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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 4m

www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...

20 billion $'s! To put in perspective, Counting to 20 billion would take roughly 635 years if you count one number per second, or around 635 years if counting 16 hours per day.

Easily enough for health care for every American! Salt in wound, this is tax payer funds!

U.S. finalizes $20B Argentina bailout despite opposition - UPI.com

The United States has finalized a $20 billion bailout framework with Argentina, making good on President Donald Trump's pledge to help the struggling country.

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 4m

www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...

20 billion $'s! To put in perspective, Counting to 20 billion would take roughly 635 years if you count one number per second, or around 635 years if counting 16 hours per day.

Easily enough for health care for every American! Salt in wound, this is tax payer funds!

U.S. finalizes $20B Argentina bailout despite opposition - UPI.com

The United States has finalized a $20 billion bailout framework with Argentina, making good on President Donald Trump's pledge to help the struggling country.

www.upi.com

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Jennifer Keith @jkcreative8.bsky.social · 20m

Just got my ACA healthcare notice for 2026. My premium is going from $330 a month to $1300 a month. Just for me. 😑

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @chuckschumer.com

You better fucking hold the line.
#shutdown

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 29m

www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

An election official has the assets to purchase Dominion??? Dominion just won a settlement, how does that get factored in? Just curious.

What I have no question about, is if a republican is doing it, it can't be good. Trust them? F ing never!

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots | CNN Politics

Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately.

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 30m

We'll see how well this ages!

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Debra @debra70.bsky.social · 52m

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3h

“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.

NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 2h

Amid the noise, @newyorkstateag.bsky.social
delivered an audacious
#CupOfJoe regarding the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. “I am not fearful — I am fearless. “

In a world of Pams, be a Letitia. #DemsUnited

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 54m

www.foxnews.com/us/trump-doe...

Absolutely pathetic Fox noting in article, oh, but there's still next year. He could get it then!!!! Shut up Fox, go help him with his diaper.

Trump does not win Nobel Peace Prize despite Israel-Hamas deal and more top headlines

Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox.

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 1h

Breaking News: Donald Trump announces he is changing his name to María Corina Machado and his pronouns are now Lose/Her.

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 57m

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@cnn.com @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com I guess for you, legacy media, this isn't news!!! RawStory scooping you out!

Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 2h

Fascist regime stuck on stupid.

GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: 'We're bad memers'

www.rawstory.com/trump-oregon...

GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: 'We're bad memers'

The Oregon Republican Party is facing backlash after it shared a social media post about a planned military deployment in Portland using a fabricated image composed of photographs from South America.T...

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 2h

Fascist regime stuck on stupid.

GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: 'We're bad memers'

www.rawstory.com/trump-oregon...

GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: 'We're bad memers'

The Oregon Republican Party is facing backlash after it shared a social media post about a planned military deployment in Portland using a fabricated image composed of photographs from South America.T...

www.rawstory.com

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1h

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 10h

Pretty cool life here.

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 11h

Ah, the skeptic. We are beaten and battered every day with lies, untruths, exaggeration, violent drama, I can't blame you for being skeptical.

Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 12h

My first thought with Tapper; he wants to do a book on Trump, he's paving the way. Just a thought.

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Greystoked H. Horsfall @greystoked.bsky.social · 2d

Treetrunk Cave isn't as comfortable as Mountain Cave or Beach Cave but during nonstop rain, it's a much-needed smoke/snack respite.

No one else was up there and the heavy drops from the trees meant the ferns were constantly jostled around me, though, there was no wind. Honestly, a bit spooky🪴👀🪴

Pine forest filled with mist and moss; forest floor is covered in reddish needles; top is obscured by the dark inside of a tree trunk coming down in an upsidedown V shape

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 12h

Bolinas Ridge was my mtn bike training course while I lived in Inverness. You in Marin or thereabouts. I'm in San Geronimo. Oh, I had two mountain lion sightings, one was very sick, the other was in fine shape. Dismounted from my bike, kept my head down, and tiptoed down a hill, and prayed.

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 12h

Yup, the pattern is quite strong!

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h

Trump might have immunity, but ICE does not.

He won’t be able to protect federal agents from criminal and civil prosecution once he’s gone.

Their day of reckoning will come. Broken down here…

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 20h

"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...

'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...

Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton

Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.

www.chicagotribune.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

⚡️ UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Rep. Justin J. Pearson & Rep. Gabby Salinas send letter putting Gov. Bill Lee on notice that his deployment of the National Guard to Memphis violates the TN Constitution.

Lawmakers ask Governor for community investments to eradicate poverty instead of military occupation.

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