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Suzanne Kelleher @srkelleher.bsky.social · 1d

“The air traffic system, in general, is stressed to the max,” a veteran air traffic controller working at a major East Coast airport told Forbes on Tuesday, adding “sick outs will continue to happen because the [controllers] aren’t fit for duty.”

www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...

Overstressed, Unpaid Air Traffic Controllers ‘Aren’t Fit For Duty,’ Says Agency Veteran

Cracks in the air travel system are widening, as air traffic controllers bear the strain of an understaffed system and no pay until the government shutdown ends.

www.forbes.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Trans rights and migrants safety? Meh

My flight might be canceled? WHAT

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 10h

Airports are experiencing massive staffing shortages because of the Trump shutdown.

House Republicans remain on vacation.

Get back to work so we can reopen the government!

#RepublicanHealthCareCrisis

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 5h

Question: Have you given any more thought to suspending habeas corpus?

Trump: Suspending who?

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5h

Jack Posobiec is criticizing Weimar Republic Germany the right way.

--Ezra Klein

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dredecopp.bsky.social @dredecopp.bsky.social · 2h

Yardbird is salty.

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 4h

love your work mrs theranos but how do you walk into this

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

😕

Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Senator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 8h

Ran into Speaker Johnson and told him exactly how I feel about Republicans shutting down the government to protect pedophiles and jack up health care costs for 24 million Americans.

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 7h

Jeffries: “Republicans acted with great urgency to swear in two right-wing members of congress to do in the American people… What is the delay with respect to Representative-elect. Grijalva? Anything to do with Republicans continuing effort to hide the Epstein files? Inquiring minds want to know.”

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Jimmy Kimmel Live @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social · 7h

Did Trump write the infamous Epstein birthday letter? You decide.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 9h

I think we know why Trump has buried the Epstein Files

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dredecopp.bsky.social @dredecopp.bsky.social · 8h

If you're still asking, you haven't been paying attention and I can't help you.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

i’ve been told to tone down the name-calling but this guy is a disgrace to his office!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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dredecopp.bsky.social @dredecopp.bsky.social · 8h

So you wanted Biden to be as TERRIBLE as trump?
www.politico.com/news/2024/07...

3 surprising consequences of the Supreme Court’s immunity decision

From Trump’s other criminal cases to the powers of the presidency itself, the ruling will have broad ripple effects.

www.politico.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

#WarRavagedPortland

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dredecopp.bsky.social @dredecopp.bsky.social · 8h

Last time it was naked lady, this time furries.

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dredecopp.bsky.social @dredecopp.bsky.social · 8h

“..suffering dementia...who has something stuck in his head. He can’t get it out of his head. He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/g...

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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dredecopp.bsky.social @dredecopp.bsky.social · 8h

Biden did not have presidential immunity, only trump does.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

We must all stand up and speak out.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

Making people feel they need to carry citizenship papers.

Invading our state with military troops.

Sending in war helicopters in the middle of the night.

Arresting elected officials asking questions.

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