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crackabookffs.bsky.social
@crackabookffs.bsky.social
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Marketing writer & info organiser. She/her. LGBTQIA+ ally. Partner. Mum of humans and a dog. Hate, hypocrisy and greed have no place in this world. FFS crack a book. Learn 1st think 2nd, speak 3rd (maybe). Now off you go & do good.
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georgetakei.bsky.social
It's the oil, everyone.
Tweet from Zito criticizing U.S. media coverage of Trump’s comments about Venezuela. Embedded is a tweet from Aaron Rupar quoting Trump saying Venezuela took U.S. oil and “we want it back.” Below is a video still of Trump speaking to reporters outdoors near an aircraft.
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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kylec.bsky.social
NEW: Colorado Sens Hickenlooper and Bennet announce they're putting a hold on the Senate appropriations package to demand funding for NCAR.

Bennet said today that the Trump administration's move to dismantle the climate/weather lab is retaliation for Tina Peters' imprisonment.
December 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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strangerous.bsky.social
“Ahmed Al Ahmed. He saved my life & my 4yr old”
“I can only say thank you to that Muslim brother”

This is what the media should show. Messages of unity & hope from survivors. Despite that it’s not the answer this Sky News journo was seeking. #auspol #Bondi
December 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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urocklive1.bsky.social
Please make sure every military member you know knows this.
brunojnavarro.bsky.social Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 5h
Trump’s promise Wednesday to pay troops a “warrior dividend” bonus is actually a military housing stipend already approved by Congress, and not a generous new White House program.
Trump claims credit for military bonus that Congress already approved
The White House’s plans for a “warrior dividend” to reward troops this holiday season are actually housing assistance funds approved this summer.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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strangerous.bsky.social
Albanese fires back💥
“I’ve been defending the existing anti discrimination laws which the Coalition for a long period of time said was an attack on Freedom of Speech & tried to remove them” #auspol #Bondi
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
Phang: If Maxwell is so worried about the grand jury records coming out, can you imagine the treasure trove of information against Maxwell, Epstein, and others that’s being held in the total Epstein files?
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
It didn't get enough attention that Susie Wiles said she had read materials protected by grand jury secrecy and other protective orders.
Wiles told me she’d read what she calls “the Epstein file.” And, she said, “[Trump] is in the file. And we know he’s in the file. And he’s not in the file doing anything awful.” Wiles said that Trump “was on [Epstein’s] plane…he’s on the manifest. They were, you know, sort of young, single, whatever—I know it’s a passé word but sort of young, single playboys together.” (Trump started dating Melania Knauss, whom he married in 2005, sometime in 1998. Virginia Giuffre, Epstein’s most prominent accuser, who died by suicide earlier this year, first met Epstein while she was a Mar-a-Lago spa worker in 2000. Trump and Epstein reportedly had a falling out in 2004.)
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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missingthept.bsky.social
As they say, there are lies, damned lies, and slides with statistics that the President pulled out of his ass.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
MSNBC: Why does Trump constantly exaggerate about the economy instead of just being straight with the American people?

HASSETT: The president spent a lot of time with our team preparing slides that showed the data for what he was talking about in the speech. He had documentation.
December 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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pollytics.bsky.social
Wryly amusing that a large part of the left have wanted much stronger anti-vilification and anti-hate laws for the better part of two decades, now the Liberal and National parties are running around essentially calling them too weak and not woke enough.
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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parkermolloy.com
Sarah McBride rarely centers her identity as a trans woman. Republicans do that for her. So when she steps to the microphone and talks about "21 years of unwavering homesickness," it means something. @mcbride.house.gov www.readtpa.com/p/watch-rep-...
Watch Rep. Sarah McBride's Powerful Statement on Republicans' Anti-Trans Obsession
The first openly trans member of Congress made a rare, personal appeal as the GOP wages an all-out assault on trans youth.
www.readtpa.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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seancasten.bsky.social
I agree with my colleagues. The government should not "embolden other public officials to exploit their offices for personal gain". That's as true for Madigan as it is for Honduran cocaine traffickers, crypto money launderers and Trump himself. chicago.suntimes.com/michael-madi...
Illinois Republicans tell President Trump to reject Michael Madigan pardon request
U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood, Mary Miller and Mike Bost, staunch Trump allies, penned the request on Tuesday.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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politicsgirl.bsky.social
Mike Johnson could call vote to protect our healthcare, but he’s sending the house home early. Mark my words: He wants them out of DC so they can’t protect our healthcare AND they won’t be around when the Epstein files AREN’T released tomorrow….
December 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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scottwiener.bsky.social
They say they’re protecting kids. They’re not. They’re harming these kids by blocking their access to health care.

These comments make clear what this is about: Eliminating *all* trans people of all ages.

