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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 10h

ARGENTINE PESO COLLAPSES TO RECORD LOW — DOWN 99.8% SINCE 2009

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Aozora @aozorasf.bsky.social · 11h

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
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Swiffy @swiffy.bsky.social · 11h

Another count in an impeachment

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 12h

The Trump Administration has spent months wrecking the resources California needs to forecast and respond to floods and winter storms.

Via the Water Resources Department, we're coordinating with local agencies on response protocol and carrying out $2B+ in flood prevention projects across our state.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 12h

The Trump Administration has spent months wrecking the resources California needs to forecast and respond to floods and winter storms.

Via the Water Resources Department, we're coordinating with local agencies on response protocol and carrying out $2B+ in flood prevention projects across our state.

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Swiffy @swiffy.bsky.social · 14h

The White House in happier times

Swiffy @swiffy.bsky.social · Dec 24

Flying inside the White House on Christmas Eve, wow youtu.be/0pExIKxcyzM?...

The White House on Christmas Eve

YouTube video by jaybyrdfilms

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Swiffy @swiffy.bsky.social · Dec 24

Flying inside the White House on Christmas Eve, wow youtu.be/0pExIKxcyzM?...

The White House on Christmas Eve

YouTube video by jaybyrdfilms

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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 14h

Someone posted this too.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 15h

WHAT THE FUCK

One side of the White House has just been ripped out

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 14h

Seeing the White House torn apart is really emblematic of the times we’re in

Photo of the White House being torn apart

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Scariest LiBOOrian @audiolibrarian.bsky.social · 15h

let them eat ballroom

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Swiffy @swiffy.bsky.social · 15h

The Trump movement insists on public memorials to traitors who led armies that killed Americans by hundreds of thousands, all to preserve slavery with its profound horrors. But the rich history of our White House and its visitors is demolished by an excavator, with no discussion, in a shutdown

EarnedMySpurs🐸 @plannedtheride.bsky.social · 16h

Everything that he's doing to destroy the history and tradition for the White House and grounds is really killing me. My dad was a guest at the WH, stayed at Blair House at a President's invitation several times. His stories of the place and its beauty are fondest of memories.

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EarnedMySpurs🐸 @plannedtheride.bsky.social · 16h

Everything that he's doing to destroy the history and tradition for the White House and grounds is really killing me. My dad was a guest at the WH, stayed at Blair House at a President's invitation several times. His stories of the place and its beauty are fondest of memories.

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Swiffy @swiffy.bsky.social · 15h

What controls do we have to prevent installation of listening devices?

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16h

Divided Ninth Circuit panel stays injunction against President Trump’s federalization of National Guard troops in Portland:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge Graber, who is no firebrand, wrote quite a dissent—encouraging en banc review and some patience on the part of the public:

We have come to expect a dose of political theater in the political branches, drama designed to rally the base or to rile or intimidate political opponents. We also may expect there a measure of bending sometimes breaking the truth. By design of the Founders, the judicial branch stands apart. We rule on facts, not on supposition or conjecture, and certainly not on fabrication or propaganda. I urge my colleagues on this court to act swiftly to vacate the majority's order before the illegal deployment of troops under false pretenses can occur. Above all, I ask
those who are watching this case unfold to retain faith in our judicial system for just a little longer.

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Swiffy @swiffy.bsky.social · 17h

We are in a government shutdown for crying out loud

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Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 17h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Swiffy @swiffy.bsky.social · 17h

Trump literally wrecking the White House. I have seen no public discussion of the plans or funding, and I don't believe there is any law passed for this project. Just some reporting on what people in the WH tell teporters

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 17h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Swiffy @swiffy.bsky.social · 19h

NYT economics reporter writing about healthcare and ACA is completely ignorant about the law and its history. Prime example of how broken the paper is #UnsubscribeNYT #CancelNYT

Talmon Joseph Smith @talsmith.bsky.social · 21h

The ACA was gutted by Democrats. you can argue those key democrats could've been sidin with what many see as the more liberal/patient centered options. or you could say it was unfortunate that Dems didnt have 60+ more liberal senators.

but it was Democrats.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d

Amazon Web Services said its service had recovered after a widespread disruption degraded services for a range of customers including government agencies, AI companies and financial platforms

Widespread AWS Outage Hits Financial and Consumer Sites

Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud provider, suffered a widespread disruption on Monday morning that degraded services for several companies, including artificial intelligence company Perplexity and the Coinbase and Robinhood financial platforms.

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Swiffy @swiffy.bsky.social · 1d

He doesn't like the ACA

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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 2d

This week's Amicus podcast is a terrific conversation with @janainelson.bsky.social about the Voting Rights Act case she argued this past week at SCOTUS. It's not loading for everyone and we're getting it fixed. Stay tuned and apologies from this end.

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Swiffy @swiffy.bsky.social · 1d

It's very asymmetric. They were happy to cover comma-gate for Biden shortly before the election with skepticism of a good explanation

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Swiffy @swiffy.bsky.social · 1d

Would they do that?!?

Swiffy @swiffy.bsky.social · 1d

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King

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Swiffy @swiffy.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing to think how many things had to go wrong to put the VP under a shell exploding in the air in live fire exercises. And each wrong decision was pushed by numbskulls thinking it was anti-woke or some nonsense

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