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James Finn Garner @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social · 11h

Sad news!

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 11h

RIP Sister Jean, Loyola’s beloved icon.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 12h

We're spending $20B to bail out Argentina, but they cut USAID down to the bone, causing deaths around the world. The entire budget of USAID, the whole agency, was $21B last year. Shameful.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 17h

and that's why we don't trust private equity

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 20h

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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James Finn Garner @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social · 11h

Tuck Yeah!

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James Finn Garner @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social · 12h

I mean, I've always been a fan of carbon, and carbide is no slouch, but when they get together, it's magic.

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James Finn Garner @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social · 12h

Blimey. Wot a sight.

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Terry Midnight tried to tell you! @docmidnight.bsky.social · 12h

You can't be a leftist hero politician fighting fascism, if you're selling out our trans brothers and sisters. You're just an opportunistic politician and you can eat a dick alongside the fascists.

You just want to be seen, and we see you just fine.

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James Finn Garner @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social · 13h

Ouch.

James Finn Garner @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social · 13h

John Carpenter's Frost/Nixon

Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 13h

John Carpenter's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

It’s Alive! Barker @kellylink.bsky.social · 13h

John Carpenter’s Lawrence of Arabia

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 13h

Can't un-fuck the duck, kids

Vulture @vulture.com · 15h

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

www.vulture.com

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James Finn Garner @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social · 13h

Joy Behar

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 13h

The question is who winning the peace prize would piss Trump off the most?

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 15h

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Aridyn @aridyn.bsky.social · 13h

This is my dance about how much transphobes suck.

a group of people are dancing and one of them is wearing a dant sweatshirt

ALT: a group of people are dancing and one of them is wearing a dant sweatshirt

media.tenor.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 16h

MASSIVE BREAKING: A federal judge has just blocked the deployment of troops into Chicago by Trump.

The judge has ruled that Trump lacks authority and that his “rebellion” claims were NOT credible.

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James Finn Garner @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social · 13h

The Cubs started getting serious when they signed Dansby Swanson. Having an electric SS takes the team up a level.

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 14h

donning the armor of god to face the forces of hell

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Thursday froze President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in and around Chicago, saying the president lacked the authority to do so. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Chicago Military Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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James Finn Garner @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social · 14h

Sorry, you can show me all the worried blonde Dodgers fans you want, they still aren't Mary Hart.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17h

Picking on Black women who had to claw their way through NYC machine politics to get to their positions is just not going to work out for old white senile fascists. That's all I will say on that.

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James Finn Garner @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social · 14h

As Kevin Costner said, they've never been to Chicago.

IBda14U @ibda14u.bsky.social · 1d

Well this is going to go over well. If they think Americans will cower in the face of violence, they've never seen a pissed off electorate.

Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 1d

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BONE Spurs Revenge. @bonespursrevenge.bsky.social · 1d

Keep your foot on his neck.

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James Finn Garner @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social · 14h

I was thinking the same.thing.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 21h

If you're watching the situation in Chicago from afar & want to help, on the off chance you have spare $$, you can give to the Midwest Immigrant Bond Fund, which posts "bond for individuals held in the custody of ICE w ties to IL, IN, KY & WI who cannot afford to pay"
www.mibfc.org/helpusgrow

How to Help MIBFC — Midwest Immigration Bond Fund

www.mibfc.org

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14h

There is nothing an authoritarian fears more than peaceful, organized people power. That’s why the White House is now turning its sights on us. 🧵

www.reuters.com

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