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midge58.bsky.social @midge58.bsky.social · 6h

Oh dear! Not quite as he hoped.

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 1d

On this day 225 years ago, John Adams moved into the still-not-quite-complete White House, becoming the first president to occupy it. His blessing was carved into the State Dining Room mantel in 1945: "May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof.”

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 1d

From MeidasTouch Legal AF: The Convicted FElon DOJ is now deleting court documents on J6 terrorists who have been in trouble with law repeatedly. The DOJ was caught when a judge noticed a document missing on a J6'er, who wanted to bomb Obama's home & was convicted for it. I bet these are ICE now.

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Meron @meronmonroe.blacksky.app · 23h

climate catastrophe just feels like the one thing we are collectively soooo deeply unprepared for

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midge58.bsky.social @midge58.bsky.social · 1d

Well worth reading. Some extremely articulate comments, with the occasional exception.

Kim @kim4thebabies.bsky.social · 1d

“If this continues, I do not see any hope for this country returning to a democratic republic."

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"Americans Don't Realize What's Going On": US Military Members Are Sharing Their Brutally Honest Takes On ICE

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP

You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670

Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem

If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?

You’re doing their dirty work.

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midge58.bsky.social @midge58.bsky.social · 1d

Disgusting to decide people with drug addiction they shouldn’t receive food assistance. What sort of vile mind came up with that?

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

Drug testing people for food assistance is just telling people who have addiction (which is a disease) that they should fuck off and starve to death.

I don't believe in starving people because of health conditions.

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Piyush Mittal @piyushmittal.bsky.social · 1d

Fact check: ICE officers DO NOT have ‘federal immunity’ as claimed by little Stephen Miller
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Fact check: Do ICE officers really have ‘federal immunity’ in the US?

Federal immigration agents can face federal or state prosecution for illegal actions under certain circumstances.

aje.io

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair, they’re losing MPs at a much faster rate.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

One in twenty Reform councillors elected in May 2025 has left by the Autumn
- half expelled/suspended
- a quarter resigned from council
- some defected

An "unusual rate" of attrition in 6 months, says Tony Travers

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Reform Is Losing Councillors Elected In May At An 'Unusual' Rate

Reform UK has lost more than 5 per cent of the councillors it had elected six months ago, an analysis by PoliticsHome has found.

www.politicshome.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!

Lots of fresh info in my new piece:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 1d

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Daniel Loxton 🇨🇦 @danielloxton.bsky.social · 1d

One horrifying aspect of decades of scaremongering against the MMR vaccine specifically that I don’t see mentioned often is the broad range and high prevalence of serious birth defects caused *by rubella*

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SuMo📞Congress 202-224-3121📞CSPAN 202-748-8000 @sumoh7.bsky.social · 1d

Report: New revelation details a previously unknown money laundering into Jeffery Epstein

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcfU...
MSNBC (Anchor: Nicole Wallace) 10/31/2025

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
#Epstein
#TrumpEpstein

Report: New revelation details a previously unknown money laundering into Jeffery Epstein

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 1d

reminder that Hitler never wrote a new German constitution, never "officially" changed the government

he just closed the legislature and ruled alone, against the law, until he was stopped

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midge58.bsky.social @midge58.bsky.social · 1d

Look at the droop on the right side of Trump’s face when the Malaysian Prime Minister joked about him going to prison and Trump nearly going to prison. Is that the artefact of a Stroke?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.

Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.

Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.

Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson has a responsibility to honor our democracy and the 813,289 people who voted for Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva. Sign our petition if you think it's time for her to be sworn in:

We Demand the Immediate Swearing-In of Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva

I just signed the petition We Demand the Immediate Swearing-In of Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva. Sign here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/swearherin

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Rep. Adam Smith: "This country has not agreed to have the death penalty for drug smuggling. If we want to have that policy conversation, we can have that policy conversation, but the president has unilaterally decided that lethal force is going to be applied. It's an enormous expansion of power."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Adelita Grijalva now holds the record for longest delay between winng a special Congressional election and being sworn into office.

Why the delay from Mike Johnson?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 2d

I guess someone heard from Tylenol’s lawyers.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 2d

RFK Jr. is now walking back his claim that Tylenol causes autism. He has caused unnecessary mass panic & confusion.

Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated w/children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in a sibling control analyses.
🧪 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

jamanetwork.com

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Forbes @forbes.com · 3d

Elon Musk’s automaker has posted several notices for its Cybertrucks since the vehicle was introduced nearly two years ago.

Tesla Issues 10th Recall For Cybertrucks

Elon Musk’s automaker has posted several notices for its Cybertrucks since the vehicle was introduced nearly two years ago.

www.forbes.com

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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midge58.bsky.social @midge58.bsky.social · 2d

Why is he smiling?

Jean Pocket @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 2d

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House Speaker Mike Johnson signed bill cutting $186B from SNAP in July 2025

Users shared this true claim amid uncertainty regarding whether Americans would receive federal food benefits during the 2025 government shutdown.

www.snopes.com

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Jay from Quahog @fromquahog.com · 3d

the abuser behaivior

don't make me hurt you

let me hit you some more, then we release food stamps

just ridiculous and scary as hell

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midge58.bsky.social @midge58.bsky.social · 2d

In law (USA and UK) “a reasonable person is one who is:
"reasonable, informed, practical and realistic" who "consider the matter in some detail" not a "very sensitive or scrupulous" person, but is "right-minded"dispassionate and fully apprised of the case.” Bias shouldn’t inform their judgement.