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Sean OFarrell @skofarrell.bsky.social · 17h

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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) to Pam Bondi: "I think it's valuable that the American
people get a sense of what you have refused to answer today. So, these are just
some of the questions you refuse to answer, but or have answered with personal
attacks on members of this committee. You were asked whether you consulted with
career ethics lawyers, as you promised you would do during your nomination
hearing. When you approved the president receiving a $400 million gift from the
Qataris, you refused to answer that question. You were asked who or what role you
may have played, or who played the role in asking that Trump's name be flagged in
any of the Epstein documents gathered by the FBI? You refuse to answer that
question. You were asked whether Homan kept the $50,000 bribe money. You
refuse to answer that question. You were asked whether Homan paid taxes on the
$50,000 bribe money. You refused to answer that question. You were asked, did
career prosecutors find insufficient evidence to charge James Comey. You refused to
answer that question. You were asked, how are military strikes on these boats in
the Caribbean legal. And you refuse to even answer that question. You are asked,
excuse me, excuse me? You are asked, did you discuss indicting James Comey with
the president. You refused to answer that question. You were asked, did you
approve of the firing of antitrust lawyers who disagreed with the Hewlett Packard
merger. You refused to answer that question. You were asked whether you support
a restoration fund for violent insurrections, insurrections to attack the Capitol on
January 6th. Refuse to answer that question. You were asked whether you were
firing career professionals, career prosecutors just because they worked on January
6th. Question January 6th investigations. You refuse to answer that question. You
were asked by my colleague whether you believe government officials, like
immigration officials, have to abide by court orders. You wouldn't answer that
question."

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 18h

In 40 years of following Washington politics, I have never seen any witness behave with such nauseating contempt. She is playing to an audience of one — the Orange One.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Schiff: This is supposed to be an oversight hearing when dozens of prosecutors have been fired simply because they worked on cases investigating the former president.

Bondi: What about the fires in California? Are the riots in LA serious?

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Deborah @deborah-c.bsky.social · 21h

I wonder if this is where the law firms that gave in to Trump get told to take the case pro bono?

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Tormented🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social · 22h

I rag on DOJ lawyers. And they deserve it.

But one frequent & reliable red flag is when career DOJ lawyers won’t cooperate.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

New on MSNBC: Trump's new acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has recruited prosecutors from outside her office to take James Comey to trial, after being unable to find any federal prosecutors in her own office willing to pursue the charges, according to two people familiar with the selections.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 23h

It's black letter, can't get more explicit, printed in US code you ignoramus. 31 U.S. Code § 1341 (c)(2)

*JOHNSON: SOME LEGAL ANAYLYSTS DON'T BELIEVE IN SHUTDOWN BACKPAY

(2)Each employee of the United States Government or of a District of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations, and each excepted employee who is required to perform work during a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for such work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates, and subject to the enactment of appropriations Acts ending the lapse.

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 21h

Woof it down, king

A close-up photo of a man with a white beard wearing glasses and a bright blue textured fleece jacket. He has an Osprey backpack strap over his shoulder, and attached to it is a black collapsible pet bowl labeled “WOOF IT DOWN.” The background shows gray rocky terrain and an overcast sky, suggesting he’s outdoors on a hike.

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 21h

For real this was the feel good story I needed today lol

Dude is just like “I enjoy birds go away”

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 21h

This dude is absolutely living his best life and I hope they are happy forever

His Off-the-Grid Vacation Was Interrupted by Winning a Nobel Prize

www.nytimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

SEN. HIRONO: “Did you approve shutting down the bribery investigation into Homan?”

