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AJ
@ajetchicago.bsky.social
Actor, Activist and Cinephile. Chicago has the best pizza in the world 🍕
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Remember those national guard troops sent to Chicago by Texas Gov Greg Abbott? They went home after sitting at a suburban training facility doing nothing for a month. Abbott's little stunt cost taxpayers at least $12M. What an abuse of power.

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November 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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SOMEONE: Fuck you!

BOVINO: That’s not very nice.

THE MOST MOM VOICE YOU’VE EVER HEARD: Well, are you doing nice things?
Bovino is taking part in CBP detentions in Charlotte. dickfc_w_l on TikTok.
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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I don’t want anyone to receive threats, but for many years Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has enjoyed this sort of energy from President Trump when it’s been directed at her political enemies and now objects to it when she’s on the receiving end.
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Now I know he is guilty. Every accusation is a confession. Also Pam Bondi will be going to jail after all this is over. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Trump Demands Inquiry Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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This is possibly the most fucked thing I've ever seen but also the bit at the end where the grandmother is straight up being tricked into providing training content for the app feels particularly revealing.
Nightmarish idea for a startup tbh
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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One day the US will have to face the shame and horror of what has happened here: that a cabal of wealthy people have elevated a monster into the most powerful person in the world www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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“.. Epstein wrote that President Trump had ‘spent hours at my house’ with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender believed Mr. Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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I mean, there's "out of touch" and then there's whatever the fuck this is:

"They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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In 2017, three Republicans stood up to their caucus to preserve landmark ACA legislation for millions of Americans. Tonight, eight democrats killed it.
Sen. John McCain's 'thumbs down' vote against repealing Obamacare: An oral history
YouTube video by Washington Post
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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How do you make this your central demand for 40 days and then just let it go
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:

—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Durbin is trash. Yes, lots of great stuff in the past. Sure he’s a decent guy. But he’s pure trash now. Important to see that the bulk of Team Cave is made up of people who are retiring.
Durbin is a YES on this deal: “At Democrats’ urging, today’s bill is not the same one we’ve voted down 14 times. Republicans finally woke up and realized their Groundhog Day needed to end. This bill is not perfect, but it takes important steps to reduce their shutdown’s hurt.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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And if that doesn’t work, try 202-224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.

(Video: Marisa Schultz)
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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This is BRUTAL.

Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.

America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov: compromising with fascists is compliance. Read the room. Do your jobs. Protect your constituents.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
I for one will welcome our Chinese overlords #Beerjacket #China #Tsingtao
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS

DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT

EVERY *WEEK*

what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.

This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Prediction - this won’t end well. History teaches us that revolutions are born from this type of greed.
JUST IN: Tesla shareholders officially green light a pay package for Elon Musk that could make him the world's first trillionaire.
Tesla shareholders endorse Musk pay package up to $1T
Tesla shareholders endorsed a pay package for Elon Musk that could make him the world's first trillionaire.
trib.al
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Layoffs rise to recession-like levels in October.

Best economy in the world. All he had to do was not fuck it up, and he fucked it up.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Layoffs rise to recession-like levels through October, new report says
Employers have announced 1.1 million job cuts so far this year, the highest reading since the pandemic, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Proud to be a part an organization (TimeLine Theatre) that is quoted here and putting in the hard work. If you want to know the answer to the question posed here, look no further than the programming and who is on the stages to start. Sadly, we have regressed. A lot more work to do.
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We are living in the upside down - who is this person 🤣
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I will praise Nancy Pelosi. She had an incredible career for her party...I'm very impressed at her ability to get things done. I wish we were able to get things done for our party like she was able to get things done for her party."
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM