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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I hope folks realize this Bab al-Mandab situation will be much worse than the Strait of Hormuz if it’s not sorted out quickly. And it doesn’t currently look like it will be sorted out quickly.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In case facts still matter
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I am starting to think that maybe the folks that vote for GOP don't actually want a job, they want that $5,000 check instead.
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We've officially reached $6.00 diesel. The new record is $6.05 today on AAA. The national average for gasoline is $4.29. It's hard to believe that all this economic prosperity is just around the corner with fuel prices this high. gasprices.aaa.com
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Since Trump posted this 6 weeks ago, the Houthis have escalated attacks exponentially while Trump has done absolutely nothing. The guy is such a bumbling buffoon that people he threatens just laugh at him now and do it more.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Did we run out of missiles to attack the Houthis with? And totally unrelated, are we using our most advanced missiles against Houthi fishing boats? www.twz.com/air/has-the-...
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Has The U.S. Been Firing AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles In The Middle East?
If budget documents are accurate, employment of stealthy LRASMs in the Middle East would mark the type's first combat use.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
While Trump wants everyone to focus on his fake cash giveaways, this is the single most consequential story of the moment. Iran-backed Houthis just took effective control of the Bab al-Mandeb strait, one of the world’s most important shipping chokepoints.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump announced 17 MONTHS AGO that everyone was going to get $5,000 checks because of DOGE cuts. You got $0.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I think any time it is "Trump's Plan" it is always a joke. But never a funny joke.
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Carol Painter @cpainter1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump's $500 Healthcare Rebate Plan Called 'An Absolute Joke' as Premiums Skyrocket www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...
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Trump's $500 Healthcare Rebate Plan Called 'An Absolute Joke' as Premiums Skyrocket | Common Dreams
"At a time when people are scraping by to keep up with the high cost of groceries, rent, and healthcare, this $500 gimmick won’t even begin to dig them out of the hole that Trump and Republicans creat...
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ken Paxton’s former top cop on why he’s voting for James Talarico: I spent 2 hours with James Talarico. Number one, I saw no deception. He answered all my difficult questions. He didn’t dodge anything. I think he’s the man who needs to go to Washington DC, and Ken Paxton needs to go home.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is the interview Trump’s FCC doesn’t want you to see. We’re not just going up against the most corrupt politician in Texas. We’re going up against this entire corrupt system.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A Democrat should file a bill on Monday for everyone to get $5,000 checks right now to see if Mike Johnson, John Thune and congressional Republicans will advance and pass it. Call their bluff. Pass the bill.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How about this, Trump cancels his trip to Ireland this weekend so he can watch a golf tournament on his course and we take all the tax money we save having to pay for his 168th & 169th day on golf courses this term with 50 Secret Service agents and put it towards stimulus checks.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The situation in the Middle East continues to get WORSE, not better. There is nothing happening at all from the Trump admin to make it better, and there is quite a bit that is happening from Iran and its proxies and allies to make it worse. Trump created a disaster with no plan.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sorry? Not sorry. If you're upset and trying to prevent history from being taught to hide the truth, then fuck your feelings. You learned nothing and are the exact same assholes as your ancestors.
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here’s a handy reference.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED.......
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If the money Trump claims to pay is tied to an election result, it isn’t a “cash payment” or “dividend” or “rebate” or “stimulus.” It is a bribe. Plain and simple. Calling it anything else accepts a false premise and helps Trump and Republicans cover up how corrupt it truly is.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Cannot wait to see how this administration tries to spin this as a good thing.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11/09/2026
BREAKING: U.S. diesel prices soar to a new record of over $6 a gallon, deepening the strain for hauling everyday goods.
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US diesel prices soar past $6 a gallon, deepening strain for hauling everyday goods
Diesel prices in the U.S. has hit yet another record, soaring past $6 a gallon on average as Washington’s war with Iran disrupts the world’s flow of fuel.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Worse than that, in some cases the children are still entitled to support for special education and the zoned public school is on the hook for providing it. So the private school gets the money, the parent gets the voucher, and the public school gets stuck with the bill of providing services.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Unfortunately they don't even need to give examples. Simply saying it was good enough to give the pro school choice crowd some cover to feel good about their vote.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/09/2026
NEW: To give voucher programs a toehold in state legislatures, politicians touted how students with disabilities would gain access to private education. But those students’ families often have the hardest time finding schools that will accept them.
