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Mark Twine @majordisgust.bsky.social · 41m

Only laying off Democrats!

www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers during government shutdown | CNN Politics

More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing Fri...

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Mark Twine @majordisgust.bsky.social · 1h

I hope Dems are putting together Project 2028 that will reverse everything trump is fucking up, offering all the fired employees their jobs back, reform USAID, and pass laws correcting the loopholes in the laws that allowed this gop takeover of our country

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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voteinthemidterms.bsky.social @voteinthemidterms.bsky.social · 12h

BE A PORTLAND FROG

Peeps, I understand you're afraid as our president wants to murder us who didn't vote for him

Be afraid and protest anyway. If u hide in u homes, u give.him the power he craves

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Mark Twine @majordisgust.bsky.social · 12h

The car. Don’t ask me why, I don’t know

SJ Kla-spooky (should be writing) @sjklapecki.itch.io · 13h

the lil steam boat was mine always unless my SHITHEAD BROTHER took it first then i was the cannon

SWIIRL @thatonegirlkendra.blacksky.app · 15h

Before the change, what was your go to monopoly piece?

I always wanted the iron

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It’s Still Me! @itsstillme1.bsky.social · 12h

She’s still supporting pedophiles.

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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 22h

Sound up

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 12h

Current conditions: A possible nor’easter is barreling toward New York City with this weekend with heavy rain, flooding, and winds of up to 50 miles per hour • While Hurricane Priscilla has weaken...

Trump Kills Nevada’s Behemoth Solar Megaproject

On the Chevy Bolt’s return, China’s rare earth crackdown, and Nestle’s spoiled climate push

heatmap.news

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Mark Twine @majordisgust.bsky.social · 12h

Primary his ass

Renee 💙 @lupuswarrior69.bsky.social · 12h

The stroke did something to his brain....

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21h

It reads like an Onion headline.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 13h

America First!

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15h

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 13h

A retired Army officer with top secret clearance has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for conspiring to transmit classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign dating platform.

Retired US Army officer sentenced to nearly 6 years for sharing classified info on dating site

www.stripes.com

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Mark Twine @majordisgust.bsky.social · 13h

WTF?

Allen Dell @urgeoverkill.bsky.social · 1d

Primary this huge disappointment.

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Twine @majordisgust.bsky.social · 13h

They know

MoJoJuju @xoey1.bsky.social · 13h

Some Magats are about to FREAK OUT...😂
Yes, you are reading this Right..😱
Idiots, Plain and Simple...🤡

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 14h

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 15h

The Attorney General of the United States has set a new low for this committee.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 15h

The firings will continue until unemployment improves.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

The Trump Regime begins mass firings of federal civil servants.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

it's giving Germania

"On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial"

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Mark Twine @majordisgust.bsky.social · 13h

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Mark Twine @majordisgust.bsky.social · 13h

Indictments coming for John Bolton per MSNBC

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 14h

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Mark Twine @majordisgust.bsky.social · 13h

Unfortunately, yes

Scott Easterly @scotteasterly.bsky.social · 1d

I admit it. Sadly, I was quite naïve.