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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1h
BREAKING WaPo: Trump wants to transform his West Palm Beach golf club into a presidential retreat modeled after Camp David. 
The plan calls for a parcel of the private club to be designated a permanent, official sanctuary for foreign leaders and future U.S. presidents.
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Trump wants to turn his West Palm Beach golf club into the new Camp David
The plan calls for the federal government to be granted part of the property, with the rest maintained as a private course.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 1h
What an incredible perpetual grift, just line up at the perpetual public trough
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 1h
www.wonkette.com/p/kind-of-em...
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Kind Of Embarrassing To Read Ukrainian News Headlines About How Far Behind Pete Hegseth’s Military Is
Especially when it’s coming directly out of an interview with the recently forced-out Army secretary.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 1h
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/86343
kyivpost.com
Want to Stop Russia’s Jet-Powered Drone Attacks? Call the Belgian Embassy
Even if Sabena turns over four planes a month going forward, this only addresses Ukraine’s current needs and doesn’t return the roughly 29 planes Ukraine has been awaiting.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h
Teaching is my love, my calling, my joy. Even though I’ve officially retired from it, I still continue my work as an educator. I'll be discussing my love of teaching and why I'm inspired by younger generations tomorrow during a special conversation. More details here: bit.ly/4AU7kTw
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 2h
begging people not to let the right get away with their decade of support for trump the way we let them get away with backing bush and the iraq war (and reagan before that) i am pleading
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 2h
www.thedrive.com/news/high-di...
thedrive.com
High Diesel Prices Bankrupted 16 Trucking Companies in Just 30 Days
Expensive diesel fuel isn't just driving up costs—it's driving trucking companies out of business.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 2h
Rescue with runaway inflation, another great Donnie Dementia plan
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 2h
www.indy100.com/science-tech...
indy100.com
Giant sinkholes discovered containing untouched ancient forests
Most of us associate sinkholes with frightening abysses, but in China, they’re considered “heavenly” for good reason.Far from being mouths of doom, a number of these have been discovered containing pr...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h
“Pennsylvania has reported five measles-associated deaths, the most in the U.S. in more than three decades …. The statewide outbreak is now on track to become the largest the country has seen since the 1990s.”
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 2h
Love the classic double diaper look, how long until the Cabinet adopts the new style?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h
Putin is ruthless and will stop at nothing
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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 2h
🗳️ Here’s someone who didn’t get their mail-in ballot: me. But I checked and Los Angeles County has a rare pro-voter Clerk. As we tell you again and again and again at SaveYourVote.org, CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION!!! #SaveYourVote | @saveyourvote.bsky.social
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 2h
As Transportation Secretary, I could always count on a Congressional Republican to take credit for an infrastructure win that they had voted against. That's the type of behavior that makes people cynical about politics - but it doesn't have to be that way.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 2h
The showing up for the photo op for the project start they voted against was always a class act I thought
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 2h
www.earth.com/science/anci...
earth.com
Ancient pottery has a magnetic signature that modern fakes can’t copy
A new magnetic test can distinguish ancient pottery from modern fakes by detecting a hidden signal that builds up in clay over centuries.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 16h
www.alternet.org/amp/economis...
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Trump’s 'cesspit of corruption' finally breaking through: Nobel economist
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says allegations of corruption surrounding President Donald Trump and his administration are finally registering with voters.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 20h
President Donald Trump instructed his followers Tuesday to “watch for the ‘Midterm Surprise’” in an ambiguous announcement on his social media platform Truth Social. “We are flipping races all over the place."
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Trump teases major ‘midterm surprise’ in cryptic announcement: ‘It’s all happening!’
President Donald Trump instructed his followers Tuesday to “watch for the ‘Midterm Surprise’” in an ambiguous announcement on his social media platform Truth Social.“My Rally crowds and enthusiasm are unbelievable! Nobody has ever seen anything like it. We are flipping races all over the place,” Tru...
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 20h
The only way the Maggots can flip a massive number of races is with massive election fraud, and yes they are working overtime doing their election fraud plan, moving polling places at the last minute, locking up dropboxes, etc
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 20h
www.dailysignal.com/2026/10/05/c...
dailysignal.com
China Controls a Crucial Piece of the US AI Pipeline - The Daily Signal
China has infected every part of our internet stack. From our telecoms to our routers, we are in the midst of a full-scale invasion. But it’s not just your
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 22h
www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/t...
washingtonsun.com
Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse the Government for Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The president pledged to pay for the ads himself, but he will not help the government recoup the federal dollars already used for the spots.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h
"Globalization" has been an economic buzzword for decades, but what does it actually mean? Here's what I tell my students.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 22h
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lawandcrime.com
'Chairman' Trump invokes privilege to avoid discovery of Kennedy Center shutdown 'instructions'
Trump appointed himself as chairman of the Kennedy Center and is now resisting discovery in "blanket" form on executive privilege grounds, a court filing said.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 23h
247tempo.com/12-things-ab...
