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Just an old married guy on here to be reminded that not everybody has lost their mind and forgot what this country was founded for, the freedom of the people! (And maybe to post a little harmless shit to keep my own sanity!) 🚫 Porn -🚫 Crypto -🚫

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18h
This one is doing the rounds
A picture of Elon Musk, via the London Economic. The quote says “If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.“ – Nathalie Robin Justice. 
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 16h
been reading regime change and I had either forgotten or not realized that the initial justification for the ongoing national guard occupation of DC was that big balls got beat up by teenagers.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 16h
But ice cream shops can’t give a free cone to someone with an “I voted” sticker
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16h
What's becoming difficult to do is name any of Donald Trump's closest friends abroad who AREN'T war criminals. He himself is of course ALSO a war criminal—but there are still people in the United States who are surprised when they realize he's willing to commit Crimes against Humanity here at home.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h
“He’s gotta resign. … We have to let our own people and everybody else know why it had to be done—because of what’s on the tape, because he lied.” — White House speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan to White House chief of staff Alexander M. Haig, August 2, 1974
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 15h
By focusing on "core" inflation, which exludes food and energy, the Trump Admin and most media are ignoring the fact that the top drivers of economic distress for average Americans are food and energy prices. Including food and gas, inflation in Sept was 3.6% -- much higher than wage growth.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 15h
People hire this guy to advise them. They pay him money for his insights.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16h
literally in the next 48 hours! be aware!
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 15h
it’s been true for a while but here’s the latest proof that the republican party is nothing but a cult
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 15h
This feels very much of a piece with Hegseth excluding Nazis from his America's enemies list.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15h
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How ICE plans to speed deportations by holding children, families beside a Louisiana airport
Government documents, interviews with officials and public testimony shed new light on day-to-day operations within the controversial new facility designed to hold undocumented women, families and una...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15h
“I wish there were people from the other party here. I just, I beg them I plead with them to support humane immigration policy,” he said. “It breaks my heart that some of them claim to be followers of Jesus, and what they're doing goes directly against the gospel…" religionnews.com/2026/09/30/a...
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As Springfield prepares to bury Haitian student, sympathy surges and deportations continue
(RNS) — From US senators to John Legend, many are voicing support for the city’s Haitian community, even as neo-Nazis marched downtown Saturday.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 15h
RAPE GANG OR ICE? BOTH? No ID. No badges. No uniform. Masks. An unmarked van. How are you supposed to know? PAXIS.app explains your rights during ICE encounters. Free: GoFundMe.com/PAXIS This is the shit we grew up hearing about in dictatorships. Now it’s here. Record EVERYTHING.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15h
"Local community activists and faith leaders from Louisiana and beyond marched and prayed Thursday at the fenced-off barracks and trailers at the airpark site where the Trump Administration is preparing to open a privately-run facility to hold children..." religionnews.com/2026/10/02/a...
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As ICE readies Louisiana facility for children and families, faith leaders hold vigil
ALEXANDRIA, La. (RNS and Verite News) — Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up deportations, the facility — which will hold unaccompanied minors and families — is situated beside an air...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h
This breathtaking NYT story about Trump's Russian entanglements includes three people who've been part of the operation to cultivate Trump since 2015: Bryan Lanza, Sheikh Tahoon, and Kirill Dmitriev. This is literally the culmination of the original plan. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15h
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 19h
Don’t raise your sons to be rapists, or to aid those who do. Teach them to intervene.
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 18h
Jared Kushner, President Trump's son in law and peace negotiator makes money off Isreal's military killing people. Any questions?
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/10/2026
The cryptocurrency industry, which spent heavily to defeat Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in 2024, is spending millions of dollars more to prevent him from returning to the Senate this year.
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Crypto industry spends big to try to stop Sherrod Brown from winning in Ohio
The industry also worked against him in 2024.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is unreadable. He’s incoherent. I don’t think he successfully stated a single fact, answered a single question, or provided a single example of any point he wanted to make. Not that it was clear what points he wanted to make—because he was incoherent.
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just a reminder that the few remaining experts at the CDC's food-borne illness division identified Taylor Farms as the source of the cyclospora outbreak very early on, but because the owner of Taylor Farms is a big Trump donor, he was able to prevent a recall for weeks as thousands fell ill.
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Cyclospora found at Mexican farm linked to lettuce outbreak, FDA says
Announcement from US officials comes after CDC declared end to outbreak that infected nearly 13,000 people
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Amanda Finley Digs All the Spooky Things @rubyslippahs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm VERY excited about my upcoming Virtual No Kings protest at 7 pm on October 17 with an outstanding lineup of speakers. Our theme is Unidos, somos más, in honor of Nat Hispanic Heritage Month. We host them on Zoom so everyone can attend and recording is on YouTube. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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No Kings: Vote Early Kansas City, Missouri, virtual · No Kings
Guerilla Advocacy is back for No Kings: Vote Early! We are an accessible option for people with barriers to attending a protest in person. All are welcome! If you can get out, great! We'll be here whe...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 03/10/2026
Since 👇 post 9 days ago, Elon has spent almost $11 million more, over a million bucks a day. In the Senate races alone, he's spent: $8.7m in Texas $4.5m in Ohio $4m in Michigan
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🎯 @walshfreedom.bsky.social got it spot on ….
