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Rebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social · 2h

No King's Day!
Here we go!! 🗽⚖️🇺🇸

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2h

Release the Epstein Files, Pam Bondi and the GOP!

Green Hombre @greenhombre.bsky.social · 6h

"Virginia Giuffre died by suicide on 25 April 2025."

"I’d show up, perform whatever sex acts Epstein wanted, then hang out beside his vast swimming pool while he got some work done. If Maxwell was there, I was often told to attend to her sexually as well."

- She was 16

‘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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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 2h

"Tu sei Bella " " Fregarti"
"Vaffanculo" (Italian take a guess)

She is 85 years fierce
This is how it's done
I love you Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi

This woman reporter
Seriously "stogots` "

She wasn't authorized to call up the guard

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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 2h

When a picture says a thousand words…

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

When a picture says a thousand words…

Photo of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson biting his lip

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

AP: “Though 🇺🇸 only spends around 1% of its budget on foreign aid, Trump declared USAID — once the world’s leading donor of humanitarian assistance — a waste of💰and dissolved it.”

(But his pal Milei gets $40 Billion for Argentina) apnews.com/article/myan...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2h

The Real Portland War-zone 😱

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 2h

Last tweet of the day. Do not f*ck with @teampelosiofficial.bsky.social

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2h

Every time the GOP lies about Saturday’s peaceful protests, our massive No Kings Day events get even bigger.

We thank Republicans for their attention to this matter!

Aaron Rupar on Bluesky: “Trump on No Kings: "They have their day coming up.
I hear very few people are gonna be there, by the way. But they have their day coming up and they want to have their day in the sun."”

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 2h

Capitol Police are literally protecting the same scumbag assholes who refuse to pay them but are still fighting to give money to January 6 terrorists. That’s another level of evil.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2h

Trump can simply give $40 billion in US tax money to his pals in Argentina, openly admit it is for the intended purpose of keeping the MAGA allied right wing government in power, and pocket billions for himself. The US has no laws anymore and that's your money they are stealing.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2h

So this is just facially illegal right?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidef...

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Beverly @grammylovesyou.bsky.social · 1h

www.yahoo.com/news/article...?

Trump confirms covert CIA action in Venezuela, eyes possible 'land' strikes

The president also defended U.S. military attacks on boats in the Caribbean: "When they're loaded up with drugs, they're fair game."

www.yahoo.com

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Beverly @grammylovesyou.bsky.social · 1h

www.yahoo.com/news/article...?

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

Subu Vedam spent over 4 decades in prison for a murder he didn't commit.

Now, ICE is trying to deport him by citing a decades-old deportation order based largely on his wrongful conviction.

Trump's cruelty is endless. https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-detains-exonerated-man

Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Decades Finally Freed—And Gets Immediately Nabbed by ICE | Common Dreams

Man wrongfully imprisoned for murder, freed only to be detained by ICE. Family fights for justice. Immigration courts ur

www.commondreams.org

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 2h

Mike Johnson called us back from July 4 recess on 7/3 so he could gut Americans’ healthcare in the Big Ugly bill. Since then, he has only had the House in session for 19 of the subsequent 104 days. That’s how we ended up here.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2h

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2h

Apropos of nothing, once the President of the United States confirms covert CIA operations in a country… say, Venezuela, those operations are no longer covert.

And it puts CIA officers at significantly more risk.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2h

If you’ve recently awoken from a coma, the Speaker of the House is stalling the swearing in of a newly elected member from Arizona because she would be the deciding vote in the discharge petition to release the Epstein files, which would be trouble for his boss.

You’re caught up.

Ps: Welcome back.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h

20 billion dollars from the US Treasury **was not enough**. So now it's 40 billion dollars! And why stop there?

All while the US government is shut down.

"America First," amirite?

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bessent says bailout for Argentina will double to boost U.S. influence in region

The Trump administration is working to arrange private sector financing for Argentina that would double the total U.S. financial lifeline for the embattled Latin nation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3h

First responders and reservoir managers in California are flying blind during storm season because Donald Trump thought it was a good idea to take a chainsaw to federal forecasting services.

We're doing all we can to fill those gaps and protect communities from winter floods.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 3h

This is unconstitutional and illegal. A memorandum doesn’t grant anyone the power to override the Constitution.

Trump has signed an order expanding his administration’s authority to redirect unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown,

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