Midwestern

Midwestern

@midwestern.bsky.social

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This is the vice president's guy, no? This should be every headline, it should lead every newscast and EVERY REPUBLICAN SHOULD BE ASKED ABOUT IT.

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The Bari Weiss-ification of CBS News continues. Dennis Hastert was convicted of the sexual abuse of high school students under his supervision as a high school wrestling coach. Banking rules violations were his transfers of hush money payments which he misdescribed and which allowed

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Replying to @bretdevereaux.bsky.social

It remains true that if the Russians went home tomorrow, the drone strikes would stop, no Ukrainian would follow them over the border and the war would be over. They can just *go home* and be at peace. The war persists because Putin wants it to.

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Will Republicans be asked to disavow their Republican colleague's extreme statements and the death threats from an attendee at the Republican convention? Hard to say, as there's no direct connection between them like Democratic candidates have with that Twitch streamer

David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social

This is stochastic terrorism. Ted Cruz is an extremist encouraging violence.

I guess if making mail voting non-viable is the point…

TPM@talkingpointsmemo.com

Election experts are examining the new U.S. Postal Service rules for mailed ballots, and finding that under them, getting ballots in the mail could take weeks — or even years — rendering the program unworkable for an actual election.

It's only a backfire if letting more wealthy people get away with tax evasion and fraud wasn't the intended result.

NPR@npr.org

The IRS slashed its auditing staff last year — but the move may have backfired as tax collections from enforcement efforts plummeted, an Inspector General report shows. n.pr/4yc7bbS

Not beating the allegations

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Fox News complains that underage teenage girls aren’t getting pregnant enough: “The problem is teens and young adults. From ages 15-19, the fertility rate is down 70% in the last 2 decades, which means we are telling people who are young not to have babies.”

Never heard of 23 of them, hoping for 24 next year.

dame@dame.is

it’s that time of year again, Rolling Stone released their list of the top 25 content creators, which is actually a test of how old and out of touch you are… the lower your score, the more out of touch i’ve heard of 11 out of 25

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This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury.

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I wish Ken Paxton would protect puppies the way he protects pedophiles.

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social

Unearthed documents just revealed Ken Paxton, as Attorney General, protected a research lab that tortured 400 puppies. Paxton was also one of the only Texas lawmakers to vote against a bill to hold animal abusers accountable.

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Replying to @typingloudly.zip

What if there was a way to point the big tech infinite money hose directly at science instead of doing this bank shot where we point it at LLMs in hopes that the the LLMs will do the science

How embarrassing for Clacton to have settled for Farage when Binface was right there…

Politics UK@politicsuk.com

🚨 BREAKING: Nigel Farage has won the Clacton by-election ➡️ FARAGE: 22,239 (+1,014) - 62.8% 🗑️ BINFACE: 9,455 (NEW) - 26.7% 44.37% turnout Changes w/ 2024

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The Trump administration on Tuesday finalized a rule exempting U.S. companies and individuals from reporting beneficial ownership information to the Treasury Department's financial crimes unit, rolling back reporting requirements established under a 2021 law aimed at combating illicit finance.

reut.rsTrump administration finalizes ownership reporting exemption for US firmsThe Trump administration on Tuesday finalized a rule exempting U.S. companies and individuals from reporting beneficial ownership ​information to the Treasury Department's financial crimes unit, rolling ‌back reporting requirements established under a 2021 law aimed at combating illicit finance.

Movie about a place where one day a year people have to play a tabletop rpg that’s not Dungeons and Dragons.

Weston Welaxation@unlox.bsky.social

the sex purge is the sex purge, the original purge is the crime purge, what other purge universes can we do. for one sunday a year pass interference is legal, idk

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I do want to say that, especially after seeing his Mao comments, Hasan Piker should not be allowed anywhere near the El-Sayed campaign again

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folks this is what Vote Blue No Matter Who actually means we buckle down and beat Mike Rogers in November no matter how this finishes

If this is true, why is it being reported in opinion and not on the news side?

Master of Orion

headfallsoff@headfallsoff.com

what's everyone else's fab examples of once massively popular and influential landmark titles in especially western games from back in the day that have just been forgotten and abandoned completely now. mine is black and white

David Attenborough

Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com

You suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?

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imagine if this guy were running for public office or something lol

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social

Ken Paxton recently bought 3 Utah luxury condos worth $1.6 million. He then put them in a blind trust that shares an address with the Dallas home he appears to be sharing with a woman who is not his wife.