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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 9h

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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jimmy alto @jimmyalto.bsky.social · 8h

www.wsj.com/economy/fede...

Tariffs Are Way Up. Interest on Debt Tops $1 Trillion. And DOGE Didn’t Do Much.

The books have closed on the U.S. government’s fiscal 2025. Here’s what has changed about the federal budget—and what hasn’t.

www.wsj.com

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 10h

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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jimmy alto @jimmyalto.bsky.social · 8h

I tracked Amazon’s Prime Day prices. We’ve been played.

I would have saved, on average, almost nothing.

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... #amazon #amazonprime #prime #primeday #tech #technology

Next time Amazon hypes its Prime Days savings, remember this: The prices during the sale aren’t always better. I’ve got the receipts to prove it.
I would have saved, on average, almost nothing during Amazon’s recent fall “Prime Big Deal Days” — and for some big-ticket purchases, I would have actually paid more.
For the sale that took place Oct. 7 and 8, my family went in prepared. We had a shopping list with prices we’d been tracking. Then, on the first day of the sale, I got a text from my dad: “Very disappointed,” he wrote. “The prices were significantly higher!”
He was right. A TV stand he’d been watching jumped 38 percent to $379, from $275 on Oct. 2. Same story for a few other big-ticket items on his list — another console went up from $219.99 to $299. Those products weren’t listed as “big deals” on the site, but we certainly didn’t expect their prices to spike during Prime Days.
And in other cases, Amazon marketed discounts that turned out to be the exact price it had charged in recent weeks. One example: an Oral-B electric toothbrush was listed as 39 percent off, but actually the same price as in August.
Many retailers use “sales” for misleading marketing, so I decided to investigate systematically. I pulled receipts for every non-grocery purchase I’d made on Amazon over the past six months — nearly 50 products. Then I calculated what those same items would have cost during Prime Big Deal Days on Oct. 8.

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jimmy alto @jimmyalto.bsky.social · 8h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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jimmy alto @jimmyalto.bsky.social · 8h

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

jimmy alto @jimmyalto.bsky.social · 8h

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Donald Trump visiting Walter Reed twice in six months under scrutiny

The White House said the president would visit Walter Reed Medical Center for a "routine yearly check up."

www.newsweek.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "I also did a cognitive exam. Which is always very risky because if I didn't do well, you'd be the first to be blaring it and I had a perfect score. And one of the doctors said he's almost never seen a perfect score. I had a perfect score. That made me well good ... not the easiest test."

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jimmy alto @jimmyalto.bsky.social · 8h

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

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

Every day it's just helicopters all day long now and people are somehow still unsure whether to call this an occupation

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

it's only racial profiling if it comes from the racial profiling region of france. otherwise it's sparkling reasonable suspicion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

McLaughlin: "Pritzker said there's racial profiling, which is absolutely false. Our officials use reasonable suspicion. That's protected under the US Constitution 4th Amendment."

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11h

You must defer to the president’s determination that there is an armed rebellion in Chicago, argues the govt’s lawyer.

That’s the Trump admin’s stance on everything. When the law doesn’t allow it, lie about the facts until it’s something that would be legal, then insist others live inside the lie.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 11h

Perry: DOJ's definition of rebellion would mean that
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 10h

thinking about how fucked up it is to give kids measles on purpose and then withhold tylenol from them

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 9h

During a government shutdown, the Trump administration is bailing out Argentina, whose president is fond of saying, “The state isn’t the solution, it’s the problem.”

David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 10h

Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. has “directly purchased Argentine pesos,” and the Treasury Department has “finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina’s central bank.”

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jimmy alto @jimmyalto.bsky.social · 9h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 12h

Alex Jones has asked the Supreme Court to immediately put his almost $1.5 billion defamation judgment on hold, citing the imminent threat of InfoWars being handed over to The Onion.

If there isn't a stay, "InfoWars will have been acquired by its ideological nemesis and destroyed," the filing says.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10h

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14h

Whether it’s Joe Biden attending weekly mass or Donald Trump’s ICE agents shooting a priest in the face with a pepper ball, presidents of both sides have directly engaged with the Catholic faith.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 14h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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jimmy alto @jimmyalto.bsky.social · 20h

#Portland is #WarRavaged

SEND IN THE #CALIFORNIA (???) NATIONAL GUARD !!!

via @governor.ca.gov #PDX

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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