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Vouchers Promise Students With Disabilities a Path to Private School. Parents Say That’s Not the Reality.
To give voucher programs a toehold in state legislatures, politicians touted how students with disabilities would gain access to private education. But those students’ families often have the hardest ...
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Garthtoons by Garth German @garthtoons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I still haven’t gotten my other checks. Follow for more cartoons!
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Mike Rogers left his home in Florida to try to get to Michigan and somehow ended up in Dallas...let's help him out!
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Come Home, Mike
Help Mike Rogers find his way from Florida back to Michigan. He hasn't managed it yet.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Deliberately crashing the American economy—costing American families well over $5,000 each—and then promising to pay those families back $5,000 but *only if* they keep letting him abuse them and the country for two more years... ...is some *seriously* dark, domestic-abuser shit.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's not a real political party, folks It just isn't
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I did not think Ross Ulbricht was a name a lot of people would have known, but then the GOP brings him out and puts him on stage. They are making it easy to make him well known and to tie him to the GOP.
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sec. of Energy Chris Wright falsely claimed Pres. Biden and CA Gov. Gavin Newsom shut down refineries. He also said the record high cost of diesel is caused in part by Russia's diminished refinery capacity. Trump said he would end the Ukraine War before he was sworn in.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What happened to that free gas and diesel from Venezuela? Didn't Trump tell Wright about that?
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
When you've lost Desantis...
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This and the chart version of it should be the reply any time a republican says fiscal responsibility. Have it on a sign, Coyote style, just hold it up until they stop saying it.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Yeah, but what about the price of those eggs?
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Would trying to bribe people to vote for you with $5,000 count as a warning sign?
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Whatever happened to that party of fiscal responsibility?
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Good thing the US is well positioned to provide funding and medical support to help contain this... Oh whoops.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
My first thought was WTF and then my second thought was, "Oh, that's right we want that beach front property in Cuba and need a reason."
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
What a bunch of crap from him. The GOP cannot govern and have never had an interest governing, just collecting power and money.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
And the same people that believed that "day 1" BS when they said it before 2024 will believe this same BS now going into 2026.
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 16/07/2026
Epstein survivor: We urge Senators Tillis and Cornyn to vote no on Todd Blanche’s nomination.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
REP. @aoc.bsky.social on #MissingMitch McConnell: “People just go missing without explanation?? I don’t even know how this is legal. The line has been crossed. This is not normal. At all.” (From @therecount.com )
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Tonight the Senate is voting to start debate on the annual defense bill. It's essentially an Iran War authorization bill. A totally unprecedented 50% increase in spending to fund the war without any meaningful restraints. I'm voting NO.
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NPR @npr.org · 14/07/2026
Several states have ballot measures this year that could raise the thresholds needed to pass state constitutional amendments. Many advocates are critical of such limits on direct democracy. n.pr/4w22noH
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Some states will ask voters to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments
Several states have ballot measures this year that could raise the thresholds needed to pass state constitutional amendments. Many advocates are critical of such limits on direct democracy.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
You cannot let those pesky voters votes for things they want. If you do they will for vote things like higher minimum wage and sick leave. fox4kc.com/news/gov-keh...
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Gov. Kehoe repeals voter-approved changes to Missouri’s minimum wage, sick leave law
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe on Thursday signed House Bill 567, repealing the voter-approved changes to the state’s minimum wage and sick leave laws.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Being able to project enough power to collect a passage fee seems pretty long term. Hope his supporters are happy about that.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Participating in this sanctioned corruption and the threat of $1000 day fines for not following the law and releasing the Epstein files better come up repeatedly in his confirmation hearings.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A lot of sound bites from this guy, but he does not seem to be doing much to make any lasting change from his remaining time in office.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I do not want to get on the stolen election bandwagon, but it seems like every accusation from the GOP is an admission of guilt and they sure are throwing out some pretty crazy accusations about the elections being rigged.
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lantern3691.bsky.social @lantern3691.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Weird they are launching this in the middle of the week. I thought they liked to do strikes over the weekend so they could have a ceasefire in place by Monday so it did not affect the markets so much. Anybody been watching Kalshi or Polymarket to see if that is where the action is this time?
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