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Dinosaur Bob @dinosaurbob.bsky.social · 1d

Bibi rejected almost this exact deal a year ago cause he wanted Trump. If you think that’s Biden’s fault you probably believed Tara Reade too.

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Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 6h

For all that money was allocated to ICE, no ICE agent is getting paid.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

UPDATE: Judge Perry issued an opinion explaining why she blocked the Texas National Guard deployment in Chicago.

She begins with Alexander Hamilton’s rejection of a “preposterous” idea that the Constitution lets a President deploy a State’s militia to a different State for political retribution. 🧵

OPINION AND ORDER
Since this country was founded, Americans have disagreed about the appropriate division
of power between the federal government and the fifty states that make up our Union. This
tension is a natural result of the system of federalism adopted by our Founders. And yet, not even
the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal government believed that one
state's militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution, calling such
a suggestion "inflammatory," and stating "it is impossible to believe that [a President] would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs." But Plaintiffs contend that such
an event has come to pass, and argue that National Guard troops from both Illinois and Texas
have been deployed to Illinois because the President of the United States wants to punish state elected officials whose policies are different from his own.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15h

Jeffrey Epstein once dug into his safe to take out photos of Trump posing with topless girls on his lap. The photos became the subject of controversy earlier this week when AG Pam Bondi dodged Sen. Whitehouse’s questions about whether the FBI found the images during a search of Epstein’s belongings.

I’ve Seen Epstein’s Photos of Trump With Topless Girls: Author

Trump biographer Michael Wolff reveals he was shown the lewd photos by Jeffrey Epstein himself.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 13h

Thanks to the shutdown, they're not even getting paid.

Which they may by fine with... For now.

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Erik, the stepbrother of the girlfriend of the founder of Antifa @erikgunderson.bsky.social · 14h

House says in recess because:

• Johnson can't move off the CR without fracturing his caucus: and

• He also can't reconvene without seating Adelita Grijalva and being forced to discharge Epstein file vote.

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Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 13h

Old people in Northwest Florida will talk about when they trained Iranian pilots there back before the revolution.

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 14h

Been off the beat for a hot minute, but the US has for decades housed training units for foreign Air Forces at US bases? Singapore has had a base in Arizona since 2001, and they train in Idaho sometimes.

This is routine hegemon stuff, not a new/unique evil www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article...

www.nationalguard.mil

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 13h

I'm remembering how the decided million dollar houses and $200,000 Porsches were working class when it was a Leftist streamer buying it.

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 13h

The more I read about this peace deal in Gaza the less credit I am inclined to give Trump for 'twisting Netanyahu's arm'. At the moment all the hostages are free, the IDF will still be occupying 1/2 of Gaza. This seems like basically the deal Bibi always wanted, and Hamas always wanted to avoid

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 14h

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 13h

Frogs Together Strong

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Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 18h

Strikes me that doesn't mean a lot, especially when you frame it as Trump's military. Did you miss that they don't take an oath to Trump? They don't even take an oath to the President.

I bet you claim both sides are the same, too, like a good little apologist for fascism.

Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 19h

You don't know, Professor, and you're still saying that Dems should antagonize working-class, predominantly PoC Americans by saying they shouldn't be paid?

Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 19h

But if you want to be the one going on public record saying the military shouldn't be paid just like Mike Johnson did, be my guest. See how that works for you politically.

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Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 19h

Dems pointed out that the Republican shutdown means soldiers won't get paid and very publicly said they would fix it. Republicans very publicly said No, that it won't even come up for a vote.

So no vote happened. As of this moment, the GOP is refusing to pay soldiers.

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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 19h

New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”

www.erininthemorning...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”

While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 19h

I dislike circumcision, but for factual reasons, not that kind of BS

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Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 22h

John Carpenter's Christmas Vacation

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Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 22h

I was just thinking that if the committee wanted to troll him, they could give Obama another one.

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Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 23h

These are the same folks who voted for people running on the platform of taking their healthcare away.

Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 1d

I see they just said "FBI spied on MLK" which isn't in dispute.

The real conspiracy theory is people think they assassinated him because a coffee shop owner lied and claimed to have been picked by the mafia to find an assassin.

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Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 1d

Graffiti Bridge, Pensacola, FL

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Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not sure she's capable of talking about very much else nowadays. The mold consumes her like transphobia.

Psychopomp Gecko @psychopompgecko.bsky.social · 1d

There's a fungus among us

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