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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3d

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Jack DeTate @jackdetate.bsky.social · 5h

Rob Peter => Pay Paul

Trump authorizes troop pay amid government shutdown

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

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Trump authorizes troop pay amid government shutdown

The president said he would direct Defense Department officials to pay military members on Oct. 15.

www.nbcnews.com

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 12h

Diane Keaton in her Manhattan apartment with Buster, an Abyssinian, photographed by Jill Krementz in 1977

black & white photograph of young Diane Keaton smiling and standing next to a white refrigerator in a barren-looking kitchen. her cat Buster is crouched on top of the fridge playing with/swatting her hair in the upper right hand corner. she's wearing a long skinny white scarf with a dot-grid pattern, a high-neck white blouse with an ascot/kerchief around the neck, and a black blazer/skirt or blazer dress over what looks like a vest

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 12h

Diane Keaton wore a “vote bitches” hat in September 2020.

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Jack DeTate @jackdetate.bsky.social · 12h

Our Moment!
Our Stand!

#October18th

Aivery @aiverynorth.bsky.social · 1d

10/11/25
#power #people #nokings #nokings2025 #musicfestival #standtogether #fdt #fascism

Jack DeTate @jackdetate.bsky.social · 12h

Put the prevailing wind to our backs
and go with what will get us there.

Wanda @itswanda.bsky.social · 20h

Took long enough, but glad the DNC sees the future and a 20-point lead as something to get behind www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin endorses Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race

The endorsement comes as prominent New York Democrats have so far declined to endorse Mamdani.

www.nbcnews.com

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Jack DeTate @jackdetate.bsky.social · 12h

Morgan is having so much fun! 👇

Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 13h

#OnMyWalk I discovered this guy in my path! What’s a girl to do? Fortunately, he’s staying with friends at 5138 Fulton Ave in Sherman Oaks, and they rescued me! You can see him on Saturday nights with his friends! #HappyHalloween #HalloweenIsComing💛👻🧡🐈‍⬛💛🧙‍♀️🧡☠️💛🕷️🧡🦇💛🧛‍♂️🧡🎃💛👻🧡🐈‍⬛💛🧙‍♀️🧡🐈‍⬛💛🕷️🧡🦇💛🧛‍♂️🧡🎃💛👻

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

Only one thing could top the honor of speaking at the No Kings rally, and that's the honor of speaking at No Kings 2. See you October 18th!

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 15h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Jack DeTate @jackdetate.bsky.social · 12h

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 17h

“We’ve known for months that he’s been sick, but the words radiation and treatment hit differently. They landed in a place I didn’t expect. Because it feels like more than just one man enduring.
It feels like a reflection of all of us.”
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

The Only Way Out Is Through

What Joe Biden’s endurance teaches us about America’s own capacity to heal.

open.substack.com

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Kraig Peck @kraigpeck.bsky.social · 1d

I found thousands of Antifa members at Arlington Cemetery.

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Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @sarajacobs.house.gov · 18h

This half-baked idea exploits children, tricking them with a few bucks into potentially dangerous situations when they don't fully understand the legal system.

Trump administration offering some unaccompanied migrant children $2,500 to self-deport, according to memo

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the offer is a “strictly voluntary option to return home to their families.”

www.nbcnews.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 21h

The hush money payoff to Stormy Daniels cost more than house Leticia James bought for her grand niece.

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 2d

QUESTION: Why do we need Mike Johnson to "swear in" Rep Grijalva? Who gives a f**k about their traditions? She's elected. Call a locksmith, unlock the office, get to work, release the Epstein files. 💯 The p*dophiles don't follow rules. Why should we?

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

MSNBC is reporting that the DOJ is seeking an indictment of John Bolton.

I can’t stand that guy, and still: THIS IS SO WRONG.

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Jack DeTate @jackdetate.bsky.social · 1d

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 1d

New: A federal judge in RI blocked HHS & HUD from imposing restrictions targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion, and transgender people on federal grants aiding youth, the homeless, and survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/m...

R.I. judge blocks anti-DEI, transgender restrictions on HHS, HUD grants for domestic violence, homeless nonprofits - The Boston Globe

US District Court Judge Melissa R. DuBose granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed in July by a coalition of nonprofit groups from 14 states.

www.bostonglobe.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE: The @nytimes tells Hegseth to pound sand on his new policy to restrict how reporters cover the Pentagon

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Antonia Marrero @antoniamarrero.bsky.social · 1d

“ @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social vision 4NYC represents the most politically savvy& fiscally robust undertaking in decades…it directly confronts the myth of money scarcity
&frames our collective capacities as the source of shared prosperity…DPF …delegitimizes &bypasses neoliberal sabotage...”
@wbai.org

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ballerinaX @ballerinax.bsky.social · 2d

"they counted and questioned how many times she used the word “equity” when describing her work.

Maria Garciaz, a prominent Latina in the Salt Lake Valley community who has served on the U.’s board of trustees for the past four years,"

www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

State lawmakers vote against recommending University of Utah trustee, a Latina who’s championed inclusion

“I did hear you mention ‘equity’ twice in the presentation,” said Sen. Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork, who voted against recommending University of Utah trustee Maria Garciaz for reappointment.

www.sltrib.com

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iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social @iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social · 2d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Sometimes nowadays Watergate can feel almost quaint, but this is a good refresher on Nixon's corruption and poor character, and how Nixon wrote the playbook in many ways for Trump: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-nixo...

Trump’s Abuses of Power Show We Didn’t Learn Much From the Nixon Era

That failure is implicit in nearly every frame of a new documentary about Katharine Graham.

www.thebulwark.com

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