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Calvin Squires @calvinsquires.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, digital beanie babies is probably more accurate, as there isn’t one person at the top making all the money, but I’ve used the term in conversation many times to hopefully get the pint across that it’s clearly a scam.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 22h

The DoD is allowed to transfer this money per statute apparently (though this is outside of my area). The CR in March upped it to 8 billion.

Of course it has. It always does. Sec 8005 of DOD Appropriations, for starters…

That one provision now allows for $8b in transfers, per March’s full year CR:

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 23h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

"In an authoritarian context, all journalism will tend toward propaganda unless it is explicitly formulated as anti-authoritarian. Unless an institution is explicitly designed to counter authoritarianism, it will end up aiding the authoritarians."

The Washington Post and CBS News are dying. The Bulwark is the future.

We drink their milkshake.

www.thebulwark.com

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The Sons of Liberty @sonsofliberty.bsky.social · 17h

Conservatives live in an alternate history timeline; same with them claiming Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 happened under Obama. ~AdminMatt

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 1d

#AlexAlott was charged with allegedly assaulting a federal officer with an umbrella. Yesterday, she was exonerated because VIDEO disproved the accusation. But Daniel, who attended the trial to support her, was detained the same day that the trial finished.

THIS IS FASCISM. FILM EVERYTHING.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

🇺🇸🧑‍🌾Soybean Association President: “Unfortunately there’s not enough market competition due to (Trump’s) Trade War - the aid package is putting a band-aid on an open wound.”

@rustygrills @GovBillLee @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn @RepChrisTodd @RepFaison are you listening?

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Calvin Squires @calvinsquires.bsky.social · 15h

@maddow.msnbc.com

#TrumpInsiderTrading

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The Crypto Flash Crash - Insane Corruption

YouTube video by Upper Echelon

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Calvin Squires @calvinsquires.bsky.social · 15h

@aoc.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @frost.house.gov

#TrumpInsiderTrading

youtu.be/23ddxotpMZM?...

The Crypto Flash Crash - Insane Corruption

YouTube video by Upper Echelon

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 1d

Another lie from Republican, Senator John Kennedy - they just make things up insane lies and hope they stick. No integrity no conscience. They don’t deserve to be elected to serve the people.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Dv1 #Pinks

www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...

Democrats don't want $3.6M for 'Haitian male prostitutes' to reopen government

www.snopes.com

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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 @vero1986.bsky.social · 1d

No republican has ever or will ever care about any baby or child, period. After looking at the issue closely, it is plain to see that the Republican party is the party of pro-embryo, pro-fetus, forced birth and anti-refugee. They are not pro-life, pro-child, pro-mother, pro-health or pro-family.

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🫧🐝 Bliss📎Bee 🐝🫧 @blissb33.bsky.social · 1d

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by John Deering.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

At a massive military parade attended by foreign leaders, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rolled out his nuclear-armed military’s most powerful weapons, including a new intercontinental ballistic missile he may be preparing to test in coming weeks.
https://to.pbs.org/46NqFsD

North Korea displays new long-range missile at military parade celebrating Kim Jong Un

At a massive military parade attended by foreign leaders, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rolled out his nuclear-armed military's most powerful weapons, including a new intercontinental ballistic missile he may be preparing to test in coming weeks.

www.pbs.org

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Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost @frost.house.gov · 1d

Day 11 of the Republican shutdown.

House Republicans canceled votes AGAIN while families across the country & in Central Florida are receiving letters saying their healthcare costs are skyrocketing.

Republicans might be on vacation, but I’ll keep fighting to protect your care.

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Keys for Liberty @demskeys.bsky.social · 1d

Rural Florida Counties can expect higher-than-average healthcare hikes. Okeechobee County has the dubious distinction of facing the highest premiums in the state.

Thanks, Maxwell, for holding the line for all of us!

Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost @frost.house.gov · 1d

Day 11 of the Republican shutdown.

House Republicans canceled votes AGAIN while families across the country & in Central Florida are receiving letters saying their healthcare costs are skyrocketing.

Republicans might be on vacation, but I’ll keep fighting to protect your care.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 1d

Uh oh, MAGA… Jack Ciattarelli blamed the unvaccinated for COVID’s resurgence:

“I think the medical professionals are perfectly accurate when they say that this epidemic is an epidemic of the unvaccinated.”

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 4d

David Bowie 2002. Prescient. Thoughtful.
"One of the dangers of the American way is that it's America first in everything it does. There is virtually no interest in the ambitions, feelings, needs or sensitivities of any other nation.. It's one of the things that makes us resent Americans much"

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1d

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ICE abducted a 15-year-old autistic boy during a bathroom break and kept him hidden for nearly a week.
His mother thought he was missing. Even local police couldn’t find him because ICE never told anyone they had him.

He was selling fruit with his mom when he asked to use the restroom.

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