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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25d

do i just not know how to make money or something??

Harvard Crimson headline reads: "Harvard's Public Health Dean Was Paid $150,000 to Testify Tylenol Causes Autism"

Reuters headline reads: "Trump aid Homan accepted $50,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say."

CBS News headline reads: "US says Russia funded media company that paid right-wing influencers millions for videos"

MSNBC story reads: "Steve Bannon pleads guilty in border wall fraud case, avoids prison time
Bannon was indicted in 2022 over his alleged role in the “We Build the Wall” fundraising campaign. He had faced up to 15 years if convicted.

Steve Bannon has pleaded guilty to defrauding donors in a border wall scheme, reversing an earlier not-guilty plea after landing on an agreement with New York prosecutors that will see him avoid a prison sentence.

In a New York courtroom on Tuesday, Bannon pleaded guilty to one count of scheme to defraud in the first degree. He was sentenced to a three-year conditional discharge and waived his right to appeal as part of the plea deal.

Under the agreement with prosecutors, Bannon cannot serve as an officer or director of a charity or not-for-profit group in New York state, nor can he hold assets for any charitable organizations.

Bannon, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in 2022 on charges of money laundering, scheming to defraud and conspiracy over his alleged role in the “We Build the Wall” fundraising campaign. Prosecutors accused Bannon and three others of pocketing donors’ money instead of using all of the funds to build a wall along the southern U.S. border as promised.

Bannon had faced up to 15 years if convicted. Like the president, he has claimed without evidence that the criminal charges against him are politically motivated.

He had also faced federal charges over his role in the scheme but was pardoned by Trump in 2021. Unlike federal charges, the president can't pardon state charges, so Trump can't pardon Bannon in the New York state case.

Bannon served four months in prison last year for being in contempt of Congress after he defied a congressional subpoena to testify in the House select committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. He repeatedly sought to appeal his sentence in that case, and even brought his appeal all the way to the Supreme Court, where it was ult…

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🍋 @citrushq.bsky.social · Jun 23

i’ve uploaded chapter 4! ^_^

archiveofourown.org/works/663500...

the spring sonata - Chapter 4 - limedroplet - Heartstopper (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · May 14

*crab-walked

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🍋 @citrushq.bsky.social · Jun 14

i’ve written my first heartstopper ff! it’s actually my first ff ever. here it is if you fancy reading it :3

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the spring sonata - Chapter 1 - limedroplet - Heartstopper (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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timothee91 ☕️🌈🎶 @tims91.bsky.social · May 18

Kit Connor for Vingt Sept Magazine, April 2022 digital edition. Photos by Kayt Webster-Brown. #KitConnor #heartsky

Article link (with lots more great pics, interview and bts film). www.vingtseptmagazine.com/post/kit-con...

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🍋 @citrushq.bsky.social · Apr 27

this fic is everything omg 🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐

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Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social · Apr 22

Sorry about how long the video is taking. I think I might have solved the main problem with the world permanently this time though

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Mar 10

the feminine urge to

Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'

Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.

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The Wicker Dan (1973) @danlehner.bsky.social · Nov 14

not saying anything groundbreaking here, but I really think "politics as a form of content to be served up and consumed like all other forms of content" has been an enormous, underrated disaster in terms of giving folks the illusion of being informed while essentially being gamed like a drug addict

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