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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 18h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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#𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓲𝓼𝓽𝑭𝑶𝑻𝑼𝑺 @feldakat.bsky.social · 13h

#BigBrother #GeorgeOrwell
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓾𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪 𝓼𝓸𝓬𝓲𝓮𝓽𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓯𝓽𝓼 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓴 𝓲𝓽.

𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝔂𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓻𝓾𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓯𝓻𝓪𝓾𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓬𝓮, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓻𝓪𝓾𝓭 𝓲𝓼 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓮𝔁𝓬𝓵𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓸𝓷 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓬𝓮.

𝓖𝓮𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓮 𝓞𝓻𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓵, 1984

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futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 9h

Make Ice T Relevant Again

Freedom of Speech

YouTube video by Ice T - Topic

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futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 9h

Charlie broke with MAGA. And then, stuff happened. Margie’s walking out on a pier here. Maybe it’s longer maybe it’s not.

futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 10h

futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 14h

This is the picture that appears in the dictionary with “schmooze (verb)”.

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futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 14h

New Yorkers are reeeeeally gonna miss this guy, huh? 😂🤣

His Grace, the Duke of Ankh, CDR Sir Samuel Vimes @bklynmichael42.bsky.social · 14h

To them, he’s clearly not the “right kind of POC.” Which is…[checks notes] this?

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futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 14h

I thought this was pretty significant. It felt like a sign of something but I’m not sure what. Dude, you’re in Texas? Why are you so emotionally invested in who the Mayor of New York City is?

Texas man charged with making terroristic threats against Zohran Mamdani

A Texas man is charged with making terroristic threats against Zohran Mamdani, the frontrunner in the race for New York City mayor over voicemail and in messages.

abcnews.go.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

The freakout in NYC isn’t about Mamdani’s race, but his critics’ perception of his politics (and to some extent his religion).

As the seemingly endless NYC mayoral campaign enters its final weeks, the howls of the Democratic establishment in the city are only getting louder.
They've really convinced themselves that the election of a (gasp) Democratic Socialist will mean the absolute destruction of the city. Cops will quit! Billionaires will flee! Dogs and cats, living together!
I've been trying to place where l've heard this same rhetoric before, and it finally hit me this weekend - this is exactly what southern whites said when the first wave of African American
mayors took power.

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futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 14h

He literally told the whole world, “yes I will make up stories”. Not sure why anyone should believe anything a person says after making that declaration.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: So it IS a second home and not an investment property. Motion to dismiss for abuse of the grand jury process in 3...2...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

In the Eye of a Political Storm, a Tiny Yellow House in Norfolk, Va.

www.nytimes.com

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futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 14h

Does he mean like a porn website??

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futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 14h

This reminds me of a new Gen Z voter last year ‘splaining to me that the reason Reagan got elected in 1980 was because of all the sympathy for the assassination attempt on his life. 🤦🏻‍♂️ 🤦🏻‍♂️

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futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 14h

If these guys get deployed to San Francisco, San Francisco will respond with…

Tacos. Hundreds of delicious tacos. And it will be over before dinner.

🌮 🌮 🌮 🌮 🌮

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 23h

Trump benefits from the appearance of good intentions, but when you strip away the facade, and see that the “crimes” in question are not crimes but identities, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that what we are seeing is a massive crime wave.

With ICE, Donald Trump is leading a crime wave

After all, dictators are criminals.

www.editorialboard.com

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 17h

MSM when it comes to Trump:

"They have to think happy thoughts and say happy things because once displeased, the monster can wish them into a cornfield or change them into a grotesque, walking horror."~

Rod Serling

#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
#ResistanceUnited
#Voices4Victory

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futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 15h

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. 🤣😂🤣😂

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 19h

We’ve had to suffer through Carrie Underwood screeching every Sunday night since 2013. They can handle Bad Bunny for a 30 minute halftime show.

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futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 15h

Let this coin be forever known as “the Horse’s Ass Dollar”. 🐎💵

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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Bob Warth ❌👑 🫘 @bobwarth22.bsky.social · 22h

Reagan's tax cuts fueled the siphoning of money from the middle class to the 1%.
This 2020 article set the total at $50 trillion. Trillion with a T.

It ended the post-WWII era where the bottom and middle classes saw their incomes grow at about the same rate as those at the top.

time.com

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futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 16h

Eeeeeeyup. Trump is doing much the same thing Reagan did, but Reagan was much better at selling it. People still believe his BS today.

Matt Clay 🇨🇦 @mattclay.bsky.social · 23h

Americans generally do not understand the connection between Reagan and the rise of the oligarchs and destruction of American society.

futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 16h

From what I’m reading, dedicating USAF facilities and personnel stateside is fairly common practice for allies who buy our fighter jets and other weaponry.

I don’t think that makes this deal with Qatar any less filthy, corrupt and dangerous. Also, congrats Idaho. This is what you voted for.

futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 17h

What’s ahead for the US electric vehicle industry after hitting a massive speed bump?

The sudden loss of tax credits hurts, but automakers are taking steps to mitigate the damage, and dozens of new models are coming soon. By � Dan Gearino �for Inside Climate ...

www.dailykos.com

futbolpunx.bsky.social @futbolpunx.bsky.social · 17h

This movie is like how I imagine the Midwest & South when listening to an early B-52s album.