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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 2h

"Could?" He's giving Argentina twice what he's mentioned as a "bailout" for our farmers, and Argentina gets to continue selling soybeans to China.

Trump has effectively ended the U.S. soybean market in China. Our farmers have lost not just this year's business, but future years, too, for nothing.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 2h

Thank goodness, then, that I don't work with or for the Pentagon and can thus maintain my First Amendment right to say that Hegseth's speech blows goats.

Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 2h

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Induced by tachyons, a future unseen
Give him two hooves, forgotten and cloven
Then tell the Brotherhood how it's all woven

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 11h

World's first bionic side-sleeper agent.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 12h

Kansas Young Republicans: *violent, racist, anti-semitic, white supremacist*
Politico: *shows world*
Kansas Republicans: *scrambles to shut it down & hide everything, then denies that it reflects Kansas Republicans*

My ass.

kansasreflector.com/2025/10/14/k...

Kansas Young Republicans shut down after Politico report on racist, violent encrypted chat • Kansas Reflector

Politico reports the chairman and vice chairman of Kansas Young Republicans participated in racist, antisemitic encrypted chats with GOP political peers.

kansasreflector.com

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 12h

That's kind of the joke, because that smarmy schmuck is always smirking...

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 12h

Anyone surprised? Anyone?

JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 20h

Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 12h

Trump: "Groceries are down."
Reality: "Trump has no clue, and is likely parroting what he's told."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 12h

Ah, the life of a programmer/writer. "Yes, it's a bug. Yes, I documented it. Yes, I'm required to document it. Yes, I have to explain how the product works, not how we'd like the product to work. No, it's not my job to spin it. No, I can't simply omit it. Yes, you should probably fix it."

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 12h

"Enlarged to show texture."

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 13h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Groceries are up

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 12h

Well, yeah. When Soros and the Democrats funded the research & development of Obama's Time Machine™, setting up Donald Trump was, like, item eight on the agenda for the LGBTQIArchons.

Again, Jack Smith wasn't involved until months later. Someone slipped molly into I'M ERIC!'s morning kibble.

Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 17h

Still dead, though, so... Trump's thoughts and Charlie's prayers, I guess.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18h

JUST GONNA ASSUME IM NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SHOCKED

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/t...

CNBC
There's a shocking disparity between how high income and low income earners feel about the economy

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 18h

All Americans Should Be
Outraged By This….

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 18h

We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?

Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?

Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

thinkbigpicture.substack.com

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 17h

The thing is, Milei's not due for re-election until '27, so... when's the money coming? And where's it coming from?

Is Trump extorting the country for two years with a $20B Sword of Damocles hanging over their (and our) heads?

That's insane.

www.newsweek.com/argentina-el...

Trump warns US aid to Argentina depends on Milei staying in power

Trump warns U.S. aid to Argentina hinges on Milei staying in power: “If he loses, we’re gone.”

www.newsweek.com

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 18h

Do it. Don't threaten. Watch as the events just... die, because no one can figure out where the Fickle Fascist is going to send thousands of tourists, athletes, and other folks next. Watch as no one shows up because they can't count on their tickets, travel, and reservations.

Make them regret you.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 18h

Make Andromeda Galactic Again

Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 18h

Miller: "I don't understand the furor!"
Trump: "I told you not to call me that in public!"

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 21h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20h

Reading that cretin Alex Jones was put on blast by the conservative Supreme Court and "Dr. Phil" has had to declare bankruptcy on the same day? What an embarrassment of riches! Only one other breaking news story about another odious man would make things better.
www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trum...

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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