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Auld Black Jack

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You know that "People, people who need people.." song? ...I'm not one of those people.

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Auld Black Jack @freejack.bsky.social · Dec 7

The GOP will misrepresent S.S. as a Investment with a poor ROI in an attempt sell their privatization scam.
This video is from the era of GWB's failed attempt, so the figures are dated but the program is accurately described.
Please share to combat GOP disinformation.
youtu.be/Tts2uTWt6e8?...

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Auld Black Jack @freejack.bsky.social · 1h

Always found it to be one of those mindless zen activities that always left me in a better mood than I was in before I started it.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 4h

Either she doesn't know the filibuster for judges has been gone for over a decade or wants to restore it, and either is bad

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 4h

absolutely the fuck not. this needs to be a red line.

Janet Mills would support keeping filibuster if elected to the Senate

The Democratic governor’s stance is shared by Sen. Susan Collins, the Republican whom Mills entered the race to defeat earlier this week.

www.bangordailynews.com

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Auld Black Jack @freejack.bsky.social · 17h

'According to the indictment, forced labor camps, surrounded by high walls and barbed wire, were turned into phone farms, or automated call centers, to carry out the cryptocurrency scheme and others.' - CNN

(Trump lackies immediately install phone service at all immigration deportation camps...)

The Cambodia Daily @cambodiadaily.com · 19h

The United States has seized $ 15 billion in cryptocurrency tied to Chinese-Cambodian businessman Chen Zhi, chairman of Prince Holding Group and an adviser to Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.

United States Seizes 15 Billion Dollars in Bitcoin Linked to Hun Sen’s Adviser Chen Zhi over Online Fraud Scheme - The Cambodia Daily

The United States has seized $ 15 billion in cryptocurrency tied to Chinese-Cambodian businessman Chen Zhi, chairman of Prince Holding Group and an adviser to Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen. The U...

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

Uh… this was basically the leading cause of the British Civil Wars in the 1640s www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 1d

Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing Medicare payments to doctors, as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on.

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Auld Black Jack @freejack.bsky.social · 1d

...and just kept getting invaded for the next 600 years (frequently by engrave invitation).

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Auld Black Jack @freejack.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, def into fem boys.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 15d

"In 2012, 60 trans-related articles were published by Britain’s media. By 2022, it was more than 7,500, according to figures from Trans Media Watch. The media is not responding to public rage against vulnerable minorities; it is helping to create it." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...

What is a reactionary centrist, and does the UK have them?

A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

The high-profile success of Olivia Nuzzi & Bari Weiss sends such an awful, awful signal to, and about, female journalists. So many sharp, careful, dedicated journalists out there and *this* is what the establishment rewards? This is the incentive structure? It's so gross.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

Cameron Chell of Draganfly appears to be back on his “we’ve totally invented a drone that can detect biomarkers from the air” bullshit, which I debunked as bullshit in Slate back in 2020.

It is deeply depressing to see this obvious PR nonsense uncritically repeated in this Axios piece.

The technology is far more powerful than your standard human-operated drone.
• These machines can track everything from ground radar to air quality - and even measure a person's heart rate, breathing, blood pressure and oxygen levels from 500 meters away, Cameron Chell, CEO of Canadian drone-maker Draganfly, told Axios.

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Auld Black Jack @freejack.bsky.social · 2d

What choice were they left with when 'LiBrULs' were so mean to them?

Auld Black Jack @freejack.bsky.social · 2d

Surprised we didn't see this name...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/vish-bu...

Meet The Man Behind George Santos

As he watched Rep. George Santos (R-NY) become consumed by scandal, Vish...

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Auld Black Jack @freejack.bsky.social · 2d

...and for some of us, it's personal.

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Auld Black Jack @freejack.bsky.social · 2d

No.
Thanks.

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