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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 12h

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

www.fox32chicago.com

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Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 10h

It’s a long night sleeping alone…great song - excellent album..👍✌️

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Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 16h

Gorgeous country man…I did think of the shining right away though…

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Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 17h

“They”re” = the republicans.

Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 18h

This is excellent. Captures Vought perfectly.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 22h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 22h

Go Redbirds!

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Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 1d

Fu*k this guy with a splintered telephone pole.

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Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 1d

The democrats care about healthcare - that’s obvious.

Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 1d

man I miss Harold so much.

Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so frustrated. I don’t understand the anti-science, anti-vaccine agenda - like we can all agree polio and measles and HPV and so many other terrible diseases can be reduced or prevented with vaccines.

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Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 1d

Why is our own government trying to kill us ?

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Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 1d

Especially poor and vulnerable Americans

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Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 2d

a red light with the words moron alert written below it

Alt: a red light with the words moron alert written below it

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2d

Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans ripped health care away from 15 million people and are raising costs for millions more.

The numbers are damning.

Graphic showing the average ACA premium increase in each state. It's an average of 136% increase this year alone.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2d

Donald Trump has been illegally shutting down the parts of government he doesn't like and firing tens of thousands of federal workers since Day One.

Republicans’ shutdown doesn't give him any more power to create chaos.

It’s workers and the American people who will suffer.

Vought sounds layoff siren: ‘The RIFs have begun’

At least nine agencies appear to be affected.

www.politico.com

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 2d

Thune is lying here. Trump and Vought didn’t “hold off for as long as they could” because shutdowns don’t force people to be fired. No one was ever fired in any of the previous shutdowns in history. They fired a bunch of people because they wanted to — like they’re been planning since February.

Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 2d

Senate Majority Leader John Thune responds to OMB head Russ Vought’s post “the RIFs have begun,” telling @jordainc.bsky.social and I:

“Well… I think they held off for as long as they could.”

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Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 2d

Well that’s on republicans

Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson decides to 🖕 the American people by screwing the troops and keeping Congress on recess…while the government is shut down. Johnson and Trump own every horrible thing about this.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 2d

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 2d

This Rich McCormick ?

www.advocate.com/politics/rep...

These two transphobic Republican members of Congress admit to affair

The married man and divorced woman were reportedly seen being affectionate around Capitol Hill before their affair was exposed.

www.advocate.com

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Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 2d

There are so many garbage slop accounts here - I wish I could prevent followers - these bot accounts keep following so I block - any account with like 40K followers and following 40k - auto block

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Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 2d

No man - we’re just completely miserable - you lied to us. You ran on lowering prices and you’ve raised them. Your raiding insurance premiums - WTF! It’s simple - we don’t want this crap - we don’t a dictator president.

Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I’m sure that although he’s standing right there he’s “not aware” and “will need to look into that”

Vanilla Fluff @stonesfan23.bsky.social · 3d

a man in a suit and tie is laughing while sitting at a table .

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is laughing while sitting at a table .

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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