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MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 2h

One would assume this is against state law as well.. anybody know which state the bribe occurred in?

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 6h

Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 2h

How the red coats became turn coats.
The GOP is denying Arizona citizens their representation by blocking Ms. Grijalva’s swearing in.

Denial of representation is why we fought against the king of England. #nokings

thehill.com/homenews/hou...

thehill.com

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 7h

How many “farmers” will get Trumpstein bailouts to cover for his failed tariff policies will operate on <5,000 acres?

$5 says 90% of bailouts go to bigger farms

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MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 7h

When speaking of macroeconomics and farmers it’s important to distinguish between

“farmers” aka transnational conglomerates (these guys fuck w govt)

and

“farmers” the families with 5-50,000 acres (these guys get fucked by govt)

All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 7h

Gov. Tim Walz to Trump as his “man-made” crisis crushes American farmers: "Find three soybean farmers who will stand with you and say, 'This is okay.' Just three, anywhere in America. I challenge you to do that, because you're not going to find them.”

Walz CHALLENGES Trump: Find a farmer who thinks this is okay

YouTube video by MSNBC

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MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 15h

What in the fascist fuck is wrong with these people?

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 16h

lol well shit, call me Tarintino bc AOC just put a foot in my mouth.

Mahalo for getting out and talking to the people. Just promise that when you become speaker, you won’t inherit Schumer’s lack of humor

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 17h

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 16h

To his point tho, and maybe it’s just my algo’s, but I’m not seeing Dems pound the pavement to place the fault on the predator-protectors

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

Johnson: “Manu asks, ‘Why don’t I change my strategy?’ I don’t have any strategy, Manu. I’m doing the right thing…I don’t have anything to negotiate.”

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 16h

Mike “I have no strategy, I just do what I’m told by Trumpstein” Johnson

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 16h

Small and violent? Idk ICE was happy about No Kings Day?

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 16h

You say that like there isn’t a whole flock of repubs grifting and profiteering off the public

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 17h

2025’s silver lining:
not every fortune built on the pain and anguish of others can escape justice

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 17h

Supreme Court won’t review Alex Jones’ appeal on $1.4 billion judgment in Sandy Hook case

Supreme Court decides whether to review Alex Jones’ appeal

The Infowars host had warned of a “financial death penalty by fiat imposed on a media defendant whose broadcasts reach millions.”

www.msnbc.com

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 1d

Instead of feeding Americans, Trumpstein will force farmers to destroy rotten food and survive on federal bailouts from his failed tariff policies

José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 1d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 1d

State authorities have to start pursuing incidents like this. ICE is out of control and way “over the line” - it’s time someone yells “shut the fuck up Donny”

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like the Portland & Oregon DoJ should take it seriously.

Threatening to shooting emergency personnel for rendering aid is the type of thing we’d normally invade a country over

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MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 1d

In case you missed it, Friday an explosives plant in TN exploded, killing all occupants and leveling the building. No cause has been identified at this time.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

No survivors found after Tennessee explosives plant blast - BBC News

With 16 people unaccounted for, the tragedy is "even more devastating than we thought", says a sheriff.

www.bbc.com

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 1d

We have precious few restrictions on tech and data and even fewer consequences for bad actors

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 1d

Well said. You can’t claim an insurrection of frogs

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 1d

Bessent is trying to break the dollar they way he and Soros broke the Brits

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 1d

By that logic (and it’s reasonable logic), all tech companies should have much stricter regulations, foreign or domestic

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MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 1d

We just have to fire and garnish wages of thousands of federal workers and steal the bread out of the mouths of school children to do it!

Wait - we have enough money to do both?

Ah fuck it, steal the bread anyway and cancel their insurance while we’re at it!
- GOP

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MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 1d

Minutes before the markets nosedived hard on Friday after Trump announced additional 100% tariffs, massive shorts resulted in over $88m profit for 1 “investor”.

Now they’ve made their $$, Trump TACO’d and the world turns.

Didn’t Martha Stewart go to jail for this??

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 2d

Stephanopoulos is a national treasure

www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

ABC Host George Stephanopoulos Pulls Plug on JD Vance Interview

The ABC News mainstay sparred with the vice president over claims Border Czar Tom Homan accepted bribes to lobby for government contracts.

www.thedailybeast.com

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 2d

Didn’t know this was a thing. I never liked getting punched in the face tho..

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 2d

Just in case you were wondering, no POTUS doesn’t have the authority to do this. Tariffs are the responsibility of Congress through legislation and the purse.

The only question is “will congress defend the Constitution or the Corporations?”

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/t...

Trump puts extra 100% tariff on China imports, adds export controls on 'critical software'

President Trump retaliated against China's export controls on rare earths after suggesting he also would cancel a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

www.cnbc.com

MaliciouslyModerate @thebitternomad.bsky.social · 3d

Is the missing ingredient fair wages and equitable labor conditions in the cacao industry?