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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 2h

You don't say. Banks made whole? Again?

Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 8h

Right on.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Rebecca has 92K followers including Gaetz, Loomer, Massie, D’Souza, Sen Schmitt, Rep. Cloud. Broke with Trump over Epstein.

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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 10h

Wait, he's the Prince of War, it says on Pentagon nameplates.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

VARNEY: There's virtually universal agreement on this program that the president should get the Nobel Peace Prize. After all, if Obama can get one for doing very little, surely President Trump can get one for bringing peace.

JONI ERNST: Exactly. President Trump is the president of peace.

Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 14h

"But perhaps they’ll find a reason not to give it to me."

How about fomenting a civil war in your own country. Is that a good enough reason?

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

Q. What's the difference between Pam Bondi and Meg Ryan?

A. No one wants to have what Bondi's having.

Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 1d

Rick Wilson compares her stuttering evasions, insults, and faux bursts of performative outrage to a fake orgasm — Unfortunately, this makes her performance seem far more entertaining than it actually was; and is unfair to orgasms.
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Reason For Hope Amid the Wreckage

If you woke up this morning with the vague sense that you were missing a goodly portion of your brain cells, it’s likely that you watched Pam Bondi’s performance yesterday before a Senate committee.

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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 14h

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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 1d

"Welcome to the March of the Tomato Cans, 2025...The aggregate record of the 11 teams left on New England’s schedule is 18-36." #Patriots
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Maybe we shouldn’t be thinking playoffs for the Patriots just yet, but their softer-than-soft schedule says otherwise - The Boston Globe

Not enough has been made of the clear path the Patriots have been handed. Welcome to the March of the Tomato Cans, 2025.

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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty much.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2d

Donald Trump has heard the wails and lamentations of all the Rust Belt communities left behind by neoliberalism, and he has a message for them: fuck you and die

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 2d

Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 4d

And maybe the military as well. SecDef is looking for recruits who are eager to 'kill people' and 'break things.'

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 5d

It was clear from the beginning that ICE staffing up was going to be a full employment program for racists, barroom bullies and wife beaters

Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 4d

"America has witnessed two remarkable acts of forgiveness in the last month. Erika Kirk forgave the man who killed her husband. Latter-day Saints loved the family of the man who massacred their brothers and sisters."

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Opinion | The Grace That Gives Us Hope

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 5d

"The Devers deal was FSG corporate genius, saving $250 million on Devers’s contract. But not replacing Devers’s bat was baseball malpractice."

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Rafael Devers might have been the piece the Red Sox were lacking in the playoffs, and other thoughts - The Boston Globe

Some might consider it baseball malpractice to trade away a team's best hitter without replacing his level of production.

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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 6d

Makes MAGA sense.

Darin Self @darinself.com · 6d

If anyone can give farmers access to international markets its the guy who closed off access to international markets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Joni Ernst: "Unfortunately, our farmers do need that assistance. They don't like it. They consider it welfare. They want trade, not aid. So we really need to see some of these new markets opening up around the globe ... but if there's anybody that can make a deal, it's President Trump."

Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 7d

"'We’ve seen a pretty dramatic increase,” emergency medicine physician Meghan Martin says. “It feels like almost every other trauma that’s coming in is related to an e-bike.' Then there are the ones who go to the coroner, riders and pedestrians."

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Opinion | E-bikes are an e-menace

America’s streets are being swarmed by teens on fast, silent electric bikes, and injuries are rising.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 8d

They didn’t drain the swamp. They sold VIP tickets to it.

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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 8d

Benevolent? BENEVOLENT?!!
M.J. is such a weasel.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

BASH: Do you think the executive branch should use this shutdown as an excuse to permanently fire federal workers?

MIKE JOHNSON: Well I can tell you right now that the president has been a benevolent president. He is mitigating the harm right now.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8d

The Shutdown Will Make Trump's Theory of Government--ICE but No Healthcare--Visible

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The Shutdown Will Make Trump's Theory of Government-ICE but No Healthcare-Visible - emptywheel

No one knows how this shutdown will go. It truly is unlike any shutdown that has gone before. But it will serve to make the reality of Trump's abuse of power visible in a way that has not fully happen...

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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 8d

"America spends $1.4 trillion on education. And bluntly, it sucks and is getting worse. Grade scores and even basic measures like reading comprehension have been trending down. It doesn't have to be this way!"

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Dad, can I tell you something

The secret to raising kids who love school

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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 8d

"Trump’s and Hegseth’s speeches were an exercise in military nostalgia."

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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 8d

"[Talarico] uses biblical references to make the point. Among his favorites is the one where Jesus drove merchants and money changers from the temple in Jerusalem. 'It’s time to start flipping tables,' he says in his stump speech."

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Opinion | Is This Bible-Quoting Texan the Answer to Democratic Prayers?

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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 9d

If it reinforces the generals' commitment to duty and to the Constitution, it was worth it.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9d

I'd be curious to know who much it cost the American taxpayers to flying generals in from all over the world so Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump would have a captive audience to witness their weird and dangerous witlessness live.

Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 9d

Let's hope so.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9d

Forcing all those generals to witness how amateurish and foolish both Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are firsthand might increase the chances of illegal orders being ignored in the future.

Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 9d

SecDef's version of "speak softly and carry a big stick."
Something got lost in the translation.
TR he ain't.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9d

This is the cringiest MF on the planet. He’s actually saying this to our most senior military officers from around the world.

Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 11d

Somebody at the Pentagon decided that, yeah, the President needs to know.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11d

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Trump to attend gathering of top generals, upending last-minute plans

President Donald Trump will attend the gathering of hundreds of generals summoned to Virginia on short notice by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, adding new security concerns.

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