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Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 13h

O. M. G.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14h

Florida's surgeon general isn't just guided by science...his beliefs are shaped by a wife who says she can speak to spirits and levitate, and an energy healer guru.

Our latest on Joseph Ladapo:

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

www.motherjones.com

Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 13h

Put the eggplant down and back away slowly, son. I had my eye on it the moment I stepped out of aisle two.

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 14h

“Floridians buying groceries and other household items will be able to openly carry firearms while walking the aisles at Publix, the largest supermarket chain in the state, the company said on Thursday.”

Customers May Openly Carry Firearms in Florida’s Publix Stores, Company Says

www.nytimes.com

Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 13h

☝🏼

Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 14h

You calling Biden a fascist?

www.axios.com/2025/10/10/q...

Qatar to build air force facility on U.S. base in Idaho

Laura Loomer and other MAGA figures expressed shock and outrage, but the deal was long in the making.

www.axios.com

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Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 15h

It’s not a “base” it’s a couple of buildings. Singapore has already done the same. It’s apparently been in the works for months.

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Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 15h

The best people.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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POLITICO
By DANIEL LIPPMAN
10/09/2025 08:22 PM EDT
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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 18h

I really was not sure if she actually said this. The last time I had a similar experience was when Sarah Palin was running for VP.

The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Kristi Noem: ‘Antifa Is A Highly Sophisticated Islamic Proto-State That Controlled Territory In Iraq And Syria From 2013-2019’

Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 20h

Yes, it's not a "base," it's a building or two.

www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idaho

The move is a sign of increasingly close ties between the U.S. and Qatar.

www.cbsnews.com

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Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 20h

I think "base" is too strong a word. CBS refers to it as a facility, and I expect they need a place to securely store things related and house officials. Singapore apparently already does this.

www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idaho

The move is a sign of increasingly close ties between the U.S. and Qatar.

www.cbsnews.com

Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 20h

Your tax dollars at work.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 23h

War-ravaged Portland.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 1d

Circumcision is actually dropping. 🧐

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 1d

Down for sure, don’t know about plummeted.

www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroo...

Johns Hopkins Study: Newborn Male Circumcision Rates in U.S. Dropped Between 2012 and 2022

www.hopkinsmedicine.org

Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, the computers do take over, but it’s a little messier than I remembered.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossu...

Colossus: The Forbin Project - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 1d

The film is called The Forbin Project. Ironically, the US and Soviet computers connect up and take control of atomic weapons from the humans because they’re too illogical.

(It’s been a long time, I may not be remembering correctly).

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Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 2d

Friends of Ken. Nice work if you can get it.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.

As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.

(Published July with @texastribune.org)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...

www.propublica.org

Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 2d

Reality has passed him by.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 2d

They plan to rebrand as Prork.

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Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 2d

Not to mention shooting (pepper balls) an actual pastor for no reason other than their own entertainment.

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Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 2d

JFK almost didn't get elected because of the anti-Catholic sentiment of a lot of Protestants. It was a huge deal.

Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is literally shooting people for fun. If you look at the video of the incident, they're safe on a roof.

www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Raids/...

Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 2d

I'm in Montana, so solar isn't useful all year, but the way billing works here is that the excess power we generate in the summer is returned to us as credits in the winter so it's still worthwhile.

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Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 2d

We don't have an EV yet, but we upgraded our existing solar so we'll have enough for free power for it once we do.

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Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 2d

Once these assholes are out of power, we can't take the Gerald Ford route and simply "move forward." We need full and transparent trials for all the high level corruption.

David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 3d

"That’s is the thing about corruption. It is the price of admission and the reward for loyalty. But it also a double-edged sword when you fall out of favor." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/h...

How Kash Patel and Pam Bondi became Slaves to Stephen Miller - emptywheel

By indicting the first of Trump's FBI Directors and preparing to frame the second, Kash Patel may have signed his own arrest warrant.

www.emptywheel.net

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Mity Cheese @mitycheese.bsky.social · 2d

Garcia said he and his wife have spent more than 25 years trying to obtain legal status, hiring immigration attorneys in Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Florida most recently.

“It was so bad. We spent so much money hiring different lawyers and different lawyers,” Garcia said.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3d

Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...

A picture of Sergio Garcia and George W and Laura Bush. It is signed, To Sergio Garcia with best wishes.

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