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manchester18.bsky.social @manchester18.bsky.social · 5h

#Epstein #Russia
#DeutscheBank
#MoneyLaundering
#Trump
#Rape

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Ingrassia is now threatening to sue Politico:

“This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.”

October 10, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Re: Statement on behalf of my client Paul Ingrassia regarding last night's story, Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment, POLITICO (Oct. 9, 2025), https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/09/ingrassia-trump-harassment-dhs-
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POLITICO's hit piece about Mr. Ingrassia is calculated to cause maximum harm to his promising career — and torpedo his nomination for Special Counsel. This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.
To be 100% crystal clear, so that there is zero room for doubt: Mr. Ingrassia did not engage in any wrongdoing in connection with the matters reported. As POLITICO itself reported: "The woman, whom POLITICO is not naming, said in a statement that she 'never felt uncomfortable' about Ingrassia's behavior and said she had never made a complaint." This is one of the only accurate parts of POLITICO's otherwise fantastical and fictional partisan fairy tale.
Accordingly, one last time, I call upon POLITICO to publicly apologize and issue a full retraction of this disgraceful and partisan sludge.
/s/ Edward Andrew Paltzik
taylordykema.com

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manchester18.bsky.social @manchester18.bsky.social · 5h

CNN

And here we are

“Trump has said he’s tasked Vought with determining which “Democrat Agencies” to cut. And Vought has already announced a series of funding halts that targeted 16 states, all of them blue”

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Uncle Don @uncledon.bsky.social · 17h

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manchester18.bsky.social @manchester18.bsky.social · 14h

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 16h

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 23h

Little man Johnson does not need ONE democratic vote to pass a standalone bill to pay our military.

These are disgusting, despicable, human beings.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h

Angus: Who else are you going to give military bases to? When’s Vladimir Putin getting his rocket bases in the United States?

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 19h

No fingerprint or DNA tests were conducted in Jeffrey Epstein's cell after his death. Sus AF.

Release the Epstein files. Now.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 18h

One great aspect of iconic inflatable costumes (aside from how they instantly undermine propaganda about war zones) is that it's useless to arrest the person wearing one. Cuffing a frog would make law enforcement look pathetic. And carting one off just guarantees that more will show up the next day.

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manchester18.bsky.social @manchester18.bsky.social · 17h

Outrageous. TACO, Stephen Miller, Spam Bondi, Karolying Leavitt and you, too, #Maine Sen Susan Collins must go

OldParatroop @oldparatrp.bsky.social · 18h

www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
“A Rutgers University professor and historian says he & his family were forced to leave the country this week because of death threats.”

"The pace of the death threats accelerated after a Fox article about the Turning Point petition to have me fired," Bray said.

Rutgers professor flees U.S. for Spain, claims he received death threats

Mark Bray said his views have been under attack since he wrote "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Playbook"

www.cbsnews.com

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Nurse RoRo @nurseroro.bsky.social · 1d

Dear WH Press Corp
You should be ashamed of yourself.
Start demanding answers. Portland isn’t on fire. Chicago isn’t at war. Seattle isn’t thanking him.
ANTIFA isn’t assaulting ICE agents
Hold him accountable for the lies.
Refuse to ask anything else until he answers these.
Demand the proof

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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manchester18.bsky.social @manchester18.bsky.social · 1d

My fellow Americans, please call your members of Congress. they will probably continue to do nothing, but they will fear losing an election

Get on on the streets on Oct 18

#Epstein #Russia #MoneyLaundering #DeutscheBank #Rape #Trump #StephenMiller

#Medicare4All

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1d

Tom Homan won't say if he took $50,000 cash in a bag from the FBI.

Pam Bondi also wouldn't answer.

If he didn't take the money, why not just release the tape?

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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 1d

Videos show Debbie Brockman being violently forced to the ground by two agents before she is handcuffed and put in a van. A local resident filming the incident asks her name while she is face-down on the street being handcuffed.

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

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manchester18.bsky.social @manchester18.bsky.social · 1d

Bondi: Trump Admin Will Take 'Same Approach' to Antifa as Drug Cartels, Which It Repeatedly Bombed www.commondreams.org/news/antifa

Bondi: Trump Admin Will Take 'Same Approach' to Antifa as Drug Cartels, Which It Repeatedly Bombed | Common Dreams

US Attorney General Pam Bondi generated alarm when she said the Trump administration is going to take the "same approach" to Antifa as it has to drug cartels—as the military bombs boats in the Carib...

www.commondreams.org

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

🤷🏽‍♂️ 🇺🇸 💰

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

We've all heard that there is no free lunch.

Well, guess what?

There is no free 747 either.

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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 1d

This is definitely the definition of fascism.

#USDemocracy

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 1d

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manchester18.bsky.social @manchester18.bsky.social · 1d

#Epstein
#Russia
#MoneyLaundering
#Trump
#Rape

BOSTON GLOBE

"National Guard stands down in Illinois while troops patrol in Memphis with local police
Memphis Mayor Paul Young, a Democrat, said he never requested that the Guard come to his city"

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