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Neil @judgemenot69.bsky.social · 2h

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

VITALI: When we spoke back in 2023, we were at Tim Scott's announcement for president. At the time you told me he was a positive alternative to Trump and that we had to turn the page with a message that is 'winsome and hopeful.' What do you say now?

THUNE: Well, I'm still for winsome and hopeful

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

MAGA Fed Governor Stephen Miran: "Tariffs always had the possibility of raising inflation. It may yet happen."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

THUNE: These premiums are going up a little bit b/c of the expiration of the enhanced tax credits

VITALI: I think people hearing their premiums are doubling don't feel that it's a little bit

T: I'm just saying only a small part of that is attributable to the expiration of the enhanced tax credits

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Thune: "If I were a woman I'd be talking to my doctor and not taking advice from RFK"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

THUNE: Fund the government the old fashioned way -- I don't think you need rescissions

VITALI: Have you said to the WH, maybe don't do another rescissions package? Feels like it's poisoned the well

THUNE: It's in everybody's best interest, including the WH, to do a normal appropriations process

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 2h

Glenn Beck says that after he aired a show on Antifa, FBI agents acting on the behest of Kash Patel came to get tips. Here's who the segment targeted, largely through strained connections and guilt by association: www.mediamatters.org/glenn-beck/g...

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Neil @judgemenot69.bsky.social · 2h

Ex-officer accused of racism takes legal action to avoid facing spycops inquiry www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Ex-officer accused of racism takes legal action to avoid facing spycops inquiry

Whistleblower testified that man known as HN86 gathered information to undermine Lawrence family campaign

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

New in PN: Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection

"I’ve been taking images that are nowhere near this one conflict driveway — ones of puppies & kids playing, & families having picnics — b/c the idea that Portland is burned down & a war zone is just preposterous" — @timdickinson.bsky.social

Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection

"It would be funny if it wasn’t so f**king serious," Tim Dickinson says.

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Oeishik 🐸 @oeishik.bsky.social · 3h

Donald tried to make an example out of Portland & Portland replied with peaceful, joyful, naked protests that fully disarmed Donald's fascism. Portland showed us how to protest & we should carry that forward on Saturday. Well, maybe not the naked part.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

New in PN: Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection

"I’ve been taking images that are nowhere near this one conflict driveway — ones of puppies & kids playing, & families having picnics — b/c the idea that Portland is burned down & a war zone is just preposterous" — @timdickinson.bsky.social

Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection

"It would be funny if it wasn’t so f**king serious," Tim Dickinson says.

www.publicnotice.co

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4h

Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...

Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

Everything about John Roberts's approach to the Voting Rights Act makes sense when you remember that John Roberts has has always been hostile to the Voting Rights Act, never believed it was appropriate, and has spent most of his 45-year legal career working to hollow it out.

One of the Biggest Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term Is John Roberts’ Decadeslong Pet Project

If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

Everything about John Roberts's approach to the Voting Rights Act makes sense when you remember that John Roberts has has always been hostile to the Voting Rights Act, never believed it was appropriate, and has spent most of his 45-year legal career working to hollow it out.

One of the Biggest Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term Is John Roberts’ Decadeslong Pet Project

If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

roberts thinks it is an affront that a community of upstanding citizens can not do as it chooses when it comes to voting. if that means that they might discriminate against a racial minority, he has no problem with that either as long as it is facially neutral.

Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

Everything about John Roberts's approach to the Voting Rights Act makes sense when you remember that John Roberts has has always been hostile to the Voting Rights Act, never believed it was appropriate, and has spent most of his 45-year legal career working to hollow it out.

One of the Biggest Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term Is John Roberts’ Decadeslong Pet Project

If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3h

Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID?

And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina.

Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

“Do you condemn the group chat?”
“We can talk about it.” 🤔

TP USA spokesman wouldn’t immediately condemn the horrific Young Republican texts when challenged to by @adammockler.com — after Mockler summarized some of how Trump has been setting the stage for violence for a decade.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

🔥 @mizzwelch.bsky.social to @jenpsaki.msnbc.com : “Look at all the shit Trump gets away with — Quit with the controlled Democratic messaging. Let it rip. Buckle up and fight this thing… that vacuum Dems haven’t filled caused Trump to rise up.”

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 5h

“We’ll review our procedures” is bureaucrat for “let’s wait for the headlines to fade.”

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 9h

Putin decriminalized domestic violence in Russia yrs ago. It's a required step in the fascist playbook; @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social documented this over a century of fascism.

This regime of state-sanctioned gender terrorism serves the same purpose in oppressing women as Jim Crow did toward PoC.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13h

Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Reuters @reuters.com · 7h

A 3,000-pound ice sculpture spelling out the word “DEMOCRACY” was seen melting on the National Mall within view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

maybe reporters should take another look at some of the people the vice president of the united states follows on twitter and the things they say in public

just saying

Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 1d

The leaked chats between Young Republican leaders were obviously disgusting.

JD Vance’s efforts to downplay the scandal and complain about “pearl clutching” made an awful story worse. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

JD Vance tries to downplay leak of disgusting Young Republican chats

For the vice president to suggest it’s “pearl clutching” to condemn those who were part of a racist group chat says a great deal about his judgment.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 13h

When Big Balls got beat up by 15-year-olds they said DC should prosecute 14-year-olds as adults.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13h

Hitlergate wasn't "kids"—it was 20- and 30-something GOP flacks.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 5h

Fish, shellfish, watering crops, carrying silt to form fertile deltas that grow food for millions of people worldwide - healthy, clean, abundant rivers are vital arteries of food security - a must-read from @wwf-water.bsky.social 👇

Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 1d

You have to check this out. #Rivers of #food: How healthy rivers are central to feeding the world, from @wwf-water.bsky.social.

@jjopperman.bsky.social wonderfully presented this work recently at the International Society for Rivers Science conference in Davis, CA.

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Rivers of Food

One third of the world's food production is dependent on rivers. But they are under increasing pressure, threatening global food security now and in the future.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 5h

And if you’re wondering who Labour is listening to? “Reeves boasted she hatched plan to rip down our nature protections over a “smoked salmon & scrambled eggs breakfast” with corporate lobbyists”. While Starmer’s resolve to kick down planning rules are result of his “conversations with leading CEOs”

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Neil @judgemenot69.bsky.social · 5h

Reform UK accused of sowing division in Wales in rowdy TV byelection debate www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform UK accused of sowing division in Wales in rowdy TV byelection debate

Party leading latest opinion poll comes under fire for ‘weaponising’ immigration as candidates in Caerphilly clash

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