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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 19h
Yet another octogenarian dies. Will it ever stop? This time a true Man of God... www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Jim Bakker, prominent televangelist brought down by scandal, dies at 86
Paired with Tammy Faye Bakker, he built a TV empire.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 23h
Where is he shopping? Is the WH subsidizing groceries for admin officials? Reminds me of the 1960s when my father was shopping at GUM in Moscow. Anything one needed and cheap. But only for the select few. Peasants had to stand in lines around the block. And pay.. www.rawstory.com/dr-oz-laura-...
rawstory.com
'Where are you shopping?' Dr Oz's grocery claims met with disbelief on Fox News
The Trump administration Medicare and Medicaid administrator, Dr. Mehmet Oz, made a claim about grocery prices on Fox News — but even far-right host Laura Ingraham wasn't buying it."You have no idea w...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No stamp in your passport? No I-94? Better start wearing that kevlar, visitors. www.legit.ng/world/173409...
legit.ng
US stops routine passport stamps for travellers entering America, gives reason
US CBP announced it had ended routine passport stamping at entry checkpoints, shifting travellers to digital I-94 records while allowing stamps on request.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When one would rather strengthen one's enemies than one's friends. Just what is Putin's, er, Trump's plan? www.ft.com/content/9cbc...
ft.com
US to receive potash shipment from Belarus as relations thaw
Washington has begun to ease sanctions on Minsk in exchange for the release of political prisoners
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Watch for non- response from USA administration. Lab leak. Several hospitals isolated. www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/e...
cnn.com
Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection | CNN
Russian authorities are responding to an incident in which a dangerous infection was released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia and a researcher died.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What if, just if, the call from AI companies calling for Federal oversight is a cunning plan - cue Baldrick - to declare force majeure and stop them paying bills coming due? And Trump already having private stock and salivating for the IPOs, so blocking rhat plot? Comments?
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Almost as if invoking the insurrection act might fail... www.rawstory.com/dnc-lawsuit/
rawstory.com
Trump admin's last-minute election scheme shredded in new lawsuit: 'So desperate'
The Democratic National Committee sued the Trump administration Thursday over a rushed change to the federal form overseas Americans use to request absentee ballots, accusing the Pentagon of quietly s...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Candidate Dan Sullivan condemned by Trump. Meanwhile www.npr.org/2021/03/19/9...
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Florida Democrats Call For A New Election After GOP Charged With Manipulating Race
A GOP political operative is being charged with paying a sham candidate to run for Florida State Senate and unseating the incumbent Democrat. Democrats are calling for a new election.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Polymarket: $100k on Hegseth being awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation medal. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:He... www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
rawstory.com
Republican sounds off on Pete Hegseth's latest military downsizing plans: 'Indefensible'
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) sharply criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Wednesday over his treatment of the military’s senior officers, calling the firing and stalled promotions of dozens of generals ...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hamberder time! www.bbc.com/news/live/cw...
bbc.com
Trump to host Xi for state dinner as tech bosses and other guests arrive at White House - live updates
Big tech bosses, including Tesla's Elon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman, will dine alongside Xi and Trump at the state dinner.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Nero Decree: The point where Trump decides the "American People" - the term so beloved by American politicians, as in "We have secured X for the American People" (For X, fill in whatever). When he decides we have failed him. And with his fall, America must. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_De...
en.wikipedia.org
Nero Decree - Wikipedia
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sharpeville 2027. Sharpshooters against your citizens. Preparing for Kent State, DC. apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Trump says his planned arch would become a 'military complex' able to host drones and snipers
President Donald Trump says the massive arch he wants to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery would become a “top grade military complex” able to host drones and snipers ...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What is wrong with these people? www.sfgate.com/national-par...
sfgate.com
Trump administration blocks 3 jobs caring for Denali's working sled dogs
Federal cuts threaten staffing at Denali's sled dog kennel.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dems shouldn't count on this. One mention of "men in women's sports" and they and their priests are back to the Republican camp. Cannot cure ignorance . www.rawstory.com/trump-voters...
