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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 13h

Trump’s Dodgy Plan for TikTok

The details are murky, but it looks like the president is about to further enrich and empower his friends.

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 13h

A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime

The Trump administration’s National Guard deployments are highly inefficient.

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 13h

Free link, quite a lot in here I could comment on, I won't comment on everything but I empathize w/frustrations o/being in a class, esp a class people are taking primarily for gen-ed requirements, where only a few people meaningfully contribute) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Arab states expanded cooperation with Israeli military during Gaza war, files show

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 13h

Free article) Interesting. Even as the leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia denounced the war and said the Israeli campaign in Gaza amounted to a genocide, they expanded security cooperation with Israel behind closed doors.

Documents from U.S. Central Command show meetings over the past three years between Israeli and Arab military officials to coordinate on regional threats.

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Daily Rotation @dailyrotation.bsky.social · 12h

Nearly nine months into President Trump’s second term, immigration enforcement has become the administration’s primary political weapon — not to solve problems, but to manufacture fear, provoke outrage and stage an illusion of control. This isn’t a crisis response. It’s crisis construction.

Henning Pedersen @hepedk.bsky.social · 13h

🎁 article from The New York Times. You can read it for free

11/10 2025

This Isn’t Crisis Response, It’s #CrisisConstruction

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Opinion | This Isn’t Crisis Response, It’s Crisis Construction

Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My!

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Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯 @janinebaer.bsky.social · 13h

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"Outside the ICE building, demonstrators against the Trump administration’s immigration policies have blown bubbles at ICE agents, formed a flash mob to dance the “Cha-Cha Slide...& tying doughnuts to poles and pretending to lure federal officers with the pastries."

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 13h

Source:

The rise of Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump’s hardline immigration policy

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 13h

So now the Administration are saying that the mass firing of CDC scientists, including many responsible for preventing outbreaks, was an “error” and many will be brought back.

Whether by intention or incompetence, dismantling public health will kill people.

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Joe in Atlanta Formerly RichardBurrsPig on X @burrspig.bsky.social · 4d

WTF this needs to stop. Stand up to the orange pile of shit

Bombshell DAILY @bombshelldaily.bsky.social · 4d

TRUMPS’ RACISM CZAR IS AN ADMITTED WHITE NATIONALIST
ICE terror campaign profiles non whites with the Supreme Courts guidance. Taxpayers now fund systematic abductions and deportations. #hate #kkk #division @DHSgov #racism
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With time, events in Los Angeles of the past week may come to be seen as the anti-immigrant zealot’s ultimate revenge

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Joe in Atlanta Formerly RichardBurrsPig on X @burrspig.bsky.social · 4d

Meidas Health: Sen. Patty Murray WARNS of Looming Health Care Crisis Amid Shutdown
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Meidas Health: Sen. Patty Murray WARNS of Looming Health Care Crisis Amid Shutdown

On Meidas Health with Dr. Vin Gupta and Dr. Kavita Patel, Senator Murray calls out Republicans for holding Americans’ health care hostage as the ACA tax credits near expiration.

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Joe in Atlanta Formerly RichardBurrsPig on X @burrspig.bsky.social · 23h

Huh, I guess she woke up to the fact we may be less fortunate in money, but we are not stupid and don't like people that bamboozle us! epaper.ajc.com/popovers/dyn... - Even MTG agrees with Democrats: GOP has no health care plan

Even MTG agrees with Democrats: GOP has no health care plan - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Joe in Atlanta Formerly RichardBurrsPig on X @burrspig.bsky.social · 23h

If ya believe Susan Collins I got some Florida swamp land to sell ya that's near the ocean and a great location!

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Joe in Atlanta Formerly RichardBurrsPig on X @burrspig.bsky.social · 23h

Hell the Trumpers dont want no smart people in this country! They prefer the Trump bullshit! epaper.ajc.com/popovers/dyn... - Trump's H-1B visa fee could strain universities and schools

Trump’s H-1B visa fee could strain universities and schools - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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tessiesboy.bsky.social @tessiesboy.bsky.social · 23h

"Trump seems oblivious to the paradox of enforcing peace abroad and disrupting it badly at home, of soothing violence overseas and inflaming it here."

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

Opinion | Peace in Trump’s Time — Except Here

‘It’s Never Been This Bad’

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 23h

‘It’s Never Been This Bad’
Immigrant advocates face escalating consequences and threats from the president.
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Immigrant advocates face escalating consequences and threats from the president.

Biden Spared 37 Killers From Execution. Trump Ordered Up a Lifetime of Torment.

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Jeffrey Brown @texasgeologist.bsky.social · 23h

RFK Jr. Is Dismantling Public Health. A Fringe Theory May Explain Why.
The Health and Human Services secretary has long embraced anti-scientific ideas that run counter to germ theory, the basis of treating infectious diseases
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Daily Rotation @dailyrotation.bsky.social · 22h

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Hard to envision trump as a Christian

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Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said. “I’ve got no problem with gruel.”

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 22h

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The Happiness of Choosing to Walk Alone

Going along with an untruth for fear of disagreeing with others is a form of self-betrayal that will make you miserable.

Intelligence is not consciousness, creativity, or learning

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ptzenki.bsky.social @ptzenki.bsky.social · 22h

“AI” does not exist, and maybe never will. If you’ve been fearing the robot apocalypse, rest easy.

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What Is Intelligence?

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Mika Minnesota @mika-mn.bsky.social · 22h

Fantastic read/listen

What The Founders Would Think Now
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What the Founders Would Say Now

They might be surprised that the republic exists at all.

Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown

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bluedove2024.bsky.social @bluedove2024.bsky.social · 22h

Wash.P Free Gift Article: "Trump admin. begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown" “It’ll be Democrat-oriented bc..they started this thing..So the [cuts will] be Democrat-oriented. It’ll be a lot.”.."..layoffs r the [a goal] laid by Vought..architect of the Project 2025.."🙏💔💙🇺🇸🌎
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More than 4,000 positions will be eliminated across agencies, the government told a court Friday night.

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