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Bruce Feldman @brucerfeldman.bsky.social · 5h

Indeed.

Clayton Cubitt @claytoncubitt.bsky.social · 6h

Why is Congress still getting paid

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5h

“The National Guard’s mostly quiet walks through Washington, D.C., are expected to cost a little more than $200 million…”

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime

The Trump administration’s National Guard deployments are highly inefficient.

www.theatlantic.com

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 4h

Rest assured, you never have to give MTG, Rand Paul or Loomer credit for anything, no matter if they disagree with Trump on one particular issue. They are MAGA enablers and why we’re here.

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 5h

WHO IS FIRING WHO??

The president cannot fire federal employees. He appoints a relatively small group of officials:

Cabinet secretaries, ambassadors, and some other political appointees (about 4k total).

Vought can’t either. Only within the OMB, which has roughly 500.

We still have laws, yes??

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Bruce Feldman @brucerfeldman.bsky.social · 5h

Update from the Trump Crime Family masquerading as a government.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

😕🇺🇸

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 7h

This is what ice is doing

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 10h

The collaborator class seems serenely confident that the Trumpenreich will last a thousand years while the House GOP is in complete meltdown. Look, I’m not *promising* comedy gold by any means, but the possibility is there.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 7h

Sorry troops. But hey, Argentina needed money and we have to build a base for Qatar.

Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 11h

House GOP just said they won't be back in Washington next week, so the shutdown probably goes at least until the week of Oct 20th.

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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 11h

House GOP just said they won't be back in Washington next week, so the shutdown probably goes at least until the week of Oct 20th.

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Redacted Peloton Receipts @jellyzedsy.bsky.social · 8h

I need someone to start leaking internal ICE memos. You know that shit is rancid.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 8h

Three cheers for MIT. When the White House tried to buy obedience with funding strings...MIT said, “Hell No!” Merit over mandates. Freedom over control. Finally...an institution with the guts to tell power where to shove its politics.

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 7h

This is ridiculous!!

(But ahhh…how much is that male enhancement honey? IT’S FOR A FRIEND!)

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h

Trump's "Swiss[Chinese]-made" watch grift can be traced back to a shell LLC with an address in a strip shopping center in Wyoming. The company also sells Viagra-laced “Male Enhancement Honey” products, which the FDA has warned Americans not to use.
www.cnn.com/2024/10/17/p...

The curious hunt for the company behind Trump’s new ‘Swiss-made’ watches | CNN Politics

CNN searched for the maker of the candidate’s new ‘Swiss-made’ timepieces. The search dead-ended in a Wyoming shopping center.

www.cnn.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h

Trump's "Swiss[Chinese]-made" watch grift can be traced back to a shell LLC with an address in a strip shopping center in Wyoming. The company also sells Viagra-laced “Male Enhancement Honey” products, which the FDA has warned Americans not to use.
www.cnn.com/2024/10/17/p...

The curious hunt for the company behind Trump’s new ‘Swiss-made’ watches | CNN Politics

CNN searched for the maker of the candidate’s new ‘Swiss-made’ timepieces. The search dead-ended in a Wyoming shopping center.

www.cnn.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

Surely this will trickle down to workers, right?

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14h

Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich.

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Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

itep.org

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social @maskflowerprince.bsky.social · 15h

Also for #scape Friday, here's a #landscape ( or #riverscape?) of the St. Croix River valley, separating Minnesota and Wisconsin. Love the northwoods! (2020). #forestFriday #minnesota #wisconsin #nature #naturephotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 8h

Awaiting a huge bitcoin or A.I. financial fraud scandal. Someone taking all the funds because our felon President is modeling how open corruption is no big deal anymore.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h

We've all heard that there is no free lunch.

Well, guess what?

There is no free 747 either.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 11h

Oh, sure, let's have Qatar set up its military bases on American soil--because we're all about America First, amirite?

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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 9h

MAGA Mike added another week off because he's a chicken shit, meanwhile troops don't get paid.

😡😡😡

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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 10h

Melania talking about a private pipeline with Putin about Ukrainian children does make you wonder what’s in the Epstein files. But #complicitmedia are just stenographers.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 9h

Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...

Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection

Elected officials, activists, and at least one former high-ranking Department of Homeland...

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