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Itsprkles ✨

@itsprkles.bsky.social
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✨SAHM, graphic designer, photographer, aspiring world traveler & weather nerd. Truth teller. Pro-democracy ✨

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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 1h
Context: 300k tonnes of diesel = 93 million gallons. US uses 160 to 170 million gallons per day - so 300k tonnes would last 13-14 hours. Total order of 1.8 million tonnes = ~82 hours of US use = ~3 days 10 hours. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky criticises 'gift to Putin'
Ukraine's president said allowing Russia to sell petroleum products would prolong a war that must be ended.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h
There’s always a tweet
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 2h
My understanding is that the US doesn't need diesel. It's other countries' needs that are driving up global prices. US refiners make billions of excess profits charging US customers global prices. In fact we are a major exporter of diesel. So WTF? And what did he give Putin in return?
Chart showing consistent production, domestic sale, and exports of diesel over the last 6 months.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 2h
You always think the Trump administration can't possibly go lower. And then it announced a livestreamed execution. Barbaric. Immoral. Depraved. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2h
The left is collectivist; the right is all about rugged individualism
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2h
It’s a Friday afternoon and midterms are in 25 days, what are the chances.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h
The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2h
the high level of stupidity in every element of national policy at this point is really bracing.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 5h
Child deaths from preventable diseases are reportedly projected to rise for the first time in 25 years, and the guy running health policy is a vaccine skeptic. After decades of progress, dead kids are the Kennedy legacy. Fucking monstrous. MAGA rapes AND kills our children.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 5h
Great. More nightmarish fascist evil, coming soon.
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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 5h
A sign of things to come the next 8+ months, I bet: NOAA said "Record-high temperatures encompassed 16.7% of the Earth’s land and ocean surfaces—the largest spatial footprint for any month since records began in January 1951. This value surpassed the previous record of 14.2%, set back in May 2024."
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September 2026: 2nd-hottest September for Earth, hottest for the U.S. » Yale Climate Connections
Record-high temperatures in September encompassed the largest area of the globe for any month since records began.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 5h
Proof the guy isn’t a real New Yorker: everyone here knows Little Italy has dwindled down to just one block. You have to go to Arthur Avenue now.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h
NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.
A vertical graphic on a white background displays an October 9, 2026, joint statement from the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The full statement, presented in black serif text, reaffirms unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), strongly opposes U.S. sanctions against the Court, warns of their impact on its work, staff, and families, and pledges continued support for international justice, accountability, and the rules-based international system.Marco Rubio, mouth agape, as he announces sweeping sanctions on the ICC to try to punish them for acknowledging Bibi Netanyahu’s war crimes
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6h
US imposes sanctions on the international criminal court (ICC), hours after former judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize - live
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US imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after former judge Pillay wins Nobel peace prize - live
The ⁠ICC’s deputy prosecutor condemned the sanctions and said they would not halt the tribunal’s work
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Itsprkles ✨ @itsprkles.bsky.social · 5h
“They” pulling a ton of weight here
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 6h
Televising the execution of Nidal Hasan is about more than voyeuristic violence Authoritarianism requires rituals of death that seek to transform secular oppression into religious orthodoxy while communicating the need to murderously purge “the other.” jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/descent-in...
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
Descent Into Madness: The Ritualization of Death and Fascism
The public execution of Nidal Hasan is a potent milestone
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 6h
every senate democrat voted to confirm marco rubio.
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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 16h
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15h
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 8h
One of the many problems with cops and ICE agents who were too dumb to be hired as cops is that while some people want the job because it gives good benefits and an early pension, a lot want the job because they fantasize about doing violence to people and being a cop gives them that opportunity.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 8h
its just weird how theyre never gaming out scenarios for curing cancer or anything like that, i couldve sworn they said that was one of their big goals
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Itsprkles ✨ @itsprkles.bsky.social · 7h
Meanwhile, Trump has dared Iran to bomb California. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 8h
“His words are dangerous and incite hostility” seems like it’d more applicable to Trump calling on Minnesotans to “fight back” against their Somali-American neighbors.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 7h
"The plan Peters laid out to Trump involves seizing ballots from county clerks and election officials.... Peters’ own attorney said it might be the start of a civil war". This is where The Colorado governor has landed us. Read the full piece by Mario Nicolais here: bit.ly/4znr68g
I'm sorry, I can't provide a description of this individual's identity.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 20h
This is Nazi rhetoric, full stop. It's not only a call to instigate a race war in the United States, but it's reminiscent of historic European justifications used to incite pogroms against Jews. People who say things like this are incredibly dangerous, as there is nothing they won't eventually do.
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💙Matthew U.💙 @match74.bsky.social · 23h
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 23h
I can scarcely imagine a more un-Christian thing than live-streaming an execution for the public.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 23h
(1) This is vile racism & hatred from Trump (2) Important context that Trump tried to start a race war with his initial paramilitary invasion of Minneapolis, but was stunned to see (white native) neighbors defending their (non-white immigrant) neighbors (inconceivable to a person powered by hatred).
