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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume

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wicked0bserver @wicked0bserver.bsky.social · 3d

Big White Christian Nationalist Wedding

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wicked0bserver @wicked0bserver.bsky.social · 3d

there’s gonna be a huge, state produced wedding as if it were for royalty with big corporate media buy-in because grifting never stops

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 3d

they are FOR SURE fucking

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 3d

Erika Kirk: “No one will ever replace my husband, but I do see some similarities of my husband in JD”

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 4d

It’s worth considering how an Andrew Cuomo mayoralty would objectively be a disaster and everybody knows it—especially his backers. But they don’t give a shit about the day after, only thwarting the rise of any potential alternative. A striking demonstration of the nihilism of the political centre.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 6d

Corporate donors to the Epstein Ballroom at the White House all have needs from the government. Looking back through @prospect.org reporting, I detailed what every company actually expects to get from their investment.
prospect.org/2025/10/28/h...

Here’s What Trump’s Ballroom Donors Want - The American Prospect

The price tag on Donald Trump’s garish White House ballroom, now up to $350 million, keeps increasing. That’s because the cost of construction isn’t nearly as important as having an inventory of donat...

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Louis Römer @lromeranth.bsky.social · 8d

This is a masterclass in repeating carefully workshopped robotic talking points that miss the forest for the trees and are irrelevant to the question at hand: Trump chose to build a ballroom instead of funding programs that would feed those kids.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10d

GOV. WHITMER: “.. no one is worried about building a ballroom in Washington, D.C. What they want is to make sure that they can feed their kids next week.” Most Americans are “never going to step foot in a ballroom over the course of their lifetime.”

@thehill.com
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 9d

A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work to prevent the acquisition of the former with the same urgency and ruthlessness we use to prevent the acquisition of the latter.

Lawyers, Guns and Money @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 9d

Insane racist heir to multi-billion-dollar fortune really really likes Donald Trump

Insane racist heir to multi-billion-dollar fortune really really likes Donald Trump - Lawyers, Guns & Money

This guy is Andrew Mellon’s grandson, so you know those bootstraps were made for walking: Timothy Mellon, a reclusive billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump, is the anonymous private donor who gave $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during the shutdown, according to two people familiar with the […]

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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wicked0bserver @wicked0bserver.bsky.social · 10d

an incredibly heretical act against the american civic religion

Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 11d

It's clear from today's AP photos that Trump has entirely demolished the East Colonnade—added to the White House by Thomas Jefferson in 1805—and restored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902.

The East Colonnade didn't occupy the footprint of the Trump "ballroom"—its demolition was completely unnecessary.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 11d

worth reiterating again that “the executive can raise and spend money however he likes” has been anathema even under monarchies for centuries

we’re not rolling back anything in US history here, we’re rolling back the English Civil War

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 11d

Odds are this aggressively did not happen. But it would of course be just as unconstitutional to spend money donated to the government without a duly enacted appropriation as it is to spend tax money that way.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump: "By the way, a friend of mine called us the other day and he said 'I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have with the military.' Today, he sent us a check for $130 million. It's gonna go the military."

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wicked0bserver @wicked0bserver.bsky.social · 11d

real 1640s england vibes

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11d

The only question for Mike Johnson should be "why did you dissolve Congress?" And when he predictably lies or changes the subject, repeatedly follow up with variations of "so why aren't you doing your job?"

The Speaker's opinions on anything else matter little if Congress is artificially on leave.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11d

The only question for Mike Johnson should be "why did you dissolve Congress?" And when he predictably lies or changes the subject, repeatedly follow up with variations of "so why aren't you doing your job?"

The Speaker's opinions on anything else matter little if Congress is artificially on leave.

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 14d

Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered.

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Supreme Court ruling: "This Court now concludes that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption. That speakers may have influence over or access to elected officials does not mean that those officials are corrupt. And the appearance of influence or access will not cause the electorate to lose faith in this democracy."

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14d

The White House keeps making a big deal of the fact that the ballroom is privately funded but that’s one of the worst things about it.

These people and companies are buying influence. None of this is okay.

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@RapidResponse47
X.com
A lot of FAKE OUTRAGE over construction of the big, beautiful (and privately funded) White House Ballroom.
FACT: Presidents have been renovating and expanding the White House for more than 100 years.
In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt built the West Wing.
In 1909, President William Howard Taft added the first Oval Office during a West Wing expansion.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 14d

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14d

I can't really explain fully why this is the thing of all things that got my jaw on the floor but I guess it's such a literal symbol and also such a jaw dropping amount of money while small businesses are struggling to survive the tariffs

Such a visible "go fuck yourself"

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 14d

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 15d

God, this must be so embarrassing, imagine a huge crowd of people finding out you’re a New York Giants fan

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 15d

MAGA man eats pavement after shouting slurs at No Kings protesters

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 16d

That's right

A sign that says THEY BLAME IMMIGRANTS AO YOU DON'T BLAME BILLIONAIRES

Also behind them to the left is a sign that says NO TROOPS IN OUR STREETS

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 18d

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 19d

article I powers just completely liquidated, dead on arrival.

Newsweek @newsweek.com · 19d

FBI agents will be paid during the shutdown, Trump says, using unspent funds to bypass frozen federal pay.

Trump Administration to Continue Paying FBI Amid Government Shutdown

www.newsweek.com

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Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 20d

Trump repeatedly presenting "I don't love my enemies" as a fun little lovable foible is straight-up Satanic, he is normalizing complete disregard for a central pillar of Christ's message

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d

ERIKA KIRK: He did pray for his enemies, which is very hard, but he did

TRUMP: *shit-eating grin, shrugs*

ERIKA KIRK: I saw him do it

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Isi Baehr-Breen @isibb.bsky.social · 22d

One of the worst parts of this crop of billionaire ruling-class crybabies is how their money forces you to have to listen to their ideas, which sound like the kind of thing you’d hear on Thursday night at the DKE house. These guys are not smart.

Orddu, Orwen, or Orgoch @troynovaunt.bsky.social · 22d

I DEEPLY resent that I have to take seriously the stunted, juvenile political and theological opinions of Peter Thiel

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Micah @rincewind.run · 24d

I'm so tired of this

"ha ha, wasn't that cute how I said this city should be invaded by a dictator? aren't I so spicy?"

take away all his fucking money man

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 24d

we are literally besieged in all aspects of american life by unrestrained plutocrats who themselves are surrounded by toadies and sycophants, not one person there to tell them that their hair looks idiotic, their plan to invade portland is insane, that their AI does not work. bring back hard truths

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 24d

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 24d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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