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Raid of church leader’s Florida mansion reveals 57 forced laborers, feds say The victims, called “armor bearers” by the church, are threatened with damnation if they fail to meet their quotas, federal officials say.

TAX CHURCHES

Feds find gold, sex videos and cash while investigating church 'apostle' David Taylor

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Government officials are speaking the language of abusers.

“Look what you made us do.”

“If you would’ve let us do what we wanted, it wouldn’t be so bad.”

“You deserved it.”

They’re tapping into layers of trauma and deep systemic power imbalances.

We have to lift each other up. Stand together.💙

Just gorgeous

These are utter beasts. How dare they?

Who else is sick to death of the lies from the White House group?

- Land sale & mining giveaways (like the Alaskan road): Removed.
- Judicial bond requirement from REINS Act: Also struck.

Some dangerous provisions remain, like the 10-year ban on states regulating AI. Speak up and call your reps!

Thank you!

Does this mean that the 11 million count is incorrect?

I am also disgusted by the US national media coverage of the #nokings protests. They show the usual blue cities and photos of clashes with police in LA (I’m talking to you, AP) and I have yet to read about the massive turnout in red states like mine (Oklahoma). We need a red state compilation video.

Healthcare for seniors is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.

Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.

A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.

Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.

Having guests is wonderful, but I am worn out. My scaredy cats are happy to have free reign again.

By chance, I saw city ad encouraging people to test for radon. Our town of Pueblo, CO, apparently has pretty high radon in basements and crawlspaces. So, I took them up on their free radon test and lo and behold our radon was at about 28 pCi/L, which is about 7 times more than it should be. TEST!

I don't get how this bluesky works and I feel dumb. When I find a post of interest with comments, I can't get to any of the comments. Is that normal?

@dfibkitty.bsky.social I miss you! Ihaven't left FB yet.

Plain and simple….

Enough water for me today

Thank you to @maddow.msnbc.com for promoting @bsky.app on air and complimenting it.

Her on air support is truly important

A federal judge ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing it to proceed with mass terminations of probationary federal workers. The administration has already dismissed 6,700 employees from the IRS, with plans to lay off an additional 50,000 workers from the Defense Department next.

Who in the H.E. double-toothpick does he think he is?

How do we battle a coup?

taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?

Don't you just love this?? I'm actually laughing out loud.
Feels good, too.

If you’re wondering who the Elon Musk staffers are, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has several Musk staffers, including Amanda Scales, Brian Bjelde, Stephen Duarte, Christina Hanna, and Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski.

I found a group while shopping in Denver. I have seriously overindulged already. Nice post.

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Wouldn’t a few boxes of Girl Scout Cookies brighten your day?

Especially when you purchase them from Troop 6000, comprised of homeless Girl Scouts from NYC’s shelter system.

Help these bright young ladies achieve, build self-esteem & learn incredible life skills as they do!

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Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded an FBI task force investigating foreign influence operations, including those targeting U.S. elections. Additionally, she restricted enforcement actions against individuals who fail to disclose lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.

get him out!

The absolute gall

The Department of Education has agreed to temporarily block DOGE from accessing federal student loan data.

My niece sent me this and I agree; it's worth listening to. www.reddit.com/r/OptimistsU...