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Shawn Milrad

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Once had hair. An old fashioned term that we use -- groceries. I used it on the campaign. It's such an old fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it.

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 2h

They will not fund the government for us but they will send money to their friends because they don't care about regular people.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3h

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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Shawn Milrad @shawnmilrad.bsky.social · 4h

Hard to top this one.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 4h

Trump's personal touch — both as a heavy hand and a gentle guide — played a pivotal role at key moments in the development of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal, current and former officials in the United States and other nations told NBC News.

How the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal came together

President Donald Trump had to maintain the trust of Israel and a series of Arab- and Muslim-majority nations. His ability to walk that tightrope was tested repeatedly.

nbcnews.to

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 7h

How cooked is America?

There’s now an imitation Marlins man.

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Shawn Milrad @shawnmilrad.bsky.social · 8h

Absolute joke of a country

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 11h

You want to make a bet. I'll take those odds

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "I think gasoline is gonna be below $2 at some point in the pretty near future."

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Shawn Milrad @shawnmilrad.bsky.social · 12h

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Shawn Milrad @shawnmilrad.bsky.social · 13h

I am bigly great at maths, very strongly

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."

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Shawn Milrad @shawnmilrad.bsky.social · 13h

Source????

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13h

Trump: "You can’t even find any boats in the water anymore. Like a subway train loaded up with drugs. Every boat -- every single boat that you see getting taken out kills 25,000 Americans. Think of that. It’s pretty tough stuff. But it kills 25,000 Americans."

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Shawn Milrad @shawnmilrad.bsky.social · 1d

those are my 2nd and 3rd teams after Toronto haha

Shawn Milrad @shawnmilrad.bsky.social · 1d

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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Shawn Milrad @shawnmilrad.bsky.social · 1d

lmfaoooooo

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Shawn Milrad @shawnmilrad.bsky.social · 1d

@climatologist49.bsky.social in array

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Shawn Milrad @shawnmilrad.bsky.social · 1d

Pour one out for war ravaged Oregon in mashed potato brains’ fantasies.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Shawn Milrad @shawnmilrad.bsky.social · 1d

Whether it’s Donald Trump constantly threatening to imprison his political enemies or its democrats threatening to keep their political enemies free, both sides, the rhetoric on both sides has escalated.

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Russ Schumacher @rschumacher.cloud · 1d

Highly unusual situation approaching western Colorado with the moisture from Hurricane Priscilla. Grand Junction has never had precipitable water over an inch (25mm) so late in the year, but looks like it will be near that level on both Fri & Sat. Six standard deviations above average! #cowx 1/2

Global Ensemble Forecast System mean precipitable water and 700-mb winds valid on Saturday morning, 11 October 2025. A big plume of moisture will be transported into the southwest US ahead of decaying Hurricane Priscilla. From https://schumacher.atmos.colostate.edu/weather/ens.php

Standardized anomaly of precipitable water from the ECWMF ensemble mean on Saturday morning, 11 October 2025. It shows a broad swath of greater than +3 standard deviations in the western US. From https://schumacher.atmos.colostate.edu/weather/ecmwf.php

Ensemble forecast plume showing precipitable water at Grand Junction, Colorado in the members of the ECWMF ensemble. Values are predicted to be around 25-30 mm with high confidence on Friday 10 October through Saturday 11 October, far above the 90th percentile for the date. From https://schumacher.atmos.colostate.edu/weather/ecmwf.php

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 2d

grateful to hear him say this out loud — too few institutions have this decency and courage

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d

"It is going to be disastrous if this continues"

Nobel Prize physics laureate John Clarke says Trump cuts will 'cripple' US scientific research

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