sweetviolets.bsky.social

sweetviolets.bsky.social

@sweetviolets.bsky.social

as I get older, I get bolder: childless cat woman . . . reusing, light-consumer . . . advocate for planet earth . . . news junkie and fact-lover . . . proud member of the Swedish mafia.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

an FBI official says the alleged NBA gambling ring involves the "Toronto Rangers" (not a real team), which doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the quality of their investigation

sweetviolets.bsky.social
@sweetviolets.bsky.social

Worst day for the stock market since 2020.... when Trump was in office before. Who'd guess that a guy who filed bankruptcy six times would be bad for business?! Besides me. www.reuters.com/markets/sp-5...

reuters.comS&P 500 loses $2.4 trillion in market value, biggest one-day loss since 2020S&P 500 companies lost a combined $2.4 trillion in stock market value in Thursday's selloff on Wall Street, their biggest one-day loss in value since the emerging coronavirus pandemic sent global markets into a tailspin on March 16, 2020.
sweetviolets.bsky.social
@sweetviolets.bsky.social

You can give out $1M to some Wisconsin voters.... but you can't hand out a cold water bottle to an elderly person standing in line to vote out in the Georgia oppressive heat. WTF. apnews.com/article/wisc...

apnews.comElon Musk hands out $1 million payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop himTwo lower courts had already rejected the legal challenge by Democrat Josh Kaul, who argues that Musk's offer violates a state law.
sweetviolets.bsky.social
@sweetviolets.bsky.social

Here's an unsettling thought: What if Trump calls a national emergency (like "southern border invasion") so no mid-term elections?! I'm not sure the Republican-led House and Senate would care... they'd get another 2 (or more years) without any hassle.

sweetviolets.bsky.social
@sweetviolets.bsky.social

The mid-terms have been my life-line to sanity. I just knew Trump would screw up and eventually upset some of the people who voted for him ("I didn't think he would do anything bad to ME. He was suppose to go after those other guys.") That they would vote to right this sinking ship.

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Broken A
@brokenaway.bsky.social

HOW PERCEPTIVE Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump STOCK MARKETS ARE CRASHING, JOBS NUMBERS ARE TERRIBLE, WE ARE HEADING TO WORLD WAR III, AND WE HAVE TWO OF THE MOST INCOMPETENT "LEADERS" IN HISTORY. THIS IS NOT GOOD!!! 13k ReTruths 43.5k Likes Aug 05, 2024, 1:12 PM

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Geoff Brumfiel
@gbrumfiel.bsky.social

There's been a lot of hype about what's going on with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Here's the facts: ❌ They're not really stuck in space ❌ A mission launching tonight isn't a rescue mission ❌ Biden didn't do it let's walk through it (short 🧵) www.npr.org/2025/03/12/n...

npr.orgNASA's latest space launch: Stranded astronauts and messy politicsPresident Trump and Elon Musk claim the Biden administration abandoned two astronauts in space. But the publicly available evidence suggests a different story.
sweetviolets.bsky.social
@sweetviolets.bsky.social

“Matt (Gaetz) will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans’ badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department.” -Trump Translation: "He will go after my enemies. Promises made, promises kept."

sweetviolets.bsky.social
@sweetviolets.bsky.social

Pam Bondi's "refocus" = Trump's revenge agenda “For too long, the partisan DOJ has been weaponized against me and other Republicans - Not anymore, Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again.” #trumpcabinet #AG apnews.com/article/gaet...

apnews.comTrump chooses loyalist Pam Bondi for attorney general pick after Matt Gaetz withdrawsPresident-elect Donald Trump has named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be U.S. attorney general just hours after his other choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name.

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