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Architecture + urban design nerd. Walkable, safe streets advocate. π³π‘πΈ #RSL / πΊπΈβ½οΈ / Mammoth π
Trump hosts Gatsby themed Halloween party for his millionaire buddies as Americans across the country go hungry.
Very on brand for him.
βThe driverβs family identified him as Carlos Jimenez, 24, a U.S. citizen, and said he was on his way to work at a food bank when the shooting occurred.β
www.latimes.com/california/s...
He is posting this while he is on his way to Palm Beach for an extended golf weekend.
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Critics question whether White House, contractors 'cut corners' on asbestos safety in East Wing demolition Sen. Edward Markey is asking the contractors if they complied with regulations. ByDr. Mark Abdelmalek, Laura Romero, and Lucien Bruggeman October 30, 2025, 11:00 AM
Iβve asked White House contractor ACECO whether it followed asbestos safety rules during the Eastβ―Wing demolition. Cutting corners is reckless and a threat to workers and public health. Everyone near the demolition site deserves answers.
31.10.2025 22:09 β π 872 π 288 π¬ 58 π 14There are basic issues of democratic legitimacy when armed and masked men are defying the wishes of neighborhoods and cities of America.
31.10.2025 19:57 β π 744 π 205 π¬ 17 π 6Hey, look, the future!
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β.. for those of us who, in our younger years, revered America as a shining city upon a hill, .. this is quite a painful period.
β..βAmerica has lost its moral bearings; as a result, it has also lost its moral standing in the world.β
@peter-wehner.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
As Fiserv CEO, Frank Bisignano overinflated sales projections before quickly cashing out with a $500M stock sale.
Now, Fiserv's market value has collapsed β and Trump has put Bisignano in charge of Social Security.
Be warned. https://www.commondreams.org/news/fiserv-ceo-frank-bisignano
Speaker Johnson has decided to keep the House in recess all through next week. This will be the seventh consecutive week of recess for the chamber. It has not been in session since Sept. 19.
31.10.2025 20:23 β π 1026 π 363 π¬ 109 π 98WTF. Everyone, cameras out. Get it all on video.
31.10.2025 23:04 β π 5738 π 3125 π¬ 627 π 1921. The commercial was done by Ontario, not Canada itself, which is run by someone in the opposing party to Carney. He had nothing to do with it.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.
Stop just letting him lie constantly.
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
31.10.2025 22:04 β π 15640 π 5911 π¬ 1623 π 527note how the messaging has shifting from "we're targeting criminals" to "we're deporting everyone"
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All this guy does is fly around with his girlfriend on private jets, cover up the Epstein files, and take credit for the investigative work of field agents. And he even regularly fucks that up.
31.10.2025 16:36 β π 6950 π 2218 π¬ 310 π 77Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
31.10.2025 22:50 β π 150 π 51 π¬ 7 π 1Gomez: Heβll use these troops all over the country unless we put a check on his power. Winning the House is just the first step, because once we do, weβll be dealing with a trapped wild animalβ¦
31.10.2025 17:48 β π 4801 π 1411 π¬ 123 π 46something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste
31.10.2025 18:29 β π 11456 π 1476 π¬ 364 π 86"But Her Emails" he cried softly
31.10.2025 20:01 β π 2470 π 770 π¬ 63 π 19And there it is...
Announcement is made that the US House will be out of session again next week
They haven't voted since mid-September
Sure does
31.10.2025 19:11 β π 4464 π 1491 π¬ 182 π 72Shouldnβt take a court order to tell you to feed the hungry.
31.10.2025 19:04 β π 4769 π 1170 π¬ 99 π 58the tone deafness is beyond parody
31.10.2025 17:30 β π 9793 π 2662 π¬ 1718 π 727BOSTON (AP) β Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.
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this is insane.
www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
31.10.2025 18:00 β π 16106 π 5427 π¬ 1212 π 558Adelita Grijalva now holds the record for longest delay between winng a special Congressional election and being sworn into office.
Why the delay from Mike Johnson?
Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
BREAKING: The Trump administration must use contingency funds on SNAP during the government shutdown, a federal court has ruled.
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The U.N. human rights chief said Friday that U.S. military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are βunacceptableβ and must stop. https://to.pbs.org/3WxNzy8
31.10.2025 17:02 β π 225 π 74 π¬ 11 π 7Every day, Mike Johnson blatantly lies right to the faces of the Capitol Hill press.
And every day they just take it.
Another real-life "are we the baddies" moment www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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