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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/05/2025

The Trump administration has quietly spread Palantir’s technology through U.S. agencies, paving the way to easily compile data on Americans. The company has received more than $113 million in federal government spending since President Trump took office. nyti.ms/4dJfR0o

Alex Karp in a dark jacket and collared shirt, gesturing with his hands. Text reads: "Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans." Photo by Eric Lee/The New York Times

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Van Applegate @vanapplegate.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Elon is so weird on tv. So hard to get inside his mind. Does he view the media as a tool? Does he care about how he’s perceived? Does he play it like a fiddle? Is it an amusement? Does he care about his image? Or who’s interviewing him? Hard to say.

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Van Applegate @vanapplegate.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

They’re setting up for something on the national mall that’s about to get destroyed by a massive thunderstorm

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Diana Olick @dianaolick.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Sometimes a story is just THAT cool...so we're giving it more time to breathe. Check out the insane visuals and the two-year journey we took to get it all. Definitely one of the most important #innovations in #housing #construction going forward. @vanapplegate.bsky.social @icon3dtech.bsky.social

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Inside The World’s Largest 3D Printed Neighborhood

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Van Applegate @vanapplegate.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Just in time for a new trade deal…

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Van Applegate @vanapplegate.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

“I’d have to be a stupid person not to take a $400,000,000 gift” - DJT

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/04/2025

we are maybe two weeks from jesse watters declaring that it’s gay for men to have sex with women

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

is that bad? Seems bad

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Van Applegate @vanapplegate.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to join global advisory board for bond giant Pimco

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

In case you missed it: the Pentagon--that's Hegseth--got warned about using Signal a week ago.

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Van Applegate @vanapplegate.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Did I just see a Neutrogena commercial completely made of AI?

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I miss John Lewis. I even miss John McCain. Fighters on opposing sides. ...but both lions who would crawl through a mile of broken glass to defend our nation against fascism.

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Megan Cassella @megancnbc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

🚨 Lutnick on CNBC previews massive expansion in tariff exemptions: “My expectation is the President will come to the agreement today, and hopefully we will announce this today, that USMCA-compliant goods will not have a tariff for the next month until April 2.”

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CNN @cnn.com · 03/03/2025

The FAA is investigating why multiple commercial flights about to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport, near Washington DC, repeatedly received midair collision alerts over the weekend when there were no other aircraft nearby.

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Planes receive mysterious false mid-air collision alerts near Reagan National Airport | CNN

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why multiple commercial flights about to land at Reagan National Airport, near Washington D.C., repeatedly received midair collision alerts when th...

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

If democracy survives, we’ll look at what Elon is doing now the same way we now view the aftermath of 9/11 or January 6th itself—unforgivable attacks on our democracy that, in retrospect, everyone should have seen coming.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/02/2025

There were certainly signs

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Van Applegate @vanapplegate.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Show me a picture of Steve Bannon wearing a suite in the Oval Office.

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Van Applegate @vanapplegate.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Can’t imagine being a dedicated career federal employee, coming off the elevator and seeing this. What a time to be alive.

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Van Applegate @vanapplegate.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I guess the FAA layoffs hit them hard in their IT department. System keeps crashing as I’m trying to grade my recurrent Part 107.

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 10/02/2025

Earth is working on her core? Good for her

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The Word of the Day is “chaos”.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

CNN: “.. in Gaines County, .. nearly 1 in 5 incoming kindergartners in the 2023-24 school year did not get the vaccine. The 18% vaccine exemption rate for the county is one of the highest in the state ..” www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/h...

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Van Applegate @vanapplegate.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

How are we? Like, as a collective?

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

perhaps outwardly there are more urgent stories than one wall in one federal building, but the larger story is the swiftness with which this administration has moved to erase any sign of people who aren't white.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

For those interested in politics, don’t ignore AI. AI models will further change politics into something that is probably unrecognizable. Just like a TikTok algo can get what it wants in front of you, campaigns will figure out how to get information to get you to vote , OUTSIDE of your phone/PC

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Van Applegate @vanapplegate.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

There’s so much fencing in dc right now, I don’t know what side of it I’m on.

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Lorie Konish @loriekonish.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Big news from @rjleung7.bsky.social: The CFPB is suing Capital One for “cheating” customers out of more than $2 billion in interest. The agency said the banking giant used deceptive marketing to obscure differences in interest rates between two of its savings-account options.

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CFPB sues Capital One for 'cheating' customers out of over $2 billion in interest

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced it was suing Capital One for "cheating" customers out of more than $2 billion in interest.

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Van Applegate @vanapplegate.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Very much enjoyed having the chance to shoot a sit down interview with Janet Yellen as she wraps up her tenure as the 78th Secretary of the Treasury. The Cash Room at the Treasury did not disappoint.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street

A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire

A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background

The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree

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Van Applegate @vanapplegate.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Watching this eagles game on fox, not sure if it’s the clouds in and out or what, but every camera has a different white balance and it’s driving me nuts.

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 26/12/2024

I haven’t/won’t comment much on #J28432. By the time I saw the news there was already very clear evidence that it was no accident and likely that Russia has shot down a civilian airliner for the second time in a decade. The circumstances are vastly different this time, but it’s still incredibly sad.

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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

A front page for the ages.

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