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PersianX6 @persianx6.bsky.social · 8h

So that means the only way to make money off X is for Elon to impregnate you?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

The CFPB is one of the most staunch financial watchdogs for the American people.

The agency has returned at least $20B to the victims of financial fraud and abuse since 2011.

It's no longer protecting consumers now...BECAUSE THIS REGIME DOESN'T WANT IT TO!

Reuters @reuters.com · 11h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Krasnovian Commando @krasnoviancommando.bsky.social · 3h

Time to raise the old banners

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Callies Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things @calliedot.bsky.social · 11h

Before transition:
“I don’t feel like a real person.”

Society:
“Of course you are!”

After transition:
“I’m a real person!”

Society:
“Like Hell you are!”

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 3h

These teams consistently did some of the best reporting at the network. 💔

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 9h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 7h

It’s time to abandon the idea of chasing after “swing voters.”

We gotta start targeting the angry. Those who have been failed by the system. Those who are being screwed every day despite giving it their all.

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 6h

something something taxation without representation

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7h

Trump on the government shutdown: "We have the people that we want paid, paid. We want the FBI paid...We're getting rid of programs that we didn't like...They're going to be terminated on a permanent basis, and it's thousands of people...tremendous numbers of Democrat projects."

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 9h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

started / going

DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
By Matt Novak
Updated October 15, 2025

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Nola Pfau @ohnola.bsky.social · 7h

It's unsurprising but so funny that the lesson they're taking here is "Tron" is the problem, and not that everyone fucking hates Jared Leto

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 14h

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

'Tron' Might Really Be Doomed After 'Tron: Ares'

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

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DatNoFact @datnofact.bsky.social · 6h

I don't think it was ever profitable. The whole thing seemed propped up like some kind of ponzi scheme that only sustained itself through new subscriptions.

Entire business model built on rage-bait where certain creators very obviously getting special treatment too. Rest in piss hopefully.

👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 8h

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Dominic Michael Tripi &
@DMichaelTripi
X.com
NEW: X executive says creator monetization program may potentially be ended, saying that the system does
"more harm than good."
10:27 AM • 10/15/25

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Celeste is Best @celesteisbest.bsky.social · 6h

I have never NOT cried at the end of Mobile Suit Gundam.

TV, Movies, Origin manga, it ALWAYS gets me.

It’s like Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, I will cry at that ending

unhinged eldritch abomination @rhymeswithk.bsky.social · 12h

Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥

a girl with blue hair and a yellow hair tie in a red jacking, rearing back to punch someone with an angry expression on her face

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Celeste is Best @celesteisbest.bsky.social · 6h

Please don’t tell me you can separate art from the artist if you’re watching Rurouni Kenshin on Netflix.

In doing so, you are endorsing a children’s magazine continuing to pay a pedophile.

unhinged eldritch abomination @rhymeswithk.bsky.social · 12h

Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

“.. POLITICO obtained an image taken during a virtual meeting that shows the flag pinned to what appears to be a cubicle wall behind Angelo Elia, one of Taylor’s staffers.”

@politico.com #OH02
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 7h

i do actually think the american electorate will respond pretty drastically to this administration, but the key thing is does that reaction actually stick? i really dunno, we've lost a lot of the institutional glue and machinery that would socialize voters into a mostly stable majority

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 8h

excited to watch people lose their entire damn minds over this

👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 8h

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7h

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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LegalEagle @legaleagle.tv · 7h

Uhhhh, given that the government is shut down and the yearly appropriations have expired, does anyone know where the funds for the Argentina bailout are coming from?

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 11h

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie's opening title is so good

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Mike @mike-umbkm.bsky.social · 14h

House Republicans, under Speaker Mike Johnson, have refused to install a plaque honoring the police officers who defended the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

The plaque was mandated by a bipartisan law passed in 2022 and was completed and ready for installation, but it remains in storage.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Celeste is Best @celesteisbest.bsky.social · 6h

They’re just Nazis

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 9h

Quite a day.

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"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · 7h

what fourth estate

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 8h

“they’ve always been like this” is such a lazy argument, it’s demonstrably untrue and pushing them back means understanding that it is untrue

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 12h

"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 13h

there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly

and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 7h

SNAP runs out in a couple of weeks

Cao Cao Power Hour Enthusiast @statsboyandi.bsky.social · 7h

Everyone’s talking about Milpay, but reminder that USDA is currently using excess 25 funds to pay for WIC and School Lunch. They say they have like maybe a month of that left.

Red States are going to lose their fucking minds if they can’t draw those soon.

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