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Starting today many people granted humanitarian immigration protections, including refugees, people granted asylum, and survivors of trafficking, will no longer be able to access health care through federally funded Medicaid and CHIP programs. www.cbpp.org/research/imm...
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Harmful Republican Megabill Takes Away Health Coverage, Food Assistance, Tax Credits From Millions of Immigrants and Their Families
The harmful Republican megabill imposes massive cuts in food assistance, health coverage, and other supports for people with low incomes and singles out immigrants with lawful status and their familie...
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Traveler through the insanity! 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @509papa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Getting right to the heart of the problems plaguing America right now!
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hello, old friend. 👀 #ARM @nytimes.com
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Reuters @reuters.com · 01/10/2026
Canada to fast track oil pipeline designed to diversify economy away from US reut.rs/3Vo05D9
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Canada to fast track oil pipeline designed to diversify economy away from US
Canada will fast track the approval process for a new proposed crude oil export pipeline to ​its west coast that could generate over C$20 billion ($14 billion) a year in ‌GDP, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Doesn’t sound like America First. bsky.app/profile/meid...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026
Senate Democrats’ attempt to bar President Trump from clawing back $810 million in funding approved by Congress was blocked by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), meaning the Trump administration will succeed in eliminating the funding it deemed “wasteful.”
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Democrats fail to stop Trump from canceling $810M in funds approved by Congress
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) blocked the effort, meaning the Trump administration will succeed in eliminating the funding it deemed “wasteful.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I never ever thought I would see such a dangerous unhinged psychopath running the US military. We’ve had some bad ones, but never like this.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026
Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG was spending that money on its stated mission. (Published July)
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This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.
Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG w...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/10/2026
‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
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‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution Switzerland has lost almost one-fifth of its ice in just five years, research has found, in a dramatic reshaping of the Alpine country whose big white glaciers have been reduced to moonlike rock deserts, scientists say. Swiss glaciers shrank by 5.5% in the first eight months of 2026, according to an annual monitoring report, after a summer of scorching heatwaves that followed a winter with little snow. The reduction in ice volume falls just shy of the record set in 2022 and brings the total loss of glacier ice since 2021 to 19.4%. Continue reading...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
The DOJ indicted “Bitcoin Jesus” Roger Ver in one of the largest-ever crypto tax fraud cases. Those familiar with the case said the evidence was “rock solid” and that prosecutors were confident of a conviction. Then Donald Trump won a second term. (Published January)
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How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump”
Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver was facing federal criminal charges until he sought the services of a select club of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorneys who have easy access to top Justi...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.”
Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa stands indoors wearing a burgundy blazer and dark top, with campaign signage bearing her name and the outline of Texas visible behind her.Official letter dated September 29, 2026, from Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office requesting inspection of unredacted communications between Abbott’s office and Elon Musk and his companies. Hinojosa seeks records previously released with redactions for information deemed “embarrassing” or “intimate,” citing her legislative authority under the Texas Public Information Act.
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Katie Straka @katiespn411.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So fucking true ! 👇🏼
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ignore the polls. Just assume EVERY battleground race is super close, assume they’re all a dead heat. Because that’s the truth. So why look at the polls? You already know what the deal is. All these battleground races are super, super close. Period. From here on out, ignore the polls. Vote.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is clear that Democrats are set to sweep control of Congress in free and fair elections. It is also clear that Trump and the GOP are working to make sure the elections are not free and fair. I founded Democracy Docket to help you stay informed to fight back. demdock.com/4w6emld
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CNN @cnn.com · 30/09/2026
Two months after Israeli settlers forced them out of their house, a Palestinian family was able to return to their home – only to be attacked again by more than 100 settlers, with some storming the house and setting it on fire. cnn.it/4AEn6BV
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 29/09/2026
⚡Russian missiles strike Kyiv educational facility in overnight attacks Multiple missiles struck Kyiv overnight on Sept. 29 amid a multi-day attack by Russian forces on the capital.
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Russian missiles strike Kyiv educational facility in overnight attacks
In the Solomyanskyi district of the city, an educational institution was hit by a Russian missile and started a fire, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
6/ Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on September 28 transferring the assets of German wholesale retailer Metro AG in Russia to “temporary” management under Russian company UK Torg Rus LLC.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Daily naps in public, now. Literally daily.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In March, Washington State passed a tax on millionaires to fund public education, childcare, and expand its earned income tax credit. Now, special interest groups backed by the rich are trying to trick voters into repealing the tax by claiming it will apply to non-millionaires. Don't fall for it.
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Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed.
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
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