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chris blue himself @chrisrd19.bsky.social · 17h

I promise you, no matter how inescapable it may feel, you can actually stop using Amazon. Like, sure, you've got gift cards or credits or whatever, use them up. But you absolutely do not need to use Amazon for just regular life purchases. You can get things at a store. I promise.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

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Sam Shirazi @samshirazi.bsky.social · 1d

It’s very possible Federal layoffs won’t happen given political blow back

But need to be prepared for possibility shutdown could go on a long time

Last shutdown during Trump 1.0 was 35 days

Same amount of time now would be Nov 5

Election Day is Nov 4…

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

White House draws out mass federal firings timeline as GOP grows squeamish in funding fight | CNN Politics

The Trump administration’s strategy to swiftly roll out mass layoffs of federal workers during the government shutdown has shifted in recent days, administration officials familiar with the talks told...

www.cnn.com

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d

This is rampant lawlessness

The law says what it says, and Russ Vought doesn't get to unilaterally change that

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

www.govexec.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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SeldomKate @seldomkate.bsky.social · 2d

Libraries are awesome!

Kyra Freestar @kyrafreestar.bsky.social · 2d

Young people anywhere in the country can check out ebooks and audiobooks from the Seattle Public Library.

www.spl.org/programs-and...

#BannedBooksWeek #BooksUnbanned

Books Unbanned

Teens and young adults ages 13 to 26 living anywhere in the U.S. can access our entire collection of e-books and audiobooks.

www.spl.org

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 2d

as free press effectively takes over cbs news, keep in mind that democratic investments in media have been minimal -- at best -- and the party and its donors continue to light money on fire for dumb campaign bullshit that makes consultants rich but doesnt win elections or change the narrative

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

Where are the commanding officers of those sailors in the background. How are they letting this happen?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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Senator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 4d

Families across America are starting to get notices from their health care providers that their premiums are going to skyrocket 75%.

This is happening now — not in a few months or a year. Right now.

That’s what this fight is about.

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Katherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 4d

Let’s be clear about why Republicans shut down the government:

To take away your health care in order to pay for billionaire tax cuts.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 4d

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Elizabeth Warren: "The president said 'I am going to impose a lot more pain on my fellow American citizens. I'm going to impose a lot more pain on people in NY who need to use those tunnels so I can get my way politically.' To me, that is a place to stop & say, then we're ready to fight about this"

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 6d

Trump sent 20 billion to Argentina for a bailout.

China brokered a deal to quit buying American soybeans and buy beans from Argentina.

Trump bailed out the country that swept the knees of American farmers.

The Art of the Deal…

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 6d

The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.

Let that sink in

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

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SeldomKate @seldomkate.bsky.social · 6d

Civility from elected representatives this is not.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Mike Johnson: "Many of you asked me this morning about sombreros and memes and why Hakeem Jeffries is all alarmed by that. Look, these are games, these are sideshows, people are getting caught up in battles over social media memes ... to my friend Hakeem, man, just ignore it."

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 6d

Rather remarkable that the Trump administration response to a government shutdown is "let's inflict as much pain as possible on as many Americans as possible"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Rep. Sam Liccardo on how long the shutdown will last: "As long as it takes to ensure that when the government reopens it's a government that actually serves Americans are reduces the cost of living."

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 7d

And children are dying from lack of access to medicine because he spent a weekend “feeding USAID into the woodchipper”

Axios @axios.com · 7d

Elon Musk becomes the first person in history to be worth half a trillion dollars.

Elon Musk becomes first person to hit $500 billion in net worth

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison briefly eclipsed Musk as the world's richest person last month.

www.axios.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7d

Just naked and brazen corruption. All states represented by Democrats in the Senate.

Time to stiffen our spines and demand that we only fund a government that obeys the law.

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Julie Ingersoll @julieingersoll.bsky.social · 7d

I'm watching coverage of the gov shutdown. Absent is the recent Supreme Court action allowing the president to rescind budgeted funds. They destroyed the negotiation necessary for this process. How can there be compromise when one side has established that they won't abide by agreements they make?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Neguse: "I would challenge anyone to make sense of the rantings and ravings you just heard from the president. These are not serious people tweeting out offensive videos last night on Truth Social ... I think it's important for all of us to acknowledge what we see with our own eyes"

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 7d

Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. Convincing colleagues to vote with them is the literal job of politicians - if they can’t do that, they can’t do their jobs. They own this shutdown and all of the consequences.

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