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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 22h

There it is: $20 billion for Argentina at the same time they’re taking markets away from our farmers.

But no $ for health insurance for Americans?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

$47. And that’s if the government isn’t lying about the interest rate. Plus, they will have to prove she intentionally schemed to swindle $47 from the bank - as opposed to just not knowing the difference between a second home and an investment property. Good luck, Lindsay.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h

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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Alexander Dent @follicular.bsky.social · 1h

send in the National Guard!

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3h

Four dead, 12 injured after a mass shooting in Leland, Mississippi, following a homecoming football game. (NYP)

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 1d

United States attorneys offices all have prosecutorial guidelines – amounts of financial loss or property damage, etc. below which they won’t bring a case. I’ve never heard of a financial fraud guideline loss threshold anywhere near as low as 18 K, which is the amount of loss in the James case.

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DJ Junk @joe-crowder.bsky.social · 2h

Step 1: 2017.
Trump calls Qatar “a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Step 2: 2017: Later that same year.
He sells Qatar $12 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets.

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Alexander Dent @follicular.bsky.social · 1h

Because we basically ran the world after WW2. Look up the Bretton Woods agreement.

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Alexander Dent @follicular.bsky.social · 1h

#GOPDeathCult
#EvilAdministration

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 2h

This is staggering. “The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off.”

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 2h

“Political issues aren't siloes, they're all connected, and Mamdani recognizes that. Other Democrats need to see it too, and I hope they are paying attention.”

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Alexander Dent @follicular.bsky.social · 1h

Truth! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Alexander Dent @follicular.bsky.social · 2h

🤣🤣🤣🤣
though I don't think I want what's on his face on my hand!

Alexander Dent @follicular.bsky.social · 2h

I first posted that the GOP was a death cult back in 2020 and nothing since then has done anything but reinforce my position.
#GOPDeathCult

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Alexander Dent @follicular.bsky.social · 2h

#EvilAdministration
#GOPDeathCult

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2h

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

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Alexander Dent @follicular.bsky.social · 21h

Facts are facts

John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 1d

Science Under Siege — a rallying cry: “A more fundamental weakness of the book is that it is too politically partisan, seeing science as being under siege almost entirely from the right.”

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Science Under Siege — a rallying cry against the ‘forces of darkness’

Two scientists go where many fear to tread in the fight against far-right disinformation on climate and vaccines

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Sabina Vohra-Miller @sabivm.bsky.social · 5d

I am half way through reading @joho.bsky.social ‘s new book and it should be included as historical evidence in national science libraries & archives. I really hope down the road we read this and find ways to ensure none of what we saw during the pandemic is ever repeated. Riveting read.

Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 7d

The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done!

COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.

Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.

How did that happen?🧵

sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...

Everyone Else is Lying to You: My Book is Done!

The pandemic’s biggest disinformation superspreaders are now in charge. How did this happen?

sciencebasedmedicine.org

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

There are certain hypotheticals you simply never get to test out. This seems to be an exception. How will a judge and later a jury treat an indictment if you had to fire multiple prosecutors before you could find someone to bring an indictment. I guess we'll find out! www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department | CNN Politics

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in federal court on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents, two source...

www.cnn.com

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Alexander Dent @follicular.bsky.social · 22h

Sounds pretty fucking racist

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

mshale.com/2025/10/09/a...

African visitors to the U.S. to pay $15,000 visa bonds - Mshale

Citizens of seven African nations will need to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply for a U.S. visitors visa in a new pilot program that runs through Aug. 2026.

mshale.com

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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 23h

the Brennan Center has a nice overview on the abuse that is NSPM-7

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 1d

I hereby nominate the Portland Frog for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 2d

This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM

Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 1d

Mock them! Priceless. Keep em coming!!! Point out their hypocrisy and low character. Ridicule and laugh at MAGA for supporting it. This is the way.

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

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johnnyfreeusa @johnnyfreeusa.bsky.social · 23h

It's Opus Dei, The Heritage Foundation, The Federalist Society, Peter Thiel the man who handpicked and groomed Vance, Elon Musk and the oligarchs, it's Leonard Leo, it's the Military Industrial Complex, it's the 6 handpicked conservative Catholic Justices on the bench at SCOTUS. Its Citizens United.

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Alexander Dent @follicular.bsky.social · 22h

he looks sick... WTF is wrong with his face?

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Alexander Dent @follicular.bsky.social · 22h

Trump fits all of the criteria of the Antichrist, but of course Thiel is too demented to see it.

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