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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 8h

“he was the best blackmailer ever” (laudatory)

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 9h

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 9h

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"According to his brother, Israel offered Al-Sharif safe passage out of Gaza four days before he was killed if he stopped reporting, but he refused."

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 9h

are you kidding? this country was DEAD a year ago. now it's the HOTTEST

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 17h

as is every billionaire

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 17h

do you seriously believe you were entertaining (or even encountered) the oppressed people of that country?

“The general consensus is, ‘How dare you go to that place and make those oppressed people laugh, you fucking piece of shit. I can’t believe you went to that place. I can’t find it on a map, and this bot said I was upset about it so now I am,” Burr said in recapping the outrage. “It’s one thing to wear clothes made by sweatshop labor. It’s quite another to go to the factory and make ’em laugh. I can’t believe how much anger I had about this issue after it went viral.”

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 18h

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 19h

Nbd It's just 528 megawatts is basically a good sized power plant for like u know to power a whole region but Google wants it just for them & for the power to be fueled by motherfucking diesel when they knowingly blackout the local power grid for the people who live downwind of it like me & my kids

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 22d

Now Google says they need 497% more diesel tanks than they originally lied about needing and also they need 547% more diesel generators than they lied about needing and our city & county leaders are gonna pretend to think about it then say lol ok obviously sure

www.wane.com/top-stories/...

The proposal requests 179 generators onsite that will create about 528 megawatts of power, along with 179 storage tanks that will hold 1,074,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

The original request, approved in 2024, was for 36 generators and 36 tanks, which hold 6,000 gallons each of diesel fuel.

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 19h

"All involved" includes anyone still supporting Tesla or Musk

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 21h

tough choice: go in tired, stressed, unpaid and risk killing people OR call in sick.

IF YOU'RE NOT THERE, THE ACCIDENT CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU.
-- John Gall, "The Systems Bible"

Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Cracks in the air travel system are widening, as air traffic controllers bear the strain of an understaffed system and no pay until the government shutdown ends.

Overstressed Air Traffic Controllers ‘Aren’t Fit For Duty,’ Says Agency Veteran—As FAA Issues ‘Staffing Triggers’ At 6 Airports Tuesday

Cracks in the air travel system are widening, as air traffic controllers bear the strain of an understaffed system and no pay until the government shutdown ends.

www.forbes.com

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 21h

good thing they never delivered on that laser wipers bullshit or you would have to make another plan

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 22h

New and Refreshed: The Tesla Model Why (would you buy car that supports fascism?)

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

the decline is undeniable

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Trump on getting workers backpay after shutdown in 2025: "I would say it depends on who we're talking about"

Trump during 2019 shutdown: "I will make sure that all employees receive their backpay very quickly or as soon as possible."

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

flintstones? I see something much more modern

picture of a Star Wars storm trooper helmet

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe he could traffick some minors and get a lighter sentence?

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Ash vs the Evil Dead @ashflanagan.bsky.social · 1d

It doesn't make any sense to conceive of due process as a right that individual people can have or not have at all tbh. Bad framing from the start. Due process is a restriction on the government's actions, and by definition it applies to either everyone or no one.

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

COBOL, Java, Rust

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

contracts professor / torts professor / constitutional law professor

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 1d

Lawless Russell Vought thinks he can nullify a law by deleting it from an FAQ

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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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Jack Smith didn't "tap" anyone's phone. He got phone records of potential insurrection suspects via lawful grand jury subpoenas. Just so happens some of those suspected of participating in January 6th were republican members of congress. If you don't want you phone records subpoenaed...

a man in a suit and tie is talking on a telephone and making a funny face .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking on a telephone and making a funny face .

media.tenor.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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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

continuing to be amazed by her personal attacks in response to questions from democratic senators. I really didn't think one could be that rude to congress without consequences

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

incredible response to "Why haven't you released the Epstein files?"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

BONDI: Sen. Durbin, I find it very interesting that you refused repeated Republican requests to release the Epstein flight logs in 2023 and 2024. Did you take money from Reid Hoffman?

DURBIN: I did not refuse

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

"Drop the POL-, it's cleaner"

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 1d

What could 10,000 ICE jackboots each cost to recruit, Michael? $3,000,000? Wait, that cannot possibly be right *checks math*

"The [ad] campaign... is part of ICE’s $30 billion initiative to hire 10,000 more deportation officers by the end of the year."

Oh wow oh fuck jesus christ what the shit

ICE airs ads stirring up local frustration to recruit police for mass deportation efforts

An Associated Press tally shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on TV recruitment ads targeting officers frustrated by local restrictions on immigration enforc...

apnews.com

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

“Look, nobody’s perfect, ok? I wish her the best.”

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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