised that Foxconn would build a plant in Ohio. Never happened Once again, they voted for him Now Ohio faces huge layoffs as Trump declares he’s on the midterm ballot What will Ohio do
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Truth 👇
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