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Kunai’s Mom @beccagsdipo.bsky.social · 7h

I ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ @kedseconomist.com ! I really enjoyed this interview even though I’m not a huge fan of Prof G (I just skip the first 10 min) but great questions were asked and Kathryn explains it all so perfectly!
P.s. Optimist Economy podcast is 🤌!

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How Policy is Failing the American Workforce — ft. Kathryn Anne Edwards | Prof G Markets

YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway

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Kunai’s Mom @beccagsdipo.bsky.social · 1d

Dude is gone. Living in his imaginary world fed by a 24/7 intravenous supply of bs washing over his feeble brain cells.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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."

Kunai’s Mom @beccagsdipo.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I would give anything to be one of those people who exists happily not knowing anything about the insanity running/ruining our government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump announces he's putting a bajillion percent tariff on China

It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade in sending an extremely hostile letter to the World, stating that they were going to, effective November 1st, 2025, impose large scale Export Controls on virtually every product they make, and some not even made by them. This affects ALL Countries, without exception, and was obviously a plan devised by them years ago. It is absolutely unheard of in International Trade, and a moral disgrace in dealing with other Nations.

Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the U.S.A., and not other Nations who were similarly threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying. Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.

It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Kunai’s Mom @beccagsdipo.bsky.social · 1d

These people are psycho. This White House is all in on the propaganda.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AUVQrs/

The White House shared this video titled "Antifa Roundtable." We did not add any music or make any edits. #whitehouse #antifa #trump #politics #uspolitics

TikTok video by Brut.

www.tiktok.com

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Kunai’s Mom @beccagsdipo.bsky.social · 3d

The level of insanity here is stunning. This country is so fucked.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Q: Are you going to work with your administration to designate antifa a foreign terror organization?

TRUMP: You mean anti-terror?

Q: Antifa

TRUMP: Antifa?

Q: A foreign terror organization

TRUMP: Would you like to see it done? I'd be glad to do it. Does everybody agree? It sounds good to me

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

"Either what Trump is doing is legal, or it is illegal. If it is legal, then Trumpism must be defeated and there then must be a concerted effort to reform the law....If it is illegal, then eventually, someone has to go to jail." www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Sonia_S @sonia2024.bsky.social · 3d

Fellas, today is Orthodox Toonie Tuesday. It's never too late to toonie. We have a goal for today. Lets push this forward for Omega. We will never give up on our heroes.💙💛 #ToonieTuesday #SupportUkraine #NAFO

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help.
www.help99.co/patches/timo...

Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action

Professor Timothy Snyder – a prominent voice of freedom, teams up with NAFO to fundraise for ten trucks and ten cargo buses with anti-drone jamming systems. These will transport and protect those who ...

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 21d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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Kunai’s Mom @beccagsdipo.bsky.social · 3d

Next year? Just wait, alright. It’s going to be so much worse next year. All the bombs they dropped this year are going to land and explode in 2026: tariffs, deportations, mass firings, medicaid cuts… 💣💥

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

“.. Their new mantra: Just wait until next year.”

@wsj.com
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Kunai’s Mom @beccagsdipo.bsky.social · 3d

Who, exactly, is making Chicago unsafe? It’s not the pastor. It’s the goons in cammo. They are the ones bringing the chemical weapons and the guns and the zip ties, not the people from the community who never asked for them to be there.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Kunai’s Mom @beccagsdipo.bsky.social · 4d

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 4d

Tropical Storm #Jerry forms over the tropical central Atlantic. Here is the Key Message.

Tropical Storm Jerry Key messages, issued at 11:00 AM AST on Tuesday, October 7, 2025. The key message states that Tropical Storm Jerry is forecast to pass near or just north of the northern Leeward Islands on Thursday night and Friday. People in that area should monitor the storm for potential wind, surf, and rainfall impacts. Watches may be issued later today or tonight.

The graphic includes two maps:

Top-right map: A forecast cone showing the projected path of Tropical Storm Jerry, which moves west-northwest across the Atlantic, approaching the northern Leeward Islands by Thursday night.

Bottom-right map: A colored probability map displaying the likelihood of tropical-storm-force winds over the next 120 hours.

For more information go to hurricanes.gov.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.

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Kunai’s Mom @beccagsdipo.bsky.social · 5d

Was listening to Pandora today and was subjected to an ad to join ICE. Of course it couldn’t just be a normal ad. It was disgusting. Done with Pandora.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 5d

You know what was weird last week? I didn’t see anyone fired for quoting words actually spoken by Jane Goodall.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5d

related, when the president is invading our own country, waging war on our own people, i don't wanna see dems give the GOP shit they ask for, don't wanna hear shit bout 'we hope our friends across the aisle will work with us on bipartisan solutions to the problems they cause' i don't want none of it

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 5d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 5d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 5d

And here is the main article of mine from which John pulled quotes:

www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

Presidential Libraries Are a Scam. Could Obama Change That?

Presidential libraries are perfect examples of just how far presidents will go to control their own legacies.

www.politico.com

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 5d

Honored to have been so... voluminously quoted in this evening's @lastweektonight.com, in the main story about presidential libraries.

Here's a post with many of my photos of the 13 in the federal system, taken during my 12 years of research for my book.

lastcampaign.substack.com/p/presidenti...

Presidential libraries

My photos of what they look like, and what's in them

lastcampaign.substack.com

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Kunai’s Mom @beccagsdipo.bsky.social · 6d

Republicans hate the poor so much that they would rather pay double to deny them healthcare.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d

#ICYMI: GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027.

A GAO report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says

Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...

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Kunai’s Mom @beccagsdipo.bsky.social · 7d

Right?! It’s literally the MAGA motto that America is not currently great. JD Vance has made it his life’s work to perfect the art of smarmy condescension. He’s basically an abusive marshmallow: soft, squishy, sickening in excess, zero nutritional value, easily burned.

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7d

They are not, you know, actually sincerely against showing contempt for America or its values or its peoples. That’s the essence of their movement. What does MAGA mean other than America is no longer great? No, the demand for obeisance is only directed at certain people.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 7d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Kunai’s Mom @beccagsdipo.bsky.social · 7d

Cool!

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 7d

Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.

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Kunai’s Mom @beccagsdipo.bsky.social · 7d

NO ONE like ICE and they know it. They’re a national disgrace. Their behavior is horrific and speaks for itself. It’s going to get worse though because they despise being called out as much as they despise immigrants, which makes them angrier and more cruel because that’s what abusers do.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 8d

ICE says I cause assaults on ICE by reciting facts about ICE’s recent shooting but refuses to link to the thread. Only posting a picture. ICE lies and ICE hides. You can read the facts for yourselves