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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 1h

You can tell these ice asses have had no training. They look completely out of their element. I'm guessing they were just given a gun and a badge and told to do whatever.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

"Forty-two judges went so far as to say that the Supreme Court’s emergency orders had caused 'some' or 'major' harm to the public’s perception of the judiciary[,] [including] nearly half of the Republican-nominated judges."

gift link 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks I'll give them a try. With my insurance prescriptions are $10, but would be willing to pay out of pocket for something that actually works like it's supposed to, though I shouldn't have to.

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Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 1h

I wasn't able to prior, but took a new job this month with better insurance and can now go anywhere. Going to try Costco or CVS instead. Hopefully one will carry something better or be able to order a different brand.

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Marquis Lafayette @renegadesci.bsky.social · 4h

Well, now we pay Taxes to Trump.

No representation, but all the taxation.

Until the military decides to take over and cut out the government.

Then we pay Taxes to the Military?

You act like "The Military" now fights for our freedom and Constitution?

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Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 1h

No unfortunately not. A few months ago Walmart ran out of their usual Chinese crap medication and I received a generic made in the US. It worked great! Like Adderall used to. My doctor put that I prefer that brand on my Rx, but Walmart says they can't order it for some reason.

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Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 1h

I mean they're owned by one of the scummiest media/web conglomerates in the country. I've yet to find someone with anything more than mildly positive to say about Comcrap.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 5h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h

We’ve reported extensively on how the FDA allowed foreign drugmakers to send generic medications to the U.S. from factories with filthy labs and contaminated equipment.

This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/

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Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 2h

This x100. I take Adderall and every since Walgreens and Walmart started carrying Chinese and Indian made brands it's never consistent and causes all kinds of side effects I never had prior to all these weird brands. The benefits outweigh the issues, but not by much at this point.

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Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 21h

Rich coming from someone who looks like they rolled out of a dumpster in Amarillo, TX.

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Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 23h

These people are so high on their supply they think this lunancy is "thought provoking". Maybe for a psychiatrist in a mental ward.

Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 23h

Sorry for the blurry photo. I was pretty excited when I caught this brook trout in Western Wisconsin today. Usually you don't see them this big because the invasive brown trout drive them away and eat them. Last fish of the day and it sure made my day!

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins, AP sources say.

Maine Gov. Mills will announce challenge to Sen. Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say

Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year.

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Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe National Lampoon can reserect itself with that cover. "Give him the peace prize or we'll kill this fisherman".

Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure Ted Nugent and Kid Rock's washed up asses will be there, desperate for relevancy.

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Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 1d

Some footage of the rehearsal was recently released:

a large group of soldiers marching in a line with one wearing a hat with the letter t on it

ALT: a large group of soldiers marching in a line with one wearing a hat with the letter t on it

media.tenor.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

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Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 1d

Calls from the his sycophant cabinet.

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Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 1d

Poor Donnie Dumbfuck. Always a bridesmaid..

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

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poppy1234567.bsky.social @poppy1234567.bsky.social · 1d

They don’t need him anymore they just bought the voting machines
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Dominion, voting firm targeted by false 2020 election claims, sold to new owner

Company, which reached $787.5m defamation settlement with Fox News, becomes new entity called Liberty Vote

www.theguardian.com

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Jack Straw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🥄 @jxkstraw.bsky.social · 1d

Kevorkian would have had this straightened out in 20 minutes.

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