If they get away with it with trans people, they’re coming for you next.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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December 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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muellershewrote.com
FYI: this is the kind of stuff he's gonna do over the next few days to keep attention off the Epstein files, or the fact that Bondi is gonna withhold them.
December 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Every new Trump Epstein revelation is somehow both shocking and not a surprise at all.
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h
Ladies and gentleman: The President of the United States
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
One woman, then a model and college student in her early 20s living in Manhattan, said she attended four parties at the mansion. She cannot recall the names of most of the men she met at the gatherings, not even those Mr. Epstein directed her to “take care of” at two of them. Recruited by Ms. Maxwell and then abused by Mr. Epstein, she buried her shame and kept their secrets for years. But Mr. Trump’s presence stood out, she told The Times. He was a household name, someone Mr. Epstein often bragged about to the women around him, yet also seemed to compete with. “It was like a pissing contest — who had the most women,” she recalled. She requested anonymity to describe her experiences in detail, saying she feared for her family’s safety after Mr. Trump said some of his critics could be executed for sedition.
December 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
If Republicans were half as passionate about lowering healthcare costs as they are about pleasing the Koch network, we’d have universal coverage by now.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.

It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
jayapal.house.gov Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 10h
In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications.

ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
jayapal.house.gov Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 12h
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.

28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Because it is my lot in life, Trump can’t change the name of the Kennedy center. It needs to be authorized by Congress.
December 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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daviddarmofal.bsky.social
This dude Lutnick is such a sychophant that he's literally trying to rewrite the rules of math to kiss up to Trump.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you

LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times

F: Not a 600% cut

L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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juliedicaro.bsky.social
NEW: The gov’t is still trying to remove Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia. Now they are claiming that Judge Xinis’s injunction on his removal is moot.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Petitioner’s Position: Abrego Garcia opposes the Government’s Motion to Dissolve the Preliminary Injunction for the reasons previously briefed, see ECF No. 88, and for additional reasons in light of developments since that briefing. Abrego Garcia respectfully requests an opportunity to submit supplemental briefing in light of those recent developments. The preliminary injunction remains necessary to protect the relief this Court granted when it issued the writ of habeas corpus on December 11, 2025. See ECF Nos. 110, 111. As this Court is now well aware, immediately upon his release, the Government directed Abrego Garcia to report to Immigration and Customs Enforcement at 8:00 am the following morning, asserting in the documentation it gave him upon release that he had a final order of removal issued October 10, 2019. ECF 112-1. A few hours later, an immigration judge sua sponte issued an order purporting to create an order of removal effective as of October 10, 2019. ECF 112-2. When Abrego Garcia sought emergency relief to prevent his re-detention, the Government made clear in its opposition brief that it intended to re-detain him. See ECF 115 at 1. Then, late in the afternoon on December 17, 2025, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissed Abrego Garcia’s appeal from the immigration judge’s denial of his motion to reopen, reasoning that because the immigration judge’s December 11, 2025 order amended the October 10, 2019 decision, “the Immigration Judge’s October 10, 2019, order is not final” and therefore “the respondent’s motion to reopen is moot.” Ex. 1 (B.I.A. Dec. 17, 2025). The events described above, when taken alongside the Government’s conduct throughout this case, illustrate why the preliminary injunction remains essential. As this Court has already recognized, “even if Abrego Garcia could have been lawfully removed to a third country, Respondents do not appear to have held him to fulfill that purpose. For if they had wished to remove him, they cert… Respondents’ Position: Respondents, in their Motion to Dissolve, argued that this court should dissolve the preliminary injunction to allow the Petitioner to be removed to Liberia. ECF No. 72 at 1-2. The Court’s August 27, 2025, Letter Order provided that the Respondents were enjoined from removing Petitioner from the Continental United States and required the Petitioner must be detained within 200 miles of the courthouse. This Court, in granting Petitioner’s habeas petition, found inter alia that Petitioner could not be removed as there was no final order of removal present in the October 10, 2019, immigration decision. See ECF 110 at 20. Thus, the Court concluded, the Petitioner could not be lawfully held in detention pending removal. Id. at 24-27. The Court’s order demanded the Petitioner be released immediately. ECF No. 111 at 1. Respondents submit that the Court’s August 27 injunction should still be dissolved. In addition to the arguments previously raised, Petitioner is no longer subject to a final order of removal. Because this Court found there was no removal order and ordered the Petitioner to be immediately released, the Court’s injunction is now moot. Petitioner cannot presently be removed. While an order of removal has now been issued (and such issuance is beyond the Court’s jurisdiction), it is not currently final, as Petitioner has 30 days to appeal the immigration judge’s order, 8 C.F.R. § 1003.39. Indeed, the cover letter accompanying the order reminds the Petitioner of the availability of an appeal, which, if he avails himself of that opportunity, the order of removal will continue to be nonfinal. See ECF No. 112-2 at 2. Indeed, Petitioner now points out that the Board of Immigration Appeals has dismissed his appeal from the denial of his motion to reopen specifically because the immigration judge’s order of removal is not final. See infra at 1. That results in new grounds for the dismissal of the injunction, namely: 1) Respondents are no longer in…
December 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
It's hard to fathom but we are now *here* on this path to fascism.
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
We need more GOP lawmakers to speak out like Rep. Massie now does regularly. They need to grow spines.
Screenshot of a tweet by Rep. Thomas Massie stating he spoke in favor of a War Powers Resolution directing the president to remove armed forces from hostilities in Venezuela unless Congress authorizes it. Below is an image of Massie speaking on the House floor.
December 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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katiephang.bsky.social
From this NY Times article. Here's a gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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marquelawyers.com.au
This is a terrible mistake, borne of laziness and cowardice, and will be one of Anthony Albanese's longest lasting and most destructive legacies.

Considering how we teach the Holocaust is one thing; entrenching pro-Israel ideology in our education system is a whole other thing.
December 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM