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Christine Is Fed Up With Republicans @coralgableswang.bsky.social · 5h

This is adapted from Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre.

“Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. They watched and they didn’t care.”
#EpsteinFiles

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Jeffries: "The effort to mischaracterize the rallies that are gonna take place all across the country is part of the continued right-wing disinformation machine that is failing to persuade the American people."

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 5h

Researchers in France looked at more than 500,000 infants and found no connection between Covid vaccination in the first trimester and any of dozens of birth defects, adding to the body of evidence for the vaccines' safety during pregnancy.

Covid Vaccines in First Trimester Not Tied to Birth Defects, Study Finds

www.nytimes.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

My message to President Trump.

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Politico @politico.com · 5h

Gavin Newsom calls for a congressional investigation into GOP groups after leaked messages exposed antisemitic and racist comments in a Young Republicans group chat.

Gavin Newsom calls for congressional investigation into GOP chat messages

The California governor’s formal request to the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to open an investigation comes a day after POLITICO's bombshell report revealed explicit messages f...

www.politico.com

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 6h

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 5h

BREAKING: We just secured a big win with our co-counsel on behalf of civil servants.

This court order proves what we've long known — President Trump and Russ Vought attempting to fire federal workers during the shutdown is illegal.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

Here's how differently-abled and disabled folks can join No Kings 2: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS for Differently-Abled and Disabled Friends · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

www.mobilize.us

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

🔥 ZOHRAN ON FOX: "I want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Adams who will call you to stay out of jail… a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election… I’ll be a mayor ready to speak at any time to lower the cost of living.“

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 7h

I asked Border Patrol why they used a Michael Jackson song with antisemitic lyrics, highlighted this morning by @paleofuture.bsky.social. You're not gonna believe this but they did not answer my questions: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Border Patrol won’t say why it used a Michael Jackson song with antisemitic lyrics

The video was live on Facebook and Instagram for two months.

www.motherjones.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

WATCH: “This is not a both sides thing. Let’s not lie about what’s happening.”

- Senator @ericschmittmo 🤥 , lying about what’s happening as @senatordurbin calls for toning down the rhetoric

(Again: Right-wing violence has been far more prevalent)

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10h

jackson read barrett's opinion in the birthright citizenship/injunction case and was like "oh really, bitch?!"

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 10h

One of my only remaining joys is that every single time Amy Coney Barrett makes a stupid argument, Ketanji Brown Jackson gets a chance to follow up and illustrate her stupidity.
And this will happen again, and again, for the rest of Barrett's life.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 11h

Locking in for oral arguments on the big voting rights case at the Supreme Court.

The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11h

King George III in early 1776

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 1d

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion

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BORDER PATROC
ICE AGENTS KILL DOG
DURING UNLAWFUL SEARCH, REFUSE TO RENDER AID, AND LEAVE WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES

weratedogs This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE.
Unsurprisingly, they did not care enough to help the family as they tried to save him. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Anyway here's a picture of Mike Lawler hanging out with one of the Young Republicans who suggested putting their political opponents in gas chambers

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

Border Patrol propagandists filming their operation yesterday

📸 @mkaplanphoto.bsky.social

Feds in camo with tear gas launcher, rifle
One agent in olive has what looks like DSLR camera
Nondescript man in black shirt red hat with matching gas mask filming with larger camera

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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should be scared by this blatant attack on someone
standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief
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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 1d

War torn Portland.
I am

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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