rawstory.com
'Disillusioned and angry:' Crucial Trump voting bloc turns its back on GOP
A crucial group of voters who helped reelect President Donald Trump are so sour on his policies that they're expected to ditch the GOP entirely, according to a new report.More than 65 percent of Hispa...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mark this up under "What will never happen"... www.healthcaredive.com/news/senate-...
healthcaredive.com
Stopping a ‘moral obscenity’: Senate Judiciary Committee expresses support for PBM reform
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, suggested Congress could once again move to overhaul PBMs’ controversial business practices after legislators pass President Donald Trump’s conservative megabill this summ...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just heard that 66% of Americans with incomes lower than $50k intend voting Dem. 1. If we do have an election, and Dems take one or both houses, watch for them to squander this advantage to retake the "working class" vote by keeping on pandering to the 0.01%. 2. [character limit]
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Is he deeply closeted? Am I the first queer to suspect that? thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com
Service members must meet weight, grooming standards for Hegseth event: Report
The Pentagon is reportedly requiring troops to meet waist-to-height requirements and exhibit “impeccable” grooming standards in order to attend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “State of the Force”…
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Missouri power grid faces costly upgrades as AI data centers drive electricity demand Don't worry,the taxpayer is always there to fund this. missouriindependent.com/2026/08/27/m...
missouriindependent.com
Missouri power grid faces costly upgrades as AI data centers drive electricity demand • Missouri Independent
A new federal report shows the electric grid across much of the country is strained, requiring thousands of miles of new power lines and billions of dollars in investments. The National Transmission N...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Missouri Republicans ask federal court to revive gerrymandered map, block referendum How one could vote for politicians that removed one's power to steer how one's state and country are run, is beyond me. Stockholm, anyone? missouriindependent.com/2026/09/16/m...
missouriindependent.com
Missouri Republicans ask federal court to revive gerrymandered map, block referendum • Missouri Independent
Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wants the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to remove a redistricting referendum from the Missouri ballot.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Shockwaves as Trump’s secret $2.8B taxpayer-funded ‘gift’ exposed: ‘My God’ Tell me again why Israel has universal healthcare and we do not. www.rawstory.com/trump-israel...
rawstory.com
Shockwaves as Trump’s secret $2.8B taxpayer-funded ‘gift’ exposed: ‘My God’
President Donald Trump sparked outrage after his administration was exposed for preparing a $2.8 billion military package amid “extraordinarily dire” economic signs — funded entirely by American taxpa...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What's up with petit-dictators and women? Didn't Hitler dictate that women should not be working? www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
rawstory.com
Hegseth's toughened 'standards' meant to thin women's ranks backfire on him: report
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's attempts to revise fitness standards to put male and female soldiers on equal footing seem to have backfired, according to a new report. Last year, Hegseth introduced ...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Melania Trump breaks silence on scandal embroiling Don Jr's wedding Eric's spokesperson: "[] nor has never heard his name". * Reminds me of Mr. Cholmondeley-Warner on the lower classes... * grammar www.rawstory.com/melania-trum...
rawstory.com
Melania Trump breaks silence on scandal embroiling Don Jr's wedding
First Lady Melania Trump is distancing herself from reports that a Russian oligarch helped pay for Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson's lavish wedding celebration.The first lady's representatives i...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Deployed a sex doll? thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
Qatari-gifted Air Force One deploys inflatable slide before departing for GOP convention in Texas
An emergency inflatable slide on the Qatari-gifted Air Force One was deployed at Joint Base Andrews before President Trump departed for the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday. A p…
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Predicated upon some inkling of sanity, that is. www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
rawstory.com
New Cabinet casualty predicted as DC insider puts Trump's 'public embarrassment' on notice
A veteran political journalist has put a name on Donald Trump's next Cabinet casualty, and he didn't hedge on the timing.Writing on his Substack Tuesday, Paul Waldman predicted that Defense Secretary ...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Google Maps sending "great new things" emails today "An easier way to share your world—just tell Maps Introducing a new conversational way to contribute on Google Maps. J Try it " Hard no. Just deleted all Google Maps links
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Please ye gods. If the Democrats ever get to power again, let them have gonads. Not the whimpering old men we have now. www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
rawstory.com
Mike Johnson lobs new threat at Dems minutes after shutdown vote: 'Keep the nine'
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced Tuesday that Republicans will bring a vote to the House floor aimed at permanently limiting the U.S. Supreme Court to nine justices.“We will keep the nine,”...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"“I’ve been against Iran for almost 40 years… it took a long time to bring the United States to its senses,” Netanyahu said in Hebrew, according to Zeteo’s Prem Thakker." Yup, we've been successfully invaded by Israel. Bloodless (for Israelis) coup.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you don't follow this folk hero, you possibly should look into it. Erin Brockovich on Data Centre water and energy use. www.thebrockovichreport.com/p/the-data-c...
