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PhoenixWomanMN

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Been online since forever. I've lived long enough to see people lie about several events I've lived through.

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PhoenixWomanMN @phoenixwomanmn.bsky.social · 24d

By April 2026, the economy will be so cooked that Jerome Powell could reduce interest rates to negative numbers and it still wouldn't help.

And it will be their fault for letting Trump do it.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 24d

Three House Republicans just flipped their votes after having their arms twisted by GOP leadership, passing the measure which will surrender their power to block Trump’s tariffs. Final vote:

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 4h

4100 people being RIFed is Russ Vought doing something to not look weak and probably letting a judge just enjoin it.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 4h

They care relatively little about passing any bills, because most of what they want to do is in the grey areas of executive power.

So yeah, this strikes me as dumb. Especially when congress is literally about to revolt on the Epstein files as soon as Grivalja gets sworn in.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 4h

This is an odd assessment, imho, because the WH actually doesn't really care about congressional priorities and the first real time it encountered them, the entire thing fell apart and the government shut down.

Most of the WH is about pulling levers where congress has given it power.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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randomgirltoyou.bsky.social @randomgirltoyou.bsky.social · 2h

Hate to say it, but that’s a bit of a relief.

The more ICE antagonizes local police departments, the safer we are.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

head of Chicago PD says feds gasses his officers www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMDrmH1d/

Superintendent Larry Snelling says federal agents tear gassed 27 Chicago police officers. He addressed the incident while responding to criticism of how police have handled the ongoing ICE protests. #...

TikTok video by Fox 32 Chicago

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PhoenixWomanMN @phoenixwomanmn.bsky.social · 1h

Vermont Governor Scott just did.

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The Clear Cider @theclearcider.bsky.social · 3h

It’s growing lately, but how does he clean that thing?

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PhoenixWomanMN @phoenixwomanmn.bsky.social · 2h

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 10h

UPDATE: Plaintiffs seek an immediate TRO blocking any RIFs
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At 9:27 am today, October 10, 2025, OMB Director Russell Vought posted on social media: “The RIFs have begun.” This corroborates credible information Plaintiffs began receiving earlier this morning from multiple sources that OMB has directed federal agencies government-wide to begin issuing RIF notices today. See Huddleston Declaration, filed herewith. For all the reasons explained in Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (ECF 17), these RIFS violate the Antideficiency Act and the Administrative Procedure Act, including by requiring agency employees to unlawfully work during the shutdown, unlawfully laying off employees during the shutdown, and improperly using the shutdown as the basis for the layoffs. Plaintiffs therefore request an immediate TRO halting OMB from ordering agencies to implement RIFs, and halting the issuance of any RIF notices by any Defendant pending the Court’s already scheduled October 16, 2025 hearing on Plaintiffs’ motion. Plaintiffs are available at any time for an earlier hearing. Plaintiffs provided notice to counsel for Defendants this morning of these developments and requested confirmation that RIFs are not being issued today. At 9:56 am, counsel for Defendants confirmed: “Our understanding is that RIFs are taking place at certain agencies, and we are gathering the details to put in today’s filing as the court ordered.”

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Shockratees @thatshockratees.bsky.social · 3h

They’re basically saying “look what we can do because Congress is shut down and not stopping us, yay,” which plays right into the Democratic plan (largely working) to place 100% shutdown blame on GOP/Trump. If they’re crowing about how great it is, they own it.

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ny pandan 🏳️‍🌈 @brokenpandan.bsky.social · 2h

what we have here is a “strongman” terrified of the House coming back into session

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ny pandan 🏳️‍🌈 @brokenpandan.bsky.social · 2h

yeah honestly what Johnson and Trump are doing rn is akin to a prime minister abruptly proroguing parliament. it’s a last resort, something you do to buy time when you’re afraid you’re going to be embarrassed or challenged on the floor

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 3h

There is a misjudgment of "this congress is heinously dysfunctional and can't pass bills" as "we are owning congress like little babies."

