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Otm Shanks

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Otm Shanks @leap44.bsky.social · Dec 7

Being a billionaire is the same psychosis as hoarding. If you replaced the billions of dollars with something else like dolls, or old newspapers, or toilet paper, it is easier to see how sick keeping mass quantities of something to yourself, that you can’t even use it all, is.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 13h

“We refuse to pay the troops and also we’re doing indiscriminate firings of people for no reason”

I’ve never seen an administration so faithfully committed to self-immolation in my entire life

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 9h

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 2h

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arykab1956.bsky.social @arykab1956.bsky.social · 1h

Can't imagine... 🤔🤔🤔🤔

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 3h

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 4h

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Otm Shanks @leap44.bsky.social · 1h

I truly want to know what went wrong with these people that lead to them living lives so full of hate… I just can’t fathom it.

apnews.com/article/gove...

Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown

Mass firings of federal workers have begun. That was the announcement Friday from the White House as Republicans worked to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers to end the government shutdown.

apnews.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4h

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Gotta Story @gottastory.bsky.social · 15h

I see the GOP has issued its talking point about the #NoKings 10.18 rally, calling it the Hate America rally. My sign will read Love America, Hate Fascism. Fuck Ice.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 5h

Typical of a government who gives no shits about its hard working employees.

1. Shut down the government and don’t even bother to try to work with Dems to figure out a compromise.
2. Threaten for a week to fire employees. Enjoy our trauma.
2. Fire us.
At 9 PM
On Friday of a 3 days weekend.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

A producer and editor for WGN-TV was violently forced to the ground this morning by two Border Patrol agents, before having her hands cuffed behind her back, during an ICE action in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Debbie Brockman has worked for the local television station since 2011.

WGN-TV producer violently detained during Chicago ICE enforcement action

A DHS spokesperson said that Debbie Brockman was placed under arrest for ‘assault on a federal law enforcement officer,’ claiming the WGN employee threw objects at the agent.

www.aol.com

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 8h

Wait until Trump finds out there’s an Indigenous Person on the back of the freshly minted U.S. quarters, complete with native language!!!!

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 12h

They don’t want you to realize that the House has been on a weeks-long paid vacation because they’re scared of a vote to release the Epstein Files.

What are they trying to hide?

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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 7h

Way to go Meat Head!!! Woohoo!!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

With Larry Ellison in control of TikTok, we now have right-wingers or looney far-right wingers in control of most of the major social media platforms.

Right-Wing Moguls Dominate Social Media. One Legal Fix Can Help Stem the Tide.

Revising Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act would make outlets more accountable for the content they platform.

www.thenation.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h

I love that the folks in Norway didn't want to just deprive Donald Trump of the Nobel Peace Prize he was so shamelessly hungry for, they awarded it instead to someone he would hate, a decent Latina woman working against undemocratic authoritarianism. Nice touch. 👨‍🍳👄

Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 18h

Happy Nobel Peace Prize day to all who celebrate! 🕊️

In a brilliant and well deserved move, an (1) antifa (2) Latina (3) woman, María Corina Machado, wins for her work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela.

María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for her work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

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Dr. Merri @merri24.bsky.social · 7h

This is so Portland!

We should do this everywhere. Make those masked thug brownshirt agents feel stupid with their semi automatic rifles and pepper guns.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 15h

This is awesome.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 8h

Mike Johnson referred to the upcoming “No Kings Day” (October 18!) as “America Hating Parties” but there is no one on the planet who hates the USA more than Donald Trump, he never shuts up about it

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 6h

Because we did not hold violent insurrectionists accountable in order to “keep the peace,”

they came back to power to turn peaceful protest into insurrecrion.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 6h

What fucking country is this?!

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Otm Shanks @leap44.bsky.social · 4h

Yup!

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 13h

Mother fucker! The House has been in session only 15 days since July.

Its October!

GOP are loser slackers! Imagine if you only showed up to your job 15 days in 4 months.
They get 175k a year in salary.

#GOPShutdown

House Recess Extended to Oct. 19 As Government Shutdown Continues

The House clerk reads a communication from Speaker Mike Johnson designating October 14 to 19 a district work period for members, meaning that the House will be in recess except for pro forma sessions ...

www.c-span.org

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crookedsparrow @crookedsparrow.bsky.social · 15h

So that country that gave the king a plane are now getting an air base on American soil, in Idaho?

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