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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 13m

Not only do I want them to not serve until 75, I don’t want them eligible to run for a term that would see them cross that threshold of 65, meaning everyone running for senate would be - max - 58 or 59

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 1h

75 is too old.
I want senators and congress folk to live for 10-15 years after their end of service.

But the number isn’t the point

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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 4h

Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools …

Tough shit. Train Americans

Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools

www.nytimes.com

Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 4h

lol what would be hilarious is if BB invited Greenwood to perform… and Greenwood came out and sang “not like us” with lyrics about the President

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Mike Johnson only wants Lee Greenwood to perform the halftime show at the Super Bowl because Lawrence Welk is dead and therefore unavailable.

Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 4h

Thomas #Jefferson was 33 when he drafted the Declaration of #Independence.

Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 5h

Þat's hwæt I'm talking about!

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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 5h

ICE can’t find a place to #eat or take a #leak in #Chicago, as the 3rd #amendment makes a rare flex

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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 6h

Actual Pro-life policy : Give pregnant women 1000$/mo for 18 months.

Philadelphia marks first full year of Philly Joy Bank guaranteed income program

The program provides $1,000 a month for 18 months to families with low incomes who live in Cobbs Creek, Strawberry Mansion and Nicetown-Tioga.

whyy.org

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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 6h

Good.
Air travel is one of the few public goods that the wealthy consume FAR in excess of the most of us.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 7h

Major airports face delays due to staffing as US government shutdown continues

Major airports across the US are seeing delays for a second day due to staffing issues, as the federal government's shutdown continues.

news.sky.com

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Emily Ramshaw @eramshaw.bsky.social · 1d

In our annual 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll, we can look at results by generation and gender. One dynamic jumps out over and over: Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country.

Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country

On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.

19thnews.org

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

The guy who literally incited an insurrection is now threatening to use the Insurrection Act to torment Americans who do not support him.

(…because he literally incited an insurrection)

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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 18h

At what point do you think 47 will try to declare martial law in an American city?

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22h

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 22h

This guy is amazing

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 1d

This is the free press today : locked away behind barriers and cops

Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 1d

Man, we just can't let evolution happen, can we?

Sky News @news.sky.com · 1d

Mount Everest: Firefighters rescue hundreds of stranded climbers

Hundreds of climbers who were stranded on Mount Everest have been guided to safety.

news.sky.com

Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 1d

... to be backed up by a solid currency, private armies, international vulturism, and corporate feudalism for most.

Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 1d

Unworthiness can mean anything :wrong skin, wrong thought, too little $$, too far away, wrong language. It is rule by lawsuit, which requires functional enslavement of the excluded. It's not a gentler form of right-wing thought but a harsher one ...

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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 1d

People who have described themselves as #libertarians are actually political #capitalists in that they believe those with capital should rule - largely through mutual contract that excludes those they see as unworthy ...

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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 1d

Well, they're bombing the homes of the Judiciary.

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down

State law enforcement said Monday that investigation remains ongoing, but so far “no evidence” has been found “to indicate the fire was intentionally set.”

time.com

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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 1d

My hot take : All FTC-licensed vehicle control systems should be open source.

Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 1d

There are none

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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 1d

Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Use Emergency Powers to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Use Emergency Powers to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops

www.nytimes.com

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