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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 24m

After Trump's tariff post, trillions vanished in hours. The S&P collapsed. Nasdaq crashed. Tech giants bled red. But a different kind of storm was already brewing — not on Wall Street, but deep inside the blockchain.

While everyone else was watching Trump’s post, someone was already cashing in.

Before that announcement even hit the airwaves, an anonymous crypto wallet suddenly transferred over $1 billion into stablecoins — digital dollars that hold value even when everything else collapses. Then, within seconds of Trump’s post, that same wallet started placing $100 million buy orders across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and multiple altcoins just as the market imploded.

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 23m

These cuts will almost certainly lead to more suicides and school and mass shootings in America. And remember: after every major mass shooting, Republicans emphasize that “mental health” is the solution and that regulating guns is a nonstarter www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

www.npr.org

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21m

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Rangeeni @rangeeni.bsky.social · 20m

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30m

Portland 🔥

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Angie @angiesuniverse.bsky.social · 1h

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 6h

I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.
The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.

The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.

insidemedicine.substack.com

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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 13h

🇱🇹 Lithuania is training in Vilnius to protect the most important food stores in the event of an emergency, - LRT

207 support stores and pharmacies are planned in Lithuania. They will provide half of residents with essential products in one day, even in the event of power or communication failure.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 7h

This one will hit the red states especially hard. Blue state systems will for the most part work to ensure kids with special needs have access to public education. The red states will leave families to sort it for themselves.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 8h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is a conman, sociopath and fraud. JFK Jr is dead. RFK Jr.'s off in the head. Halligan's a hack. Oz is a quack. Bondi's a traitor. Miller's a hater. Vance is fake. Lutnick's a flake. Gabbard's a spy, Putin's her guy. Hegseth's a punk who's also a drunk. Johnson's a weasel - on Oct 18, we march!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Simon Fraser 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺💙🔶 @esseph63.bsky.social · 9h

Excellent piece. Media in general are far too keen to normalise stuff. The NYT’s euphemisms are egregious.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12h

The full argument is in this link. 7/7
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 9h

Narrator: Guy holding a pair of deuces goes all in against a royal flush. Let’s see how it plays out.

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 8h

The judge expressed frequent frustrations with the Trump administration, saying it had presented a “totally inconsistent” case to keep the Maryland man in immigration detention.

Judge Signals She Is Likely to Order Abrego Garcia’s Release Soon

The judge expressed frequent frustrations with the Trump administration, saying it had presented a “totally inconsistent” case to keep the Maryland man in immigration detention.

www.nytimes.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8h

Thousands of people continued to travel by foot toward Gaza City on Saturday as a cease-fire held overnight. But joy at the pause in fighting has been tempered by the scale of destruction that many people in Gaza face as they return to the north.

Thousands Return to Northern Gaza, Hopeful, but Faced With Devastation

With the cease-fire holding overnight, many Palestinians continued to travel toward Gaza City on Saturday to learn what remained of their lives and homes.

nyti.ms

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

I’m not saying it’s okay, just saying people are getting it wrong and it’s spreading.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

We’re building a training facility at an existing air base in Idaho so Qatari pilots can learn to fly the F-15 jets they bought from us.
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Pentagon will build a training facility for Qatari pilots in Idaho

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military is moving forward with plans to build a dedicated facility in Idaho to train pilots from Qatar, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

OK, Pete Hegseth’s an idiot. He left out the word “training” when he said we’re building a Qatari Air Force facility. So I get why people were confused after his announcement yesterday, but I keep seeing folks repeat some version of “Qatar is building an airbase in Idaho.”

That’s not happening.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11h

Trump’s immigration crackdown is risking higher food prices for Americans, according to the Trump admin itself.  DOL warned in an obscure document last week that “near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

www.washingtonpost.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

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Hayloft Publishing @hayloftbooks.bsky.social · 9h

Inspirational from Spain, we should all do this:
‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance. Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

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Rangeeni @rangeeni.bsky.social · 10h

Lovely, the Messiah.

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 12h

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

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