247tempo.com
12 Things About 1980s Computers That Feel Ancient Today
If you used a computer in the 1980s, the experience was a lot more hands-on than opening a laptop and […]
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 23h
nationalsecurityjournal.org/russia-and-u...
nationalsecurityjournal.org
Russia and Ukraine Just Delivered a Masterclass to the World As a Painful Lesson: Drones Have Transformed War Forever
Ukraine's front line has a kill zone up to twenty miles deep, where drones turn a short walk into hours and darkness no longer hides troops.
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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Jim Crow Reloaded is not simply a documentary project to me. It is an intervention. What good is knowing that voter suppression exists if we do not give people the tools to protect themselves? That is the space #SaveYourVote occupies." — Ed Ward gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/edward-war...
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Edward Ward: Why Save Your Vote Matters
How do you protect a right that people assume they already have?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly TRIPLED since 2020. Meanwhile, Amazon's profits have soared by 550% in the same time frame. Watch this before you shop for Prime Day.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.rawstory.com/amp/trump-26...
rawstory.com
Brain lesion possible as Trump ‘struggles significantly’ through garbled speech: expert
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 06/10/2026
"If Congress doesn’t fund a president’s pet project, how does he get taxpayer money for it? Answer: by stealing it from other programs." ICYMI @amandacarpenter.bsky.social on why Trump's ballroom matters:
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Why You Must Care About the Ballroom
Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.rawstory.com/amp/trump-mi...
rawstory.com
Hopeless Trump is just a step away from committing the unthinkable
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.alternet.org/amp/trump-ep...
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Trump’s Epstein nightmare getting 'much bigger': analyst
President Donald Trump may be facing a Jeffrey Epstein problem that refuses to stay buried, and one analyst believes it could explode into something far more damaging after the midterm elections.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As Trump demonizes cities, remember this: Residents of "blue" states send more tax money to Washington than they get back in federal help, while residents of “red” states send less money to Washington than they get back in federal help. Just thought I should point that out.
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How Blue States Help Red States | Robert Reich
Robert Reich explains how states that vote Democratic send money to states that vote Republican.Watch More: The Monopoli
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/14-things-an...
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14 Things an Indoor Cat Does While the House Is Completely Empty All Day - Animals Around The Globe
Animals Around The Globe is a travel platform focused on wildlife and unique destinations, where you can discover all your favourite animal encounters.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 06/10/2026
Donald Trump’s remarks were dangerous — if not treasonous — putting a target on two of our biggest cities and one of America’s largest naval hubs.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sort of obvious to anyone, even me
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Putin-Trump was the most successful covert operation in modern history. David Corn on today's "To the Contrary" Podcast.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
themirror.com
Trump boasts 'I have highest IQ in world' and immediately makes stupid mistake
Donald Trump attended a mid-term election rally in Vandalia, Ohio, where he urged voters to "pretend I'm running", and made a baffling claim about his own intelligence
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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'Unstable by the Hour': Trump Screams Iran Threat for the 20th Time, Then Bombshell Report Exposes Profane Meltdown at Hegseth He Can't Explain Away
President Donald Trump is renewing his threats to “annihilate” Iran if it doesn’t agree to a U.S. deal to end Trump’s unapproved and deadly war. But a new
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I thought Trump’s tariffs were specifically designed to dramatically reduce this number to zero.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I just loved paying tRump tariffs on educational materials from Europe
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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 06/10/2026
Hot Daddy Jack Smith Went To A Concert, And It Gave The Trump White House An Aneurysm www.wonkette.com/p/hot-daddy-...
wonkette.com
Hot Daddy Jack Smith Went To A Concert, And It Gave The Trump White House An Aneurysm
Hooray!
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Trump administration unveils plan to tie high birth and marriage rates to transit funding
The federal government is seeking to revamp a national program that supports rail and bus rapid transit.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What about the Native Americans throwing all the invading White Europeans off their land in the U.S, fair is fair seems to me. One needs to be consistent, Right?
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.rawstory.com/amp/todd-bla...
rawstory.com
A world of pain awaits Todd Blanche — and Trump's pardon is useless
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
atlantablackstar.com/2026/10/06/o...
atlantablackstar.com
'Nothing Is Off the Table': Trump’s Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case Is Dead, But Now Olympian Is Fighting Back, and His Next Move May Be Brutal
Former U.S. Olympian David Hearn went for a bike ride near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and somehow ended up facing 10 years in prison. His
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 06/10/2026
First on @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
nbcnews.com
FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters
The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sadly this seems to now be normal for the Govt
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
carbuzz.com/new-american...
carbuzz.com
The American Solid-State Battery That Just Leapfrogged Toyota's Decade-Long Roadmap
A small US startup just tested a solid-state battery in a real car — and the numbers challenge Toyota's decade of solid-state work.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
radaronline.com/p/meghan-mar...
radaronline.com
Meghan Markle Mercilessly Roasted Over Cooking Fail in New As Ever Ad: 'The Stove Isn't Even Turned On'
Meghan Markle shared a photo of herself appearing to be stirring a pot on a gas stove, but the knobs were in the 'off' position.
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captnmike2.bsky.social @captnmike2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
simpleflying.com/boeing-probl...
simpleflying.com
The $4.9 Billion Problem That Made Boeing Dismantle A 777X Airframe Before Even Flying It
Boeing deemed it necessary to scrap a 777X before it had even had the chance to fly.
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