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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 11h

It's incredible the extent to which Congress just utterly refuses to defend itself. You'd think for entirely self-interested reasons you would stridently oppose having the power of the purse arbitrarily ripped from you, ya know?

Why would you allow yourself to become the Roman Senate circa 27 BC.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 12h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Abigail Linh @abilinh.bsky.social · 13h

Even while congress forbade lend-lease, Roosevelt still had P-40's towed to the Canadian border and gave them to Britain for the explicit purpose of defending London from the blitz (1940).

We circumvented our own laws to fight fascists.

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Mhuyo @mhuyo.bsky.social · 8d

finding out

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Nick Walden Poublon @nwpinpdx.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve never been prouder to be an Oregonian.

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FoxWtheSocks @foxwthesocks.bsky.social · 1d

Day 9.
Star
Well you wanted to be a celebrity so badly, now you really can be the best~

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Matt Frank @mattzilla85.bsky.social · 1d

Celebrating the short-lived Sony/Tristar Era, this new custom Blu-ray case can hold both the G'98 discs (at least 2) and the Godzilla: The Series 4-disc set!

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pika!! @meltyautumn.bsky.social · May 1

wave a little hello to Prita! she was a schoolteacher before she turned herself into a little rubber mouse

But she missed teaching terribly, so she managed to get her old job back!

In her off-school time, she getting squashed, tugged and *heavily* deformed by friends 🐭💞

(originally from Aug 2024)

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

the day that it finally happens is gonna be surreal because the way they report it will be fucking deranged

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Grinda Goat🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @grindagoat.bsky.social · 1d

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Tsitra360 @tsitra360.bsky.social · 1d

Quick Commission for Buggo, featuring my character Nerro

Not that many macro Umbreon OCs, so it's easy for them to meet up and hang out. Best place is in a park.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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Cherry @cherrypillowz.bsky.social · 1d

now whose been giving her those....

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Citrine @melangetic.bsky.social · Aug 1

these guys

Goodra wearing headphones, 2 chokers, a cropped vest and shirt and a skirt and fishnets!
This pic was from 2019 but I still love it. It was made to pair with Drag-onite who was made prior.

Dragonite wearing a ribbon, choker, necklace, a cropped hoodie and shirt and a skirt and stockings.
Made in 2019 but I still love it. Was supposed to be a dragonite in drag. Some folks debated on the gender and while intended to be a male that loves wearing skirts, I don't mind if folks like to use my guys represent whatever gender they see fit.

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punkitt ‼️💞 @punkitt.bsky.social · 1d

thing that i can do now that i have boobs that i think is awesome

A wolfgirl with her tongue out looking silly. She is resting her hands on her breasts like a shelf. There is text pointing to her that reads "Resting her Paws"

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outsidewolves @outsidewolves.bsky.social · 1d

outside wolf

A scanned image of a sketchpage. The early life cycle of a wolf is depicted in drawings and text: "Take a wolf." [a quadrupedal wolf.] "Make him bipedal." [He is standing on two plantigrade legs.] "Dress him in clothes from the department store." [He wears pants and a rugby shirt, one leg propped up on a small box.] "Give him a 20 year long interdisciplinary education." [He is seen as a high school math student, looking at a wall clock while using a graphing calculator. As a college student, timing the movement of a film development can. As a graduate student, looking at mortarboards being tossed in the air.] "He is now ready to go outside!" [He is once again on all fours, albeit still in bidepal form, wearing kneepads and a harness which reads "MASTER'S DEGREE- OK TO PET."

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🐉🚪🐟 @gilfalasson.bsky.social · 16d

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indinu @indinu.bsky.social · 1d

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 1d

You know, "Refusing to pay the troops, signaling that you intend to keep the government shut down indefinitely, and then trying to fight a trade war you literally cannot fight with the government shut down" is the stuff regimes do when they're pretty deep in a death spiral.

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AXEL LYCAN @axellycan.bsky.social · 1d

Dismantling the federal government’s services while still demanding taxes from blue states, all while refusing to seat an elected Dem rep (to cover for the Epstein files) is some real taxation without representation shit, just saying.

Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 1d

You know, "Refusing to pay the troops, signaling that you intend to keep the government shut down indefinitely, and then trying to fight a trade war you literally cannot fight with the government shut down" is the stuff regimes do when they're pretty deep in a death spiral.

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GlacierClear @glacierclear.bsky.social · 1d

gothevoir. (posted early on patreon!)

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Grinda Goat🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @grindagoat.bsky.social · 3d

Round 2!
Starring @megalozwei.bsky.social , @woodlouse.bsky.social , @steb.bsky.social @globuleart.bsky.social , @velvet-bambi.bsky.social , @eglyde.bsky.social , @xenogears.bsky.social , and @caramelt.bsky.social !

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Abigail Linh @abilinh.bsky.social · 3d

completely normal and sociable reasons.

she's so cute as a butterball oh my god

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Magpiebones @magpiebones.bsky.social · 3d

Revisiting this tail. All foam construction with a strip of silicone poured directly into the foam poured strength and added movement. I'm just going to do this as a standard thing on my tails going forward.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4d

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 4d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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new artist @newartistcool.bsky.social · 3d

isabelle if nintendo knew what they were doing

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