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There it is
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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The narrative that Americans are divided on abortion is a lie to hide just how undemocratic bans are—and convince lawmakers to take weaker stances on abortion. ~70% of Deep South voters oppose abortion bans. I wrote about the implications of this:
jessica.substack.com
Poll: 70% of Deep South Voters Oppose Abortion Bans
Plus, Deep South voters are the least likely to say that abortion should never be permitted.
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Debrianna Mansini-I’m Spartacus @dmansini.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Dragging us back to the Middle Ages
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If the Kennedy Center is 'dangerous,' why is the Symphony rehearsing there? The National Symphony Orchestra is practicing inside a building that Trump and his allies say could fall on their heads.
nytimes.com
If the Kennedy Center Is ‘Dangerous,’ Why Is the Symphony Rehearsing There?
The National Symphony Orchestra is practicing inside a building that President Trump and his allies say could fall on their heads.
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Itsprkles ✨ @itsprkles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ostrich with head in sand
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The head of the Fraud Task Force unaware of corruption inside the Trump administration, despite it being widely covered in the media. All by design: The Public Integrity unit in DOJ was gutted and has been told to focus on welfare fraud in blue states. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
The unit is hiring again to focus on “how politicians and state officials facilitate the misuse of taxpayer dollars.” That sounds good — until you realize what this actually means is they plan to go after blue state officials for allegations of welfare fraud. Trump’s circle will remain safe. After all, his former defense lawyer runs the DOJ now.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 08/10/2026
Fuckface's Coast Guard grabbed a cargo ship between Cuba and Mexico while blackouts in Havana already disrupt water pumping for 3.5 million people and hospitals. Call it sanctions enforcement if you want. It looks like piracy with a flag on it.
cbsnews.com
U.S. intercepts $3 million worth of fuel shipments to Cuba as energy blockade tightens
The U.S. has intercepted 90 Cuba-bound shipments of biodiesel, widening a U.S.-imposed oil blockade aimed at choking off illegally trafficked fuel.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 08/10/2026
Fuckface spent a San Antonio rally mocking Talarico's diet, told a story about Melania fixing how he says vegan, lost track of who he was talking about, and landed on "I like steak." That man holds the nuclear codes, and Lawrence O'Donnell is worried.
alternet.org
Trump’s changing speech ignites new dementia warning from Lawrence O’Donnell
MS NOW host Lawrence O'Donnell gave a detailed account of President Donald Trump's recent speaking style and, as a result, issued another warning that minor verbal slips may indicate dementia more tha...
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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
as promised here's what I had to say about Jim Bakkers death...and the similarities between his life and Trump www.ms.now/opinion/jim-...
ms.now
Opinion | Jim Bakker's legacy of hucksterism lives on in Donald Trump
Anthea Butler: Jim Bakker was devoted to Donald Trump. Here's what the two men had in common.
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"SI" is Sports Illustrated. It's their damn website name. So for a lot of us, when you say "SI" for "AI," it sounds like you're talking about a goddamn magazine. Also, you sound dumb as shit when you say, "Super Intelligence."
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Itsprkles ✨ @itsprkles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He’d rather do all that than read a book… that’s five pages long, one short simple sentence per page 🤨
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 08/10/2026
Fuckface told a Nebraska crowd that Iran taking out Los Angeles and San Diego would be a very small price to pay, and one columnist couldn't find it on the front pages of the Times, AP or NPR. If Biden had said it, what would cable be running right now?
alternet.org
'Lost his mind': Alarm sounded over Trump's grotesque remarks
Critics erupt over shocking remarks as the White House scrambles to defend the stunning outburst.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pure Michigan! “Mr. Pasek said, Mr. Trump seems to have lost his way. He started a war when he said he wouldn’t, sending the price of gas through the roof. And he seems to talk more about ballrooms and arches than he does about how he will bring prices back down” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
nytimes.com
‘He’s Not Making Sense’: How Trump Has Alienated Voters for the G.O.P. (Gift Article)
Signs are emerging that dispirited Republican voters may stay home in November, bringing a Democratic surge without many conversions.
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Itsprkles ✨ @itsprkles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Once a man… now a trained lapdog…
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Nice going Jared Polis
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NYT: Mr. Trump may have been extending an invite to his audience to view the “Rocky Horror Picture Show”
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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The President of the United States, in front of a crowd of his supporters, during a televised rally, admits to a Quid Pro Quo pardon, which is a felony and impeachable offence. And absolutely nothing will happen, because his party, which controls congress, are fascist collaborators and sycophants.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Onion couldn’t have made up something this absurd.
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Saikat Chakrabarti @saikatc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The poorest billionaire in California will make about $300 million this year. If we pass the CA wealth tax, he will only make $235 million. In exchange, millions of the poorest Californians will get health insurance. That's the tradeoff billionaires are not willing to make.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Trump has made more stock trades than every member of Congress combined” 🤯
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