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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

I know this isn’t the point but is it normal for DHS officials to stay at a Ritz-Carlton on work trips?

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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POLITICO
By DANIEL LIPPMAN
10/09/2025 08:22 PM EDT
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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

Only 10 senators voted for Bernie Sanders's amendment to reduce the Pentagon budget by 10% and instead expand veteran dental care:

Baldwin (D-WI)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Sanders (I-VT)
Smith (D-MN)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Welch (D-VT)
Wyden (D-OR)

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 1d

REAL footage from Portland 2025.

The horror!!!! 🙄

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 1d

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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 1d

I can’t in good faith vote to pass a defense authorization when this President is using our brave men and women in uniform as his personal intimidation tool. My full statement here.

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🌸🌺Cindy Alexander Capaldo🌺 @cyn1422.bsky.social · 1d

I'll never forgive anyone complicit in this....including his voters....

ICE waited until she drove to her children's school pick up line, to break into her locked car & throw her on the ground, handcuff her & arrest her.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8ADTt8u/

Don’t look away. Don’t let them normalize this.

TikTok video by COURIER

www.tiktok.com

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

Mark Bray and his family are now on the plane to Spain. Posted 13 minutes ago: bsky.app/profile/mark...

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

👀A Rutgers professor who teaches an anti-fascism class was blocked from leaving the US hours > Trump’s “Antifa” roundtable w/ Jack Posobiec who has called Bray a “domestic terrorist professor.” TPUSA at Rutgers has called him an “antifa member,” a claim he denies. He’s received death threats. 1/

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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A.J. @andynear70.bsky.social · 1d

This is "Project 2025."

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

The western media always refers to “the hostages” as those held by Hamas.

Apparently they are too lazy to access the readily available evidence,
or so imbued with an attitude of dehumanising and ignoring Palestinians (aka racism),
that they rarely mention the hundreds of hostages held by Israel.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

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Freethinkers United @freethinkersunited.bsky.social · 1d

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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 2d

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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 2d

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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 23d

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MoJoJuju @xoey1.bsky.social · 2d

Reality....😱
Now try going to a supermarket.. 😱
Same price increase..😱
Vote the GOP Out of Our Freaking Lives...👍

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2d

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 3d

Oh so the administration plans to implement fascism without paying anyone? Excited to see how that all comes together

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

www.govexec.com

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Hope @lettepaul.bsky.social · 2d

I know that’s right
🤨🤨🤨

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

When people are hired, not for their honesty or competency, but for their ability to be snarling trolls on TV for the delight of their immature and unpleasant boss, you get an AG like Pamela Jo Bondi.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 2d

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

jessica.substack.com

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John F Leech🦋💙 @jfleech3.bsky.social · 2d

What a Shitshow......

open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...

a shutdown, but with morons

and grifters and crackpots, too, oh my!

open.substack.com

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Colin Oreilly @colin0reilly.bsky.social · 2d

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DetroitRudyOwens @detroitrudyowens.bsky.social · 3d

By the way, the headline is calling messaging of the head of HHS, not what science and millions and milions of saved lives say. Author: Dr. Paul Offit, Professor of pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
pauloffit.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-vac...

RFK Jr.: “Vaccines Don’t Save Lives”

In a recent post on X, RFK Jr. said that vaccines are overrated.

pauloffit.substack.com

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 3d

Lies, lies, and damned lies

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Marcus @mendaciumpugnator.bsky.social · 2d

Great, the "AI" industry should be killed. "AI" = theft.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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jonnycat222.bsky.social @jonnycat222.bsky.social · 2d

Ahhh Little Nellie for two.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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