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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 6h

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Catherine Zoltan @catherinezoltan.bsky.social · 7h

The Republican Political Party is destroying exchange infrastructure across the globe. Stopping the flow of goods and trade, preventing fair exchange with others.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 7h

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philosifind on Instagram: "Share your thoughts in the comments down below 👇🏻 🎙 Speaker: Carl Sagan / Earthy Education Watch the full episode now on YouTube…"

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 18h

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

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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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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 14h

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 14h

“The Death of Public Health”

Jonas Salk saved millions with a polio vaccine. He gave it away to help humanity. Today, venal and yes, evil billionaires—Koch to Musk to Peter Thiel—are fully behind destroying American society for profit. They want you poor, sick, and desperate. We must stop them.

The Death of Public Health

Another Friday night massacre, but this time it's not just an essential federal public health agency that will die

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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 1d

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 21h

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 1d

NBC:
"A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days."
Pay attention, kids
We're not going to get accurate #s from the CDC anymore
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Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 22h

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 23h

More Trump regime insider trading folks. Stop #corruption now.

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BREAKING: Look at this.
A new crypto account was opened yesterday morning.

30 minutes BEFORE Trump's
announcement of 100% tariffs on China, it added a huge multi-million dollar levered Bitcoin short position, per YF.

The market dumped.

The trader made a profit of $192 million in two hours.

Unusual.

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Grist @grist.org · 22h

New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires.

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#Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News

New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires

Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 43 fossil-fuel industry insiders among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 23h

More Trump regime insider trading folks. Stop #corruption now.

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 1d

bahahaha, Ingrassia's lawyer is Edward Paltzik, the one who files Trump's most bumptious lolsuits

well, at least I'll have amazing copy, even with Alina Habba mostly retired. verily, when the lord closes a door, she opens a window

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Trump's Lawyers Go To Iowa To Learn How To CivPro - Above the Law

Oops.

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 23h

“time waits for no clown”

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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 1d

Critical wisdom for Republicans from a REAL genius AND Nobel winner who didn't call himself a genius and grovel for prizes:

“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” -Albert Einstein ☢️

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 23h

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 1d

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 1d

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 1d

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[American Kompromat]

Journalist Craig Unger offered his thoughts on the relationship between Russia and former President Donald Trump. This virtual program was hosted by the Strand Bookstore in New York City.

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 1d

Enter Big Ag

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Roger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 1d

See? It's all a fuckin' game.

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 1d

On the actual 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live (today), here’s an article I wrote about it last year, with remembrances from Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and many more. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/a...

When ‘Saturday Night Live’ Debuted, They Were There. Here’s What They Remember. (Published 2024)

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 1d

A separate but related question:

Is opposing fascism not good ?

Asking for my dad and three uncles obm who enlisted in WWII

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 1d

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[American Kompromat]

Journalist Craig Unger offered his thoughts on the relationship between Russia and former President Donald Trump. This virtual program was hosted by the Strand Bookstore in New York City.

www.c-span.org

brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 1d

Traitor

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 1d

…has been legalized

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 1d

They are scared shitless
The epstein files will be released soon
They know they are playing with a losing hand
But they keep raising
They will soon run out of anything to raise with
And we will call them
Then democracy loving Americans will shuffle and deal a new game

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 1d

As a straight young white man who covers Christian nationalism, I would perhaps have asked Doug Wilson some follow ups on this if it were running it in the NYT as part of his 10K-word defense of Christian nationalism.

For example:

“That really happen?”
“You sure about that??”
“But did it tho?????”

Wilson: No, I grant the point in principle. I don't believe that classical liberalism gets everything wrong. I really don't believe that.
And I enjoyed very much the country I grew up in, and I received many benefits from that era. So that point's granted.

But on the dank right, I believe that the liberal treatment of young white males has been one of the causes for this recoil and eruption. What you had was a toxic combination of a bad economy of young men being told repeatedly that they are the cancer of the planet, that their masculinity is toxic, that their skin is the blight of the world, and their heterosexuality is a hate crime.

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