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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 18h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 14h

It's really sad how people struggling to free or defend their countries, like Zelensky and this woman, have to repeatedly debase themselves in front of this man because there is no longer any responsible leader of the Free World.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 14h

This seems like an opportunity for Anonymous or some skilled hacking group to do something hilarious.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14h

This is absolutely disgusting

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 17h

Here’s @cliffschecter.bsky.social again brining the good stuff:

Cliff Schecter: At Substack! www.blueamp.co @cliffschecter.bsky.social · 21h

"Dem Congressman's Nuclear Messaging. Dems: Run With This!"

"Sometimes,” he said, “you’ve got to flip a few tables.”
www.blueamp.co/p/top-politi...

Qatari Airbase Peter Thiel Portland Xi SB 79

Top Politician Reveals Best Strategies to WIN Shutdown NOW

We talked the billionaire-to-GOP rigged pipeline of power; great message/sad reality. Greg's "throw a chair" strategy to fight fascist Republicans & government shutdown

www.blueamp.co

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 20h

If a humanitarian like Trump doesn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, who does?

My sensible column:

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

If a humanitarian like Trump doesn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, who does? | Opinion

I’ll always remember where I was on Oct. 10, 2025, the day Donald J. Trump was viciously denied the Nobel Peace Prize.

www.usatoday.com

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 22h

Donald Trump has made life in America so profoundly bizarre that GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is starting to make sense. She's not sane, nor is she an ally of any sort, but her bucking of Trumpian orthodoxy may be a sign of a grifter shift in the MAGA world.

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

I can't believe it either, but Marjorie Taylor Greene is starting to make sense | Opinion

President Donald Trump has made life in America so profoundly bizarre GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is starting to make sense.

www.usatoday.com

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 23h

Ah, this explains that Qatari air base comment from Hegseth.

Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 1d

Not really. This is a US air base that will host a facility where Qatari pilots are trained to fly F-15. The US also trains pilots from Singapore there www.spokesman.com/stories/2022...

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

Wut?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve always loved Nobel Peace Prize Eve.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 1d

kendrick lamar flashes a smile after a brutal takedown of drake aka dj cries-a-lot

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile starts... now.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

Woo-hooooo!!!

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Perry says the order will say defendants are "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois."

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

So much for my uprising. 🤷‍♂️

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: "I have seen no credible evidence that there is danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois."

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

MY COFFEE IS FREAKING EXPENSIVE, YOU *#%&NUTS, MAYBE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT INSTEAD OF PROSECUTING POLITICAL OPPONENTS FOR NO %&*# REASON!!!

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

New York AG James, a Trump foe, indicted for bank fraud reut.rs/4750yfz

New York AG James, a Trump foe, indicted for bank fraud

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of President Donald Trump, was indicted for bank fraud on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said, as the administration seeks to use government power against those who have pursued investigations into him or publicly resisted his agenda.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

Please stop complaining about grocery and electricity prices and healthcare costs, peasants, the president is trying to brag about all the wars he thinks he stopped that he didn't stop!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump to the Finnish president on Russia-Ukraine: "That would be number eight for me. Number eight."

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure this is very comforting to American federal workers not getting paid right now.

David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 1d

Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. has “directly purchased Argentine pesos,” and the Treasury Department has “finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina’s central bank.”

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

My Chicago dog is prepared to take on Trump's tyranny.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

Who among us has not wanted an award obtained via threats and shameless begging and pleading and self-aggrandizement? For there is nothing more satisfying than receiving the praise we have demanded.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

Psychopath Mad Libs!

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

These people are so laughably weak it's a wonder their bodies don't collapse into jiggling sacks of flesh and bone.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Kristi Noem: "If we have to do it the hard way in Portland and Chicago, we will."

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