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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 8h

US soybean farmers finding out the hard way that "America First" was a lie

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

Shameless Liar Donald Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

Portland, OR, four days ago:

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12h

So refreshing to see someone challenge the smug, nasty Reform narrative

Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 12h

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 7h

Oh look everyone….how a real president writes and speaks…..

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

"Garbage" is far too kind a description of what the Washington Post's ed page has become.

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Meta Resistance @metaresistance.bsky.social · 4h

SMASH THE 💙 IF YOU AGREE… RELEASE THE DAMN FILES!

“BREAKING NEWS” graphic with side-by-side portraits of two suited men (left: gray-bearded; right: glasses). Big caption claims Rep. Thomas Massie has 218 votes to force a vote to release the Epstein files; criticizes Speaker Mike Johnson; CTA reads “SMASH THE 💙 IF YOU AGREE… RELEASE THE DAMN FILES!” and “CALL TO ACTIVISM.”

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h

How much does Fox News pay if you go on one of their shows and claim to be a "Former ANTIFA Member"?

Because I'm ready to spill tea on the Real-Housewives-level shenanigans that go down in the 72-story ANTIFA corporate headquarters. Especially by the lab assistants on the Molotov Cocktail floor.

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ethelredaunready.bsky.social @ethelredaunready.bsky.social · 1h

What a hoot.They have the hammer and sickle as their emblem. Oh come on. Read some history - if you can actually read and don't get all your news from Fox.

Jonathan @frakitall.bsky.social · 8h

Math is hard. Anti-Antifa=FA
At least the fascists are easier to pick out now.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

Republicans in Congress strangely silent on the Argentina bailout to benefit Bessent’s friends.

It also helps you to avoid talking about it when you are never asked about it.

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ethelredaunready.bsky.social @ethelredaunready.bsky.social · 1h

I hope that they all sue the Trump administration.

Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 21h

Hundreds of people arrested by ICE agents around Chicago over the past few months could be released, according to a new fed. ruling.

|https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/100s-could-be-freed-from-ice-custody-after-ruling-that-warrantless-arrests-violated-consent-decree/

Hundreds Could Be Freed From ICE Custody After Warrantless Arrest Ruling

Immigration attorneys said they have already identified more than 200 arrests that potentially violate the consent decree. However, they said those 200 arrests are likely "just the tip of the iceberg....

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14h

Is there a better indication of how superficial and unhelpful mainstream media has become than that they are cutely musing about whether the domestic terrorist who changed "The Department of Defense" to "The Department of War" will get a Nobel Peace Prize—instead of reporting the fascism/terrorism.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 13h

ICE shoots ministers. Pass it on.

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ethelredaunready.bsky.social @ethelredaunready.bsky.social · 1h

Now THIS is Christianity. Trump administration, especially Mike Johnson, please take note.

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 20h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 16h

We’re watching an entire political party actively protect the single most infamous sex-trafficking operation of our time.

This isn’t just silence—it’s complicity at the highest level.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 9h

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15h

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning, Pam Bondi ☕️💅🏽

Photo of a blonde female pathological liar wearing a dark suit to match her dark soul, with the words:
“Someone should tell Pam Bondi that while Nixon didn't go to prison, his Attorney General did.”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Maybe Noem can go undercover to the Portland war zone so she can prove it exists.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 7h

I mean this sincerely: If the presence of the National Guard at Union Station is supposed to make it feel safer, they could patrol the dark parking lot at 10:30 at night instead of hanging out in front of the closed Starbucks or whatever.

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ethelredaunready.bsky.social @ethelredaunready.bsky.social · 1h

The lies of Johnson. Would you buy a used car from this man? I wouldn't.

Mozelle Victory @godswrath699.bsky.social · 7h

youtube.com/watch?v=mQJf...

Reflect Politics

Republican Voter SKEWERS Mike Johnson Over Government Shutdown Live On Air

YouTube video by Reflect Politics

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 14h

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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ethelredaunready.bsky.social @ethelredaunready.bsky.social · 1h

They can only afford one actor?

onion person @junlper.beer · 11h

i’ll never get over this

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onion person @junlper.beer · 11h

i’ll never get over this

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 8h

someone please tell him his nobel peace prize is waiting at the hague

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