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@knollie.bsky.social

I am an affordable midsized sedan; not the other guy. I see you all. I do try to be more careful and authoritative with my opinions, and perhaps a bit less snarky. Or not... Lived in McLean, Va. Raised in Gaczyna.

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@knollie.bsky.social

Comey deserves every splintered dildo of consequence coming to him. Preferably rammed into every hole for the hellscape of global civil society he is singularly responsible for midwifing.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

The Trump administration has brought a third criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, this time accusing the longtime target of President Donald Trump of unlawfully transmitting national defense information to the press a decade ago. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comTrump DOJ charges James Comey for a third time as political retaliation claims mountComey has denied wrongdoing in the cases against him and said Monday, “I’m still innocent.”
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@knollie.bsky.social

It's the quiet ones out of the limelight we really have to worry about.

ProPublica@propublica.org

TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers. From the ProPublica archives:

propublica.orgMeet the Billionaire and Rising GOP Mega-Donor Who’s Gaming the Tax SystemSusquehanna founder and TikTok investor Jeff Yass has avoided $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He’s now pouring his money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election de...
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@knollie.bsky.social

Cthulhu Warning in effect.

Digital Brain@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social

A video shows the ground visibly rising somewhere in India. Possible causes include swelling clay in monsoon-soaked soil, trapped gas or water pressure, or tectonic activity.

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@knollie.bsky.social

If Lula wins, he better send a big thank you to Ukraine for destroying those troll farms. We also need to take a look at the gaming of prediction markets that had an 85% win chance for Bolsonaro just before those Russian data centers went dark.

Crawford Kilian@crof.bsky.social

Room for hope in Brazil. With 78% of votes counted, Lula is ahead of Bolsonaro by narrow margin: 51.27% to 48.73%. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

theguardian.comBrazil election 2026: Live second round resultsAfter a shock defeat in the first round, the incumbent Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is seeking a new term in a runoff with Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of his convicted predecessor
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@knollie.bsky.social

This needs repeating. A lot.

Jennifer Shin - WTAF@jennifershin.bsky.social

Because we're not unhinged and delusional. Based on government and independent analyses, right-wing extremist violence has been responsible for the overwhelming majority of fatalities, amounting to approximately 75% to 80% of U.S. domestic terrorism deaths since 2001. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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@knollie.bsky.social

They're going to get disbarred over this.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit to preemptively block certification of the results in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if the Republican loses is pure bunk, according to a growing chorus of legal experts, democracy advocates and politicians. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.com‘One of the worst ones I've ever seen’: Legal experts eviscerate DOJ's Alaska lawsuitA growing chorus of legal experts, democracy advocates and lawmakers say the Justice Department's latest lawsuit against Alaska is pure bunk.
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@knollie.bsky.social

"Your honor, the defendant has admitted his guilt in open court. I'd like to move now to sentencing and request bond be denied on account of flight risk to Qatar."

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Trump’s DOJ sued to block Alaska’s Senate certification before a single vote was cast. Trump just admitted “I’m the one that said do it.” Plus: oil tops $117, Trump talks about taking “the whole country” of Iran, and the truth behind the latest Melania "ceasefire" claims.

meidasplus.comFriday Afternoon Updates: Crude Awakening - 10/23/26Important updates. No paywall.
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@knollie.bsky.social

There aren't enough sad trombone memes on Earth for this story.

Omg. WTF is Happening?@lalahaenzy.bsky.social

That whole Cambridge Analytica thing came back to bite you in the ass, didn’t it, Mark Zuck-A-Fuck? 25 billion. That’s gonna sting. “The award comes after a jury in Santa Fe determined that Meta had violated the state’s consumer protection laws over 43 million times.” #Pinks

apple.newsMeta to Pay Historic $25 Billion in New Mexico Deception Case — Bloomberg LawMeta Platforms Inc. was ordered to pay a groundbreaking $25 billion civil penalty to the state of New Mexico in a consumer deception case spurred by the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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@knollie.bsky.social

The missing piece here is a question that isn't being asked: "What does Musk need from Russia that he cannot get anywhere else?" I believe the answer is right wing engagement trolls.

