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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Letitia James is being indicted for saving $50/month on a loan?

Gee, I wonder how much loan money Donald Trump saved when he got more than $270 million in debt forgiven after he failed to repay loans on his Chicago skyscraper development . . .

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

The grand jury indictment against New York AG Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased.

James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, the indictment alleges.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Letitia James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, indictment alleges

The grand jury indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased in Norfolk, Virgini

www.nbcnews.com

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 1d

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estelladesouza.bsky.social @estelladesouza.bsky.social · 4h

Ramblings of misinformation

Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 7h

Who was President that day, Pumpkin?????

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 4h

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 6h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4h

Remind me, who was the president who sat on his fat ass in the White House cheering this on during J6?

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Teeshasmom @teeshasmom2.bsky.social · 5h

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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 5h

Trump runs on Muslim hate but for enough of that sweet Muslim money he’ll sell out our country and give them a military base in America.

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estelladesouza.bsky.social @estelladesouza.bsky.social · 5h

4% of unknown please tell me they have a brain

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 23h

265 days into Donald Trump's term:

The president's net approval rating is -16%,
down 0.7 points since last week.

39% approve, 56% disapprove, 4% not sure

www.economist.com/interactive/...

Donald Trump’s approval rating

Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump

www.economist.com

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 9h

I reeeallllllyyy want to see the data breakdown by gender and age for ChatGPT use in dating.

My anecdotal experience as a millennial is that in general, men seem much more willing to talk about / brag about using ChatGPT than women. But again, this is anecdotal!

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 15h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

She called it. Kamala Harris laid out Trump’s vengeance agenda before it even happened.

One line that stuck with me most from 107 Days was when she wrote that during the debate, Trump was “unburdened by the truth.”

He’s also unburdened by threat of accountability, thanks to the Supreme Court.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

Anyone come to mind?

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estelladesouza.bsky.social @estelladesouza.bsky.social · 6h

America has become embarrassing on all levels

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

💯 CO-SIGN 👇🏽

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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 6h

Interesting. Insightful.

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 6h

Trump’s rhetoric about people attacking law enforcement officers rings a little hollow from someone who pardoned the criminals who killed police on Jan 6

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6h

A major coastal storm is headed our way tonight and into Monday, which is likely to bring heavy winds and rainfall. Please take precautions!

Report locations of downed trees at NYC.gov/311 or call 311. Report power outages to 1-800-75-CONED.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Schmuck Schumer @schroedinger.bsky.social · 7h

Sex pests don't understand that no means no.

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13 9 11 5 🇬🇱 @super-speedie.bsky.social · 7h

B/c he’s a loser who can’t accept losing.

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Attractive Nuisance @robindescamp.bsky.social · 7h

That’s because he’s compromised and controlled by Trump.

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estelladesouza.bsky.social @estelladesouza.bsky.social · 6h

Agree

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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123simco.bsky.social @123simco.bsky.social · 8h

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 8h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 21h

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