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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28m

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 54m

Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen.

We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously.

Here's how to get in touch securely 👇

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Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

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Jago Hazzard @jagohazzard.bsky.social · 52m

Watching The Prisoner. More creators should end their series with a finale that makes no sense and offers no answers and actually just makes things more confusing.

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · May 12

Dollars Horton
@crushingbort
hmm well I'd say I'm fiscally conservative but socially very liberal. the problems are bad but their causes...their causes are very good
05/05/2014, 02:44

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · May 12

wolf pupy
@wolfpupy
i hit the hay all day mother fucker. 24 hour sleep cycle. if you awake you a fake. its bed time bitch
8:34 AM • Oct 20, 2013

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1h

We've strategically placed mediocre hacks at the top of every political and business organization, let's see what happens next

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1h

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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David Cassette @david-cassette.bsky.social · 2h

Christ: Famous for his love of rich people and AI slop.

Peter Thiel needs to stop flooding our world with his ridiculous, poisoned babbling. Get a hobby dude. Preferably one that involves ill-conceived submarine trips.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 5h

"Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that connected gov oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future"

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Chemical Ali @turdguy.bsky.social · 1h

Americans love to mock the French as pussies but I can guarantee you if masked federal agents were disappearing journalists they would have 18-wheelers blocking every highway and protests throughout Paris

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1h

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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Andrew Coleman Francis @andrewcfrancis.bsky.social · 1h

When I stop reading a post 13 words in.

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Josh Crutchmer @jcrutchmer.bsky.social · 2h

Would have made the first words in this post “In a New Netflix film,” but I’m built different

NPR @npr.org · 2h

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch. n.pr/48przga

Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch.

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 2h

The RIFs seem like they might further entrench the Democratic position and prolong shutdown

Rep. Beyer: "harder to get the bipartisan deal that is needed to end this shutdown"

Sen. Murray: “A shutdown does not give Trump or Vought new, special powers to cause more chaos"

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 2h

The RIFs began months ago. This is just recycled DOGE, just as unpopular and just as illegal.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 3h

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social · 6h

Eight years ago today I went to Southwell Minster to interview a bookshop owner and took this pic in the graveyard. Stuck it on Twitter, and it went viral for years in various forms. I still see it, shorn of connection to me, doing its stuff, living its best life out in Internetland.

Tombstone in Southwell Minster graveyard with the bas relief 'WTF 1620'

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Democracy SOS 🫘💙 @democracysos.bsky.social · 14h

Get profit out of healthcare period. Create a single payer system like Taiwan did in 1995. There should be no health insurance aside from this--basically a Medicare-for-all without the insurer Advantage program. Taiwanese rate their care very highly.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 3h

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 5h

Got kicked out of my work’s holiday party planning committee for suggesting the theme be “man’s inhumanity to man”

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 3h

Confirmed: it's the whole week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 3h

Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury - Rachel Bloom

YouTube video by racheldoesstuff

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Truckstop Vigilante @brenthor.bsky.social · Jun 4

My aunts friend found the princess diana fanfic i wrote where she gets diarrhea

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 6h

I am introducing a resolution today that the Seahawks never passed the ball on the 1 and now Tom Brady has one fewer Super Bowl

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 5h

"How bad does this make us look? Obviously not at all. Peace through Strength as we pepper spray nana."

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 5h

Deploying the National Guard against a bunch of grandmas is exactly the brain genius move I expect from these morons.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 4h

The direct descendant of George W. bush’s “either you’re with us or you’re with the terrorists” rhetoric, in case you thought he was blameless because he’s retired into painting and silence, or you thought the Cheneys were good now because it has come back to bite them, personally, in the ass.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

Nasdaq down 2%.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 4h

Breaking news: Donald Trump warned that he was considering a 'massive increase' in tariffs on China and suggested he could cancel his planned summit with Xi Jinping as he lashed out at Beijing’s trade policy. on.ft.com/4nDpBNQ

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