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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 8h

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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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 12h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 8h

My contribution to the WW2 discourse is that pissing on the memory of the war as a fight against fascism is undermining the antibodies of the body politic against Trump. You are literally the RFK Jr. of ideology.

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Davedette @davedette.bsky.social · 5h

He probably does think we're all idiots, but i think that, here, he's expressing an honest belief that not being able to commit tax fraud is as bad as Armageddon

Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 1d

"Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: 'It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money.'"

So he thinks we're all idiots, huh?

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 12h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 10h

I think, in the long term, historians will view the executive branch seizing unilateral control of the power of the purse as the the inevitable result of decades of legislative dysfunction.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

Trump says he’s ordered Hegseth to pay the troops during the government shutdown.

“We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS.”

Trump: Chuck Schumer recently said, "Every day gets better" during their Radical Left Shutdown. I DISAGREE! If nothing is done, because of
"Leader" Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th. That is why I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th. We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS. I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown. The Radical Left Democrats should OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, and then we can work together to address Healthcare, and many other things that they want to destroy. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Boo-is @louisevans.bsky.social · 6h

"Rumored Tryst Between Alleged Castro Lovechild and Lady Astronaut" at LAST we are getting the HEADLINES OF THE FUTURE promised by the 1960s

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Davedette @davedette.bsky.social · 6h

Why does this make so much sense?

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 6h

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 11h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 11h

A reminder that Walz kept hitting the "weird" thing to the very end, neither Harris nor the vaguely defined "consultants" told him to stop, and the difference was the press stopped covering it

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 11h

Trump straight up murdering people in the Caribbean and the NYT writes this

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

The prosecution of Tish James is the product of a broken system that allows lawless billionaires to rule alongside corrupt politicians.

It’s as much a story of New York City as Washington, D.C.

But it's here in New York where a new era of politics will be born.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2d

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 2d

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Boo-is @louisevans.bsky.social · 1d

Biden had an unproductive theory of how to engage with power centers sympathetic with his enemies.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

unlike the rest of these folks (and unlike appellate judges and supreme court justices), the job of a district judge is essentially to see what's in front of them

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

It's very striking how clearly they seem to see what's right in front of their faces in way that so many others -- law firm partners, university presidents, members of congress, and on and on -- refuse to.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

It's very striking how clearly they seem to see what's right in front of their faces in way that so many others -- law firm partners, university presidents, members of congress, and on and on -- refuse to.

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Davedette @davedette.bsky.social · 1d

Lol, lmao

Blurry TV Headlines @blurrytvheadlines.numbergoup.com · 1d

S&P 500 CLOSES 2.7% LOWER, NASDAQ 100 DOWN 3.5%

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👻👻👻boonoteat👻👻👻 @donoteat.bsky.social · 1d

this is a dark day for california's many historic downtown parking lots and strip malls

California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 1d

[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, which will make it legal to build multi-family housing near high quality transit!

Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...

cayimby.org

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Davedette @davedette.bsky.social · 2d

Lol, lmao

Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 2d

Winsome Earle-Sears — that is, in fact, discrimination.

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 2d

Politico reporting OSC nominee Ingrassia changed TDY reservations so a junior female employee had to share a hotel room with him (big misconduct). Woman filed a complaint but then withdrew fearing retaliation.

OSC is the office that protects whistleblowers

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump watchdog pick faces scrutiny after hotel incident with female colleague

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

www.politico.com

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

The worst-kept secret in California and Washington.

Andrew Palmer @andrewp97.bsky.social · 3d

katie porter makes amy klobuchar look like mother theresa

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Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · Jul 17

I have no desire to wade into this particular culture war, so I'll simply say that the way that certain comedians joke and talk about WNBA players now will not age well. They will appear twenty years from now in a documentary about how female athletes continue to be disrespected.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 2d

thinking about how fucked up it is to give kids measles on purpose and then withhold tylenol from them

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