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Ted Hogbin @tedomega.bsky.social · 4h

There’s the Medicaid / Medicare side that helps support provided services. Not sure how much that will be cut / rationed for students since they also cover the elderly.

SpecEd mandates are federal.

Of course, they’ve cut so many people in Fed, who will verify mandates are being met?

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 11h

Some thoughts on where we are at on Gaza now that the headlines on the deal fade and the reality of what comes next sets in. Please read and share @ordinarytimes.bsky.social ordinary-times.com/2025/10/14/g...

Gaza Peace, If You Can Keep It - Ordinary Times

Credit for the good parts does not alleviate honest questions of if this deal is, in fact "a Holy Land that is finally at peace" going forward.

ordinary-times.com

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Ted Hogbin @tedomega.bsky.social · 21h

MO (modus operandi) determines the criminal element

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

It is a very short step from the military killing alleged drug traffickers off the coast of Venezuela to the military, ICE, or others killing people inside the US for crimes, real or imagined, as directed by the president.

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Ted Hogbin @tedomega.bsky.social · 1d

USAID used to be one - so you know he has no idea what he is saying.

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Ted Hogbin @tedomega.bsky.social · 2d

What’s let of some baked 4 cheese ravioli and sauce. Aldi’s ftw.

#blueskysupperclub

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 3d

Why do these 'errors' keep happening in mission-critical positions...

'Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers' (2/16)
apnews.com/article/nucl...

'With Malice Toward All and Charity for None' (10/11)
joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/with-malic...

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 6d

My problem is not that federal money is being either spent or cut, but that it is being spent or cut unconstitutionally.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 6d

It is Congress' power and responsibility to make those decisions either way (with the President, of course, exercising a veto when a bill is passed). But via DOGE, OMB, and other guises, that power is being hijacked and that responsibility abdicated.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 7d

Just unbelievable.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 7d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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Ted Hogbin @tedomega.bsky.social · 10d

Because it helps everyone. Gets younger, healthier people into the system which reduces risk for insurance companies creating more stable markets.
Could you imagine healthcare costs extending from COVID if there was the healthcare system we had in 2008? Premiums were skyrocketing prior to the ACA.

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Ted Hogbin @tedomega.bsky.social · 11d

Amazingly, all the artists you mentioned are available through Apple Music.

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 12d

The constitutional remedy for a president who orders executive branch officials to break the law is impeachment, removal, and disqualification.

Chris Thompson @christhompson.bsky.social · 12d

a person at Treasury gave Defector a rundown of how this process—which appears to be against the law—was expedited in order to avoid public scrutiny

defector.com/treasury-dep...

Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector

The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

defector.com

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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 12d

This has been against the law since 1873 and precisely for this situation. It was passed after a few Administration schmucks started putting their own faces on US currency.

Chris Thompson @christhompson.bsky.social · 12d

a person at Treasury gave Defector a rundown of how this process—which appears to be against the law—was expedited in order to avoid public scrutiny

defector.com/treasury-dep...

Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector

The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

defector.com

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Ted Hogbin @tedomega.bsky.social · 13d

Bet he gives himself a six finger discount and just has Grok use Wikipedia.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you, this is the correct headline.

NPR @npr.org · 15d

JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."

Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'

Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."

n.pr

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Stephanie Ruhle @stephruhle.bsky.social · 15d

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent to throw it at someone else; you are the one that gets burned.” - Buddha

Thanks for joining @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social tonight. Sweet dreams.

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File411 @file411.bsky.social · 15d

Trump could release the #EpsteinFiles -or does he think MAGA will fully endorse his never ending fountain of lies
Nov 2020
x.com/File411/stat...
July 8, 2019
x.com/File411/stat...
July 10-14 2019 THREAD, x.com/File411/stat...
2019 indictment /incoming threads

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 16d

What even more concerning here is that Indiana's Attorney General publicly cited the firing as appropriate and demanding more of the same. That's the government ganging up on an individual citizen over speech.

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 16d

Fired for posting "if you think Charlie Kirk was a wonderful person, we can't be friends," on her private facebook. Because it's everyone's duty in this free society to be friends with Charlie Kirk stans.

She Was Fired for a Comment on Her Private Facebook Account

www.nytimes.com

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Ted Hogbin @tedomega.bsky.social · 16d

I’m sure that his new jet has lots of cargo capacity.

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 17d

Ya'll really, really need to remember what your parents told you when you used to use dial-up AOL: don't believe what you see on the internet.

Information should be evaluated in three components: source, content, and cost. So many of you fail to consider source and cost.

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 17d

Friends. When you see information out in the world that gets your heart pumping, you need to evaluate source, content, and cost.

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 17d

Ya'll really, really need to remember what your parents told you when you used to use dial-up AOL: don't believe what you see on the internet.

Information should be evaluated in three components: source, content, and cost. So many of you fail to consider source and cost.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 18d

Rule of law is crumbling ... fast.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19d

BREAKING NYT:

Trump just fired a U.S. attorney who insisted on following a court order.

Michele Beckwith, the top federal prosecutor in Sacramento, was fired hours after she reminded a Border Patrol chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.

Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order

www.nytimes.com

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