A. Swallow

A. Swallow

@buzzbox525.bsky.social

Bringing coconuts of knowledge gripped firmly by the husks that may, from time to time, drop on the heads of the wilfully ignorant. And sometimes that includes me 🤣.

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Jesse Ventura to Piker: "Here's what pisses me off -- I did 2 tours, 17 months. So did my brother. Southeast Asia. That was at the same time Donald Trump was running and hiding like the coward he is. Why didn't he join us in the Vietnam War? I've heard him talk. He said he should be a general!"

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The resistance around the world keeps growing. Brazil and Serbia are thousands of miles apart, but people in both countries are standing up to authoritarianism. They’ve shown us what can happen when people refuse to give up.

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This is why Trump just said at his rally that he doesn’t care about high gas prices because people who own stakes in the oil and gas industry are getting rich.

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UAV operators of Ukraine's 15th Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade "Black Forest" struck Russian logistics targets in Belgorod region. The brigade specializes in operating against targets in the enemy's rear. #Ukraine

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The orientation I want congress to have: productive conflict is GOOD. Dems have a real credibility gap. They need to communicate clearly to the public what they are for. Hold the regime accountable and force Trumpists to oppose popular stuff. Don't muddy the message with watered down bipartisan BS.

Leaders of the No Kings movement are already gearing up for the next major grassroots campaign: Making sure congressional Democrats don’t wimp out. My first piece at @newrepublic.com! (Reposted to update link card) newrepublic.com/article/2168...

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Did the New York Times’ regular headline writers call in sick? I‘d love to see more headlines as direct as this one.

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Nothing and no one should stand between New Yorkers and their right to vote — least of all the government.
 Early voting is happening now through November 1. Election Day is November 3. See you at the polls!

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🧵 With voting underway, the Trump administration is trying to stop ballots from being counted, starting with lawsuits in California and Alaska. Despite their flimsy claims, the suits may lay the groundwork to challenge results or contest certification after Election Day. Here’s what to know 👇

It's no wonder why Christian Zionists have been clutching their pearls about Omar since she swore into Congress using Thomas Jefferson's copy of the Quran as she appears to be the deciding factor in who she has had relationships with.

Meanwhile. We have, what, about 25-35% of the GOP in Congress & 100% of DJT who have done WAY worse than this. This Admin can't make it any more obvious that the "investigation" into Omar is both ethnically & religiously motivated.

Beyond normal for ANY sitting POTUS to endorse potential leaders of other countries.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

JUST IN: Trump reposts his endorsement of Bibi Netanyahu, urging Israelis to vote for Netanyahu so the war against Iran can continue. “We have to finish the job that we started!”

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Gaslighting 101: The AG is literally calling us crazy for thinking Trump will use the levers of government power to overturn the results of an election, when he has a documented history of doing just that. That’s tyranny.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BASH: The worry is that we end up in a situation where President Trump tries to overturn the election and the result of that could be like what we saw after January 6-- BLANCHE: Stop it! You gotta stop it with that! That's crazy BASH: This is a president who has a history

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Yes, there are farmers who vote GOP regardless of how much they know how much they get put into financial corners like this every time we have a GOP POTUS. This one is different as overall size of this aid package is a clear signal that this Admin seriously fucked up, & they feel it now.

I have a feeling that there will be more upsets in what should be R safe districts this cycle. That we will not only have more Democrats, but Independents in both chambers of Congress which will also include state & local positions. But we won't know until those counts are done & certified.

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What I do find interesting is the overall aid package will not start to send out payments until well after the election, around mid-November. So the statements made by the DJT concerning the fuel aid part can be seen as misleading & a 💩 attempt to buy votes from those he's screwed over in this term.

My whole thing here is we won't know what will happen until the 💰 starts going out. Then we will likely see a lot of non-payment due to some kind of "error" that will be blamed on the farmers who filled out the request forms. Forms that will likely have quietly changed from the last edition.

That aid package is tied into planted v. actual yields. So if the numbers are fudged just right, there will be (on purpose) not enough aid 💰 to go around, potentially sinking those farmers who get caught up in this.

Love how these MAGA cultists in the Admin inner circle are crying about possibly being prosecuted for crimes they knew they were committing. When was it those knuckleheads on the right would always say? Oh yeah! Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

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You could spend this election watching history happen. Or you could help make it happen. @benwikler.bsky.social kicked off our canvass in Wisconsin this morning alongside KAPOW, WisDems, Young Dems, and so so many more organizers, candidates, and volunteers coming together to make change happen:

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A Conservative majority is the worst outcome of this election. It is really important to get out an vote tomorrow. The strengthening Green Party with Emily Lowan as leader is a great outcome. But we still need turnout on the left to keep the Cons out.

Polling Canada@canadianpolling.bsky.social

(Models Available For Subscribers) British Columbia Provincial Polling: CON: 44% (-) NDP: 39% (-6) GRN: 13% (+5) ONE: 2% (New) CNBC: 1% (New) Ipsos / October 22, 2026 / n=1260 / Online (% Change With 2024 Election) Check out @338canada.bsky.social here: 338canada.com/bc

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Heads up, #AT40. If anything you're like me (and I pray to God you're not), you think this guy is the 2nd best thing on Bluesky after our little band of misfit toys. It's his birthday today!

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney points out that Elon Musk and Trump's crippling of Starshield, to help Russia, has led to deaths and reduced Ukraine's ability to stop indiscriminate attacks on innocent people.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Elon Musk spreads disinformation about Ukraine after being exposed for sabotaging military operations by the WSJ. The US tax funded billionaire, Trump's largest donor, (backed by Israel and Russia); tied to the deaths of thousands of children due to USAid cuts, blames Ukraine for not surrendering.

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NEW: A woman featured in a Republican attack ad accusing a Democrat of being “dangerous” for children actually PLEADED GUILTY TO CHILD ENDANGERMENT after driving drunk with her own kids in the car, per the Washington Post.