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Firstconsul

@firstconsul.bsky.social
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Professor, Spouse, Dad & the King in Yellow. Former Geographer & amateur archeologist, currently teaching Economics. Previous incarnations include: disc jockey, electrician, airline ground support, travel agent, bookstore manager, founder & CEO.

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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And the President.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
-Trump Airlines -Trump Beverages -Trump Casinos -Trump Magazine -Trump Mortgage -Trump Steaks -Trump's Travel Site -Trumpnet -Trump Tower Tampa -Trump University -Trump Vodka -Trump Fragrances -Trump Mattress -Trump Mobile All massive financial failures led by Trump. Now this...
washingtonpost.com
The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Why are there reporters to just copy his daily lies? They need to stay out the White House and dissolve the WH Press corps.
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Mike “Zim” Zimmelman @mikeiszim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As someone who lived on Long Island his entire life, I cannot stress enough how stupid & dangerous it'd be for Bruce Blakeman to be NY's governor. Fuck him & Fuck James Dolan.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
In what promises to be the most consequential showdown over reproductive rights since the end of Roe v. Wade, three states with near-total abortion bans asked SCOTUS to strike down blue-state laws that have enabled tens of thousands of abortions every year across state lines.
motherjones.com
Shield laws are working. Now red states want the Supreme Court to end them.
The long-expected constitutional showdown over states' rights and abortion rights is here.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This morning, the Justice Department went after nearly an entire state's federal bench, all at once. The judges had said the government wasn't following court orders. The response was to try to remove the judges. Here's why every American should be paying attention. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Jlou @wehearvoices.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Guessing game. What’s more dangerous than 7 frat boys at Cornell University? These four fucks who protected them. 👇 Rattle their cages, Ladies! #Pinks #SheShed #DV1 #Voices4Victory
The 4 men who let the 7 frat boys walk away from gang raping a woman. 
Make some noise!
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A core belief uniting Trumpists with Silicon Valley tech bros is that society should be organized around male entitlement to sex: a cross between Mad Men and the old Playboy Mansion.
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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's happening everywhere...people fail to respect each other and to understand that until racism is seen as the poison it is, this could become reality. Our very existence is dependent upon collaborative efforts...for our planet Earth and all who inhabit it. #ProudBlue #DV1 #USDemocracy #BlueEarth
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Imagine that.
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Fake Name @haffl.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Perfect description of Orange Hitler
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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 28/09/2026
"The sheer number of incidents, which occurred in recent months in internal testing and the real world, indicates that the problem is orders of magnitude more complex than what is publicly known." www.axios.com/2026/09/26/o...
axios.com
Scoop: Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents
The massive scale of security incidents points to control problems for AI companies.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They have been castrated.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What about him?
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We could use some of that cash up here in Maine to offset Musk Bucks.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
MAHA is a project built on vanity, grifting, racism & survival of the fittest A colleague of mine has a friend in Los Angeles who went to the gym, &, um, RFK Jr was there, working out, surrounded by a HUGE ENTOURAGE of security dudes & snipers Black infants *MUST* suffer so RFK can get big pecs!
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I can live without it, easy.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Once a grifter, always a grifter.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But we CAN eat the rich.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
No, Good People Don't Still Support Him
Everyone believes they're essentially a good human being.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Same scenario, but dump him alone on a deserted island in the Pacific & see how his superiority works out.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There is a guillotine waiting for you, Stevie.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is so much fun. They basically argue they must be permitted to talk about the case given subpoenas or requests to testify.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
⚡️JUST NOW: MASS UN WALKOUT ON NETANYAHU
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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump won Ohio by 11 points in 2024. Yet Brown remain 8 points ahead of Husted, 53% to 45% — a margin unchanged since June. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-kno...
robertreich.substack.com
How to know whether a candidate is on your side
Follow the money
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Enten: Look at Trump's net approval rating now with pure independents, it's negative 71 points! I mean, these are the deep depths of the ocean. You never see numbers like these. An 86 point shift away from the president. #momsky#sheshed
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
deseret.com
Utah postal worker accused of throwing away 300 mail-in ballots in church parking lot
Over 95% of Utah voters rely on mail-in ballots, making destroyed ballots critical loss.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan Collins' team wants to cry "fake news," but @propublica.org brought receipts. I really hope Maine has had enough of this. www.rawstory.com/susan-collin...
rawstory.com
'We literally have the emails!' Susan Collins flak skewered for denying corruption story
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) was hit with bombshell new reporting from ProPublica on Tuesday, dropping new details on how defense contractor CEO Martin Kao told FBI agents about a sprawling campaign cash...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
Ashley Hinson voted repeatedly against efforts to end U.S. hostilities with Iran while taking more than $217,000 from oil and gas interests, including $38,500 since the war began. Meanwhile, Iowa gas prices have surged 60% since the start of the war as major oil companies report soaring profits.
meidasnews.com
Ashley Hinson Got Big Money From Oil Companies After Repeatedly Voting For the Iran War
The price of gas for her Iowa constituents has risen by 60% since the start of the war, while oil companies are making record profits
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Mr. Rochester 📎🇨🇦 @mrrochester.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The USA is the kindergartener among PhDs.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
nytimes.com
Opinion | Susan Collins’s Luck May Be Running Out (Gift Article)
The independence and moderation of Maine’s Republican senator hardly matters anymore.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Exactly. Free nations are now led by France or Canada, not us.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Ossoff: "I think the use of deep fake technology in political ads is meant to deceive voters and is a slippery slope. Mike Collins is using these deceptive tactics because he doesn't want to explain his own record."
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The military runs on diesel. Legitimate target.
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Senseidai2547❌👑 @senseidai.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Disappearing people is what happens in authoritarian regimes. How much you wanna bet this is the brainchild of Stephen Miller? #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal apnews.com/article/ice-...
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you have a dollar for every transgender athlete playing college sports you'd have about $6 which just happens to be the price for a gallon of diesel now. Congrats MAGAts, you played yourselves.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Your Secretary of State, ladies & gentleman.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Imagine that.
bangordailynews.com
The FBI anti-corruption squad was circling Susan Collins — until Trump got in the way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Scrappy @scrappy53.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The terrorists are in the house.
DISBAND, DEFUND,
& PROSECUTE
ICE
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social pointed out: What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle defend against? Not China or missiles. It overlooks a bridge, traffic circle and entrance to the National Mall—where Americans march. But our enemies will appreciate knowing where we store our weapons.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/09/2026
Here's a link for updates on the ICE shooting in Austin. The individual story links aren't working at @kvue.bsky.social www.kvue.com
kvue.com
Austin's Leading Local News: Weather, Traffic, Sports and more | Austin, Texas | kvue.com
KVUE.com is the official website for KVUE-TV, your trusted source for breaking news, weather and sports in Austin, Texas. KVUE.com
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🎯🎯
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Not one single person in that room was for the data center. And the city council just went ahead and approved it,” says Jazmin Villegas, who lives in Red Oak, Texas.
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
evanstonnow.com
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
wmtw.com
Judge rules EPA illegally terminated $7B solar program intended to help poorer Americans
The Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans, a federal judge ruled Friday.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
He’s made the US the laughing stock of the world. Thank you for your attention to his insanity.
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