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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3h

After Trump's tariff post, trillions vanished in hours. The S&P collapsed. Nasdaq crashed. Tech giants bled red. But a different kind of storm was already brewing — not on Wall Street, but deep inside the blockchain.

While everyone else was watching Trump’s post, someone was already cashing in.

Before that announcement even hit the airwaves, an anonymous crypto wallet suddenly transferred over $1 billion into stablecoins — digital dollars that hold value even when everything else collapses. Then, within seconds of Trump’s post, that same wallet started placing $100 million buy orders across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and multiple altcoins just as the market imploded.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3h

@repstansbury.bsky.social: "This is gangster activity. The president is trying to shield pedophiles by calling and threatening members of Congress. We need more members of Congress, whether it's the Epstein files, the shutdown, health care, democracy, the rule of law, to just fucking do their jobs."

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 3h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h

Live performance of "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield in 1967. The song was written in 1966 in response to the Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles. It became an anthem for generational conflict, civil unrest, and later anti-war movements.

"The lyrics are still so relevant."

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Joe G @eastendjoe.bsky.social · 3h

Caught in the act!

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 4h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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🦋🇺🇸 The Baracky 🇺🇸🦋 @thebaracky.bsky.social · 3h

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 3h

Pirate Wires—founded by Peter Thiel protege Mike Solana (with an investment from Thiel— whines that Wikipedia calls Trump an “authoritarian.” 10/10/25 … 1/ www.piratewires.com/p/wikipedia-...

Wikipedia Declares Trump an Authoritarian

a single editor repeatedly inserted the same "authoritarian" framing into multiple wikipedia articles, creating an illusion

www.piratewires.com

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 3h

Kai, I’m gonna be honest, I think he shares a special bond with most girls your age.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3h

Yes. This.

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 3h

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 3h

No matter what, kindness cost nothing

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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 3h

#OnMyWalk I discovered this guy in my path! What’s a girl to do? Fortunately, he’s staying with friends at 5138 Fulton Ave in Sherman Oaks, and they rescued me! You can see him on Saturday nights with his friends! #HappyHalloween #HalloweenIsComing💛👻🧡🐈‍⬛💛🧙‍♀️🧡☠️💛🕷️🧡🦇💛🧛‍♂️🧡🎃💛👻🧡🐈‍⬛💛🧙‍♀️🧡🐈‍⬛💛🕷️🧡🦇💛🧛‍♂️🧡🎃💛👻

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h

Currently in Chicago...

This looks peaceful to me...

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 3h

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 3h

it actually offends me how sloppy and careless they are. anyone who’s ever been laid off knows the panic you feel when it happens. and while obviously it’s good that they backtracked, these are people’s fucking LIVELIHOODS they’re messing with.

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

I credit the executive producers of "The Morning Show," Jennifer Aniston and Reece Witherspoon, for hiring so many talented women as lead writers and directors.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

I keep seeing this get posted. The AZ electors were charged a year and a half ago. The AZ Superior Court ENDED the case five months ago. The AZ AG will have to appeal to the AZ Supreme Court or go back and start again with a grand jury. Please stop sharing this.

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 6h

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3h

⚡️Over 75% of Americans support additional sanctions on Russia, poll finds.

Over 75% of Americans support additional sanctions on Russia, poll finds

More Republican voters than Democrats supported the additional sanctions with 86% of Republican in favor of the new measures, while 71% of Democratic voters agreeing that the U.S. should impose the me...

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 3h

Letter to the Editor:

Deployments undertaken for reasons other than clear necessity weaken public trust and quickly lead to soldiers returning home not with pride but with disillusionment.

Letters: Deploying the National Guard to Chicago, if it’s without proper cause, comes at a cost to public trust

Deployments undertaken for reasons other than clear necessity weaken the public trust.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3h

Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues.

This was their first year in a post-Roe state (pub. Feb. 2024):

She Was Denied an Abortion After Roe Fell. This Is a Year in Her Family’s Life.

Tennessee law prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. But once the babies are here, the state provides little help. We followed one family as they struggled to make it.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 5h

From yesterday in Broadview.

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No troops in Broadview yet, but anti-ICE protestors say state and local police used intimidation tactics in crowd control • The TRiiBE

Several hundred demonstrators gathered in Broadview to continue calling out the federal government for its aggressive immigration enforcement and the treatment of detainees at the facility.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 5h

Tonight, in Broadview — a suburb outside of Chicago where Illinois state troopers are doing crowd control near the ICE detention center.

Read the thread from @unraveledpress.com

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h

“I’m going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district." trib.al/bDZXe3O

MTG Turns Against Republicans in Shocking Flip on Government Shutdown

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks Democrats have a point on the Obamacare fight at the center of the government shutdown.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 4h

Censoring the press isn't enough for the Trump administration. Now they're even trying to censor court records that discuss the press's reporting.

This is unheard of.

Opposition Filed Against DOJ Effort to Strike Context from Complaint About Qatar’s ‘Gifted’ Jet to Trump Administration - American Oversight

As the DOJ refuses the prompt release of a memo clearing the Qatari jet ‘gift,’ Freedom of the Press Foundation, represented by American Oversight, argues against erasing this context and the agency’s continued delays.

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