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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 7h

🎁🔗: The Tom Homan Affair Has More Red Flags Than a May Day Parade >>> "The government has answered all these concerns with a dismissive wave of the hand." h/t @barbmcquade.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The Tom Homan Affair Has More Red Flags Than a May Day Parade

www.nytimes.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 7h

🎁🔗: Trump Administration Says Immigration Enforcement Threatens Higher Food Prices >>> "The Department concludes that qualified and eligible U.S. workers will not make themselves available in sufficient numbers". wapo.st/48Iuil5 #yathink

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

wapo.st

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 8h

Good News: David Jolly Raises More Than $2 Million >>> "Recent polling cited by the campaign shows Jolly narrowly leading or tied with potential Republican contenders including U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds and House Speaker Paul Renner." thecapitolist.com/david-jolly-...

David Jolly Raises More Than $2 Million

Former U.S. Rep. David Jolly’s campaign for governor said Friday it has raised more than $2 million since launching less than four months ago. The campaign reported collecting nearly $1 million in …

thecapitolist.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 8h

Interesting take on the Epstein Files ... h/t @ourshallowstate.bsky.social [X] #ReleasetheFiles

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 9h

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 9h

They Tried to Self Deport h/t @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

www.propublica.org

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 9h

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It newrepublic.com/post/201625/... via @newrepublic.com

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 9h

We all have questions ...

ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 9h

Demented ... sounds about right. h/t @rickpetree.bsky.social [X]

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 11h

They told the world exactly what the plan was ... “Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda www.propublica.org/article/vide... #missionaccomplished

“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda

Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.

www.propublica.org

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 11h

Must be all those vaccines he received yesterday! Good for me, but not for thee ... 🤷‍♀️

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 11h

Good morning, Jaye @jaybird54.bsky.social Well, now I have to add sparkling apple juice to my Saturday grocery list and pick some rosemary! Thanks for the suggestion! 😎🍸💙

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 11h

Good Morning, K🦋B @bluthrunthru.bsky.social and #BreakfastCrew After this past week, headed straight to the virtual bar for a Mimosa with no regrets. He's driving us all to drink! Don't know what I'd do without these Meet & Greets ...

a cat wearing a cowboy hat drinks from a bottle

ALT: a cat wearing a cowboy hat drinks from a bottle

media.tenor.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 11h

TY for putting this SP together @arnfinnarnesson.bsky.social We are #StrongerTogether 💙🌊💙

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 11h

Hospital Crisis Watch: Senator Murphy and Protect Our Care Mark Grim Milestone of 500 Providers at Risk of Closing or Closed Due to GOP Health Care Crisis www.protectourcare.org/hospital-cri...

Hospital Crisis Watch: Senator Murphy and Protect Our Care Mark Grim Milestone of 500 Providers at Risk of Closing or Closed Due to GOP Health Care Crisis — Protect Our Care

Protect Our Care’s Hospital Crisis Watch Map Now Shows 500 Health Care Providers at Risk of Closing Due to the GOP Health Care Crisis Washington, D.C. — Protect Our Care’s...

www.protectourcare.org

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 11h

ICYMI: For Older Americans, The Cost of Poverty is 9 years of Life >>> "About 80% of people over 60 have few, or even zero, financial assets and would struggle to cope with a financial shock ..." www.cbsnews.com/news/low-inc...

For older Americans, the cost of poverty is 9 years of life, study finds

Low-income older Americans on average die nearly a decade earlier than wealthier people, a new analysis finds.

www.cbsnews.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING NEWS: CDC Employees Terminated in Apparent Friday Night Massacre >>> "choices about who was terminated today were, once again, made outside of the CDC leadership structure ..." h/t Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.

The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.

insidemedicine.substack.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 12h

Corporate Income Taxes for the Fiscal Year that Ended in September are $77 Billion Lower than in the Previous Year, a 15 Percent Drop
Read more at: itep.org/trump-tax-la...

Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

itep.org

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 21h

MSNBC is having their annual shindig all day tomorrow in NYC. Suspect this is why they taped tonight's show. ;)

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 21h

🎁🔗: Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear

Recent moves by the president reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his agenda.

www.wsj.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 21h

Paging RFK Jr ...

Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 22h

Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.

Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 22h

🎁🔗: Why Democrats Think They’re Winning the Shutdown Fight >>> "Far from folding, Senate Democrats appear to be unusually united and even more emboldened with each passing day the government remains closed." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... #listenupfetterman

Why Democrats Think They’re Winning the Shutdown Fight

They’ve clearly succeeded in elevating the issue of health care.

www.theatlantic.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 22h

Looks like Laura had a talk with Pete ... www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 23h

ICYMI: Patrick Byrne Defaults Ahead of Trial in Hunter Biden Defamation Lawsuit >>> "Byrne's failure to have a lawyer represent him at a sanctions hearing last week exhausted the patience of the judge who in July had declined to order him in default." www.courthousenews.com/patrick-byrn...

Patrick Byrne defaults ahead of trial in Hunter Biden defamation lawsuit

Byrne's failure to have a lawyer represent him at a sanctions hearing last week exhausted the patience of the judge who in July had declined to order him in default.

www.courthousenews.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 1d

Guardians of Pedophiles! #ReleasetheEpsteinFiles

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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