thebrockovichreport.com
The Data Center Water Secret
Let's talk about the water not accounted for when it comes to AI data center water use, and why local media have had to sue to find out real numbers.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ye gods, it will be a good time to get away from all the "Patriot", "Liberty" , Freedom" noun adjuncts. “The vast majority of air-traffic controllers are great patriots—they show up for work, complete their full shift, and come back and do it all again,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy s
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"The German people have failed me!" - Der Untergang. It is as if he is cutting the sleepers on all the rail lines now. www.rawstory.com/iran-war-267...
rawstory.com
'The piggy bank is broken': Trump admin spurs 'crisis' with 'raid' on Navy's payroll cash
The Trump administration has sparked a full-blown “financial crisis” within the U.S. Navy after pillaging coffers earmarked for service member payrolls, The Guardian reported after speaking with U.S. ...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Wait for the Republicans to pick up on this idea. Billionaires needn't worry... euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/25/r...
euromaidanpress.com
Russia turns failed drone defenses into grounds for state control of company assets - Euromaidan Press
Vladimir Putin lets Russia take control of key assets when owners fail to protect critical infrastructure from Ukrainian drones.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
CIA director Radcliff in Moscow. Question: Why? 1.Give the green light to Putin's escalation of the war? 2.Ask nicely to stop helping Iran? 3. Ask nicely to facilitate Trump's (imagined forthcoming) visit to NK? The mind boggles, as all of these have >0 probability in these times.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Everybody is up in arms about the effects of social media on their children. Whatever happened to parents restricting the children's access to social media? I know several who did not allow their children access until 16. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
nytimes.com
Meta to Stand Trial Over Claims It Addicted Children to Social Media (Gift Article)
California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey have taken the social media giant to trial in the first bellwether federal case over child harm.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Hegseth's perfect man has a goatee, a bottle of Viagra, and a constant erection. And thrombosis, an enlarged prostate, and several HRT-influenced cancers. derspiegel.substack.com/p/mandatory-...
derspiegel.substack.com
Mandatory Testosterone Tests Are a Terrible Idea. A Doctor Explains Why.
A veteran debunker of medical quackery examines Pete Hegseth's testosterone obsession. He finds a dangerously crude ideology of manhood dressed up as military readiness.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
$5 says before I die, I will witness Vance re-inventing himself as some sort of 'liberal' to be relevant in US politics. The man has more moves in him than a shifting dune. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
Vance says only ‘self-hating white liberals’ voted for Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan
Vice President JD Vance claims disillusioned young leftists driving support for Democrat, only to be told he has not made sense since he began ‘sucking up to power’
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Anyone think he should have spoken up when it could have made a difference? And not have sat there like a Stockholm-syndrome victim? thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com
Pence: Upcoming midterms ‘couldn’t be more important in the life of the nation’
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Monday he thinks this year’s midterm elections will deeply affect the fate of the U.S. In an interview on WABC’s “Cats & Cosby” radio show, Pence said he b…
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Media: "Glee!" . None of this matters anymore. If you think we're going to have a free and open election, just keep on hoping. BTW, I have a plot of land in FL I want you to buy. www.rawstory.com/trump-approv...
rawstory.com
'Terrible terrible terrible': Analyst astonished by 'absolutely awful' Trump polling
President Donald Trump's approval ratings left a stunned CNN analyst spluttering Friday morning.Three separate surveys released this week — CNN at 34 percent, AP-NORC at 33 percent, and Quinnipiac Uni...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Why do we consistently fall for the predictions of demise? We realize it is just performance art every time? And protestations by politicians that "I would NEVER do that!"... www.rawstory.com/todd-blanche...
