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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 5h

Maybe its a bad thing to have so many deeply unwell, mentally unstable ppl populating our elite spaces

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 6h

The tech billionaire and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel says the antichrist is ... Greta Thunberg www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 6h

I truly don’t understand living through the DOGE experience and being like “great model, a+, no notes”

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 6h

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Andrew @acunaandrew.bsky.social · 6h

My optimism has been thoroughly crushed.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 6h

damn did I wake up and get milkshake ducked by the Nobel Prize Committee

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 6h

there's no point in asking whether he's this stupid or this much of a bootlicker because the answer is obviously "why not both?"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 6h

NOBEL PEACE PRICE COMMITTEE: WE GIVE THIS AWARD, FOR PEACE

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 6h

Machado issues her first statement since being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and makes a thinly-veiled appeal to Trump for US intervention in Venezuela:

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This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
8:34 AM • 10/10/25 • 30K Views

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🎃🚨SEE PINNED🚨PROTECT JHORDIN🚨🎃 @blackapostate.blacksky.app · 7h

or as i would call it: being two faced, spineless, corrupt, and easily bought. a clown show

THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 7h

Cuomo is walking a tightrope when it comes to Trump — persuading voters he can stand up to the president while courting those who ardently support him.

Cuomo’s Last-Minute Push Takes Him Into MAGA Territory

The former governor courts Trump fans, finding common ground in dire warnings about a future under Mayor Mamdani.

www.thecity.nyc

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Maggie Marbles @maggiemarbles.bsky.social · 6h

Doesn't matter. The courts have prevented us from limiting money in politics. So we have to take the money away from them if we want to have a free society.

(Note to Republican judges: it's all your fault.)

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 7h

Lot of people confidently missing the point in the replies to this: if every cent of Elon musks net wealth was liquid, which it isn’t, that’s not even enough money to run the govt for two weeks. The problem less that they have money, and more how they use that money in destabilizing ways.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 10h

“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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Andrew @acunaandrew.bsky.social · 6h

Oh goddamit

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 6h

Well that's some wildly depressing information that was not in AP's write-up

"I totally support his strategy, and I’ve said on behalf of the Venezuelan people that we are very grateful. I think it is the right thing to do. It’s courageous. It’s visionary."

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Nobel Peace Prize winner hailed Trump as ‘visionary’ just days before her victory

Maria Corina Machado was given the award for promoting democracy in Venezuela and says that the US president is the country’s best chance for regime change

www.the-independent.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 6h

Well that's some wildly depressing information that was not in AP's write-up

"I totally support his strategy, and I’ve said on behalf of the Venezuelan people that we are very grateful. I think it is the right thing to do. It’s courageous. It’s visionary."

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Nobel Peace Prize winner hailed Trump as ‘visionary’ just days before her victory

Maria Corina Machado was given the award for promoting democracy in Venezuela and says that the US president is the country’s best chance for regime change

www.the-independent.com

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 6h

Hmm...wonder who these dairy farmers voted for.

www.alternet.org/noem-south-d...

Kristi Noem’s South Dakota neighbors hit with audit that decimates their workforce

LAKE NORDEN — The names on the list included some of Dorothy Elliott’s best employees: hardworking, reliable, honest.Most had been working at Drumgoon Dairy for years. Some worked there for nearly two...

www.alternet.org

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Andrew @acunaandrew.bsky.social · 6h

That’s what you get for supporting him. Oh well.

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 9h

'Nerve-racking': CEOs fear demise as they accuse Trump of launching 'global war on talent'

www.alternet.org

'Nerve-racking': CEOs fear demise as they accuse Trump of launching 'global war on talent'

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Andrew @acunaandrew.bsky.social · 7h

Why do I have the feeling this entire farce is based on a laundry list of hypothetical IOUs that’ll simply never be paid?

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.bsky.social · 7h

What is so strange about the Las Vegas A's stadium saga is that there is seemingly legitimate construction going on at the site. If Fisher has the funding worked out (he's supposedly still seeking investors) why won't he make it public?

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Andrew @acunaandrew.bsky.social · 7h

They will do no soul searching about this because they are forfeit and deserve to be launched into the sun

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The Man Who Would Be Damn Hell Ass Pumpkin King @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social · 7h

If there's one thing I know about Americans it's that we handle minor inconvenience with equanimity

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Matthew Wasserbach, brokerage manager of Express Customs Clearance, said of the UPS backlog. “It’s totally unprecedented.”

@cnbc.com $UPS
www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 7h

Their political power comes from winning elections, and having elected officials owe them favors.

This falls apart for them if they can't win elections.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 7h

Kinda? But here's the problem with this framing:

Musk is the richest man on earth. He couldn't even buy himself a judge in Wisconsin.

Billionaires couldn't buy themselves a mayor Cuomo or a mayor Adams.

Billionaire money can buy reach. But the audience has to be susceptible to their message.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 10h

“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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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 8h

“In Louisiana, where defendants can spend years in pretrial detention because of court delays, it is not uncommon for an inmate to have served out their sentence — or even served extra time — by the time a judge hands down that sentence.”

www.nola.com/news/louisia...

These inmates claim Louisiana held them too long. Now they can file a class action lawsuit.

The lawsuits allege Louisiana has routinely held inmates past their release dates for years.

www.nola.com

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Evan Robertson @evanrobertsondc.bsky.social · 9h

@kagrox.bsky.social

Trump and paperwork, man

ballerinaX @ballerinax.bsky.social · 18h

"A judge gave the government 10 days to respond, and when they failed to do so during that period and in another 30-day window, the motion to terminate was granted."

www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...

Utah violinist no longer in deportation proceedings after ICE detainment

Utah violinist John Shin, who spent weeks in an ICE detention center, no longer faces deportation after the U.S. government failed to appeal the termination of his removal proceedings.

www.fox13now.com

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 16h

Yes some of y'all are mad whiteness is no longer enough to protect you. The denial and exceptionalism that erases the embrace of anti-Black racial terror that got us here in the first place.

Gotta block and treat you like the quicksand you are and stay focused on where the REAL solidarity is.

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Veronica McDonald @veronicamcdonald.bsky.social · 8h

LOL the Nobel Peace Prize people chose violence on this Friday morning!!!

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