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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14h

The electronic voting system the USA uses has just been bought by Donald Trump's allies.

Might struggle to vote your way out.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

Trump has hired over 100 fossil fuel insiders to staff his administration and advance the industry's agenda.

Is it any wonder why his Big Ugly Bill contains more than $40B in new subsidies and tax breaks for Big Oil?

The Secret Behind High Gas Prices

Robert Reich

www.youtube.com

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13h

I want to point out that when all the votes were counted Al Gore beat George Bush, and Al Gore should have been President

But he was forced to concede before the votes were counted

US Elections weren't even safe 25 years ago

Why the hell would they be under Trump

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 11h

Meiselas: Trump says he’s focusing right now on laying off the Democratic agencies and government employees, whatever that means. Again, completely pathetic behavior, and in normal times, this would be impeachable and/or 25th Amendment territory.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 11h

“The world hates us for no reason”

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 6h

This is yet another issue where Labour will lose votes at the next election.

In opposition, they were very clear that the water companies should not be allowed to pass on the cost to the public. Now in power, they are letting them do exactly that.

They are stupid and incompetent ...fuckin useless

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JaiGordon 🌱 @jaig5.bsky.social · 6h

No, it certainly isn't - it's on a par with the Nobel Committee awarding it to DJT?

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 16h

Actor Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 16h

Brooklyn Dad Defiant 😎

Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who agrees that RFK Jr, the head of HHS, should resign in disgrace for not knowing the baby is not "in her placenta," and if trump had any brains, he'd be embarrassed too.

8th grade Biology students know this.
How humiliating.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16h

Fun fact.

Trump watches are made in China.

Trump just slapped a massive tariff on himself

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 16h

oh no

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 16h

If Alfred Nobel saw what the Nobel Prizes have become.

He would blow them up with dynamite.

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 16h

The expression is literally “one bad apple rots the barrel”.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23h

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him. The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 16h

It's quite simple.

Very rich people are blaming immigrants and disabled people, for stealing all the money (exactly as Adolf Hitler did).

Because they are stealing all the money.

This trick is literally hundreds of years old, and it is the only one they have.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16h

BBC News, "President Trump has announced 100% tariffs on all goods from China"

"That's over and above any tariffs already in place"

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JaiGordon 🌱 @jaig5.bsky.social · 8h

And I was feeling pleased that at least the Nobel Committee retained some principles...

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 15h

open.substack.com/pub/normalis...
Well, this isn’t quite the picture of a peace-loving politician we have been sold since the Nobel committee announced their decision. In fact, it’s just another of their bullshit awards to the wrong person. You can see why Machado got it and not Greta Thunberg.

Venezuelan woman who begged Trump to bomb her country wins Nobel Peace Prize

María Corina Machado has become the first person since Barack Obama to win the Nobel Peace Prize for doing absolutely nothing.

open.substack.com

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 15h

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has rejected the Trump Administration’s offer of federal funding in exchange for aligning with Trump’s agenda. This is the first university to do so.
👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 15h

MAGA Cult Slayer

We need everyone that sees this from outside of the United States to comment. On a scale of one to 10, how bad is it in the US?

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 15h

“They’re not Hamas. They’re literally women and children. And you can’t unsee the amount of pictures and videos of children that have been blown to pieces and are they’re finding them dead in the rubble. That isn’t—those aren’t actors, that isn’t fake war propaganda. It’s very real.”

—RepMTG to CNN

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 15h

OUCHHHH‼️

Journalist: President D. Trump has repeated that he deserved the Nobel Prize. Why didn't he win the Nobel Peace Prize?

President of the Nobel Committee: [...] We award this prize only to courageous and upright individuals.

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JaiGordon 🌱 @jaig5.bsky.social · 8h

‘They didn’t even read the book’: How children’s authors are being canceled over #Palestine. This is really shocking and another heartbreak to authors on top of everything else.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘They didn’t even read the book’: How children’s authors are being canceled over Palestine

Authors tell of book bans, cancellations and harassment – ‘they’re trying to disconnect us from our stories’

www.theguardian.com

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cancelled-by-elon.bsky.social @cancelled-by-elon.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile all remaining Israeli "hostages" are IDF soldiers, ergo prisoners of war.

Everything is upside down.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

"What do you mean by Palestinian Hostages?"

An embarrassing question from Krishnan Guru-Murthy

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

The consensus is that these Trump watches are either partly or wholly made in China and are being sold at a grotesquely inflated price.

There's currently a 34% tariff on Chinese watches which means that MAGA fans are paying well over the odds for cobbled together crap with Trump's name on it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

There's normal people, about 99% of us, who have to fight for all the money we get.

Then there's the scroungers, about 1% of people, who sit in mansions raking in money from all the work you do and all the things you have to buy which they own.

Never side with the scroungers.

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