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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 23h

See more job postings from ICE, courtesy of New Yorker Humor: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/UDJPAZ

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23h

Florida's surgeon general isn't just guided by science...his beliefs are shaped by a wife who says she can speak to spirits and levitate, and an energy healer guru.

Our latest on Joseph Ladapo:

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

www.motherjones.com

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IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 23h

A photo of President Donald Trump, which makes him look like he has “devil horns” poking out of his head is sparking plenty of jokes online, with some referring to it as “a warning from god.”

New photo of Trump branded 'warning from God' with comparisons to South Park

www.irishstar.com

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Pengiep @pengiep.bsky.social · 22h

It's quite ironic that the Times waited til now to speak out about this after they and their editorial staff tied themselves in knots for over a decade to sane-wash Trump and MAGA and thereby assisted in bringing them to absolute power. F*ck the NYT, filthy corporatist rag

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Pengiep @pengiep.bsky.social · 22h

It's nobody's business but her own as to why she has or doesn't have kids. How do people think they have any right at all to ask someone's reasons for such an extremely personal issue?

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Pengiep @pengiep.bsky.social · 22h

This song reminds me of my wife. Whom I dated in college and when we broke up I didn't see nor hear of her again for 12 years.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

John Lodge, the singer and bass guitarist for the British rock group the Moody Blues, died at 82. He wrote some of the band’s biggest hits, including “Ride My See-Saw” and “I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)."

John Lodge, Moody Blues Singer and Bassist, Dies at 82

He wrote some of the band’s signature songs, including “Ride My See-Saw” and “I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band).”

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RNS @rns.org · 1d

OPINION: Pope Leo XIV is clear in his first formal document: The love of money really is the root of all evils.
religionnews.com/2025/10/09/p...

Pope Leo sides with the poor

(RNS) — The new apostolic exhortation calls out the ‘wealthy elite, living in a bubble of comfort and luxury, almost in another world compared to ordinary people.’

religionnews.com

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Pengiep @pengiep.bsky.social · 22h

Mr. Vought is a profoundly evil person. May he receive due justice for his evil deeds and choices.

Pengiep @pengiep.bsky.social · 1d

America at 70 Miles per Hour
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America at 70 Miles per Hour

you can see it coming

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

A Democratic effort to pass a bill paying active-duty military members during the shutdown was blocked on the House floor by the GOP.

Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown

GOP leaders are seeking to keep pressure on Democrats to reopen the whole government.

www.politico.com

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Pengiep @pengiep.bsky.social · 1d

America at 70 Miles per Hour
open.substack.com/pub/jszeigle...

America at 70 Miles per Hour

you can see it coming

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Pengiep @pengiep.bsky.social · 1d

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What the Founders Would Say Now

They might be surprised that the republic exists at all.

www.theatlantic.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

With the US in democratic freefall, experts are concerned that other countries may dismantle themselves too. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is America contagious?

Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.

www.motherjones.com

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Dennis O’Rear @djorear.bsky.social · 4d

RFK Jr’s attack on science has close parallels to Lysenko’s attack on genetic in Soviet Russia.

Speak in populist press, not journals
Make quick solution to problems
Blame failures on internal enemies

He needed a supporting anti-elitist government

A good podcast

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Stalin’s War on Genetics | HISTORY This Week

YouTube video by HISTORY

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Pengiep @pengiep.bsky.social · 6d

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Democratic Wins Media (@demwinsmedia)

BREAKING: JB Pritzker just called Donald Trump treasonous and called for the rise of a resistance capable of calling out Donald Trump for his lies and BS. We’re with you, Gov.

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Pengiep @pengiep.bsky.social · 7d

So I guess he's gotten tired of stepping on a rake.

Pengiep @pengiep.bsky.social · 8d

ICE Agents Rappel From Blackhawks and Detain an Entire Apartment Building; It's America 2025 open.substack.com/pub/michaeld... "First they came for"- how did the rest of that poem go?

ICE Agents Rappel From Blackhawks and Detain an Entire Apartment Building; It's America 2025

The Chicago Raid at 7500 South Shore Drive on September 30, 2025

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Pengiep @pengiep.bsky.social · 9d

You silly silly man.

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HopefulEnigma90 @hopefulenigma90.bsky.social · 10d

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UPDATE: the gentleman who threatened to release Speaker Mike Johnson's Grindr account

YouTube video by TizzyEnt

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Consi @tankofpiranha.bsky.social · 11d

Everything this administration is doing to its own citizens on American soil is exactly why the Second Amendment exists, to protect us when the government turns on its people.