Shayleesbibi

Shayleesbibi

@shayleesbibi.bsky.social

Retired RN, Veteran USPHS. VoteVets, Mom, bibi (grandma), amateur photographer, nature, politics, eat the rich, travel, Daughters, granddaughters, democracy, cursing encouraged, ally 🌈 💙✊🏽

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One of the most important financial stories out there if you want to know how and why the same five evil guys wind up owning everything.

Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social

“Billionaires who popularized stock-based lending include Larry Ellison and Elon Musk. Both borrow to avoid having to sell shares—which could trigger a taxes and dilute their voting rights—in companies they founded.” www.wsj.com/finance/the-...

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a federal judge sanctioned the lawyers who tried to help Trump create a $1.776 billion slush fund so obviously House Republicans are now targeting the judge, saying *she's the one who committed professional misconduct ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

ballsandstrikes.orgHouse Republicans: Judges Who Rule Against Trump Must Be Punished Swiftly and HarshlyNothing is more important for GOP lawmakers than soothing their boss’s wounded ego.

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It’s true, but social media is twisting what it means. The FORTRESS initiative is to keep military bases operational for 90 days w/out outside power, water, fuel, or supplies. The goal is to keep military operations running if cyberattacks or sabotage cripple critical infrastructure.

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Election officials in Alaska are asking a federal judge to "immediately" dismiss the Trump DOJ's lawsuit seeking to block the Senate results, claiming it has "no legal basis." "[T]he United States lacks authority to intervene in state elections at all, much less in support of a favored candidate."

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Major press failure: treating Jared Kushner taking foreign bribes and shaping US foreign policy as less relevant than Hunter Biden not taking bribes nor influencing policy. Covering Kushner accurately was considered partisan, biased. Lies about Hunter or his minor actions treated as more important.

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It’s crazy how little the GOP has to run on and how historically bad their candidates are and it’s still an uphill battle to take both halves of Congress. If we want to talk rigged….

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Putin: “Russia is exploring the possibility of cooperation with the US in the Arctic.” Just a reminder of Trump’s lies that he wanted Greenland to keep Russia out of the Arctic.

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Don’t let the tank tops and bro talk fool you, Pat McAfee is softer than melted butter

RedditCFB@redditcfb.com

The wildest part about Pat McAfee's weird comment about the University of Utah is the video that provoked it... *this* is the video that broke him:

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"Following the assault, according to Keul’s report, Trump sat her on the edge of the bed, repeated his promises to arrange for a visa and NYU admission, and made her promise she would keep quiet, saying, “[T]he show must go on.”

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CBS deleted this post and reposted it admitting that their original one was misleading. And the misleading post from CBS was intentionally misleading, not an innocent mistake. CBS continues to lose credibility.

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the markets have essentially become a gauge for how much corruption the government in power is going to let the business class get away with

Roy Edroso@edroso.bsky.social

Suck ass, The Economist

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⚡️ Update: Denmark slams Norway-Finland call with Putin. «I actually don’t know what the two countries think can be achieved with this. I think we should stand together and speak with one voice,» Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said.

kyivindependent.comNorway, Finland call Putin ahead of potential Abu Dhabi peace talks"The outcome of this war will have a direct impact on our and the broader European security. Ending the war requires direct discussions," said Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

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NEW: For over a year, staff at Oklahoma’s regulatory agency built a case against the oil company with the state’s highest number of oil field pollution incidents and violations. Instead of punishing the company, officials let it restart operations. with @readfrontier.bsky.social

propublica.orgThis Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It.Staff at an Oklahoma regulatory agency spent over a year building a case against Citation Oil & Gas, a company notorious for oil field pollution. Instead of disciplining the company, agency leaders ch...

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Well how's he supposed to fill a venue in a Democratic stronghold like.... [checks notes]... Mississippi

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Empty seats are seen as Trump speaks in Mississippi tonight (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

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J. California Cooper wrote that the future has a past. I reflected on the 1990s, the future of Black America after liberal democracy gives way to whatever we build today, & the many silences about what we’ve already lost. Oh, and A Different World. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | What ‘A Different World’ Still Says About Black America (Gift Article)In the ’90s, we invested in Hillman’s students because they helped us imagine ourselves, whether our past or our future.

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After refueling in Ireland (yes, Irish people called the gardaí), this ICE removal flight landed in India. Migrant passengers onboard were shackled at the ankles, wrists, and waist for at least 20 hours. Expecting two more private jet ICE flights to leave Mesa, AZ today. Follow this thread.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

HEADS-UP, IRELAND. Another ICE flight headed your way. Based on info from human source, I expect this ICE flight — and/or another one tomorrow — to be unlawfully refouling Ukrainians through Poland.

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FLASHBACK — Republican Paul Weyrich (co-founder of the Heritage Foundation & ALEC): “I don’t want everybody to vote… our leverage in elections goes up as the voting populace goes down.” They’ve been saying it out loud for years. Please vote. 🗳️ 🇺🇸

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NEWS A federal judge just agreed to FAST-TRACK her decision on whether to dismiss Trump DOJ’s lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s election if the GOP incumbent loses. She indicated that she will rule by Wednesday at 5 pm local time. Doc buff.ly/YeQtu5n

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TRUMP: “Have you seen the crowd outside? 22,000 people watching. We love you out there. They’re watching the Jumbotrons.” 📌 The entire population of Corinth, Mississippi, is approximately 14,000 people. The man can’t even lie right.

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So…MAGA has decided that they’ll close their campaign on Islamophobia. On anti-Muslim hate. Let’s show them what we think of this racist BS. By voting against it. In BIG NUMBERS. Let’s go!

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