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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 51m

So many nepobabies behind efforts to ruin American society

Trump himself and his entire family
Timothy Mellon
David Ellison
RFK Jr.
Elon Musk

The list goes on

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

"Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune

Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of Trump." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 40m

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 40m

We haven’t forgotten, no matter how many distractions you throw our way.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 38m

For context, annual military compensation is about $600 billion. So $130 million is about $100 per service member or 0.02% of total annual costs. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

Once the precedent of not paying the troops according to the rules is created, bad things follow. $130 million is not a large portion of military salary, but sends the message to troops that Trump and his buddies are personally paying them.
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Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 59m

Under the Constitution the Founders expected that "ambition would counteract ambition" and that branches would push back if another tried to seize their powers

They could not imagine congressional leaders who are sniveling cowards happy for the president to trample on them

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 58m

How Trump's ballroom will dwarf the White House

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Reuters @reuters.com · 57m

🔊 What you need to know today:
- Venezuela's Maduro criticizes US military buildup in the Caribbean
- US and China meet in Kuala Lumpur to ease trade tensions
- Trump announces no plans to meet Canada's PM during his Asia trip
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 55m

Authoritarians create imaginary enemies and bring us into unnecessary wars so they can consolidate power domestically and stay in office forever.

The U.S. Is Preparing for War in Venezuela

More U.S.-military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric.

www.theatlantic.com

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 55m

On a sweltering morning in Vidalia, LA, Shannan Cornwell and Freddie Green got in a long line to wait for food The couple has struggled 2 pay for groceries amid soaring prices and health setbacks they said She had back surgery He had undergone cancer treatment
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 53m

Former US VP Kamala Harris has told the BBC she may run again for the White House. www.politico.eu/article/kamal...

Kamala Harris hints she is ready to run again for US president

The Democratic Party hopeful, who lost to Donald Trump in 2024, told the BBC she is “not done” with politics.

www.politico.eu

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 50m

Three months from now:

Why Trump Was Right to Put the New York Times Editors into a Work Camp

Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 1h

JESUS CHRIST DUDE

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 48m

Not surprisingly, most of the U.S. tariffs are being paid by American companies and consumers — NOT by foreign exporters.

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 2h

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has subpoenaed Deputy AG Todd Blanche to testify in his vindictive prosecution hearing, accusing the DOJ of retaliation over his deportation fight. A judge found “realistic” signs of bias, while the DOJ moves to quash the subpoena.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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JoAnn T. Blankenship @jotimblank.bsky.social · 3h

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Catastrophic!
Please share!

Hurricane Melissa will make a Direct Hit into Jamaica...

YouTube video by Mr. Weatherman

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 6h

For a few days I've been watching the numbers grow and grow of a food-poisoning 'epidemic' in a city in eastern Russian.

The Buryatia Health Ministry says 165, including 92 kids, were poisoned in Ulan-Ude after eating ready-made food produced by “Vostok”

82 are in hospital.

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 6h

Hillary Clinton dropped merch roasting Trump’s $300M White House East Wing demolition, calling out the sheer audacity of bulldozing 123 years of history for a vanity ballroom Preservationists and Democrats are livid watching heritage get obliterated for ego and glitter
news.yahoo.com/article/hill...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6h

Offer cancer patients exercise on NHS, major charity urges

Maggie’s says embedding activities such as yoga, tai chi and Nordic walking into care could boost chances of survival Cancer patients should be offered yoga, tai chi and Nordic walking as part of their NHS care to boost their chances of survival and stop tumours returning, a major charity has said. Maggie’s, which operates 27 cancer support centres across the UK, is urging NHS bosses to “embed” exercise into the care offered to the 386,000 Britons diagnosed with the disease every year. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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JoAnn T. Blankenship @jotimblank.bsky.social · 6h

WTF

Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 6h

Trump is reportedly hauling dirt from the demolished White House East Wing to pile at his D.C. golf course. Videos show trucks dumping it at East Potomac Golf Links, confirmed by a worker—because why not turn historic rubble into landscaping for ego?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9h

Looking forward to an extra hour in bed on Sunday? Time to thank a farsighted builder from Kent

William Willett dreamed up the idea of clocks going forward and back on an early morning ride in 1907

www.theguardian.com

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 11h

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 11h

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 11h

I will be very disappointed if this doesn't happen.

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JoAnn T. Blankenship @jotimblank.bsky.social · 10h

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I've been an Atlanta Braves fan for over 40 years...but love any great game.

FULL 9-RUN INNING: Blue Jays take their first World Series lead since 1993!

YouTube video by MLB

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Paul Rieckhoff @rieckhoff.bsky.social · 12h

Tonight on CNN with Anderson Cooper (and Adam Kinzinger) on the American aircraft carrier heading now to the coast of Venezuela, Trump again blowing past Congress, and why this new “war on drugs could be a lot like the “war on terror”. youtu.be/6PF8L-8FAJs?...

CNN: AC360 - TRUMP INSISTS HE CAN STRIKE ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKERS WITHOUT CONGRESS DECLARING WAR

YouTube video by Righteous Media

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 11h

Sorry, but it *is* unnerving. I agree with @rieckhoff.bsky.social that this idea that the military is Trump's personal muscle, and should kill anyone he points at, should be among the biggest stories in America right now.

suzannenotsusan.bsky.social @suzannenotsusan.bsky.social · 11h

Hey Tom, saw you on MSNBC earlier today.
That conversation was a bit unnerving.

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