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notthatkindofdoctor @notthatkindofdoctor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h
Watching basic white people treat trans kids like the kids with HIV in the 1990s is wild and shameful. Spend the money and effort on reducing child abuse. Actual child abuse, like the Christians love to do. Forced religious participation should be banned. If a school child has first amendment […]
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/10/2026
In case facts still matter — we have abandoned Ukraine in favor of Putin Russia was never a hoax
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 21/10/2026
Can shoot a heat ray from 1/2 mile away Cruelty is the point. “Pentagon has given the DHS permission to test a military-grade heat ray and develop tactics to potentially use it in operations at the southern US border, according to a memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last month”
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Pentagon grants DHS permission to test heat ray weapon for potential use at border | CNN Politics
The Pentagon has given the Department of Homeland Security permission to test a military-grade heat ray and develop tactics to potentially use it in operations at the southern US border, according to ...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 20/10/2026
Holy cow. The Guinea-Bissau offices of the two Danish researchers who were funded by RFK Jr. to conduct an unethical experiment with the HepB vaccine just had their offices raided and vaccines seized by the police. Great work on reporting this story once again by @melodyschreiber.com.
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RFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-Bissau
Police seize doses of hepatitis B vaccine from people at center of dispute over research on African newborns
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20/10/2026
If this is accurate, Elon lied about not having control over Starshield, and he lied about the administration making the decision. More importantly, why is a private citizen even *able* to make decisions that could hinder US military operations?
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 21/10/2026
And Acton, a true survivor, is emerging as even a stronger, more successful woman. She freaking testified at 12 years old!
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 21/10/2026
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/10/2026
My brain cannot process this level of corruption. She was being paid $50 million to engineer a pardon from Trump *while working at the Justice Department* as a "Special Government Employee." And it worked. He got the pardon, and she got the money. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...
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A Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal. (Gift Article)
Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.
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Ben Pate 🤘🏻 @benpate.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026
If someone asks you why they should join the Fediverse.. If any local politician, library, park, or museum asks you why they should be on the Fediverse.. www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/1… The big platforms have […]
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 19/10/2026
Just now, WaPo: "After Trump announced his admin would transform the E Potomac Golf Links into a professional golf venue, Judge Ana Reyes summoned officials to testify about whether the government has been plotting the renovation even while swearing in court that no decisions had been made"
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19/10/2026
There's a really telling detail in WSJ's story of Katie Zacharia's implosion. I think a lot of people On Here think she had no TV experience. She did!! She had been All The Time since Trump made her a Truth Social flack (which she may be). I tracked her CLOSELY b4. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Rather than lobby for the job, Zacharia tracked Trump’s Truth Social posts and channeled them during her near-daily Fox News hits. Some of Zacharia’s allies did, however, lobby to put the 41-year-old political commentator behind the lectern, including Newsmax host Greg Kelly, according to a friend of Zacharia’s. Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who had hired Zacharia as a spokesperson, said she told the president she would be “fantastic,” texting to congratulate him on a “great choice.”

A senior press aide showed Trump clips of Zacharia defending the president on Fox News, according to a senior White House official.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 19/10/2026
#SCOTUS denies certiorari in the two appeals by Guantánamo military commission defendants who were seeking to have their (vacated) plea agreements restored. So we can continue proceeding toward a capital trial that is likely to never happen...
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 19/10/2026
Judge: "I'm the one who decides what's relevant"
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 19/10/2026
"Once the money comes to the company here, I will arrange the donation to Kennedy Centre [sic], and you'll be joining the VIP events and get close with the administration, even with POTUS," the May 3, 2025, text says. Grenell has called the accusations "lies" and denied sending the text message"
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19/10/2026
BBC snitches on Trump for blowing off a deposition Friday claiming matters of national importance, which turned out to be campaigning for Mike Collins. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
As the Motion explains, Plaintiff President Donald J. Trump’s deposition was, after
much foot-dragging, initially scheduled for October 16, 2026. On September 28, 2026,
however, Plaintiff’s counsel informed the BBC that “the President is no longer available for his
deposition on October 16 due to other matters of national importance.” See ECF 181-2 at 3.
Plaintiff’s claim to be unavailable on any date before the close of discovery led the BBC to file
its Motion. On October 16, the Court granted that Motion (ECF 182) and set the issue for
hearing on October 22.
The BBC submits this Notice to raise newly available information regarding the
“matters of national importance” that Plaintiff claimed kept him from his scheduled deposition.
