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ex-rino.bsky.social @ex-rino.bsky.social · 7h

Some homeless person here in Sacramento destroyed the PG&E gas regulator in my apartment building last night. We've been without hot water, stoves, or heaters all day. According to the repair guy, this is not an unusual occurrence. 🤬

ex-rino.bsky.social @ex-rino.bsky.social · 8h

Sad!
A one-time 'conservative superstar' in California just went bankrupt www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a... via @SFGate

A one-time 'conservative superstar' in California just went bankrupt

Seth MacFarlane said its criticism was "like getting hate mail from Hitler."

www.sfgate.com

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 13h

Abject misery to watch Trump not only hand China the greatest technological revolution of this century, renewable energy, but also invite Xi to destroy vast chunks of our agricultural industry.

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ex-rino.bsky.social @ex-rino.bsky.social · 10h

My Prop 50 vote is in! If you live in California, be sure to vote!

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Andrew Sheeler @andrewsheeler.bsky.social · 11h

He's literally saying that the anti-fascists who fought the LITERAL NAZIS were the bad guys. At an official White House event. My kingdom for one fucking WH press member to say SOMETHING to challenge this. Speak truth to power, FFS.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Senator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 14h

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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ex-rino.bsky.social @ex-rino.bsky.social · 16h

NOT a crime map. Includes natural disasters, financial issues, and others. But still...

www.newsweek.com/map-most-dan...

Map reveals most dangerous states in the US

A new study comparing the safety of all 50 states in America has found that Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas are the three most dangerous states in the U.S.

www.newsweek.com

ex-rino.bsky.social @ex-rino.bsky.social · 16h

Interesting.

Charlie Kirk furiously criticized 'bullying' Jewish donors and said he was considering 'leaving the pro-Israel cause' before his death, it was confirmed today.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Charlie Kirk leaked text confirms he was livid about Jewish donors

Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet confirmed the authenticity of the screenshots on Tuesday afternoon during the latest episode of the 'Charlie Kirk Show.'

www.dailymail.co.uk

ex-rino.bsky.social @ex-rino.bsky.social · 16h

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” Pritzker said in a telephone interview with the Tribune. “This is a man 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.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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

In a scathing critique of President Donald Trump, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday accused the Republican president of deploying National Guard troops to the Democratic cities of Chicago and Portland based...

www.yahoo.com

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ex-rino.bsky.social @ex-rino.bsky.social · 1d

Trump doesn't care who he hurts as long as he can rip healthcare from hard working American families.

Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the seventh day of government shutdown impacts travelers

www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/u...

Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the seventh day of government shutdown impacts travelers | CNN

There are not going to be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administratoin is warning. In Nashville, so many are...

www.cnn.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

“No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 1d

This should quiet all the talk about the #EpsteinFiles.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 1d

Snipers on the roof, pointing their guns at peaceful protesters.

Welcome to Nazi America.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

the way he fuckin talks it sounds like he’s going to murder them

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1d

President Trump addressed backpay for furloughed workers, saying that some "don't deserve to be taken care of" and that he'll take care of them in a different way.

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ex-rino.bsky.social @ex-rino.bsky.social · 1d

Now up to a text an hour from rando Progs asking for $$. 🤬

a cartoon minion is standing on a wooden floor and says " whaaaat "

ALT: a cartoon minion is standing on a wooden floor and says " whaaaat "

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ex-rino.bsky.social @ex-rino.bsky.social · 1d

Trump lied and said foreign countires pay the tariffs, and you believed him. If only someone had warned you....
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www.latimes.com/business/sto...

California consumers get surprise sticker shock ordering imports online

Since Trump ended a decades-old tariff policy known as de minimis, American consumers are getting hit with surprise import taxes on foreign goods.

www.latimes.com

ex-rino.bsky.social @ex-rino.bsky.social · 2d

If you live in CA, you're inundated with Prop. 50 blather from all sides. Tune it all out. This column is right on the money. He clearly explains the real reasons people are screaming at you. The last quarter of it is more opinionated, so you can ignore that part too

www.latimes.com/environment/...

Column: Forget the high-road jibber-jabber. Prop. 50 is about who controls Congress

Forget the high-road jibber-jabber. Prop. 50 is about who controls Congress

www.latimes.com

ex-rino.bsky.social @ex-rino.bsky.social · 2d

Add in Black, and you know why Kamala lost. And why YAs swung to Trump.

Voters under 50 are the least open to electing a female president, and four in 10 Americans personally know someone who would not elect a woman to the White House
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Americans remain wary of electing a female president, new poll reveals

Four in 10 Americans say they know someone who would not vote for a woman president.

www.politico.com

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ex-rino.bsky.social @ex-rino.bsky.social · 2d

Who do they think was doing all the blow back in the day, anyway? Shocking, I know.

metro.co.uk/2025/10/06/r...

Rise of the 'silver snorters': Is there a cocaine crisis among the elderly?

The number of 'silver snorters' is four and a half times higher than a decade ago.

metro.co.uk

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3d

BREAKING: We just won in court — again.

A federal judge BLOCKED Donald Trump’s unlawful attempt to DEPLOY 300 OF OUR NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO PORTLAND.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3d

This is heavy.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

“I am living with the deep pain of watching someone I once loved become the face of evil.”

From July 17th: m.facebook.com/share/p/16yL...

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ex-rino.bsky.social @ex-rino.bsky.social · 3d

The boom is over. IPAs are dying.

Once the darling of the alcohol industry, small-batch beer makers are shutting down because of increased competition and flagging interest. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...