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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3m

The economy is increasingly reliant upon the wealthiest 10%.

(via MS) @mikezaccardi.bsky.social

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10m

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7m

Supreme Court Justice hawking her book on a media outlet that is effectively an extension of the administration she is charged with overseeing

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10m

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9m

Border Patrol is terrorizing Gage Park this morning (video from Facebook, 55th & California reportedly 9:40am). SWRR reports agents are highly active and were also seen at the Pulaski orange line again: instagram.com/p/DPtwEY7DhTy

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Jeanne @jeanne-g-mully.bsky.social · 7m

Jordan is such a clown.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

JORDAN: Comey is where weaponization all started. 9 years ago he took the dossier--

BASH: But that's not what he's being prosecuted for

JORDAN: I'm just saying, you want to talk about weaponization, that's where it started

BASH: So this is retribution then

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

"In an authoritarian context, all journalism will tend toward propaganda unless it is explicitly formulated as anti-authoritarian. Unless an institution is explicitly designed to counter authoritarianism, it will end up aiding the authoritarians."

The Washington Post and CBS News are dying. The Bulwark is the future.

We drink their milkshake.

www.thebulwark.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12m

“.. The day after crypto experienced its biggest one-day selloff, everyone in the industry was trying to figure out who was left holding the bag.

“.. More than 1.6 million traders were liquidated, according to data tracker CoinGlass.” 👀

@bloomberg.com #crypto
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 35m

Nobody from the Trump admin will answer this simple question no matter how many times you ask it. For some reason. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 45m

Vance: I’m sure that in the course of his life he has been paid more than $50,000 for services. The question is did he do something illegal.

Stephanopoulos: I’m asking if Homan accepted the $50,000

Vance: Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services? Low income women can’t get food

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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 29m

Trump wants it both ways… Today’s “To the Contrary” Podcast with David French.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29m

It’s easy to cast Trump as antidemocratic and hostile to the rule of law. It’s harder to take on institutions and people such as Weiss who invoke ideas like the “free press” while actually advancing a right-wing agenda.

That's why this kind of conservatism is so dangerous. trib.al/VosixvW

MAGA Lite: What “Bari Weiss Conservatism” Is, and Why It’s Dangerous

The new CBS executive isn’t exactly MAGA. But her polite Trumpism will still help destroy America as we know it.

trib.al

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 28m

FROGS TOGETHER STRONG!

Bless The Frog Proving Kristi Noem Wrong

It's raining frogs! Hallelujah!

www.thegodpodcast.com

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 27m

2/2 Thru 730am AKDT peak winds at airports include 100 mph at Tooksok Bay, 84 mph at Tununak, 81 mph at Kotlik, 76 mph at Bethel and 74 mph at Chevak. However, power outages mean no observations from some communities. Winds over 60 mph also occurring well inland. #akwx #weather

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Ned Wilcox @nedwilcox.bsky.social · 37m

Ug. Everyone is knucking under to this lunatic. We are living in the twilight zone.

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Ned Wilcox @nedwilcox.bsky.social · 26m

We live in a country where this kind of news arrives almost daily, and barely registers. Think of how sick that is.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 5h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 53m

I post this article too much,,,
But we have mass shooting too much

www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...

Why Flavor Flav says the US must ban firearms now | Opinion

The lack of U.S. gun laws has created a violence epidemic unlike anywhere else on Earth. This is domestic errorism

www.newsweek.com

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 58m

Biden wasn’t president yet. These folks aren’t too bright

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1h

A draft White House memo, reported by Axios, reinterprets the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, or GEFTA, to stiff federal workers on furlough amid the longest shutdown in U.S. history. trib.al/nfzTyMJ

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 4h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

Tariff money is not a Trump Regime slush fund. It is tax money deposited into the US treasury and Congress has sole authority over the appropriation of tax dollars.

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Democracy-Lover @saverdemocrazy.bsky.social · 1h

I think she did post something to that effect probably to keep him on the anti-Maduro side.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

That is different from what the admin said. They claimed it was coming out of DOD R&D funds. Tariff money cannot be touched by the Trump Regime without congressional approval.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

Supertramp releases “Goodbye Stranger” 46 years ago today — a song Rick Davies wrote on his childhood piano.

Is it about a one-night stand, inspired by the band’s adventures on the road?

“Yeah, it is. It turned out to be that. I didn’t know what it was when I wrote it.”

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