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/Colton @longleafhill.bsky.social · 14h

Not stop propaganda

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 14h

Trump issued the order after footage of soldiers lining up at a food bank went viral online.

Pentagon Pete Gets Trump Order to Pay Troops Despite Shutdown

Trump issued the order after footage of soldiers lining up at a food bank went viral online.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 15h

So to summarize:

- There is a pattern where Vought makes the RIFs too wide, apparently to flood the zone with sh*t and see who will draw protests.
- They restore some people after outrage and work by us.
- But we are still left with many who remain fired at the end.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 15h

It’s no wonder that Trump has such a twisted view of war and sacrifice. And the utility of bribes.

Donald was seven years old, and his father was brought before a U.S. Senate committee investigating abuses in a housing program for war veterans and middle class families. President Eisenhower had been outraged to learn of the bribes that developers paid to bureaucrats and of the alleged profiteering practiced by Trump and others. Ike called them "sons of bitches."
As federal investigators had discovered, the elder Trump had collected an extra $1.7 million in rent-equivalent to $15 million today-before beginning to pay back his low-cost government loan. He was able to do this because a bureaucrat named Clyde Powell approved the paperwork.
Powell, who had never been paid more than a modest government salary, had mysteriously amassed a small fortune. (While it was clear Powell accepted bribes, the sources were never officially identified.) In addition to collecting the extra rent, Trump paid himself a substantial architect's fee. And he charged inflated rents based on an estimate of construction costs that was far greater than what he actually spent. All of this was legal, even if it did victimize taxpayers, veterans, and other renters.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14h

Yikes?

Reporters: I hope you are digging into this hard.

I can imagine this meaning they are trying to rebuild trust among Republicans (which would be great!). I can also imagine much more worrisome possibilities.

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 15h

So dominion voting got sold, look at this fascinating statement from their new owner (not to doom but this is, uh, suboptimal). www.dominionvoting.com

(Dominion voting website now redirecting to libertyvote.com with the following statement:)

Our Promise.
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My Fellow Americans,
Today, I am proud to announce Liberty Vote - a 100% American-owned election technology company dedicated to restoring trust in our elections. Our mission is clear: every vote must be secure, fair, and verifiable.
I have spent my life working to strengthen America's elections. That commitment began years ago, in the aftermath of the 2000 election, when I worked for the Missouri Secretary of State. Later, as Election Director in St. Louis, I led the effort to modernize outdated systems and rebuild public trust. Eventually, I founded an election technology company that today serves nearly one in four voters nationwide.
With Liberty Vote, we are building on that legacy. We are turning the page and beginning the vital work of restoring faith in American elections. While these changes will not happen overnight, Liberty Vote's mission is rooted in American values and committed to transparency, independent audits, and verifiable paper records.
Our purpose is simple: to ensure that America's elections are secure, fair, and honest.
Scott Leiendecker
Founder and Chairman, Liberty Vote

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GodlessPrimate @godlessprimate.bsky.social · 14h

Tom Morello is a national treasure. I've been listening to his music since the 90s. He's always has something good to say.

Tom Morello asks, "Where are all the 2nd amendment people while the government is invading cities."

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 23h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 16h

Hey, what was happening in Germany in the 1930s? I forget.

James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
For those who actually respect history, the origin story of Antifa is well documented. Antifa is an organization that emerged with the “German Communist Antifaschistische Aktion” movement in the 1930’s.
German Communists smeared anyone to their right as "fascists,” a common ploy used by the ignorant hysterical activists of the Democrat Party today. Like today’s leftist loonies, the German Antifa of the Weimar years even labeled the leftwing SDP as "social fascists." Today’s Antifa are a paramilitary mob used by the usual suspects to foment fake “mass protests” and burn down cities. The same puppet masters of the Democrat activist judges ruining America today also fund these “useful idiots” of Antifa to impede the mandate given to the current President in his landslide last election victory.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 15h

It's incredible the extent to which Congress just utterly refuses to defend itself. You'd think for entirely self-interested reasons you would stridently oppose having the power of the purse arbitrarily ripped from you, ya know?

Why would you allow yourself to become the Roman Senate circa 27 BC.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 17h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, @mit.edu, for taking the lead.

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling — Reuters

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

Correct

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Rogan on Trump’s cruel mass deportations, racially profiling non-criminals and ripping apart families: “This is crazy. That shows no heart. You’re not gonna get any reasonable people to go along with that. Any kind person would go ‘this can’t be the only way to do this’.”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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4th Estate @the4thest.bsky.social · 14h

Hell froze over.

a man is covered in snow and ice and is standing in the snow .

ALT: a man is covered in snow and ice and is standing in the snow .

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 15h

So far this week, I’ve agreed with MTG, Laura Loomer, Matt Gaetz and Tucker Carlson. What is going on here?

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4th Estate @the4thest.bsky.social · 14h

They both look like such fucking weirdos. A comedy on wacky world governments couldn't create a stranger duo.

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

This is utter bull shit!

America First my ass.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 21h

I’m old enough to remember the $21M Trump Seven Springs Estates conservation easement tax crime.

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 14h

BOOM! 196 to go until we are at 16,500! Do your part here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Congress: Fully investigate the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case

Contact Congress today!

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 15h

Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.

But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.

It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
A 🧵:

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

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Rep. Mike Thompson @mikethompson.house.gov · 21h

Our servicemembers are still out there protecting our freedoms during this government shutdown. It’s insulting that the President doesn’t believe our troops should be paid. (1/2)

White House has, for now, ruled out legislative fix for military pay

Over 1 million military paychecks could go unfulfilled on Oct. 15.

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Acey Deecey @mcgarrygirl78.bsky.social · 16h

Watching stupid white people walk around saying shit like, "I can't believe I'm agreeing with Marjorie Taylor Greene. We should give her a chance. Welcome to the resistance" is why I hate so many of them and why we'll never be free. These are the same folks who worshipped Liz Cheney in 2022.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 15h

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans just blocked a bill to pay the troops

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

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Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

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