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Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 11h

The government shutdown is impacting Americans’ spending plans:

17% of Americans are delaying major purchases like homes or cars due to the government shutdown.

7% have cancelled major plans entirely, according to a Redfin survey.
#EconSky

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Bobby Don Welch @bobbydonwelch.bsky.social · 22h

Today, the Pentagon Press Corps handed over their badges and walked out in unison in defense of the First Amendment. It’s an unprecedented attack on the public’s right to know and the end of one of the most professional press relationships in DC.

apnews.com/article/pent...

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.

apnews.com

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Bobby Don Welch @bobbydonwelch.bsky.social · 2d

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 2d

I’m Abigail Spanberger — a mom of 3 daughters in Virginia public schools, former federal agent, and former CIA case officer.

I’m running for Governor to lower costs, strengthen our public schools, and keep our communities safe. Most importantly, I will always put Virginia first.

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Bobby Don Welch @bobbydonwelch.bsky.social · 2d

"This is no longer, the department of justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. It's a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed to do by Don to do so. That's what it is."

-- Chris Christie

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 2d

Right Inciting Violence on Live TV 10/13/25
💥 On Antifa: "Why can't we just send the PROUD BOYS in there and take care of business the easy way- without the cops, without the military, just go in there and let him go at it!" twp.ai/9PXNaI

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 3d

Citizens & long-time US residents are being brutalized, detained & deported.
Paramjit Singh has a brain tumor & a heart condition, but because he used a public phone without paying 10 years ago they have detained him for 2 months and withheld medical care, and are deporting him.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Sean Duffy: "If we go to the south pole of the moon, we can set up a base. We want to put up fission power. We think we can have longterm stays on the south pole of the moon."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

Cartoon by Walt Handelsman.

www.nola.com/walt_cartoons

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Bobby Don Welch @bobbydonwelch.bsky.social · 3d

IKR?

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PhillipUSA @phillipusa.bsky.social · 3d

The Republican excuse for the shutdown: shot down.

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Bobby Don Welch @bobbydonwelch.bsky.social · 3d

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Could life insurance companies end up denying claims based on grocery and DoorDash orders?

Let’s try this again. Your healthcare information is YOURS, just like Taylor Swift’s healthcare information is hers! Leave me a comment letting me know what fun things YOU shop for on TikTok shop! 😉

TikTok video by Kendall Brown

www.tiktok.com

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 3d

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, a Democrat, said on ABC’s This Week on Sunday, “We hope to continue to win. We’ve got to rely on the courts to do the right thing.”
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Appeals court: Trump can't deploy National Guard on Chicago's streets

A ruling Saturday forbids the White House from actively using troops in Illinois.

www.motherjones.com

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Bobby Don Welch @bobbydonwelch.bsky.social · 3d

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www.tiktok.com/@kendallybro...

Let’s try this again. Your healthcare information is YOURS, just like Taylor Swift’s healthcare information is hers! Leave me a comment letting me know what fun things YOU shop for on TikTok shop! 😉

TikTok video by Kendall Brown

www.tiktok.com

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Bobby Don Welch @bobbydonwelch.bsky.social · 3d

Who wore it better?

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Bobby Don Welch @bobbydonwelch.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, FFS. Seriously?

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller is such a twisted pussy boy that he probably thinks watching a twerking inflatable frog is hand to hand combat!!!

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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thank you, Trump, for your ridiculous tariffs and our tanking economy!

Republicans are running scared of a #BlueWave in 2026!

@ammarcampanajjar.bsky.social is running for Congress in #CA48 to turn things around!

Chip in $25, $50, $100, $250 or more for the win!

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Bobby Don Welch @bobbydonwelch.bsky.social · 3d

And, Columbus only made it to the Dominican Republic, too. So, there is that.

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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 3d

Your daily reminder that Indigenous people predated Columbus in the “new world” by — wait for it — 23,000 years. #IndigenousPeoplesDay 🪶🪶

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Bobby Don Welch @bobbydonwelch.bsky.social · 3d

@amberdawn1116.bsky.social Hey, Rock Hound. You like?

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Bobby Don Welch @bobbydonwelch.bsky.social · 3d

Chrysocolla, Cuprite and other copper minerals from Arizona.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Autism Draws CA 🇨🇦🦋🇺🇦💙🌈🦜🌻🐸💪🏼🎨🇺🇸 @autismdrawscanada.bsky.social · 4d

Keep rattling them sabers now Pootie Poot. Meanwhile 1,112,000,000 + Russian soldiers’ families still wish they had them in their lives.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 4d

The State Duma has allowed for "retaliatory fire on American cities" in response to Tomahawk strikes. If Ukraine uses American Tomahawk ballistic missiles, Moscow could retaliate by striking US cities, according to State Duma deputy Alexei Zhuravlev. His words were quoted by Gazeta.ru.

Rrrrrrright.

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