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Iftah Aynayk
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Polyglot. Analyst. Resist. Wear an N95.
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Richard Corsi @corsiaq.bsky.social · 32m
In our short existence, The Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation has issued 58 grants providing healthier indoor air to 30,000 ppl.

The Foundation aims to substantially increase these benefits to under-resourced schools over the next several months.

Please consider helping us: givebutter.com/buildabox2025
Build a Box Campaign
Help Us Bring Clean Air to More Classrooms
givebutter.com
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 5h
You may not have food or healthcare for your children, but did you know that the White House will now have a classy dance floor for nepotistic pedophiles
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 8h
Probably not a good thing when the revelation of the oligarch who sent $130m to pay troops identity is revealed and the photo used is 44 years old and the headline includes "reclusive." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
www.nytimes.com
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iftahayounak.bsky.social
Iftah Aynayk @iftahayounak.bsky.social · 5h
Fuck no.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 8h
I’m sorry, why are we using “critics accuse” language here? These are factually, unambiguously, extrajudicial killings. It’s not an opinion. It’s not a disputed or disputable claim.
Financial Times headline says “critics accuse” Trump of extrajudicial killings
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h
I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 5h
California peeps! If you haven’t mailed in your ballot yet, do that, or get thee to a pollery!!
cademocrats.bsky.social California Democrats @cademocrats.bsky.social · 7h
Early in-person voting in California starts TODAY! Find your nearest vote center and cast your vote for Yes on Prop 50. Don't wait! 🗳️

www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
Find Your Polling Place :: California Secretary of State
www.sos.ca.gov
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Alex @admiringbog.bsky.social · 6h
I’m always taken aback by the assertion that science is self-correcting. Not in a reasonable amount of time it isn’t. Often it self-corrects because the people who were wrong finally retire.

virology.ws/2025/10/25/t...
I have also been deeply disturbed by the rampant and flagrant corruption in the editorial and peer-review practices of major medical journals, including those in the Lancet and BMJ stables. Not only have these august publications routinely failed to catch egregious methodological missteps, they have also routinely failed to take appropriate steps to fix problems once they've been pointed out. In many instances, their response to legitimate criticism can only be described as a blatant "fuck you."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h
Sadly, we no longer live in a functioning democracy.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 6h
Ah, locals mention the federal court order here, which also requires agents to wear some identification.

Also, quite an image in here: masked, fully-geared-out DHS agents getting screamed at in a residential neighborhood by some dude who is barefoot and in pajama pants.
mandophotos.bsky.social armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 6h
More from the scene
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spoOoOopymama! @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 7h
NYC YOU CAN GO EARLY VOTE FOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI RIGHT NOW DO IT FOR THE REST OF US AND SHOW US YOUR STICKER!!!!
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Andy Kroll @andykroll.bsky.social · 1d
I obtained ~dozens of hours~ of previously unreported recordings of Russ Vought's briefings from 2021 to 2024.

Want to hear the recordings yourself? Watch @propublica.org's
new mini-documentary about Vought 👇

THE SHADOW PRESIDENT www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lu...
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
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Micah @rincewind.run · 7h
we have a way for guys like this to fund the military

it’s called “taxes” and clearly they should go up
gottalaff.bsky.social @GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 8h
"Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune

Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of Trump." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
www.nytimes.com
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 6h
Great essay by @therickwilson.bsky.social on Trump’s grotesque and incredibly arrogant razing of the East Wing.

open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
The East Wing Obscenity
Trump's ballroom is a tumor on the people's house.
open.substack.com
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 6h
I’m def not saying his brain isn’t leaking out of his ears every time he talks but a lot of what people on here say is evidence of cognitive decline for trump you need to realize that at least half of that is just because he’s incredibly stupid
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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 7h
Anyway, all this is happening as Trump is trying to claim a real video of Reagan is AI. bsky.app/profile/atru...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Trump: "They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial. Can you believe it?"
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h
Not surprisingly, most of the U.S. tariffs are being paid by American companies and consumers — NOT by foreign exporters.
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Mark Wm Smith @markwmsmith.bsky.social · 8h
★★★★★

#WhiteHouse #Demolition #WhiteHouseDemolition #Ballroom #Trump
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 8h
It's completely illegal. Nobody can donate money for the president to spend. Money has to be appropriated by Congress.
melinab.bsky.social Melina @melinab.bsky.social · 8h
This has to be totally against the law. If it's not now, then it should be. A billionaire cant just come in and pay the troops or any other part of the govt! This creates a huge conflict and is so partisan....it is just wrong. But ...divide and conquer.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
www.nytimes.com
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 7h
Of course it's a drop in the bucket. But I don't want the idea of a privately-funded U.S. military to gain the least bit of traction - or precedent.
nslayton.bsky.social Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 8h
Probably not a good thing when the revelation of the oligarch who sent $130m to pay troops identity is revealed and the photo used is 44 years old and the headline includes "reclusive." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
www.nytimes.com
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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10h
When Jacobin and the Pod Save bros are aligned on defending nazi tattoos, we’ve got a problem and it’s not going to be solved by you coming into my mentions and telling me I’m not seeing what I’m definitely seeing—

which is white people left, right, and center coming together to defend Nazi tattoos
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 7h
Missouri: $2.5 million
Argentina: $40 billion
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 7h
Quote from Timothy Mellon, who donated $130 million to the U.S. military, so you know who we’re dealing with:

“Black people, in spite of heroic efforts by the "Establishment" to right the wrongs of the past, became even more belligerent and unwilling to pitch in to improve their own situations”.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h
The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.

The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute learned that the Government of Ontario, Canada, created an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan delivering his "Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade," dated April 25, 1987. The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address, and the Government of Ontario did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter. We encourage you to watch President Reagan's unedited video on our YouTube channel.
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Erik @cacheblaster.bsky.social · 20h
1. You apparently aren’t familiar with Derek.
2. There’s video.

bsky.app/profile/lmhi...
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