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StoptheButterflyRevolution @bluestockings59.bsky.social · 1m

Qatar must have the Epstein files, too. Al Jazeera could drop them anytime.

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Mbsolheim @mbsolheim.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING: MAGA world explodes with rage as Pete Hegseth makes the jaw-dropping announcement that Qatar will build an air force facility in Idaho and station their fighter planes on U.S. soil.

The Qataris bribed Trump with a private jet and now he's paying them back tenfold...WTF

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Itsm3j3ss @itsm3j3ss.bsky.social · 1h

Translation: In addition to being Putin's bitch, I am now Qatar's bitch as well!

A picture of trump announcing that he's building a military base in Idaho.

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StoptheButterflyRevolution @bluestockings59.bsky.social · 1m

Um... are there any countries who have military bases in the US and Qatar is going to open one in Idaho?

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2h

I love, love, love MAGA crashing out over Trump selling out to Qatar.

I mean, it really gives me & so many Muslim American writers, commentators, & journalists, so much joy.

For 25 years, this country has accused us of being Hamas, terrorists, bla bla bla.

And Trump bear hugs Qatar.

I love it.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1h

The President of the United States sold out America to Qatar cheaply, for the extremely low cost of ONE $400 million dollar jet and a $5 Billion golf resort, in exchange for it's very own military base in Idaho.

Congrats "America First" MAGA.
You got played.

AGAIN.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1h

Argentina gets $20 billion, Qatar gets an airbase in Iowa, while our soldiers are being fed by food banks. Orgs like Army Emergency Relief are stepping in amidst Trump’s shutdown, and you can make a donation at any of the links in this thread:

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1h

Not the Onion.

I wonder what will happen when ICE kidnaps all the Qatari soldiers for being brown people in Idaho

www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/10/...

Qatar Air Force facility to be built at USAF base in Idaho, Defense Secretary Hegseth says

Hegseth The Defense secretary made the announcement at a Pentagon press conference with Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar's defense minister.

www.cnbc.com

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AnnieOakleyinGA @annie1x.bsky.social · 32m

#Pinks #ProudBlue
So why is Qatar building a base in Idaho? Nevermind, I mean how much money is Qatar paying the regime to build a base in Idaho?
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idaho

The move is a sign of increasingly close ties between the U.S. and Qatar.

www.cbsnews.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27m

This evening: frogs lay siege to the ICE fortress in Portland. Kristi Noem doesn't think this is funny. Every one else thinks it's hysterical. bsky.app/profile/oreg...

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 19h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 40m

That the networks don't have a live feed from Portland running in the corner is journalistic malpractice.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 44m

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."

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Congresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 2h

I’m frustrated and angry by ICE raids in our communities — and I know you are, too.

The dangerous escalation of ICE raids affect all of us, as they even arrest US citizens. It’s evil and cruel. It must stop.

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StoptheButterflyRevolution @bluestockings59.bsky.social · 52m

They all are.

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 1h

This guy is such a deluded asshole

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1h

Does this kill the tiktok deal, which China still hadn't approved?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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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Kat 🕊️💙🦋🇺🇦🌻🌊🟧🟦🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎭💖 @smith83k.bsky.social · 3h

MSNBC Exclusive: DOJ seeking criminal charges against Trump Former NSA John Bolton, expected as early as next week. #Pinks

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 2h

There may be a ceasefire but families in Gaza have lost almost everything and are having to rebuild. Mahmoud has a new baby arriving soon too ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 13h

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mahmoud. Mahmoud was a computer engineer doing web development before this. He’s lost his job and home (and many coworkers) and is in a tent with his family including his children Zeina, 6 and Zane, 2. His wife Malak is 7 months pregnant.

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StoptheButterflyRevolution @bluestockings59.bsky.social · 56m

www.newsweek.com/nobel-peace-...

Nobel Peace Prize winner dedicates her award to Donald Trump

María Corina Machado has publicly dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump.

www.newsweek.com

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Toya 🚀🔭 @astrotoya.bsky.social · 11h

My bank closed my account the other day because I was over $-1,144 in the negatives for a very long time

So if yall see this, I am begging you…. Please… I was raped in July, lost a pregnancy by ectopic, lost my job and had Covid for the 7th time that’s ruined my lungs.

Please help me keep my car

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Mezentine @mezentine.bsky.social · 1h

This is a power play obviously but also ICE absolutely cannot let cameras in that building. I am confident that the conditions inside would be a massive scandal, even for them. I cannot overemphasize enough how SMALL of a space it is to conduct operations at the scale we've seen.

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1h

We might should get “President Stephen Miller” trending to drive a wedge between him and Trump.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Meredith McClaren at ROMICS Oct '25 @iniquitousfish.bsky.social · 4h

Unironically.
This is also why I maintain that a lot of 'rich folks' are not actually rich. They're just tossing around the same 'estimated assets' that I'm not convinced have any actual dollar backing.

And adding imaginary interest on top of those numbers to make 'number go up' in perpetuity.