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Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 2d

Why are we in a shutdown? Because Democrats are digging their heels in to protect the American healthcare. That's it! The same folks who tried to save social security, free lunches for poor kids, meals on wheels, and on and on.... #Project2025

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Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 10h

Gold soars to highest record ever! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Gold Tops $4,000 for First Time Fueled by US Shutdown

Spot gold smashed through $4,000 an ounce for the first time, as concerns over the US economy and a government shutdown added fresh momentum to a scorching rally.

www.bloomberg.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 11h

Dr. Fauci is ready for Halloween

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 22h

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 11h

thank u potato

strawbaby jam @strawbbfields4ever.bsky.social · 14h

always remember who was there for you at your lowest. thank you cigarettes

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jerismurfturf @jerismurturf.bsky.social · 1d

If I were a criminal I would hide in the Epstein files

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Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 11h

Lol

Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 11h

Gift Article 🎁Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/w...

It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead.

www.nytimes.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18h

The subhed here is a master class in corporate journalism rewarding malfeasance via semantics

Bondi didn't valiantly fend something off, she refused to answer legitimate questions before Congress because the answers would be horrifying and politically inconvenient

And that's a profile in cowardice

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Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 15h

C'mon www.newsweek.com/russians-kee...

Russians Keep Mysteriously Falling from Windows to Their Deaths

Ravil Maganov, the chairman of a Russian oil company that criticized Russia's invasion of Ukraine, reportedly died after falling from a hospital window.

www.newsweek.com

Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 15h

Exactly

Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 16h

No no no no please no 🙏 Prayers for Dolly!

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Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 20h

Latest: National Guard members from Texas are in Illinois in Trump's latest move to send troops to cities
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National Guard members from Texas are in Illinois in Trump's latest move to send troops to cities

National Guard members from Texas are at an Army training center in Illinois. It's the most visible sign yet of the Trump administration’s plan to deploy troops to the Chicago area despite a lawsuit a...

apnews.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 1d

Why is that, sir?

Trump is going to speak to the Department of justice about pardoning convicted sex offender and friend to Jeffery Epstein Ghislaine Maxwell -- who we already arranged to have put in a cushy glamp camp "prison" 🤔 🤔 🤔

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Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 1d

😭 Damn. here we are. www.foxnews.com/politics/chr...

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Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 1d

Russia: - 'Civil war is coming in US' www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...

Russia mocks Donald Trump's America - 'Civil war is coming in US'

The Russian lawmaker said: 'We should take advantage of their existing differences. We should drive them not only to an economic shutdown, but a political one.'

www.express.co.uk

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Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 1d

Ominous: Birds suddenly adopt 'unsettling' behavior
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

Ominous warning for humanity as birds adopt 'unsettling' behavior

A disturbing trend among bird species in the US could lead to a mass extinction event that rocks human society forever.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 1d

And she's conservative! Candace Owens says Tyler Robinson didn't got to Utah Valley U, hated guns and was a framed PATSY in the Kirk assassination, asserting law enforcement lied about confession and faked texts msgs. She said Kirk ordered a significant audit of Turning Point right before his death