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Karl Olson 🎃 Ultraklystron @karlrolson.com · 3h

AWS be like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ywn...

AWS Just Fired 40% of Its DevOps Team — Then Let Al Take Their Jobs! Leaked internal tools show how Amazon's cloud is now self-healing, self-scaling, and self-negotiating — no humans required. Mohab AbdelKarim

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 2h

ICE has spent almost 10 million bucks on semi-& automatic weapons this year. I’m naturally well endowed, so I’m not familiar with just how many guns 10 million bucks buys but my guess is a f*ck ton. Why?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

“Republican Party has devolved into a cult of personality that mirrors the worst authoritarian regimes… today, I quit allowing my complacency to destroy 🇺🇸, and urge you to quit too…”

GOP insider Miles Bruner writes in @thebulwark.com he wishes he did it sooner

www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 8h

White House does not have mirrors that are 400 years old, as it would be around 1625, and the oldest mirrors in the WH collection are from late 1700s — English pier mirror (1770-1790) and another set of mirrors salvaged after the 1814 fire, which would be about 200, not 400 y/o.

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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 2h

The White House East Wing facade decorated for Christmas and open for tours, not even two years ago when it was still the People's House. Today it's being demolished to build a mausoleum for Trump using our tax dollars. #resist #NoKings

White House East Wing with Christmas decorations

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h

🚨 Married GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales allegedly had an affair with his senior aide, Regina Aviles — who was found dead after she supposedly doused herself in gasoline and set herself on fire, per The Daily Mail.

Uvalde Police are blocking release of the 911 call, video & records. (Daily Mail)

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 11h

🚨Children’s Hospital Chaplain released after being detained in Cincinnati’s Butler County Jail for 73 days. He shares powerful words with us. 1/2

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

"At every step along the way, I rationalized, compartmentalized, and found excuses to stay tethered to the party, even as I grew to believe it was undermining the foundations of our constitutional republic. ...
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party

Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.

www.thebulwark.com

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 19h

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 1d

I'm grateful to @60minutes.bsky.social featuring our study published @justsecurity.org.

Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

I hope Portland and Oregon appeal en banc ASAP. This is a ridiculous ruling.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 6h

Two Trump-appointed judges of the Ninth Circuit let Trump send the troops into Portland, pausing another Trump appointee's TRO.

The only non-Trump appointee denounces the "political theater" behind the deployment, calling for an en banc review to stop it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

you’re telling me that another thirtysomething republican has nazi beliefs. wow

Politico @politico.com · 6h

EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.

Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts

Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

www.politico.com

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DJ "Jo" NoneYa 🟧 @djnoneya.bsky.social · 4h

Parents Lament End of Dolly Parton’s Free Books in Clark County, Say It Will Hurt Literacy

A Nevada nonprofit that worked to send free books to children in Clark County didn't have its funding renewed by the state
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8h

FAFO!!

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 6h

#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6h

Donald Trump is now officially demolishing part of the White House to make room for his $200 million golden ballroom.

This comes as Americans can’t afford groceries and the government is still shut down.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 6h

Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 stuffed into a takeout bag from undercover F.B.I. agents. We must continue to ask where the money went, @ruthmarcus.bsky.social writes.

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand

Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

www.newyorker.com

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 4h

Houston residents protest as crews remove rainbow crosswalks from city street

www.independent.co.uk

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

Clearly Trump lied when he said his $250 million ballroom wouldn’t “interfere” with the White House.

So who’s watching this mess; the White House Historical Association or the Office of the Curator? Because someone needs to make sure he’s not bulldozing history for a dance floor.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

“.. a ‘whatever it takes’ mantra when it comes to rescuing Argentina, despite questions about why, and whether the aid comes at the expense of American farmers.

“.. the largest direct U.S. bailout of another country since .. Mexico in 1995.”

@axios.com
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 6h

The Trump Administration is straight up murdering people without any due process and lying about it to the world.

Senator Rand Paul is right to be concerned about this could mean for the security of our country and relations with our allies.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Officials, locals undercut Trump claims about Venezuela drug boats

Trump says the U.S. is blowing up boats carrying deadly fentanyl to the United States. U.S. and other officials say the route under attack carries cocaine and marijuana to Europe and Africa.

www.washingtonpost.com

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DJ "Jo" NoneYa 🟧 @djnoneya.bsky.social · 4h

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

My Son Was 1 Day Old When I Learned Our Family Had Been Exposed To Measles. Here's What Happened Next.

"Because of parents who opt out of vaccinating their kids, I was put in this position."

www.yahoo.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h

JUST IN: The White House has begun DEMOLISHING portions of the East Wing of the White House to build Trump’s $250 million ballroom — despite earlier claiming it wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing White House structure. (Washington Post)

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 8h

Millions of federal workers are locked out of their jobs or working without pay. Now, they’re making difficult choices:

Pay for rent, get gas for the car, or get groceries?

Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.

They were living paycheck to paycheck. Then the checks stopped coming.

Dozens of federal workers told Business Insider they are living paycheck to paycheck and cutting their spending during the government shutdown.

www.businessinsider.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 6h

He’s spending millions for a ballroom while American soldiers go without pay…

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