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Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · Nov 10

People act like retirement is difficult to adjust to. Turns out I’m pretty good at doing nothing.

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 3h

Who could have possibly predicted this, except for everyone?

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Trump’s own Labor Department quietly admits his immigration crackdown risks ‘supply shock-induced food shortages’ and higher prices — FORTUNE

October 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM EDT Workers harvest corn at Yakama Nation Farms in Wapato, Washington, on July 31. The Trump administration quietly issued a dire warning about the president’s immigration ...

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Tell me again which party is the snowflake party?

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Scott Jennings Crashes Out On CNN Over Trump's Nobel Peace Prize Loss — HuffPost

The conservative commentator lashed out on Friday on CNN after Democratic panelist Jamal Simmons offered his take on the supposed snub.

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 4h

So, we can bailout Argentina in the amount of $20 billion, but we can’t afford the $15 billion for special education of US children?

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Special education staff decimated after shutdown firings: Sources — ABC News

“Who the heck is going to administer this program?

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 4h

What could possibly go wrong with this?

Right?

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‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings — STAT

WASHINGTON — The White House’s mass firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chron...

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 4h

#waffle1360 2/5

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🔥 streak: 46
🥈 #wafflesilverteam
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Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 10h

Antiwordle #1343
10 guesses

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⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟥🟨
⬛🟨⬛🟥🟨
⬛🟨⬛🟥🟨
⬛🟨⬛🟥🟨
⬛🟨⬛🟥🟨
🟥🟨⬛🟥🟨
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 10h

Wordle 1,575 3/6

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🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 1d

Why don’t they just send him to Costa Rica where he’s willing to go?

The cruelty is the point.

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Trump administration has failed to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Africa — POLITICO

Three African nations won’t accept the Salvadoran native, who was already deported illegally once and then brought back to the U.S.

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so proud of my fellow Oregonians protesting in Portland.

The videos fill my heart with joy.

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What’s Really Going On in Portland, According to Police Reports — The Wall Street Journal

Protests outside ICE facility were dwindling and ‘low energy’ before Trump called in troops, law-enforcement logs show

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 1d

Great, so the majority of what we buy will be twice as expensive.

F*ck that guy.

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Trump says he’ll impose new 100% tariff on China ‘over and above’ current rates, massively escalating trade war — CNN

President Donald Trump said Friday he would impose a 100% tariff on China “over and above any Tariff they are currently paying” effective November 1 – massively escalating his trade war amid a heated ...

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 1d

#waffle1359 3/5

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🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩⭐🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🔥 streak: 45
🥈 #wafflesilverteam
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Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 1d

RFK Jr. has lost his damn mind and is wholly unqualified to be the head of Health and Human Services.

He should resign or be fired immediately.

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Reupping unproven claims about Tylenol, Kennedy claims a link between circumcision and autism — PBS News

During a meeting with President Donald Trump and the Cabinet, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterated the connection, even while noting there was no medical proof to substantiate the claim.

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 1d

This republican regime has no desire to reopen the government, they want to destroy it by giving all their power to the 🍊 king/dictator.

Oh, and they don’t want to release the Epstein files.

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Democrats fume as Mike Johnson cancels more House votes:

Democrats railed against House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday after he cancelled yet another week of House votes amid the ongoing government shutdown.

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So, let me get this right, they are doing likely illegal layoffs while at the same time sending $20 billion dollars to bail out Argentina?

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Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown — The Washington Post

White House budget director Russell Vought said reductions in force were underway.

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 1d

Antiwordle #1342
4 guesses

😖

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟥
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟥
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟥
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 1d

White House staff will be ducking ketchup bottles today.

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Nobel Peace Prize chair responds to Trump's pressure campaign — The Hill

The chair of the Nobel Peace Prize committee responded Friday to President Trump’s public pressure campaign to win the award, telling reporters that the deliberation process for choosing the awardee p...

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 1d

Wordle 1,574 4/6

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⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟨🟩🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 2d

Me too, but I’m worried that anyone in the military with any ethics will be removed.

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 2d

#waffle1358 3/5

🙂

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⭐🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩⭐🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🔥 streak: 44
🥈 #wafflesilverteam
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Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 2d

I’ll be sure to tell my two uncircumcised sons that they are no longer autistic. 🤪

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 2d

He’s kidding himself if he thinks this republican regime cares about children.

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Justice who wrote Obergefell opinion shares surprising reason he thinks it won’t be overturned — LGBTQ Nation

Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy says the legal ramifications would be messier than people realize. Thursday, October 09, 2025 Mar 7, 2024; Washington, DC, USA; Retired Associate Justice o...

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 2d

An this, ladies and gentlemen persons, is how they rig all future elections.

Dear lord are we in trouble.

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Dominion Voting Systems, which was at the center of false fraud allegations in 2020, has been sold — POLITICO

The election machine company is being rebranded as Liberty Votes.

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 2d

They are going to continue to fire people from the military until they are only left with those who will follow illegal orders.

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Hegseth’s firing of Navy official compounds ‘culture of fear’ inside Pentagon — POLITICO

“It’s better just to keep your head down,” said one senior defense official.

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 2d

I’m glad one part of our system is standing up to his illegal behavior

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Judge rules against Trump's federalization of National Guard in Chicago — Axios

President Trump is temporarily barred from sending the National Guard to Illinois to aid his immigration crackdown after a federal judge in part granted the state a temporary restraining order against...

Bobscratch Goldfarb 🫘💙🌊 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦♿️ @bobscratchgfarb.bsky.social · 2d

He is such a pathetic little baby man.

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Letitia James, NY attorney general and Trump foe, indicted for mortgage fraud — Reuters

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of President Donald Trump, was indicted on charges of lying on a mortgage application on Thursday, the Justice Department said, as the administr...