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Ms. Turnstiles

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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 13h
Good to know Republicans think the soaring cost of gas, groceries, housing, and healthcare is just a “little thing.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13h
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14h
Unsurprisingly the Russians are paying off the Americans to take their side in the Russia’s criminal war of aggression. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 20h
The #corruption and cozying up to dictators is mind boggling. #trump #midterms www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Daily Reminder: SOCIAL SECURITY IS OUR MONEY!
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Love this 👇
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Under Secretary Hegseth’s new plan, servicemen with low blood alcohol levels will be required to undergo vodka replacement therapy.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
phew glad that contentious issue was settled
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Very weird goings on in Bolivia this morning, as local press says the Trump administration is reaching to extreme measures to shut down the criminal probe into Fernando Cerimedo and Brad Parscale and their operation MAGA SUR. No press coverage of any of this in US corporate media, of course.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hardly a surprise Hegseth is saying this stuff so publicly now, when one of the Pentagon influencers has: • Called women a "pestilence" • Praised dictators like Pinochet and Franco • Said only people with children should be allowed vote www.wired.com/story/a-pent...
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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don’t think it’s low IQ. And that makes it worse.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15).
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pete Hegseth prepares for general purge of all women, Blacks and Hispanics from the general officer ranks of the military service branches. thehill.com/policy/defen...
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Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, two Penta…
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Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The tougher it gets, the cooler I get!" Paul Szep on Nixon lashing out at the press amid his many scandals, October 1973.
Cartoon shows a press briefing room with Nixon taking hold of a member of the press, holding him down on the ground, and shaking him.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
(AXIOS) - Iowa is on the verge of a farm crisis that threatens to wreck the agricultural heart of the state .. @axios.com #IAsen www.axios.com/2026/09/29/i...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Whether it’s Benjamin Netanyahu empowering Hamas, presiding over a massive intelligence failure that let them kill 1,200 Israelis on October 7th, and then killing 74,000 Palestinians in response or Zohran Mamdani pointing out that he did this, both men have fueled their bitter feud.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I haven’t even been dealing with any particular insurance thing recently but the sheer insanity of this system just keeps popping into my head
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
everything we have we don’t need
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God @thegodshow.com · 29/09/2026
Is he serious
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Trinnitie Mimi Hyovalti @tmh76.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is about as insane as it gets. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump asked China's president if he wants to buy US arms, ambassador says
The U.S. ambassador to China says President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States.
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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
He wants to sell what to who now?
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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atleast1000snakes @atleast1000snakes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
every ai “announcement” is just a rich pervert saying they invented an even finer grit for the brain-smoothing machine
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Ms. Turnstiles @msturnstiles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Are you reading the excellent "Involuntary Departure," newsletter by @skiramen.bsky.social? If not, you should be. dankowalski.substack.com/p/a-mass-inf...
A pinkish/reddish ball cap with the words "Less Talking More Reading" stitched in white on the crown.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
look close and you can see Natalie Harp boarding Marine One to travel with Trump today #TravelWithNatalie
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Ms. Turnstiles @msturnstiles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm adding this book, by Kelly Lytle Hernández, UCLA professor of history, to my to-read stack: Racist by Design, published by @wwnorton.com dankowalski.substack.com/p/racist-by-...
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Racist by Design
Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What sort of a bamboozingly story is this you are telling me?
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Middlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Regina George: Stop Trying to Make Fetch Happen
ALT: Regina George: Stop Trying to Make Fetch Happen
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pay attention to Cornell’s complicity in gang rape on its campus. www.wonkette.com/p/is-writing...
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Is Writing An Essay An Appropriate Punishment For Gang Rape? Cornell Is About To Find Out!
A former student has filed a lawsuit against the university for the way they handled her assault.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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Ms. Turnstiles @msturnstiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Making America Sick Again Big thanks to the regime, and its nepo baby go-to "health" guy.
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Ms. Turnstiles @msturnstiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Even Robert McNamara didn't call it the Department of War.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Walk. Out.
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Ms. Turnstiles @msturnstiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Because you're mine, I walk the line"? Maybe not. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlDT... www.jefftiedrich.com/p/we-could-a...
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walking wut
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Ms. Turnstiles @msturnstiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Does this copter make my butt look big? www.youtube.com/watch?v=akpf... www.jefftiedrich.com/p/we-could-a...
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junk in the wut
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Tomás Murray @tomasjmurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s George’s birthday tomorrow.
George Gershwin
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
1. The thing about Donald Trump is that he's bad at being president. I don't mean tyrannical or fascist or criminal or corrupt. Those adjectives obviously apply, but I mean *just plain bad*.
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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nolan Wells was murdered and his killers are free
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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
1973 Topps Willie Mays Baseball Card #MLB #Mets #Legend #LGM
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Joan of Snark @joanofsnark3.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is not good. responsiblestatecraft.org/defense-poli...
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Half of new Pentagon advisory board works for military industry
Among the new members are a former senator now employed by Saudi Arabia and a VC with large defense investments
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Ms. Turnstiles @msturnstiles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
George, just after reading that they've broken ground on the Sniper Ammo Locker/Triumphal Arch.
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Joyce Glennon @jglennon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b...
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Trump Officials May Undo Nursing Home Mandates for Reporting Covid (Gift Article)
The agency led by Dr. Mehmet Oz is proposing an end to weekly tracking of respiratory infections at the facilities where thousands of elderly residents died in the pandemic.
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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Politico: Trump is airing a pro-Trump midterms ad on TV that -includes “paid for by the U.S. government” disclaimer text -features a song by an artist who says they didn’t approve it’s use and are now looking for a lawyer
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Trump administration launches pro-Trump TV ad ahead of midterms
The 30-second ad, apparently paid for by U.S. tax dollars, features photos and videos of Trump, the American flag and military aircraft.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
vandals plot to desecrate all historical landmarks in nations capital
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every one of these people view their positions in the government as an opportunity to cash in on multiple grifts while traveling the world and having a great time at our expense.
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