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Micah @rincewind.run · 49m

per articles it sounds like he was able to get it through a 245(i) petition, filed through his wife's green card decades ago

very very lucky that existed, but we take the wins

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1h

hey so for once there's an actual happy update to something

our local ice cream guy came home and he's getting a green card

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 10h

ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4h

OK. *deep sigh* If we’re really doing this …

If anyone has information about this alleged $130 million “donation” — including the identity of the “donor,” if such a person or corporation exists, and any legal opinions purporting to authorize this — please send it my way. I am at crg.32 on Signal.

Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 5h

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...

www.cnn.com

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 5h

Do people not read 19th c literature? “Sickly child who can never get out of bed” is a pretty stock character in old novels

Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · 10h

Twitter user RobSchneider:
FYI…
There were NO Children’s Hospitals when I was a kid.
Because kids weren’t sick.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3h

all I'm gonna say is that these posts are hours apart

screenshot of a Jacobin post saying "Ironic fascism is a disturbing symptom of the Trumpist right’s mounting ethnonationalism and authoritarianism." with a link to the article "Take the GOP's Nazi group chats Seriously"

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 6h

A fucking CSG?

Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 7h

cool

STATEMENT:

In support of the President’s directive to dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) and counter narco-terrorism in defense of the Homeland, the Secretary of War has directed the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and embarked carrier air wing to the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility (AOR).

The enhanced U.S. force presence in the USSOUTHCOM AOR will bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere. These forces will enhance and augment existing capabilities to disrupt narcotics trafficking and degrade and dismantle TCOs.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 1d

it would probably be helpful for the electoral left to have a better way of vetting nominees than "Bernie Sanders got working class vibes from this person who flattered him." 1

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🎃 Komod-o'-Lantern Dad @komododad.bsky.social · 6h

Oh for fuck's sake

Live updates: US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military buildup

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the U.S. military is deploying an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, in the latest escalation and buildup of military forces in the ...

apnews.com

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Ted Cruz called the FBI on me @weareronin.bsky.social · 8h

ICE Secret Police shoots a priest point blank in the mouth with a 40mm tear gas grenade during a protest near the USCG Base in Alameda, CA (near Oakland)

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Democrats @democrats.org · 9h

Trump’s tearing down the East Wing to build himself a $350M ballroom while Americans struggle to afford health care.

Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.

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Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 2d

Again for the record the idea that Fetterman got bonked on the head like Fred Flintstone and instantly changed all his political positions is pure cope from people who refuse to do anh self reflection on that six months they spent posting PigShitBalls.jpg at cringelibs who supported Connor Lamb.

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Zeke Tayler @drzeketayler.bsky.social · 29d

Don’t be fooled, Pennsylvania! Vote YES this November 4th to retain Dougherty, Donohue and Wecht.

@jjabbott.bsky.social

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1d

if I'm honest 'Senate Republicans bust the filibuster to prevent SNAP collapse but not ACA premium spike' would be a near total Schumer victory given where he started

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Josh Hawley cracked the door open to getting rid of the filibuster to end the government shutdown:

"I'm not willing to see children in my state go hungry, which is literally happening now, over some Senate procedure."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Republicans warm to killing filibuster as voters suffer and shutdown nears record

Democrats’ nuclear option had wide-reaching consequences that ultimately empowered Trump, Eric Garcia writes. If Republicans kill the filibuster to reopen the government, it might permanently break th...

www.independent.co.uk

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 1d

Antisemitism just very bleak to think about as an issue. Like in terms of how widespread a prejudice it was 20 yrs ago compared to today I don’t think think any other prejudice has seen more backsliding. Really just a combination of worst case scenarios.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 1d

If you believe that you support workers and artists but aren't willing to pay full price for the things they produce, you don't actually support workers and artists.

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Public Universal Fiend @publicuniversal.bsky.social · 1d

We can add The Library is Right There and It Is Ok For Something To Be An Occasional Treat

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 1d

You think it’s expensive to order on demand food delivery where another human being cooks your food, a separate human being delivers it, and a third party takes a cut to coordinate this, all while you literally do not leave the couch? Well, you won’t like hearing this, but…

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 1d

You think the restaurant’s new logo is woke? Don’t dine there, don’t buy their food. Buying Things Is Optional.

You don’t like the casting choice made in the movie? The ticket to go to the film is, you guessed it,

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 1d

The responses this post is getting, combined with the animating grievances of large swathes of politics, has convinced me we need a kind of society wide PSA about how Buying Things Is Optional.

You don’t think video games should cost $100? Don’t buy the videogame. Buying Things Is Optional.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

AAA video games should cost $100 on launch. this would still be extremely cheap for the amount of time and enjoyment you get out of them! But an audience of whiny babies has kept them literally at the same price for *two decades* despite both general inflation *and* sector-specific costs rising

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 22h

Bret kinda goes along willingly with the crazies on Fox, but does try to present himself as more newsy. You take him out of that environment and you may just get a boring vaguely right of center anchor.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 22h

The funny thing about this is Bret is kind of obsessed with looking and presenting himself as impartial (even if he's a twit and obviously not.)

Having him anchor CBS may not go like they think.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 22h

Scoop: Bari Weiss has discussed hiring Fox News anchor Bret Baier for CBS News.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bret-baier...

Bari’s Baier Market

Barely a month into her CBS tenure, Bari Weiss is making moves that reveal how she intends to reshape the network—including an eyebrow-raising interest in Fox News anchor Bret Baier.

www.status.news

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ExecutiveOtaku @executiveotaku.bsky.social · 19h

Doug Ford used public domain Reagan video and possibly free b-roll footage of American cities to troll Trump into throwing a hissy fit.

They're calling it the most economical information op of all time.

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Citizen K says "Rebuild The White House" @citizenkryptik.bsky.social · 20h

I would absolutely throw the media into this pool too, because whoo boy, journos are already trying to sell the idea of 'Real Americans won't care and you're all weirdos for caring'.

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Marble Liberal @marbleliberal.bsky.social · 19h

Centrist isn't a description of policy, it means quiet,wears a suit, is a woman. This is why the daughter of one of the architects of the gwot is bad but fighting in it is good

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