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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 4h

I was aware -- on both points.

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 4h

Surely LA should be "We will shoot you in from an unflattering angle with bad lighting"?

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 4h

He has no interest in leading, just dominating and taking.

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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 13h

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president.

Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 4h

Not compared to his original name, Israel Beilin.

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 4h

That too!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 11h

I’m old enough to remember the $21M Trump Seven Springs Estates conservation easement tax crime.

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 11h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 10h

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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

Did people actually believe Trump during his campaign, or did they just love the permission he gave them to be racist?

Trump on loop: “They’re stealing your jobs.”

If that were true, why aren’t Americans lining up to take those so-called “stolen” jobs?

Every Trump voter needs to see this.

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 4h

Loving the Patrick Bateman haircut!

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 4h

No, not THAT Nathan Gill. He's met the other one.

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 9h

Richard Tice - "Please welcome to the stage... Nathan Gill"

So much for Tice's claim to have never met Nathan Gill.

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 4h

My reaction (on FB) exactly! Also REDS.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

One evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries consoles another evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries for not getting an award for which neither evil man is even remotely deserving.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

And people tell me the libs have no knack for messaging.

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 5h

A show tune written by an, um, immigrant.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

👇👇

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 6h

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

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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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 6h

This was my first thought too. When the military became reliant on the leader and not the state, the republic died.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 6h

Many historians of Rome identify Roman generals becoming the personal sources of payment for their armies as a key step in the downfall of the Republic, since it personalized military authority and freed armies to fight for their immediate leader, who paid them, instead of for the Republic

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 6h

Nixon’s crimes look like harmless high school pranks compared to the now-daily unprecedented illegal & unconstitutional crimes being committed daily by this president & his staff

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 6h

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...

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 8h

Oh great - more good news. "Millions of years of evolution have given the world’s islands distinct plants that are found nowhere else on Earth.

However, these unique organisms are under threat as humans drive the seed-spreading animals they rely on to extinction." www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Extinctions and invasions are threatening rare island plants | Natural History Museum

As the animals which spread their seeds go extinct, island plants are at risk of disappearing forever.

www.nhm.ac.uk

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 8h

"If Miller were being honest about his true project, he’d admit that he intends all this as deliberate propaganda. It’s geared toward establishing unlimited discretion for Trump to simply invent emergencies with an eye toward vastly expanding presidential power." newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com