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Steve Washington

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Tech startup founder, M&A/business lawyer, ex-government, atheist. #bicyclist #cooking #news #dogwhisperer 🇺🇸+🇪🇪! @[email protected] [banner: extract of artist Bisa Butler’s portrait of the legendary Shirley Chisolm, @brooklynmuseum.org]

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 7h

Two days ago, he took a shit on the American people. Today, he began demolishing the People’s House. That’s all he does. He shits on people, and he destroys things. Bcuz he’s a horrible person. I blame him a lot for the death & destruction he’s caused. I blame his enablers & his appeasers even more.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Making Argentina Great Again

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 7h

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13h

He’s spending millions for a ballroom while American soldiers go without pay…

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 9h

Tonight marks a milestone for all of us at the PBS News Hour. On this day 50 years ago, we aired our first broadcast. The show had a different name, but the same mission to deliver thoughtful & trustworthy journalism. Half a century later, we're still at it & guided by the same principles & mission.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 8h

I'm tired. We're all tired. This isn't hard to understand. You can't inflate prices of basic necessities like food and housing to ridiculous highs while keeping wages at poverty levels, then act surprised when luxury goods/services and large purchases become unattainable or payments unaffordable.

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

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

Beyer: I don’t like to do ad hominem attacks, but I’ve served with four different speakers. This is the fifth one—by far the weakest speaker, I think, in American history.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

Literally

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

That’s seven.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 1d

The Tribune reports Elgin cop Jason Lentz posted specific addresses on Facebook for ICE to check out.

He was fired years ago after he posted that Ferguson PO Darren Wilson “Did society a favor” when he shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. Later an arbitrator put Lentz back on the job.

Elgin police officer put on leave after Facebook post about ICE immigration efforts

An Elgin police officer was put on leave after posting a Facebook message about immigration enforcement, Police Chief Ana Lalley said.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16h

It’s long past time for Speaker Johnson to do his job and swear in Arizona Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva. She won on September 23rd that’s 26 days ago.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

RENMAC: “.. 56% see direction of economy as getting worse, the highest since November 2023.”

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Steve Washington @pepsinoodle.bsky.social · 12h

This seems consistent with the presentation given by this farmer in a recent YouTube video: youtu.be/zdWrHb8b-c0

ICE Raids Are Only Half The Story

YouTube video by Farm to Taber

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

The AI video Trump posted of himself dumping shit all over America from a plane was metaphorically the most accurate piece of propaganda he’s put out this year.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20h

“The demonstrations were very small.”

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

Goldman: The notion that Tom Homan does official consulting business by receiving $50,000 in cash in a Cava bag is preposterous.

And the fact that they closed that investigation while charging Jim Comey and Tish James with bogus charges at Trump’s direction is completely destroying the DOJ.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

Moskowitz: We need $30 billion to extend, obviously, these healthcare subsidies, which allow Americans—Americans, not illegal—Americans, citizens, to afford healthcare.

And the president’s like, “We don’t have $30 billion, but I am going to send $40 billion to my dear friend in Argentina.”

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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 1d

What a thoroughly pointless waste of time, money, reputation, good will, political stability, social cohesion, and international trust, cooperation and friendship.

All burnt for nothing. The only beneficiaries the enemies of Europe and the UK and some dismal far-right hucksters.

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

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.

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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 18h

🚨 New evidence suggests Jeffrey Epstein channelled millions of dollars through Russian-linked banks. Byline Times reveals fresh details of the Kremlin-connected tech figures at the heart of his circle.
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Inside Epstein’s Russian Tech Web: How Oligarch Cash and Three Women Connected Moscow to Silicon Valley
Leaked records obtained by Byline Times reveal how Kremlin-linked investors used Epstein’s network to channel oligarch money into Silicon Valley

Matt Bernardini
20 October 2025
Photo from bottom left: Masha Drokova (Bucher) on the cover of Authority Magazine, Masha and Victoria Drokova in Putin’s Kiss (2011), Lana Pozhidaeva with Jeffrey Epstein in 2013, . Photo: Elder Ordonez

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”

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