rawstory.com
Suspicion builds as insiders now 'optimistic' Todd Blanche will be confirmed
Insiders were optimistic on Thursday that Todd Blanche would be confirmed as attorney general and that a standoff between two Republicans and the Trump administration could be winding down, according ...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Somehow their spiritual encounters always include places where food or drink is served. If it's not Waffle House, it's a Bar. www.rawstory.com/conservative...
rawstory.com
CBS 'joke' hire thinks he witnessed a miracle at a bar with JD Vance: reports
No, the miracle is not that anyone wanted to go to a bar with Vice President J.D. Vance. Ross Douthat, already dubbed a "joke" by his new colleagues at "60 Minutes," recently revealed a spiritual expe...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Let's not wait this long in the USA to make it public. derspiegel.substack.com/p/the-murder...
derspiegel.substack.com
The Murderers in Wehrmacht Uniform
For decades, Germans clung to the myth of the "clean Wehrmacht": evil Nazis but decent soldiers. In truth, ordinary troops plundered, starved 3.3 million POWs, and shot children on the eastern front.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Made for memes: Anyone remember Spencer Tracy holding Darwin's Origin of the Species in one hand and the bible in the other, in the film about the "monkey trial"? Same here. History will not remember Roberts with the same favourability as Tracy... www.rawstory.com/john-roberts...
rawstory.com
'Conspicuous move' by John Roberts that 'breaks from procedure' flagged by court watcher
It was a small, almost bureaucratic detail — two Supreme Court opinions, released simultaneously, physically bound together with a rubber band in the press room.But according to CNN's Joan Biskupic, t...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
IF, and that's a big IF, a sane political party ever gets the opportunity to rule the USA, there will be one advantage to them: There will be no requirement to ask permission, and the law of the land need not apply. kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...
kffhealthnews.org
Trump Administration Demands Hospitals Share Emergency Room Records - KFF Health News
The tiny federal agency that tracks consumer product safety is pressuring hospitals to turn over patient records from emergency room visits, including about injuries that have nothing to do with consu...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Anyone still think we will have elections? thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com
National Guard unveils $292M plan to house service members for DC deployment
The National Guard announced on Thursday its $292 million plan to provide “up to 2,000 apartment-style lodging units” for guard members stationed in D.C. The housing contract was awarded to corpora…
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Looking forward to all the schoolchildren in Texas, being taught the Bible under Texas's new Christian nationalist law, finding out that Ken Paxton and his mistress should be stoned to death for committing adultery. Glory!
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Let us never forget that most of this would not have happened without Mitch McConnell....
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Maybe just let everything go to hell. That's what we deserve. 'Chaos will follow': Sotomayor blisters court as Trump is given 'power unknown' to kings www.rawstory.com/sotomayor-bl...
rawstory.com
'Chaos will follow': Sotomayor blisters court as Trump is given 'power unknown' to kings
Justice Sonia Sotomayor accused the Supreme Court of giving President Donald Trump "power unknown even to the English Crown."The 6-3 ruling Monday in Trump v. Slaughter wiped out a 91-year-old precede...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
It's pushed up the rates for day labor at my home Depot to $25+ per hour. Don't know about you, but no-one there is non-Latino. Trump’s big immigration bet backfires spectacularly: ‘The damage is easy to miss’ www.rawstory.com/immigration-...
rawstory.com
Trump’s big immigration bet backfires spectacularly: ‘The damage is easy to miss’
One of President Donald Trump’s key promises has been that, by deporting millions of migrants, new jobs would become available to American citizens, but according to a recent study, the Trump administ...
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Funny, not funny: The neighbor down the road - the sole Republican in his housing estate - is complaining he can't get Mexicans to spread compost in his garden. The ones you voted to deport? Those? And the people still here saw the Trump sign in your yard. So good luck with that.
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Juvenal's Kid @juvenalskid.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
All these feelgood articles! "....in sway to Democrats!" Whee! Sorry, been through this as a youngster. The time has passed. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
politico.com
A district that went +20 for Trump now in play for Democrats
Democrat Blake Gendebien is in a dead heat with Republican Anthony Constantino in a deep-red upstate New York congressional district, internal poll shows.
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