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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 38m

Christopher Lee played a menacing Count Dracula. So good.

For me the archetype is Bela Lugosi, but the two of them are excellent. Lee showed his fangs, Lugosi never did.

bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 41m

They bailed out Argentina, but US military families won’t be getting paid.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 1h

Good for the Mariners.

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 1h

Watching “House of Dracula” (1958) and it’s interesting that Harker didn’t put a stake through the Count’s heart first instead of the female vampire.

Rookie mistake.

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 1h

let’s get to at least 20 innings

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1h

Apparently the CDC and CISA are "Democrat-oriented" agencies. Republicans prefer us being sick and hacked.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

CNN reporting that 4,000 federal employees were fired on Friday, in HHS, Education, Energy, HUD, Homeland Security, Patent and Trademark Office, EPA.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers during government shutdown | CNN Politics

More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing Fri...

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 2h

Beer sales were cut off like, what, 6 innings ago?

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Michael Coley @mcoley.bsky.social · 3h

ESPN literally had to blur the screen when Cathy was giving the championship trophy because a ton of fans were flipping Cathy off in addition to the boos.

Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 3h

Cathy can’t be heard above the boos in the arena, both when she gives Aces the trophy and A’ja her MVP award

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 3h

Appears the Trump admin’s reduction in force has hit housing hard this evening.

Reports that all CDFI fund staff have been let go. HUD appears to have lost 442 staff.

Yet another federal cut that will make providing affordable housing in the US all the more challenging.

Reports that all staff of CDFI Fund have been let go

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 3h

Is there any commissioner of a pro sports league who isn’t universally reviled by its fans?

Bettman and Manfred are usually vociferously booed in their public appearances. Don’t think Goodell really gets it as much.

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 3h

The boo birds were out in full force for WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert 👀

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 3h

Anything in there about his “brain age?”

Reuters @reuters.com · 4h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

Trump will just have to keep murdering fishermen until you stupid jerks give him the peace prize

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 3h

Had gotten so pre-occupied by the federal invasion of Chicago, I wonder…is DC still occupied by the NG?

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

Presented without comment, the current scene outside Union Station in DC as I got off the train.

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 4h

He got the shots that his own HHS is telling you are not necessary

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 4h

President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 4h

#BREAKING Trump administration asks 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stay Thursday's order from U.S. District Judge April Perry in Illinois v. Trump.

Perry's order blocked the deployment of National Guard troops within Illinois.

Motion here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/0d/8f/b5ed60...

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 8h

Some immigrants have tried to self-deport using a Trump-promoted app. Many are still here, despite the government giving them departure dates and promises of safe travel. @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social and @mariamelba.bsky.social have a deeply reported, riveting account of people stranded in America.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 4h

Did RFK Jr approve this?

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 4h

Always interesting when that happens.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

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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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4h

Yet another in the never-ending list of "imagine if a Democratic president said this"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 5h

stand up guy

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Greg Abbott tells Pritzker to "stop complaining and do some pushups"

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 5h

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 9h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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