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Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 12h

The problem is that they don’t even wait for the fire to go out before they rebuild with more plywood, literally adding fuel to the fire

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Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 13h

Answer: Yes.

Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · Nov 18

This is going to wind up being one of those timeless “Hillary the hawk, Donald the dove” type pieces isn’t it.

Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 20h

While they’re at it, they should pass a resolution to award him a gold medal in swimming.

Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 1d

Wow - I had to look that up.

Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 1d

Beginning to think that trump’s actual agenda is shoveling cash to white collar defense lawyers. 🤔

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Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 1d

The caller is a self described Republican who is scared that the Republican policies that she voted for might impact her family. She’s not fighting for anyone else’s kids. She wants an exception to the destruction she wanted for everyone else.

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Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 1d

I guess those of us who aren’t currently on any medications are out of luck.

Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 2d

Kavanaugh Stop is better. It is a play on an established legal doctrine called a Terry Stop which says cops can briefly detain a person based on reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.

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Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 2d

This is what is known as a Kavanaugh Stop.

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Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 2d

I’d play Yakkity Sax

Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 3d

Gee I wonder if this could be used as a way to funnel money to right wing grifters (including trump) in the form of settlements? 🤔🤔🤔

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry, took a while to look up original poster, she deserves the credit for the video

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 21d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 3d

Oh nice - that’s two great recommendations tonight!

I’m getting into TSMR. 😃

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Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 3d

(Any suggestions for a good start?)

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Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve heard of them but don’t know that I’ve ever listened to em. About to fix that right now.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 3d

The last Winchell’s Donut House in PDX closed in 2008

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 3d

Bucking tradition lol

Texas Public Radio @texaspublicradio.bsky.social · 3d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 3d

True story, during the Great Recession, Airbus said that to survive it needed to open some non-EU factories in places with cheap, compliant labor, no environmental restrictions, and no meaningful labor law and after a lengthy internal study the two sites they chose were Bangladesh and Alabama.

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3d

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that all these data centers are going into communities that have been historically targeted for exploitation and have the least amount of civic power wielded by the people living there.

wordinblack.com/2025/09/alab...

Why Are Plans for This Alabama Data Center So Hush-Hush?

Officials in Bessemer, Alabama, are mum on Project Marvel, a proposed data center the size of 18 Walmart Supercenters.

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