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Randi 🌻💙💛 @randipumpkin.bsky.social · 21h

This is some serious bullshit

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

The corruption and self-dealing is staring you in the face. Hello?

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think we can call it “pedocon *theory*” anymore, the evidence is in, the hypothesis has been proven, the peer reviews are in

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

churchleaders.com

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Randi 🌻💙💛 @randipumpkin.bsky.social · 1d

They are also some of the most unattractive people on the planet

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Wen should direct more attention to incidents like these because Americans are more likely to respond to brutality to pets than to brutality to human beings.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

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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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Peace Prize Live Updates: Venezuelan Pro-Democracy Politician María Corina Machado Wins - The New York Times
It's going to be hard cleaning that ketchup off the gold.
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Randi 🌻💙💛 @randipumpkin.bsky.social · 1d

WTF is wrong with these Republicans. They have all lost their fucking minds. Sending a resolution to the senate floor to give the bloated orange buffoon a participation prize

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

Horrifically creepy and emblematic of this rape-coded administration, but also a govt employee staying at the fuckin ritz on a business trip shows you how much the DC world has changed since the DOJ muffin scandal of 2011.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

No money flowing to USAID and hardly any to PEPFAR despite their duly enacted funding; well north of twenty billion dollars being deployed for other weird hair autocrats. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, treasury secretary confirms

The U.S. Treasury has finalized a financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country’s central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Randi 🌻💙💛 @randipumpkin.bsky.social · 1d

Those are big mice

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Crash's Landing @crashslanding.bsky.social · 1d

Blini is the perfect mix of sweet and spunky! After life on the streets, she’s making up for lost playtime with the ABC kittens often leading the chase. She loves other cats, would thrive with a young feline friend, is great with kids, and prefers small dogs over the supersized variety.

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Randi 🌻💙💛 @randipumpkin.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful bird

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Randi 🌻💙💛 @randipumpkin.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so sorry for your loss 💔😿

Randi 🌻💙💛 @randipumpkin.bsky.social · 2d

Extra support for those big boys 🧱

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 2d

This is the clearest sign yet that Democrats are winning this argument. Nobody is going to buy this desperate B.S. I’m honestly surprised, but the Democrats have managed to back Johnson into a corner.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "It's about keeping Congress operating so we can get to healthcare. We always were going to. They're lying to you. Okay? The healthcare issues were always gonna be something discussed, deliberated, contemplated, and debated in October and November."

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Randi 🌻💙💛 @randipumpkin.bsky.social · 2d

This is definitely keeping groceries prices down. Bunch of fuckwads

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

www.cnn.com

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Acey Deecey @mcgarrygirl78.bsky.social · 3d

8 years ago, my first novel came out in paperback. It's nearly impossible to reach back & touch the feelings of accomplishment, triumph, and joy I felt holding that book and knowing soon others would hold it too. It's currently available on Amazon now in ebook & paperback. It's part 1 of a trilogy.

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Eau Claire County Democrats @ecdems.bsky.social · 3d

We’re fighting for accountable leadership that will show up for the Valley—which isn’t Derrick Van Orden. Our candidates are prepared to show the Valley what real leadership looks like.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

“What’s happened to this part of western Wisconsin is part of a much larger crisis. Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.

President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill slashes nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over the next decade.”

'It can be a loss of life': First responders detail the deadly cost of rural hospital closures

Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.

abcnews.go.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.

For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

(Published June)

DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts

We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...

www.propublica.org

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Randi 🌻💙💛 @randipumpkin.bsky.social · 2d

Masked pedophiles are kidnapping little girls

Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 3d

Men with guns wearing masks in civilian cars are abducting off the streets little girls walking home from school.

The United States is now a fascist police state. If you support this then you are the enemy of freedom and democracy. I will never stop resisting you or Trump.

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Randi 🌻💙💛 @randipumpkin.bsky.social · 2d

I'm looking forward to the trials

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 3d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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