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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats has a trifecta in 2021 and did not do any of these things. Maybe Dems should be taking notes on power politics here.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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What would John Brown do (but spooky)? @richardallensmith.com · 1d

Lol are they trying to double turn out?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 2d

We've found the musical equivalent of "Charlie Brown had hoes."

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 2d

wtaf are you talking about

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What would John Brown do (but spooky)? @richardallensmith.com · 2d

If only.

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What would John Brown do (but spooky)? @richardallensmith.com · 2d

lol you did not black out the lawyers info

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ANA Guild @anastaffguild.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know that we, the staff at the American Nurses Association (ANA), are unionized?

ANA works because we do! Proud to be #UnionStrongAtANA

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What would John Brown do (but spooky)? @richardallensmith.com · 2d

Go woke or go broke!

Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social · 2d

Paying out $700,000 so a kid can’t read a book titled, “This Book is Gay“ is not a great ROI on censorship, imo.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 2d

A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for young people and who sought their removal from youth shelves will be paid $700,000 after settling a lawsuit.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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What would John Brown do (but spooky)? @richardallensmith.com · 2d

TIL I am “earliest political memory of junior coworker is a campaign I worked on” years old.

What would John Brown do (but spooky)? @richardallensmith.com · 2d

Objectively pro-Nazi

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 2d

trump crossed the line to objectively fascist a long time ago but it's funny that he can have an anti-anti-fascist task force and people still treat it like an open question

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What would John Brown do (but spooky)? @richardallensmith.com · 3d

IMPORTANT: Secret Antifa meeting occurring at the secret Antifa clubhouse at the secret Antifa time. Bring your gender neutral litter boxes for our it/them comrades.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 3d

We cannot have video games where the villain is KU KLUX KLAN.

The original WWII-era "Call of Duty" games could not be produced under these conditions.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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What would John Brown do (but spooky)? @richardallensmith.com · 3d

He did manage to write an Eagles song that doesn’t suck, so I can’t really argue with this.

Joe Galaxy @lightandrhythm.bsky.social · 3d

Jackson Browne is the greatest living lyricist and I don’t think it’s particularly close.

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 5d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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What would John Brown do (but spooky)? @richardallensmith.com · 3d

just encountered in the wild someone using the correct plural form of “cannon” and it’s unreasonably satisfying.

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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 3d

Liberalism is merely a continual search for vulnerable groups to throw under the bus in a sad, failing attempt to prop up dying white privilege. “I’m as liberal as they come!” protests the man asking for dead trans people. Yup, that’s the problem, sir.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

One day you're living in a constitutional republic, the next day the president is calling for the arrest of governors and mayors

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Boy, I dunno

@atrupar.com: Hegseth: "It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. If the secretary of war can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals."
September 30, 2025

@ABC on X: Members of the Texas National Guard have arrived in Illinois, according to sources familiar with their whereabouts and video taken of them at an Army Reserve training facility in a Chicago suburb.

Read more: abcnews.link/iyeB666

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What would John Brown do (but spooky)? @richardallensmith.com · 3d

“Army of Antifa”

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d

This made me laugh so hard. Second screenshot is of the video posted by Benny Johnson of the event.

Benny Johnson « @bennyjohnson
X.com
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem stares down army of Antifa and a guy in a chicken suit from the rooftop of the ICE facility here in Portland.
Noem says:
"Hey; Guy in the chicken suit. You can do better.
Too bad they are uneducated and ill-informed."
Noem isn't chicken: [chicken emoji]

A view from the roof of the building. There are about 15-20 people visible in total, several of whom appear to be reporters. Most are holding signs. They aren’t even taking up the whole sidewalk. One guy is wearing a chicken suit.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

The government is shooting priests in the head with pepper balls. I feel like this is a kitchen table issue.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: David Adler—a Jewish American on the Gaza aid Flotilla—details Israeli detention.

At one point, he says, he was forced to his knees for a photo op with the Israeli flag, as Ben Gvir yelled in his face, calling him a terrorist.

Says US "hung up" on families of Americans, veterans seeking help.

EXCLUSIVE: Freed Flotilla Activist David Adler Details His ‘Violent Abduction’ by Israel

The Jewish American writer says Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir specifically targeted him, forcing a photo op with the Israeli flag and calling him a “terrorist.”

zeteo.com

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What would John Brown do (but spooky)? @richardallensmith.com · 4d

"To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

Wow, Paxton taking a hard line on ICE. Didn't see that coming.

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 4d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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