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Bob @definitelyjustbob.bsky.social · 15h

Bill Gates is in the Epstein Files. Ask Miranda.

CNBC @cnbc.com · 1d

Bill Gates softens 'Climate Disaster' approach, says too many resources are going to fight the problem

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says countries and leaders need to shift their approach to climate change and focus on 'improving lives'

cnb.cx

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Jerk @jeb616.bsky.social · 15h

Bill Gates doesn't give AF about climate change anymore because his stock portfolio needs all the parasitic data centers destroying water resources and further burning massive amounts of carbon. Billionaires need to go extinct. ALL of them.

Forbes @forbes.com · 17h

Microsoft will have a roughly 27% stake in the new for-profit company known as OpenAI Group PBC.

OpenAI Establishes For-Profit Company In Restructuring Change Involving Microsoft

Microsoft will have a roughly 27% stake in the new for-profit company known as OpenAI Group PBC.

www.forbes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

Nothing to see here, folks 🤫🤔

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Erik the Rural Juror @edoggthered.bsky.social · 1d

Is Border Patrol still apprehending people at border checkpoints that are bringing drugs into America, and if they are, are they executing them at that time? Kinda curious about this now.

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 20h

Lights are on but nobody is home.
We have a broken Roomba for President.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21h

Put a quack in charge, expect to be royally ducked.

Screenshot of a tweet by Senator Ed Markey that says, “Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. RFK Jr. must resign.” Below is an NBC News screenshot with the headline “Measles spreading beyond the center of the Utah-Arizona outbreak.” Two news anchors appear on screen.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

very important thread on the absolute nazi shit happening at ICE 👇

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.

Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino.

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.

I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations.

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."

It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there.

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results.

Official statement to
@FoxNews
via
@TriciaOhio
:

"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Amazon announces they are laying off the largest amount of workers ever in the company’s history.

30,000+ workers will lose their jobs.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.

A tweet from Morgan J. Freeman states:
“FACT: Venezuela is NOT a major producer of cocaine.
They do not have large cocaine factories.
They do not produce fentanyl either.
What Venezuela does have is the world’s largest oil reserves.”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

“Papers, please.”

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 4d

What a sick world.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

The GOP in Congress are worse than useless. They are craven enablers of murder.

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Craig in Iowa @iowagato.bsky.social · 3d

You'll be hearing plenty of lies and propaganda about Venezuela shipping a bazillion tons of drugs via tiny fishing boats (which, incidentally, would have to refuel at least six times to reach U.S. waters) and submersibles (!).

Just keep in mind: IT'S THE OIL.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Venezuela's oil exports surpass 1 million bpd for first time since 2020, data shows

Venezuela's oil exports averaged 1.09 million barrels per day (bpd) in September, the highest monthly level since February 2020, according to shipping data and documents from state-run energy company PDVSA.

www.reuters.com

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 3d

Chump is ignoring Blue States 💙
Like California, and Gavin Newsom
Has Been Ringing Alarm Bells
About This.......

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 3d

Russia is amassing nuclear weapons and attack submarines in the Arctic Circle as it prepares for war with Nato,Norway’s defence minister has warned,the Telegraph reports.
▪️"Russia is building up on the Kola peninsula ...where one of the largest arsenals of nuclear warheads in the world is located.⤵️

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

A president imposing tariffs (on us) because he’s annoyed (by a real ad not fake) is not how the law works.

We are off the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...

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Minerva47874627.bsky.social @minerva47874627.bsky.social · 4d

This👇.

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 4d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.

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Christine Hallquist @christinehallquist.bsky.social · 4d

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 4d

Americans still don't realize how bad it has gotten and how much worse it is going to get.

Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

The people in Arizona’s 7th congressional district have been without representation in Congress for over 7 months.

Mike Johnson continues to deny them representation because their duly elected representative has pledged to sign the petition to release the Epstein files.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4d

🚨U.S. inflation rises to 3% in September as prices increase at the fastest rate since January.

The White House says they will likely not release October’s inflation data next month, blaming the shutdown.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 4d

when all this is over we need to have a pretty serious conversation about the utter moral failure of the elite of this country

James Meek @jamesmeek.bsky.social · 5d

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

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