As the BBC now knows, on October 16, Plaintiff attended and addressed a campaign rally in
Dalton, Georgia, alongside Plaintiff’s favored candidates in Georgia’s upcoming U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections.1
 Plaintiff subsequently traveled to his resort club and residence at
Mar-a-Lago for a Republican National Committee fundraising event.2
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 18/10/2026
a norwegian on Threads posted this and i just don’t know how much more clearly we can emphasize how much Americans are being ripped off by our system which is built to concentrate wealth at the top
Cost of Living:
Seattle vs Oslo
A couple with children. Parents in their mid-30s.
Dual income (median), two children aged 1 and 3.
threads.com/@trond_solberg71
Seattle
Oslo
Dual income
221 579 1)
Median couples w/children income for 2024
1757134)
Median couples w/children income for 2024
Income taxes
45 7762)
20,7% tax rate. Federal + FICA. No state, no local tax in King County.
44 953
Calculated. Effective tax rate: 25,6%. Includes
"social security tax" of 7,7%.
After tax income
175 803
Calculated from the income and tax numbers.
130 760
(4)
Median after tax income for families w/childrer
Childcare
41 280
(3)
Current number
5565 5)
Capped by law (max fee + sibling discount.
Much cheaper from 2025.
Healthcare
15 240
3)
Employee share of premiums and out-of-pocket.
668
6)
Max out-of-pocket for public health services for two adults in 2024. Children are free.
Housing
32 6523)
29 398 7)
Basic living costs
47 040 3)
Food, transportation, other necessities.
Includes sales tax.
421208)
Food, transportation, other necessities.
Includes sales tax.
"Life money"
39 591
53 009
2024 numbers retrieved and currency conversions done on Feb 11th/12th, 2026.
All numbers converted to USD for readability. Comparison is based on real local costs, not PPP estimates.
Sources:
1) https://data.census.gov/table?q=B19125:+Median+Family+Income+in+the+Past+12+Months+(in+2024+Inflation-
Adjusted+Dollars)+by+Presence+of+Own+Children+Under+18+Years&g=160XX00US5363000&y=2024
2) https://smartasset.com/taxes/income-taxes
3) https://www.epi.org/resources/budget/budget-map/
4) https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06944
5) https://www.udir.no/regelverk-og-tilsyn/barnehage/foreldrebetaling/
6) https://www.helsenorge.no/en/payment-for-health-services/exemption-card-for-public-health-services/
7) https://www.ssb.no/priser-og-prisindekser/boligpriser-og-boligprisindekser/statistikk/leiemarkedsundersokelsen
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 18/10/2026
Boston Globe: “Shawn Oliver, GOP nom for lt gov, charged w drunk driving after he drove into 5 parked vehicles late Saturday night.. flipping his own vehicle. Michael Minogue, GOP nom for gov & Oliver’s running mate, called on him to suspend his campaign w just over 2 wks til Election Day”
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 18/10/2026
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 18/10/2026
Yeah, the problem with the tweet *wasn’t* that it violated “CBS News standards.”
Tweet from Jan Crawford Greenberg:

“Earlier, I tweeted a video from an Abdul El-Sayed town hall. I deleted that tweet because it was a violation of CBS News standards. I apologize.”
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026
Read the backstory on “Tommy”. More important: watch the video of El-Sayed to the end. Really significant moment for US Constitutional democracy. www.thehandbasket.co/p/tommy-teepel…
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'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist ties
Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 18/10/2026
👀 “Katie Zacharia posted 2 photos that appear to have been digitally modified to conceal an image on Trump’s Oval Office desk...blurred image..on desk.
..appeared to be E. Potomac Park where Trump wants to make major changes to a fed owned golf course —initiative that is subject of lawsuit”
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Zacharia posts altered photos of Trump’s Oval Office desk
Advocates for East Potomac Park said they believe a blurred image on the president’s desk is of a golf course at the center of a legal fight.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 18/10/2026
BS. This “worked” exactly “as it should”… for Meta.
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Aure Free Press :verified: @free-press.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026
BETRAYAL BY TRUMP Trump signed an executive order waiving the key sanctions in the Lindsey Graham sanctions package. He wrote: "I am hereby waiving the application of such sanctions, restrictions, and duties provided for in the Graham Act. I have submitted to […] [Original post on mstdn.social]
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PublicNews.world Feed @publicnewsfeed.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026
European diplomats attacked by Israeli settlers in West Bank The Israeli military condemns the violence but the prime minister's office says it is part of a "smear" campaign. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c962ydp… #IsraelNews #News #Palestine […]
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Take THAT, Meta. #NoKings
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
🧵 #NoKings
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
👇🏼 #NoKings
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
#NoKings
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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
This is about Trump Administration conflicts of interest that resulted in "the GENIUS Act, that would become the first real #crypto law in American history.": www.adamkinzinger.com/p/breaking-tr… copy: @renewedresistance #politics 2/2
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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
Kyle Griffin: "Trump officials scrutinized Rep. Ilhan Omar in 2019. They did not find any citizenship issues. The earlier review of Omar's immigration records looked at many of the same issues that are being investigated now" by Trump Administration political hacks.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
#NoKings Grow this. Knock their socks off. Prepare to VOTE EARLY.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
"A federal appeals court panel sounded deeply skeptical Friday about Trump’s effort to invalidate the Watergate-era law that governs presidential records — and played a central role in the criminal charges he faced for hoarding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago."
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
"Trump admin admits painting Eisenhower building would harm landmark Fed officials found they could clean the building & improve its lighting w/o harming its character. But WH still wants to paint granite... The reason: Trump wants the building to look more like the WH next door"
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Trump administration admits painting Eisenhower building would harm landmark
Officials found they could clean the building and improve its lighting without harming its character. But the White House favors covering its granite in paint.
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
“Two months of discovery remaining, the #BBC still has not been able to depose, & does not even have a schedule to depose, the most central figure in this case: Plaintiff himself,” attorney Charles D. Tobin wrote in the filing. “Those delays have flouted the cooperative spirit of discovery & […]
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
#EpsteinFiles
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
#GaetzGate redux! "Two women have filed a federal civil lawsuit accusing former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz and two others of participating in an alleged sex trafficking scheme involving young women, drugs and traveling across state lines."
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Alexander Karn @xankarn.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
Teaching James Whitman's book, Hitler's American Model, in my "War and Holocaust" class today. In 1934, at a meeting of Nazi lawyers who were convened to translate Hitler's racial ideology into law, the was a lengthy discussion of American law. The most virulent racists at this meeting were the […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
"I suggest the social action: shame. Shame these people. Their actions are shameful. AI bros hate being shamed and they try to make rules against shaming — because shame works. None of these people doing shameful things deserve a place in polite company. They should be shamed for their shameful […]
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
They SEIZED HER PHONE???? This would be a constitutional crisis if we had three operating branches of government, instead of all three doing whatever Trump wants.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Everything out of his mouth is a lie and/or projection/confession. Everything.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
If the investigation is out of MN it means it is run by the very same HSI agents who have been lying over and over to judges. If they got a warrant in DC anyway, it's all the more problematic.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Oooo... do it, judge! 🧵
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Because of course
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Oh nothing. Just the FBI Director Hatch Acting.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Watchdog time! "The Campaign for Acttability has filed a complaint w Calif State Bar asking for investigation into Katie Zacharia over her claims she is a lawyer after reports surfaced that she is not licensed to practice law in any state. .. it’s an act that California law treats as a crime"
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Watchdog files complaint against Zacharia with California bar
The Campaign for Accountability has filed a complaint with the California State Bar Association asking for an investigation into White House press secretary Katie Zacharia over her claims that she …
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Oh hell yes. Keep 'em coming
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
SpaceX is now requesting 456 launches per year from Boca Chica public-inspection.federalregister.g… As my colleague pointed out, that's more than the current launch rate for the world (245 launches so far this year according to […]
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Via @deanbaker13.bsky.social "Trivia point on CPI: If not for a reported 5% drop in year-over-year car insurance prices, inflation for the last year would have been 3.9%"
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Aure Free Press :verified: @free-press.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
PM Meloni: We must be aware that the surge in fuel prices is driven primarily by the war involving Iran, not the conflict in Ukraine. Legitimacy for Moscow while its bombs continue to fall on Ukrainian cities, new revenue to finance the war, and an implicit […] [Original post on mstdn.social]
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“Trump was set to be deposed Friday in a defamation lawsuit he filed against the BBC, but his lawyers recently canceled the session and said he is unavailable through at least mid-December. The BBC is asking a judge to force Trump to set a firm date to submit to questioning in the case.”
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