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US Navy Submarine Veteran | Democrat I work in IT and play in Nature (photography) Photos: https://glass.photo/kurtschlatzer #VeteransResistanceSquadron #VeteransAgainstTrump

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Kurt Schlatzer 📷 ⚓ @kurtschlatzer.com · May 15

Trump is a living example that a person can be the greatest con man of all time, while simultaneously being the easiest mark of all time.

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Kurt Schlatzer 📷 ⚓ @kurtschlatzer.com · 5h

Garbage in(charge), garbage out.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/03/a...

Anduril and Palantir battlefield communication system 'very high risk,' US Army memo says

Anduril and Palantir battlefield communication system has high-risk security problems according to a recent internal Army memo.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 8h

The man in charge of our nations health thinks foreskins cause autism and babies come out of the placenta.

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Elizabeth Pennysworth @epennysworth.bsky.social · 8h

Todays upcoming results from
Walter Reed…

trump at the dr looking at a scan…the tests are conclusive, you’re a colossal piece of shit

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 8h

"He’d be right—except that, for those keeping count at home, Reid is the second Republican to be engulfed in a Nazi porn scandal in just over a year." newrepublic.com/article/2015...

The Candidate Caught in a Nazi Porn Scandal Is Today’s GOP Personified

Meet John Reid, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia. There’s a lot to learn.

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Eric Foltz @ericfoltz.bsky.social · 8h

At some point, the National Guard Generals need to realize that when multiple courts hand down decisions saying that the deployments to American Cities are illegal, the orders themselves are illegal and they have an obligation to defy them.
news.wttw.com/2025/10/09/j...

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks National Guard Deployment in Chicago Area

A federal judge is set to decide Thursday whether to block President Donald Trump from deploying 200 members of the Texas National Guard alongside 300 members of the Illinois National Guard to the Chi...

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 8h

Good morning! If you work at HHS and want to talk to a reporter anonymously, you can reach out to me on Signal.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h

If you are a paying subscriber to The Washington Post, this is what you get.

If you are a free subscriber to Democracy Docket, this is what you get.

Support independent, pro-democracy media. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Kurt Schlatzer 📷 ⚓ @kurtschlatzer.com · 7h

This also means 5x more coding errors and 5x more security issues 😎

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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 8h

When he promised to bring down everything, some of you should have asked more specific questions.

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Roughly half of U.S. states are effectively in a recession and ‘hanging on by their fingertips,’ Moody’s chief economist says | Fortune

Moody’s chief economist, Mark Zandi, tells Fortune parts of America are already in recession, with 22 state economies contracting despite strong national GDP growth.

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 8h

💥 WATCH 💥

Federation of Federal Employees President Randy Erwin.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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Kim @kim4thebabies.bsky.social · 7h

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Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Venezuela Opposition Leader Machado — Bloomberg

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for democracy at a time when political freedom is increasingly at risk from the rise of authoritar...

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 7h

No one is OK right now.

At least, no one with working empathy and a knowledge of History who’s paying attention.

It is an emotional impossibility to be living in days like the ones we’re in and to be fully unaffected.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...

No One is OK Right Now

You don't need to pretend that you are

johnpavlovitz.substack.com

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Char Julian 🦋🌸🌴🌻🐝🌈🌞 😎 @chartjulian.bsky.social · 7h

Well well well, wait until you know who finds out that the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize goes to María Corina Machado of Venezuela.

Congratulations to her.

Hopefully, this will be too much for him.😏

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Kim @kim4thebabies.bsky.social · 7h

Thousands of U.S.-bound packages shipped by UPS are trapped at hubs across the country, unable to clear the maze of new customs requirements imposed by the Trump administration.
As packages flagged for customs issues pile up in UPS warehouses, the company…has begun “disposing of” some shipments.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

Cartoon by Dave Brown of @the-independent.com.

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Kurt Schlatzer 📷 ⚓ @kurtschlatzer.com · 7h

Trump Trumping

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Michael @wtpmichael.bsky.social · 16h

So our government's supposedly America first policy just bailed out Argentina to the tune of 20 billion dollars. Yes I said BILLION. Our government is shutdown, our military is not getting paid, the farmers are going bankrupt, people are laid off. Is this how America works now.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 18h

Image shows a stick figure with the head of Trump using a stick to poke the American flag. Text says: C'MON, DO
A CIVIL WAR I NEED TO
DISTRACT FROM EPSTEIN FILES

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Jonathan @frakitall.bsky.social · 18h

Since when did Oregon start using the Policia?

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Stephdude @angryeyes.bsky.social · 18h

World Kitchen, Chef Jose Andres..for world president.

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Kurt Schlatzer 📷 ⚓ @kurtschlatzer.com · 18h

Mortality in the news vs. what we usually die from
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...

Does the news reflect what we die from?

What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fox News report on?

ourworldindata.org

Kurt Schlatzer 📷 ⚓ @kurtschlatzer.com · 1d

OpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else's data without permission or compensation.
www.404media.co/openai-furio...

OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us

OpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else's data without permission or compensation.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 1d

Let's be clear: Trump has not brought peace or any kind of long-term settlement in the decades-long conflict between Israel and Palestine. He's brokered a potential cease-fire in the current war. That's a good thing (if it happens), but it sure as hell isn't "peace." So calm down that Nobel boner.

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 1d

“Russia has launched this torrent of aggressions. The aggressed against still call this “hybrid” or “gray zone” war. Erase the adjectives. This is war.”

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | What if a Russian victory in Ukraine were only the beginning?

This isn’t a Russian “gray zone” war with Europe. It’s a real war. And the West is dithering.

www.washingtonpost.com

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