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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 10m

Guillotines

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 39m

“We totally want to do X but we can’t do X now for [arcane procedural reason nobody gives a shit about].” Cool story bro.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 39m

The thing is that whenever people complain about Democrats saying the filibuster stops them from doing stuff, they say nobody cares about procedural stuff. Republicans’ *whole pitch* here is procedural stuff.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 57m

Screenshot 1: is it true that the GOP CR is simply an extension of Biden area spending?

Screenshots 2-4: these are simply a demonstration that the “citizens can only learn, our opponents can only be cowed, by our insistence on pain.” On Bluesky people call this “touch the stove” thought.

Inside the upper rungs of leadership, Republicans have been astounded by Democrats' continued rejection of a bill
to extend Biden-era funding levels and their hardline position on the enhanced
Affordable Care Act subsidies. But publicly and privately, GOP lawmakers in both chambers have expressed they
believe the public will ultimately support their argument - despite some early polling favoring Democrats — and are prepared to let the shutdown drag on until Senate Minority Leader Chuck
Schumer backs down.

Still, it's not an easy stance for the GOP, a party that sees itself as champions of the military. For many members of leadership, it's personal, too: Thune hails from a military family, while Johnson's son attends the Naval Academy. Others in leadership, like House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, also have children serving in the military.
As that anxiety builds, Johnson and his team have fielded a number of calls
from House Republicans this week urging him to bring the chamber back into session so troops do not have to miss their October 15 paycheck, multiple
GOP sources told CNN.

There have been some glimpses of daylight between the two GOP leaders on the issue, however. Earlier this week, Johnson and Thune initially offered different answers on the military pay issue. The GOP speaker did not rule out the idea of a standalone bill while Thune
was clear he would not bring it up. That mix-up prompted a brief check-in between the Senate Republican leader and his House counterpart to make sure the two were on the same page,
according to three people familiar with the exchange. Johnson has privately said it was just a verbal misstep and that he did indeed support the strategy, one of those sources said.

But behind the scenes, Thune and Johnson have agreed that Republicans can make no attempts to lessen the pain they argue Democrats are causing millions of Americans by rejecting the GOP's plan to simply extend current funding - concerned that if Congress took that step, Democrats would face less pressure to reopen the government, according to multiple GOP leadership
sources.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 2h

Yes.

The miles of “gold” in the Oval Office are a product of the same thing—a DESPERATE need for adulation.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 3h

The closest thing dude has to a belief is that we're all suckers

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 3h

After attacking the Vaccines...

Trump Receives COVID and Flu Vaccines at Health Check-Up www.today.com/video/trump-...

Trump Receives COVID and Flu Vaccines at Health Check-Up

President Donald Trump visited Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Friday for his second check-up in the last six months. His doctor said Trump underwent some tests and got a COVID vaccine booster and ...

www.today.com

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 5h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 4h

“And we’ll rebuild it, it will be beautiful and …does anybody smell burning toast? Anyways we will make Portland, Maine great again.”

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 4h

Because when everything is on fire, the thing you want to do as a store owner is build your place out of materials that are highly flammable

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 3h

The next administration needs guillotines running 24/7

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

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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StlVUFan @stlvufan.bsky.social · 17h

daily #referdle1050: X/25

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StlVUFan @stlvufan.bsky.social · 17h

I won Daily Squardle #1345 with 5 guesses to spare!
Word found after 5 guesses:
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🟥🔳⬛🔳🟥
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🔳🟥🔳⬛
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StlVUFan @stlvufan.bsky.social · 18h

#waffle1359 3/5

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🔥 streak: 164
🏆 #wafflemaster
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StlVUFan @stlvufan.bsky.social · 18h

quintessential.fun #1340 (dramatic): 8 moves

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Sojourners @sojo.net · 18h

"In the 37 times that Jesus describes the reign of God in the Gospels, not once is the kingdom of God like a kingdom of earth." (2018)
sojo.net/articles/kin...

The Kin-dom of Christ

For Jesus, the kingdom of God was not like a kingdom of earth.

sojo.net

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StlVUFan @stlvufan.bsky.social · 18h

Chessle 1336 (Expert) 5/6

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StlVUFan @stlvufan.bsky.social · 18h

#PopCultured #1240
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histordle.com/popcultured/

StlVUFan @stlvufan.bsky.social · 18h

#Yeardle #1298 #gimmedirection
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histordle.com/yeardle/

StlVUFan @stlvufan.bsky.social · 18h

Antiwordle #1342
7 guesses

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StlVUFan @stlvufan.bsky.social · 18h

Daily Octordle #1355
7️⃣5️⃣
🕚9️⃣
3️⃣🔟
6️⃣8️⃣
Score: 59

StlVUFan @stlvufan.bsky.social · 18h

Daily Jumble #1318
Guesses: 36/38
1️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣
1️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣1️⃣
0️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣
0️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣
2️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣
1️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣
2️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣
0️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣
duotrigordle.com

StlVUFan @stlvufan.bsky.social · 18h

Daily Sedec-order #1336
Guesses: 19/21
0️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣
0️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣
0️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣
1️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣
1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣
1️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣
1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣
1️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣
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#sedecordle #sedecorder

StlVUFan @stlvufan.bsky.social · 18h

Connections
Puzzle #852
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