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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

How do you say “wag the dog” in Spanish.

(“menear al perro”)

@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/trum...

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

ICE Raid in Idaho:
ICE agents allegedly pointed guns at three U.S. citizen children and brutally beat their mother.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d

RTÉ News was given permission to enter Citywest Hotel to speak to some of the 1,200 residents in the wake of a series of protests outside the facility

'We are not safe' - mother warned children in Citywest

RTÉ News was given permission to enter Citywest Hotel to speak to some of the 1,200 residents in the wake of a week of protests outside the facility.

www.rte.ie

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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 2d

At least three killed in hand grenade attack at northern Ukraine train station

At least three killed in bomb attack at northern Ukraine train station

In addition to the three victims, the attacker who triggered the explosive device also died of his injuries in an ambulance, the State Border Guard Service said on Friday.

www.euronews.com

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d

Australian scientists have found hundreds of dead seal pups on Heard Island in the sub-Antarctic with signs that suggest they were killed by a destructive bird flu that has swept most of the planet, authorities said.

Bird flu likely killed seal pups on sub-Antarctic island

Australian scientists have found hundreds of dead seal pups on Heard Island in the sub-Antarctic with signs that suggest they were killed by a destructive bird flu that has swept most of the planet, a...

www.rte.ie

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

The White House knows this. No surprise they’re pulling out “Socialist-lite” price controls on energy, pharma, etc., ahead of the midterms.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. The US now doles out nearly $200 billion in direct subsidies for favored businesses each year, and the president has imposed an expansive tariff regime, which will likely invite corruption, waste tax dollars, and sap ambition.”

@opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic ..”

@pbsnews.org
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Funders of Trump's $300M ballroom and East Wing destruction include:

-Amazon
-Apple
-Coinbase
-Lockheed Martin
-Google
-Meta
-Microsoft
-Palantir
-Tobacco companies
-The Adelson family

Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

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Larry Hochman @larryhochman.bsky.social · 2d

Epstein
Epstein
Epstein

Not enough votes in Congress to impeach/remove.

No will in the Cabinet to invoke the 25th.

For the sake of the country, we need to make him as irrelevant as possible.

Epstein
Epstein
Epstein

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

The video 🇨🇦

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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 4d

Russian strikes kill six in massive overnight attack on Ukraine

Video. Russian strikes kill six in massive overnight attack on Ukraine

Video. Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile assault across Ukraine early Wednesday, killing at least six people and causing widespread damage to residential areas and energy infrastructure.

www.euronews.com

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

There’s a real debt crisis in Britain – but it’s not the one the politicians or journalists are talking about.

While Rachel Reeves obsesses over government borrowing, 4 million people are unable to afford the basics of life without debt. That's the real debt crisis.

youtu.be/Fq0AcDXISeE?...

What is the UK’s true debt emergency?

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

Page One in Miami:

“.. taking a wrecking ball to the approval process in an echo of the strategies that he deployed in Palm Beach and New York ..”

@miamiherald.com

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 4d

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he backed US President Donald Trump's proposal that the current front line should be the basis for negotiations with Russia, but said he doubted President Vladimir Putin would accept it.

Trump's front line proposal 'good compromise' - Zelensky

US President Donald Trump said he had shelved plans for a summit in Budapest with Russia's Vladimir Putin on the Ukraine war because he did not want a "wasted" meeting.

www.rte.ie

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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 4d

Russia strikes Ukraine after Trump-Putin meeting cancelled

Client Challenge

www.ft.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

Making friends, as usual, ahead of Q3 earnings. 🤡

@mediaite.com $TSLA
www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 5d

There will be a lot of nonsense talked about government borrowing today www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

There will be a lot of nonsense talked about government borrowing today

The Guardian published this at 7.20 this morning: Newsflash: UK government borrowing has hit its highest level since the Covid-19 pandemic in the first half of this tax year, eating into chancellor R...

www.taxresearch.org.uk

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6d

That is very, very bad—and also illegal.

It sure looks like Trump is about to weaponize the IRS

That is very, very bad—and also illegal.

www.motherjones.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

RENMAC: “.. 56% see direction of economy as getting worse, the highest since November 2023.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

> @reuters.com

www.reuters.com/world/china/...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”

@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 6d

Every pound of so-called “government debt” is a private financial asset. When the government spends, it creates money that becomes your wealth. Yet politicians pretend debt is a burden, and that is just wrong. youtu.be/lixZeo_jn-k?...

Government debt is private wealth — so why do people want to get rid of it?

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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