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robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 1h

Office of Management and Budget said Pentagon research and development funds would be tapped.

robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 1h

Trump directs the Pentagon to use ‘all available funds’ to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown
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Trump directs the Pentagon to use 'all available funds' to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown

President Donald Trump says he's directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure that U.S. troops are paid on Wednesday despite the government shutdown.

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robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 1h

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are falling to Earth at an alarming rate
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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are falling to Earth at an alarming rate

An average of one to two Starlink satellites are deorbiting each day in 2025

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Beefeater Fella @beefeaterfella.bsky.social · 2h

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are falling to Earth at an alarming rate. An average of one to two Starlink satellites are deorbiting each day in 2025.

There are currently around 20,000 objects being tracked in low-Earth orbit, including 12,000 working satellites – 8,500 of which are Starlinks

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 2h

Will Trump live long enough to see the #EpsteinFiles released?

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2h

At issue are the quick-turn orders SCOTUS has issued dictating whether Trump admin policies should be left in place while they are litigated through the lower courts. The emergency docket has taken on greater importance amid the flood of litigation challenging efforts to expand executive power.

While the orders are technically temporary, they have had broad practical effects, allowing the administration to deport tens of thousands of people, discharge transgender military service members, fire thousands of government workers and slash federal spending.

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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 4h

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1h

Billions were wiped out in hours.

Bitcoin dropped by more than $20,000.

Altcoins? Down 60% to 70%.

This wasn’t random. This was orchestrated. Coordinated.

Market manipulation at the highest level.

That single anonymous wallet walked away with over $200 million in profit — in one day.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1h

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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robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 1h

robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 10h

Jack Ciattarelli proposed removing labor protections to allow cities to fire their health workers
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robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 10h

Jack Ciattarelli Pushed to Strip Job Protections from Local Health Workers
Ciattarelli: "I'm not someone that celebrates people being out of work. However, we have an obligation..."
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Jack Ciattarelli Pushed to Strip Job Protections from Local Health Workers

Ciattarelli: "I'm not someone that celebrates people being out of work. However, we have an obligation..."

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 10h

This is terrorism and mayhem. Cities and states have an obligation to enforce laws to prevent it.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 10h

Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s boyfriend suggests Laura Loomer should move to Israel

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 10h

When bond and bond hearings are used as punishment.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

UPDATE — PERRY COUNTY: The man arrested for sharing Trump’s words “we have to get over it” in a group about a Charlie Kirk vigil has a bond hearing in December www.tennessean.com/story/news/c...

original bond: $2 MILLION

His family says his 1A rights are being trampled.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

UPDATE — PERRY COUNTY: The man arrested for sharing Trump’s words “we have to get over it” in a group about a Charlie Kirk vigil has a bond hearing in December www.tennessean.com/story/news/c...

original bond: $2 MILLION

His family says his 1A rights are being trampled.

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Jonathan Casey @jonathantcasey.bsky.social · 16h

A blatant violation of the law from the "Law and Order Administration."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

Reminder: Trump vaccinates himself 👇🏽

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

🧑‍🌾 WASH POST: “The Trump admin said its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices by cutting off labor supply… threatening the stability of domestic food production & prices for 🇺🇸 consumers.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 12h

Former Tennessee teachers sue school districts over free speech after punishment for Charlie Kirk comments www.wsmv.com/2025/10/09/f...

Former Tennessee teachers sue school districts over free speech after punishment for Charlie Kirk comments

A pair of teachers filed separate lawsuits against two Tennessee school districts this week after being punished over their comments on Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 14h

Biden Spared 37 Killers From Execution. Trump Ordered Up a Lifetime of Torment.
Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said; ‘I’ve got no problem with gruel’
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Biden Spared 37 Killers From Execution. Trump Ordered Up a Lifetime of Torment.

Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said. “I’ve got no problem with gruel.”

www.wsj.com

robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 21h

1000 employees out of work as flatbed operator files for bankruptcy

PE-backed flatbed carrier closes up for good
www.freightwaves.com/news/1000-em...

1000 employees out of work as flatbed operator files for bankruptcy

Mutha Trucker, a YouTube news source covering the trucking industry has reported that Montgomery Transport LLC, a Birmingham, Alabama-based trucking

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