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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING
AG Letitia James is launching a full-scale fraud investigation into Tr*mp’s entire property empire, every tower, every deal, every shell company.

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Olivia 💙 4thTransformer /#ReleaseTheFiles‼️ #FreePalestine‼️ @olivia4t.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️ Attorneys for wrongly deported #KilmarAbregoGarcia went to court in #Maryland on Friday for an evidentiary hearing in which government witnesses testified about the steps taken to remove him from the #UnitedStates.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

“President Trump then took a call from King Charles, who admitted the Queen should have chosen him to ascend the Throne.”

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

What an emblem of the billionaire class—descending on a peaceful city in a private jet on the horn to NYT asking for the place to be invaded by federal authorities because the rent-a-cops you employ for a week to harass a few junkies outside the convention center cost too much.

Mr. Benioff spoke as his annual Dreamforce conference is set to begin Tuesday in downtown San Francisco, bringing 50,000 visitors to the city. He is scheduled to deliver a keynote address about the benefits of "agentic enterprise," a business model in which humans and artificial intelligence bots work together.
Speaking by telephone from his private plane en route to San Francisco, he lamented that he has to pay for nundreds of off-duty law enforcement officers to help patrol the convention area and said that San Francisco needed to "re-fund" the police.
The city never actually "defunded" its police force, and San Francisco's violent crime rates are below those in many other U.S. cities.
But San Francisco has struggled to recruit and keep officers, and it still has problems with lower-level crimes and open-air drug use, especially in neighborhoods like the Tenderloin near City Hall. It has about 1,500 police officers, and Mr. Benioff says it ne → another thousand.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats need to go as hard branding protest as patriotism as Republicans are labeling it all insurrection.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · Nov 15

RFK Jr. isn’t being hired to promote health. Remember Steve Bannon’s pronouncement in February 2017 when he declared his objective was the “deconstruction of the administrative state” and people scratched their heads wondering what he meant? Trump’s entire cabinet is full of Bannon’s wrecking balls.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 14

Reminder that Trump campaigned on letting RFK Jr do whatever he wants, including "health for women." We voted for this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 5

Trump on RFK Jr: "He's gonna do pretty much what he wants as far as I'm concerned. He wants health for women."

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thetoyotajackson.bsky.social @thetoyotajackson.bsky.social · 1d

What percentage of people have studied, worked for years with and cared for elderly, (ex-) longterm drug abusers with early childhood trauma?
If you have you know the ones like RFK jr. It's tragic: he's so damaged and being used by greedy farmaceutische fascists and then some.

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 2d

Mother fucker! The House has been in session only 15 days since July.

Its October!

GOP are loser slackers! Imagine if you only showed up to your job 15 days in 4 months.
They get 175k a year in salary.

#GOPShutdown

House Recess Extended to Oct. 19 As Government Shutdown Continues

The House clerk reads a communication from Speaker Mike Johnson designating October 14 to 19 a district work period for members, meaning that the House will be in recess except for pro forma sessions ...

www.c-span.org

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

The prosecution of Tish James is the product of a broken system that allows lawless billionaires to rule alongside corrupt politicians.

It’s as much a story of New York City as Washington, D.C.

But it's here in New York where a new era of politics will be born.

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thetoyotajackson.bsky.social @thetoyotajackson.bsky.social · 1d

What percentage of people have studied, worked for years with and cared for elderly, (ex-) long term drug abusers with early childhood trauma?
If you have you know the ones like and why's of RFK jr. It's tragic but he is so damaged and being used by greedy pharmaceutical fascists and then some.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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thetoyotajackson.bsky.social @thetoyotajackson.bsky.social · 1d

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 2d

A librarian fired by county officials in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves got the last laugh with a $700,000 settlement.

Librarian gets massive payday after firing for refusal to yank LGBTQ books off shelves

A librarian fired by county officials in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves got the last laugh with a $700,000 settlement. According to The New York Times, "Terri Lesley, the former director of the Campbell County Public Library in Gillette, Wyo., filed a feder...

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thetoyotajackson.bsky.social @thetoyotajackson.bsky.social · 1d

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Pay to play, again.
No democratic country in the EU has a foreign military airport up and running.
Kabillion kinds of trouble:
Who will do the customs and MP work, who will be in charge and responsible?

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 1d

"Naked & NOT AFRAID". Gotta LOVE Portland, Oregon. 🙏💙

s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

An emergency naked bike ride is such an intriguingly and outstandingly Portland (OR)-specific activity

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

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Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 1d

A Black Mom who lost her job a few months ago is having a hard time making rent these past few months. She does on-demand delivery to get by but had to spend on car repairs, and this month she won’t make it. If we each give $1 she’ll reach her goal. We’ve helped 158 people so far, let’s keep going.

My name is Brittany and im a single mother of a 3yr old baby girl, I lost my job back in June and started doing amazon flex to make ends meet and make last months rent but this month just seems to be more difficult.

I drive a 2002 PT cruiser and (which is on its last leg but still getting us from A to B!) But I had to replace my tie rods and that blew a chunk out of my earnings! My rent is 1250.00 but im sure I can make a portion of it before the first.

Any and all donations and prayers are greatly appreciated and thank you to everyone in advance!

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

Cruel and stupid is really the chocolate and peanut butter of authoritarian regimes.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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thetoyotajackson.bsky.social @thetoyotajackson.bsky.social · 1d

Yes Seth, the other I was wondering what happened with the 600 active and paid RU agents in the US and the 1200 in the EU and other countries that several secret services drafted.

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Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan.bsky.social · 2d

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thetoyotajackson.bsky.social @thetoyotajackson.bsky.social · 1d

Now he's done throwing ketchup against the wall.

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 2d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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