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Brandon @spacejamveteran.bsky.social · 6h
No, thats not enough
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Brandon @spacejamveteran.bsky.social · 8h
WTF, I love Portland
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 9h
SpongeBob, Patrick, Pikachu, Cookie Monster and more all on scene at the Portland ICE facility.

Probably around 100 give or take total right now.
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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 9h
The Portland #NoKings protest is going to be whimsy AF
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 9h
SpongeBob, Patrick, Pikachu, Cookie Monster and more all on scene at the Portland ICE facility.

Probably around 100 give or take total right now.
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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 1d
"Comprehensive laboratory studies performed in conjunction with the visit were exceptional"

guys...
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d
"President Donald J. Trump remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong
cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance." - Physician to the President
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 10h
Negative

For starters as a logical matter there is no universe in which this meets the intended purpose of reprogramming language

But as a legal matter you've got to have a valid appropriation to transfer the monies into

Congress appropriates some things on a multi-year basis and others annual
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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 12h
The DoD is allowed to transfer this money per statute apparently (though this is outside of my area). The CR in March upped it to 8 billion.
Of course it has. It always does. Sec 8005 of DOD Appropriations, for starters… That one provision now allows for $8b in transfers, per March’s full year CR:
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 19h
look i'm just gonna say: everyone involved in this shit needs to go to jail
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d
ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.
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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 10h
The police will always side with fascism over the population.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h
Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.
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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 12h
The opposition after seeing the president illegally divert funds to pay the troops for exactly one pay period: baller, I love the troops!
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 12h
I hate this bc I know it can get bad at any moment.

@donlemonofficial.bsky.social is trying to be safe but also not abandon his coverage.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11h
Up to this point, Governor Pritzker has said all the right things. If they're not backed up with action — specifically, control of your own law enforcement organization — then they were wasted breath.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12h
Illinois State Police issue a final warning to disperse from in front of the Broadview ICE facility, a full 20 minutes before the protest curfew time.
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Brandon @spacejamveteran.bsky.social · 12h
PRITZKER!!!!!!!!!
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jon rosenburger @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 20h
They're spinning this as a marketing fail but I think the real story is just that people are stupid as fucking rocks now fortune.com/2025/10/10/p...
Lay's drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn't know their chips were made out of potatoes | Fortune
New bags—matte-ified and designed to look like wood planks (like a potato crate)—will hold the chips with revamped ingredient lists.
fortune.com
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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 12h
Democratic mayors & governors talk tough & then sit back doing jack shit while their cops brutalize pro-democracy protesters
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12h
Illinois State Police issue a final warning to disperse from in front of the Broadview ICE facility, a full 20 minutes before the protest curfew time.
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AjiWings @ajijaakwe.bsky.social · 12h
So, @jbpritzker.bsky.social, why are you sending your pwn state stormtroopers to defend this abomination, again?
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12h
Illinois State Police issue a final warning to disperse from in front of the Broadview ICE facility, a full 20 minutes before the protest curfew time.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12h
Illinois State Police issue a final warning to disperse from in front of the Broadview ICE facility, a full 20 minutes before the protest curfew time.
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 13h
I can't get over how the CDC layoffs are coming less than two months after the attempted mass shooting. The agency is being taken apart brick by brick. The public servants there do not deserve this.
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Brandon @spacejamveteran.bsky.social · 12h
Further proof that schumer needs to go
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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 12h
The DoD is allowed to transfer this money per statute apparently (though this is outside of my area). The CR in March upped it to 8 billion.
Of course it has. It always does. Sec 8005 of DOD Appropriations, for starters… That one provision now allows for $8b in transfers, per March’s full year CR:
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Joshua G. Schraiber @jgschraiber.bsky.social · 12h
Lol looks like we're once again falling prey to the What's The Worst That Could Happen Act
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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 12h
The DoD is allowed to transfer this money per statute apparently (though this is outside of my area). The CR in March upped it to 8 billion.
Of course it has. It always does. Sec 8005 of DOD Appropriations, for starters… That one provision now allows for $8b in transfers, per March’s full year CR:
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 17h
So the Dems need to be clear again that any FMer carrying out direction to implement mil paychecks in the absence of appropriations will be subject to anti-deficiency act criminal penalties, because to be clear even with the reconciliation slush fund BS there is no way to legally so this, period
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awesomecosmos.bsky.social @awesomecosmos.bsky.social · 13h
This is literally criminal: Federal employees who violate the Antideficiency Act are subject to two types of sanctions - fines, imprisonment, or both.
While the fascists clearly think they’ll be in power forever, Vought has just issued memos on a fucking criminal conspiracy!
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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 13h
Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous
The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News. A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 14h
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
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SpiderHyphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 13h
Holy *fuck*.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 14h
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 13h
“I can’t pay my mortgage but there are coins in my ashtray, I’m good for it”

It’s both stupid and anti-Constitutional.
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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 14h
www.politico.com/live-updates...
The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News. A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.
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Department of Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 13h
It's helpful that the Administration is RIFing employees and impounding funds during the shutdown to show why the shutdown is also necessary..
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