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Tacoma Mike @mgb5000.bsky.social · 3h

Mamdami's win provides massive momentum because he will now prove that the corrupt DNC/RNC duopoly were both lying to their sheep about Democratic Socialism.

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Freelander @freelander.bsky.social · 4h

Mamdani is a symbol of hope because he's not the same as the rest of american politics.

He isn't super special. He's a solid center left anywhere else i the world but I mean fuck me if this isn't the most exciting thing america has done in decades, like. . In a good way

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Tacoma Mike @mgb5000.bsky.social · 4h

Democrats should be promising Medicare For All but their megadonors still really really want to focus on bombing brown babies in Gaza until there are none left.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 8h

U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. …

"It has really become a prison."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 8h

DOJ's Jana Brady steps up next but says she'll largely "rest on our brief that we filed."

She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."

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Tacoma Mike @mgb5000.bsky.social · 7h

Poo Tin is running the country through Stephen Miller.

Poor old Dumbo 47 just can't keep up.

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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 8h

Wow, this is what happens when you make hope happen. By this afternoon, more people had voted in this year’s NYC election than in any of the previous 25 years
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Live Updates: Turnout High as Voters Decide Mayor’s Race

www.nytimes.com

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Jake Gold @jacob.gold · 14h

Looks like X is juicing web visit numbers by opening a browser WebView in the background whether the user visits the link or not.

They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...

Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not
247 points by stillatit 10 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 200 comments
Just saw the CEO of Substack celebrating traffic from X/Twitter shooting up thinking they stopped suppressing tweets with links[0]. Actually, this traffic is because now any time you open a tweet with a link, the in-app webview loads in the background, and displays when you press the link.
I run an ecom store that gets a lot of its customers from Twitter. I was also shocked to see my traffic double or triple overnight and thought the algorithm had blessed me and my business. Soon realized what was actually happening. Thought other traffic-monitors might appreciate this explanation.

Meanwhile Nikita Bier is pretending they never suppressed tweets with links to begin with, offering the alternative explanation: "a common complaint is that posts with links tend to get lower reach. This is because the web browser covers the post and people forget to Like or Reply. So X doesn't get a clear signal whether the content is any good"[1]. A bit of a rewriting of history since Elon and his mom both tweeted about how it wasn't fair to use his platform to promote other links/platforms, even banning people who shared profiles of other social networks (including Paul Graham for a period). They suppressed all links shortly after.

[0] https://x.com/cjgbest/status/1985464687350485092

[1] https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1979994223224209709

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Tacoma Mike @mgb5000.bsky.social · 12h

It's a common mistake to imagine that Democrats exist to block Republicans.

Democrats exist to clear the path for Republicans by blocking Greens and Progressives.

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Stephen Semler @stephensemler.bsky.social · 12h

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon/RTX, General Dynamics, and Northrop Grumman spent $89 billion on stock buybacks and dividends over the last four years.

Two-thirds of that came from US taxpayers:

Four military contractors spent $89 billion on buybacks and dividends in four years. Taxpayers funded $58 billion of it, based on each company’s government revenue. Stock buybacks and dividends, by contractor, in billions of dollars: Lockheed Martin, 34; Raytheon (RTX), 31; Northrop Grumman, 14; General Dynamics, 11; total, 89. Estimated stock buybacks and dividends funded by taxpayers: Lockheed Martin, 25; Raytheon (RTX), 14; Northrop Grumman, 12; General Dynamics, 7; total, 58. Data: 2021 to 2024. Taxpayer-funded buybacks and dividends estimated by multiplying reported buybacks and dividends in company 10-K filings by each firm’s share of revenue from U.S. government sales. Company totals may not match column totals due to rounding. Chart and analysis by Stephen Semler.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

They Tortured Lambs In The West Bank

This, to me anyway, just says so much about the level of vitriolic hatred by which the state of Israel is sustained. It’s baked in to the way the whole state is set up.

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-tortu...

They Tortured Lambs In The West Bank

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

www.caitlinjohnst.one

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Manny Schewitz @mannyschewitz.bsky.social · 3d

Last night while we were almost out of candy, one child looked at the crowd behind her, then put a bunch of her stash in our bowl because she wanted to make sure everyone got some candy.

The kids are alright. They get it. I wish our politicians would.

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Yukon @craymor.bsky.social · 1d

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Yukon @craymor.bsky.social · 1d

newrepublic.com/post/202518/...

Mike Johnson’s Christian Values: Children Starve, Pedophiles Skate

On Saturday, November 1, the real pain of the shutdown starts for people. Donald Trump and the Republicans have screamed: We. Don’t. Care.

newrepublic.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs

CHICAGO—His heart racing with terror as he found himself completely surrounded, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent conducting a raid on a Chicago elementary school reportedly fell into panic...

theonion.com

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Tacoma Mike @mgb5000.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is awful.

Biden drilled, pumped, and deported more than Trump. He COVID-killed three times as many Americans and then broke a union strike.

If Democrats wanted votes they would offer good policies and good candidates.

Sadly, all they want is to scam a few billion from seniors every cycle.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The Trump Administration said it would use "all $4.65 billion in [SNAP] contingency funds, which will cover about half of each eligible household's benefits this month."

Why? Because two federal judges told him he has to.

This is why we fight in court.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

Trump administration tells judge it will partially fund SNAP benefits using contingency funds

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Agriculture Department must disburse funding for SNAP, also known as food stamps.

www.nbcnews.com

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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 1d

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"Remember, the Constitution doesn't begin with, 'I, the president.' It begins with, 'We, the people.'" (Unknown)

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Yukon @craymor.bsky.social · 1d

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Tacoma Mike @mgb5000.bsky.social · 2d

After Vance replaces Trump as king he can put on a few hundred pounds then create his own church and appoint his own archbishops and marry his couch.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. Citizen Shot by ICE in Ontario, CA Released From Custody With Bullet Still Lodged In Shoulder

lataco.com/ontario-man-...

By Aisha Wallace-Palomares and @el_tragon_de_LA

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Tacoma Mike @mgb5000.bsky.social · 2d

Usually I end up chopping the tops off for compost and leaving the roots in the soil but if a bed happens to produce edible beans or even young edible pods I'll take them.

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Tacoma Mike @mgb5000.bsky.social · 2d

The majority of November days in Tacoma are gloomy or rainy but some of them are glorious like today.

A lawn with a large dark green pine tree and yellow-leaved sycamore and cherry trees in the distance. Also in the distance is a white gate which we love which was part of a fence which we removed. In the foreground are our veggie beds, including cattle panel arches with happy tomatoes, struggling summer squash, and the last of the runner beans now readying seed for next year.

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Tacoma Mike @mgb5000.bsky.social · 2d

Still picking snow peas and - I don't know how - perfectly healthy outdoor tomatoes here, whenever we have a dry day.

Sungold and stupice.

Meanwhile fava bean cover crop on some of the beds is a couple inches tall and getting into its stride.

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Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) @pnhp.bsky.social · 2d

Getting ready for our #MedicareForAll rally and advocacy day! #PNHP2025

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Tacoma Mike @mgb5000.bsky.social · 2d

Rugby requires a drop kick, not an easy place kick.

Kicking the ball "as it arises after the first bounce" I can assure you makes field goals a *lot* harder.