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@willdarrell.bsky.social

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Baby Boomer, Proud progressive-liberal, Bates College graduate, Born in Miami, FL, raised in Portland, ME. Worked/lived in Wash. DC 18yrs. Watched Am. politics since Watergate, British TV drama and The Wire. Visited London, UK. Read murder mysteries. Leo.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

“.. Frank Miranda, 46, filmed ICE agents confronting him before work on Oct. 2, demanding that he answer questions about where he was born. When he refused, agents threatened him with a dog ..”

@davidjbier.bsky.social
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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 7h

People actually voted believing he will bring down consumer prices. His actions have done the reverse.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

More tariff policy evolution — via one man’s whim.

$SPX $FXI

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 9h

These guys are scumbags.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 1d

It looks Lindsey Halligan’s entire case rests on a Power of Attorney signed by her niece, using once again, standard terms. Why did the grand jury indict? Much like Bill Pulte, the grand jury did not know the difference between a mortgage instrument and a mortgage application.

Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20d

We are inching our way into Watergate because Bill Pulte did not know the difference between a mortgage instrument and a mortgage application.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

RENMAC: “.. Another sign of a cooling labor market. According to the latest University of Michigan data, consumers see a rising probability of losing their job during the next five years. In October, this series rose to 22.9%, the highest since March.” 🇺🇸

#UMich

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 13h

Just felt like sharing this today. No reason.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 10h

They don’t want you to realize that the House has been on a weeks-long paid vacation because they’re scared of a vote to release the Epstein Files.

What are they trying to hide?

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 10h

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 10h

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Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 10h

Hey, @sanders.senate.gov how about staying out of Maine politics.

Gov. Mills has won statewide twice. She actually takes away votes from Susan Collins in Western, ME, where the race will be won.

thehill.com/homenews/cam...

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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 12h

House GOP just said they won't be back in Washington next week, so the shutdown probably goes at least until the week of Oct 20th.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11h

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 11h

Three African-American men have won the Nobel Peace Prize:

- Dr. Ralph Bunche, 1950
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, 1964
- President Barack Obama, 2009

willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 11h

Cruelty is the point.

willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 11h

The Europeans have been doing this for years. Have you ever visited London?

I worked two blocks from my friends apartment in London to a Tube station.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 12h

The collapse of the AI bubble will give us the third bubble driven recession of the century deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-magnif...

The Magnificent Collapse of the Stock and Crypto Bubbles

The third bubble recession of the century will not be fun

deanbaker22.substack.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12h

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 12h

JUST IN: 9th Circuit denies Trump admin request for en banc rehearing in case over legal services for children in deportation proceedings. 9 (of 29) judges join a Bumatay/VanDyke dissent. Fight over whether suit belongs at Court of Claims. Doc:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

PaloAltoLegalCA9101025

www.documentcloud.org

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 13h

Trump: I have not read his current book because I am reading his current book.

You cannot this shite up in a million years.

willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 13h

Yes.....this will be a great race.

I will be a volunteer helping Gov. Mills defeat Susan Collins.

#GreatStateofMaine

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Maine Gov. Mills will announce challenge to Sen. Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say

Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year.

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