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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 25m

Money talks.

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 1h

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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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 26m

I definitely think that’s a huge part of the push (or putsch), you see it in the military/government firings as well. They’re clearly saying this country is of, for, and by white people. And if you want to be part of their servant class, maybe some exceptions can be made, otherwise get out.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 46m

Pretty simple litmus test coming up for Dems in ‘26/‘28 that should—but almost certainly won’t—be asked, ‘Should an independent, special prosecutor be appointed to determine if Stephen Miller et al should be referred to The Hague?’

John Harwood @johnjharwood.bsky.social · 1h

in 40 years of covering politics and government, i've never encountered anyone as sinister as Stephen Miller

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Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 57m

Kind of dumb question, is the goal here simply to make the numbers Miller demands of brown faces in cages and on planes to god knows where? Or are they trying to discourage immigrants from participating in public life (i.e., going to school, looking for work/having jobs, etc.)? Or is it both?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

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

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1h

It’s becoming the Mel Brooks Ten Commandments bit in reverse. “I’ve solved ten—no, 15. FIFTEEN WARS.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump on the Nobel: "Nobody in history has solved eight wars in a period of nine months. And I've stopped eight wars. That's never happened before. But they'll have to do what they do. Whatever they do is fine."

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1h

This is all true. It’s also both stunning and sad that she’s not being taken to task by our political for clearly never understanding how healthcare worked before. She’s been voting against these things for years but she finally learns how it works and is shocked! into action. Good for her? I guess?

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1h

Seeing lots of "MTG shouldn't get a redemption tour" and that's not what this is. Marge realized, smartly, that Congress is a pretty easy and well paying gig and all you gotta do is keep getting re-elected and this is the smartest way to go about doing that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on CNN (!): "I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying if the ACA tax credits expire, they aren't gonna be able to have health insurance. They're going to have to drop it."

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1h

1. Why is this being announced on twitter?

2. Why is the US bailing out Argentina—while the government is shut down?

3. Why do we now know we can stop listening to “fiscal conservatives” forever because it’s a total scam and they’re fine with Republicans doing whatever corrupt shit they want?

David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 1h

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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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1h

"Anything in English"

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1h

Antifa Circumcisions™️

*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 1h

Where does antifa fit into this, because I am sure they do.

Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1h

Wuuuut

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1h

Of course, because they’re not only bad bets, they’re what all these companies advertise. Nobody is selling -110, they’re selling +600 etc. Not to mention, people need the money. People want lottery tickets—and when they see ‘This 12 teamer hit for $140k!’ advertised, they think why not me.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1h

As mobile sports betting has boomed, parlays, or multi-part bets, are becoming more popular, accounting for an increasing share of the money wagered on sports.

Sportsbooks are making a fortune off of them. https://wapo.st/3KI6tQo

Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1h

Not for nothing, but that we—as a nation—haven’t run RFK Jr out of this office yet is a national embarrassment. And that our political press hasn’t slammed on the brakes and demanded it in the name of public health tells you a ton about the current state of our press.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1h

Wuuuut

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

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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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1h

This is insulting. First, you have ICE out there happily telling you their ‘reasonable suspicion’ is nothing more than skin tone and a foreign language. Then you have Kavanaugh et al like, ‘No, for real, racially profile, it’s totally cool.’ This is gaslighting because they’re being openly racist.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 5h

‘If she’d been here longer, she’d know that we can lie to the American people about healthcare without any consequences. Hell, we’ve been doing it for damn near 20 years with Obamacare specifically.’ - Sessions, basically

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

CNN: Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republicans have no healthcare solutions. What do you say to her?

REP. PETE SESSIONS: She needs a couple more years in office and she would learn that we do have ideas on the table

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ballerinaX @ballerinax.bsky.social · 6h

The student group is TPUSA. This is what the group trains it's member students to do, harass and beat up professors they find objectionable like an expert on fascism or an english professor

www.fox10phoenix.com/news/turning...

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 5h

This is the clearest sign yet that Democrats are winning this argument. Nobody is going to buy this desperate B.S. I’m honestly surprised, but the Democrats have managed to back Johnson into a corner.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Mike Johnson: "It's about keeping Congress operating so we can get to healthcare. We always were going to. They're lying to you. Okay? The healthcare issues were always gonna be something discussed, deliberated, contemplated, and debated in October and November."

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 6h

While I'm on it, at some point we need to recognize the consolidation & corporatization of publishing is also an existential threat to free expression.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 7h

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 12h

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 6h

Huge, huge swathes of *Trump voters* will effectively have no health care available except for emergency ER.

It is simultaneously a) the worst way to maintain public health and b) the most *expensive* way to do it.

Idiocy from moral degenerates. That's our country now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

have said this before but i am very skeptical about weiss’s vaunted charisma

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 19h

Decimating the alert system for critical infrastructure so as to provide for more raids of Home Depot parking lots

Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 21h

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 19h

Into what, his pyramid-style fraud schemes?

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 19h

Trump: plans to incorporate deceased individuals

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K. Liakos @kliakos.com · 20h

America 2025:

The facade of a store in a Delaware strip mall called its fashion but the lights on the o n and exclamation point are out so it says it’s fashi

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 20h

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 20h

incredibly, bleakly funny that trump is going after christopher wray, who spent his entire tenure at the fbi with his head down desperately trying to avoid trump's attention and did nothing to protect the bureau from trump's attacks www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Other prosecutors are investigating former CIA director John Brennan, another prominent Trump critic, and former FBI director Christopher Wray, who was originally appointed by Trump but enraged conservatives who came to believe he had wielded the bureau’s powers against them. Former officials have received subpoenas in recent days in the Wray inquiry, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

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