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Jim Starrett @jim-starrett.bsky.social · Dec 13
bullet proof...I wish I was
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Comedy is legal again
roadie63.bsky.social TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 9d
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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WOW, new signage!
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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lpachter.bsky.social
Scientific breakthroughs are rarely unique; someone else would’ve made them soon enough. But when prominent scientists cause harm, that harm isn’t inevitable; the world might simply have been better had the harm not been inflicted.
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James Watson in his own words
“Some anti-Semitism is justified” “Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you’re not going to hire them” “Japan should be bombed for d…
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November 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
newyorker.com The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25d
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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This should be the biggest news story in the world right now
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Serious business here
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Oct 19
🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.
Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”
October 19, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Democracy Dies in Anti-Bayesian Punditry
October 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Why would Democrats agree to any budget deal when all of it can be overturned by executive fiat?
mford.bsky.social Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · Sep 26
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that congressional appropriations are optional: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
On September 3, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a preliminary injunction directing the Executive to obligate roughly $10.5 billion of appropriated aid funding set to expire on September 30. Of that $10.5 billion, $4 billion was proposed to be rescinded in a “special message” transmitted pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act. See 2 U. S. C. §681 et seq. After the District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied stays of that order, the Government filed this application to stay the District Court’s injunction. The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted. The Government, at this early stage, has made a sufficient showing that the Impoundment Control Act precludes respondents’ suit, brought pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, to enforce the appropriations at issue here. The Government has also made a sufficient showing that mandamus relief is unavailable to respondents. And, on the record before the Court, the asserted harms to the Executive’s conduct of foreign affairs appear to outweigh the potential harm faced by respondents. This order should not be read as a final determination on the merits. The relief granted by the Court today reflects our preliminary view, consistent with the standards for interim relief.
September 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
J.B. Pritzker is 100% right.

Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 31
Pritzker on Trump sending troops into cities: "He has other aims other than fighting crime... he would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
August 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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These are the actions of a regime that baldly does not care about optics vis-a-vis the broad public and knows that it will face no meaningful check from any other branch of government. Abducting firefighters mid-wildfire looks terrible. It would poll poorly. Not a single voter is asking for this.
August 28, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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“Escaping the responsibilities for proper responses could serve as the very definition of Trumpism. It exists to deny the high-minded and bring its ruination.” Here’s a profound take on an anti-profound presidency:

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The Little Discussed Secret to Trump's Ruination of America
Years ago – twenty-seven to be exact – I wrote a smallish book titled Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality, in which I argued that the most powerful force of the then-late-twentieth cen...
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August 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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All of this makes Watergate look like a charming little gaffe. We are never going to untangle all of this bullshit.
mclem.org Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Aug 23
The US Administration is now deleting its internal communications, in brazen violation of the Federal Records Act, in order to conceal its other illegal acts.

Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Homeland Security Dept. Says It Hasn’t Kept Text Message Data Since April
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August 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Democrats have always relied on moral high ground and legal authority for governance. They're about to learn, if they haven't already, what Republicans have always known: That physical control is more important.

Physical control of military units. Of the Treasury. Of state borders. Of airwaves.
marcelias.bsky.social Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 16
In other words: They lied.
August 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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An unarmed veteran was attacked from behind, sustaining injuries and being dragged into a Portland ice building.
August 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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NIH scientists say that mRNA vaccines have saved untold thousands of lives. A heroin addled nepo baby whose brain was partially eaten by a worm says mRNA vaccines are worthless and even dangerous. For busy medical patients, it can be hard to know who to trust.
August 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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An even bigger deal: it appears that all federal grant announcements are frozen until a new review process is developed.
(vii) pre-issuance review of discretionary awards to ensure that the awards are consistent with applicable law, agency priorities, and the national interest, which shall involve in-person or virtual discussion of applications by grant review panels or program offices with a senior appointee or that appointee’s designee. (b) Agency heads shall designate one or more senior appointees to review discretionary awards on an annual basis for consistency with agency priorities and substantial progress. Such review shall include an accountability mechanism for officials responsible for selection and granting of the awards. (c) Until such time as the process specified in subsection (a) of this section is in place, agencies shall not issue any new funding opportunity announcements without prior approval from the senior appointee designated under subsection (a) of this section, except as required by law. Sec. 4. Considerations for Discretionary Awards. (a) Senior appointees and their designees shall not ministerially ratify or routinely defer to the recommendations of others in reviewing funding opportunity announcements or discretionary awards, but shall instead use their independent judgment.
August 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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theonion.com
Fox News Decries Woke Casting Of Indian Man As Star Of ‘Sankranthiki Vasthunam’ theonion.com/fox-new...
Fox News Decries Woke Casting Of Indian Man As Star Of ‘Sankranthiki Vasthunam’
August 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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theonion.com
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles 
WASHINGTON—Despite the president’s sagging approval rating overall, a Gallup Poll released Tuesday confirmed that Donald Trump’s support remained overwhelmingly strong among working-class American pedophiles. “Even though his polling numbers among Americans who are not sexually attracted to children have hit a second-term low, the president’s approval rating is still an impressive 80% among child rapists […]
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August 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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In a less imperfect world, Musk and Trump would be forever cast as killers of children, and this would be front-page news for months and the subject of Sunday sermons in every church.
newseye.bsky.social News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jun 29
NEW: The death shadow cast by Musk.

“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”

The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.

Don’t ever forget.
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
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June 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Jesus Christ
dangaristo.bsky.social Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Jun 24
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.

NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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theonion.com
GOP Lawmakers Clarify Their Hate-Filled Rhetoric Only Meant To Stoke Fundraising
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GOP Lawmakers Clarify Their Hate-Filled Rhetoric Only Meant To Stoke Fundraising
June 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Jun 7
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio tried to give a press conference to announce his lawsuit against DOJ. Much to my surprise it turned out to be the greatest press conference of all-time.
June 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
Heavily armed DHS HSI agents clad in full desert camo tactical gear including plate carriers and Kevlar helmets stand in the middle of the street like soldiers Heavily armed DHS HSI agents clad in full desert camo tactical gear including plate carriers and Kevlar helmets stand in the middle of the street like soldiers.
May 31, 2025 at 5:33 AM