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maltese mama

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just a housewife. with a maltese (& an inherited & much loved havanese). my heart is hurting for our country.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h
“.. Almost all told me they are angry about Trump’s decision to start a war and spend millions of dollars ornamenting a capital city they will never see.” @theatlantic.com #Arizona www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h
RBADVISERS: “.. CPI, PPI, Import prices, Jobless claims and now Industrial production all suggest the Fed rate hike has done little to slow the economy. Likely more rate hikes ahead.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h
A 52% gain in price. In a year. 🇺🇸 @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 6h
NEW: Elon Musk has assembled a presidential-level field operation this midterm cycle, underscoring the extent to which he has taken over the get-out-the-vote effort for the Republican party. WIRED's tracking his America PAC funding efforts here - read @hugolowell.bsky.social + @dell.bsky.social:
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Elon Musk Is Almost Single-Handedly Funding the Republican Midterms Push
Elon Musk has assembled a presidential-level field operation this midterm cycle, underscoring the extent to which he has taken over the get-out-the-vote effort for the Republican party.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h
“.. Since January 2020, consumer prices in the US have risen at a 4% annualized rate, DOUBLE the Fed's 2% target.” - Bilello #CPI
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 7h
‘A sharp reset in AI expectations could undermine corporate confidence, trigger a pullback in capex and weigh on GDP growth just as higher oil prices, tariffs and tighter immigration restrictions push inflation higher, raising the risk of a stagflationary environment.’ www.apollo.com/wealth/insig...
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 4h
‘The biggest AI companies are racking up potential legal liabilities running into the tens—if not hundreds—of billions of dollars, outpacing the limits on coverage, according to AI and insurance industry insiders.’ www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-r...
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AI Runs Into Its Next Big Obstacle: Insurance
Safety incidents risk exposing AI developers to multibillion-dollar liabilities, with other businesses vulnerable for using the tech.
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 4h
‘The sheer quantity of capital that has flowed into tech suggests that if and when investors decide a large-scale reappraisal is required, it is likely to be bloody. All the more so since much of it has been financed with debt which can turn a reappraisal into a panic.’ www.wsj.com/opinion/ai-m...
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Opinion | The Market’s Rude Reminder on AI
Sooner or later investors will demand returns, and there will be losers.
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 4h
“CoreWeave is absolutely the canary in the coal mine. This is going ​to be a turning point in the pricing and availability and structure of credit that's supporting the AI boom.” www.reuters.com/legal/transa...
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CoreWeave bond rout tests market's math on AI buildout
A sharp decline in CoreWeave's bonds this week is emerging as a test of investors' willingness to keep financing the massive buildout ​of AI infrastructure, as rising borrowing costs and scrutiny of d...
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 3h
U.S. budget deficit swells to almost $2 trillion for fiscal 2026, up 12% in a single year
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U.S. budget deficit swells to almost $2 trillion for fiscal 2026, up 12% in a single year
The Treasury Department published the U.S. budget deficit for the 2026 fiscal year.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h
December oil futures. (via Mercx) ⛽️
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maltese mama @themaltesemama.bsky.social · 4h
😂😂😂
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 4h
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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 23h
Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign:
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Ankylodad @ankylodad.bsky.social · 21h
Yes, this question alone is so much more sophisticated and illuminating than anything I’ve seen from national media
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ThereItGoes @thereitgoes.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The guy who is making a million an hour during his second term or hundreds of thousands depending on how one calculates it, the guy who wants us to pay for his political advertisements and not his pac, that guy takes $10 from people who probably don't have a bank account or much more than $10.
A postal money order for $10.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
20 years after NYT gave up its Enhanced Interrogation euphemism, Patrick Healy still puts access over reality, refusing the word "lie."
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Two ¶¶ from the bio of Catherine Herrera in the FBI Agent lawsuit against Kash Patel for illegally firing them. Remember Iran tried to target Trump in 2024. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
46. In 2018, the FBI promoted Herrera to supervise a team of analysts focused on Iran
counterintelligence. After Iranian general Qasem Soleimani’s death, Herrera’s team helped lead
the FBI’s effort to identify and neutralize potential retaliatory attacks by Iran against the United
States. In that role, Herrera worked with the Secret Service to uncover and prevent assassination
attempts against President Trump.
47. In late 2022, Herrera returned to WFO to serve as the supervisor of the Intelligence
squad. By the time that then-Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Special Counsel Jack
Smith to oversee the Plasmic Echo investigation in November 2022, Herrera and approximately
half of the Intelligence squad had been assigned to support the Special Counsel’s Office full-time.
By mid-2024, the members of Herrera’s team had largely wound down their work on Plasmic Echo
and returned to working on counterespionage cases.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
There's still a ton of military stuff at what used to be Rome AFB. To not know that should be DQing.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Oh. Zampolli's out.
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New: Paolo Zampolli has been dismissed from his position at the State Department, according to a U.S. official. 

“Paolo was notified today that his status as an envoy has been terminated and he is no longer a government employee,” the official said.

Zampolli is a longtime friend of President Trump & first introduced him to Melania. The firing comes on the heels of Politico's report re: his months long feud with Deputy Sec of State Landau.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 15/10/2026
This is extremely entertaining:
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 21h
Trump and Elon are killing Ukrainians for Putin now: www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 19h
This is exactly what I said the other day and now Reuters is reporting it. Trump officials ordered to restrict Starshield to help Russia kill Ukrainians
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EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 20h
Trump is on Putin’s side. Always has been. Trump is actively helping Putin kill Ukrainian men, women, and children. Donald Trump is a traitor and should be treated as such.👇
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h
Trump wants to make sure it’s as easy as possible for his friend Putin to bomb apartment buildings and kill children. He’s not just the worst president in history, he’s the most evil person to ever serve at the highest level of government. Vote out his weak Republican enablers.
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Glitter Geezer @glittergeezer.bsky.social · 22h
Is there anyone who doubts Trump is a Russian asset?
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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 22h
Hillary was absolutely right. Trump is Putin's puppet. It's going to get Ukrainians killed while aiding and abetting Putin's criminal war effort.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h
(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 21h
Hours after Ukrainian officials discovered a restriction on Starlink terminals that disrupted the country’s military operations, SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk sought to shift responsibility away from his company.
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Musk Comments Sow Confusion Over Ukraine Starshield Disruption
Hours after Ukrainian officials discovered a restriction on Starlink terminals that disrupted the country’s military operations, SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk sought to shift responsibility away from his company.
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Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social · 20h
According to Reuters it was the Trump White House that ordered Ukraine's Starlink disabled, so Republicans were lying when they denied that. Trump and the GOP work for Russia. It's so embarrassing to be an American these days. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 21h
3 times now we've had a major military move tied to Ukraine or Elon Musk that no one admits to ordering. Mar 2025, Pete Hegseth tried to give Musk a private briefing on China conflict plans. May 2025, the Pentagon cut Ukraine aid. Now they cut Starlink to Ukraine. Who is making these decisions?
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EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social · 20h
If Russia stops fighting the war ends. If Ukraine stops fighting it ceases to exist. Zelenskyy has but one choice: fight. www.nbcnews.com/world/ukrain...
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‘We’re done’: Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries as anger at Trump mounts
Satellite internet functionality via Starshield — the military version of SpaceX’s Starlink service in Ukraine — has resumed at previous speeds for the moment, according to Ukraine.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22h
NEW: The order to throttle Starlink (Starshield) came from the White House to the Pentagon. I still think Elon was involved, though. He’s currently a Pentagon employee as well www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 19h
The fact that any Republican ever got elected after Sandy Hook is one of the biggest moral failings in the history of this country
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Auntie Tifa 📎🌮 #8647 @pattievotesblue.bsky.social · 22h
You are so right!
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Auntie Tifa 📎🌮 #8647 @pattievotesblue.bsky.social · 22h
#Enough
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22h
School shootings happen this often because Republican politicians think gun worship is good for their careers.
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4 killed, including 3 children, in shooting at Oregon elementary school, source says. Shooter is also dead | CNN
Three children and one adult were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, according to preliminary information from a law enforcement source.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21h
I keep thinking of how morally bankrupt it was for Republican lawmakers to wear AR-15 lapel pins.
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Jesi🃏♠️🔥 @luciferjesit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.
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KosmicKris @kosmickris.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
In this @phillipspobrien.bsky.social makes the excellent point, that Starlink dependency is as much as a threat to the US as it is globally. A malevolent operator, making political donations in the hundreds of millions, could easily use the on/off switch to impact domestic political opponents.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Knives Out! Habba versus Grenell and Zampolli versus Landau and Guilfoyle versus Everyone and Everyone versus Wiles emptywheel.net/2026/10/15/k...
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Knives Out! Habba versus Grenell and Zampolli versus Landau and Guilfoyle versus Everyone and Everyone versus Wiles - emptywheel
Between Trump's corrupt flunkies trying to take out rival vultures and other corrupt flunkies trying to get ahead of the midterms scapegoating, we're getting an unprecedented flood of infighting among...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/10/2026
🚨 WOW: In a new video, Trump donor Eric Deters announces a lawsuit against Kimberly Guilfoyle, threatens to depose her and Don Jr., and teases an explosive recording. “This might just bring down the ENTIRE Trump administration,” he warns.
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maltese mama @themaltesemama.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
excellent, thank you for giving us a voice and hopefully the times will hear you loud and clear.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
If you want my analysis of how right-wing extremism exploits the weaknesses in American journalism, subscribe to my Stop the Presses newsletter. The weekly essay is free, but you can throw in a few bucks if you want to support the cause and get bonus features. Either way, give it a try.
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Stop the Presses | Mark Jacob | Substack
A weekly newsletter about how right-wing extremism has exploited the weaknesses in American journalism, and what we can do about it. Click to read Stop the Presses, by Mark Jacob, a Substack publicati...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
🧵🧵🧵 The NY Times posted a 15-minute video today in which I got to tell NYT what’s wrong with its coverage. They said they saw my critical posts on Bluesky and invited me to do a video with them to air my grievances. Weird, right? I didn’t hold back. I blasted their sanewashing of MAGA extremism.
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Video: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About Trump
In this first installment of “Sound Off,” Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for The New York Times, speaks with Mark Jacob, former metro editor for The Chicago Tribune, who shares his criticism...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Prosecutors are seeking LIFE in prison for the Alexander Brothers after they were found guilty on all counts for their decades of sex trafficking & rape of young women & girls. I detail the Govt’s sentencing memo & how Trump World is connected to the Alexander Brothers. youtu.be/sSHOelxzDnI?...
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Trump World ROCKED As Alexander Brothers FACE LIFE In PRISON!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Note: the Alexander Brothers represented Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump in their 2021 purchase of a Florida mansion for $24 million.
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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
If only these risks had been spelled out in the IPO prospectus. Oh, wait.
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204 UN @204uni.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Ready, Aim, You're Fired Just Dance Vance. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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JD Vance Identified as Anonymous Source Behind Story President Trump Used to Ban Politico From White House
Days after President Donald Trump announced his ban on media outlets he dubbed as “fake news,” one of the outlets’ sources was outed as Trump’s No. 2, Vice President JD Vance. The Trump administration...
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Steven Lupo @stevenlupo.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
hegseth first 🤔
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