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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3h

October 11, 2025

Spent the day with family and friends as we said goodbye to yet another summer.

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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 12h

Let's make a deal. 5 shares or 2 donations from this post, I will give participants a special thank you.

Could be a heartfelt comment, could be a recommendation, could be a trip to the Bahamas*, could be a gift... only one way to find out!

*will not be a trip to the Bahamas.
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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 14h

Had a delightful time at Books On the Bosque: Fright Night last night. So cool getting to hear from (and meet some of) these amazing authors!

Keith Rosson, T Kingfisher, C.J. Leede, Jennifer Givhan, Brian Asman, Philip Fracassi, Clay McLeod Chapman, Ramona Emerson, and Nat Cassidy

Keith Rosson, C.J. Leede, and T. Kingfisher

Jennifer Givhan, Philip Fracassi, and Ramona Emerson.

Clay McLeod Chapman, Nat Cassidy, and Brian Asman.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23h

October 10, 2025

All of President Donald J.

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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 1d

If the Greeks were coming up with the plans for the horse and then got an invitation to finish building it in Troy...

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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, fucking what?

US says Qatar to build air force facility in Idaho

The facility in Idaho will be used to train Qatari pilots to fly F-15 fighter jets, the US defence secretary says.

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Bob Chipman 🔜PAX East @bobchipman.bsky.social · 1d

Extremely tempting (though also, likely, tiresomely America-centric) to read this Nobel selection as at least a partial strategic "Now what, smartass?" to Trump/Rubio:
Machado is the leader of Venezeula's opposition, so technically THEIR ally against Maduro.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 2d

October 9, 2025

Today Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan did what President Donald J.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

a lot of people are finally waking up to the importance of the 3rd amendment. As a 3A absolutist, i think it should be illegal for soldiers to be quartered anywhere in this country. they should be camping under the open sky at all times. all military bases and barracks are unconstitutional.

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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 2d

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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 2d

Seriously, I've had to agree with some of the biggest names in scum and villainy in the last few months, but this... this takes the cake.

When the Qunt herself, high priestess of Jewish space lasers, is saying the Dems are right and the GOP has lost its damn mind...

Bob Chipman 🔜PAX East @bobchipman.bsky.social · 2d

That partially-shorn bigfoot raises a compelling point

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: “No. 1 issue I hear about”

Democrats need to keep going hard for
affordable healthcare if MTG is torching the Republican Party for ignoring crushing insurance costs. People’s economic future is on the line.

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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 2d

Morning, all!
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3d

October 8, 2025

Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 4d

October 7, 2025

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.

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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 4d

BlueSky, please help! Use your powers for good. gofund.me/e6b96b600

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

October 5, 2025

October 6, 2025

If White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is at the head of the administration’s deployment of federal agents against undocumented immigrants, it appears that Office of Management and Budget...

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 5d

Eh, pretty sure it's out of my range. What do you have in a damp, disused stable? I can probably keep the rats down to a reasonable number...

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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 5d

...being just as open and vocal about owning past mistakes as you were when you made them, and making a continued, conscious effort to learn and grow as a person- that's something we should all aspire to. It's a level of decency and integrity that doesn't get enough credit. 2/2

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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 5d

I don't give two tugs about the shitass trolls and what passes for their opinions, and I wish it wasn't good for business or whatever to engage with them. But I do want to say, unironically and no bullshit, this is exactly why I keep supporting you. None of us is perfect, but... 1/2

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 6d

All the journalists who rushed to lionize Kirk and decry political violence are gonna get right on this, right?

Right?

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 6d

Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data
Sep. 3, 2025

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 5d

“… the data out of Montgomery County, Maryland makes one thing unmistakably clear: this crusade is not a mass movement. It’s the obsession of a vanishingly small minority …”

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 5d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

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Jason Antifa Paul @jasonpaul.bsky.social · 5d

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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 5d

How and where to vote in the city election in 2025 - City Desk ABQ

Every Albuquerque voter has a reason to vote in 2025. The only citywide elected office, mayor, is on the ballot along with five of nine city councilors and a long list of local bond questions for the ...

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