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Barbara Dees @barbaradees.bsky.social · 19h

www.snopes.com/news/2025/07...

Examining report Pentagon secretly transferred $934M to renovate Trump's new Air Force One

Estimates for the cost of renovating the plane, which was a gift from Qatar, ranged up to $1 billion.

www.snopes.com

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 1d

Little man Johnson does not need ONE democratic vote to pass a standalone bill to pay our military.

These are disgusting, despicable, human beings.

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 2d

They called it a hoax, but it was just business — billions spent to seed doubt, stall progress, and keep the pumps running. Decades lost, lies sold, air thick with profit. The truth was never inconvenient — just unprofitable. 🌍💸 Enough said. #ClimateCrisis #EnergyTransition #EnergyTransition #Solar

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 1d

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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure my insomnia has nothing to do with the utter chaos in this country.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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🎃 Trick or Pete 🎃 Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 1d

The most frustrating part of this is that a federal judge literally made a finding of fact of the evidence presented by the administration, a judge appointed by Trump, and that judge called the narrative untethered to facts, and the narrator, unreliable.

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Good Trouble Indiana @goodtroubleindiana.org · 1d

Public health is infrastructure. And every $1 spent on prevention saves up to $5.60 in health costs. So why does Indiana underfund it? We need budgets that reflect care, not crisis.

#FundPublicHealth #INHealthEquity #GoodTrouble #HoosierSky

Every $1 spent on public health prevention saves up to $5.60 in Hoosier healthcare costs.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 1d

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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Ed Coonce @edeasthell.bsky.social · 1d

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 1d

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Harold S @oldredsubby.bsky.social · 1d

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Seattle's police chief 'will not be quiet' if National Guard is deployed

SPD Chief Shon Barnes says Seattle officers will protect citizens' rights, not federal agents, if the National Guard is deployed in Seattle.

www.seattletimes.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🐀 Mike Johnson caught lying using the receipts he directed us to use. Jen Psaki for the 🎯

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 1d

This kind of kidnapping, whether it's otherwise law-abiding undocumented workers, or 🇺🇸 citizens, ICE thugs act like they get a bounty per head (they already get a $50K signing bonus), these goons would have been slave catchers back in the day.

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Bynum Demands End to ICE Raids After U.S. Citizen Allegedly Abducted by Masked Agents
Bynum compares ICE’s conduct to U.S. Marshals hunting down Black Americans under the Fugitive Slave Act.
By Anthony Effinger
October 09, 2025 3:34PM PDT

One of the ICE agents who apprehended Frank Miranda, a U.S. citizen, on Oct. 2, 2025 (courtesy of Frank Miranda). (Frank Miranda)

U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-Ore.) called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop abducting her constituents, a week after ICE agents apprehended a Milwaukie man born in California on his way to work and detained him for part of the day.

“These ICE raids are reminiscent of the Fugitive Slave Act, when the U.S. Marshals would hunt down and kidnap Black Americans,” Bynum said in a statement. “That was a dark and shameful time in our nation’s history—we must not allow that to repeat. Masked federal agents aren’t welcome in our state and they can’t keep kidnapping Americans.”

https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/10/09/bynum-demands-end-to-ice-raids-after-us-citizen-allegedly-abducted-by-masked-agents/

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spooky•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 1d

Argentina got $20 billion this week.

the Argentinian public healthcare system is free for residents and tourists, funded through taxes.

America First, though, amirite??

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sarahquaint @sarahquaint.bsky.social · 1d

While providing tech support for my FIL:

FIL: What's that screen?

ME: The terminal. You should never use it.

FIL: Never?

ME: So you know how I'm allowed to watch you open the electrical panel and swap out breakers, but I'm not allowed to ever open up it myself?

FIL: Ah! I understand, thank you.

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 1d

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 1d

#BREAKING

🇪🇪🇷🇺Tensions are escalating even further on the Estonia–Russia border.

🔹️The so-called “little green men” have already appeared — they are clearly not border guards, have no identifiable markings or insignia, and most importantly, they are armed.

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Captain Fanta @sassy0210.bsky.social · 1d

RIP, Diane Keaton 💔
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

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Barbara Dees @barbaradees.bsky.social · 1d

robertreich.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...

A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants

We appreciate what you did for America

robertreich.substack.com

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Captain Fanta @sassy0210.bsky.social · 1d

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