Jo
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Russia struck Chuhuiv with at least six drones, destroying a private enterprise.
They’re focused on terrorizing every city within reach, doing as much damage as possible. It’s a deliberate attempt to break the population.
They’re focused on terrorizing every city within reach, doing as much damage as possible. It’s a deliberate attempt to break the population.
October 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Russia struck Chuhuiv with at least six drones, destroying a private enterprise.
They’re focused on terrorizing every city within reach, doing as much damage as possible. It’s a deliberate attempt to break the population.
They’re focused on terrorizing every city within reach, doing as much damage as possible. It’s a deliberate attempt to break the population.
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Millions of Americans are now learning how much more their Affordable Care Act plans will cost next year. Many face hefty increases.
Americans Are Getting a Look at Next Year’s ACA Premiums and Many Don’t Like It
Many Affordable Care Act enrollees could pay hundreds of dollars more if they stick with their health plans.
on.wsj.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Millions of Americans are now learning how much more their Affordable Care Act plans will cost next year. Many face hefty increases.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom decried the DOJ's plan to send federal election observers to California for the November special election as "voter intimidation," warning the move sets a precedent for possible military and ICE presence at polls in the 2026 midterms. https://bit.ly/48LfHoT
‘This Is About Voter Intimidation’: Gavin Newsom Is Calling Out Trump’s Bid to Control Elections
Read more here.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Gov. Gavin Newsom decried the DOJ's plan to send federal election observers to California for the November special election as "voter intimidation," warning the move sets a precedent for possible military and ICE presence at polls in the 2026 midterms. https://bit.ly/48LfHoT
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“.. US consumer confidence fell in October for a third straight month on darkening views about the future, given the one-two punch of a slowing economy and weakening labor market.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
“.. US consumer confidence fell in October for a third straight month on darkening views about the future, given the one-two punch of a slowing economy and weakening labor market.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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He wants an insurrection so badly. He had one on January 6, 2021. Don’t give him another: Trump Says He Is Prepared to Send ‘More Than the National Guard’ Into U.S. Cities www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Trump Says He Is Prepared to Send ‘More Than the National Guard’ Into U.S. Cities
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
He wants an insurrection so badly. He had one on January 6, 2021. Don’t give him another: Trump Says He Is Prepared to Send ‘More Than the National Guard’ Into U.S. Cities www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
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People aren't as dumb as Republicans think. He's on an ego-tour of Asia, boycotting talks to end the shutdown, and cutting people off SNAP benefits even though there's $5B left in the contingency fund.
October 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
People aren't as dumb as Republicans think. He's on an ego-tour of Asia, boycotting talks to end the shutdown, and cutting people off SNAP benefits even though there's $5B left in the contingency fund.
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Yesterday: Feeding Texas estimates that its 20 member banks have lost a total of $57.6 million in federal funding cuts, and that’s only in immediate canceled funding. But this could actually be on the low end of the potential impact range.
Trump’s Federal Cuts Are Hitting Texas Food Banks Hard
Food pantries in the Lone Star State have lost over $50 million in funding this year, with more projected cuts to come.
www.texasobserver.org
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Yesterday: Feeding Texas estimates that its 20 member banks have lost a total of $57.6 million in federal funding cuts, and that’s only in immediate canceled funding. But this could actually be on the low end of the potential impact range.
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this has to be coupled with the things that *don’t* count as a scandal: an array of harassment allegations, covering up Covid deaths, staying in a race after losing the primary, etc.
i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days
October 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this has to be coupled with the things that *don’t* count as a scandal: an array of harassment allegations, covering up Covid deaths, staying in a race after losing the primary, etc.
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Staggering levels of self-dealing
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Staggering levels of self-dealing
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Mike Johnson is in an apocalypse cult....
....he is NOT a "Christian"
lying EVERY DAY in front of all Americans is just one indicator of NOT being "Christian"
....he is NOT a "Christian"
lying EVERY DAY in front of all Americans is just one indicator of NOT being "Christian"
October 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Mike Johnson is in an apocalypse cult....
....he is NOT a "Christian"
lying EVERY DAY in front of all Americans is just one indicator of NOT being "Christian"
....he is NOT a "Christian"
lying EVERY DAY in front of all Americans is just one indicator of NOT being "Christian"
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Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.
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“.. The likely prospect of [Trump and Xi] .. crafting an economic peace deal is an unambiguous good. But .. another question is whether the prospective deal will even hold since it is more like a ceasefire than a peace treaty. Odds are, it won’t.”
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October 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“.. The likely prospect of [Trump and Xi] .. crafting an economic peace deal is an unambiguous good. But .. another question is whether the prospective deal will even hold since it is more like a ceasefire than a peace treaty. Odds are, it won’t.”
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The language is stunning, but it's also one of the most clear-eyed and comprehensive statements I've seen from ANYBODY involved in government thus far as to the nature of the constitutional revolution that we are currently undergoing.
