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donnadeka.bsky.social @donnadeka.bsky.social · Mar 14

A very good series:
youtu.be/lGFKwshHjWQ?...

The Russian Reach: Series Introduction || PETER ZEIHAN

YouTube video by Zeihan on Geopolitics

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks, New Yorker

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donnadeka.bsky.social @donnadeka.bsky.social · 7h

You should set your camera to maximum quality so when you zoom in it can be read.

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Sporkman @realsporkman.bsky.social · 7h

U.S. GDP growth in the first half of 2025 was almost entirely driven by investment in data centers and information processing technology. Excluding these technology-related categories, GDP growth would have been just 0.1% on an annualized basis.

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 7h

Agree. Agree. Agree.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

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furbabies.bsky.social @furbabies.bsky.social · 13h

After yelling and obfuscating to senators for hours, Dick Durbin hit her with this one: "Eventually you are going to have to answer for your conduct in this. You won't do it today, but eventually you will." Suddenly, she went SILENT.🔥 She knows.

You're phucked, Pam....just sayin'

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 8h

Convince me otherwise

#nokings
#nopedophiles
#nofascists

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 1d

"99.97 percent of families, even when given the option, chose to let their children learn about LGBTQ+ people."
Nice result, and it reinforces everything Montgomery County said to SCOTUS before its theocrats made their dehumanizing ruling. open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 16h

What are in the Epstein files that is worth keeping the government shutdown?

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JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 21h

Cause of Death: Severe burn.

Ben Shapiro @benshapiro 1d If you're at a dinner and somebody introduces himself as "Dr. Smith," you'd be rather upset to learn that he had a doctorate in musicology if you were to suffer a stroke at the table.

Evan Williams @evanwilliams... 36s

If you were at a dinner party and someone introduced themselves as "Ben Shapiro," you'd be rather upset to be at that dinner party.

-Dr. Evan Williams, DMA Music Composition

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 8h

Orlando Florida yesterday.

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 15h

Josh Hawley and Yale Law School, ladies and gentlemen.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

Murray: I talked to a family that’s paying about $300 a month for their health insurance. It’s going to jump to over $1,800 per month.

Many people will turn away and not pay for it—obviously, they’ll lose their health insurance. The fewer people who have insurance, the more everybody pays.

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Kenspac @kenspac.bsky.social · 12h

California: STOP GOP rigging. VOTE YES ON prop 50.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the Bronx and Harlem at our paper shredding events — we cleared out old junk mail, built community, danced, took family portraits and enjoyed frozen treats (it still felt a lot like summer). Thanks to everyone who joined.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 14h

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

www.pbs.org

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Anthony @antoineladon.bsky.social · 9h

#FreePalestine #ItsGenocide

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 10h

My Very Dear Ones,

I write to you from near the front lines of war ravaged Portland.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 20h

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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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

The new $100,000 H-1B visa fee and a preference for older foreign skilled workers could hurt both schools’ foreign staff hiring and their graduate student recruitment.

These 25 Universities Will Take A Big Hit From Trump’s H-1B Visa Attack

The new $100,000 H-1B visa fee and a preference for older foreign skilled workers could hurt both schools’ foreign staff hiring and their graduate student recruitment.

www.forbes.com

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I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 9h

MTG is calling out Trump… all the information here

Follow @briantylercohen.bsky.social

youtube.com/watch?v=FfDb...

WHOA: Marjorie Taylor Greene drops BAD NEWS on Trump

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9h

This made me laugh so hard. Second screenshot is of the video posted by Benny Johnson of the event.

Benny Johnson « @bennyjohnson
X.com
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem stares down army of Antifa and a guy in a chicken suit from the rooftop of the ICE facility here in Portland.
Noem says:
"Hey; Guy in the chicken suit. You can do better.
Too bad they are uneducated and ill-informed."
Noem isn't chicken: [chicken emoji]

A view from the roof of the building. There are about 15-20 people visible in total, several of whom appear to be reporters. Most are holding signs. They aren’t even taking up the whole sidewalk. One guy is wearing a chicken suit.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 9h

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 9h

Justice Dept has 10 days left to respond to civil lawsuit filed by Jan 6 police responders who are seeking court order to require display of Jan 6 law enforcement honorary plaque at US Capitol

Plaque was required to be hung by 2023 under federal law

It hasn’t been hung

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donnadeka.bsky.social @donnadeka.bsky.social · 8h

These are common problems throughout the prison systems; all should be addressed.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Boebert & Burchett are complaining that George Santos is having a difficult time with prison.