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Man In The High Castle 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🗞️⚖️📚🤬 @davek67.bsky.social · 14h

🚨⚖️📚 Trump threatened 100% tariffs on China, tanking markets—then reversed course in two days, calling Xi’s move a “bad moment.” China changed nothing. Wall Street panicked, Trump folded. IMO It’s not technically market manipulation—just a system where the foxes watch the chickens.

Trump IMMEDIATELY Chickens Out After Threatening China

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 1d

You know who hates America

The guys who took healthcare away from millions of Americans

The ones who CUT billions of dollars for programs like cancer research and FEMA

Who sit and watch the president use military troops to attack our cities

That’s Mike Johnson

HE hates America

NO KINGS
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act isn’t new, but it’s getting louder and from all directions!

We had years of warnings.
He told us what he’d do. Project 2025 laid it out, but too many shrugged.

How much is “enough” for everyone to start getting loud with one voice before it’s too late?

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The Cook Political Report @cookpolitical.com · 14h

Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ entrance into the Senate race on Tuesday marks a significant escalation in political firepower aimed at longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins. We are moving the contest from Lean R -> Toss Up.

Maine Senate Race Moves To Toss Up With Mills’ Entrance

Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ entrance into the Senate race on Tuesday marks a significant escalation in political firepower aimed at longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins, the only Republican senator representin...

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h

Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTS BID BY INFOWARS' ALEX JONES TO CHALLENGE $1.4 BILLION DEFAMATION JUDGMENT OWED TO FAMILIES OF SANDY HOOK SCHOOL SHOOTING VICTIMS

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

It looks like every media company in American that covers the Pentagon except OAN is refusing to sign Hegseth’s ultimatum.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 1d

I will knock doors for any 2028 candidate who makes this their slogan.

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Fuckers need to pay.

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Katelyn T Slater 🏳️‍⚧️⚛️⚧️ @katelynslater.com · 1d

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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 1d

Trump has implemented nearly half of Project 2025's objectives nine months into his second term in office, according to a tracker.

Project 2025: Trump Has Implemented Half of Conservative Plan—Tracker

www.newsweek.com

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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 1d

In September, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) to Patel.

Swalwell: “Did you tell Trump his name is in the #Epstein files?”
Patel: “I’ve never spoken to Trump about it.”
Swalwell: “Did you tell the AG?”
(Patel evades)
Swalwell: “We’ll take your evasiveness as a consciousness of guilt.”

#OpDeathEaters

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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 1d

In September, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) refuted Kash Patel’s claim that no victims were trafficked, revealing the FBI holds names of at least 20 prominent men in the music industry, finance, politics, royalty, and banking which victims were trafficked to. #OpDeathEaters

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 1d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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Ian Bogost 🍔 @ibogost.bsky.social · 1d

Apple TV+, Apple's subscription streaming service, has rebranded to Apple TV, which is the same name as the software that runs the Apple TV, which is also the name of the device Apple sells to deliver it.

Apple TV+ Rebrands To Apple TV, Dropping Plus Sign

Apple TV+ has dropped the plus sign and is now simply Apple TV, "with a vibrant new identity."

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Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson: “We’re barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history”

Oh man, if only the party that controls EVERY branch of government could do something like oh idk not let our insurance prices triple?? 🧐

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Davis: In [Mike Johnson’s] mind, how can one be a good Christian while at the same time want to take away health care?

Former fundamentalist Levins: Mike Johnson is a beta male in a patriarchal structure. He knows that he’s got to be obedient to his authority, who is Donald Trump—who to him is God.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

The American founders didn't expect Mike Johnson. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism

Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.

www.thebulwark.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. a nagging worry is beginning to grow louder on Wall Street: What if these kinds of collapses, capable of taking bonds from par to cents on the dollar in a matter of days or weeks, are not an aberration after all?” 👀

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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MichelleZink @michellezink.bsky.social · 1d

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 1d

Journalists working at The Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN, The Atlantic, Breaking Defense, and other major news publications will not sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy and Pentagon requirements by Tuesday’s afternoon deadline.

GIFT ARTICLE:
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Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 1d

There’s been an active cover-up since the mid-2000s to conceal the Epstein Files.

The damning info from the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility’s investigation & report into allegations of professional misconduct by the federal prosecutors, including Alex Acosta.

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YIKES! DOJ BUSTED in Epstein COVER-UP as GOP STALLS RELEASE

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 2d

The fact that protests now feature people who don’t normally have to worry about what might happen to them in an adverse encounter with security forces is a HUGE DEAL.

It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Old CBS would’ve probably spelled the guy’s name right, too.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

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Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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MichelleZink @michellezink.bsky.social · 1d

A magnificent image!

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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 1d

Celebrate with me. #IndigenousPeoplesDay 🪶✊🏾

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