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Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialWilliamHaugh @williamhaugh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026static.klipy.comStarving Alien Creature Close-UpALT: Starving Alien Creature Close-Up 49199393219
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026> @cnbc.com #Tariffs www.cnbc.com/2026/10/08/i... 11133181195
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Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.wapo.stTrump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policyThe purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk. 6238231391
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialTabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I feel like the President of the United States overtly trying to incite a pogrom should have resulted in a news alert or something. 530349
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Trump says the Kennedy Center is too dangerous to walk into Unless you play in the National Symphony, which rehearses there most weekdays @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG are still in court w/ @repbeatty.bsky.social. Say one thing, do another, as we told @nytimes.com👇 -TNnytimes.comIf the Kennedy Center Is ‘Dangerous,’ Why Is the Symphony Rehearsing There?The National Symphony Orchestra is practicing inside a building that President Trump and his allies say could fall on their heads. 9534211207
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 08/10/2026Each day it seems this White House finds time for corruption. With Kimberly Guilfoyle, we have another case of someone close to the Trump family appointed to a post and using their influence to leverage personal financial gain. I break down all of the texts in today's show (link in comments) 521928502
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There are 4 official FBI interview reports, but only 3 unredacted handwritten notes of the alleged 13-year old victim of Epstein & Trump were submitted to the judge in my case. The missing note’s link to South Carolina & how Todd Blanche has yet to explain where it is: youtu.be/5TEPxgVe18E?...youtu.beNew BOMBSHELL Reporting Reveals MISSING FBI NOTES In MY Epstein Lawsuit!?!YouTube video by Katie Phang 9429961266
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialHarry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 09/10/20267 shots fired. 4 pm in afternoon. At a car with 5-year old in it. Can’t use deadly force except in response to imminent threat of death of serious bodily injury. As in, from what we know, a blatantly illegal shooting. That’s without regard to victim’s criminal record. 7 Shots Fired. 25960331
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“…most commonly carried out in a handful of countries including Iran, North Korea and the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan. “releasing video of executions is most often associated with extremist militant groups like the Islamic State...” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...nytimes.comFort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon SaysIf carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history. 37127671094
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Umm, *I was the “somebody”! www.c-span.org/clip/house-c... 342573421
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” (Published Dec. 2025)propublica.orgAfter Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death. 521779941
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialBrown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Suggesting another country come and bomb two American cities? 512139
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialBuck Liberty @alpinealtd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Government We Don't Need (R.). 1372581941
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialSassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 09/10/2026 281022326
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This thing has made me go do a lot of reading tonight, and the Wikipedia page about the last public execution in the United States is well-written. It was Rainey Bethea, a Black man hanged in front of a crowd of 20,000 in 1936, a spectacle which embarrassed Kentucky enough that they ended hangings. 412384827
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 08/10/2026What is going on with our president? Calling people "THE ENEMY" for exercising their First Amendment rights is deeply disturbing. That's what autocratic leaders do, not American leaders. Doing so for such a trivial, vain matter is just nutty. 4002661658
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4093486410505
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What an amazing event yesterday! Tom Morello brought together Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, and so many others at the Power to the People festival to speak up against Trump and remind us this country belongs to all of us. 643732668
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point? 1352201727089
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026For some of the accounts, it’s very clear they’re impounding them to death. Not just illegally cutting the programs, but illegally ending the activity altogether. Suffice it to say, the president is not legally allowed to simply not carry out laws he doesn’t support. 753195
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Russ Vought just sent a rescissions request to Congress, signaling he intends to illegally impound funds. The $810 million highlighted in this “request” (but this is a pretext to just illegally impound the funds) is not the exhaustive list of many billions of dollars he’s impounding this year. 32973408
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialWolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Most corrupt president and administration in the history of the USA .. (cartoon David Horsey) 6622651010
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialStevenof1 @stevenof1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just a Reminder... 26864562005
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social. 10160421674
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026CARTOON OF THE DAY… 408127205450
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Wait, a man who drove his wife to suicide by proving how popular he is with the ladies stole money from black kids for their health to fund an entourage to prove how important he is? It's *almost* as if RFK, Jr. is a truly horrible, insecure person!wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 627117884551
