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patpound.bsky.social @patpound.bsky.social · 9h

Great Questions

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 9h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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patpound.bsky.social @patpound.bsky.social · 12h

Piss boy has a tenuous grasp of history

patpound.bsky.social @patpound.bsky.social · 13h

Yep

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 13h

Is it good when the commander in chief is untethered to reality?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 14h

Republicans cut Medicaid, targeted Medicare, defunded Planned Parenthood, and gutted cancer research – leaving millions of Americans without the care they need. I’m fighting to stop the Republican war on health care.

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patpound.bsky.social @patpound.bsky.social · 14h

TBH Andy puts most people to sleep

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

Merrick Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago. It happened in August 2022 three months before Jack Smith was appointed. Jack Smith was in the Netherlands at the Hauge prosecuting Kosovo war crimes when Mar-a-Lago was searched. Eric should have listened to my podcast.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Eric Trump accuses Jack Smith of "planting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago"

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Trump Could End the Epstein Cover Up Today...But He WON'T
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Trump Could End the Epstein Cover Up Today...But He WON'T

YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

www.pbs.org

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 1d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 1d

It's anti-Italian discrimination.

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 3d

Italy trying to get US to call off mega tariff on imported pasta that will double prices for American consumers. Via Reuters

Rome calls on US to reconsider extra tariff on pasta imports

With almost $800 million in exports, the U.S. is one of Italy's top three export markets for pasta, a staple of the country's culinary heritage and a substantial export commodity.

www.reuters.com

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1d

Let's be accurate here:

Trump sycophant & vulgarian Bondi lied, evaded, & refused to respond at an oversight hearing by repeatedly being a contemptible bitch, openly disdaining & attacking Dems, & embarrassingly playing to an audience of one.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

At a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi avoided answering pointed questions by repeatedly laying into her questioners and casting her responses as a defense of the Trump administration.

Pressed on Justice Dept. Politicization, Bondi Goes on Attack

At a Senate committee hearing, the attorney general avoided answering pointed queries by repeatedly laying into her questioners and casting her responses as a defense of the Trump administration.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1d

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

This is the Epstein files shutdown.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @AdelitaForAZ
, Adelita Grijalva, stating, "The people of Southern Arizona deserve representation and I'm ready to get to work. Swear me in NOW! @SpeakerJohnson
!" followed by a reply from @GavinNewsom
, Gavin Newsom, saying, "It's not even November and the GOP are already rigging elections." Below, a news headline from McClatchy by Nikki McCann Ramirez dated September 30, 2025, reads, "DEM SAYS MIKE JOHNSON IS DELAYING HER SWEARING-IN TO PREVENT EPSTEIN VOTE," with a photo of Adelita Grijalva smiling at an event in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 1d

Why is Pam Bondi protecting pedophiles?

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

We see you.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis.

apnews.com/article/clim...

Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says

A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.

apnews.com

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 1d

Feel free to attribute the following to a former OMB General Counsel: The supposed "new legal analysis" is, to use a technical legal term, horseshit. What the law actually says is that when Congress enacts a law ending a lapse, furloughed employees get paid at the earliest date possible. Period.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1d

Anything to avoid that vote on the #EpsteinFiles

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away

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patpound.bsky.social @patpound.bsky.social · 1d

Are these legal analysts in the room with him now?

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patpound.bsky.social @patpound.bsky.social · 2d

Call your State Health Insurance Benefits Advisor. Kaiser sent the same letter to their beneficiaries in our area. They are offering alternatives but you have to call them to find out about them.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

John Oliver: "If ICE can bother some guys at a roofing job, bystanders can bother ICE at their state-sanctioned kidnapping job."

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 2d

YES.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#KYsen

@politico.com
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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