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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

abcnews.go.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Mike Johnson is holding Congress out of session for two reasons: number one, so that way there are no negotiations; and number two, to cover for all the pedophiles on Epstein's list...They're covering for pedophiles and dropping your healthcare coverage."

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murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · 5d

"Speaker Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House may have more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records."

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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PhillipUSA @phillipusa.bsky.social · 4d

#PedoDon

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David Houghton @dfhoughton.bsky.social · 4d

The Dark Ages began in Western Europe after Rome fell and much of the historical record went blank. Vellum and papyrus decayed. Records were not copied onto fresh media. New records were not kept.

We have entered the US Dark Ages.

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A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed

The scale and scope of federal data and statistics that have been...

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 3d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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pj-melton @pjmh.bsky.social · 3d

Quote of the day: “I really must try to be more cynical.” ~ Paul Krugman
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Bailing out Bessent’s Buddies’ Bets on Argentina

Trump bails out hedge funds’ failed bets on Milei while his foreign aid cuts will kill millions of children

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6d

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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 6d

We should have defunded the police and abolished ICE, but the entire Democratic party establishment decided not to.

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pj-melton @pjmh.bsky.social · 6d

I get so sick of saying this, but every accusation is a confession with these people.

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pj-melton @pjmh.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t lose hope. Watch to the end, where the good guys win. Remember: resistance is mostly persistence. substack.com/@qasimrashid...

Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@qasimrashid)

Video and journalism credit to @migrantinsider @hamoza85 Chicago residents peacefully resist fascism and support their neighbor. You’re telling me these ICE fascists aren’t modern day Nazi gestapo...

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pj-melton @pjmh.bsky.social · 8d

really my favorite part of this is that the standard "this is an official government website" message is still there. which they actually need these days because everything is so batshit. smdh.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 8d

This is such a flagrant violation of every principle of international law and sovereignty that it’s hard to actually believe even when we definitively know it is true (and even when it is consistent with all other behaviours).

American intelligence officials have now confirmed to CBS News that Netanyahu ordered the drone attacks on the Sumud flotilla while it was docked in Tunisia, an attack launched from Israeli Navy submarines off the Tunisian coast.

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pj-melton @pjmh.bsky.social · 8d

dammit! i should have done my own research. :-P

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 9d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Magalie 🇨🇦 @maggieleia.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you for remaining an active critic of the Regime 👏

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pj-melton @pjmh.bsky.social · 8d

🥧 i totally get this! when mock apple pie was invented, the only apple varieties available to most americans were red and golden "delicious." and now, even though we have dozens of actually delicious varieties, mock apple pie is comfort food for a lot of people born in the 20th century. 🍏

Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 8d

I keep getting fed all the Instagram reels and YouTube shorts where influencers make "apple pie" out of Ritz crackers, and I guess I'm confused about these people who live in a world where apples are more expensive than 6 pounds of Ritz.

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 8d

Does ANYONE approve of this?

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pj-melton @pjmh.bsky.social · 8d

this. changes. EVERYTHING.

David Houghton @dfhoughton.bsky.social · 8d

A little theory:

Among the reasons Trump is hellbent on publicly abusing Comey is that he had a crush on him. Comey a big guy, strong guy, but he didn't come up to Trump with tears streaming down his face. He didn't want the hugs and kisses.

Comey spurned Trump's love.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8d

“The source told CBS News that [Kash Patel and Dan Bongino] asked for "large, beefy" agents to conduct an arrest of Comey "in full kit," including Kevlar vests and exterior wear emblazoned with the FBI logo.” The leadership of the FBI is now in the hands of infantile psychopaths.

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pj-melton @pjmh.bsky.social · 10d

JFC, you can’t even get through copy editing the C’s in a fucking glossary without Republicans shoving their lies and bullshit in your face these days.

USDA page on CSAs (community-supported agriculture) with an added eyebrow calling the gov shutdown “the Radical Left Democrat shutdown” and claiming Trump “wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people.”

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10d

This is insane.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10d

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:

Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the
Department's operational status.
Thank you.

Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

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Writer at The Argument @mustache-era.bsky.social · 10d

We’re 10 years in and blatantly and repeatedly lying has never once been a story the press has considered important in an of itself. There simply is no downside of doing it.

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Vae Victis @vaevictis67.bsky.social · 11d

To put that in perspective, in Canada at $50k salary, you pay about $15k a year in taxes. For only $3k more in taxes we get 2 forms of pension, unemployment insurance, Healthcare and fund both federal and provincial governments... US is a giant ponzi scam

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