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Julie Balderson Knight @jbknight1.bsky.social · Apr 19
To our honorable and courageous servicemembers who are feeling conflicted about following amoral orders:

Remember, you promised us you would support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Today's deserters will be tomorrow's heroes.
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#deadbeatdon
February 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
jbknight1.bsky.social
Deadbeat Don has money for a gold-plated bunker, but no money to feed kids. #DeadbeatDon
rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Nov 1
How long will this nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue last? We make sense of another week on the Coffee Klatch — with special guest @wkamaubell.bsky.social
Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich (ft. Kamau Bell)
Robert Reich
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November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
This story keeps getting worse.

www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
jbknight1.bsky.social
#DeadbeatDon

So what do you call a man who:

1. doesn't hold up his end of a financial obligation, and

2. is into teenage girls, and

3. could be a better person, but he refuses to because he's garbage

...?

A deadbeat. That's called a deadbeat.

#DeadbeatDon
August 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
Remember this next time a flood of “support” or “outrage” shows up in your feed. It may not even be real.
June 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
jbknight1.bsky.social
To our honorable and courageous servicemembers who are feeling conflicted about following amoral orders:

Remember, you promised us you would support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Today's deserters will be tomorrow's heroes.
April 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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🏥HHS ELIMINATIONS💀
We have created a list of all agency and program eliminations proposed in the HHS 2026 Budget.

Feds: Please let us know if you have any clarity to share.

The cuts are massive. Reach out if you would like a PDF or xlsx

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An image of all agency and program eliminations proposed for HHS. Reach out to altCDC for an accessible version or filterable PDF. The alt-text box does not fit all the text contained.
April 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
Security experts later said that if someone wanted to hide their tracks, they wouldn’t make themselves look like they were logging in from Russia. This wasn’t just sloppy—it was bold, calculated, and criminal.
April 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Trump will reportedly end the IRS Direct File program that allowed taxpayers to file taxes for free.

This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.

Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.

See how this works?
April 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Trump said again he’s open to sending U.S. citizens to a Salvadoran prison. There is no constitutional basis for this—such an act would be a direct violation of the Constitution.
April 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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timdickinson.bsky.social Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · Apr 6
Having covered protests for the last quarter century or so I can tell you that this #handsoff happening extraordinary, and likely to build. (Oh, and that the big newspapers are acting typically clueless)
April 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Trump's tariffs aren't designed to help you — they're meant to make rich people even richer.
April 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Someone else posted that they got this from ChatGPT and my friends…
Wotek Kopczuk = and @wwwojtekk • 58m Q Confirmed, chatgpt... exactly what the dumbest kid in the class would do, without edits ..• = ChatGPT : What would be an easy way to calculate the tariffs that should be imposed on other countries so that the US is on even-playing fields when it comes to trade deficit? Set minimum at 10%. Calculating tariffs to balance the trade deficit is a complex economic problem and cannot be accurately reduced to a simple formula. However, if we are looking for a basic approach, one way to conceptualize it is by considering the trade deficit ratio between the US and a trading partner. Simplified Approach: 1. Calculate Trade Deficit Ratio: Trade Deficit Ratio = Trade Deficit with Country Total Trade with Country 1. Tariff Calculation: Tariff = max(10%, Trade Deficit Ratio x 100%) Destiny | Steven Bonnell II & YY @TheOmniLiberal • 2h I think they asked ChatGPT to calculate the tariffs from other countries, which is why the tariffs make absolutely no fucking sense. They're simply dividing the trade deficit we have with ... セ］115 © 521 1hl 52K 贝
April 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Because I am a bear of little brain, I didn't really understand the Trump/Lutnick tariff formula -- though it did seem stupid.

Then I read this example from Bloomberg's Josh Wingrove.

OK, so now I understand it, and it's even stupider than I'd thought

Gift link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China, for instance, had a trade surplus of $295 billion with the US last year on total exports of $438 billion — a ratio of 68%. Divided by two according to Trump’s formula, that yielded a tariff rate of 34%. The same calculations roughly produced the rates for other economies like Japan, South Korea and the European Union.
April 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Proposed Medicaid cuts threaten access for the 800,000 Nevadans who rely on it. Meanwhile, the governor has proposed splitting the HHS in half.