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialNewshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 25/09/2026He doesn’t care if he loses the election because he plans to steal it if he can. He can’t! We won’t let him. 38072662574
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizensNevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens. 695155566368
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Must read piece from @nlanard.bsky.social 01511
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialHuffPost @huffpost.com · 22/09/2026Now leading HuffPost: 702216814
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Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialRaw Story @rawstory.com · 23/09/2026Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s ballooning security costs were partly covered by money from an office created to fight Black infant deaths.bit.lyRFK Jr.'s soaring bodyguard costs covered with money for fighting infant deaths: WSJHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s ballooning security costs were partly covered by money from an office created to fight Black infant deaths.According to a Wall Street Journal article published on Tuesday, the Department of Health and Human Services told congressional appropriators earlier th... 85946
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Navatek’s CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts, according to an internal company email reviewed by ProPublica." 1172227882
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Brooke Rollins: If beef is too expensive, you can eat chicken, eggs, other great sources of protein. 33435583
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026I thought it was the democrats that were going to ban hamburgers 1732010409
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialMiko.The.Cat @mikothecat2025.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I have got to admit, he hasn’t sounded this good in decades. 2034763911
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“The temperature on the artificial turf at Nissan Stadium reached 157F (69.4C), according to the Fox broadcast. “‘It was hot as shit, everybody was as hot as shit,’ Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said after his team’s 24-20 win. ‘I didn’t play a snap and I had to get an IV.’ 1421279353
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialTommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Glad to see the news media standing in unison against Trump and for the First Amendment. But they have a lot more work to do… 1102379664
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026Someone tell him that tens of thousands of active duty service members are on food stamps. 299103503165
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.social404 Media @404media.co · 22/09/2026NEW: A high profile hacking group claims it has breached multiple FBI-related services and stolen data “on all FBI employees and applicants.” A representative of the hacking group told 404 Media the data includes FBI agents’ names, home addresses, phone number, and information on their spouse.404media.co‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI EmployeesA sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses. 25725291193
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/09/2026For the first time in recorded history, a sea turtle has nested on the West Coast. Scientists say it is the latest sign of warming ocean waters.nyti.msTropical Sea Turtle Lays Eggs on Southern California BeachIt’s the first time in recorded history that a sea turtle has nested on the West Coast. Scientists say it is the latest sign of warming ocean waters. 418556
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23/09/2026Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon says the DOJ is close to enlisting 1,000 federal election monitors to observe the upcoming midterms. But in a recent interview, Dhillon called the federal officials “observers” instead of “monitors.” Here’s why the distinction is important: demdock.com/4romNad 19409209
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the man ICE shot on Sunday, was sent to a detention center *with a bullet still in his back.* He was reportedly given no pain medication and only sent to a hospital after losing feeling in the left side of his body. ICE’s cruelty knows no bounds.nbcnews.comVenezuelan man shot by ICE in Texas says he’s in pain and still has bullet in his backWilber Rafael Garcés Pérez spoke from detention as lawmakers and advocates said he’s the victim of an ICE shooting and i 982040745
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/09/2026I told ya she did it. 18150001851
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Yikes, @newsweek.com really showing their whole ass here 1801189201
Reposted by @smallpleasures.bsky.socialErin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is human trafficking on a massive scale. 332303783
![Hanna placed the noose around Bethea's neck, adjusted it, and then signaled to Hash to pull the trigger. Instead, Hash, who was drunk, did nothing. Hanna shouted at Hash, "Do it!" A deputy then leaned onto the trigger, which sprang the trap door. citation needed! Bethea fell 8 feet (2.4 m), and his neck was instantly broken.
Afterward, two doctors confirmed he was dead.
His body was taken to Andrew & Wheatley
Funeral Home. Icitation needed! He wanted his body to be sent to his sister in South Carolina so that she could arrange for him to be interred next to his father, but against these wishes, he was buried in a pauper's grave at Owensboro Cemetery (also known as City Cemetery and
"Potter's Field") in Owensboro. 14]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiafwdmp63odeydunst4aizjbnunnu5s26f6bk22yqg6drbdmutqf4)
![It was estimated that a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution.!9! One man, 36-year-old Leonard A. Peters, was killed in a car accident while driving to Owensboro to witness the hanging. Three others, including his wife, were injured. 15. Afterwards, Hanna complained that Hash should not have been allowed to perform the execution in his drunken
condition. Hanna further said it was the worst display he experienced in the 70 hangings he had supervised. citation needed]
The spot where the scaffold stood
(approximately 37.775248° -87.116462°) is now part of a drop-off/pick-up lane in front of the Owensboro Convention Center. citation needed]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreidewrh2r7x4l3whf3llsqoenslqugawxzj3p43gflsa5pd4zqmuhi)
