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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

🇺🇸🧑‍🌾Soybean Association President: “Unfortunately there’s not enough market competition due to (Trump’s) Trade War - the aid package is putting a band-aid on an open wound.”

@rustygrills @GovBillLee @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn @RepChrisTodd @RepFaison are you listening?

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 7h

It’s no wonder that Trump has such a twisted view of war and sacrifice. And the utility of bribes.

Donald was seven years old, and his father was brought before a U.S. Senate committee investigating abuses in a housing program for war veterans and middle class families. President Eisenhower had been outraged to learn of the bribes that developers paid to bureaucrats and of the alleged profiteering practiced by Trump and others. Ike called them "sons of bitches."
As federal investigators had discovered, the elder Trump had collected an extra $1.7 million in rent-equivalent to $15 million today-before beginning to pay back his low-cost government loan. He was able to do this because a bureaucrat named Clyde Powell approved the paperwork.
Powell, who had never been paid more than a modest government salary, had mysteriously amassed a small fortune. (While it was clear Powell accepted bribes, the sources were never officially identified.) In addition to collecting the extra rent, Trump paid himself a substantial architect's fee. And he charged inflated rents based on an estimate of construction costs that was far greater than what he actually spent. All of this was legal, even if it did victimize taxpayers, veterans, and other renters.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3h

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”

By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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barbelli.bsky.social @barbelli.bsky.social · 3h

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 3h

Shhhh.🤫

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Reuters @reuters.com · 3h

Warner Bros rebuffs Paramount takeover approach, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/3W2dX34

Warner Bros rebuffs Paramount takeover approach, Bloomberg News reports

Warner Bros Discovery has rebuffed Paramount Skydance's initial takeover approach as too low, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday.

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barbelli.bsky.social @barbelli.bsky.social · 6h

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 11h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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barbelli.bsky.social @barbelli.bsky.social · 7h

x.com/thedemocrats...

Democrats on X: "Trump’s building a golf course in Qatar. He accepted a $400M luxury jet as a gift from Qatar. His son-in-law got a $1.5B investment from Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries. His top officials like Kash Patel and Pam Bondi worked for Qatar. And now this." / X

Trump’s building a golf course in Qatar. He accepted a $400M luxury jet as a gift from Qatar. His son-in-law got a $1.5B investment from Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries. His top officials like Kash Patel and Pam Bondi worked for Qatar. And now this.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 11h

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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barbelli.bsky.social @barbelli.bsky.social · 7h

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 7h

We’re in a health care crisis.

Hospitals and clinics will close from Trump’s cuts.

15 million people will lose their health care.

Now Trump’s CDC layoffs are making it even WORSE by gutting our ability to stop emerging health threats.

Democrats are fighting to stop this.

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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 11h

MAGA's New Draft: Obey or Else
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

MAGA's New Draft: Obey or Else

Last week's "Elephant in the Room" is more relevant than ever...

open.substack.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 11h

Amid shutdown, House Democrats will return to DC next week, despite GOP cancellation of schedule

Rep Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) sends letter to colleagues, “It is critically important for House Democrats to once again return to Washington.”

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barbelli.bsky.social @barbelli.bsky.social · 1d

www.newsweek.com/earthquake-d...

Massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Drake Passage today: what we know

The quake’s epicenter lies in the remote waters between South America and Antarctica, where seismic activity is rare.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

US threatens visa restrictions, sanctions against UN members that back IMO emissions plan reut.rs/43gAAob

US threatens visa restrictions, sanctions against UN members that back IMO emissions plan

The United States on Friday threatened to use visa restrictions and sanctions to retaliate against nations that vote in favor of a plan put forward by a United Nations agency to reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from ocean shipping.

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barbelli.bsky.social @barbelli.bsky.social · 1d

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Ted Lieu @tedlieu.bsky.social · 1d

Are you a voter in California and angry at:

-rising healthcare costs

-rising inflation

-batshit crazy policies from Trump and Republicans

Then vote YES on Prop 50.

@cademocrats.bsky.social

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

What a despicable little man who is lying through his teeth to try to incite violence against Americans who will be peacefully assembling to protest the Trump regime’s anti-democratic rule.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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barbelli.bsky.social @barbelli.bsky.social · 1d

What about those ankles?

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50501 SoCal @50501-socal.bsky.social · 1d

Join us and the Los Angeles No Kings Day Coalition on for a peaceful afternoon of resistance! October 18th starting at 2pm. Gloria Molina Grand Park.

#fiftyfiftyone #nokings #nokingsday #removetheregime #arrestthepresident #protecttheoppressed #fdt #wethepeople #meltice

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barbelli.bsky.social @barbelli.bsky.social · 1d

www.bbc.com/news/article...

US says Qatar to build air force facility in Idaho - BBC News

The facility in Idaho will be used to train Qatari pilots to fly F-15 fighter jets, the US defence secretary says.

www.bbc.com

barbelli.bsky.social @barbelli.bsky.social · 1d

DEMAND THAT REPUBLICAN SENATORS PROTECT HEALTHCARE & END THE SHUTDOWN act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...

DEMAND THAT REPUBLICAN SENATORS PROTECT HEALTHCARE & END THE SHUTDOWN

With historic healthcare cuts and cost increases looming, Republicans chose to force a Trump Shutdown rather than address the healthcare crisis or rein in Trump’s lawless manipulation of federal funds...

act.indivisible.org