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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

🧑‍🌾 FARMER: "MAGA now means Make Argentina Great Again — as China buys soybeans from Argentina, the same country Trump sent ($40 BILLION)… A bailout is like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. We don't want a bailout. We want markets for our crops."

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Jason Steele @filmcow.bsky.social · 7h

Me and my partner's "Bronze" health insurance plan with Florida Blue is increasing from $511.22 a month to $1,711.75 a month next year. Not quite sure how to fit "$20,541 a year in health insurance premiums" into the budget.

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Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 36m

#Democrats stop confirming Trump's nominees and vote NO for every Republican. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts

Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

www.politico.com

Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 47m

House of Representatives recent stock transactions. #Rich #HouseofRepresentatives #Stocks

Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 50m

Recent Senate stock transactions in the stock market. Senators are living large in the market. #BanStockTrades #Tech #NoKings #RichPeople

Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 7h

#MAGA #Peace #NoKings #DemocracyNow

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Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 7h

#MAGAFace #NOTHOT #WTF #EXORCIST youtu.be/S8C0XwaZB_4?...

Why the 'Mar-a-Lago Makeover' is all the rage in American Politics

YouTube video by Worse Every Day

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 18h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 7h

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#Argentina’s fall isn’t just about bad economics — it’s about a nation built on exclusion, denial, and debt. Until it faces its racist past and its policy rot, it will stay trapped. And guess what? It’s #NeverGonnaRepay.

#TruthToPower #ReclaimHistory #AmericaFirst

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Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 7h

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The state stopped counting Black Argentines in censuses and pushed mass European immigration to “whiten” the nation. The myth that “Argentina has no Black people” is no accident — it’s engineered invisibility.

#DecolonizeHistory #BlackArgentinaExisted #Whitewashing #Argentina #AmericaFirst

Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 7h

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Beneath the numbers lies another truth: #Argentina built its nation on racist erasure. Afro-Argentines — once a vital part of Buenos Aires — were decimated by war, epidemics, poverty, and state policies designed to make them disappear.

#ErasedHistory #AfroLatino #Racist #NeverGonnaRepay

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Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 7h

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Structural rot trapped #Argentina in endless boom-and-bust cycles. Repeated IMF bailouts papered over deeper wounds but solved nothing. What was once a global success story became a cautionary tale of greed, corruption, and elite betrayal.

#DebtTrap #NeverGonnaRepay #AmericaFirst

Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 7h

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🇦🇷 #Argentina was once among the wealthiest nations on Earth. But a century of economic sabotage — chronic deficits, runaway inflation, commodity dependence, unstable currencies, and reckless policy swings — wrecked that promise.

#NeverGonnaRepay #AmericaFirst

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Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 8h

“It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
#Hate #Justice #EchoesOfCourage

Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 8h

“Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man’s sense of values and his objectivity…”
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. warning that hatred blinds societies to truth and justice.
#Hate #Justice #Truth

Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 9h

“Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise.”
— Barry Goldwater, conservative icon, warning that religious extremism in politics threatens democracy itself.
#Democracy #ChurchAndState #EchoesOfCourage

Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 9h

“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me…”
— Barry Goldwater, conservative icon, religious extremism in politics threatens democracy itself.

Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 9h

Donald J Toad #Portland #NoKings #Democracy #Nazis #Toads #Frogs

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h

Oh my GOD.

At 4:10 p.m., she texted me: "By the way-everything | ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know."
I responded: "I'm sorry, but that's not how this works.
You don't get to say that in retrospect."
Halligan was unpersuaded: "Yes, I do. Off record."
"I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked," I said. "But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story?
To my surprise, she kept going: "It's obvious the whole convo is off record. There's disappearing messages and it's on signal. What is your story? You never told me about a story."
I didn't respond. It was time to publish my story. I'II text it to her.

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Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 10h

“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism.”
— FDR, warning that concentrated wealth & corporate dominance can warp democracy #Fascism #Oligarchy

Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 10h

“They got the guillotines, we got the guillotines
You better run
We want justice, we want peace
We want change before the blood in the streets.”
— Run the Jewels, Close Your Eyes (And Count to F**k), channeling revolutionary rage and the demand for justice.
#Revolution #Justice #EchoesOfCourage

Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 19h

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
— Sinclair Lewis, Nobel Prize–winning novelist, warning that tyranny often arrives disguised as patriotism, hollowing out a nation from within.
#Fascism #Democracy #Patriotism #EchoesOfCourage #NoKings #MAGA

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Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 19h

Working link: www.economist.com/1843/2023/12...

When the New York Times lost its way

America’s media should do more to equip readers to think for themselves

www.economist.com

Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 20h

9️⃣ Jeff Yass — $16 million (H1 2025) to MAGA
🏢 Company: Susquehanna International Group (quant trading)
📎 Source: Financial Times, Aug 2025
🔟 Geoffrey Palmer — $2 million (2016) to “Rebuilding America Now”
🏢 Company: G.H. Palmer Associates (real estate)
📎 Source: Bloomberg, LAist, Wikipedia

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Light in Darkness @lumenintenebris.bsky.social · 20h

7️⃣ Robert Bigelow — $9 million + $1 million for legal fees
🏢 Company: Bigelow Aerospace
📎 Source: Reuters, Jan 2024
8️⃣ Patricia Duggan — $5 million+ (2024) to pro-Trump PAC
🏢 Company: Scientology donor, Duggan Associates
📎 Source: Reuters, Apr 2024; OpenSecrets
#BillionairesForTrump #DemocracyForSale

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