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Susanna Ranta
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jamellebouie.net
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
dennycarter.bsky.social Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 2d
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 5 Lawyer, National Security Division: Bondi signaled the Foreign Agents Registration Act would be enforced only in very limited circumstances after the Justice Department had done a lot over the last decade to give it teeth. At its core, FARA is a transparency statute, to let the American public know when foreign actors engage in political activities or try to influence U.S. discourse. If you're concerned about foreign money and influence in politics, it's a bad time to go dark.
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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melissagiragrant.com
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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ahokasjaj.bsky.social
Milloin aika kysyä, että onko tosiaan niin, että tuolla Orpon kuvailemalla Sanna Marinin linjalla julkisyhteisöjen bruttovelka Suomessa olisi nyt korkeampi kuin havaittu Orpon hallituksen politiikalla ryyditetty lukema on? Ilmeisesti koskaan ei ole tämän ilmeisen makrotaloudellisen kysymyksen aika.
Hallitus | Petteri Orpo vastaa Sanna Marinin haukkuihin
Pääministeri Orpo viittaa vastauksessaan keskusteluun, jonka hän kävi Marinin kanssa muodostaessaan hallitustaan.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
this is achieving levels of 2003-era racist grandpa cringe that cannot be measured with any known scientific instruments

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The WHITE HOUSE TrumpRx The lowest prescription prices in America. * mysafespace® a place for dems Home TrumpRx WHWire The Democrats News Trump Card Contact "Shut it down!" Male 55 years old BROOKLYN, NEW YORK United States Online Now! Last Working Day: 10/01/2025 Mood: Difficult 2(=2 View My: Pics | Videos | Voting Record Hakeem is in your extended shutdown network Hakeem's Latest Blog Entry [Subscribe to this blog] Hakeem's Shutdown Blog Entry One (view more) Hakeem's Shutdown Blog Entry Two (view more) Hakeem's Shutdown Blog Entry Three (view Hakeem's Interests General: ANTIFA, acting tough, drug dealers and illegal criminal aliens Music: Shut It Down (Pitbull ft. Akon), Shut It Down (Drake), Money, Money, Money (ABBA), Money for Nothing (Dire Straits) Stay Woke (Meek Mill ft. Miguel), Ultimate Mariachi Music Playlist for a Fiesta Movies: The Shutdown (2022), Other People's Money (1991), Ghostbusters (2016), Snow White (2025) Television: The View, Saturday Night Live, The Handmaid's Tale, The Joy Reid Show Books: Rules for Radicals, Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, The Communist Hakeem's Blurbs About me: Hey we're Democrats in the House and Senate. We love DEl, transgender for everyone, and handing out taxpayer benefits to illegal immigrants. We couldn't care less if our men and women in uniform get paid or if our neighborhoods are safe - we just love playing politics with people's livelihoods!! Heroes: Anyone who identifies as a radical leftist. Transnational gangs, illegal immigrants Who I'd like to meet: Honestly, we couldn't meet enough members of Antifa or illegal immigrants. They're so awesome. Nicknames "Sombrero Guy" "Temu Obama" "Dollar Store Obama" "Chuck E. Cheese Obama" Hakeem's Friends Hakeem has 8 top friends Joe Biden Fenty Girl Antifa Soros Chucky Real Chucky Maryland Dad Tampon
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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jaywillis.net
Are you people fucking kidding me with this shit @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
At the same time, there are legitimate debates about the best ways to feed the needy, how many should qualify and how much they should get. In the 1970s, 1 in 50 Americans received food stamps. Now, 1 in 8 do. On average, these households get $322 a month. Are 42 million Americans really in such danger of suffering malnutrition that the federal government should spend about $100 billion every year Certainly, many need the help. The American Enterprise Institute's Kevin Corinth estimates that 2.9 million individuals willbe pushed into poverty if SNAP benefits are not paid in November, including 1.1 million children, 1.3 million working-age adults and about 500,000 seniors. But no one should aspire for large segments of the population to depend on government handouts. The program could certainly be designed better to not discourage work. Ultimately, the best way to help over the long run is to grow the economy, which leads to job creation and rising wages.
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.
T H E W H I T E H OU S E W A S H I N G T O N S e p t e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 2 5 P r e s i d e n t i a l D e t e r m i n a t i o n N o . _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 0 2 5 - 1 3 _ _ _ _ _ MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2026 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), and after appropriate consultations with the Congress, I hereby make the following determinations and authorize the following actions: The admissions of up to 7,500 refugees to the United States during Fiscal Year 2026 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest. The admissions numbers shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners from South Africa pursuant to Executive Order 14204, and other victims of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands. Refugee admissions under this determination, which may reach but not exceed the numerical limit described herein, are in all respects subject to the requirements of other Presidential policies and actions, whether issued prior or subsequent to this determination. Those Presidential policies and actions include, but are not limited to: Executive Order 14161, which mandates that refugees receive the most stringent identification verification of any class of alien seeking admission or entry to the United States; Executive Order 14163, which suspends the entry into the United States of refugees other than when the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security jointly determine that an admission is in the national interest and does not threaten the security or welfare of the United States; Executive Order 14204, which provides for refugee resettlement of Afrikaners from South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination; and …
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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jamesmeek.bsky.social
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
susannar.bsky.social
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Tech companies care about shareholder value over child safety
YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
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October 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:
We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy
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October 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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davidcorn.bsky.social
A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
October 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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ottokyyronen.bsky.social
Tässä tuoreessa tutkimuksessa havaitaan, että julkiset investoinnit

