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Derrell Durrett @derrelldurrett.bsky.social · 3h

LOL

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

You guys should really go read old issues of your newspaper to see just how idiotic you sound now by comparison.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 10h

Okay I am going back to reading time everyone pray no more infinity tariff announcements interrupt me

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 11h

AHHHHH I was trying to take a break and read my civil war book for like 30 minutes

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Cassie 🎃 kween, expert opinion giver, supergenius @kweencassie.bsky.social · 10h

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Martin Longman @booman23.bsky.social · 10h

Trump isn't an asshole 100% of the time. He is an asshole 650% of the time.

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En Buen Ora - "Hell Çid" 😈 @enbuenora.bsky.social · 10h

"Most Republicans, 56%, said Trump should be awarded the [Nobel] peace prize, while most Democrats and independents—87% and 63%, respectively—said he should be passed over."

www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Should Trump have won the Nobel prize? New poll reveals consensus among Americans

“The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace,” a White House official said in response to Trump being passed over for the prize.

www.miamiherald.com

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Martin Longman @booman23.bsky.social · 10h

Wherein the president of the United States posts some dumb shit on social media and immediately crashes our retirement accounts.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11h

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10h

I considered quote-tweeting or responding to this post but exercised self-control but did not. As a result, someone else has to suffer. Sorry, it's just they way things work, like that videotape with the Hot Topic girl.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h

Maybe--just work with me here, @sencortezmasto.govpeeps.us--you should stop voting to give Russ Vought more authority to defy the interests of Nevadans?

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 10h

Nevada Sen. @cortezmasto.senate.gov calls on Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to provide more information about the gigantic solar project in her state that just got axed with zero public explanation (via @lasvegassun.bsky.social)

In a statement sent to the Las Vegas Sun, U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto lambasted the administration’s “lack of transparency” and urged Burgum to provide clarity.

“Solar energy production makes electric bills cheaper, creates good-paying jobs, and drives economic growth,” Cortez Masto said.

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Derrell Durrett @derrelldurrett.bsky.social · 8h

Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 9h

So today's Substack about the impact of tariffs concluded:

"in many ways the level of the tariffs is less important than the huge uncertainty Trump’s policies have created. And that uncertainty hasn’t abated at all."

Ya don't say. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/leprechaun...

Leprechauns, Effective Tariffs and Inflation

Yes, tariffs are hurting us. No, Trump wasn’t right.

paulkrugman.substack.com

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 10h

The WH press corps sucks but for fuck’s sake, they’ve made the same mathematically impossible claim dozens of times and even fucking once do they even get asked about it????

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 10h

My god why won’t anyone ask how that’s possible

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 9h

Percentages, how do they work?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Derrell Durrett @derrelldurrett.bsky.social · 8h

Also, one may suspect it is ordered by precinct, because, same.

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 9h

Trump believes that Portland, Oregon, median household income $91,478, is a shantytown.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Derrell Durrett @derrelldurrett.bsky.social · 8h

Again: amazing.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 9h

Today (Oct 10), I got the official email notification that my specific ballot had been sent.

Now seems like a good time to mention that every ballot has a unique tracking code. If I tell them I don't receive mine, they know which one to cancel so it can't be used by someone else.

6/x

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 9h

Yes. Apparently she did. bsky.app/profile/nerd...

Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 18h

Love it

María Corina Machado
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This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
8:34 AM • 10/10/25 • 30K Views

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Derrell Durrett @derrelldurrett.bsky.social · 8h

So close.

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 9h

Why will AI never take my job? Because it tagged this GIF "a man in a trench coat is walking on a field next to a tree ."

a man in a trench coat is walking on a field next to a tree .

Alt: Judd Nelson raising a fist in triumph as he crosses the football field in the closing shot of The Breakfast Club.

media.tenor.com

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 9h

“Frog, can you be as wonderful as this?” said Toad as he danced all over the stage.

There was no answer.

Toad dances on the stage, a marvelous performer.

From "The Dream"
In *Frog and Toad Together*

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 9h

Here's my favorite fact about "schmear. (And no, nobody's surprised I have a favorite fact about "schmear.")

My mom grew up in Manchester, England, a city known for (1) textiles, (2) rain, and (3) having a substantial Jewish population.

The guys who put the rubber on the raincoats?

SCHMEARERS.

Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 9h

Sometimes I wonder about humans and words

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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 9h

Meanwhile in Russia: military expert Igor Korotchenko claimed that massive strikes against Ukraine are "humanitarian" in their nature. He complained about Trump not getting the Nobel Peace Prize & urged Denmark to give him Greenland as a consolation prize.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AU4...

Igor Korotchenko praises Russia's humanitarian strikes & bemoans Trump being denied the Nobel Prize

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

www.youtube.com

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Derrell Durrett @derrelldurrett.bsky.social · 8h

Can't hurt.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

If I lived in Portland I’d be filming daily videos of the reality there and sending them to every single person in my contacts.

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