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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h
> @techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/p...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h
BREAKING: The Federal Reserve's independent watchdog said it found no reasonable grounds to believe there was a violation of federal law — despite Trump's claims — in that multibillion-dollar renovation project Jerome Powell led that drew short-lived scrutiny from prosecutors.
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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 7h
The deaths, along with eight attempted suicides in the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group, illustrate a systemic problem in the U.S. Navy, families say. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
8 sailors died by suicide at Oklahoma base in one year, Navy confirms
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Hegseth: "Project Meridian will be co-led by three of our nation's best minds: Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich"
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 6h
Mark Carney’s stand against Trump leads to Nobel Peace Prize and Time Person of the Year buzz The Nobel Committee can pull off the greatest troll of the year. #theFeloniousPOTUS will be sulking for months. apnews.com/article/carn...
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Mark Carney's stand against Trump leads to Nobel Peace Prize and Time Person of the Year buzz
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has built a global profile by standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump.
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by ‘Nazis’” ‘My party is being infiltrated by people like Bo French. Nick Fuentes goes to Dallas and meets with a bunch of Republican leaders. This guy is a Nazi.” www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
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Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My first mortgage jumped from 6% to over 9% because of the first Iraq war. Thanks to #theFeloniousPOTUS and his idiotic war with Iran we will be seeing those levels sooner than later. Everything old is new again.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dennis Haskins, who played Mr. Belding on Saved by the Bell, has died. He was 75.
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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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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JUST FILED: Sitting behind her desk in central North Carolina, Amy Beros warned me: “It’s really hard for people in the United States to understand the scale……” of what’s about to unfold macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/they-dont-...
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski said that he expects that high inflation and flat traffic will continue to weigh on the restaurant industry.” Prices will keep going up, especially after the elections when the Idiot-in-Chief restarts the war. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/23/m...
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McDonald's CEO expects high inflation, lackluster traffic are here to stay
McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said that he expects that high inflation and flat traffic will continue to weigh on the restaurant industry.
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Paul Krugman: ‘It’s “Underwear on the Outside” Time’ ‘Trump’s continuing downward spiral into sundowning’ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-underw...
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It’s “Underwear on the Outside” Time
Trump’s continuing downward spiral into sundowning
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wise men read all they can find on a subject, particularly by experts. They analyze what they read to form an opinion. Of course there are morons like Tommy Tuberville 👇. “Tuberville says he avoids reading to maintain his own opinion” www.alternet.org/tommy-tuberv...
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Tuberville says he avoids reading to maintain his 'own opinion'
Capitol Hill reporter Matt Laslo had a conversation with Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) in which the gubernatorial candidate revealed he doesn't
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#FL27 @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Finally, a truthful “Truth” from the Idiot-in-Chief.
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Unfortunately, it is all but certain that this👇 horrible know-nothing will win her election in November. I am, however, pretty sure she will be a one-term Congresswoman. The only things she will do in that time is cause chaos, give Democrats heartburn, and try to destroy Israel.
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 25/09/2026
‘The pace at which US yields ripped above 5 per cent was unnatural and comparable in recent years only with the short but brutal market shock from Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs in April last year. Market insiders say this was a sign of distress.’ www.ft.com/content/4acb...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“.. Obviously, this will require hard choices about where and how we deploy our resources and investments, including our staffing investments and how we work will look different in the months and years ahead,” Gutierrez writes in the memo @deadline.com $DIS deadline.com/2026/09/disn...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 25/09/2026
New Jersey's Democratic lieutenant governor resigned Friday after the governor demanded he step down over accusations of inappropriate behavior with women and ethics lapses. to.pbs.org/4rzpmWU
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New Jersey’s lieutenant governor resigns after sexual harassment and ethics complaints
Gov. Mikie Sherrill had given Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell until Friday to bring an end to a scandal that threatened to be a drag on her fledgling administration.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 26/09/2026
Tasia Fortune was apparently killed in a drug dispute before her body was hung in a tree in a "staged" lynching behind an abandoned home in the Mississippi capital this summer, a detective testified Friday. to.pbs.org/4ybxAXD
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Mississippi police say Tasia Fortune's hanging was 'staged' after her death in a drug dispute
Authorities haven’t disclosed the exact cause of Fortune’s death, but they did rule it a homicide and have arrested two men, both of them Black, on murder charges. They also issued an arrest warrant f...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero. The Trump admin claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens had been registered to vote in Nevada. Then DHS came back and said the number was actually 185. This week, Nevada told the admin every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 26/09/2026
This week marks two years that Iranian American journalist Reza Valizadeh has been detained in Iran. to.pbs.org/4ysbcJC
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Wrongfully detained Iranian American journalist remains jailed in Iran after 2 years
This week marks two years that Iranian American journalist Reza Valizadeh has been detained in Iran. For a decade, he worked for Radio Farda — an independent, but U.S.-funded Farsi-language news servi...
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Congratulations to Kaitlan Collins. She is clearly excelling at her job as a journalist under very tough circumstances.
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
7.26% mortgage rates... matches the January 2025 peak
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We are governed by morons.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions and corroborating docs reviewed by WaPo.
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‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues
James McCrery II resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump brushed off the concerns and said that no building codes apply to White House construction. "I am the code," Trump said.
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
30yr yield touched its highest level since June 2004 today.. 5.424%
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Senator Collins is not concerned . Not even a little bit. “The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way” www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BBC’s anti-Israel bias is alive and well. BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen admits Gaza hospital report was inaccurate” “The veteran BBC journalist also said he ‘doesn't regret one thing’ about his reporting” www.thejc.com/news/bbc-int...
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BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen admits Gaza hospital report was inaccurate - The Jewish Chronicle
The veteran BBC journalist also said he ‘doesn't regret one thing’ about his reporting
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NAACP president Derrick Johnson: “Donald Trump’s move to ban professional journalists who deliver the facts every day from the White House can only be described as authoritarian”
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is the voting regime #theFeloniousPOTUS would like to have. Keep him and the #GuardiansOfPedophiles in power no matter how badly they screw the country over.
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 21/09/2026
“This is exactly the painful trade-off between employment and inflation that stagflationary shocks always impose on a central bank. Unfortunately, in environments like that, the only way back is the hard way.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Fed’s Goolsbee Says Road to 2% Inflation May Not Be Painless
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee warned the central bank cannot ignore repeated and persistent supply shocks, and must respond in a way that may cause economic hardship.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: It's official. MS NOW, CNN, and Politico have filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin after Trump banned the outlets from covering the White House.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/09/2026
A 29-year-old man armed with a shotgun opened fire on a police officer stationed outside an Ontario synagogue during Yom Kippur, triggering a shootout involving as many as 30 shots, the province's police watchdog said Monday. to.pbs.org/4hHVCCT
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Up to 30 shots fired after man opened fire on officer outside Ontario synagogue
A 29-year-old man opened fire on a police officer outside an Ontario synagogue during Yom Kippur, leading to a shootout with up to 30 shots fired.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“.. Some people might think, wow, this is really, really cool, and the technology is really cool,” Ms. Anderson said. “But people around here, we’re thinking, ‘Ugh, is there anything we can do to stop this?’ We can’t live like this.” @nytimes.com $AMZN www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
First he linked his gaudy ballroom to national security by claiming it would have a drone port on its roof. Now, faced with opposition to his inane monstrosity of an arch, he is putting not just drones but snipers on top of it. Who is our Idiot-in-Chief preparing to fight?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“.. the latest indication that neither Ukraine nor Russia has signed up to an energy truce that US President Donald Trump claimed on Sept. 14 had been agreed ..” @bloomberg.com ⛽️ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“What ‘Naza’ really means: The truth about collateral damage The filmmakers mistook the IDF’s system for limiting civilian casualties for something far darker. They should have asked me; I helped build it” blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-truth-ab...
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The Blogs: What ‘Naza’ really means: The truth about collateral damage
The filmmakers mistook the IDF’s system for limiting civilian casualties for something far darker. They should have asked me; I helped build it
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Fox poll: Registered voters trust Democrats more than Republicans on inflation (by 15 points), large AI data centers (+14), corruption (+11), and foreign policy (+10).
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Civil rights groups and labor unions have sued the Trump admin — asserting that its aggressive immigration enforcement and suggestions that it could send armed agents to polling sites amounted to voter intimidation and violated the Voting Rights Act.
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Civil Rights Groups Sue to Keep Armed Agents Away From Voting Sites
The lawsuit argues that the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and suggestions that it could send agents to polling stations violate the Voting Rights Act.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Statement from the Radio Television Digital News Association:
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What? A sudden 30% decline in national housing prices would be a sign we're in like a serious depression. After the housing bubble burst in 2006/2007, national house prices fell "only" 27% peak to trough fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CSUSH...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
WaPo Exclusive: More American service members have died during the Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly. Five of the officials said there have been at least 22 military fatalities — four more than what appears in the Pentagon's public database.
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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 19/09/2026
The military is being buffeted by huge materiel losses and is actually hiding war casualties but Hegseth is obsessed with fitness and his men's penises.
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theaddledmind.bsky.social @theaddledmind.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit” arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
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For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit
The United States now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force."
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