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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 10h

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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JR @jailerkey.bsky.social · 14h

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B @stone80.bsky.social · 1d

Tottenham on?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 1d

scene from The Help in which Minnie (Octavia Spencer) delivers her famous chocolate pie, which is, uh, not as it seems

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B @stone80.bsky.social · 1d

Wait until he replaces the flag…

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B @stone80.bsky.social · 2d

Of course it did

John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 2d

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

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milo @notthatmilo.bsky.social · 2d

0.24 open play xG is not good enough at home.

0.44 against Leeds, 0.89 Bodo/Glimt, 0.68 Wolves, 1.00 Doncaster, 1.18 Brighton, 0.39 Villarreal, 0.6 West Ham, 0.15 B'mouth, 0.97 City, 1.66 Burnley

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 2d

Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.

This is the official US response to Petro's comments.

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B @stone80.bsky.social · 2d

I just can’t

B @stone80.bsky.social · 2d

We just don’t create enough. Or not enough of a threat. Especially in midfield.

B @stone80.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t like the football. At all.

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B @stone80.bsky.social · 2d

Still not creating many chances from open play

B @stone80.bsky.social · 2d

Pass that, Tel!

B @stone80.bsky.social · 2d

Cash…

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 3d

Trump’s tax cut for billionaires is adding $425 Billion - monthly - to the national debt, and we’re fighting amongst ourselves for scraps.

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B @stone80.bsky.social · 3d

Honorable mention bsky.app/profile/utop...

utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 3d

when i say that i yelped in shock at this kid’s sign

A young boy holds a sign that simply states in plain handwriting: Trump hit on my girlfriend

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 3d

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.