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whereverlq.bsky.social @whereverlq.bsky.social · 7h

This is part of the reason why we will spend more money in 2025 then during the last year of Biden s presidency. And they will never release the figures of how much all the unnecessary lawsuits cost us.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18h

“The National Guard’s mostly quiet walks through Washington, D.C., are expected to cost a little more than $200 million…”

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime

The Trump administration’s National Guard deployments are highly inefficient.

www.theatlantic.com

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 23h

Oh yeah. Almost forgot…

Release the #EpsteinFiles!

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whereverlq.bsky.social @whereverlq.bsky.social · 8h

Singapore has a similar small scale arrangement.

whereverlq.bsky.social @whereverlq.bsky.social · 8h

How awful. Our citizens will be pariah for global travel.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10d

Russ Vought has entered the chat in the NJ governor’s race.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

We've all heard that there is no free lunch.

Well, guess what?

There is no free 747 either.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 23h

Speaker Johnson just declared the House will remain in recess all next week. This will mark a full month off; the chamber has not been in session since September 19.

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whereverlq.bsky.social @whereverlq.bsky.social · 1d

They would have to give the buyer a "cost of fumigation" allowance.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2d

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 2d

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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whereverlq.bsky.social @whereverlq.bsky.social · 1d

#LeeGreenwood, MAGA candidate to replace #BadBunny, confirmed he believes he can do a halftime show.

He's 82.

His last album was a compilation of songs from the 20th century, in 2011.
His last #1 single on the country charts was 1986.

His last video was in 1991.

#TallTale

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Wake Up America @claudiner66.bsky.social · 1d

DHS employees face mandatory reassignments

Dozens of DHS staff have received management directed reassignments in recent weeks, with some moves hundreds of miles from the employee's current work station.
federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...

DHS employees face mandatory reassignments

Dozens of DHS staff have received management directed reassignments in recent weeks, with some moves hundreds of miles from the employee's current work station.

federalnewsnetwork.com

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whereverlq.bsky.social @whereverlq.bsky.social · 1d

And she is an amateur.

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 2d

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whereverlq.bsky.social @whereverlq.bsky.social · 1d

Another fascist gesture with our troops.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

NEWS: The United States is deploying about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza, U.S. officials said Thursday. (AP)

whereverlq.bsky.social @whereverlq.bsky.social · 1d

A waste of time and taxpayer money.

Makes #Bondi look worse than she did before.

Crowns #LindseyHalligan (who incredibly had to sign & bring both indictments by herself) as the #SarahPalin of this administration. Unethical bimbo.

whereverlq.bsky.social @whereverlq.bsky.social · 1d

Agree that it is unfair to orgasms. ...she's a bimbo

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

"In the moment, Trump was terrified of being convicted and still seethes at the humiliation he faced."

Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Retribution is here

President Trump today called for the arrests of Illinois’ governor and Chicago’s mayor

And he has an AG who has proven pliant - as evidenced by the Comey arraignment minutes later

Inside Trump’s escalating campaign of payback: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Retribution Is Here

The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.

www.theatlantic.com

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whereverlq.bsky.social @whereverlq.bsky.social · 1d

It won t do any good, but someone needs to tell #Trump that his prosecution of #Comey, #Letitia, etal, will have disastrous results for him.

Between illegality of the bimbo who brought the charges, mounds of proof provided by
#DJT s own foolishness leading to vindictive prosecution - no trials.

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whereverlq.bsky.social @whereverlq.bsky.social · 1d

That is why he will not win.

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whereverlq.bsky.social @whereverlq.bsky.social · 1d

I like "chippy" and will use it. I have been calling #Lindsey, "stooge" or "bimbo"

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whereverlq.bsky.social @whereverlq.bsky.social · 1d

Schiff

whereverlq.bsky.social @whereverlq.bsky.social · 1d

Go, Tish. Facing a #TrumpStooge

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..