They actually are relatively inept when it comes to managing congress, as they can't get anything through a friendly one.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 2h

The feds really, really don't want this. No local support is a nightmare.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

head of Chicago PD says feds gasses his officers www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMDrmH1d/

TikTok video by Fox 32 Chicago

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Max Hailperin @maxhailperin.bsky.social · 4h

This is bizarre even by Phil Parrish standards. He's published his take on Dominion Voting Systems' recent acquisition. It hallucinates the identity of the man behind the new company, blends one aspect of the real guy into the hallucinated one, and throws in a dubious "quote." 🧵

The Dominion Bombshell: From Conspiracy Target to Paper Ballot Pioneer

Burress, 82 and unapologetically conservative, isn’t some Silicon Valley suit peddling more machines. He’s the guy who founded Citizens for Community Values in the ‘80s, fought obscenity laws tooth and nail, and served as a Hamilton County election board member. Buying Dominion? It’s personal. “These machines are too easy to tamper with,” he’s said, echoing audits that cleared Dominion of 2020 fraud claims but couldn’t erase the distrust sown by Fox News’s $787 million settlement or OAN’s similar smackdown. No more QR codes scanned by strangers, no more “assist terminals” that sparked fresh glitches in recent cycles—like the ones flipping straight-party votes or “losing” ballots mid-count.

Burress’s vision aligns with a growing chorus: Elon Musk’s X rants demanding “paper only” because “code can be rigged from anywhere.” States like Georgia are already tabling bills for hand-marked ballots, citing the irrefutable audit trail paper provides—proven in recounts where Dominion’s own trails held up, but only because paper backups existed. In a world of surging ransomware (up 300+ incidents in healthcare and government this year alone, per CISA), electronic systems are sitting ducks. Burress gets it: Ink on paper means no Venezuelan whispers, no CCP hardware scares, no “coincidental” shutdowns like the Interlock gang’s July 2025 hit on St. Paul that leaked 43 GB of city data and activated the National Guard. It’s analog democracy in a digital warzone—simple, secure, and sovereign.

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Rocky Flats Chimney Sweep 🇺🇸 @midlifesuezcrisis.bsky.social · 4h

Doing it now also creates antideficiency act violations, I am told, due to the shutdown.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

In Florida, the real estate market is in a state of collapse, insurance companies refuse to insure homeowners or do so for exorbitant sums, the cost of living is soaring and rising waters threaten the integrity of buildings across the state. The FL GOP, however, is obsessed with battling sharia law.

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John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 4h

Somehow the media will ignore when they end up rehiring them.

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 4h

🛎️🛎️🛎️

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Federal Worker Rights @fedworkerrights.bsky.social · 7d

All MSPB filing deadlines will be extended over the course of the government shutdown. Learn more about how the shutdown will impact federal workers' cases here:
federalworkerrights.com/2025/10/03/w...

Impact of Government Shutdown on Federal Workers' Cases

Learn how the federal government shutdown impacts filing deadlines for MSPB, EEO investigations, and EEOC cases. Stay informed and prepared.

federalworkerrights.com

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Federal Worker Rights @fedworkerrights.bsky.social · 6h

The Government's lead argument is that the Court should deny the TRO because employees don't face immediate harm since their terminations won't take effect for 30 or 60 days

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Federal Worker Rights @fedworkerrights.bsky.social · 6h

Here's the error-filled table of contents of the Government's brief opposing a TRO of the shutdown RIFs

Table of contents of government brief opposing a TRO of Shutdown RIFs. Where page numbers should be, the document says, "ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED"

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 4h

People paid $200 a ticket to listen to Peter Thiel do bog issue antisemitism for four lectures about his belief in the antichrist.

Lots of fools wishing to be relieved of their money, I guess.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Screenshot text from The Guardian:
He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, AI and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: “It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money.”

It’s because the antichrist talks about Armageddon nonstop. We’re all scared to death that we’re sleepwalking into Armageddon. And then because we know world war three will be an unjust war, that pushes us. We’re going hard towards peace at any price.

What I worry about in that sort of situation is you don’t think too hard about the details of the peace and it becomes much more likely that you get an unjust peace. This is, by the way, the slogan of the antichrist: 1 Thessalonians 5:3. It’s peace and safety, sort of the unjust peace.

Let me conclude on this choice of antichrist or Armageddon. And again, in some ways the stagnation and the existential risks are complementary, not contradictory. The existential risk pushes us towards stagnation and distracts us from it.

How does Thiel think Armageddon will happen?
Thiel rarely gives a definitive answer about who exactly the antichrist might be or how Armageddon might come about – a central point across his lectures is that nothing is written in stone or inevitable – but he does give the contours of what a global conflict that could lead to Armageddon might look like.

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PhoenixWomanMN @phoenixwomanmn.bsky.social · 2h

@dieworkwear.bsky.social just in case you didn't see this:

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3h

I saw this, laughed, changed screens and now I can't find it again or I would credit it fully: Someone described Kid Rock, who was apparently attempting to opine on something tonight, as being "the human equivalent of an above-ground pool."

Perfect.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 2h

Kid Rock: The Get Off My Lawn You Pesky Kids Edition

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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