The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social

Elon Musk is too big to trust. A THREAD.

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@knollie.bsky.social

Desperation is a stinky cologne.

Michael McFaul@mcfaulmike.bsky.social

I'm not an expert on American electoral politics, but it's hard for me to understand how Trump's embrace of Putin— a leader who over 80% of Americans don't like—helps Republicans win more votes in November.

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@knollie.bsky.social

Replying to @cato.org

The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. Prosperity isn't being created. Feudalism is.

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@knollie.bsky.social

He can explain all he wants, but the one thing he won't ever say is who directly benefits from billionaires redeploying their capital.

Cato Institute@cato.org

Most billionaire wealth isn't in yachts or jewelry — that's just a few percent of it. Most is productive business capital: companies that employ people, build things, and fund research. Tax that wealth and you're taxing the businesses that employ us all. Cato's Adam Michel explains.

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@knollie.bsky.social

He is also operating under the assumption that taxation yields nothing while private investment yields "something." I bet he used a public road to get to the office where he wrote that crap.

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@knollie.bsky.social

It's almost as if once the Russian trolls were taken out of the discussion, a massive majority of voters didn't want anything to do with separatism.

Cyndie is not an #ECHO💙🔵dot 🔵 state@cyndieg.bsky.social

apnews.com/article/albe... rejects a move toward independence from Canada in a victory for Carney

apnews.comAlberta rejects a move toward independence from Canada in a victory for CarneyWith more than 1.5 million votes counted, 76% supported remaining in Canada, while close to 24% backed beginning a process toward separation, according to unofficial results from Elections Alberta.
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@knollie.bsky.social

Has anyone else noticed peroxide and rubbing alcohol are disappearing from shelves too?

Ken Martin@kenmartin.bsky.social

Half the grocery store has been recalled. Measles deaths are at a 35-year high. And Susan Collins still doesn’t regret voting to confirm RFK Jr. Vote her out.

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@knollie.bsky.social

Bwahahaha!!!!!!

TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛@tommasinaresist.bsky.social

Zacharia was fired Friday, after less than a week on the job. Neither the White House nor Ms. Zacharia responded to requests for comment. But Trump told reporters on Friday he had encouraged her to “reconsider” the job. Scaramucci said "records are made to be broken." #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

nytimes.comKatie Zacharia, Trump’s New Press Secretary, Is Fired After 5 DaysThe ouster came as Ms. Zacharia was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.
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@knollie.bsky.social

Who would have figured actress Joan Allen from Pleasantville (a movie about time travel) was a time traveler herself!!!

Vman29397@vman29397.bsky.social

The grand irony of this all is the program was based on one established by San Juan mayor Felisa Rincón de Gautier

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@knollie.bsky.social

The reporter question I'd love to hear: "Mr. President! Where is your first wife buried, and when is the last time you visited her grave?!"

Atom Corolla@knollie.bsky.social

That's the good stuff!!! For those who don't understand the context: Trump's wife Ivana fell down a flight of stairs at home shortly after publicly stating she thought she was going to be killed by being shoved down a flight of stairs. Trump then buried her on his golf course.

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@knollie.bsky.social

I've seen Alien. This is a bad idea all around ...

Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social

Kelulut stingless bees store this rare honey in small resin pots rather than combs, so beekeepers use a suction pipette to carefully extract it pot by pot without damaging the hive. IG: @albi.madu ~ Indonesia 🇮🇩 instagram.com/albi.madu?dl...

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@knollie.bsky.social

Mike Johnson would love nothing better than to not have a simple quorum.

Raw Story@rawstory.com

Republicans on Capitol Hill are worried that some of their own members won't bother returning to work after the November midterms, according to Politico.

bit.lyRepublicans fear their own members won’t bother showing up for work after midtermsRepublicans on Capitol Hill are worried that some of their own members won’t bother returning to work after the November midterms, according to Politico.Lawmakers will come back to a long to-do list and, Politico reported, a mere 24 legislative days to get anything done.“The question becomes: Who sh...