Join our expert panel as we unpack these critical changes and what they mean for patients and providers: buff.ly/AeufvMx
March 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Nevada nonprofits offering HIV testing, transportation for women in recovery and crisis text lines for teens are heavily reliant on federal grants. Trump’s government-cutting operation could pose an existential threat, leaders say.

Read about it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...
March 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Destruction of property and violence is not the answer, but Elon acting like he doesn’t know why people are angry is absurd.
March 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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thenvindy.com
All 12 employees of Nevada’s General Services Administration were fired on Monday, the latest in President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal workforce.

Read about it here:
All Nevada GSA employees fired as Trump, Musk continue slashing federal workforce - The Nevada Independent
Approximately 12 people based in Las Vegas and Reno were fired, according to the office of Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). Cortez Masto first raised the issue in a series of X posts Monday night,…
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March 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Hi friends! I’ve got a deep dive on 2024 Election Interference for today. Let’s talk about the “Russian Tail” in Clark County, Nevada.

#verifythevote #TruthMatters
#ResistFascism #RussianTail #Election2024
#ElectionIntegrity #PaperBallots #ballotproof
#muskyouth #bigballs #Starlink
Mark Nathan 1. WHAT IS THE ELECTION TRUTH ALLIANCE? The Election Truth Alliance (ETA) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization. Their mission is to ensure transparency, accountability, and integrity in the electoral process. The ETA advocates for peaceful action to verify election results where there is evidence of potential election manipulation or interference. They are committed to the principle that every eligible vote cast should be counted accurately. The ETA's current priority is the analysis of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Focusing on Clark County and Washoe County as a foundation. WASHOE COUNTY CLARK COUNTY The ETA wants to work with state officials to assist in verifying the vote in key counties where there concerns the results may have been manipulated or interfered with. Mark Nathan Haw Pie County Boundary Population 1.000,001 -3,000.000 100.001-500.000 50.001-100.000 10.001-50,000 3.001-10.000 1.001-5,000 500-1.000 Pictured: NV counties by population density. 2016. Source: Maps of World Mark WHY ANALYZE CLARK AND WASHOE COU Nibhipson Show • In January 2025, the ETA conducted an extensive analysis of publicly-available Cast Vote Record (CVR) data from Clark County, Nevada. • Our findings reveal troubling indicators of vote manipulation, supported by anomalies detected in Early Voting data. • These patterns suggest potential interference, potentially through manipulation of vote tabulation, raising serious concerns about election integrity. • Because patterns in multiple swing states indicated that counties with large populations were likely targeted, Washoe County was prioritized for additional analysis. • Clark and Washoe Counties account for more than 80% of the vote in the state of Nevada. Mark Nathan QUALITY & AVAILABILITY OF NEVADA DATA Nevada Voting Data Source Nevada Registration Source Clark County Cast Vote Record Source Washoe County Cast Vote Record Source WHY NEVADA? WHY WERE CLARK AND WASHOE PRIORITIES FOR ETA ANALYSIS? SWING STATE STATUS AND POPULATION FACTORS INDICATORS OF MANIPULATION Clear Indicators. Nevada had clear indicators of potential vote manipulation in: - - Clark County Early Voting - Washoe County Early Voting and Election Day Voting Election result data for: -Clark County Mail-In -Washoe County Mail-In Voting DO NOT have these indicators. Mark Nathan Clark County Election Day Distribution When analyzing 2024 Election Day Voting distribution for both candidates, we see vote distributions that almost match normal, bell-curve like patterns. What's strange is we see a partial impact for both candidates around the 50% mark. But overall, the distribution of votes for both candidates is binomial in nature. Clark County NV Election Day (tabulator data) | 4000 I votes per candidate 3000 2000 1000 25 50 75 cano date total percent of blecion Day votes per tabu alot CountingGroup fint flectien Day Frequency Harris_Percent 100
March 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM