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Tom Hayes

@kabiu.bsky.social
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Internet Hermit w/o portfolio; not an influencer, a gardener I survived Elon’s hostile takeover, but… 🚫 Requests via the ‘net are NOT how I prioritize my charitable giving - seriously pronoun: 🫖 tea 🪴🖖 Anti oligarchic

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onefinekitty.bsky.social @onefinekitty.bsky.social · 1h
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Pete Hegseth's Speech Was a Hyper-Macho Freak Show
Sam Stein and Ben Parker give their takes on Pete Hegseth’s bizarre State of the Force address, from his “no fatties, no weirdos” vision for the military to his fixation on testosterone, wokeness and ...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1h
“To claim that he’s an antisemite is the peak of absurdity,” said Yehonatan Ovadia’s lawyer. trib.al/M5RJviC
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Trump Tries to Deport Hasidic Jew Who Protested Israel
“To claim that he’s an antisemite is the peak of absurdity,” said Yehonatan Ovadia’s lawyer.
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Alicia @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 1h
20 million for ads, but no money for free lunches for children..... LOL
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Homeland Security taps $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump ads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million to pay for the campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump that have drawn widespread criticism from Republican…
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 1h
We need AI regulation yesterday. The incentive driving the doom scenario is simply greed. I don't take PAC money from OpenAI, or any AI corporation, or any corporation for that matter.
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IronMillMan @ironmillman.bsky.social · 48m
Thanks to #Trump everyone in the world hates #America, and it is the only major country in the world losing tourist visitation. The overseas visitors dropped by 2M from last year down 20% from the 2019 peak. www.axios.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Axios C-Suite: Even the World Cup couldn't stop America's tourism slide
"It's mind-boggling."
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 39m
The president has floated the idea as a way to lower costs. In the long term, that strategy may backfire. trib.al/ljTCG45
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Banning Diesel Exports Won’t Solve Trump’s Biggest Problem
The president has floated the idea as a way to lower costs. In the long term, that strategy may backfire.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3h
Pete Hegseth revealed that the men will help direct a project to determine the future of the military. trib.al/f1wvZVY
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Hegseth Announces Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich Will Help Lead Military
Pete Hegseth revealed that the men will help direct a project to determine the future of the military.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A case that isn’t getting the headlines it deserves: an LSU student was raped by an LSU football player. He admitted it, but the school is still letting him play football. How multiple systems have failed this young woman & why she went public to get the help she needs: youtu.be/LihN7hsNKnw?...
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SHOCKING College SCANDAL EXPOSES Stakes Of Trump’s DANGEROUS AGENDA!!
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 14h
As we talk about what happened at Cornell, please take a moment to learn about how a young LSU student is fighting for help against that school’s storied football program
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 8h
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 3h
Even their own ridiculous AI bot understands why a copper-nickel mine doesn’t belong near the Boundary Waters
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3h
Senator Jim Justice condemned the rampant ICE arrests. trib.al/sJz7Tby
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Another Republican Senator Breaks With Trump Over ICE
Senator Jim Justice condemned the rampant ICE arrests.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h
Samuel Alito has recused himself from a Supreme Court climate case, after ethics watchdogs uncovered his fossil fuel stockholdings. Instead of relying on the justices to occasionally do the right thing, we need Congress to enact real SCOTUS reform.
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How to Fix a Broken Supreme Court | Robert Reich
Justice Roberts refused to testify in a hearing on SCOTUS ethics.Thomas and Alito accepted luxury vacations from GOP meg
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Tom Hayes @kabiu.bsky.social · 3h
Jack Smith is trying to preserve democracy in the USA 🇺🇸
I stand with Jack Smith
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 8h
There are NEW updates in the case of the Cornell 7 as more details are revealed, including how the alleged victim stated “with 100% confidence [she] was raped”. So why did the local DA only present certain parts of her written statement? I've got the latest reporting: youtu.be/tcsZBeeJk9k?...
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New DETAILS In Cornell ASSAULT CASE Revealed In BOMBSHELL Transcript!!
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 7h
Yesterday, we raised questions about whether Data Nate meets the legal qualifications to serve as Ag Commissioner. Now he’s questioning my own experience, so I’m answering him directly: growing up and working on a family ranch doesn’t stop counting because the land is still in your family’s name.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
big guy is looking ROUGH (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty)
Trump, fresh from his nap, looking about 14 Diet Cokes to the wind
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h
"One in 10 people told us that they are selling their blood plasma just to make more money." trib.al/n6GR4L6
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Transcript: Trump Erupts in Panic as GOP Midterm Fears Grow: “Wipeout”
As Trump unravels on Truth Social and GOP alarm worsens, a progressive data researcher explains the deeper reasons voters are so dissatisfied right now—especially in red states with big Senate races.
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Doing My Own Research @doingmyownresearch.bsky.social · 8h
Support us ➡️ bluehorizons.pudgycat.io 💙
The "Kermit the Frog sipping Lipton tea" meme with overlaid yellow text with black outlines. The top text reads: "IF YOU'RE EVER FEEL THE TUG OF IMPOSTER SYNDROME". The bottom text reads: "JUST REMEMBER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MISSPELLED THE NAME OF THE COUNTRY ON AN OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE DOCUMENT."
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16h
Go For It Ladies.......
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 14h
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h
See what I mean when I say the system is rigged?
