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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 19h

The House Speaker continues to spread falsehoods about the government shutdown. trib.al/2b8VnZs

In reality, the GOP's plan to “fix health care” leaves millions without it—the plan is projected to cut $1.1T from the Medicaid and ACA marketplace by 2034, as well as impose higher work requirements.

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 13h

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

Their outrage always seems to skip the actual predators.

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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 6h

KKKrumpf's whole life has been built on total lies, bullshit, and snake-oil-salesmanship. He should have been a used car salesman. Instead he passes off his women like they were old dishrags.

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Rebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social · 8h

Release the Epstein files!

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 16h

In a nutshell.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 23h

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

Oh look the party that screams “family values” every five minutes is silent when one of their megachurch darlings pleads guilty to child sex abuse. But they’ll trip over themselves to ban books and attack drag shows. Tells you everything you need to know.

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The_Lady_Red @theladyred.bsky.social · 1d

‼️🤬 At a press briefing on Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke about federal workers NOT getting back pay.

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'Will Be A Lot Of Discussion': Speaker Johnson Hints That Federal Workers May Not Get Back Pay

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 21h

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brianrye.bsky.social @brianrye.bsky.social · 15h

We don't need camping finance reform. Nope. Not at all. No siree Bob.

Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 1d

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James Davis @jamesdavismakes.com · 1d

Someone on Reddit made a post on r/filmmakers asking for help titling their movie about filmmakers affecting the multiverse. It's Reddit so a lot of people weren't helpful haha, so I replied genuinely with a list of titles.

A year later, they released their feature film with one of my titles 🥹

A screenshot of a Reddit reply containing a list of titles James provided. Quote

• Multiversal Studios
• Jump Cut (as in a jump in time or jumping dimensions)
• [The name of the inter dimensional weapon]
• Dimensions of Filmmaking
• Sorry Our Film Broke The Universe
• 23 Jump Street.

End Quote

Title card of the movie, "Sorry Our Film Broke The Universe"

A movie marquee that reads, quote

Now Showing: Sorry Our Film Broke The Universe

end quote

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 1d

MAGICIAN: Is this your card?

ME: No

MAGICIAN: Is this your card?

ME: No

MAGICIAN: This one?

ME: No. When is our regular postman back from holiday?

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The_Lady_Red @theladyred.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents will soon have access to one of the world's most sophisticated hacking tools that lets people hack into any mobile phone without the person even clicking a link or opening a document.

ICE can hack your phone without you knowing
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ICE agents will soon have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools thanks to a government contract with Paragon Solutions, an Israeli spyware company that lets people hack into any mobile phone without the person even clicking a link or opening a document.

The new agreement between Paragon and ICE gives ICE access to the Israeli spyware platform, Graphite. Once Graphite infects your phone it can see everything you do on your phone, even stuff on encrypted apps, and you wouldn't even know it's there. I break down what that means for activists, journalists, dissidents, and how Paragon is already rolling out in other countries across the world. I also discuss how to keep yourself as safe as possible from this new tech.

ICE can hack your phone without you knowing
https://youtu.be/_e_vrAUo9Ns

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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 1d

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Why isn't Pam Bondi releasing the Epstein Files?

Over 80% of Americans want them released. Its the only thing that a majority of this country agrees on.

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The_Lady_Red @theladyred.bsky.social · 1d

Let me be clear: It’s ILLEGAL to deny federal workers back pay after a shutdown.

There’s a 2019 law that guarantees it, but Trump is once again trying to break the law.

You don’t get to punish people for doing their jobs just because you’re failing at yours. ~ Rep Jasmine Crockett

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (@repjasminecrockett)

Let me be clear: It’s ILLEGAL to deny federal workers back pay after a shutdown. There’s a 2019 law that guarantees it, but Trump is once again trying to break the law. You don’t get to punish peopl...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Grijalva: The frustration for me is that it seems as if Speaker Johnson is not willing to swear me in because our politics are a little different, or because I’m going to be the 218th signer—he can just continue to drag this along with no end in sight.

That is not a foundation of our democracy.

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brianrye.bsky.social @brianrye.bsky.social · 16h

Your parents did a great job, too!

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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brianrye.bsky.social @brianrye.bsky.social · 16h

Eugenics. Wow. Blue checkmark. At least this poster is verified. Read that first line again.

Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · 1d

Twitter user TheMatrixStorm:
Absolutely winning.

Measles is a natural symbiotic so-called pathogen that makes susceptibility to certain cancers greatly reduce.

Getting it while young as we used to gives you lifelong immunity that the vaccine cannot ever provide.

You people that think measles cases are bad have started out assuming measles is bad.

Lots of things kill weak people.

But the vaccines cause autism and all kinds of other neurological and immunological disorders along with all the other toxic and poisonous things were exposed to in the modern day.

Measles goes through most healthy people when they're young asymptomatically.

Anyone who doesn't know any of the above needs to update...

brianrye.bsky.social @brianrye.bsky.social · 16h

This is AMAZING!

Charles Pieper @inherentcharlie.bsky.social · 1d

Tis the season! Please enjoy this shot on VHS horror-comedy 'Revenge of Halloween Hotel' that I made with my parents when I was a kid in the early 90s!
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Revenge of Halloween Hotel

Things get weird when a family decides to stay at a hotel run by the CryptKeeper and his pet critter... 'Revenge of Halloween Hotel' is a home-made horror-comedy…

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