The ruling itself is remarkable, but it closes with something I've never seen: a 12-page assessment of Trump himself as an ignorant bully, braggart and threat to free speech and the republic writ-large. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The language is stunning, but it's also one of the most clear-eyed and comprehensive statements I've seen from ANYBODY involved in government thus far as to the nature of the constitutional revolution that we are currently undergoing.
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seared my brain on this 6,500 word piece to write you a semi coherent thread into the mind of a billionaire obsessed with the antichrist (and people who, in my opinion, have way too much money, paranoia, and time while others just want to put food on the table)
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Carl Schmitt, the German legal theorist tapped by the Nazi's to justify Germany's slip from democracy to dictatorship.
Those theories have been a roadmap for the billionaire
ever since.
Those theories have been a roadmap for the billionaire
ever since.
The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.
www.wired.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
seared my brain on this 6,500 word piece to write you a semi coherent thread into the mind of a billionaire obsessed with the antichrist (and people who, in my opinion, have way too much money, paranoia, and time while others just want to put food on the table)
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Continuing his "Inferences from the Factual Record," Judge Young offers a pessimistic view of the current state of American law and immigration enforcement. I'll highlight a few things here.
He begins by emphasizing that the Secretaries' intent of terrorizing noncitizens into silence "succeeded."
He begins by emphasizing that the Secretaries' intent of terrorizing noncitizens into silence "succeeded."
![The Secretaries have succeeded, apparently well beyond their immediate intentions. [Footnote 33] One may speculate that they acted under instructions from the White House, but speculation is not...
[Footnote 33]; 33 One reason for this, of course, is that this gambit has been accompanied by the Trump administration's full-throated assault on the First Amendment across the board under the cover of an unconstitutionally broad definition of Anti-Semitism. As it should, this Court confines itself to the facts proven herein and makes no further comment.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreigdegxmcjgnppzthpxz7cyp6lvawpgumaxoik6qhig4uisz7kk4b4@jpeg)
September 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Continuing his "Inferences from the Factual Record," Judge Young offers a pessimistic view of the current state of American law and immigration enforcement. I'll highlight a few things here.
He begins by emphasizing that the Secretaries' intent of terrorizing noncitizens into silence "succeeded."
He begins by emphasizing that the Secretaries' intent of terrorizing noncitizens into silence "succeeded."
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"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them..."
U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section III
U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section III
Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
September 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them..."
U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section III
U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section III
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BREAKING NEWS: Following a push by Ranking Member Robert Garcia, the independent watchdog at the National Archives is launching an investigation into the Trump Administration illegally meddling in the New Jersey governor's race.
Donald Trump is using his control of the government to try and tip the scales of an election. Unacceptable.
Ranking Member Garcia is demanding an investigation into the National Archives for illegally giving Rep. Sherrill’s private records to her Trump-backed opponent.
Ranking Member Garcia is demanding an investigation into the National Archives for illegally giving Rep. Sherrill’s private records to her Trump-backed opponent.
House Democrats call for investigation into release of Mikie Sherrill’s military records
The calls follow reports that the National Archives released improperly redacted files belonging to the New Jersey gubernatorial candidate.
www.politico.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Following a push by Ranking Member Robert Garcia, the independent watchdog at the National Archives is launching an investigation into the Trump Administration illegally meddling in the New Jersey governor's race.
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I served with the National Guard in Afghanistan.
American cities are not “training grounds.”
What a disgusting concept.
American cities are not “training grounds.”
What a disgusting concept.
Trump to top military officials: "I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. National Guard, but our military. Because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent governor. Stupid governor."
September 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I served with the National Guard in Afghanistan.
American cities are not “training grounds.”
What a disgusting concept.
American cities are not “training grounds.”
What a disgusting concept.
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"The average family that lives in public housing or receives housing vouchers makes less than $20,000 annually and receives benefits for 10 to 12 years, although non-elderly, non-disabled families typically stay far shorter, according to HUD data."
The ProPublica article is short and important.
The ProPublica article is short and important.
When I tell you, chief slumlord is slumlording with this?? Whew.
“The rule would allow local housing authorities and private landlords to impose work requirements and time limits in four major federal housing programs…”
“The rule would allow local housing authorities and private landlords to impose work requirements and time limits in four major federal housing programs…”
The rules from the Department of Housing and Urban Development would allow major changes to public housing and Section 8 vouchers:
- full-time work requirements
- 2-year time limits
- stripping aid from whole families if one member is in the country illegally
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
- full-time work requirements
- 2-year time limits
- stripping aid from whole families if one member is in the country illegally
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"The average family that lives in public housing or receives housing vouchers makes less than $20,000 annually and receives benefits for 10 to 12 years, although non-elderly, non-disabled families typically stay far shorter, according to HUD data."
The ProPublica article is short and important.
The ProPublica article is short and important.
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Showing up to work to avoid a shutdown is apparently a minimum threshold Republicans can’t be bothered to meet.
September 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Showing up to work to avoid a shutdown is apparently a minimum threshold Republicans can’t be bothered to meet.