BONDI: “Are you Antifa?” 🤡

(That’s a yes)

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.bsky.social · 21h

I am SO tired of the pediatric covid vaccines forever being treated as an afterthought

In a few weeks kiddo turns 12 and finally, finally, we can get off this bus

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 21h

This one's for all the parents who have told me they're going through hell trying to find Covid vaccines for their children: It's not just you! Gift link:

Seeking Covid Shots for Their Children, Some Parents Hit a Wall

www.nytimes.com

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The Wonder Years of Lead @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 22h

Weirdest thing about Epstein is how people who lie about everything else, including the most easily provable things, always dodge rather than deny

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22h

I don't know what I did online to be inflicted with the commercial that starts "The reason butter is CALLED butter is because of the butyric acid"

and this is so backwards I angrily quit whatever video I was going to watch.

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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 22h

😻😻😻CLEANSING THERMONUCLEAR FIRE IS CANCELED FOR THE MORNING!

HOORAY TOSTADA THE GUTTER KITTEN BEING WARM AND SAFE AND LOVED AND FOSTERED AND GOODNESS REMAINING IN THE WORLD!😻😻😻

Punished Cat Guy, dba Joe Dirt Shrimp @majima.club · 1d

Tostada Update:
✨ V E R Y T A L L ✨

A tiny tortie kitten sitting on the very edge of a soft strawberry pink tent stretching her neck very very long because she smells FOOD. Her toes are curled around the edge and her sharp lil nails are poking out. She is FOCUSED.

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 22h

But tell me again how it's violent leftists who threaten America...

James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 22h

A Fan Of Charlie Kirk And Andrew Tate Killed Two Teenage Girls Last Week
www.wonkette.com/p/a-fan-of-c...

A Fan Of Charlie Kirk And Andrew Tate Killed Two Teenage Girls Last Week

He had been stalking one of them for months.

www.wonkette.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Bondi won't answer Klobuchar's question about if she was directed by the White House to prosecuted Comey but lies that Trump "is the most transparent president in American history"

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 22h

the thing you really remember about Roman history is how chill the army was with working sans pay, famously unbothered

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 23h

US House Speaker Johnson: Some legal analysts don't believe in shutdown backpay.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 22h

Mike Johnson can probably put a budget together but he cannot do this because ********it would go against Trump because Trump and his admin do not understand how the government works******** and therefore ******no MAGA republican dares to vote for it******

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 22h

Again, going in circles, but Trump ****literally**** does not understand how the American government works. He has ****never**** understood it. He was, until this administration, protected from his own stupidity but now there is no longer anyone at the helm. It’s ***actual*** anarchic governance.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 22h

I know we’re going in circles but it is abundantly clear that they have literally no idea, let alone a plan, to fix their own mess.

Nobody is at the wheel, it is the first social media AI presidency and they drove themselves into a blind alley.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h

The problems that we as a nation have sought to illuminate, so that we can remedy them, are disappearing — not because the problems are disappearing or have been remedied, but because we will no longer know about them. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/turning-out-the-lights-on-the-economy

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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 22h

😻😻😻TOSTADA THE GUTTER KOTTEN!😻😻😻

Punished Cat Guy, dba Joe Dirt Shrimp @majima.club · 2d

🎶 I always feel like…somebody’s watching meeeeee🎵

A tiny tiny kitten’s tiny head sticks up just enough out of her soft sided carrier that you can see huge eyes and tiny ears.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 22h

Hey CNN why are the gas prices on this photo so low? Ohhhh. I see. You're hoping no one notices this photo is from before the internet fucking existed. You shitheads.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Deborah @deborah-c.bsky.social · 22h

That’s. MAGNIFICENT

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🦇🤘 Rigg-or mortis 🔶️🏳️‍🌈 @rigg.lgbt · 1d

Good lord I love him.

Aieee-Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 1d

Part of Russell T Davies' speech on being awarded Outstanding Contribution to Television at the Bafta Cymru awards. (via www.instagram.com/baftacymru)

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Hunter Felt @hunterfelt.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus fuck.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

7 Oct 2025 -- Waits vary widely across UK's 15 gender clinics: England's avg is 12 years; Wales 2 years; No. Ireland 41 years (down from 151 years); & Scotland 58 years w/ Glasgow a staggering 224 years. For every 1 person who gets an intake appt, ~4 more are being added. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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