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valOrie p'O @valentinorie.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
"Resist, refuse, ridicule. And do it with as much art, compassion, and perseverance as you can. Because while Trump isn’t capable of shame, he can still see it in the faces of everyone around him and—where it matters most—on TV." JasonSattler of The Farce
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 10h
The Treasury Department LOOSENED a minimum tax on giant corporations. Meta told investors it saved them BILLIONS. So Trump's team made the AI giveaway EVEN BIGGER. This isn't tax policy. It's THEFT from taxpayers.
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 12h
If Jack Smith can calmly confront abusive constitutional authority, threat of imprisonment, personal attacks, and hold hope the rule of law will ultimately prevail you can steel your gaze, push past any obstacle thrown at you, and vote
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Markwayne Mullin: "Remember, the planes are what created the Department of Homeland Security"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Klobuchar on Schmitt: "He's not aware that there's also women's sports ... because they wanted to do this to distract everyone, I would say they got their comeuppance"
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h
Ken Paxton’s comments are obviously a humiliating gaffe for Trump, who backed the attorney general against Senator John Cornyn in a shocking political maneuver. trib.al/19ZS4al
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Ken Paxton Caught Privately Trashing Trump in Leaked Audio
The attorney general and Senate candidate warned Trump is dragging down all Republicans with him.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Klobuchar: "The fact that when people are hurting this much and literally can't pay their bills & insurance premiums, that he then spends govt money instead of to help people pay for their insurance, on an ad to glorify himself. They are making the connection now on corruption and affordability."
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 11h
If Trump started injecting every immigrant with bubonic plague, the Supreme Court would rule that while they take a year or two to decide if it's constitutional, the program should go forward because to not let Trump inject people with bubonic plague would do irreparable harm to the government
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Klobuchar: "You got this guy who clearly thinks he's got this gotcha moment. And I am sitting there listening because I was the next one up, and starting to think to myself, it's not really major sleuth here, 'I just don't think Jack Smith would lie under oath that he hadn't been at the game.'"
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 11h
If Eric Schmitt is an "intellectual giant", then **FELOUTUS was a Rhodes Scholar based on his academic excellence, character, leadership potential, and a commitment to service and the common good.
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IronMillMan @ironmillman.bsky.social · 11h
The rats are jumping the sinking ship at the #FBI. apnews.com/article/fbi-...
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Andrew Bailey, an FBI deputy director, says he's leaving the post after just over a year in the job
Andrew Bailey, one of the FBI’s two deputy directors, says he is leaving the position after just over a year on the job and will be returning to Missouri to spend time with his family.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10h
"I don’t know they’re going to trust us again anytime soon." trib.al/aRcvuCD
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Transcript: Trump Fury at Canada Takes Dark Turn as GOPers Sound Alarm
As Trump’s trade war against Canada grows more unhinged, the author of a piece on GOP midterm woes explains how his anti-Canada derangement could alienate working class voters.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 10h
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 10h
✖️The changes in this bill will eliminate tens of thousands of energy and manufacturing jobs in Michigan due to lost investment. ✖️Michigan hospitals will lose $6 billion in Medicaid payments by 2036. ✖️Over 200K Michiganders are set to lose healthcare.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 10h
✖️211,000 Michigan households will suffer from SNAP cuts. Nearly 121,000 Michiganders have already lost their SNAP benefits. ✖️Energy bills across Michigan will go up by a total of $8.7 billion by 2034.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Blanche: "Today, we're also announcing that just a few minutes ago the DOJ filed a judicial misconduct complaint with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals against all but one district court judge in the District of Minnesota for violating various judicial canons."
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 10h
Bill Gates on Trump's idea to use lawsuits to regulate AI: Do we just use the liability laws to try and keep humans safe? We've created a society that tries to keep people safe not by saying, 'oh, we can bankrupt the person who does that.' Say you kill 100 million. You want to use a lawsuit?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Minnesota Republican state Senate candidate Andrea Zupancich served up some EPIC word salads during this debate. Try to make sense of what's she's saying if you dare.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
💔 Rep. Ilhan Omar shares her story about have a miscarriage
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12h
The collapse of support for Trump in the Rio Grande Valley is a big story of the moment. It's more deserving of our attention than what some centrist tweeted somewhere, believe it or not.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h
How a 50-year-old treatise by an Italian economic historian makes sense of our utterly senseless moment trib.al/D8tiVQ2
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Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
How a 50-year-old treatise by an Italian economic historian makes sense of our utterly senseless moment
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
"Schmitt says he stands by his claim that Smith is a 'dirtbag' and a perjurer. And with that kind of commitment to the bit, he’s definitely a shoe-in for the VP spot." — @lizdye.bsky.social
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Schmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack Smith
When gotchas go disastrously wrong.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 11h
Trump's Agriculture Secretary admits Trump's war in Iran has "skyrocketed diesel"
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h
This is a low point, even for someone as rabidly and irrationally pro-Israel as Fetterman. trib.al/iRA2wl9
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Charlie Fox. @realseafox.bsky.social · 11h
The most republican story of the day: www.rawstory.com/trump-ai-cha...
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Trump chatbot reprogrammed to stop contradicting his lies: fact checker
The Trump administration appears to have changed its new artificial intelligence chatbot so that it no longer corrects the president's false claims, according to a new fact check.President Donald Trum...
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