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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 49m

kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain with the words woooo !!! above him

ALT: kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain with the words woooo !!! above him

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 52m

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 1h

I'm ok with that if the Ms don't pull this one out

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victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 1h

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 1h

Every time Eugenio Suárez gets up to the plate, I shout "BAT!!!"

#IYKYK

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 2h

Does he not know how much it rains in Portland...?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 2h

Wooooow

Way to get out of that inning, Ms!

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 2h

The cardiac age of a 65-year-old cat, maybe.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 11h

I remember that... is that the "open line of communication" she's referring to though? The phrasing makes it sound more involved than just that... but she also has a shitty command of English, and the comms people in this admin are only marginally more competent.

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 11h

Just to put it on people's radar, we STILL haven't seen September's unemployment numbers, but the ADP numbers indicate a contraction in the job market.

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 12h

Right, but it still seems like a weird thing to disclose after the fact...

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 12h

This is quite the admission... is there something they're trying to get ahead of?

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 12h

What if soybean farmers, instead of taking a $12B government bailout after they voted to kill their own industry, simply learned to code?

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

US farmers caught in Trump-China trade war – who’ll buy the soybeans?

Tariffs have caused a Chinese exit from the soybean market – and midwestern farmers are waiting on a solution

www.theguardian.com

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 12h

Arguing something that you think would have happened in an alternate timeline is sheer stupidity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 12h

Conspiracy brain wonders if this is just an attempt to dissolve Congress...

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 12h

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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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 13h

Has Trump started ranting about losing the Nobel Peace Prize yet, or is he still too busy fucking up the markets with his crazy China rhetoric...?

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 1d

The Bulwark just out here subskeeting three quarters of the SEC...

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Like a subpar college that's a football with a few classes on the side, ICE is becoming a right-wing content creation outfit that does some shoddy law enforcement on the side www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-propag...

The ICE Propaganda Campaign Goes Into Overdrive

MAGA commentators are stepping up as soldiers in Trump’s culture war to provoke confrontations against “Antifa” with the backing of DHS.

www.thebulwark.com

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 1d

Even now, the callowness is absurd.

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats shouldn't wait. Ads should run now.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 1d

Like, come on, @piperformissouri.bsky.social - this is a softball!

Why is no one doing this??

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats should be putting this on thousands of billboards across the Midwest

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 1d

I have been saying this for more than 20 years.

maximally entangled sarah @sarahnemy.bsky.social · 1d

we won’t really be a safe, healthy functioning democracy until we make congress start wielding its constitutional powers

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe not winning the Nobel Peace Prize will be the last straw and he'll stroke out... and then next year, the Nobel Peace Prize would be a shoo-in for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Bird Lawyer @realjoenathan.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna need to prohibit the sale of D batteries within the city limits...

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