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Rhonda Henry @rhonda234567.bsky.social · 9h

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 2h

President Trump sure likes to fuck kids.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 6h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h

Barron Ready to Assume His Role as Another Trump Failson

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h

https://bsky.app/profile/missingthept.bsky.social/post/3m2wusp6mh52o

Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h

President Trump is indeed the Peacemaker abroad, New York Times.

Ny times headline:

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

President Trump’s dueling personas were on display this week, providing endless ammunition to his allies and his enemies alike.

Peacemaker with the caption: “I cherish peace with all my heart. I don’t care how many men, women and children I need to kill to get it.”

Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h

President Trump is indeed the Peacemaker abroad, New York Times.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: President Trump directs the Pentagon to use “all available funds” except the ballroom construction budget to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown

Trump directs the Pentagon to use 'all available funds' to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown

President Donald Trump says he's directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure that U.S. troops are paid on Wednesday despite the government shutdown.

apnews.com

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h

And the Office of Special Education at the Department of Education

Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h

Federal employees that Russ Vought is firing because they’re in “Democrat programs:”

- ICE personnel ensuring safe and humane treatment of detained immigrants
- HUD staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination
- CDC “disease detectives” who investigate outbreaks

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h

Barron Ready to Assume His Role as Another Trump Failson

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h

Barron Ready to Assume His Role as Another Trump Failson

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h

Federal employees that Russ Vought is firing because they’re in “Democrat programs:”

- ICE personnel ensuring safe and humane treatment of detained immigrants
- HUD staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination
- CDC “disease detectives” who investigate outbreaks

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 5h

President Trump warns nation of mutant oversized animals running rampant in Portland.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 6h

🤜🏾🤛

Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 6h

“We expected it to have the integrity of the President of the United States.”

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

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lolty @loltyrjustice11.bsky.social · 6h

dunno who needs to hear this but no kings includes burger king

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 6h

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 6h

“In preparation for upcoming international travel” President Trump received influenza and COVID-19 booster vaccinations because influenza and COVID-19 do not exist domestically.

PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT

THE WHITE HOUSE

MEMORANDUM

October 10, 2025

TO: KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY

FROM: SEAN P. BARBABELLA, D.O.

PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT

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CAPTAIN, U.S. NAVY

SUBJECT: President Donald J. Trump Completes Comprehensive Follow-Up Evaluation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

President Donald J. Trump successfully completed a scheduled follow-up evaluation today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The visit was part of his ongoing health maintenance plan and included advanced imaging, laboratory testing, and preventive health assessments conducted by a multidisciplinary team of specialists. These evaluations were performed in coordination with leading academic and medical consultants to ensure optimal cardiovascular health and continued wellness.

Comprehensive laboratory studies performed in conjunction with the visit were exceptional, including stable metabolic, hematologic, and cardiac parameters.

In preparation for upcoming international travel, President Trump also received preventive health screenings and immunizations, including annual influenza and updated COVID-19 booster vaccinations.

President Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health. His cardiac age-a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG-was found to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age. He continues to maintain a demanding daily schedule without restriction.

SUMMARY: President Donald J. Trump remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 6h

“In preparation for upcoming international travel” President Trump received influenza and COVID-19 booster vaccinations because influenza and COVID-19 do not exist domestically.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 6h

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 6h

Fascism Lite: All the great taste of fascism but none of the calories because we’ve expelled our immigrant agricultural labor force.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22h

It may be—for now—a mild form of fascism. Political opponents aren’t being jailed or shot, entire opposition media outlets aren’t being shuttered, and books aren’t being burned.

But from Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America. trib.al/a0i8hTE

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Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 7h

[Doctor looking at chart]

It may be —for now— a mild form of fatal hemorrhagic fever.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22h

It may be—for now—a mild form of fascism. Political opponents aren’t being jailed or shot, entire opposition media outlets aren’t being shuttered, and books aren’t being burned.

But from Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America. trib.al/a0i8hTE

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 6h

Fascism Lite: All the great taste of fascism but none of the calories because we’ve expelled our immigrant agricultural labor force.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22h

It may be—for now—a mild form of fascism. Political opponents aren’t being jailed or shot, entire opposition media outlets aren’t being shuttered, and books aren’t being burned.

But from Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America. trib.al/a0i8hTE

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 6h

“We expected it to have the integrity of the President of the United States.”

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 7h

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 7h

DID YOU KNOW? “No Kings” is short for “No Fucking Way Do We Want Kings.”

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 7h

DID YOU KNOW? “No Kings” is short for “No Fucking Way Do We Want Kings.”

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 7h

How much smaller?

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 7h

Breaking: President Trump unveils rendering of proposed Arc d’Epstein.

Donald Trump Truth Social post with image of proposed triumphal arch for National Mall.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 7h

@darthbluesky.bsky.social is this true?

Lay's drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn't know their chips were made out of potatoes | Fortune

New bags—matte-ified and designed to look like wood planks (like a potato crate)—will hold the chips with revamped ingredient lists.

fortune.com

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 7h

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 10h

“The Trump Administration said that the only solution to high food prices due to the labor shortage that it can think of is to eat the captured immigrants.”

The Washington Post

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

In an unusual acknowledgement, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply.