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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 15h

The S&P 500 fell 70+ points in seconds after President Trump publishes the below paragraph about China. Trump says he is calculating increased tariffs on Chinese products. Trump also says there is "no reason" to meet Chinese President Xi anymore. Wonder what part of the dartboard he'll hit this time

Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump

Some very strange things are happening in China! They are becoming very hostile, and sending letters to Countries throughout the World, that they want to impose Export Controls on each and every element of production having to do with Rare Earths, and virtually anything else they can think of, even if it's not manufactured in China. Nobody has ever seen anything like this but, essentially, it would "clog" the Markets, and make life difficult for virtually every Country in the World, especially for China. We have been contacted by other Countries who are extremely angry at this great Trade hostility, which came out of nowhere. Our relationship with China over the past six months has been a very good one, thereby making this move on Trade an even more surprising one. I have always felt that they've been lying in wait, and now, as usual, I have been proven right! There is no way that China should be allowed to hold the World "captive," but that seems to have been their plan for quite some time, starting with the "Magnets" and, other Elements that they have quietly amassed into somewhat of a Monopoly position, a rather sinister and hostile move, to say the least. But the U.S. has Monopoly positions also, much stronger and more far reaching than China's. I have just not chosen to use them, there was never a reason for me to do so - UNTIL NOW! The letter they sent is many pages long, and details, with great specificity, each and every Element that they want to withhold from other Nations. Things that were routine are no longer routine at all. I have not spoken to President Xi because there was no reason to do so. This was a real surprise, not only to me, but to all the Leaders of the Free World. I was to meet President Xi in two weeks, at APEC, in South Korea, but now there seems to be no reason to do so. The Chinese letters were especially inappropriate in that this was the Day that, after three thousand years of bedlam and fighting, th…

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Lieutenant Corporal Browski, USMC @jimbrowski12.bsky.social · 12h

Sure, but that was BEFORE they gave him billions for a golf hotel.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14h

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

PERRY COUNTY, TN — a man arrested and faces felony “threatening mass violence in a school” for posting an image of Trump with his own words in a facebook group after Charlie Kirk’s murder.

His son calls it “an egregious violation of his 1A rights”
www.instagram.com/p/DPoq7b9Fez...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

So I guess for MAGA when a Chinese balloon goes over US airspace it’s a week straight of apoplectic comments that WW3 is starting because Biden is weak, but when Trump allows the Qataris to have an airbase in the US and fly fighter jets over our country that is America First.

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Lieutenant Corporal Browski, USMC @jimbrowski12.bsky.social · 13h

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Top: Chicago 2025
Bottom: Saigon 1968

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 14h

I found the war on Christianity

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.

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DEMOCRATS HOLD THE LINE AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN MAFIA @foolme1ns.bsky.social · 13h

TERRORISM IS MUCH EASIER IF THEY HAVE AN AIR BASE HERE!!!

Lieutenant Corporal Browski, USMC @jimbrowski12.bsky.social · 15h

I'm trying to figure out what does a Middle Eastern nation need with an air base in Idaho?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14h

www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy

Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, fellow veterans and others gathered at t...

www.military.com

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Lieutenant Corporal Browski, USMC @jimbrowski12.bsky.social · 14h

Amazing how many media outlets are reporting it like it’s a fait acompli but all the articles say is “Vought said in a tweet”. No attempt to find out if this is actually happening or not.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14h

Here's my take on Vought's mass layoffs announcement talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/new-m...

New Mass Layoffs?

You’ve probably seen that Russ Vought went on Twitter today and said...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 14h

Howard knows things 🫵

AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 1d

#DeposeHowardLutnick,

Calls #RumpsClosestFriend, Jeffrey Epstein, the greatest blackmailer, ever !

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 3d

Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?

Oopsie, Stephen.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 14h

I think it is wild that the Republican leaders of Congress are publicly delegating their branch of government's constitutional spending powers to the president. Why not just let him vote on Supreme Court cases, too?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 15h

How many Pentagon flunkies and arrogant think tank people kept telling us that Ukraine couldn’t learn or use F-16s, ATACMS, Patriots etc.?

united24media.com/latest-news/...

Ukraine’s F-16s Take Over the Skies, Flying 80% of Combat Missions Against Russia

Ukrainian F-16s play a critical role, executing 80% of combat sorties while effectively intercepting threats like Russian cruise missiles and drones.

united24media.com

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Lieutenant Corporal Browski, USMC @jimbrowski12.bsky.social · 14h

I guess that 747 wasn't "free" after all.

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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 16h

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Hey America,

can anyone explain to me why Qatar needs a military base in IDAHO ?

That grin should give you something to think about . . .

💠 🤔 💠

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 15h

Mother fucker! The House has been in session only 15 days since July.

Its October!

GOP are loser slackers! Imagine if you only showed up to your job 15 days in 4 months.
They get 175k a year in salary.

#GOPShutdown

House Recess Extended to Oct. 19 As Government Shutdown Continues

The House clerk reads a communication from Speaker Mike Johnson designating October 14 to 19 a district work period for members, meaning that the House will be in recess except for pro forma sessions ...

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Lieutenant Corporal Browski, USMC @jimbrowski12.bsky.social · 14h

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The Tom Homan Affair Has More Red Flags Than a May Day Parade

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

I complained earlier that WaPo's story on Trump inviting PizzaGate guy to the White House was insane. Not so this Independent story.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Not to be outdone, in came Jack Posobiec, one of the right’s weirdest hangers-on, who is perhaps most famous for the time he spread the “Pizzagate” theory and then got removed from the pizzeria in question by police for filming a child’s birthday party. Running with the major theme of the hour — that Antifa is definitely, certainly, really real despite all evidence to the contrary, and that everybody needs to stop saying it’s not real — Posobiec made a startling claim: Antifa is so clearly real that it “has been going on for almost 100 years ... going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany.”

And look, yes, it is absolutely true that there were anti-fascist protesters in the Weimar Republic. If you’ll remember, those were the people taking issue with the early versions of the Nazis. But it’s sort of difficult to position yourself as the good guys if you’re aligning yourself with the Nazis in your historical analogy. I’m just saying that, if I was Posobiec’s publicity guy, I might ask him to drop that soundbite from future public appearances.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"Sir, Seal Team Six has neutralized the Nobel Prize Committee"

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