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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 5h

Sliwa himself said Ackman and his billionaire goon buddies have tried to bribe him to drop out of the race so “follow the money he’s doing this to embezzle city funds” is one of the most absurd things Ackman has said, and that’s a high bar.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

"follow the money" says the guy who had to settle a $290 million insider trading scandal

Also, it's super telling what happens when a Republican doesn't play ball with other Republicans. This is why they all fall in line. If you upset the donor class, you get attacked nonstop

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Bill Ackman

@BillAckman
I spoke to someone who knows
@CurtisSliwa
and now I understand why he is staying in the race.

The City has an 8 to 1 matching program for NYC donors. Sliwa got ~$5m of matching funds from the city for his campaign.

According to my source, Sliwa’s wife, friends and others are on the campaign payroll, and he and they are enjoying living off the city taxpayers who are funding his race/lifestyle. He doesn’t want to end his campaign and have to return the funds.

Follow the money.

When I asked why he doesn’t care about NYC? my source said:

‘He doesn’t give a sh-t.’

Clearly, this is hearsay, but my source is extremely credible and a highly respected person, and he knows Sliwa well.

Curtis, please correct the record if I got anything wrong.

What personal or other related expenses is your campaign paying for?

Is your wife and/or other family or friends on the campaign payroll or receiving any funding?

Please clarify the record.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

CANADA PRIME MINISTER: “.. Many of our former strengths — based on close ties to America — have become our vulnerabilities.”

@bloomberg.com 🇨🇦
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 4h

Grateful for Garrett Graff and his ability to explain moral clarity

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...

The only check-and-balance that actually matters

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Rose @starlightwishes.bsky.social · 1h

Dictators don't like Free Markets ... or Free Anything.

For men like Trump, the Markets are a way of collecting Bribes. You can't do that with a truly Free Market with Free Competition.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 3h

Nebraska rancher: I don't think it's a good idea. We should just allow our market to dictate the price of beef. Most people out here would have the view that the government should just be limited and not meddling in the free markets

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Alex Marten 🇧🇷🇺🇸🇺🇦🇸🇾 @amarten.bsky.social · 2h

Someone came out ahead:

popular.info/p/trumps-arg...

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire

A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary

popular.info

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Rose @starlightwishes.bsky.social · 1h

And I'm sure that's the point.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2h

Milei’s policies are huge failures! He is causing suffering on a massive scale for the Argentine people! His austerity measures are obscenely destructive to people’s lives there. Trump is only prolonging and enabling more suffering and destruction.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

“.. The American intervention to prop up the Argentinian peso has failed. Despite the United States intervening .., the Argentine peso lost 10% of its value in the first two weeks of October, pushing the overnight interest rate to 157%.”

@joebrusuelas.bsky.social $ARGT

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Rose @starlightwishes.bsky.social · 1h

You ain't seen nothin' yet. He will be Hated as none have been Hated.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

ENTEN: “.. Trump's at new lows when it comes to economic net approval. .. Q-Pac (-19 pt) & CNBC (-13 pt) find him at the lowest level of either of his presidencies.

“.. Also, he's lower than any president at this point in a presidency or 2nd term on record.”

@cnn.com @cnbc.com

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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 3h

#BREAKING: The Texas Education Agency will remove Fort Worth ISD’s democratically-elected school board and its superintendent, instituting the second-largest state takeover in Texas history, Education Commissioner Mike Morath said Thursday.

Texas announces state takeover of Fort Worth schools

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced a state takeover of Fort Worth ISD on Thursday.

www.dallasnews.com

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 1d

Notice how it’s always, “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the +2,000 verses in the Bible that discuss the generous use of wealth and possessions in a way that prioritizes the needs of the poor, this sick, the stranger, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 1d

Look I am just saying that if we simply threw women, Black folks, immigrants, LGBTQ people, Muslims and other minorities under the bus we could go back to discussing the class-based white people politics that I, a white male pundit, am most comfortable discussing. Is that so hard?

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Rose @starlightwishes.bsky.social · 1h

Even as they take them themselves.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 3d

COVID19 mRNA vaccines may improve response to some cancer treatments.

It’s a shame that the Trump administration cut funding for mRNA vaccine research and that RFK Jr. and his minions keep lying about them.

mRNA covid vaccines spark immune response that may aid cancer survival

An analysis of patient records suggests that mRNA covid-19 vaccines boost the immune response to cancerous tumours when given soon after people start a type of immunotherapy, extending their lives

www.newscientist.com

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 20h

Bonus primary points to which ever Democrat promises to demolish whatever fucking monstrosity ballroom Trump builds

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Rose @starlightwishes.bsky.social · 1h

Folks need to face the fact that it's almost winter & there won't be any building till maybe March. That hole will be left there rotting for MONTHS.

And they didn't bother to protect the WH bldg nearby, which any contractor would do - unless they were planning to demolish the rest of the WH.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16h

It seems like there's now a pretty broad consensus that as soon as it's safe and legal to do so, this hell-spawned future ballroom must be demolished and perhaps even as part of some televised event

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

The ballroom *has* to be torn down, because Trump has made it a symbol of an un-American, monarchial conception of the presidency.

@timmiller.bsky.social, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, and @jvl.bsky.social talk that and more in the latest episode of The Next Level!

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14h

www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/p...

Gettysburg suffers damage as advocates ask public to be vigilant during shutdown | CNN Politics

The site of one of the most iconic battlefields in American history suffered recent damage, prompting a law enforcement investigation.

www.cnn.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2h

notwhatyousignedupfor.org

chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

Anti-war group questions National Guard deployment in 'Not What You Signed Up For' Chicago billboards

The billboards are paid for by the grassroots organization Win Without War. They began appearing in Chicago Oct. 14, and the group has also placed billboards outside Fort Bragg in North Carolina and i...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2h

As Trump marches toward militarizing San Francisco:

- Memorize contact info in case of arrest
- Plan ahead if you have children or medication
- Speak out PEACEFULLY and at a distance

Stay smart, safe, and don’t give them the excuse they're wanting to escalate their crackdown.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2h

"Since Hurricane Helene devastated the community in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the county government has spent nearly $50 million on cleanup and recovery — while getting reimbursed only $4 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency..."

www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

N.C. counties that busted budgets after Helene still waiting for FEMA to pay them back

A year after Hurricane Helene, FEMA hasn’t reimbursed millions of dollars spent on cleanup and recovery, upending local budgets and hindering reconstruction.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2h

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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Rose @starlightwishes.bsky.social · 1h

They were allowed to look up the answers ... and they couldn't even do that!

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