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Computer consultant & database app software developer. Bookworm. Posts about computers, gear, security, safety, and Michigan. 🇺🇸 💔🇺🇦 From Haslett, Michigan, USA Not the campaign runner More at https://steve.czmyt.com Email [email protected]

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Steve Schmidt @steve.czmyt.com · Aug 29

Absolute best political analysis of trump and the past decade of American politics ever. :)

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Aug 28

I still think many Americans have no idea how bad this is going to get. I saw President Obama reposting a tepid, mealy-mouthed analysis by Ezra Klein—who's never seen a phenomenon he couldn't be 5 years late in incompetently circumscribing—and I felt like we don't have what it takes to survive this.

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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 39m

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

Just look at this

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@PressSec • 2h
For context, S.V. Date of the Huffington Post is not a journalist interested in the facts. He is a left-wing hack who has consistently attacked President Trump for years and constantly bombards my phone with Democrat talking points.
Just take a look at @svdate's feed, it reads like an anti-Trump personal diary.
Here is my full response to his "inquiry."
Activists who masquerade as real reporters do a disservice to the profession.

Is the president aware of the significance of Budapest? In 1994, Russia promised, in Budapest, not to invade Ukraine if it gave up the nuclear weapons it inherited when the Soviet Union dissolved.
Does he not see why Ukraine might object to that site?
Who suggested Budapest?
Thanks.

Your mom did.

Is this funny to you?

It's funny to me that you actually consider yourself a journal. You are a far left hack who nobody takes seriously, including your colleagues in the media, they just don't tell you

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 22m

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 53m

NYT Confirms: Trump will DEMOLISH the ENTIRE East Wing of the White House.

The Times says the East Wing is expected to be fully torn down by the weekend to make room for Trump's ballroom for billionaires — despite the fact that Trump pledged the White House would not be touched.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 1h

UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified

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Steve Schmidt @steve.czmyt.com · 44m

pocket!! The photo on the right is of the right side of the pants with the front pocket showing on the right. It's a deep pocket, not a decorative one, but the opening is only about three inches wide. 🤦‍♂️

Steve Schmidt @steve.czmyt.com · 44m

Usually Walmart's very good about choosing what merch to put in their stores. In a world of millions of options, you can get the basics there and they will be decent. So I came across these Wrangler Outdoor style pants and decided to try them. Only problem is I can't get my hand in the front ...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah, as I told you at Law Dork yesterday, but, OK. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-demo...

NYT
LIVE
Updated 1 minute ago
Trump Administration Live
Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 79th day out of the last 91.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Dr. Tracy A Pearson, J.D. 💙 🇺🇸 🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @tracyexplains.com · 1h

Blaming a state governor for what the federal government run by Republicans did and are doing is Exhibit A in how we got here.

People are stupid. They refuse to learn.

Alt text: Screenshot of a social media post by Andrew Engelson on Bluesky. The post reads: “Washington state just opened enrollment in Obamacare for next year. Turns out if the GOP fails to renew subsidies, my health insurance costs will leap from $281 a month to $806 a month. What did you do to prepare us for this, @governorferguson.bsky.social?” Below the text is an image showing a Kaiser Permanente health insurance plan summary for “Kaiser Permanente Cascade Bronze.” It lists a premium of $806.87 per month, a premium with savings of $281.87 per month, and savings of $525 per month from tax credits, with no Cascade Care or cost-sharing reductions.

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1h

okay two quick things...

1. I may be overly cynical, but I would not assume that just because this is the first time we've heard he's had a government agency cut him a check it is therefore the first time that he has done it.

2. jfc fetterman wtaf gd

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Fetterman describes Trump trying to steal $230 million from taxpayers as "small ball, and I think we have much bigger problems than worrying about those things."

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Steve Schmidt @steve.czmyt.com · 1h

Great quick read.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 2h

substack.com/@steadystate... "we could certainly get Latin America on our side versus an entrenched dictator in Caracas, if we worked on multi-lateral law enforcement efforts and stopped carrying out extra judicial killings in international waters."

The Steady State (@steadystate1)

If the U.S. would temper comments about Canadian and Mexican sovereignty, we could retake lost ground, and improve on our mutual immigration, narcotics, and economic policies. And we could certainly g...

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 7h

When you lose gun slinging Tomi Lauren.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 3h

Senator Jeff Merkley just crossed 20 hours in his marathon floor speech on authoritarianism. He began speaking at 6:20pm yesterday.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 1h

White House "changes course"? No. Trump lied. This was always the plan, obviously. Now people can see it, is all. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing

www.nytimes.com

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1h

NEW: ICE has placed new recruits into its training program before they have completed the agency’s vetting process, one current and two former Homeland Security Department officials tell NBC News.

Some new ICE recruits have showed up to training without full vetting

The recruits have had criminal backgrounds, failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources told NBC News.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2h

There are laws about how to interdict suspected criminals on the high seas.

There are laws about how to renovate federal buildings.

There are laws about how not to monetize the presidency.

There are laws. We should enforce them. And not normalize the flagrant violation of them in the newspapers.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

Trump's Big Ugly Bill includes a $39B annual business tax break for millionaires.

For that same amount, we could extend the expiring ACA tax credits for a year — and still have $7B left over.

Priorities.

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

Making Argentina Great Again. Indefensible.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2h

Beef must be cheaper and also more expensive.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

the king blames his subjects for complaining about his policies hurting them

The Cattle Ranchers, who I love, don’t understand that the only reason they are doing so well, for the first time in decades, is because I put Tariffs on cattle coming into the United States, including a 50% Tariff on Brazil. If it weren’t for me, they would be doing just as they’ve done for the past 20 years — Terrible! It would be nice if they would understand that, but they also have to get their prices down, because the consumer is a very big factor in my thinking, also!

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CNN @cnn.com · 2h

It's a disturbing trend to economists: Car loans are typically the last payments that Americans are willing to miss. They're too important to their lives: Cars are essential tools to get to work, drive families and access food. https://cnn.it/3Jqi5qL

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 12h

🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account.

A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.

Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy

Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

demos.co.uk

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