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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 8h

I triple dog dare him to go to Portland and find ONE fire or burned down building rebuilt with plywood.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 9h

Defense chief Pete Hegseth has initiated nearly 300 probes into department employees over negative comments about murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, according to a report.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Pentagon Pete’s Witch Hunt of Charlie Kirk Critics Sees 300 DOD Staff Investigated

Defense chief Pete Hegseth has initiated nearly 300 probes into department employees over negative comments about murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, according to a report. Pentagon Pete ordere...

www.yahoo.com

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 9h

So much positivity. Everything is a loyalty test.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 12h

Qatar will build an Air Force facility at Idaho's Mountain Home Airbase to host its F-15 jets and train pilots, the U.S. and Qatar jointly announced on Friday.

www.axios.com/2025/10/10/q...

Qatar to build air force facility on U.S. base in Idaho

Laura Loomer and other MAGA figures expressed shock and outrage, but the deal was long in the making.

www.axios.com

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 9h

You scratch my back, and I'll let you build a military airbase on US soil. And JD will f**k your couch.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨

President Trump said Friday he would impose a 100% tariff on China “over and above any Tariff they are currently paying” effective November 1, massively escalating his trade war amid a heated dispute over export controls on rare earths.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump says he’ll impose new 100% tariff on China ‘over and above’ current rates, massively escalating trade war | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump said Friday he would impose a 100% tariff on China “over and above any Tariff they are currently paying” effective November 1 – massively escalating his trade war amid a heated ...

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 10h

Soy beans would like a word. 🙋‍♂️

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 10h

President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday the NATO alliance should weigh throwing Spain out of its membership ranks over a dispute about the Western European nation's lagging military spending.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Trump floats dropping Spain from NATO alliance

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday the NATO alliance should weigh throwing Spain out of its membership ranks over a dispute about the Western European nation's lag...

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 10h

TFW the guy nobody likes crashes the party and suggests someone with an invite should leave.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 22h

Trump is steering us toward a future more like Russia or China — countries we are not supposed to like — than the United States of America — the country we are all supposed to love.

It’s official: Trump is a communist

What happens when companies know that their market access depends not on efficiency or innovation, but on keeping the president happy? They self-censor, shareholders suffer, innovation grinds to a hal...

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 10h

Your new Minister of Free Pony Zombie Time Travel Hamster Technology, Vermin Supreme.

Vermin Supreme holds a sticker that says, "Stop Making Stupid People Famous"

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 10h

International Everlasting Success Day will be celebrated for eternity.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Q: What happens in Gaza the day after the hostage release?

TRUMP: Day after what?

Q: The day after the hostage release, what happens?

TRUMP: Hopefully you're gonna have great success for -- I call it everlasting success

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 10h

Okay quick thread of the sort of stuff you'll get if you pay a modest monthly or yearly amount to read Gravity Is Gone:

Today's newsletter, about the shutdown and RIFs and how employees are so in the dark that their bosses want them to email UP the chain if they get fired.

Federal Employees Have Been Asked to Tell Their Bosses if They Get Fired

Multiple people at multiple agencies said their bosses have told them to email up the chain if they hear about RIFs, because, per one source, "they probably won't be told if people are fired."

www.gravityisgone.com

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 11h

All Republicans take heed. Kowtowing doesn't prevent retaliation.

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 11h

Unless you're a vampire.
You need an invite, Stephen Miller. 👀

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 17h

First lady Melania Trump announced Friday that she and Russian President Vladimir Putin have had an "open channel of communication" regarding children impacted by the Russian-Ukraine war.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/mel...

Melania Trump says she and Putin communicating about children affected by war

First lady Melania Trump announced that she and Russian President Vladimir Putin have had an "open channel of communication" regarding children impacted by the war.

abcnews.go.com

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 14h

Russian honeytrap: CONFIRMED

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has become the first school to reject the Trump administration’s proposal that offered a select few universities preferential access to federal funds in exchange for agreeing to a set of demands.

www.nbcnews.com/news/educati...

MIT is 1st school to reject Trump administration's agenda in exchange for funding benefits

"With respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education,” the Massachusetts Institute of Technology president wrote in a letter.

www.nbcnews.com

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 14h

Makeup and Botox are part of the warrior ethos.
Be all you can be, and join the Army as a MUA or plastic surgeon today!
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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 14h

I see your call and raise you Biggity Bobbody Bullshit.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 15h

I call bullshit!!!

Sinclair says it pulled Kimmel's show without government 'influence'

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

First on NBC: Sinclair says it pulled Kimmel's show without government 'influence'

Sinclair, one of the two broadcast station owners that briefly pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air last month amid an uproar over his comments

www.nbcnews.com

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