• kasvattavat tuotantoa,
• lisäävät työllisyyttä,
• eivät syrjäytä yksityisiä investointeja ja
• eivät vaaranna velkakestävyyttä.
Achieving geoeconomic goals by boosting the economy without raising the public debt ratio? New evidence on the effects of public investment in the European Union (publication)
Public investment can support geoeconomic policy goals by strengthening economic resilience through the creation of public assets and by fostering...
wiiw.ac.at
October 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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aphclarkson.bsky.social
Civil conflict might be a possible scenario now, but while it is by far still not the most probable scenario if this was any other country you would now have Economist columnists and BBC journalists discussing the risks of full civil war
October 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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tanjasuni.bsky.social
🇫🇮 Suomi alentaa taas yritysverotusta “houkutellakseen investointeja”. Mutta se on kuin alennusmyynti ilman tuotteita – hintaa lasketaan ja hyllyt ovat tyhjät. UPM:n Leunan biokemikaalitehdas osoittaa miksi: investointeja ei ratkaise veroprosentti, vaan ekosysteemi, markkina ja poliittinen suunta.
October 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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ryanlcooper.com
the beating heart of MAGA: an alcoholic sex creep reality TV guy who now runs the military whining and sniveling that people don't respect mass murderers enough
karl-jacoby.bsky.social Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · Sep 26
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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jojalonen.bsky.social
Näin hautajaisten päätyttyä voinee kai tehdä yleisarvion siitä, miten hyvin suomalainen media onnistui Charlie Kirkin persoonan käsittelyssä, ja eihän se hyvin mennyt.

Maalittamisella ja valehtelulla rahoiksi lyöneestä online-julkkiksesta tehtiin juttu jutulta lähes Kristuksesta seuraava.
September 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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@guardtheleaf.bsky.social

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September 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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graymunthe.bsky.social
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erininthemorning.com Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Sep 17
1. Anti-trans rhetoric heated up yesterday on the far-right, with two congresspeople and major Republican figures calling for the institutionalization of trans people.

Both Reps Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson made such calls. Musk, Loomer, and Walsh echoed them.

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Two Republican Congresspeople Call For Institutionalization Of Transgender People
Representatives Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson both called for the institutionalization of transgender people On Tuesday.
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September 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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drjennings.bsky.social
Well, I guess if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
September 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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volts.wtf
Empires decline all the time, for all kinds of reasons, but our present moment will be remembered in history books for the sheer volume of *voluntary & pointless self-imposed damage*. We're systematically dismantling what made us great, for no reason! Genuinely, with no rationale! It's wild.
September 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
susannar.bsky.social
trump&co syytös vasemmiston "väkivaltaan yllyttämisestä" perustuu siihen että demokraatit ovat varoittaneet GOP nykymeiningin muistuttavan fasismia
esqueer.net Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Sep 15
In a Hitleresque speech, JD Vance says there can be no unity with the left and vows to use the government to dismantle non-profit NGOs and liberal civil society who he says promote violence and terrorism.
September 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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chriso-wiki.bsky.social
Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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jannesep.bsky.social
Lupaan lopettaa Hesarin kritisoimisen vähäksi aikaa (😹), mutta tämä Charlie Kirk-Sebastian Tynkkynen-juttu (HS 22.9.) ansaitsee kyllä 60 sekunnin kommentin. #mediakritiikki
September 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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anita72.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM