@veryoddrequest.bsky.social
A liker of things. Don't make stuff up, life has enough surprises to make it interesting.
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FOSTER: You agree it's a historic fact that during Republican presidencies without exception manufacturing employment dropped and the dollar got weaker?
BESSENT: I haven't seen the data
FOSTER: I presented it to you in a graph
BESSENT: I can't snap my fingers and create factories
BESSENT: I haven't seen the data
FOSTER: I presented it to you in a graph
BESSENT: I can't snap my fingers and create factories
February 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
FOSTER: You agree it's a historic fact that during Republican presidencies without exception manufacturing employment dropped and the dollar got weaker?
BESSENT: I haven't seen the data
FOSTER: I presented it to you in a graph
BESSENT: I can't snap my fingers and create factories
BESSENT: I haven't seen the data
FOSTER: I presented it to you in a graph
BESSENT: I can't snap my fingers and create factories
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The behavior of our big beautiful billionaires over the past several decades is psychologically what I can only describe as "Crying out for consequences." They can't stop themselves and deep down they need to be stopped. They need it as much as we do
February 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The behavior of our big beautiful billionaires over the past several decades is psychologically what I can only describe as "Crying out for consequences." They can't stop themselves and deep down they need to be stopped. They need it as much as we do
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
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Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
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🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those keeping score at home:
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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I know we’ve gotten used to it, but this type of behavior is disgusting and people should speak up about it
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I know we’ve gotten used to it, but this type of behavior is disgusting and people should speak up about it
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MSNBC broadcasts body cam footage of the FBI raid at the Fulton County elections office
February 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
MSNBC broadcasts body cam footage of the FBI raid at the Fulton County elections office
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If lasagna and a dip had a delicious baby… this would be it!
Lasagna Dip is warm, cheesy, beefy, saucy, and basically impossible to stop eating. Perfect for parties, game day, or when dinner needs to feel FUN. Serve it hot with crispy chips and watch it disappear
www.loulougirls.com/lasagna-dip/
Lasagna Dip is warm, cheesy, beefy, saucy, and basically impossible to stop eating. Perfect for parties, game day, or when dinner needs to feel FUN. Serve it hot with crispy chips and watch it disappear
www.loulougirls.com/lasagna-dip/
February 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
If lasagna and a dip had a delicious baby… this would be it!
Lasagna Dip is warm, cheesy, beefy, saucy, and basically impossible to stop eating. Perfect for parties, game day, or when dinner needs to feel FUN. Serve it hot with crispy chips and watch it disappear
www.loulougirls.com/lasagna-dip/
Lasagna Dip is warm, cheesy, beefy, saucy, and basically impossible to stop eating. Perfect for parties, game day, or when dinner needs to feel FUN. Serve it hot with crispy chips and watch it disappear
www.loulougirls.com/lasagna-dip/
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Jensen Huang would like you to understand that they never promised to invest $100B in OpenAI and you should stop putting words in his mouth.
February 3, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Jensen Huang would like you to understand that they never promised to invest $100B in OpenAI and you should stop putting words in his mouth.
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A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
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A UAE investor secretly gave Trump $187 million and his top Middle East envoy $31 million. And then Trump gave that investor access to sensitive defense technology that broke decades of national security precedent.
Brazen, open corruption. And we shouldn't pretend it's normal.
Brazen, open corruption. And we shouldn't pretend it's normal.
February 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
A UAE investor secretly gave Trump $187 million and his top Middle East envoy $31 million. And then Trump gave that investor access to sensitive defense technology that broke decades of national security precedent.
Brazen, open corruption. And we shouldn't pretend it's normal.
Brazen, open corruption. And we shouldn't pretend it's normal.
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BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
February 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
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During all the years before Trump’s ICE, immigration agents did NOT wear masks, and they needed judicial warrants. Just sayin’.
Rep. Mark Harris: "Some of these things are nonstarters. Having judicial warrants? To me, hat's a nonstarter. Being able to make off their mask, putting them at risk? That's a nonstarter. I would say anything that's going to hamstring the work of ICE, that's just not going to go anywhere."
February 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
During all the years before Trump’s ICE, immigration agents did NOT wear masks, and they needed judicial warrants. Just sayin’.
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🤔You mean the *centrist* Dem responsible for killing good bills had ties to Epstein? Imagine that
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
🤔You mean the *centrist* Dem responsible for killing good bills had ties to Epstein? Imagine that
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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM